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Thanks for this tip. It worked for me using a first generation apple wireless keyboard and my MacBook Air running El Capitan 10.11.1
Thanks Dave. Worked like a charm!
I did all you suggested and appear to have a pairing, or so it says.. However, the only action I am getting is the use of the “tab’ and “delete”. No other keyboard function is operating.
It sounds ridiculous but this is my first experience with this type of keyboard, model # A1314
I am in Australia.
Any ideas, Dave?
Dave, you are a genius. It worked. Interestingly the problem occurred after restarting following a power cut. I’ve had a Mac for close to 30 years, so I’m not usually this stumped. I had tried everything else. Thanks!
ps I’m on Exmoor, I notice you’re “just down the road” from your GPS. Small world
Thank you for this black magic wizardry!
Thanks Dave. Worked perfectly for me. Got my keyboard working again.
(I think my old macbook sometimes steals the keyboard from my new one.)
Thanks Dave! Very appreciated! (It worked of course!)
Thanks for valuable tips.
Fresh batteries (output voltage close to 1.5 V) and switching off all other BT sources were needed before the pairing worked.
Hi! Please inform if some water dropped in the keyboard can cause malfuntion, because the keyboard light gets on and off .
Yes it can cause malfunction.
Thank you. Worked great!
worked fine for me, after hours of wondering around. So many THX
I found to have the same problem as 44Edward. Mouse Keys somehow got enabled and kept my character and number keys from working. Everything else was find.
I only had success with this addition:
It may be needed to take out the batterys and insert newly, and on FIRST pressing adhere to No. 3 below.
Also my 2nd Mac constantly wanted to connect to the keyboard, the username is the same. So its valuable to watch both Macs.
Hi Dave
Love what you are doing?
You ever in Cornwall pop in for a coffee ….
I found no real solution to losing my bluetooth connection on my keyboard … Couldn’t get to settings or anything as keyboard not acknowledged at all… Tried lots with no luck then I tried jumpoing around the different accounts at log in …4 of them… the one least used accepted the keyboard then it started working on them all.
Probably just luck but worth a try.
Cheers
Ian
Thanks for the tip. Hard to find this info on Apple’s site.
Thanks for the Help Dave! I was quite frustrated with my keyboard/mac mini issue till I tried your trick and it worked. Thanks again and Merry Christmas- Happy New Year
thanks works in iMac late 2013!!!!!!!!
Thank’s Dave great trick (or feature?) – I have to reset to switch the keyboard between use of Apple TV and Macbook