#Sync wireless apple keypad to computer how to
#Sync wireless apple keypad to computer Bluetooth

Do not pay attention if entered pin isnвЂ™t showing on the screen, just press ENTER after entering the PIN. RELEASE THE POWER buttonВ and enter the provided PIN using Apple keyboard.

If you find difficult to do the following steps while keeping keyboard button pressed, ask someone else to do it for you.ДҐ Enter and executeВ scan onВ command and wait for your keyboard being listed, along with its mac address which should look like this:В 28:C6:3F:96:CE:12 (weвЂ™ll use this address as a placeholder during the rest of this tutorial)Д§ Message saying вЂњAttempting to pair with 28:C6:3F:96:CE:12вЂќ should come up, and after couple of seconds it will give you a 6 number PIN code. Press power button and KEEP IT PRESSED all the time (until being told to stop).

#Sync wireless apple keypad to computer Bluetooth

You should now seeВ #В at the beginning of line, which means that you successful entered Ubuntu Bluetooth Console Utility.ДЈ Execute the following commands, one by one:Д¤ This is the moment to turn on the keyboard. If being asked for password, enter your sudo password. At this moment, Apple keyboardВ MUST BE turned off (remove/return batteries cap to be sure).Дў Enter and executeВ sudo bluetoothctlВ command. Make sure thatВ the BluetoothВ module on your PCВ is turned on. Although other BT devices might work fine when connected via GUI utility, Apple keyboards will probably not, so youвЂ™ll have to connect itВ through LinuxВ console.ДЇollow the steps below by using another working keyboard:ДЎ Open up a newВ Ubuntu console window. Solution is simpleвЂ¦ DonвЂ™t use bluetooth GUI utility! As it tends to be with many other GUI Linux apps, Bluetooth manager has some glitches and bugs, compared to old fashioned console commands. If somehow you manage to connect and the keyboard works, it will disconnect when Capslock is pressed.

Even if you manage to type in the pairing key, keyboard will probably remain dead after that. The other possible scenario is that it will prompt for pairing key but typing on a keyboard does nothing. When being paired through UbuntuвЂ™s bluetooth GUI app, Apple Wireless keyboard will probably play dead, even if bluetooth manager says that its been successful connected.

#Sync wireless apple keypad to computer how to

How to pair Apple Wireless keyboard with Ubuntu PC?