Hmm...

[ewt]

Anyone have a USB external number keypad that will work okay with a Mac? Or can any of you make a good recommendation on one?

Using Sibelius and I will go POTTY if I have to keep switching between numlock and not. Attaching a big proper external keyboard would also work, but something small would be great if available.

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[mubeimmik.livejournal.com]

Well, I can tell you which one NOT to get... the Targus one isn't mac friendly. People would bring them back to us screaming because they didn't work on their macs... tis not my fault they didn't read the description when they bought it online *L*

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

Okay, ta. :)

[hennes.livejournal.com]

I just connected my Qware external USB number keypad to a mac. It works.

It is not quite plug and play though. Just plugging it in launches a wizard which tries to identify the keyboard. The wizard program asks you to press the key right of the shift key, which is rather hard to do since a numberpad has no shiftkey.

Next I tried: System preferences, Keyboard & mice, tab keyboard, Change Keyboard type. This launched the same wizard.

However after randomly pressing several keys on the numpad the wizard gave up and presented a manual selection list. I selected "ANSI (United states and others) Standard 101-key or 102-key keyboard" and it works.