Connecting a wireless bluetooth keyboard from your iMac to your iPad is easy.
Though I love the convenience of the iPad’s virtual keyboard, I prefer a physical keyboard when I have a lot of writing to do and don’t want to be tied to my office iMac.
Sure, the easy solution is the iPad dock. But, hey, I already had one wireless keyboard so why buy another? (Yes, Apple, I know there are many reasons to buy another device.) Besides, I liked the challenge of creating a solution from within my existing complement of Apple gear.
How to connect your iMac wireless keyboard to your iPad:
- Remove the keyboard from bluetooth range of your iMac
- Turn it OFF using the keyboard power button
- Set the keyboard near your iPad
- Turn ON keyboard. Flashing (tiny!) green light near top right corner of keyboard indicates ON
- Select “GENERAL” settings on iPad
- Select Bluetooth > On
- iPad will search for devices
- If iPad does not locate the keyboard (or endlessly searches with no success) try this iPad Voodoo: Turn keyboard off, wait 10 seconds, turn it back on.
- iPad recognizes the keyboard and will want to “pair”
- iPad then gives you a unique code to enter
- Enter the code and you’re set!
Now that I’ve created this, and several other blog posts, using my wireless keyboard I’ve met my self-imposed challenge.
I also discovered an unintended consequence; ability to use features of both the physical keyboard and the iPad touchscreen simultaneously.
How about you? E-mail me if you’ve tried it and what you discovered.
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