Keyboard Update Broke Apple Bluetooth Keyboard

Nice going, Apple. Your handy little update now prevents my (formerly) flawlessly working Apple Bluetooth keyboard from pairing. Bravo! Maybe you can teach Microsoft some lessons...

Have you tried deleting the pairing and then using the Bluetooth Setup Assistant to re-pair with your iMac?
Joe
iMac Intel Core Duo 20", 2 GB RAM, OWC 300 GB FW HD   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   eMac 1.42GHz, 1 GB RAM; iPod w/ video 30 GB

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