Enter the numbers shown on screen via the connected Apple Keyboard to pair the keyboard to the Mac.
Choose “Pair” when Apple Keyboard reappears in the Bluetooth Devices list.Turn on the Apple Keyboard by pressing the Power button to trigger the pairing process again.Upon a successful reboot, return to the Bluetooth system preference panel.
Try this simple approach first to resolve the blinking keyboard light issue:
How to Fix Blinking Apple Keyboard Light on a Mac Remember, the guide here is aimed at users who experience the blinking light keyboard issue at random on a Mac that was already configured to use the paired keyboard. If you have not setup the Apple Bluetooth keyboard on the Mac yet, do that first by going to the Bluetooth control panel ( Apple menu > System Preferences > Bluetooth) and pair the Apple Keyboard to the Mac. Typically this only happens when the the Apple Keyboard is brand new or being setup with a new Mac. The reason the Apple Keyboard light blinks twice is to indicate it needs to be setup and paired to the Mac. Wait! Is the Apple Keyboard new? Did you Setup & Pair the Bluetooth Keyboard and Mac Yet? The blinking Apple Keyboard light looks like the following, the light is at the top of an Apple Keyboard and will blink twice, then briefly stop, then blink twice again, repeating until the keyboard is either paired or turned off: This article does not aim to be another general Bluetooth device disconnection troubleshooting guide however, and instead is focused specifically on the twice-blinking light on Apple Keyboards after they have already been setup before. In fact if the keyboard is disconnecting seemingly at random, it’s likely because of battery. If the battery charge is too low or zero, the Bluetooth connection will not sustain itself or even initiate at all. If you run into the blinking keyboard light problem seemingly out of nowhere on an Apple Keyboard that has already been paired with the Mac before, or after a Mac has been asleep and then woken up, you can typically fix the blinking keyboard light problem with a relatively simple troubleshooting approach.īefore beginning, be sure the Apple keyboard batteries are sufficiently charged.