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Switching between OS X and Windows with BT Devices

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Yo man! Chaco this out, look what me and a friend of mine done, we adapted a cable to the antenna, and dude its working flawlessly!, and yes it really does work on the BIOS, it works like Magic! im couldn't be happier right now XD

Thats great. Glad you've sorted it saved you some cash also. Hands off should work also. :thumbup:
 
To use the Apple Magic Mouse and Apple Bluetooth keyboard in the BIOS you need the correct Bluetooth module. I'm using a official Apple Bluetooth/WIFI card which does indeed work in the BIOS as well as Clover. You can buy them from Amazon or EBay but they're pretty pricey. [New Version] ABWB 802.11AC WI-FI With Bluetooth 4.0 PCI-Express (PCI-E) BCM943602CS Combo Card For Hackintosh (MAC OS X) Airport Computers, Supports Hands-off https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00MBP25UK/?tag=tonymacx86-21

@VioletDragon I just got a BCM943602CS combo card and PCIe adapter.
In OSX it works OOB.
I got it working in Win10 after installing the right bootcamp drivers for Apple Bluetooth, Apple Magic kbd2 and Apple wireless mouse.

BUT I cannot use the Apple kbd in the BIOS or Clover on my GA-Z77X-UP5 motherboard (BIOS F12j-Mod9)...which is a real paion when dual-booting.
I tried F13a (beta BIOS) and it works in that BIOS but that BIOS is unstable and Windows crashes regularly.

Did you have to set and specific config in your BIOS to get the Apple kbd & mouse to work in the BIOS ???
 
@VioletDragon I just got a BCM943602CS combo card and PCIe adapter.
In OSX it works OOB.
I got it working in Win10 after installing the right bootcamp drivers for Apple Bluetooth, Apple Magic kbd2 and Apple wireless mouse.

BUT I cannot use the Apple kbd in the BIOS or Clover on my GA-Z77X-UP5 motherboard (BIOS F12j-Mod9)...which is a real paion when dual-booting.
I tried F13a (beta BIOS) and it works in that BIOS but that BIOS is unstable and Windows crashes regularly.

Did you have to set and specific config in your BIOS to get the Apple kbd & mouse to work in the BIOS ???

How did you install the Bootcamp Drivers? I keep getting a message saying its not intended on this computer. My Apple Keyboard and Mouse works in the BIOS.
 
How did you install the Bootcamp Drivers? I keep getting a message saying its not intended on this computer. My Apple Keyboard and Mouse works in the BIOS.

Me too, i usually try intalling woth Trackpad ++ but that thing is bad on its own, i just gave up on installing drivers for the Trackpad, and keep using it wiht basic functionality, now for the keyboard you should use A1314 https://github.com/samartzidis/WinAppleKey it is a great tool to use Apple keyboard properly on windows 10
 
Me too, i usually try intalling woth Trackpad ++ but that thing is bad on its own, i just gave up on installing drivers for the Trackpad, and keep using it wiht basic functionality, now for the keyboard you should use A1314 https://github.com/samartzidis/WinAppleKey it is a great tool to use Apple keyboard properly on windows 10

The problem im having is when installing the Bluetooth Driver the Apple Keyboard & Mouse stops working if I pair in Windows it'll unpair them in macOS. Ive found no solution strange thing is that the old Apple Magic Mouse 1 & Keyboard 1 works fine its just the Apple Magic Mouse 2 & Keyboard 2.
 
The problem im having is when installing the Bluetooth Driver the Apple Keyboard & Mouse stops working if I pair in Windows it'll unpair them in macOS. Ive found no solution strange thing is that the old Apple Magic Mouse 1 & Keyboard 1 works fine its just the Apple Magic Mouse 2 & Keyboard 2.

I Have experienced that too, from what i understand what is going on is that, Before you pair the Trackpad it is operating via the HID mode from the native driver of the BL Adapter, once you pair it, you tell that windows will take control of the device, But once you do that, it doesnt have the proper drivers, and from what i knows, the bootcamp trackpad drivers only work with the bootcamp applicaiton for some reason.
 
I Have experienced that too, from what i understand what is going on is that, Before you pair the Trackpad it is operating via the HID mode from the native driver of the BL Adapter, once you pair it, you tell that windows will take control of the device, But once you do that, it doesnt have the proper drivers, and from what i knows, the bootcamp trackpad drivers only work with the bootcamp applicaiton for some reason.

Not sure. I just use a Logitech Keyboard and Mouse in Windows 10. Solved my problem anyway.
 
How did you install the Bootcamp Drivers?
1. I used Boot Camp Assistant to download the latest bootcamp package for the mac type setup in my Clover SMBIOS (i.e. iMac13,2 in my case). Just DO NOT install on your macOS but onto an external USB (there's a check box for that). It took a long time to download and boot camp assistant puts it onto a USB flash drive (the assistant steps your through process).

2. Boot Windows 10 and insert the boot camp USB flash disk. On the root, out will a folder called $WinPEDriver$ which contains core drivers needed for installing Windows on a Mac. Within that folder find AppleBluetoothBroadcom64 folder which contains the driver installer DPInst.exe for Broadcom bluetooth controller 43XX. Right-click it and Run as Administrator. You will now have the driver for the BT part. There's another BT driver under USB:/BootCamp/Drivers/Broadcom/BroadcomBluetooth64.exe that I tried first but that did not work for me (it did not help Windows recognise the BT adapter).

3. Next, find the drivers for the Apple wireless keyboard and mouse. They are located under USB:/BootCamp/Drivers/Apple (where USB: is the drive-letter of your bootcamp USB stick). They are: AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe, AppleWirelessMouse64.exe and AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64.exe (if you have a trackpad). I found that you cannot simply right-click each installer and run them but instead you have to use install Bootcamp onto Windows. But it's not that bad as you do not have to install everything. Create a folder on the Windows somewhere (e.g. c:/BC6) and copy BootCamp.msi, AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe, AppleWirelessMouse64.exe and AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64.exe into it. This way, when you install bootcamp, it only installs what's in the folder using:
Code:
cd c:/BC6
msiexec /i BootCamp.msi

You might see an error/warning of some sort but installation continues.

4. Pairing your Apple devices to BT. If you have NOT paired your kbd and mouse in macOS, then you will be able to pair them in Windows. If they were already paired in macOS, then restart into macOS and unpair your device AND remove them from bluetooth System Preferences (right-click each device in BT preferences & disconnect then remove). Of course you will need alternate kbd & mouse temporarily (wired USB). Now, restart into Windows and you should be able to pair your Apple devices. Once paired, you will notice that Touch Scrolling works on the magic mouse and Volume Up/Down keys will display the volumes graphics on the screen (just like macOS). You can now restart the system into macOS and now add the Apple devices to macOS.

Now I can go between Windows & macOS and Apple devices just work.
Except, I cannot access those devices in the BIOS :(

What's your system and what BIOS version are you using ?
 
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