As the title says I bought an iMac late 2013 with Catalina and I can't rename my Mouse and Keyboard?
Somebody any idea?
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Can somebody tell me why I can't rename my Mouse and Keyboard on my iMac?
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It's the same problem in the bluetooth settings?!
Are you an Administrator account? It won't let you rename in Bluetooth Preferences by right-clicking on the device name and selecting "Rename"?
Yes, my account is the only one account on this mac!
Yes the same as the videos above?!
Yes, my account is the only one account on this mac!
Yes the same as the videos above?!
So those videos are not of you trying to rename them? The videos show the devices being renamed successfully.
What exactly is happening when you try to rename them?
they are my videos! I am renaming my magic mouse and my keyboard and it looked good when I pressed rename but when I go back in the system settings and go back to the bluetooth preferences just to look for the name again if it worked it still shows me the the old name again!
they are my videos! I am renaming my magic mouse and my keyboard and it looked good when I pressed rename but when I go back in the system settings and go back to the bluetooth preferences just to look for the name again if it worked it still shows me the the old name again!
Are you on Catalina? Have you installed the macOS Catalina 10.15.2 update released today? Have you rebooted or shutdown since this issue started?
Yes I have 10.15.2. installed and shut down but it was already in 10.15.1!
You could try deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist file and rebooting so it is recreated with default settings.
Do you mean rebooting the iMac? Is the file them default again?
Thanks for your help man
Yes, reboot the iMac system. It should then be at default settings again.
It doesn't work either here you can see a try after I deleted the file and rebooted...:/
You could try creating another account to see if it is a problem specific to your account or not. You could also try unpairing and repairing the devices to your account.
Yeah but I bought this used iMac from a wife and the mouse and Keyboards are called like her...It must be a "bluetooth thing", but...
Until I saw this thread, I'd never heard of anyone "renaming" a mouse or keyboard...
Noticed this bug on all my Catalina computers. Had to use a Mojave (or older) computer for the rename to stick.
Did you find a solution to this? I am having the exact same problem, get to the rename screen, click done & it appears that it's updated with the new name but when I go back into it - the old name is still there. I have Catalina, no access to anything with Mojave to test either
It seems to be a Catalina bug, still present in 10.15.3. Maybe it's fixed in 10.15.4, but I haven't tested it. You can rename the devices with no issue on a computer running 10.14.6 or older.
