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Title: Mac Compatible 60% hot-swap PCB's
Post by: Dominus on Thu, 03 December 2020, 17:57:19

I have been researching PCB's for my future build for a while and I can't find any 60% PCB's that work with MacOS. Every PCB that I've found has a windows only software. Is there any way I can use a 60% PCB on mac and still access function/arrow keys?

Title: Re: Mac Compatible 60% hot-swap PCB's
Post by: Sdhebert on Thu, 03 December 2020, 18:45:07

I don't know of any pcbs that don't work with Mac. 

You have the option with qmk/via to remap the windows key to your choosing or do that on your mac.

I've used the 1upkeyboards 60% pcb, Rama m60a, tokyo60 and the drop alt.  All work fine with Mac

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Title: Re: Mac Compatible 60% hot-swap PCB's
Post by: Leslieann on Thu, 03 December 2020, 21:22:27

There has been a few keyboards that didn't support Mac in the past (Ajazz or Icool or something) but those issues are largely over.
These days pretty much any keyboard will function on any OS, it's the RGB software that's the issue, not the keyboard itself.

If it's just a PCB, that's MUCH more likely to support Mac and Linux as most of them use open source software like QMK, in which case there's no problems at all. If it supports VIA or QMK it will definitely work, just beware a few companies are selling knock-off DZ60's and while they work and use open source software the mapping is off so you can't flash updated DZ60 firmware without correcting the keymap as a few have found.  Even that's not that big of a deal though.
, and needs to be corrected before you change the firmware.

Title: Re: Mac Compatible 60% hot-swap PCB's
Post by: kajahtaa on Thu, 03 December 2020, 21:33:29

I compiled QMK and flashed many PCB from OSX

Title: Re: Mac Compatible 60% hot-swap PCB's
Post by: Dominus on Fri, 04 December 2020, 10:04:25

Thanks a ton for all of the help!