If you’re like me and countless fellow Mac users that needed to reset their wireless keyboard, just to run into a lengthy process of research and frustration, well then you know what I’m talking about.
It’s completely inexcusable that such a simple, yet highly demanded task is poorly documented by Apple. After all, it appears that besides using a wireless device on more than one mac, users also seem to face issues with sudden connectivity problems at random.
The steps for resetting the wireless keyboard are really simple, just follow along:
- Turn off the keyboard, better yet remove the batteries
- Click the bluetooth icon in the upper toolbar, then select “Set Up Bluetooth Device”
- When the Bluetooth Set Up Assistance is up and start searching for devices
- Insert the batteries and HOLD the power button, do NOT let go
- Your keyboard should now appear in the assistant
- Select the keyboard from the list and click continue, while still holding the power button
- Once you get the pairing code, let go of the power button and type in the code.
Your keyboard should now be paired and working. The trick is to hold down the power button during the entire process, simple yet rarely documented.
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Great info but the basic glitch I had was that I had not unpaired the wireless keyboard from my previous computer!. Even holding the on/off button down throughout the process did no good until I realised I had to unpair the keyboard. Your suggestions were splendid once I had done that.
This site gave me the news I needed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1809#2
Unfortunately this does not work. I have an Apple Bluetooth wireless keyboard (generation 2, three batteries), and it is not recognized, also not with the method you provided in your post.
Thanks workedlike a treat and saved my keyboard from becoming a frisbee
I tried to reset my wireless keyboard because I have trouble with the Shift key and the T. It makes it capital and also when I hold the left Shift key it is writing a T. Resetting it changed the E to go from capital to small, but not the rest:-(
So annoying! Should I bring it to the Mac people? Or does anyboady have an idea?
Cheers! Sabine
Worked in my 2-battery keyboard. Thanks!