To turn on the Fn key lock, tap and hold the Fn key, and then tap the Escape key (or whichever is the Fn lock key), once. Release the Fn key after and the Fn key lock will be on. If your Fn keys by default controlled media e.g., volume, playback, etc, turning on the Fn key lock will make it so that the Fn keys now execute the secondary function that F1-F12 do e.g. F1 opens Help in an app or F12 opens the web console in your browser. Use function keys on a Mac keyboard in Windows with Boot Camp. In Windows on your Mac, click in the right side of the taskbar, click the Boot Camp icon, then choose Boot Camp Control Panel. If a User Account Control dialog appears, click Yes. Select or deselect “Use all F1, F2 etc. I have Apple Wireless Keyboard (A1255, from 2007, US English layout) and I want to use it on non-Apple, Windows PC.But I have two problems. Firstly, Windows does not detect when 'fn' and 'eject' is pressed on.Secondly - I want to rebind/swap these keys: 'fn' to 'control' (and 'left control' to 'fn') and 'eject' to 'delete'. I installed BootCamp on my machine but it has not changed anything.
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Mac equivalents of Windows keys
Many of the keys that you'd see on a PC have equivalent keys on an Apple keyboard.
Windows logo: Press Command (⌘).
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Backspace or Delete: Press Delete.
Enter or ⏎: Press Return.
Alt (left): Press Option (⌥).
Alt GR (right): Press Option + Control.
Large apple wireless keyboard. Applications: This key isn't available on Apple keyboards.
Use the On-Screen Keyboard for other functions
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If your Apple keyboard doesn't include the following keys, you can recreate them in Windows using the On-Screen Keyboard.
Use the Snipping Tool to print screen
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To recreate the Print Screen and Print Active Window function in Windows, use the Snipping Tool.
If your keyboard isn't working as expected in Windows
If your Apple keyboard works as expected in macOS but not in Windows, try these solutions:
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- Install the latest Apple software updates for Windows.
- Install the latest Windows support software.
- If you're using Microsoft Windows 10 N, install the latest Media Feature Pack.
Learn more
- Microsoft provides a keyboard mapping article that describes using a Windows keyboard with macOS.
- Use Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to find key combinations for the unique characters used by 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.