Why does it sleep after a little time? The only way I can get it working is to turn it off/on. Why do my Mac/Windows computers think it's a keyboard?
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I was surprised when this first happened to me. I don't know why it takes a nap after being idle for a while. What I do when the mouse takes a snooze is click one of the two side buttons, the ones next to your right thumb, and the mouse awakens. I hope this will work for you. :-)
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There must be something wrong with your unit. Mine has never ever gone to sleep, not even a nap.
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I just tried pairing it with my powerbook Mac laptop. I am running I think one of the latest versions of OSX. When trying to pair it, It said it could not identify Keyboard. then it ask me to press the button to the right and left of the shift keys. When I pressed the botton to the left of the shift key(up arrow) nothing happened. So I pressed the (/) key instead and the keyboard was now paired. I thought this meant that it would not be paired correctly but I tried most of the buttons on the keyboard and it works fine. So yes it works with the laptop just not as smoothly as one might hope for. Yet I have not detected any problems.
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Using the BM306 on a MacBook Pro with OSX, I did not realize for a good while that moving the mouse does not wake it up and reconnects. Only pushing a button does. The button click is registered by the OS though. May be that is what you are experiencing in Windows as well.
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Am typing with this keyboard on a macbook pro right now.I had to use the Ctrl+alt+shift+N shortcut for it to be recognized properly everytime i plug it in however, otherwise it just types gibberish
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I don't have it in front of me, but I never turn it off. Hasn't drained the battery in a few months either. I don't even turn off the mouse. I speculate that it put the devices in some sort of power standby. I don't remember seeing a way to turn the keyboard off.
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I use it occasionally on new MacBook Pro 10.8.4, but it is sometimes a bit flakey when computer wakes up. I try to wait till the computer is back up before I turn the mouse on
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The keyboard does not have a power/on off sleep button. It is powerd from the usb connection.
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I'm not sure I fully understand what's happening. When you try to shut down does the machine give a message saying it is shutting down? Does it exit Windows? Either way, here are two things you could try that are harmless if they don't work. (1) Press and hold the power button to force a shutdown. Restart, then immediately try to shut down from the keyboard. Might work or you'll just waste a few minutes of your time. It it doesn't work, or you've already tried it and/or you think I'm stupid for suggesting it, try #2. (2) Remove the battery. A while back I had a screen issue. After a lifetime trying to get to tech support that was the suggestion and it worked. Yours doesn't sound like a screen issue, but if you can't shut down, it won't make things worse. If that doesn't work and you have to get to tech support, you might have a long wait. Good luck.
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I have had a lot of trouble using a bluetooth mouse and keyboard on my Mac. It seems like it takes a long time to recognize when I wake it up. It also seems to make a difference if I have too many bluetooth accessories on at the same time (speakers, printer). Anyway, I gave up and use a wireless USB mouse and keyboard.
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Yes. Even better, it does it automatically when keyboard is connected. If the keyboard has gone to sleep, the on screen key board will appear. Just click on a key 2-3 times, keyboard reconnects and the onscreen keyboard dissappers. The keyboard goes to sleep after about 15 minutes. This applies to both iPhone and iPad.
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Christopher, I'm currently using this keyboard with my WinXP Boot Camp install (20" Core Duo iMac), and it works pretty well. I've only had one problem--whenever I accidentally engage the caps lock key, the keyboard locks up (i.e., input isn't getting to the XP machine), and so I have to open the battery compartment (to shut the keyboard off), close the compartment, and re-push the power/connect button on the keyboard to make XP take input again. This isn't a big problem for me because I don't use the caps lock key intentionally. As far as setup is concerned, I'm not sure how easily you'll get the drivers for this keyboard on Windows (sans Boot Camp, anyway). Maybe there's a generic BT keyboard driver that would work?
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It's probably going into "sleep mode". Does it come on when you move your mouse around?
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Try putting it in different usb ports. Sometimes it just needs to be plugged in a few times or plugged in for a longer period of time to be recognized that it is there. Also, you could try to shut down your machine and start it back up with the keyboard plugged in. Hope this helps.
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10.9.1 is what I have on my Mac mini. It was pretty much plug and play. It did have, a few questions and promos when I plugged in to the USB port. I was told by others this was a plug and play keyboard . After all the Macally folks are pretty much MAC friendly when it comes to hook up. Try reboot after plugged in. Can you upgrade your OS? I agree that the website is not to helpfully. With that said I really like the feel of this new keyboard.
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Not extremely quiet. I love my Macally5, but it's not totally quiet. I wish I could record this sound. It's pretty light, but it does exist. The keyboard that came with my iMac was totally silent.
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It will go into sleep mode from inactivity, but you should probably shut it off if you remember. It will help with the battery life. The key pad is not backlit. I like it a lot. It was referred to me by one of my techie friends and about six of us have purchased them. The keys are firm and more like a regular keyboard. I don't like the soft keys. Also amazon has the best prices on them. I'm glad I bought it.
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It must be designed that way. Chromebooks must be set to sleep when you have an inactive keyboard for a certain period of time. I have not found a solution in my search.