Apple Wireless Keyboard will not become discoverable--solution

Thank you so much George for your help. I walked into my stairwell at my apartment building and tried this trick. The keyboard finally became discoverable, however I had to hold the keyboard power button in order for my Mac to pair with it.

Awesome......after trying everything your plan worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing.

I just want to add another thank you. I had to take the keyboard over a block away but that did the trick. I never would have thought of it absent this thread. Thanks everyone!

THANK YOU!!!! I knew that the computer still thought that it was paired but I didn't even think about going into the other room. Had to go a bit farther actually but all works not. This drove me nuts for oven an hour. As other people said I had to hold the power button down for a few seconds to get it into discoverable mode.

George. I'd like to add my thanks for your post nearly two years ago! When BT keyboard stopped working suddenly I too struggled to find out what was up. After reading your post I twigged it wasn't discoverable – no blinking green light and I put two and two together – my keyboard had been paired with my son's iPad upstairs for three days! Kind regards, Stephen, London

Hi Folks,

Thanks very much. The BT KB can stay stuck in the paired mode even when the computer has

changed its mind.

In my case, I had to walk away 50 feet, pull out the batteries, put batteries back in, then power on BT KB. Finally went into discovery mode.

I wonder if one could just turn off BT on computer rather than walk away until out of range?

Best

Thanks very much for the advice for the wireless keyboard. Took mine outside and got the flashing light.

Worked like a charm.

Thanks again.

Simon

I've done this more than once: Used my wireless keyboard with my iPad, then left the iPad on while trying to use the keyboard with my iMac. Of course it can't be paired with two devices simultaneously, so the solution, as always, is to turn the iPad off (or get another keyboard$$$).

Thank you George, two years later and it still works like a charm!

Thank you soooooo much!!!

I'd like to add my thanks for the tip. I was ready to throw the keyboard out the window!

George . . . that worked great. I had the same issue as you and took my keyboard for a walk and shazam . . . it's back. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for the info! This solved my frustration as well. I was ready to chuck this keyboard as bricked, but this solution worked like a charm! Thanks very much.

Thank goodness for the solution George! I can't log in to my iMac due to Bluetooth keyboard is not paired plus it has a password. There's no way I could pair the keyboard. I have no choice, I bought the cheapest ($5 w/ coupon) wired keyboard I could find. Then I got frustrated when I can't pair the Bluetooth keyboard after trying so many times. It just won't go into "discoverable" mode until I saw this! Now everything's ok, I'm thinking I could still return my wired keyboard but.. I thought it would be my best investment if something will happen again in the future. 😉

George,

I'd like to join others in thanking you for this useful and money saving solution. It's now some time since your post, but I too stumbled across your solution as I was about to embark on buying a new KB. Instead I changed the batteries, walked around the garden well away from the house and finally got the desired blinking green light and hey presto. You're a star.