One of Apple’s best accessories is its keyboard case for iPad Air and Pro, called Magic Keyboard. To go along with the newly-designed, thinner iPad Pro, Apple introduced a new sleeker Magic Keyboard.

Apple still won't make us a touch-screen Mac, but it is at least considering adding touch-sensitive displays on just about every surface that surrounds the MacBook Pro keyboard as the next best thing.

It was such a bold change to a keyboard that Apple championed the Touch Bar — for a while. Then it quickly started to fade away before vanishing completely. Here's what happened, and why. Stop us if ...