A1016 Keyboard connection issues

I've been trying to connect my Apple A1016 keyboard to my 2021 MacBook Pro and I keep on getting error codes such as

Failed to pair "90-a8-22-01-c5-c1" with error 0x1f (Unspecified Error

I have been using the blue until code and it hasn't been working. I'm currently on the most updated version of Monterey. Any tips of suggestions?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Sep 2, 2022 2:21 PM

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