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Solved How To Use Apple’s Magic Trackpad On a Windows 10 PC

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Hi, there, my son is trying to use Apple’s Magic Trackpad on his Win10 PC.

What I am getting online is that can be done. But, what I don’t understand is how you would set up the bluetooth so it can connect.
Now, first I d/l bootcamp for him. But, it wouldn’t install because of the computer model?
But what I thought I understood is that with it, he can use the trackpad.

Now, then, researching further, I found that there is a bootcamp 6. I had d/l bootcamp 5.1.
Can’t seem to find the bootcamp 6 d/l, though.

I also see how if someone has a Mac, with the program BootCamp, they can use Win10. What will they think of next!!

Can anyone tell me/us, what needs to be done so he can use it on his 10?

Thank you very much for any help you can give us!!

Sincerely,
balscarlet

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      Depending upon whether the PC is running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows you need this software: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1333… or this: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL979?… Then just follow the instructions in the original link. But first you will need to buy a Bluetooth adapter (assuming the computer doesn’t have one) such as: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb…

      Bluetooth is a hardware addition which is then automatically supported by Windows 10. Note that you will probably need to re-pair the trackpad with the computer each time you wish to switch it from the Mac to the PC and back again.

      (PS. I was wrong to say initially that you didn’t need BootCamp. You do, but just to get a driver for the trackpad.)

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