nMP -- make sure you have a USB mouse

OP, what did you do to get the problem fixed?

 

That's strange, mine paired to both my BT keyboard and Magic Mouse upon initial startup.

 

I feel like this should happen to everybody. Maybe the OP skipped past that step in the installation process without knowing?

 

If my BT mouse and keyboard are paired with another Mac, is it necessary that I un-paire them in prior?

 

You should, especially if the other Mac is running.

 

Same experience here, my nMP saw my wireless trackpad and keyboard NO PROBLEM. My guess - both your keyboard and mouse were paired with another device that was still running....

You do not need a USB mouse or keyboard... Thread title is not accurate.

 

Both my magic mouse and keyboard were paired with another computer when my nMP showed up yesterday.

For the keyboard I held the power button in until it turned off - then pressed and held it again until it started blinking. The nMP found it and asked me to type in a some numbers and enter. Done.

For the mouse I think I turned it off and removed the batteries. Put the batteries back in and turned it on. Then I clicked it and held it down for a while until the computer found it too.

At least that's what I remember from Friday - but that was a solid 30 hours ago!

(I'm less positive about the mouse to be honest)

 

You've got to unpair them. Even if you turn everything off they are still keyed to only work with your laptop.

On the keyboard, you can force an unpair by holding down the power button. Not sure about the mouse.

 

Don't you turn it upside down and press the mouse button? The trackpad should work the same as the keyboard.

 

Trying to pair a bt keyboard and nMP right now. Cant get through the initial startup to connect the keyboard, and the nMP didnt recognize it right off the bat. Previously used the keyboard with my mbp and mac mini but unpaired both of them of course. Super frustrating. Dont have a usb keyboard on hand atm but that would solve everything, luckily i at least have a usb mouse. Anyways, back to googling a solution.

Fixed it.

"Just in case anyone else has a similar probelm... I bought a used mac mini and did not get any kind of keyboard or mouse setup dialogue during the first boot setup. Luckily I had a USB mouse handy. If you don't get any option to pair a keyboard, click through the setup until you get to the "Create Your Computer Account" screen, right click in any of the text fields and select Substitutions --> Show Substitutions. From there click on text preferences. The preferences pane will popup and from there you can just click the back button (next to show all) to get to the full preferences menu. Next click on keyboard, then select setup bluetooth keyboard and you're golden. Saved me a trip to best buy for a keyboard I'd likely never use again. "

 

Mine found my Magic Mouse right away.

 

Mine too. Ditto my Mac Mini when I set it up.