I accidentally turned off the bluetooth on my mid2011 imac-now neither my trackpad nor my keyboard will work..and I don't own a usb mouse..what next?

I accidentally turned off the bluetooth on my iMac (mid-2011; Lion)...now neither my wireless trackpad nor my wireless keyboard will work and I cannot turn it back on (and I do not own a usb mouse as was suggested on the apple support page. It also mentioned that the bluetooth could not be turned off except by a usb mouse.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Mar 11, 2012 9:10 PM

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gjs45 Author

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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 7:20 PM

Thanks everyone for your help! I'm a mac newbie and thought I was turning off the bluetooth file transfer and was in a panic. Simply rebooting didn't work, but when I unplugged my usb backup drive and usb printer, unpplugged the computer from the wall and then plugged it back in, it detected both the trackpad and keyboard.

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Barbe66

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Jan 27, 2017 3:23 AM in response to gjs45

Thank you, you saved my life..

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I accidentally turned off the bluetooth on my mid2011 imac-now neither my trackpad nor my keyboard will work..and I don't own a usb mouse..what next?