Wireless keyboard not pairing with IMac while mouse

I am having trouble with the wireless keyboard entering my password when booting up. It will not let me enter any characters. My wireless mouse & trackpad seem to work fine. Right now I am submitting this issue through my Ipad (3rd Gen) using the same keyboard that will not pair with my IMac. I called Apple tech yesterday and he had me remove the new batteries from the keyboard and depress the power button for one minute, then replace the batteries and power up the Imac. That solution seemed to work yesterday. Last evening i shut the machine down and tried to start today and had the same issue. The keyboard is working fine with this Ipad and had no trouble recognizing it on bluetooth. Has anybody had this same problem, I was considering purchasing a USB apple keyboard until I tried the keyboard with a different device (my ipad)

How did you get on? My brother is having a similar problem, he bought a replacement wireless keyboard which is not recognized by/paired with his iMac and thus he can't login..

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My wireless keyboard was working fine just until 2 weeks ago when I went out of town for a couple of weeks (and it has worked fine for over 2 years now). Now it is giving me problems pairing with my iMac. I've gone through all the support discussions and I've tried everything.
I uncoupled the device from the computer because it was not connecting and have tried connecting it ever since and nothing seems to work. The computer seems to "find" the keyboard but won't connect to it.
I have pushed down the power button the entire time during pairing process as suggested by some people with the problem on the discussion boards and that doesn't do it either. While occasionally the computer will see the keyboard, it just does not seem to want to connect to it. The green light comes on for a bit when I hold the power key down (or even when I just push it once) and then goes off. It never blinks i.e. it doesn't seem like it's going into pairing mode at all.
This is really confounding. Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated. I'm already 3 hours in the whole trying to fix this.

Thanks Barry.
I had already deleted the KB from the bluetooth preferences and it was discoverable, so no idea why it wasn't working.
However, eventually what ended up working was that I turned the iMac off, I took the keyboard to work (i.e. away from anywhere near the iMac's vicinity) and then when I brought it back at the end of the day, the green light suddenly started blinking again and the iMac discovered the KB. I don't know how these things are designed but apparently, you need to take the KB out of the range of the device it was formerly paired with EVEN IF you have deleted the device from the bluetooth preferences. Otherwise, somehow, the pairing is still remembered and the device is not recognized.
If this happens again, next time, I'll try your reset SMC suggestion. thanks for your help.

Wireless keypad not pairing with imac

I purchased a wireless keypad for my iMac but can't get it to pair with the Mac. The computer recognizes it but pairing is unsuccessful. I can't get it to work.

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Trying to pair my wireless keyboard with macbook pro but it's not pairing.
What i did is :
System Preference -> Keyboard -> set up bluetooth wirless keyboard
my keyboard appears for a moment and the i goes off.
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Any help is appreciated.
Cheers

Hello H:
These forums are not chat rooms, but since you used my name I will address your post.
Do you work for Apple?
No. These are user-to-user forums. The forums are moderated by Apple, but do not represent official responses from the company. If an Apple employee would post here (very rare), they would have either a purple apple (forum host) or a silver apple (employee) under their name.
Every post about this issue, going back to early 2009 you have made the SAME suggestion. It doesn't work.
That statement is inaccurate. If you read the posts carefully, I do not cut/paste the same suggestion to address issues. However, trying to address issues without hands-on access to devices necessarily requires one to suggest solutions that have worked in similar situations. Bluetooth issues are not rocket science and there are only a few things that are available to resolve problems. If you look at the little blue bars next to my name that represent user +"thank yous+" for suggestions that worked, I must have made a few suggestions that did work.
Like everyone else that tries to help others here, we are unpaid volunteers. If you have better sources to obtain information, I certainly recommend that you seek those sources out. If you have issues with Apple, take them up with the company. Ranting here about your particular problem is not helping anyone.
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Thanks Barry.
I had already deleted the KB from the bluetooth preferences and it was discoverable, so no idea why it wasn't working.
However, eventually what ended up working was that I turned the iMac off, I took the keyboard to work (i.e. away from anywhere near the iMac's vicinity) and then when I brought it back at the end of the day, the green light suddenly started blinking again and the iMac discovered the KB. I don't know how these things are designed but apparently, you need to take the KB out of the range of the device it was formerly paired with EVEN IF you have deleted the device from the bluetooth preferences. Otherwise, somehow, the pairing is still remembered and the device is not recognized.
If this happens again, next time, I'll try your reset SMC suggestion. thanks for your help.

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I'm running Vista on my PC, so the software that came on the install CD with the keyboard wouldn't work. I checked online and downloaded what I thought was the proper file and it seemed to install fine when I synced, but when I turn the keyboard on and place the T5 in it's cradle, nothing happens. And, yes, I've careful to position the wand over the top of the device where the infrared port is.
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My Imac got shut down and is locked (password protected) I get a message showing keyboard not found. I now cannot access my computer.

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Hey Guys,
I got a new trust MI-5300p (there's no specification difference between this and the MI-5300m) mini bluetooth mouse yesterday.
I switched it on, the red scanning light came on and it behaved like a normal optical mouse (but with no cable or computer connection). That was good. I then pressed the connect button and tried to get OS X to connect to it. By default Bluetooth Setup Assistant uses a blank passkey. This failed so I tried no passkey (in "Any device" options) and got this:
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Hey,
It seems that the problem is something to do with the paring process. I managed to get it working in the end by downgrading my system to 10.4.1 (I think), pairing the mouse and upgrading to 10.4.6 (now 10.4.7).
I haven't the guts to try re-pairing with 10.4.7 as I really don't have the time to reinstall.
When I didn't get any answers on the web I filled in an Apple bug report which is still "open" so I don't think the bug has been fixed anyway.
I hope that helps.
Is your mouse the same model as mine or a different one? If it is different in any way I think it would be worth letting Apple know as they may want to fix this sooner.

Wireless keyboard not pairing with IMac while mouse

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