#A1255 WIRELESS KEYBOARD FOR IMAC MAC#
Remappable keyboards are increasingly popular among Windows gamers, and Mac users can often benefit from them too. Some companies, like Logitech, do make Mac-specific models of their keyboards with Command and Option keys these models tend to be labeled “Mac Edition” or “Made for Mac.” But that's not the only way to get the keys and functions you need. If you want a keyboard that ships with Mac key configurations, your options are very limited. And the newest Magic Keyboard, which comes with the M1 iMac, has a TouchID button that has no equivalent on a Windows keyboard. The Option key is a more direct parallel to the Alt key on Windows. It's used very differently from the Windows key. The one you probably know best is the Command key, which is used for many popular keyboard shortcuts. On any keyboard not specifically made for Mac, the roles are reversed: F1–F12 are the primary uses for those top-row keys, and the system-level tasks require some sort of shortcut. They can be used as classic F1–F12 function keys, but you'll need to press the Fn key for that.
The keys in the top row of an Apple keyboard are assigned to system-level tasks such as screen brightness and volume controls. Apple's Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, and Mouse have an extremely low profile. Some omit arrow keys, function keys, and more to get as small as 60% or 65%, often with a very compact layout. You may also see keyboards referred to in percentage terms-that's not a percentage of a full-size keyboard's length and width, but a percentage of keys, based on the 104-key standard. If you like a smaller keyboard, a useful term to look for is tenkeyless or TKL, referring to a keyboard that lacks the 10-key number pad. Apple also makes a full-size Magic Keyboard with a number pad, but Apple treats that more like the XL model, whereas most keyboard manufacturers see the full-size 104-key layout as the default. Very few other keyboards, even small ones, use this kind of layout. If you've acquired a second-hand Apple wireless keyboard - and the standard set-up assistants aren't getting you as far as the all-important passcode stage, try connecting it to an iMac which has no other input devices attached.The default Magic Keyboard has a compact, 78-key design that crunches all of its keys, including the arrows, into the smallest possible typing block. Unfortunately for me, the number keys (some or all) aren't working, but the return key was - so I couldn't finalise the pairing, and kept getting an error message (triggered by the return key). At that point it should be fairly straightforward (don't wait for any sort of pop-up box to type in, simply enter the 6 digits and press return) - and that should be it. More importantly, it attempted to connect - and gave me a 6 digit passcode to enter (which none of the other methods had!). It found my device and correctly recognised it as an Apple wireless keyboard. The iMac has no input devices attached to it, so it searched for one. Indeed, pressing and holding did not work with this particular 3-battery A1255 keyboard). Turn on the keyboard (I only needed to press the power button for about 6 seconds before it went into pairing mode, at which point I stopped pressing.
#A1255 WIRELESS KEYBOARD FOR IMAC BLUETOOTH#
Switch the Bluetooth keyboard completely off (press the power button for about 3 seconds). You will need a Bluetooth keyboard (that may still be paired with another device / hasn't been unpaired) and an iMac (or similar), with nothing connected (no mouse, no trackpad, no other keyboard). So why am I posting this? Because there are a lot of articles that say that all you've got to do is press the power button throughout the entire process, and there are very few that give the following tip (that worked for me, where all the standard advice failed):
Why did I give up? Well, I realised that the Caps Lock light wasn't coming on (implying a wiring problem within the keyboard itself). I've actually given up on this particular keyboard, and will now use it for the spare keys that I was originally after.
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