Wireless keyboard stopped working, flashing green light (not batt. related)

Same here,
I've an old iMac (G5) and since the update my only keyboard is not recognized anymore. Now I've to buy a temporary crappy usb keyboard until apple fixes this mess.
great...

I can't believe Apple hasn't addressed this yet, very disappointing! I am still hesitant to do an archive and install to see if it fixes the problem.

Update: I spent some time last night & this morning doing an archive and install. I rolled back to 10.4.6, keyboard wouldn't connect, ran the 10.4.9 combo update, still no luck. I believe it's the keyboard in my case, not the computer.

Same problem...all of a sudden this past weekend. Both the BT keyboard and mouse have worked flawlessly for 15 months. They get a LOT of use (5 in the family) and a lot of power on/power off cycles trying to extend battery life.

What I've noticed???

Flashing light is actually the "discoverable" piece of the keyboard when powering on. I think there is a timeout on it. I'm typing on it now, and the green light is NOT on.

I can pair after several attempts and toggles of the power switch (maybe 10 or so attempts). I also noticed that my BT wireless mouse becomes strangely slow in response while the wireless keyboard is trying to complete the pairing. This would leave me to believe that it IS a software issue related to BT or OSX.

Also, once I get it paired, so far, as long as I don't turn the keyboard off, the pairing remains and the keyboard works. But when I turn the keyboard off, or if/when I restart the Mini (like after an update), then this process starts all over.

It's not the end of the world, but I am now looking at a new "wired" keyboard (I think) soon.

So I fixed my Apple keyboard problem tonight!!








...by buying a new wired Apple keyboard.

I've given in and bought a new wired keyboard and mouse. It's a lame situation we're all in. If you're having this problem, please add a "me, too" to this forum topic so Apple is aware how many folks they've inconvenienced.

As a quick follow-up: I purchased a new keyboard and it did not work either. Eventually after playing with the bluetooth sys prefs the new and old key boards fixed themselves, so I returned the new one to Compusa for a full refund. I've had no problems since, just don't get me started on Apple's mighty mouse!

My keyboard is working again. Fortunately, in my case, it was just a matter of re-pairing.

I was having this same problem with my MacBook Pro and Mighty Mouse. I realized that I was only having it when there was another bluetooth device, such as my phone, active in the same area. When I disabled bluetooth on my phone, everything started working perfectly again.

Hope that helps.

Hi y'all - I had the same problem with my keyboard. It can be discovered when I set it up freshly, but I just could not enter the code displayed on the monitor. I tried a few things and then found that hitting ENTER after typing the numbers does the trick. RETURN does not work. Now it's fine again.

Hope that helps someone else.

Best - MM

Same problem !!! ***?
My G5 discovers the keyboard but won't pair with it.. 😟

I had the same problem. I went to "system preferences" and under "Bluetooth" I deleted my keyboard and than ran the bluetooth assistent again. And it works perfectly.

best
Joern

Hi, I had the exact same problem, and I found to fix it.

I think this issue will be caused by an electric loose connection of AA batteries and wireless keyboard.
The design of power supply unit is very poor due to focus on slim and cool design.

Please try to pack the metal that conducts electricity between the last AA battery and lid of
the keyboard.
I placed the spring of the metal, and then this issue was fixed.

I hope this issue is fixed in your environment.

P.S
I think the problem that the keyboard connection is often lost and the problem that mouse tracking
is very slow at the time are different.
A latter problem is easy to fix.
Could you please turn off airport (802.11b/g). I think this issue will be the software problem of Mac OSX.

more info.

When the earth grease is painted on surroundings of battery compartment cover of the keyboard, it
is more effective!