My iMac's Bluetooth isn't detecting the Wireless KB nor the Magic Trackpad.

Hi All,
I've been trying to pair my Wireless Kb and Magic Trackpad with my 24" iMac but with no use.
I've went to the preferences of the bluetooth and tried to detect them but it just can't find them, also I've tried to connect the phone to it (just to see if the BT works) but even that isn't found.
I have the latest OS and I don't know what's the problem.
Please advise... Thanks.

There are two known cures for this problem, documented on other threads that you can find by searching for "magic trackpad."
1. Uninstall USB Overdrive, if you ever installed it in the first place. It comes with an uninstaller, which you should run. But the uninstaller doesn't remove everything, so you have to search in the Finder (with system files included) for any file with "usboverdrive" in the file name, and delete them. Then reboot.
2. The problem may recur shortly after removing USB Overdrive. If it does recur, or if you never installed USB Overdrive, do this:
Shut down your Mac, unplug the power cord, unplug the USB cable from all USB devices, wait a minute or two, plug the power cord back in, start up, then replug all USB devices (the last step will give you back control of your keyboard and other USB devices). Maybe you should shut down and restart again, but I don't think you have to.
Here's the explanation for step 2: On many Macs (maybe all Macs), Bluetooth is handled through a USB driver. For some reason, the USB Bluetooth driver can become disabled. The symptom is that the Bluetooth preference pane no longer appears in System Preferences or, if it does appear, a line of text at the top of the Bluetooth pane says something like "Name of device unknown." In addition, if you had the Bluetooth menu item set to show in the menubar, it appears with a squiggly line through it, and its only menu item says something like "Bluetooth: not available." After you apply the cures described above, the Bluetooth preference pane will once again appear in System Preferences and work correctly (once you re-pair your Magic Trackpad, if you have to do that), and the Bluetooth menu item will function normally. You can also verify that everything is working correctly by running System Profiler and selecting Hardware > USB. When the Magic Trackpad is working correctly, you will see that one of the USB drivers is described as the Bluetooth USB driver. When Magic Trackpad is not working, the Bluetooth item is missing from the list of USB drivers.
Another symptom, in my case, was that when the Magic Trackpad stopped working, iTunes stopped recognizing my iPhone 4 on its third-party USB charging stand. When I applied these cures, iTunes once again recognized the iPhone. I'm guessing that any USB device might become flaky while the Magic Trackpad isn't working, perhaps due to interaction unique to your particular setup.
I have reported all this to Apple on the developer bug report site, and Apple has responded with interest. So I think they're on it.
Hope this helps.

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