- #FUNCTION KEYS MAC KEYBOARD FOR WINDOWS DRIVER#
- #FUNCTION KEYS MAC KEYBOARD FOR WINDOWS WINDOWS 10#
- #FUNCTION KEYS MAC KEYBOARD FOR WINDOWS SOFTWARE#
So Im wondering if anyone here could help me figure a way of assigning one of those un-usused special key inputs (and a way of making Windows listen to this fn key, so I can assign it to something that I can use with softwares on Windows)?
#FUNCTION KEYS MAC KEYBOARD FOR WINDOWS SOFTWARE#
Now SharpKeys (nor any other software that Ive tried, including AutoHotKey and some random keyboard testing websites) recieve any input when I hit specifically the fn key (A key in the bottom left on the keyboard that has no standard PC keyboard equivalent).
#FUNCTION KEYS MAC KEYBOARD FOR WINDOWS WINDOWS 10#
So that’s pretty much it for all the tricks you can do with your Apple Keyboard on a Windows machine, if you don’t have an Apple Keyboard the first method will always work for any kind keyboard to map properly according to your need, but the second method will not work.Hi, so I've been using a apple Magic keyboard for my PC (running Windows 10 only btw, I just happen to like Apples keyboard a lot) and got all the keys working using some custom keyboard layout along with SharpKeys for changing Windows key registry around
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#FUNCTION KEYS MAC KEYBOARD FOR WINDOWS DRIVER#
This is basically the missing Apple Keyboard Driver* for Windows (of course you don’t need a driver for USB plugin and play keyboards) but with this cool utility it makes use of the functional key as what it was originally intended on a Mac. The easier way is to download another utility called AppleWirelessKeyboard. However, this method is some what tedious, it require you to dig into which key is which, might cause confusion. You can save the change to registry by pressing “Write to Registry” then make sure you logout or restart your machine for the change to take effect. You need to make the follow mapping, once you are finished. There are two solutions to this problemĭownload this utility called SharpKeys to manually map (swap) the “Windows” key (Apple keyboard is the command key) with “Alt” key (Apple keyboard is the “alt option” key) This problem not only broken the “Alt + Tab” keyboard shortcut pattern, it also breaks all the Windows key + (everything else) keyboard shortcut. Hence, if you rely heavily on “Alt + Tab” to switch applications you will find now you are pressing the “Windows” key + Tab which will launch this animated 3D application switch. While Windows do recognize the key the position of the “Windows” key have changed to where the original “Alt” key is for a PC keyboard. (because old habits are hard to change) This is primary because of the “alt option” key and the “command” key on the Apple keyboard in Windows acting as “alt” key and the “windows” key. This become extremely annoying if you are a keyboard shortcut guy. If you happen to use an Apple keyboard primary on a Windows machine you will soon realize some awkward keyboard shortcut pattern.
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You have to admit Apple keyboard are slick, they are elegantly designed and well polished.