Use the numpad on the Mac laptop keyboard Select Alt Alt, Windows Command to assign the PC Alt key to equal the Mac Alt key and the Windows logo key to equal the Mac Command (Apple) key Select. The Windows “Remapkey” tool mentioned in this WebAIM article.
There are a number of utilities that can be used to achieve this, including the following. Alt refers to the Alt key on a PC, Win to the Windows key (represented by the Super keysyms over the RFB protocol), and Cmd to the Command key on a Mac. Suffixes L and R refer to the left and right variants of keys. Use a key remapping program within Windows Definitions: On this page, a Mac’s Option/Alt key is referred to as Opt. VirtualBox passes all keys except the Host Key directly to the Virtual Machine, so you would need to use a key remapping program within Windows.Like the Control and Option keys, Command is pressed along with a letter or digit. If you are running Windows in a Virtual Machine on OS X, the VM application will most likely offer a key-mapping facility. On Apple keyboards, a modifier key that was originally the Apple key. Use your Virtual Machine to map a key (or combination) to INSERT In this case, you have three options, detailed below. The Alt/Option key will function as a Windows key and the Command key. Log out and log back in, or reboot your Mac. Scroll down in the To key column on the right and select Special: Right Alt. If you have a Mac laptop, or non-numeric keyboard Click Type Key under the From key column on the left. If you wish, you can also map other keys (such as the relatively unused F16) to INSERT, too (more details below). Thanks to Hans Hillen for pointing this out. Then the “0” key on the numeric keypad is INSERT in Windows. If you have an Apple keyboard with numeric keypad CAPS LOCK cannot be easily used as a replacement, due to the different (to Windows) way that Mac keyboards handle it.Mac laptops do not have the INSERT key.You may want to use keystrokes in screen readers such as INSERT+F7 (in NVDA or JAWS) to bring up a list of links on the page, or INSERT+CTRL+ (in JAWS) to bring up a list of ARIA landmark regions. This article collects together and updates advice I have encountered on and off the web to access or map the INSERT key in Windows on a Mac (either in a Virtual Machine or via Boot Camp), which is useful when you are using assistive technologies such as screen readers.