How do I change the name of my Apple wireless keyboard?

Question

How do I change the name of my Apple wireless keyboard?

In the file menu it's listed as someone else's. Don't know how it happened but I want to change it.

Solution 1

Try this

System Preferences, Keyboard and Mouse, Bluetooth Tab, Change the keyboards name to something else (can't leave blank)

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Solution 2

Note too that if this is a brand-new keyboard that you are still charging using a cable, you may not be able to rename it until you disconnect the cable and connect to the keyboard wirelessly via Bluetooth.

Solution 3

System Preferences > Bluetooth. Find your keyboard device in the left pane, select it, then the little button with gear icon opens a menu with a Rename option.

Solution 4

The other answers don't work for me in High Sierra. In High Sierra the trick is to Ctrl click the device in the list.

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Comments

[ocean800]

In newer OSX's it is SystemPreferences/Bluetooth, select the device, then lick the setting "wheel" at the bottom, which has a Rename option.

[Harald K]

I thought I was going mad, as I did not have the Rename option in the list... Only Remove. This was the answer.

[Community]

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