Re: Bluetooth pairing request

[Steve Matzura]

In this day and age, this is a very common problem. I live in a large apartment building, with 500 apartments one on top of an other. My router is frequently flooded with requests to join my network from devices I cannot identify and which clearly belong to others. Sometimes, when I am in a taxi or other vehicle, somebody’s phone, or earpiece, or headset, or camera wants to connect to my phone. I just ignore it. I move out of range, and the connect requests go away. It is nothing to worry about. Bottom line: you did the right thing by not entering the requested code. If you did, it wouldn’t be a crime. Just an annoyance. On May 4, 2026, at 9:17 PM, Estelita Clayton <nene.ches...@gmail.com> wrote:  Hello, just turned on my mac, and got this notification saying Bluetooth pairing request, wanting me to enter a password. The name of the device is unknown to me and I am not pairing any device. Any idea why this is happening, how can I stop this please? The only devices paired in my mac are my magic keyboard and headset. Your help is very much appreciated, thank you in advance. Nene     -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/CAOFgfu49N-gaZFKbTqRUWJwDeSxGQXNYTS_D6zikXLuv78MJuQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/9BFD6092-A182-4620-AFB4-F3FAF64B7052%40noisynotes.com.