Hey thanks for all the great advice. I actually went back and did some
checking and what I apparently missed either the first time or it just
suddenly appeared was the keyboard in the list of devices in System
Preferences. I still couldn't get it to work, so what I did was delete
the keyboard and had the Mini look for it again. This time total
success, it worked perfectly. SO what happen the first time is way
beyond me, but at least now it is working and that really made me
happy. :) I got the keyboard for $12. I had a gift card and some
coupons from Best Buy that needed to be used before they expired so it
just seemed to me the keyboard would be handy. Now I can retire my
aging radio I like to listen to at night and use my Mini. Wow, what an
expensive radio. :) Well at least if I get a wild idea in the middle
of the night, I can just reach over and grab the keyboard and do a
little surfing. :) Now as long as I don't put a monitor up there, I
wont' have to fight my wife for it. :) That will be next, I can bet,
but not as long as she doesn't find the spare 15-inch flat screen I
have hidden in the store room. :)
Thanks again for your help.
On Jan 1, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi Scott
No, I didn't have to do anything out of the ordinary to pair it with
any of the G4's I used. The Mac saw the keyboard, I entered the
pairing code, and it worked great from that point.
I don't know whether this would effect the issue or not, but I did
upgrade my keyboard's firmware as soon as I got it. Have you done
this? I don't see how or why it would affect pairing of one Mac and
not another, but it's possible that there was an obscure bug in the
firmware that is causing it with a specific Bluetooth chipset or
version. All the G4's I used had Bluetooth 2.0 and, while I can't
imagine the keyboard needing that, it is very possible it does, so
this is worth looking into as well. It's worth checking if your G4
machine has Bluetooth 2.0, or whether it's limited to the older, 1.2
specification. Apple isn't famous for backwards compatibility, after
all, and they might be using some 2.0-specific features. Again, this
is just something to check, I've not heard that the keyboard
requires 2.0 nor that the firmware update will fix your issue.
Also, is your G4's bluetooth working with other devices? Might the
bluetooth in your G4 be malfunctioning? just one more thing to
check, might as well rule out any possible problem there.
On Jan 1, 2009, at 20:13, Scott Howell wrote:
Did you have any challenges getting it to be seen or paired with
the G4? I would think that if there was a limitation as to the
machines it would work with, it would be in the specs and we don't
recall reading such a thing. I'm sure it would be on the box in any
event or there would be a number of keyboards being returned. :)
Scott Howell
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