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 should automatically "connect". (Also, if both were up and running, I could always "disconnect" from one computer if I wanted to work with the other computer.) My specific problem last time was that I couldn't pair to the second computer because the keyboard was not "discoverable" until I "unpaired" it by deleting it from the bluetooth list of the first computer - simply "disconnecting" the keyboard was not sufficient to make it "discoverable". >From Ronni's post, it may be that my problem was that the two computers were too close to each other (though how that works when one of them is switched off bets me!) Anyway, thanks for the feedback on how it works for you - if I get any further insight I will pass it on! Cheers Neil on 1/12/10 2:09 PM, Susan Hastings at susanhasti...@me.com wrote: > > 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 certainly my previous > experience with having two computers and one wireless keyboard. > > cheers, Susan. > > > On 01/12/2010, at 1:46 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> >> 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 it from the old computer - otherwise the keyboard was not >> "discoverable". >> >> With that thread, my problem was changing computers - so when I found the >> solution, I left it at that. But I just got a wireless trackpad (tempted by >> Apple's one-day sale!) and noticed in the manual (yes, I read it!) that if >> you want to pair with another Mac you must first remove the existing pairing >> - and to do that you need access to the original (working) Mac. >> >> I agree that it doesn't seem to matter for the mouse - but it certainly >> mattered for the wireless keyboard and the manual seems to imply it will >> also be the same for the trackpad. >> >> On the other hand, it would seem unlikely that the keyboard/trackpad would >> be, essentially, "bricked" if (for whatever reason) you could not unpair it >> by doing so from it's original computer. >> >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil >> -- >> Neil R. Houghton >> Albany, Western Australia >> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >> Email: n...@possumology.com >> >> >> >> >> on 1/12/10 12:46 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: >> >>> >>> 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 devices but the keyboard and mouse don't >>> care. >>> Pairing just tells the Mac to ignore other M/K uids and accept the input >>> from >>> the paired M/K. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >>> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >>> >>> OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard >>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>> >>> >>> On 01/12/2010, at 11:50 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> 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 died >>>> >>>> The computer has been stolen >>>> >>>> You've taken the keyboard/trackpad on holiday and forgot to unpair >>>> before you left. >>>> >>>> >>>> I would have thought there would be someway to "reset" the >>>> keyboard/trackpad >>>> to remove the pairing - but nothing is mentioned in the manuals for the >>>> keyboard/trackpad. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Neil >>>> -- >>>> Neil R. Houghton >>>> Albany, Western Australia >>>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >>>> Email: n...@possumology.com >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
