This rough howto describes how I succeeded in pairing my Apple Wireless Keyboard (bought late oct 2009, the two batteries type) to my Macbook(2,1) running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) with the help of the awesome Blueman application. I presume Blueman is already installed (I used the PPA) and working fine.

I did not make any notes, but I’ll try to describe my process as accurate as possible. Oh, before you start make sure the keyboard works and has batteries installed.

• Switch the wireless keyboard on by using the switch on the side.
• - Use Search in the Blueman interface to find the keyboard. If it can’t find it try the switch. The keyboard is probably switched off already.

If i’m not mistaken the led on the right side on top of the keyboard started to blink after which it appeared in the list of bluetooth devices.

• – Now you can add the device to your trusted devices and pair it. Without pairing the keyboard might be connected to your system, but it won’t work as an input device.

The pairing is the most annoying part.

• – You need to type a PIN number which you first have to type in on another (wired!) keyboard and afterwards you need to type the same PIN in on the Apple wireless keyboard.

You won’t see a thing, but after you have typed the PIN correctly you should get a notice that the device has been paired. You might have to use Blueman setup to make sure the wireless keyboard is used an input device.

ps: I also added this rough howto to the Blueman wiki. Please update that version if you encounter any issues with my howto and know how to fix it. Oh and feel free to leave me a comment to notify me