Magic Keyboard and Mouse In Windows 10

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Magic Keyboard and Mouse In Windows 10

I have a MacBook Pro and a Windows 10 PC.

I would like to be able to work with Apple magic 2 mouse and Magic (Gry Space) wireless keyboard on the PC using Windows 10.

I have download and install Bootcamp drivers for Windows, but regretfully have been unsucessfull to apply Apple drivers to these Bluetooth devices unders Windos 10.

The drivers for Windows are already made, BUT to use them under Windows 10 the .INF file made by Apple must be well written, accessible, to Windows 10.

As of now, I can use both devices but basic FN keys (sound volume, next/prev) do not work at all. Mouse wheel neither works.

A real Shame. I ask Apple to let us fully access our input devices when using a PC.

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), Windows 10, intel PC using Windows 10 Pro

Posted on Oct 18, 2018 2:15 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 21, 2018 3:08 AM in response to Loner T

Many thanks again for your replies and help.

To make the narration short, this Sunday morning I have turned on the PC, while the MBPro is off on the same table, and the Light was made! It instantaneously was paired.

It seems everything has been settled down. The BC drivers were manually installed as you (strongly) advice me.

And now this is my Device Manager:

The Magic Mouse 2 works, buttons and SCROLL ! Finally. Thank you.

But the FN keys (Media nd Volume) still refuse to work.

fn+F7 (with previous arrow sign) works as Pause. And Command+F15 that worked as screen capture does nothing now.

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Loner T

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Oct 20, 2018 4:27 PM in response to federicoplaton

federicoplaton wrote:

I do not understand the second step: Run BC Assistant -> Action -> Download, as I do not have BootCamp installed on the MacBook, as I have told you already, I use just the OSX Mojave for running Adobe apps. Do I have to install Bootcamp?

Bootcamp Assistant is in Applications -> Utilities -> Bootcamp Assistant. It can be used to either install Windows or download BC drivers. You do not need to install Windows, but you need to Download the drivers only.

federicoplaton wrote:

Meanwhile, I did something you had suggested in the past: I got Brigadier and downloaded BootCamp drivers (v. 6.1) and place them with Bootcamp.msi in a folder and installed them. But still Windows 10 chooses to use Microsoft drivers and the steps detailed before have been unsucessfull (Update drivers>Have disk --> go the folder where the .inf and .sys are).

You need to install individual drivers manually. Bootcamp.msi will not work, since you have a Windows PC.

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Answer 3

Oct 24, 2018 7:27 AM in response to federicoplaton

I found out pressing bottom left key FN, on the On Screen Keyboard, turns top numerical row to Function keys F1-F12,

Shortcuts, like F7, F11, do work on apps like Photoshop when the FN es engaged.

But nothing more.

Some extra findings:

Playing music on itunes for Windows:

fn+F10 is the contextual menu, right mouse button, no other key combination (fn+ F1-18) does anything.

On Groove Music:
No Fn keys does something, except fn+F7: Pause
On Windows media Player (that's interesting)

fn+F7: Mute Sound fn+F8: reduces volume fn+F9: increases volume

I am using a US layout Bluetooth Magic keyboard (+numerical or extended) grey space and Windows 10 language is English (United States)

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Loner T

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Oct 24, 2018 4:33 AM in response to federicoplaton

Can you turn on the on-screen keyboard on the W10 PC and check what the non-working keys generate on the on-screen keyboard?

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Loner T

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Oct 25, 2018 3:02 PM in response to federicoplaton

On Macs, the Fn+<Function-Key> is a combination that can be turned on or off in the Bootcamp control panel. Such an equivalent does not exist on a PC, so you may not get full functionality of the keyboard.

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Loner T

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Oct 20, 2018 5:57 AM in response to federicoplaton

Your 2017 Mac cannot support any BC 5.x drivers, which are meant for W7/W8.1. You need BC6.x drivers. Can you click on BC Assistant -> Action -> Download and download BC drivers to a USB2 flash drive and re-install them and test?

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Answer 7

Oct 20, 2018 7:21 AM in response to Loner T

Please forget I have a MacBook Pro, where everything works OK as I only have OSX Mojave. Nothing else. I do not need and I am not interested in -ever- using Windows 10 on a Apple machine.

My problem is trying to install and use the Apple drivers for these devices, namely, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Keyboard on a PC using Windows 10.

They are recognized and connected via Bluetooth, and the primary functions work, typing and clicking buttons.

BUT, the scroll on this mouse is not available (even less swipe gestures), and FN keys of the keyboard do nothing there too.

Why this happens? Because the apple drivers are not installed. Apple has done the hard work of writing the drivers code that allow using the keyboard and mouse on a Apple running Windows with Bootcamp. But the installation file .inf, as far as i know and tried, does not allow or is unable to load/install those drivers (available on Bootcamp for Windows) on a Windows 10 installed on PCs.

I hope this clears and explain the situation, I want to use the Volume keys of the keyboard and scroll using this mouse, connected to a PC under Windows 10.

Thank you.

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Loner T

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Oct 20, 2018 9:06 AM in response to federicoplaton

federicoplaton wrote:

I hope this clears and explain the situation, I want to use the Volume keys of the keyboard and scroll using this mouse, connected to a PC under Windows 10.

The same set of steps can be re-used. Once you have created the USB2 Flash drive on the Mac, move it to the Windows PC, and then, manually, install each driver that you need on the PC.

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Answer 9

Loner T

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Oct 19, 2018 3:32 PM in response to federicoplaton

In Windows Device Manager, do you see any unknown devices?

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Answer 10

Oct 22, 2018 9:17 AM in response to federicoplaton

Media (before/Pause/Next) keys work, ONLY when the keyboard is wired to a USB on the PC, Wirelessly only the fn+F7 acting as Pause key works !

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Loner T

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Oct 20, 2018 2:35 PM in response to federicoplaton

Connect a blank USB2 Flash drive, use Disk Utility to format it as a MBR/FAT disk. Run BC Assistant -> Action -> Download on a Mac and it will download the drivers to the USB2.

Also, see If Windows Support Software isn't installed after you run Boot Camp Assistant - Apple Support .

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Loner T

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Oct 26, 2018 2:11 PM in response to federicoplaton

You are using MK2/MM2, which behave differently. Using BC5.x drivers is problematic, because these drivers do not have signatures that W10 enforces. You can try the same method as shown in the video and see if works for you.

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Oct 19, 2018 5:31 AM in response to federicoplaton

Can you confirm the year/model of your Mac?

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Oct 23, 2018 2:06 PM in response to federicoplaton

These files should already be in place. Can you search on C:?

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Answer 15

Oct 19, 2018 2:19 PM in response to Loner T

Yes. it's a MacBook Pro 15"Touchbar of 2017.

I wish to work with the Wireless Magic Keyboard (Grey Space) and Magic 2 mouse on my PC using Windows 10.

I repeat on a PC with Windows 10.

On the MBP with OSX have no problem at all.

Current functionality of these input devices are limited, incomplete, because though the drivers are there the .inf file to use those drivers in Windows 10 does not work. At least thats the conclusion I have arrived at.

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