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Tex-Twil

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May 28, 2008
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Berlin
Hi,
I have two macbook pro (one personal, one for work) and only one magic keyboard. Everyday, when I finish working, I switch to my personal mac and want to reconnect the keyboard to the personal one. In the morning, same procedure

The annoyance is that reconnecting the bluetooth is not that simple and requires often switching on/off multi times both the macbook bluetooth and the keyboard bluetooth switch before the keyboard shows up in the bluetooth device list.

What I found work the best (but not always) is to "remove" (not "disconnect") completely the keyboard from the bluetooth list. Then switch on/off a couple of times the physical switch and then it shows up on the other mac.

I was wondering if there is maybe a better and more deterministic way.
 
I think that if you plug the magic keyboard in using a cable, it automatically pairs the Bluetooth too. Not the perfect solution, as it makes the Bluetooth feature pointless if you're plugging in anyway!
 
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