Bluetooth keyboard/mouse

Usually on startup, a wireless keyboard setup notice appears that my cpu search can't find a wireless keyboard. Original setup was normal and items function well but notice appears often.

Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions!
Try this... open System Preferences/Settings and make sure Discoverable is checked. Then click the Devices tab and see if your keyboard is in the list. If it is, delete it, then click: Setup New Device in the bottom right corner.
Also folow this ix for corrupted Bluetooth preferences.
Locate this file: com.apple.bluetooth.plist
MacintoshHD/Users/Library/Preferences
Open the Preferences folder, locate that file and drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash. Reboot. Don't worry about trashing a preference file, your Mac will create a new one for you.
I hope something helps!
Carolyn

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I was just configuring a 20" iMac, and noticed we no longer have the option to choose the wireless keyboard/Mighty Mouse.
When did Apple remove this option from the iMac? I see it's available with the MacPro, but not the iMac.
When I bought my current iMac 2 years ago I configured it the the Bluetooth keyboard/mouse.
Is the Bluetooth keyboard and/or mouse not working well with the Intel iMacs?

That's kind of what I'm thinking as well...maybe they realized it costs them more?
Another possibility is that the BT keyboard/mouse has some issues with the Intel iMacs they haven't been able to resolve...so they pulled that option as a way of "discouraging" sales of iMacs configured that way?

Security Cables for Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse

I am installing the Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse in a public kiosk and wonder what suggestions you have for securing these devices without a security cable lock slot.
The building is fully secure and we have a motion sensor IP cam setup in our booth, so I think minimal (deterrent) strength would be sufficient. They will be secured to a lectern that itself will have a thick cable attached to the floor or wall. I've seen the tufnut adhesive cables online, but I don't know their quality/cheapness.
Our products are high end, we're using 50"+ 1080p LCDs and are going for a full luxury feel, the tufnut line just looks like it could be a bit tacky.
Does Apple have an official recommendation on how to secure the Bluetooth keyboard/mouse?
Thanks!!

Hello zg:
If you want an "official" comment, it would be best to ask your question at an Apple store. I have no suggestions as I have not needed to do what you describe.
Barry

Sharing Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse with two Mac's

I have a PowerPC and a MacBook Pro. I also have a bluetooth keyboard/mouse I use with the PowerPC. Is there a way I can also use them with the MacBook Pro and "hot swap" between computers? (By "hot swap" I mean thru some software or configuration switch to use the keyboard/mouse with one computer and then with the other without having to go thru disable/discover etc, etc). I'd really would like to avoid having to purchase another bluetooth keyboard/mouse (I have limited desk space). Thanks in advance for all replies.

This might not be exactly what you are after but I suggest you give it a try.
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
It uses TCP/IP connections for the 2 computers but allows you to access each computer's desktop on the primary conputer's screen and move the active use of keyboard and mouse from one to the other as well as having some other features.
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I installed Windows 7 Home Premium, thru Boot Camp 3.0. My iMac 10.6.8 restarts w/a black screen. After reading the previous posts, I guess this is b/c I am using a bluetooth keyboard/mouse. Will any corded keyboard/mouse work or does it have to be an apple product? I am hours away from the Apple store, and in a very remote area. I could try to find someone with a PC corded keyboard/mouse if it would work.

Helps to have wired kb/mouse until BT and drivers installed.
Even a tech article here http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp
Any will do. I use a lot of 3rd party kb and always use MS optical mice. Apple puts their own firmware in some keyboards which I don't understand and can cause problems of their own.
It isn't what OS you run as much as what model year the iMac.

Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse/Trackpad won't automatically connect after installing Boot Camp

