How to change name of bluetooth keyboard?

System Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse/Bluetooth

Under Bluetooth Keyboard you should be able to change the name.

Snow leopard

It's a bit different now if anyone still has this problem with snow leopard. Now you go to system preferences, bluetooth, click on the keyboard on the box and then click the modify gear looking thing at the bottom of the list, click rename, rename, and there was much rejoicing.

change bluetooth device name

how do you change the name of other devices - for example the wii remote?

System Preferences > Bluetooth > (Select the device) > (click the little gear in the bottom left) > Rename

CJS7070 said:

System Preferences > Bluetooth > (Select the device) > (click the little gear in the bottom left) > Rename

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it doesn't give the option to RENAME, only to UPDATE DEVICE NAME, but that doesn't seem to do anything

offwidafairies said:

it doesn't give the option to RENAME, only to UPDATE DEVICE NAME, but that doesn't seem to do anything

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Did you ever get an answer to this? I am having the same issue... thanks in advance!

Hi, i got the exact same problem.
I tried out my keyboard and mouse on a mac since i was in another town for a few days so it wasnt my pc.

When i got home and connected them it said rebeccas keyboard and mouse, which is well annoying since im a guy, duh.

I changed the names there was no probs at first. Everytime i used it, it said my name after i changed it. But then i didnt use it for few months, and connected it to my PC again, its a windows machine btw, which i've built, and it says rebeccas keyboard and mouse again. And ofc i changed it again. and then didnt use it for some months.

And few days ago i got my iphone 4 and wanted to try out with the keyboard and *surprise!* rebeccas keyboard! Gaaaah , im getting mad anybody that can help? or is it a must to change it on a mac?

Solution: connect your keyboard to your mac via bluetooth. Run software update. There should be an available updated called something like "aluminum keyboard software." Install the updates and then you should have the option of renaming the keyboard from the bluetooth menu.

animesux said:

It's a bit different now if anyone still has this problem with snow leopard. Now you go to system preferences, bluetooth, click on the keyboard on the box and then click the modify gear looking thing at the bottom of the list, click rename, rename, and there was much rejoicing.

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Jst wanted to say thanks here. It did kind of bug me for a while

Just passing by..

Thanks for this thread.. I couldnt find it out and it was killing me! lol

QuakeProd said:

I couldnt find it out and it was killing me! lol

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A bit of logical thinking usually does the trick!

Bluetooth Rename in Lion

It worked fine in Snow Leopard, but has stopped working in Lion.

Wait for 10.7.1?

Neither Rename nor Update Name work.

mex4eric said:

It worked fine in Snow Leopard, but has stopped working in Lion.

Wait for 10.7.1?

Neither Rename nor Update Name work.

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Nope, doesn't work in 10.7.1 either... at least, not on my iMac. It works fine on my MacBook Air, but devices which have been renamed on the Air still only show up by address on the iMac. Kind of annoying when I have a keyboard, trackpad, and mouse, and have to remember which is which by MAC address. I've submitted a bug to Apple, though, so maybe it will be fixed eventually...

Thanks

CJS7070 said:

System Preferences > Bluetooth > (Select the device) > (click the little gear in the bottom left) > Rename

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Thanks! that did the trick for me!

Unable to rename Bluetooth Device.

I think I have all the updates, but still cannot rename my Bluetooth Device using the 'gear'. Is the problem still not fixed ? Come on Apple. Mac 10.6 OSX Snow Leopard

CJS7070 said:

System Preferences > Bluetooth > (Select the device) > (click the little gear in the bottom left) > Rename

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Hi,

New here.

Thank You so much!

This has been bugging me for a while.

Just fixed.

(Using Snow Leopard).

Many Thanks.

Resetting Bluetooth Preference in Lion

For Lion only

Apparently it seems impossible to change the Display Name of the Bluetooth devices in Lion once they are paired.
The names are remembered in the plist.

So I figured to just delete the Bluetooth Preference plist files and re-paired all the Bluetooth devices again.

Click on the modify gear icon, make sure you had "Rename" the current device and then "Update Name".
Although it seems nothing had happened, it actually send and register the new name to the target Bluetooth device.
(Lion will read this new name from the device during re-pairing afterward)

Then Remove the selected device with the [-] in the Bluetooth Preferences window.

Next trash this 2 files in /Library/Preferences
com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
com.apple.Bluetooth.plist.lockfile

RESTART the MAC and re-pair all the Bluetooth devices.

The new Bluetooth display name will be registered

Here is the fix for mountain lion

They changed the location of changing the name of the keyboard or TrackPad. If you go to System Preferences -> Bluetooth you will see your connected devices and if you click the gear at the bottom left you will be able to rename it. This post is old, but I hope this helps anyone who is still wondering.

For Mavericks go to System Prefs>Bluetooth and right click the device to rename.

just did it following last post: works perfectly.

Many thanks.

Zipfox said:

For Mavericks go to System Prefs>Bluetooth and right click the device to rename.

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Solved my problem! Thanks.

animesux said:

It's a bit different now if anyone still has this problem with snow leopard. Now you go to system preferences, bluetooth, click on the keyboard on the box and then click the modify gear looking thing at the bottom of the list, click rename, rename, and there was much rejoicing.

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And there was MUCH REJOICING indeed!!!Thank you. This still works with Yosemite as well.
@itsliz89 My brother did the same--tried out MY keyboard and mouse and named it as HIS saying you can change it anytime, but didn't show me how. Has bugged me for a year. THANKS again.

I just received a used iMac running El Capitan and I don't have a gear, or any other options that I can see to change the name.

Any suggestions on how to rename my Keyboard?