Saturday, June 23, 2012

Windows Arabic Keyboard Layout for Mac Keyboards


I recently found that the Mac arabic keyboard layouts available online didn't work on my computer. I happen to work with a macbook pro with windows installed as a second OS option.. I wanted to use the Arabic language for writing my files , and then i discovered that the arabic mapping was different. I went online and i tried the popular Aktub and moeys arabic layouts , both didn't work for me  :(   .. I couldn't really identify the problem ,both will install just fine , but will not enable the layout on my 64 bit windows 7 machine.. Anyway , i searched online and i found this amazing tool from Microsoft , it's called The Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator , and this is actually the tool that the mentioned website used to create their keyboard layouts. So , i created my own layout , and I also published it on GitHub , an open repository for code and downloads, so that people can re-create their own keyboards from the current layout if they want to...


Download Link @ github : here

Source Link @ github :  here



Additional instructions to use the download :
  1. Download the zip files from the link above
  2. extract to a location you'll remember
  3. Run the Setup ,then you'll have the language automatically added on 
  4. Use Alt+Shift to switch the language
It has been tested for compatibility with All windows versions : 7, 8, 9 and 10

62 comments:

  1. Very nice and helpful.
    Thank you Bishoy.

    Mohamed Ali
    AUC-ALI

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  2. thanks man
    my Allah help you as you help me
    aborazan

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  3. Thank you brother,

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  4. thanks a lot its working

    Ahmed Samy

    ELI-AUC

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  5. It works greatly
    thank you so much

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    1. It should work Ibrahim ,please email me or message my facebook if it doesn't and i will fix and post an update :).

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    2. رائع بشاوي فقط لابد من اختيار الكيبورد العربي ماك وليس العربي الخاص بالويندوزعلي ويندوز 8

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  7. Thanks a lot.. it works with windows 8

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  8. GREAT !! Thanks for the effort !

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  9. For some reason it didn't show up on the list of input languages. I used it for windows 8 but it doesn't seem to work at all.

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  10. You are the man. thanks

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  11. tُُhanks man,you made my day :)

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  12. just what i've been looking for, you should set up a paypal button so we can donate a few bucks
    thanks man

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  13. Fantastic!

    Thank you!


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  14. Thanks a lot Bro, GOD Bless U :)

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  15. Thank you so much for this :)

    Ibrahim

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  16. Thank u bro its working

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  17. Thank you a lot for this information its exactly what i want thank you for your keyboard.

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  18. Perfect :) thanks a lot buddy. For all MacBook Pro users using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, simply download the zip file, and then run Setup. Then magically the keyboard layout will work perfectly.

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  19. Thanks a lot for this great help. You saved our day man!

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  20. جزاك الله خير

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  21. I Love You Man. AWESOME.
    احبك يارجل۔ راااائع

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  22. That's really helpful. May god bless you.

    Thanks alot

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  23. Thanks man! شكرا يا اخي

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  24. جزاك الله خير
    لم اكن قادا على الكتابة بالعربية بشكل سهل قبل تركيب التطبيق
    شكرا

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  25. ألف مليون شكر ۔۔۔۔ مفيدة جداً جداً

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  26. oh sorry it was my internet issue. It is working fine. Appreciate.d

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  27. It does work in Windows 8.1 even, FLAWLESSLY. Whoever created this should be awarded with oscars :D

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  28. Thanks man
    You made my PC to MAC transition less painful

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  29. ممتاز
    جزاك الله خير

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  30. You are good man
    انت رجل رائع
    خدمة البشرية

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  31. You are good man
    انت رجل رائع
    خدمة البشرية

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  32. Thanks man you saved me! it works on Windows 10 too :)

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  33. شكرا جزييييييييييييييلا

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  34. يعمل الان >۔۔الف شكر احمد

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  35. Many thanks its perfectly worked

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  36. This was very helpful.

    Thank you very much.

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  37. شكراً جزيلاً
    وفقك الله وهداك للخير دائماً

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  38. thank you, just found it, it worked on windows 10 as well, great work thanks again...

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  39. اخي الكريم
    هلا تكرمت بمساعدتي بتوزيعة ماك على ويندوز، فقد قمت بتثبيت ويندوز 10 على الماك ولم اعثر على توزيعة ماك.

    وتقبل خالص الشكر والامتنان مقدماً.

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  40. شكرا جزيلا لك

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  41. excellent work , thanks for the developer

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  42. والله انت راجل من ظهر راجل ،وبطل كمان اشكرك كل الشكر

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  43. Where could we buy that Arabic keyboard? It looks good! I think this would help me translate Arabic to English a lot more easier.

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    1. You basically search for QWERTY Mac Arabic keyboard on amazon , you'll surely get it.
      ex: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071ZZVC3V/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_I7DIDbY6EDTEJ

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    2. If you're talking about the above software, It's free , just follow the links above

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  44. Please update the full stop symbol to standard full stop (Unicode 002e) which is used in Arabic language instead of (Unicode 06d4) which is used exclusively in Urdu language.

    Kindly refer to this document for details
    https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0600.pdf

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  45. آلف شكروبكتبها باستخدام مفاتيح الكتابة خاصتكم

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  46. thank you so much
    allah bless you

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  47. it doesn't work with me i install it and nothing happens

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  48. The download link is not working. Can you please update it?

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  49. Brilliant job ممتاز

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