Hey guys!
Another peculiar thing happened to me today with my 3-week-old maxed-out 2012 iMac (other than it kernel panicking when I powered it down the other day...did I mention this was 3 weeks old?).
After installing Boot Camp which I will never do again, my iMac (on the OS X side) no longer recognizes my stock Apple Wireless Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse automatically, until I press a button on the keyboard and wait 5 seconds, click the trackpad and wait 5 seconds, or click the mouse and wait 5 seconds.
(The Windows 8 Boot Camp side pairs with the devices immediately after Windows boots, which leads me to believe that the bluetooth devices are defaulting to look for Windows.)
One of my huge fears I had when considering purchasing an iMac is that the Bluetooth devices wouldn't immediately connect. Being a power-user with former Mac notebooks and working understandably fast having owned a web development company for 8 years now and not having to worry about Bluetooth device pairing, I'd like to think this fear is substantiated. But after first use (before installing Windows 8 with Boot Camp Assistant) it functioned normally and the iMac would automatically discover my peripherals and connect them by the time time computer turned on. I also had no trouble holding the Option key on boot to select a boot device....
Now, ever since I set up Windows 8 on the Boot Camp partition and paired the keyboard/mouse/trackpad to Windows, the Mac side completely ignores the keyboard/mouse/trackpad until I click a button on each.
I'm trying to keep it together but this is raging me out.
I went into Windows, immediately unpaired the 3 peripherals from windows and now use a wired keyboard/mouse with Windows (yay, desk space!), deleted the items entirely from the bluetooth panel, then booted to Mac and did the same thing. I then re-paired the devices to the OS X side andddd...no go! Still doesn't find them automatically. I am extremely upset by this and can't seem to fix it.
To summarize, my two issues are:
A. The iMac in OS X does not automatically recognize my bluetooth peripherals until I click a button on each and wait a couple seconds for them to pair.
B. I cannot hold Option to select a boot device (or choose Windows/Mac for example) because the computer doesn't recognize the keyboard until OS X boots and I press a key.
Please...for the love of god...someone help me, and stop me from formatting my entire computer over this issue.

I don't have a logitech mouse, but is it possible that the mouse is going to sleep during the reboot, and is thus unavailable when the OS is looking for it?

Boot Camp, Vista, Gear Head Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse

Just added a Gear Head bluetooth keyboard and mouse for Mac to my Mac Mini.
This Mac Mini is running Boot Camp with Windows Vista Home Premium.
The bluetooth keyboard and mouse work fine under Mac.
When I boot to Vista, I was able to install the Mouse, but running the setup wizard for the keyboard does not work.
When I run the bluetooth set up wizard for the keyboard, I get to the screen that lets me create or choose a passkey. I can do that, but when I go to the next screen, which is where you input the passkey on the keyboard, that screen only appears for about 2 seconds, and then errors. It does not give me the chance to type in the passkey.
BTW, the mouse works fine when switching back and forth between Mac OS and Vista without resetting it.
Any thoughts?

You need the 64-bit version of Vista for one thing to use more than 1.9GB RAM.
Most of the problems people have with SP1 update have been pre-existing 'dirty file system'
To backup or clone Vista, I would use WinClone from OS X, or use Vista Businss/Ultimate before hand to backup files and system and make sure you have a good restore point before applying updates. Taht is one thing I would like to see Apple do, which MS updates often will.
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/12/05/windows-recove ry-environment.aspx
http://www.twocanoes.com/winclone/
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Fix for Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse Freeze problem.

After deleting the following file: /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
And re-pairing my Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse all of my freezing problems have been resolved.

For what it's worth...
I have read a bunch of different threads on this. So far I have:
- downgraded my TimeCapsule (still had problems)
- Upgraded to 10.5.7 (still had problems)
- made both the bluetooth keyboard and might mouse "favorites" per http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1907901&tstart=30
- disabled bluetooth in the network panel
...and left an old PC mouse connected to a USB port.
The add as favorites / disable in network panel I have done fairly recently and - so far - no problems.
YMMV...
John

Apple bluetooth Keyboard/mouse + gaming?

Hello,
I've been trying to find this info on the net but haven't been able to so far...
Can anyone with Apple's bluetooth keyboard tell me if its response time is quick enough to make gaming possible?
Thanks
Loa

Hello,
Thanks for the input Martin. I'm not a hardcore gamer either, but I'd really hate to see some lag from the keyboard or mouse...
2 quick questions: do you get any connection problems with either of them? And are there USB ports on the wireless keyboard?
Thanks
Loa

Bluetooth keyboard, mouse and trackpad not responding after 10.8.5 update

I updated to 10.8.5 on my iMac this morning. The update has killed my trackpad, mouse and (presumably) keyboard as well.
OS X will boot to the log on screen but the mouse pointer is stuck in the top left of the screen. Trying keyboard, mouse or trackpad obtains no results. Switching the bluetooth devices off and on, will obtain a connection lost and connected on the screen but still the pointer will not respond.
I have tried hard booting to computer twice now and it has not resolved this. As of right now I am totally unable to use my iMac due to the software update as I have no wired keyboards or mice.
Help!

Maybe they will work in the Safe Mode.Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application uninstaller. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
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My 2008 imac takes 10 minutes to boot up as far as Blurtooth Setup Assistant it then tries to find my Bluetooth keyboard, mouse and trackpad - and fails! How can I get over this problem?

