I agree with Harry, you may want to keep on hand a USB keyboard & mouse as a backup. Every computer I have at home and the office is wireless but I keep a USB keyboard & mouse stored at both locations just in case I run into a problem like you are having.
John On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > what happens when you reboot from the install CD? Maybe that would > force > the bluetooth connection back. > > Or go buy a usb mouse and keep it as a spare in case this happens > again! > > Saturday, February 7, 200911:41 PMDan [email protected] > >> Here's an interesting dilemma for someone to solve: >> >> My wife has an iMac that she controls with a wireless (Bluetooth) >> keyboard and mouse. She somehow managed to open the Bluetooth >> preferences window and turn Bluetooth off. Without resorting to a USB >> keyboard or mouse, neither of which is readily at hand, is there any >> way to turn Bluetooth back on? Needless to say, the computer is >> rather >> worthless with no devices to control it. >> >> Since everything stopped immediately as soon as she clicked the >> button >> to turn off Bluetooth, the screen displays the Bluetooth preferences >> window with the cursor hovering directly over that button that turns >> Bluetooth on and off. I have tried all manner of electro-para-kinesic >> manipulations to make the cursor click that button (thinking _really_ >> hard, etc.), but alas, without success. >> >> Dan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
