Bluetooth keyboard "missing"

Since installing latest update to 10.6.8 I can no longer "discover" my Apple bluetooth keyboard. Is this a problem with the update or has something else likely happened to my system?

Disregard. Because of the restart the keyboard had in the meantime paired with my wife's computer in another room.

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I already have multiple devices and by far I like my iPad the most over laptops and the iPad. That including checking out my friends MacBook Air.
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Hi Doug Doug < /just kidding > —
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Check out the CNET keyboards/"desktop sets" review and the Apple store »» links to (Mac Accessories) Mice & Keyboards. A search in this forum for [ ergonomic OR trackpad OR trackball ] — &/or perhaps in other Apple Discussions forums — may also be helpful.
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But I could easily be wrong — it's hard to "keep up" with this market. I don't believe there's any technological reason we haven't seen more of these (i.e., I'm guessing it's market-driven.) Anyway, I urge you to check the links above, and perhaps to read through results from a Google-Mac search for [ Bluetooth keyboard (ergonomic OR "desktop set") (trackpad OR trackball) ] or other search terms.
I'd be interested to hear back what keyboards you discover. Some of these products are pretty cool...
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Dean
p.s. Is there a reason that you think the Adesso WKB-4000US is Mac-compatible? The page you linked says "Platform: Windows 98SE & Above." I must've missed it; the only "Mac" keyboards I see on their site are these two...
I use Apple keyboard and mouse — and like them a lot — but I honestly don't see any problems with using other technologies for a keyboard, provided that distance and "line-of sight" aren't issues.
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Bluetooth keyboard "missing"

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