Why toss a perfectly good keyboard just because you switched platforms?

Some people just prefer how the keys feel to the ones Apple supplies.

Any wired USB keyboard or Bluetooth-based wireless keyboard will work fine with a Mac.

Modifier Keys button in Keyboard System Preferences pane

In fact, Apple even sells the Mac Mini without a keyboard or mouse.

There’s just one little problem with using a non-Apple keyboard: figuring out some of the keyboard equivalents.

It’s there; it just looks a little different.

Modifier Keys drop-down panel showing Caps Lock, Control, Option, Command, and Function keys options

Here are the five most commonly used special keys on a Mac and their Windows keyboard equivalents.

Likewise, the Windows keyboard’s Alt key is where you expect to find the Mac’s Command key.

In the System Preferences window that opens, select theKeyboardpreference pane.

Make your changes and click theOKbutton, then close System Preferences.

With the modifier keys remapped, you shouldn’t have any problems using any Windows keyboard with your Mac.