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.

5 Answers

Try this

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

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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.

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.

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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.

Changing the mouse & keyboard names while using the Control button and clicking on the device worked on the MacBook Air (after the Monterey update).

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