Using an Apple magic keyboard (Japanese issue) with Windows 11?

[Kenny202]

Long shot here but give it a whirl. I bought an apple magic keyboard (Japanese / English) off marketplace for my Ipad. Works a treat. As a bonus I was hoping to use it with my PC but many of the shift / symbol keys in different areas to whats shown on the keyboard. Mainly symbols above the numbers (+, ( , ) ,* etc etc. When I connect to the Ipad it actually asks if I want to use it in Japanese or English layout. Selecting English works perfectly. Just wondering if someone knows of a setting or something I can change on the PC to make it recognize the keyboard correctly.

 

Yes its Japanese English, yes I am an idiot, yes buyer beware, pay peanuts get monkeys etc etc. No motherly advice please, just someone that may have a solution thanks  🙂  

[sometimewoodworker]

17 hours ago, Kenny202 said:

just someone that may have a solution thanks  🙂  

It’s rather strange to ask windows questions on a dedicated Apple products forum.

Better to ask in a different forum as you are likely to have more information available.

[Kenny202]

4 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

It’s rather strange to ask windows questions on a dedicated Apple products forum.

Better to ask in a different forum as you are likely to have more information available.

Well it is an Apple Keyboard albeit using with a Windows PC and the forum is Apple products. One each way bet really and you know good old Asean Now, someone will be along to tell you you are in the wrong forum no matter where you post 🙂 I will give it another day here, cancel the post and try the general computer area. I doubt I will get an answer anyway really....strange question generally

[sometimewoodworker]

17 hours ago, Kenny202 said:

Well it is an Apple Keyboard albeit using with a Windows PC and the forum is Apple products. One each way bet really and you know good old Asean Now, someone will be along to tell you you are in the wrong forum no matter where you post 🙂 I will give it another day here, cancel the post and try the general computer area. I doubt I will get an answer anyway really....strange question generally

@Kenny202
There exists a system of changing keyboard mapping in windows, (I may have known how 25 years ago) that you happen to be using an Apple keyboard is of virtually no interest to the windows system. Within the MacOS keyboard remapping is a trivial exercise and is done on the fly as are virtually all language changes since they are virtually all integrated into the core OS.

 

Windows is not remotely as versatile and requires a complete system install for many language options.

 

You will have a better chance of finding a widows tech who can easily tell you how if you first do not add information of the origin of the keyboard (it’s irrelevant) and second ask in a computer software oriented forum. Asiannow is a rather poor choice as the numbers of subject matter experts is extremely small.

 

There are many forums with vastly more users who can answer your questions, though not the best as it’s not specialised, Reddit, if you can find which subreddit to post in, will probably give an almost instant answer.

Edited Saturday at 01:54 AM by sometimewoodworker

[Kenny202]

9 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

@Kenny202
There exists a system of changing keyboard mapping in windows, (I may have known how 25 years ago) that you happen to be using an Apple keyboard is of virtually no interest to the windows system. Within the MacOS keyboard remapping is a trivial exercise and is done on the fly as are virtually all language changes since they are virtually all integrated into the core OS.

 

Windows is not remotely as versatile and requires a complete system install for many language options.

 

You will have a better chance of finding a widows tech who can easily tell you how if you first do not add information of the origin of the keyboard (it’s irrelevant) and second ask in a computer software oriented forum. Asiannow is a rather poor choice as the numbers of subject matter experts is extremely small.

 

There are many forums with vastly more users who can answer your questions, though not the best as it’s not specialised, Reddit, if you can find which subreddit to post in, will probably give an almost instant answer.

I know how to remap on Windows but it only remaps your Laptop / built in keyboard. It wont do third party keyboards unfortunately. In this case the origin of the keyboard is very relevant as the Japanese layout is different and has about 10 more keys. I will try another forum though it isn't a huge deal for me as it is working fine on the Ipad and that's predominantly what I bought it for. I was being a cheapskate getting a used Japanese bargain basement magic 2 keyboard for 800 baht lol. Now I know why it was so cheap.  Anyway, like I said works fine on Apple so not stressed. Thanks for your help

[Paradise Pete]

I avoid Windows, but you might consider this:

 

• Open Settings (Win + I).

• Go to Time & Language > Language & Region.

• Under Preferred Languages, click the language you’re using (e.g., English) and select Options.

• Scroll down to Keyboards, click Add a keyboard, and choose the Japanese IME or another relevant layout.

• Test switching between layouts using the language bar in the taskbar or by pressing Alt + Shift or Win + Space.

 

 

[sometimewoodworker]

On 11/30/2024 at 6:01 PM, Kenny202 said:

I was being a cheapskate getting a used Japanese bargain basement magic 2 keyboard for 800 baht lol. Now I know why it was so cheap

You misunderstand the Japanese used market. It’s the opposite of the Thai market, used products in Japan have very low value so the ¥3,500 for that keyboard is actually quite a high price. So, so cheap? Not really and bargain basement? Definitely not. Take a walk around the back streets near akihabara junko street on a Sunday morning and you will see real bargin basement items virtually all totally functional, branded mice and keyboards at ฿22 (¥100) so a keyboard at ¥3,500 is really expensive.

 

On 11/30/2024 at 6:01 PM, Kenny202 said:

I know how to remap on Windows but it only remaps your Laptop / built in keyboard. It wont do third party keyboards

That looks like remapping individual keys. But you want the function to use a different keyboard, that will adjust everything so the new (to you) keyboard functions. That remaps the whole layout 

 

Having spent a few decades in Japan I do have a bit of an understanding and you are looking in the wrong place, but you may also need a bilingual windows installation.

 

As I said what is a trivial minutes change on Mac can take hours on windows, and as such you may decide that the work isn’t worth doing.

Edited Monday at 07:18 AM by sometimewoodworker