Wireless Keyboard - Battery Issues

My wireless keyboard runs out of battery charge increidibly quickly. About once every ten days. The keyboard is about 13 months old and I've had this problem for the last 5 months or so. Can this be normal? Is the keyboard defective? Is there anything to do?

My wireless keyboard runs out of battery charge incredibly quickly. About once every ten days.
Battery life is a function of usage. There is no general answer to your question.
I have used rechargeable batteries and a 15 minute charger for several years. Rechargeables do not last as long as Lithium batteries, but I am never out of batteries.
Barry

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Please repeat your question as a new thread. Tell us what has happened and what you have done to resolve it. This thread is two and a half years old.

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They are designed for coins... is this your first time changing the battery? Make sure you are twisting in the right direction and make sure you are pushing down on it and applying pressure at the same time you turn.

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I have got a new iMAC machine 21.5" , almost 6 weeks since. I am a regular user. The machine has Mountain Lion OS 10.8.2.
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It doesn't surprise me at all that there is no reply to this. This problem is the result of a rare product design blunder by Apple - and they never admit to those, much less remedy them. The battery compartment on the wireless keyboard is horribly designed. Making it a little tube like that with no other access point basically kills a keyboard whenever a 50 cent alkaline battery fails and leaks - and that happens all the time. If you search online, you'll see this problem mentioned multiple times. People suggest using a little bit of water, a screwdriver, some baking soda, and other methods to get the battery free...you'll note that nobody suggests contacting Apple or an Apple Store, because neither of them will do a thing about it.

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Software bugs are killing not only IT industry (just look the drop in PC sales, and also a new sharp drop in tablet sales!), but industry in general.
The reason for this is very simple: wrong people are on wrong jobs. As simple as that.
To introduce this kind of bug, the drain of keyboard battery after installing an "advanced" version 100 (or so) operating system, and have this kind of bug a Jimmy from 3rd grade would not had made, is beyond comprehension.
I trace these kind of stupidities for at least 30 years. While Microsoft can be forgiven as they started it all with a poorly conceived operating system foundation by a few teenegers and later it was impossible to go back to square one, the Apple on the other hand had all things available to them beautifully: the most advanced, architecturally, operating system foundation - Unix. And they failed too. They put an awkward GUI lipstick on that beautiful Unix operating system, with a lot, a LOT of bugs!?
Again: the reason for all of this is that throughout the decades and decades, the wrong people were put on the wrong jobs. Nowadays VERY small percentage of educated people work on software systems development. There are no computer scientists, computer engineers, electrical engineers, software engineers anymore working for those companies like Apple. Throughout the decades of mis-management they had been replaced by all sorts of inadequate occupations: sociologists, psychologists, English majors, shoe salesmen, even Preachers .
And the result we see: a never ending stream of stupidities like this one. If chimpanzees had spent all this time, all these intangible and tanglible investments, on creating operating systems I assure you they would do a MUCH better job than these dilletants

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Hi Barbara,
As I remember, Joel was a very active discussion member with more active posts than onehundredandsomething.
Edward,
I am not of the opinion that there are fewer posts on this forum since the layout change. Albeit, I personally have slowed down a lot. Somehow, and I can't tell you why, the old system was clearer...better to gain an overview. I also liked the personalised icons for the level 3 and greater users.
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I bought my iMac in Sept 2011.
It came with the Apple bluetooth keyboard.
But it has been draining battery extremely quickly since the past 3-4 months!
It began when I noticed I need to change my AA alkaline batteries once a week, without shutting off the keyboard.
Then laterI knew it'll cost me a fortune doing so, so I bought the apple rechargable batteries instead.
After using the rechargable batteries, I need to change batteries once every few days, and I have to turn off the keyboard while I am away.
But for the past few weeks, it's been worse!
Like for the past 5 days, I need to change batteries once a day! And I have turned off the keyboard like 14 hours a day while I'm not home!
Is there any other user having the same problem as me?
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Just found this. Sounds similar to my problem except it is the keyboard and not the mouse:
Recently my late 2009 iMac i7 has started making a rapid beeping noise and the mouse goes crazy. When you pass the mouse pointer over the top menu the menu items look like they are being rapidly selection from left to right. If you press the mouse (Magic Mouse) the noise and rapid selections will stop until you let go of the mouse. If you can manage to reboot the computer, this activity may or may not stop. Turning off the mouse and/or keyboard (both wireless) does not seem to stop the problem.
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Ta
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where is your wireless receiver is located
for me find this is better to have it on the above somewhere on the desk and if you have like a usb cable with a usb plug on a stand like. a picture is shown
this would be a handy thing to have on your desk on the surface and it will help the signal with less interference and i have my reciever above my desk and it has worked for me better
Please provide Kudos to whom has provided answers or
good points or advice..
Aslo if the questions or issues solved please check it
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Hello:
You do not indicate what level of OS X you are now operating (your profile needs updating).
There are a couple of things I can suggest, but I need to know where you are first.
Barry

