Using Apple's wireless keyboard

I am having trouble pairing their wireless keyboard with my MacBook Air. The computer sees the keyboard but it just won't pair.
Has anyone else run into this? If so, did you get yours paired?
Any help would be appreciated.

Do you have more than one computer using bluetooth? I had a similar problem. I have an iMac and a Powerbook. Both have bluetooth mice and keyboards. When I set them up the keyboard paired with computer A later also got paired and connected to computer B. When this happened it stopped working with computer A. When I tried to reconnect the keyboard to computer A it would discover the keyboard but failed to connect. I went to computer B, opened System Preferences, Bluetooth, and deleted the keyboard from computer B. I was then able to connect the keyboard to computer A without problem. I also went into the Syst Pref-Keyboard&Mouse, clicked on the Bluetooth tab, and gave the keyboard a distinctive name so that if it was picked up by computer B in the future I could remove it from the list of bluetooth devices more easily.

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2. Make sure Bluetooth on the iPad is disabled.
3. The keyboard should not be "on" -- i.e., no solid green light.
4. Press and hold the power button on the keyboard until you get a blinking green light. This should take just a few seconds.
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