If you’re used to typing with a Macintosh keyboard layout and enjoy being able to enter typographical quotes anywhere using alt-[, alt-shift-] for “…” and alt-shift-[ and alt-shift-] for ‘…’ and alt-; to enter a proper ellipsis (…), etc., download and install the us-mac.zip file from https://github.com/adunning/Mac-Keyboard-Layouts-for-Windows and then choose it from Settings > Time & Language > Language > Keyboard.
(Because I’m testing on Windows at the moment and I don’t want to lose my sanity…)
Argh, Microsoft! Doesn't work in Windows 11. Apparently they've removed the keyboard section altogether and everything is lumped in under Settings > Time & language > Language & region > Preferred languages and they've likely changed the format or something.
So the above works for Windows 10 but not 11 at the moment.
Scratch that, they hid it really well in Windows 11. *sigh*
So, after installing the Mac keyboard layout (I had to use the msi directly, setup.exe gave me an error) go to Settings > Time & language > Language & region > English (United States)
> (… menu) > Language Options > Keyboards and make sure the Mac keyboard exists.
You can move English (United States) to the top of the keyboards list and use the keyboard switcher in the task bar or Windows Key + spacebar to switch to it.
@aral the time-honored tradition of windows settings being arbitrarily moved to yet another non-intuitive path is a tale as old as time
@aral
You had me concerned there for a moment. I prefer the Dvorak keyboard. I was pleased when I discovered I didn't have to load alternate keyboards but could select them under Language Options. I also appreciate when my keyboard preference passes through RDP. Other ways to change keyboard preference include ctrl + shift and the keyboard preference widget that appears near the clock in the task bar. Fedora also uses ctrl + shift and an on-screen widget for keyboard selection.