Does a normal wireless windows keyboard with a USB receiver work on Macbook pro?

Hi all

Does a normal wireless windows keyboard with a USB receiver work on Macbook pro?

Is there anyone who have tried this?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 16, 2020 3:02 AM

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Posted on Jan 16, 2020 1:42 PM

Pretty much any one should work. It's a pretty standard generic USB HID driver. The main issue would be converting to Apple's command/control/option keys and a few things that convert.


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Jan 16, 2020 1:45 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Tom Gewecke wrote:


richard99flint wrote:

yes it will work. Just plug and play
I don't think that is true. Not all windows "wireless" keyboards that require USB dongles will work right. It would probably not be wise to buy one which has compatibility specs that only list Windows and PC's.


What USB receiver wouldn't use a standard USB human interface device class driver?

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