WoW- Keyboard and/or number pad.

I have recently started playing World of Warcraft and I am looking at control options for my MacBook.
I tried plugging a keyboard I used for my PC into the USB on my MB and the number pad would not work. So my first question is do I need a special keyboard for my Mac?
Second, is anyone aware of a good external number pad for a Mac?
Lastly, does anyone have any favourable "setups (controllers, keyboards) " they use to control WoW.

Hmmm, sorry - I do use iMovie, but only on my iMac. You would probably get better answers if you post that question in the iMovie forum or the iPad forum.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipad/using_ipad
for iMovie, you need to choose which one you want:
https://discussions.apple.com/community

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WoW- Keyboard and/or number pad.

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