How do I get my laptop to reconnect to a wireless (Bluetooth) keyboard and mouse after it's been put to sleep, used at another location, and returned home?
I use an Apple wireless (Bluetooth) keyboard and mouse with my laptop at my desk -- all works fine. Occasionally I put the iBook to sleep, carry it somewhere else, and use it there without the mouse or keyboard. When I wake the iBook at the remote location I usually see some transient message saying something like "Keyboard not discovered" flash by very quickly.
When I put the iBook back to sleep, return it to my desk, and awaken it, the keyboard and mouse don't seem to automatically get re-recognized or re-discovered and reconnected. I either have to go through the Bluetooth initial setup procedures for the keyboard and mouse again, or restart the iBook (which does connect the two units).
Is there a way to make this happen automatically?
AES siegman@redacted.invalid wrote:
How do I get my laptop to reconnect to a wireless (Bluetooth) keyboard and mouse after it's been put to sleep, used at another location, and returned home?
I use an Apple wireless (Bluetooth) keyboard and mouse with my laptop at my desk -- all works fine. Occasionally I put the iBook to sleep, carry it somewhere else, and use it there without the mouse or keyboard. When I wake the iBook at the remote location I usually see some transient message saying something like "Keyboard not discovered" flash by very quickly.
When I put the iBook back to sleep, return it to my desk, and awaken it, the keyboard and mouse don't seem to automatically get re-recognized or re-discovered and reconnected. I either have to go through the Bluetooth initial setup procedures for the keyboard and mouse again, or restart the iBook (which does connect the two units).
Is there a way to make this happen automatically?
Make sure that your keyboard and mouse are registered as favourites in the bluetooth preference panel.