Why won't iPad and iMac search and pair successfully?

They both search away and even at times say "connected" at the same time, once a number came up which matched the other and I clicked it but then they went back to searching.

Nope, that's via iCloud, which is not bluetooth.  If you are using iCloud as your backup of choice, everytime you backup your iPad, your photos and content you've selected in iCloud settings are also backing up to the cloud.  iPad backs up to iCloud everytime it's connected to Wifi, plugged into a wall outlet and locked.  Since you have iPhoto on your iMac, you can see photos which are in Photostream as well.

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