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Q: Apple Wireless Keyboard won't pair

My Apple wireless keyboard won't pair with my MacBook Pro running Leopard 10.5.1. Until a few hours ago, it's been working fine. It's an older keyboard (white). It also won't pair any longer with an iBook G4 running Leopard 10.5.1. I've tried most of the suggestions on the various discussion threads without success.

One unique finding I hope that will help someone find a solution: If I use Bluetooth asst and select keyboard, it will not find it. If however, I use 'any device' the keyboard is seen and named 'Apple Wireless Keyboard' but the type is listed as 'unknown'. This tells me that the keyboard is sending and the Mac is receiving, but something is missing in the identification. I've tried continuing with the Any Device option but the pairing is never successful. (I've tried all the various passkey options.)

Hopefully Apple will fix this soon!

MacBook Pro 2.4 Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 11, 2007 7:13 PM

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  • by sitback,

    sitback sitback May 3, 2008 6:06 PM in response to Roemer Van Toorn
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    May 3, 2008 6:06 PM in response to Roemer Van Toorn
    this was the cause of my probs as well. i'd had the keyboard working fine with the macbook. i then bought a mini, set that up using the same keyboard, then whacked on VNC to manage the mini that way.

    but i forgot to "unpair" the keyboard from the mini.

    once i "upaired" it i could hook it back up to the macbook. didn't have the same trouble with the mouse though - maybe the effective range of the keyboard is greater than that of the mouse which is why only the keyboard stayed connected? (the mini's in a different room)
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