Apple Keyboard Light Blinking Twice and Wont Reconnect to Mac? Heres the Fix

Apple Keyboard Light Blinking Twice and Wont Reconnect to Mac? Heres the Fix

The Apple Keyboard light blinks twice when the keyboard is ready to be paired via Bluetooth with a Mac or another device, indicating it is ready to be setup. In other words, if you just got a brand new Apple Keyboard then the light will blink when turned on, and you need to pair it to a Mac before it will work. But thats not our focus here, this article is for troubleshooting the rare situation where the Apple Keyboard indicator light will randomly start blinking twice after disconnecting from the computer for no obvious reason, typically met with the MacOS Bluetooth preference panel reporting errors like Not Connected, Couldnt connect to the device, and Pairing failed. 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. Before beginning, be sure the Apple keyboard batteries are sufficiently charged. If the battery charge is too low or zero, the Bluetooth connection will not sustain itself or even initiate at all. In fact if the , its likely because of battery. This article does not aim to be another however, and instead is focused specifically on the twice-blinking light on Apple Keyboards they have already been setup before. 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: The reason the Apple Keyboard light blinks twice is to indicate it needs to be setup and paired to the Mac. Typically this only happens when the the Apple Keyboard is brand new or being setup with a new Mac. 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. 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. Try this simple approach first to resolve the blinking keyboard light issue: That should fix it, but if the Apple Keyboard is still not working you may need to go a step further and remove the paired keyboard from the Mac, then reboot and pair the keyboard yet again. Those steps are covered next. If the above trick fails to resume keyboard functionality for whatever reason, you can remove and then re-pair the Apple Keyboard to the Mac: The removal and pair again approach works every time that I personally have run into this issue on my Apple Keyboard, but since its slightly more cumbersome than the first approach, which often works too, its included as secondary troubleshooting tip. The above steps should do the trick. If for whatever reason you continue to have difficulty with Bluetooth keyboard, you might want to and start over. That should really not be necessary for the vast majority of Bluetooth troubles however, and usually just confirming the battery is sufficient and then pairing a device again is sufficient to remedy a Bluetooth connection problem. By the way if you find yourself struggling with this issue with Bluetooth peripherals, you may find it useful . Note if you ever see the then you have a separate issue that is typically resolved with a hardware SMC reset and the forced creation of new Bluetooth preferences. Did this article help you resolve the blinking light issue on an Apple Keyboard and a Mac? Do you have another solution? Share with us in the comments below!