Wireless keyboard for Macbook?
Gentlefolk;
I have an iPad with a cordless keyboard. Works great.
I have started using a MacBook Pro, and I am having issues with the keyboard. It is way too touchy for me..I find my cursor bouncing all over the screen, text being entered in the wrong line, paragraphs being selected.... not a fault of the computer. I am just brushing the touchpad and probably keying in some type of obscure command that does all this.
Plus the flat format of the keyboard is not good for the way I type.
Sooo...Im thinkin' external keyboard and maybe external mouse.
Can I configure the existing wireless keyboard I use for the iPad to work with the MacBook? I know the answer is "yes" but I believe this involves unpairing the iPad connection and pairing to the MacBook, then unpairing from the MacBook and pairing with the iPad... which is frankly more hassle than I care for, I think.
Can one keyboard be paired to two devices?
Is there some other solution I should be considering? I am thinking of just getting another external keyboard, but thought I would check here to see if there were something I was overlooking or not thinking about.
Thanks all!
Okay, I will check it out. Is an existing keyboard necessary to set up the wireless keyboard. My father spilled soda on his macbook keyboard and it does not work. But the system works and a mouse in the usb works. Do you think there will be a problem setting up an external wireless keyboard. Thanks again.
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