pair microsoft wireless keyboard/mouse with bluetooth

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2014-07
  • Murhaf Sousli

    I have purchased Wireless Desktop 2000 from Microsoft, a 2.4G wireless mouse and keyboard with a USB transceiver.

    After a while I lost the USB transceiver, so I'm trying to connect them with laptop's built-in Bluetooth,
    (I know it won't work with non-Microsoft transceiver), and when I try to pair them with Bluetooth I can't find the product in search's results but I'm wondering maybe somebody has a tricky way or got a solution to pair hidden devices!

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  • Dhrumit Patel

    I guess the bluetooth version that you are using might be different. If the bluetooth version is different then it won't work because they have different protocols....


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  • Daveyjoe

    I paired the magic mouse and keyboard from my iMac with my MacBook, now I can't use the built-in trackpad and keyboard anymore. I've tried deleting them from the Bluetooth preference pane but that doesn't fix the issue.

    I've used other bluetooth mice and keyboards with this MacBook before and not had this problem. My only thought is that possibly it's related to the fact that the peripherals came with the iMac and my MacBook now thinks that it's an iMac and doesn't have a built-in trackpad/keyboard.


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  • 8088

    You should disable the bottom option in System Preferences -> Trackpad (highlighted in red).

    Trackpad Dialog

    I highly doubt that your MBP would think it's an iMac. If this doesn't solve the problem, you can head into System Profiler (Applications -> Utilities -> System Profiler) and verify that the Apple internal keyboard/mouse is installed as a USB device.

    System Profiler

  • Josh K

    There is an option in System Preferences that allows you to disable the internal trackpad and keyboard when you connect external ones. You need to disable this.