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Thank you so much Dave, I have not been able to find this information anywhere and have been going crackers since a power cut upset the bluetooth a few days ago.
This works PERFECTLY!! It’s brilliantly explained & yes hold that button down constantly.
Thanks a million!!
Holding down the power button did not work the first time, but it did the second time!
Many thanks Dave
Dave, you beauty! This worked, as with Tom from 18th September this didn;t work the first time but did a second time.
I was starting to go a bit nuts as (in true helpdesk fashion) it was working fine before I took my laptop out to a meeting 🙂
Cheers!
Hi Dave, thank you for this article! This article was written a few years ago, so the reason behind me having to change the procedure slightly could be due to OS X changing over the years. I use OS X El Capitan.
First of all, I had to remove the Keyboard from the list of connected devices in ‘Bluetooth’ settings. I tried everything that comes next before disconnecting the keyboard, and it didn’t work. Then what I did was go to ‘Keyboard’ settings, and clicked ‘Set up Bluetooth Keyboard.’ After that, I performed step 1, followed by steps 4-7. Then it was connected again.
The shift + option debugging bluetooth worked to reconnect my Magic Mouse 2! Thank you so much!!
A saver, so now I can type again… Thank you for having exposed the idiosyncrasies of the so-called user friendliness of the Mac cult as quite witfully well described by Umberto Eco t in one of the early chapters of his novel Foucault’s Pendulum.
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Thanks for your instructions…was tearing my hear out until I read your article. THANKS!
it works, you save me a lot of time, I am grateful!
from a lot time my wireless k. does’t work… all the keyboard keys does’t work. I try yor trik and MIRACLE now I can press the numbers keys to write the passcode bluetooth…. BUT THE ENTER BUTTON DOES NOT WORK!!!!!! ubeliveble
Thanks! You are awesome!
I changed my batteries 2-3x on my wireless apple keyboard. My imac kept saying batteries were low. Finally I went out today to buy a fresh pair of batteries to be sure they were good. My iMac is set at the sign in page, so I cant sign in without my keyboard working. The green light comes on the keyboard but I cant type on the screen. My mouse works fine. How can I re-pair the keyboard to my iMac?
i tried all of the above, still not working… = /
OMG. You have saved me so much time and angst. I had not been able to find the correct answer to this problem until I saw this article.
This solved my problem and it paired up nicely and every so easily with your instructions.
Thanks again.
Ive got you bookmarked now!
After a brief power outage, I started up my iMac and got a message that it could not find a bluetooth keyboard. The message never goes a way, which means nothing can be accessed on the computer. With no hope of success, I turned off the keyboard then held down the power button. In less than 5 seconds, it connected. Thanks a lot.
I just tried it and it worked perfectly! Thank you so much! Made my day ….
Works like a charm 4 years later! Thanks.
Thank you for this help page I actually clicked on a link to finally solved keyboard error.
Its nice to find simple helpful people are still out there
I am unable to log in therefore I can’t access the menu bar. The Bluetooth Setup Assistant window has popped up telling me that my keyboard is not connected. I have changed the batteries so I know that is not the problem.
Any suggestions?
This worked for me! Thank you!
Thank you so much! Many years after you wrote this, it is still helping people.