I don’t really need it, but I thought I would see how it worked so I tried my old white Apple Bluetooth keyboard.  The keyboard works just fine with my 2009 iMac.

When I try to pair it, the iPad recognizes that the keyboard is present but it doesn’t seem to pair.

Any clues, or does the iPad just not work with the white Apple keyboard.

AndyD

AndyD,
  Is the 2009 iMac’s bluetooth still on, & paired with that keyboard ... and within the bluetooth range of the iPad?

{remedial question(s) I realize, but that has tripped me up in the past}

The keyboard I was trying to use is not paired with the iMac. I just tired again and I noticed that if I have the KB off that I was trying to pair with the iPad that the iPad does not recognize the KB connected to the iMac.

When I turn the other KB on, the iPad recognizes that there is a KB available and then it starts communication between the iPad and KB, the LED on the KB starts to flash and the LED on the KB connected to the iMac does not flash.

I infer that the iPad is only trying to communicate with the unpaired KB.

Still no success.

AndyD

Any clues, or does the iPad just not work with the white Apple keyboard.

UNpair it with th emac FIRST.  Then it will pair with the ipad.

Nope, my old white one doesn’t work either, and I read another blog with another user with the same problem.

Mine neither.  My old white Apple bluetooth keyboard’s name is instantly recognized and displayed in the Devices slot on the iPad, but yet can’t seem to connect to that iPad That same old wireless keyboard connects easily to either my laptop or iMac after the requested numerical code is entered into the keyboard (via Preferences -> Bluetooth). 

Conversely, the new reduced-size Apple bluetooth keyboard in addition to the iPad connects easily to either my laptop or iMac.  And it uses different software on those last two computers to do this because the pairing process is slightly different [as one enters the pairing code with the new keyboard the pairing numbers disappear but with the old keyboard they all remain on the screen during the pairing process].

On a horse of a different color, neither the charging dock nor charging dock with keyboard can connect to the iPad when it’s within Apple’s new iPad case.  So one has to take the iPad out of its case each time one wants to use either of those two docks.  And taking the iPad out of its case is far more cumbersome that putting it in.

Just throwing my name into the group of people with white Apple bluetooth keyboards that dont’ work with the iPad—it looks like it tries, then gives up.

Add thing is when you are pairing and you hit enter when waiting for the number to appear the number shows for a split sec and then you get the error that it was unable to do so.