My 2008 iMac takes 10 minutes to boot up as far as Bluetooth setup assistant. It then tries to find my Bluetooth keyboard, trackpad and mouse. (they are all fully charged. it continues to try to find these items. what do I do next?
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Post an EtreCheck report of your computer and we can look for obvious issues.

Trouble with bluetooth keyboard/mouse and wake from sleep option

Hi,
I have a 12" PB G4 that has in-built BT. I got a Microsoft Elite bluetooth desktop (keyboard + mouse) and the keyboard and mouse are recognized by my Powerbook but the option to "Allow bluetooth devices to wake up this computer" option is dimmed so I can't check it.. I googled and came upon Apple's howto on this and downloaded/installed the latest firmware.... no luck.. I opened up the firmware updater in Applications\Utilities and hit the Update button but get an error saying no apple bluetooth module exists... given that the keyboard and mouse do show up in the list of bluetooth devices, does this mean that there is no firmware update for this make of keyboard/mouse?
Anything else I can try to get this option to work so I can use the BT keyboard/mouse to wake up the computer?
Thanks,
NG

Seems I am the only one using a Bluetooth mouse. I went a bought a mouse with an RF receiver and have packed the BT mouse away.

Bluetooth keyboard & mouse connection less user friendly

In Leopard I was able to power up my bluetooth keyboard and mouse and they would connect automatically. With Snow Leopard I have to power up, get out of my couch (I mostly use my TV as a monitor), go across the room, use the mousepad to click bluetooth icon, click mouse on pulldown menu, click connect and then the same for the keyboard.
Seems like a small problem, but it actually results in having to do this process an annoying amount of times each day (I turn them off after each use to keep the amount of electromagnetic radiation in the room I spend the most part of every day to a minimum).
Anyone know if I can get back the functionality of Leopard without uninstalling Snow Leopard? Anyone know why the automaticity of it has been removed/lost?
(PS: pairing went flawlessly)
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I am experiencing exactly the same problem the the Bluetooth mouse and keyboard that I use with the Mac mini that is part of my entertainment system. It seems kind of silly to have to use a USB mouse to start up the Bluetooth mouse every time I want to use it. Also, I have found that it is very difficult to get the Bluetooth keyboard to connect, even though the mini shows it to exist and be paired and even though it has fresh batteries. Sometimes the only way that I can get the keyboard to connect is to delete it from the list of recognized devices and then pair it all over again. That goes smoothly, but obviously it is not the ideal way to do things!
Before I installed Snow Leopard, these devices worked flawlessly!
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10.6.4 Macbook Pro will no longer connect to Apple bluetooth keyboard/mouse

I installed the 10.6.4 update and my MacBook Pro 17" froze after a while. I rebooted and now the bluetooth will not connect or my Apple wireless keyboard or Mighty Mouse. I can also no longer turn the bluetooth off.
Anyone else having problems?

Same thing happened to me. I had the same problem updating from 10.6.2 to 10.6.3 also.
I was able to fix it again (in the update from 10.6.3 to 10.6.4) using the same approach:
Look in both /Library/Preferences (the library folder at the root level of your hard drive) and ~/Library/Preferences (the library folder inside your user folder). Delete the file com.apple.Bluetooth.plist from both locations then shut down the computer fully before restarting.
It is important to click shut down (and not just restart). I don't know why, but it won't work if you just click restart.
Source for this solution: http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/mac-os-x-10-6-3-no-bluetooth-after-update/

Just Curious re: Bluetooth Keyboard; Mouse

I just bought a new MacBook Pro with the wireless keyboard and mouse. I set em up and pretty soon decided to start from scratch. I erased the HD and reinstalled Snow Leopard. Only to find that the computer was still familiar with the peripherals.
Any idea why this might be so? I'd think a clean install would wipe that information out.

The batteries in the mouse will probably last a few weeks, Nigel, depending on usage and variety.
The batteries in the keyboard should last much longer.
As others have suggested, using rechargeable NiMH batteries makes very good sense. I've found that disposable lithiums tend to sink below the necessary power threshold fairly quickly, even though they have enough power to still run other devices if you wish. Good rechargeable NiMH batteries will be much cheaper , and much more environmentally friendly, in the long run. Look for ones with a nice high mAh rating. The Energizers I use are rated at 2100mAh. Good alkalines can be OK, and are much cheaper than disposable lithiums, but ultimately the rechargeable NiMH route is is the way to go.
I have a 'mighty mouse" as well as the Apple bluetooth. I find I tend to use it most of the time, not so much because of the extra buttons as because its so much lighter and less tiring without those batteries!
Cheers
Rod

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