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Hi everybody. I bought a used MM on eBay, but the unit is still paired to the previous Mac. Is there any way to unpair a MM from a non reacheable Mac?
Mac Pro, Mac OS X [10.6.8]
Posted on Sep 8, 2011 1:42 PM
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Sep 8, 2011 3:04 PM in response to edoardofromvignate It's not necessary to unpair it. It should pair without issue to your system. The MM might have a name that you can change in System Preferences > bluetooth > highlight the mouse on the left >
click the "gear" icon below the list > select "rename". Regards, Captfred
Sep 8, 2011 3:37 PM in response to captfred That's what I thought. After System Preferences > Bluetooth there is no device to select, it shows only a button to configure a new device. I hit the button, Mac finds the "old name" mouse and tries to pair, with no success.
Thanks, Ed.
Sep 8, 2011 4:06 PM in response to edoardofromvignate
Try dragging the bluetooth plist to the desktop. Located in Macintosh HD/ Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
Restart and try the pairing again. If you have any other bluetooth devices paired, they'll have to be repaired after this process.
Sep 9, 2011 8:26 AM in response to captfred Done, but same thing happens. Mac senses the BT device in the range, tries to pair, but fails to connect. It seems that MM stores in a non-volatile memory the BT code of the device it is paired to. It must be deleted before pairing to another Mac. Found strange that Apple does not provide an utility to clear this code and reset the MM. Thanks for your help
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I have a magic mouse, which is paired to a Mac Pro which is on a truck about 2000 miles away. I want to pair it to my Macbook Pro which I have with me.
As long as the MacPro is not in bluetooth range, you shouldn't need to unpair it. MAybe just try to pair on your MacBook Pro and report result?
As long as the MacPro is not in bluetooth range, you shouldn't need to unpair it. MAybe just try to pair on your MacBook Pro and report result? Doesn't work. I just get stuck on this screen: And the Magic mouse keeps blinking like its looking for its Mac Pro. The mac pro is off, in a
truck, in a different country. How is this possible?
Doesn't work. I just get stuck on this screen: I don't know then. Can you try taking the batteries out of your mouse for a few minutes and putting them back in and trying it?
Fix to unfair magic mouse without access to paired computer
How do I pair the mouse to the Macbook Pro without unpairing it from my Mac Pro?
Last time this happened, I remoted to my Mac Pro using Back to My Mac and unpaired it using Screen Sharing, but I can't do that now because the Mac Pro is off. It worked like magic last time though.
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And the Magic mouse keeps blinking like its looking for its Mac Pro. The mac pro is off, in a truck, in a different country. How is this possible?
Last time this
happened, I remoted to my Mac Pro using Back to My Mac and unpaired it using Screen Sharing, but I can't do that now because the Mac Pro is off. It worked like magic last time though.
Hey,
I know this is ages on but this will help as i couldn't find a fix for this anywhere until i went on live chat with apple. You need to do the following:
- turn off the mouse
- take out the batteries
- open bluetooth preferences, make sure there is no mouse paired. if there is click
remove.
- put the batteries back in the mouse and switch it on. you'll see a light flashing that indicates its in pairing mode.
- in bluetooth preferences, click pair. The mouse should connect!
hope this helps