Magic keyboard stopped working

I've had a magic keyboard for just over a year. I took it off its lightning cable plugged into my keyboard, took my keyboard to another office to use with my AppleAir laptop and it worked fine. When I brought it back home, it would not pair with my IMac. I used the lightning cable, and even retried to pair it with laptop.


No luck! Darn, am I going to have to spend another $199 for a second keyboard. Makes me furious that the battery cannot be replaced.

iMac (M3, 2023)

Posted on Jul 20, 2026 11:29 AM

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Posted on Jul 20, 2026 11:55 AM

Test a different charge and sync cable.

Try plugging the keyboard directly into the iMac.

Turn the keyboard off restart the iMac and turn on the keyboard.


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Magic keyboard stopped working

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