Hi Susan,
That's interesting - I can see that I'll have to have another play to see
exactly what is going on!
I can see that it might work OK if I could have actually paired to the
second computer - and if the keyboard WAS successfully paired with BOTH
computers then whichever one I fired up
Hi Ronni,
Well, my memory (and previous posting) says - when I had the problem before,
I not only tried disconnecting (from the bluetooth menu) the keyboard from
the first computer, I even switched the first computer off totally - so (I
thought) it couldn't hold on to the keyboard.
The problem
Hi all,
I'm probably missing something obvious here, but...
With the wireless keyboard and wireless trackpad, if you want to use them
with another computer, you have to first unpair them from the current
computer.
What do you do if this is not possible - because, eg:
The computer has
Hi Neil,
You don't need to unpair it.
The computer is paired to the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse but the
Keyboard Magic Mouse has no knowledge of what computer it's paired to (or
even that it's been paired).
Just pair it to the new computer.
I don't know about other bluetooth
Hmmm,
Wish that it were, Ronni, unfortunately, that has not been my experience
with the wireless keyboard - see my previous postings -thread to;
http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/msg57337.html
where I found that the only way to connect the keyboard to the new computer
was to unpair
Hi Neil,
Hmmm,
When you had the problem before, were the two computers within range of each
other?
Once they leave the bluetooth area of your Mac, they can pair with anyone
else’s computer.
The only restriction on pairing is you can’t pair them simultaneously with two
devices, i.e. your
Hi Neil, I haven't found pairing with two Macs for the keyboard was a problem,
in fact it was more a problem that both computers tend to compete for the
keyboard, whichever wakes up first gets the keyboard! No 'unpairing' needed.
That may have changed with the latest update to SL, but
Exactly my experience with the mouse and keyboard on my desk.
On 01/12/2010, at 2:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Neil,
Hmmm,
When you had the problem before, were the two computers within range of each
other?
Once they leave the bluetooth area of your Mac, they can pair with anyone
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