Pairing White Keyboard

I have a problem with pair a White Wireless Keyboard and WINDOWS 2000 computer. The Installtion Manual is not very helpful. I need the following information. I need a current driver for the keyboard and the pairing code or the key-combination. Is there anybody who can give a hand by installation. THANK YOU!!!

My old Bluetooth Mighty Mouse won't work with my newer MBP running Mountain Lion, either. I suspect that the keyboard is incompatible with your new machine/OS X 10.8.x.
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    My Mac:
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    No matter what I tried, including all kinds of tips and tricks found in this forum and elsewhere on the web, I could not get my Apple aluminum bluetooth keyboard and bluetooth Mighty Mouse to pair in Windows 7. Windows 7's bluetooth setup panel would see them, from time to time, but never connected.
    The same pair connected quite easily with Snow Leopard, and the keyboard connected before I installed BC 3.1 in Win 7 (never did get the MM to connect in Win 7 with BC 3.0). But with BC 3.1 in Win 7, it was no dice for either one until I made an accidental discovery.
    While prepping another Apple bluetooth aluminum keyboard for my wife's Mac Mini, it was seen by my iMac's Win 7, which wanted to pair with it.
    Aha! A Big Clue! The Win 7 BC 3.1 generic bluetooth drivers wanted to pair with an aluminum keyboard that wasn't already paired with the iMac. So, I booted back into Snow Leopard, connected a USB mouse and keyboard, renamed the bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and then deleted them. I rebooted back into Win 7, then easily set up both renamed mouse and keyboard which paired quickly with Windows.
    Note that I first tried deleting them from the Snow Leopard side first, but Win 7 still wouldn't pair with them. That's when I went back to Snow Leopard and renamed them but didn't pair them with the iMac until it was booted into Win 7.
    Finally, I rebooted back into Snow Leopard and paired the keyboard and mouse with OS X. Done.
    Hope this trick/tip/hint helps someone else with keyboard and mouse bluetooth pairing problems.

    You're welcome. My discovery was quite accidental, but that's often how things happen ... if you're paying attention and are looking for clues.
    Sorry you had to trial and error before you succeeded, but as you've probably found, it is necessary to rename the bluetooth devices first, then delete them from OS X.
    I don't understand why this trick was necessary, or even what caused it to happen. I've got 6 Win 7 installations via Boot Camp on 6 Intel Macs (2 white MacBooks, 1 Unibody MacBook, a Core Duo Mac Mini, a 27" iMac and the 20" 2.4 Mid-2007 iMac). All were running 10.6.2 and Win 7 (aren't Family Packs wonderful?) via Boot Camp 3.0 more or less without problems, except as noted in my first post.
    Only the 20" iMac had problems after the Boot Camp 3.1. Not only did I have a devil of a time pairing the keyboard and mouse, but I also lost the Win 7 activation on the iMac 20" and the OS X partition started showing up as "EFI Boot". All happened right after I updated Boot Camp 3.0 to 3.1 via download from Apple while running Win 7.
    I've heard reports of other Mac users discovering Boot Camp had done a FUBAR job on their machines, but this is my first experience. My guess is that there's some dialogue going on between 10.6, Win 7 and Boot Camp that shouldn't be happening. What I really don't understand is why my other 5 Macs didn't have any problems at all with the Boot Camp upgrade to 3.1. Let's hope the Apple Boot Camp team can reverse engineer my discovery and improve the next version of BC.

  • HT1338 I bought a new Mac Mini and tried to pair my keyboard with the Mac Mini. They will not pair via Bluetooth. What is wrong?

    I have recently bought a Mac Mini and tried to pair the new apple wireless keyboard with the Mac but after trying 6 times no luck. What can I do about this?

    try this method:
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  • White Keyboard issues