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Last day, when I update to 10.6.7, Mac tells me that the batteries of the mouse and the keyboard is 18850648374% and in the Preferences panel always tell me 100%, but the other day Mac tells me that the keyboard had no battery and that's not true
How can I fix it?
This is driving me crazy!
Thank you!
P.D: sorry for my bad English, I'm Spanish...
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Getting Bluetooth set up initially in Bootcamp is a bit of a hit and miss affair in my experience, but persistence pays off, and connection is reliable. I gave up with the keyboard on my Mac Pro at one stage, tried again a few days later and it worked.
How did you do it?
Persistence and repetition, reading lots of threads and getting snippets from various sources, can't recall any silver bullets.
Have you searched this forum, there are a LOT of posts on the subject.
Links please? I can't find any.
If you type "bluetooth" in the search box while at the top level of the Bootcamp section you will get six pages of hits. Here are just a few, not necessarily the best or a complete list or in any particular order, but they contain relevant info.
I can't remember the detail now but one of the key steps for me was launching the bluetooth "service" mentioned in some of these links. Initially option wasn't appearing at all. Also mine (and others) seems to need a single click after boot to be activated. If you try and move it before a click it won't respond so you might think it wasn't working.
BTW I am assuming you have successfully installed the Boot Camp 3.1 drivers?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2221427&start=0&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10943844#10943844
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10669525&#10669525
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2057008&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10948512&#10948512
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10935130&#10935130
I am afraid at this point I stopped trawling through looking for the most relevant ones so the above is incomplete.

Wireless Keyboard & Magic Mouse - Battery Power Reporting Problem

Problem Description: OS X Bluetooth Manager is constantly reporting that my 2009 Apple Wireless Keyboard has a low battery. For instance, Bluetooth Manager reports my Wireless Keyboard Battery Level is 18%. At the same time Bluetooth Manager reports my Mouse Battery Level is 65%. Because the Keyboard Battery Level is low I am being constantly nagged by the Bluetooth Manager about Battery Level and the possibility of the Keyboard disconnecting.
I decided to swap batteries between the keyboard and mouse as part of a test to see if there is a problem with the way the keyboard or mouse reports available battery power. Sure enough it appears there is a problem with battery power level reporting.
The batteries that were in the Wireless Keyboard, and that are now in the Magic Mous,e are now reported as having a Mouse Battery Level of 65%, compared to a Keyboard Battery Level of 18%. The batteries that were in the Magic Mouse, and that are now in the Wireless Keyboard, are now reported as having a Keyboard Battery Level of 18%, compared to a Mouse Battery Level of 65%.
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This needs Apple to investigate & fix the issue through updates to either the Magic Mouse, 2009 Wireless Keyboard or the OS X Bluetooth Stack.
I am using Duracell NiMH 1.2V 2000MAh "Stay Charged" Batteries (same as the Apple Store battery version)
I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.4 + Apple 2009 Wireless Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0 + Bluetooth 2.0.1. Firmware Update.
So Apple Support Techs... there is the challenge; are you up for investigating and fixing this problem??
Cheers Pete

Thanks for the link David. I used the Community Forums because I've found in the past that Apple Support do monitor them and do pick up problems with Apple gear and pass the info back to their developers. Mostly I used the Community Forums because I just couldn't find the link you provided, so thanks again.
ps Apple & Macintosh are one in the same. My Apple Wireless Keyboard & Apple Magi Mouse are actually performing as per the descriptions in their respective user manuals, especially in terms of how they report battery state through their built in LED lights. So I deduced this as a problem with the Mac-mini Bluetooth Stack, so beleive it is appropriate to this forum.
I'm sure other users have noticed this, or similar problems, so perhaps they will add their experience of this issue to my original post. When I did a search of the Community Forums using the search term "Keyboard OR Mouse AND Battery" I found plenty of similar issues.
Thanks again for the link I'll chase Apple through that channel.

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I have a Wireless Keyboard A1255 and have lost the battery cap. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement?

I have your solution for a MC184LL/A apple wireless keyboard battery cap. I was a bit annoyed at the fact that there were no spare parts to be found, and paid the 80 bucks for my Wireless blue tooth slim keyboard jumpoff, and told to buy a new one. Somehow lost the battery cap, and didn't want to pay out again, so here you go.
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Tinfoil about 1"x3" wide strip fold up enough so it will fit inside battery compartment.
Put in the 3 batteries flat side up, put the piece of tinfoil on the last battery, screw in the hex screw till its snug, press power, you have a working bluetooth keyboard. (Looks frankensteinesque) So if you have a metal saw, you could trim it down a bit and make your own more ergonomic caps.
Until I get a metal saw, Im working with this: (see picture)
http://gallery.me.com/vtmhealy#100014/Keyboard
No Pretty but it works.

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So, I have been using the aluminum 2-battery keyboard and mighty mouse, both about three years old, and I noticed today that the bluetooth battery indicator has been all over the place.
I've been working solidly for about two hours, and happened to check the battery levels for both when I first turned them on: Keyboard - 55%, Mouse 94%. After working for around a half hour, I got an alert that the keyboard battery was low, and it read 19%. I ignored it, and a couple minutes later it was 15%. I kept working, and checked after another half hour or so, and the battery indicator read 94% for both the keyboard and the mouse, then I shortly got a low battery alert for the keyboard, and the indicator again read 19%. I also lost connection with the keyboard two or three times during this period.
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