Connecting old Bluetooth Apple keyboard to Mac Mini M1 (solved)

[Loyola]

Since my 2010 iMac appears to be dying, I am finally moving over to my Mac Mini M1. Currently I am using the old iMac wired keyboard but now I am trying to move the Bluetooth Apple keyboard that I have been using with the iMac. The Mac Mini doesn't recognize the Bluetooth keyboard. It is an older keyboard and I think I got it around 2012 or so. Could the age of the keyboard be an issue? Any idea on how to get the keyboard to be recognized? Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Loyola]

The issue is solved and I feel dumb. I expected that the keyboard would be automatically recognized. Turning off the keyboard and the turning it back on while holding down the on/off switch did the trick. I needed to give it enough time to produce the needed code.