If you want to setup Keyboard and Trackpad after installing Windows 10 using Boot Camp on a MacBook, then this is there to guide you. If you’re going to use a dedicated keyboard and mouse, you may not set these up. But, if you want to set the inbuilt keyboard and trackpad of MacBook, then we will show you how to set them up for Windows 10.
Use Boot Camp to setup Keyboard & Trackpad in Windows 10 on Mac
Pair keyboard once. Turn on the keyboard. Press and hold Command + w until the keyboard light begins blinking, indicating the keyboard is ready to pair. Use Windows Bluetooth settings to pair the keyboard, entering the same code (e.g. 123456 Enter) on both internal and external keyboards.
Although, Windows 10 can detect the Keyboard layout of your MacBook, yet, you may not be able to use the Function keys (F1-F12). Moreover, the brightness of backlit keyboard may not be set at all. Again, you may not be able to install any mouse driver as well, since MacBook doesn’t ship with a mouse.
To solve all these problems, you need to open Boot Camp Control Panel. You do not have to install it since you have already installed Windows on MacBook using Boot Camp.
To open it, open system tray and locatethe Boot Camp icon, right-click on it and select Boot Camp Control Panel.
After opening the Boot Camp Control Panel, switch from Startup Disk tab to Keyboard or Trackpad tab.
Keyboard settings:
By default, the Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys may not be turned On. If you turn it On, you can use all the special functionalities of those function keys. You can change volume or adjust the brightness of backlit keyboard. However, you need to press key between F1 to F12 along with the Function key (Fn) of your keyboard.
The second option will let you turn on/off the keyboard backlight for a particular amount of time. You can choose from 5 seconds to Never, as per your requirements.
Trackpad settings:
In the Trackpad tab, you can enable these:
- Tap to click: By default, you need to press the trackpad until it clicks. If you enable this option, you can just tap on the trackpad to [left] click somewhere.
- Dragging
- Drag lock
- Secondary tap: It works like the right-click.
- Secondary click: If you enable this option, you can press the bottom right/left corner of the trackpad to get the right-click menu.
You can either enable Secondary Tap or the Secondary Click at any one time.
If you are having trouble with the MacBook keyboard layout, you can use Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator.
Read next: How to use Apple Magic Trackpad on Windows.
Apple Keyboard On Windows 10
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Mapping Windows keys to Apple keyboards
Using Apple Keyboard With Windows 10 Screen
Many of the keys that you'd see on a PC have equivalent keys on an Apple keyboard:
Windows logo: press Command (⌘)
Backspace or Delete: press Delete
Enter or ⏎: press Return
Alt (left): press Option
Alt GR (right): press Option + Control
Applications: This key isn't available on Apple keyboards
Using the Windows On-Screen Keyboard for other functions
Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Windows Drivers
If your keyboard doesn't include these keys, you can recreate them using the On-Screen Keyboard as described in this Microsoft support article.
Using Apple Bluetooth Keyboard With Windows 10
- Pause/Break
- Insert
- Forward Delete
- Home
- End
- Page Up
- Page Down
- Number Lock
- Scroll Lock
Printing from the screen
To recreate the Print Screen and Print Active Window function in Windows, use the Snipping Tool as described in this Microsoft support article.
Numeric keypad mappings
Use the standard numerical keys beneath the Function keys for numerical entry on the Apple Wireless Keyboard. Apple external keyboards with built-in numeric keypads provide the same function as Microsoft-compatible numeric keypads.
If your keyboard isn't working
Boot Camp installs Windows support software (drivers) that let you use features of Apple keyboards in Windows. If your keyboard works when your Mac is started in macOS but not Windows, try reinstalling Windows support software from Boot Camp Assistant.
Learn more
Use Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to find the key combinations for unique characters in the language and region your Apple keyboard is designed to support:
- Download, install, and open the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator.
- Choose File > Load Existing Keyboard.
- Select the keyboard you want to see.
- Find the country or region name in the keyboard list that's followed by '(Apple)'.
- Follow the instructions provided with the app. You can print images of the keyboard, including what keys look like when holding modifiers like Shift, Option, or Fn.
Microsoft provides a keyboard mapping article that describes using a Windows keyboard with macOS.
Apple does not provide technical phone support for installing, using, or recovering Microsoft Windows. Support is available for using Boot Camp Setup Assistant, as well as installing or restoring Boot Camp software while your Mac is started from Windows. Support articles and discussions might also be available on Apple's support website.