Arabic Keyboard on Mac

Installation Instructions:

1) Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences.
2) Click the International icon on the first row of the Systems Preferences panel.
3) Click the Input Menu tab and check Arabic -QWERTY.
4) On the upper right portion of the screen, click on the American flag icon (U.S. Flag Icon). Use the dropdown menu to select Arabic -QWERTY.

On-screen keyboard (Mac)

1) Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences.
2) Click the International icon on the first row of the Systems Preferences panel.
3) Click the Input Menu tab and check Keyboard viewer.
4) Click on the flag icon on the upper right and select Keyboard viewer.

Arabic Phonetic Keyboard for Windows

Download The Arabic Phonetic Keyboard

Instructions To Install:

1. Download above file.
2. Extract the installation package from fbarab.zip with winzip or any similar program.
3. Run fbarab.exe to install the Arabic keyboard layouts.
4. Restart Windows.
5. Load the keyboard layouts:
   1. Click on the Start button.
   2. Click on Control Panel.
      • The Control Panel is directly accessible in the standard Start menu but it is inside Settings in the classic Start menu.
   3. Click on “Date, Time, Language and Regional Options.”
   4. Select the “Add other languages” task.
      • Or click on “Regional and Language Options” and select the Languages tab.
   5. Check the “Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages” option and click on the Apply button.
   6. Click Yes when you are asked to restart Windows.
   7. Go to “Add other languages” again and click on the Details button.
   8. Click on the Add button.
   9. Select Arabic in the drop-down list of input languages and select Arabic ASDF Eastern or Arabic ASDF Western in the drop-down list of keyboard layouts.
   10. Click OK as many times as you are prompted to and then close “Date, Time, Language and Regional Options.”

   Source: http://zsigri.tripod.com/fontboard/arabic.html