how to connect apple keyboard to computer

Your Wireless Apple Keyboard is working now and you can use it as any other PC keyboard. To turn off this, hold down Fn key and press F6 twice. Still it happens sometimes that it enters num-lock mode, which will make most of letter keys do nothing, while some of them will type numbers. After couple of seconds, you should get the message saying “Pairing successful”.Ĩ At this moment, your Apple keyboard should be working fine. Do not pay attention if entered pin isn’t showing on the screen, just press ENTER after entering the PIN. RELEASE THE POWER button and enter the provided PIN using Apple keyboard.

If you find difficult to do the following steps while keeping keyboard button pressed, ask someone else to do it for you.ĥ Enter and execute scan on command and wait for your keyboard being listed, along with its mac address which should look like this: 28:C6:3F:96:CE:12 (we’ll use this address as a placeholder during the rest of this tutorial)ħ Message saying “Attempting to pair with 28:C6:3F:96:CE:12” should come up, and after couple of seconds it will give you a 6 number PIN code. Press power button and KEEP IT PRESSED all the time (until being told to stop). You should now see # at the beginning of line, which means that you successful entered Ubuntu Bluetooth Console Utility.ģ Execute the following commands, one by one:Ĥ This is the moment to turn on the keyboard.

If being asked for password, enter your sudo password.

At this moment, Apple keyboard MUST BE turned off (remove/return batteries cap to be sure).Ģ Enter and execute sudo bluetoothctl command. Make sure that the Bluetooth module on your PC is turned on. Although other BT devices might work fine when connected via GUI utility, Apple keyboards will probably not, so you’ll have to connect it through Linux console.įollow the steps below by using another working keyboard:ġ Open up a new Ubuntu console window. Solution is simple… Don’t use bluetooth GUI utility! As it tends to be with many other GUI Linux apps, Bluetooth manager has some glitches and bugs, compared to old fashioned console commands. If somehow you manage to connect and the keyboard works, it will disconnect when Capslock is pressed. Even if you manage to type in the pairing key, keyboard will probably remain dead after that. The other possible scenario is that it will prompt for pairing key but typing on a keyboard does nothing. When being paired through Ubuntu’s bluetooth GUI app, Apple Wireless keyboard will probably play dead, even if bluetooth manager says that its been successful connected.

How to pair Apple Wireless keyboard with Ubuntu PC?

How to connect apple keyboard to computer