How do you connect an Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric pad to Windows 10 via Bluetooth?

I recently bought an Apple magic keyboard with numeric pad to use with my computer, after reading threads online that you can connect it via Bluetooth to a Windows PC. When I search to add a new Bluetooth device, my PC doesn't find the keyboard.

I tested the keyboard with my MacBook Pro where I am able to use it fine. It also connects using the wire to my PC, but it won't find the keyboard via Bluetooth. My Windows PC has Bluetooth 5.0, and I've tried holding down Command + W, tried resetting the keyboard via my MacBook Pro, but it still isn't able to find my keyboard.

Does anyone know a way to fix this issue?

Solution 1:

When you have the Windows Bluetooth pane open and it is searching for devices then slide the power control on the keyboard to Off and then On shortly after. This should make the keyboard discoverable by Windows.

Make sure that the keyboard is not plugged in via cable to another computer, and make sure that it is not able to communicate with a previously paired Mac at the same time.

Note that the comments you have received earlier regarding duplicates and directions concerns a completely different keyboard, namely the "Apple Wireless Keyboard". You have the "Apple Magic Keyboard" which works in a slightly different manner regarding Bluetooth pairing - and it doesn't have a power button, but rather a slider.

Solution 2:

Okay, so I also tried to connect the Apple Magic Keyboard to Windows 10 and I ran into several problems.

1. As long as I had it connected via USB, it couldn't be discovered by Windows
2. Even when pairing was then initialized, Windows showed a driver problem

So I unplugged the keyboard and installed Magic Utilities.

https://magicutilities.net/magic-keyboard/download

Once they were installed, the pairing worked fine - no driver issues any more. I didn't have to enter any sort of PIN on the keyboard - as mentioned elsewhere on the web -, but simply confirmed that this was the right device.

I am writing this via bluetooth now! :)