Is Apple Magic Keyboard Compatible With Pc

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Windows keyboard layouts map the physical keys of the keyboard to the actual character (or action). While keyboard layouts are well defined for different languages, Apple keyboards are not fully compatible with Windows.

  • Yesterday, I did a review of the Apple Magic Mouse and in the review, I noted that the device is not natively able to be used with a Windows PC. Though this is true, there is a known workaround out there to help you get the Magic Mouse to effectively work on a PC.
  • BootCamp compatible. All Magic Utilities are compatible with Apple BootCamp and can be used on any Windows computer, including Intel based Macs. Original device specific BootCamp features will not work until the device related Magic Utility has been uninstalled.

It's compatible with Windows Hello, meaning you sign into your PC by resting your fingerprint on the scanner. As for typing, it's quick and easy, thanks to those big square keys and the keyboard's.

Click here for all standard Windows Keyboard Layouts.

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With the Magic Keyboard Layouts, we try to make your Apple keyboard more compatible with Windows.

Supported keyboard layouts

Click the language to see a preview of the key mappings.
BelgiumCanadian MultilingualCzech
DanishDutch
English - BritishEnglish - InternationalEnglish - United States
FinnishFrenchGerman
HungarianItalianNorwegian
PolishPortugueseRussian
SpanishSwedishSwiss French + German
Turkish FTurkish Q

Install the Magic Keyboard Layouts

If your keyboard works fine there is no need to install the Magic Keyboard Layouts.

Download linkWindows versionsVersionRelease date
MagicKeyboardLayouts-Setup-1.14.exeWindows 7+8+10, 32+64bit1.1414 Feb 2021
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Apple Magic Keyboard Pc Driver

Mac users: Do not install. Similar layouts have been already installed with BootCamp. Follow the instructions below, but look for (Apple) as name suffix.

Add the layout as input method

After installation, the new keyboard layouts have been installed. Now you need to add yours as a new input method.

Note: In case you can't find your (Magic Utilities) layout, restart your computer.

Windows 10 version 1803 (April 2018 Update) or later

  • Open Settings
  • Select Time & Langauge
  • Select Region & language
  • Below '+ Add a language' click on your language i.e. English (Australia)
  • Click on the upcoming Options button
  • Click Add a keyboard
  • Select your keyboard layout which ends with (Magic Utilities), i.e. German (Magic Utilities)

Ipad Magic Keyboard

Example: Install and activate the German (Magic Utilities) keyboard layout (animated GIF).

Magic Keyboard For Pc

Windows 10 before version 1803 (April 2018 Update)

  • Open the Control Panel
  • Make sure it's set to View by:Category
  • Under Language and Region click Change input methods to open Language Preferences
  • Click Options on the right of your language
  • Under Input method click Add an input method
  • Select the language of your keyboard with (Magic Utilities) as a suffix
  • Click the Add button at the bottom right
  • Click the Save button at the bottom right

Windows 7

Is Apple Magic Keyboard Compatible With Pc Windows 10

  • Open the Control Panel
  • Make sure it's set to View by:Category
  • Under Language and Region click Change keyboards or other input methods to open Keyboards and Language preferences tab.
  • Click the Change keyboards... button
  • Click the Add... button
  • Scroll to your language and press the [+] to expand the branch
  • Press [+] again to expand the Keyboard branch
  • Select the checkbox of the language with the (Magic Utilities) suffix
  • Click OK at the right
  • Click OK at the bottom
  • Click OK at the bottom
Apple magic keyboard video

Activate the layout

You have two keyboard layouts installed, the current layout and the new layout. In the Windows system tray (right side of the Windows taskbar) you will see a language abbreviation. Click it and activate the new layout.

We can't test every Apple keyboard out there, there are too many different language models which are not available to buy in every region. Let us know if we missed something.





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