    Hi
    I have had problems with Apple's white keyboard. I believe it's still the latest one. Every 3-4 months of normal usage of my keyboard, the keys start sticking and I find it very hard to type. I have brought the keyboard back, and now this is my FOURTH new one. And now my keys are starting to play up again.
    I believe it might be due to Hong Kong's really humid weather, very hot and air conditioned rooms. However there is still no excuse. I have the older G4 clear plastic with black keys keyboard. I have used that in my other room for many many years now and the keys feel so much better to type and I have not had the same problems with it. They feel it's made with better quality than the white keyboard.
    The reason I bring this up (besides the frustration) is that I want to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse. But I worry if I have the same problem again, then I am in for some serious stressful experiences.
    Btw, just typing the 2 paragraphs now, I have experienced the "s", "d" and "a" and "n" keys to just be stuck... so I had to go back and press them again.
    Anyway, if there are really good ways of dealing with this, please share it with me. I think I have run out of warranty now to swap for my fifth keyboard.
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    I actually am on the phone with tech support right now. I have an Applecare Protection Plan so they are sending me a replacement keyboard under warranty.
    I also took mine to an apple store. They removed a couple of keys, blew some air in and replaced the keys. When I got home, it worked for about ten minutes and then the problem returned. Same area of the keyboard...left side a,s,d,w,q,z keys. It seems that if you do not press directly straight down on the keys, this happens. Manufacturing defect maybe. Sounds like you need a new keyboard too. I would make sure you get a late model one and keep your receipt though or go to an after market one if they exist (perhaps Logitech). I don't know if the wireless ones are made at the same factory or if they have the same problem. Once again, save the receipt... try it out.... and return it within the warranty period if it doesn't work.
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  • I just spilled Apple juice on my white keyboard (iMac)

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    Here's the full monty. No idea if this will be successful, but it's what I'd try if it happened to me.
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  • White keyboard has no touch responsiveness with reduced transparency is on

    On iPads, if you turn reduce transparency on, the "dark" default keyboard works fine, but the "white" keyboard's keys no longer flash when

    Same here, so you're not alone. I've been troubleshooting this exact issue for the last day or so. The issue affects both of my iPad mini 2's under iOS 8.1.1 but NOT the iPad 3 which I recently update from iOS 6.1.3 to 8.1.1. My iPad 4 is still under iOS 7.1.2 so I cannot test that device as I'm not ready to update it yet.
    I can confirm that the issue is that the white keyboard will not darken the keys as they are tapped if "Reduce Transparency " is enabled. The issue is most easily seen when using the Notes app keyboard and is 100% reproducible on both of my iPad mini 2's. If "Reduce Transparency" is disabled, the keys darken as the keys are tapped, just as it should.
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    @Demo: what device are you using? Your signature states "iPad 3"...

  • My apple keyboard had some problems, the store replaced it for me. I had to sign in to my computer, and couldn't get to pair the keyboard with the computer, as could not sign in. I know there is a command that lets you override this, does anyone know whic

    My apple keyboard had some problems, the store replaced it for me. I had to sign in to my computer, and couldn't get to pair the keyboard with the computer, as could not sign in. I know there is a command that lets you override this, does anyone know which buttons to  press.  I gather when you do this, a box comes up and pairs the two with a number you have to type in.

    Hi rpaspinall,
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    For more information on this, take a look at this article:
    Apple Wireless Keyboard: Difficulty during pairing process
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1569
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  • Problems pairing bluetooth keyboard in bootcamp

    Hi.
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    Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, or has anyone gotten their Apple bluetooth keyboard to pair properly when running Windows via Bootcamp? I'm wondering if this has to do with XP SP3 (which I installed AFTER upgrading to Bootcamp 2.1) or bootcamp 2.1 itself, or maybe a driver conflict???
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    SUCCESS! FINALLY!
    OK, I'm happy to say, I am at last typing this message on my bluetooth keyboard while running XP via Bootcamp. Hopefully this will help anyone else who encounters this problem.
    The first issue, that Flying Dutchman helped me out with, was that my keyboard could be detected by the Windows Bluetooth Device wizard, but it wouldn't pair properly. After UN-pairing the keyboard in mac os X, and rebooting in Windows, I was able to successfully pair the keyboard using a passkey.
    The keyboard still didn't work, though, and after searching around some more, I discovered the problem was that I had to enable the "Driver for keyboard, mice, etc (HID)" service by clicking the properties button for the keyboard (in the bluetooth control panel device list), and then check the box under the services tab. I had tried doing this before, but everytime I would do this and hit 'apply', I would get an error that said "access denied". So I kept giving up on this, but this was the step I needed. Finally, I googled around and found this very helpful discussion:
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    It explains how to fix the "access denied" problem so you can check the services box. I had to restart a couple of times and re-pair the keyboard, but at last it works!
    Now the final question is what will happen when I go back to mac os X and repair my keyboard on that side... but that's an issue for another day.
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  • Unable to pair bluetooth keyboard

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    It is ALWAYS a good idea to have a USB keyboard available, it doesn't have to be an Apple keyboard any old USB keyboard will work in a pinch.

  • HT201172 Where can I find the passkey to pair the keyboard and computer?

    Where can I find the passkey to pair the keyboard and computer?

    When you pair the keyboard in System Preferences > Bluetooth, it will display a passcode to enter on the keyboard.

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