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Unable to rename BT devices in 10.15.5
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not here; i've named all my devices (mouse, trackpad, 2 keyboards) in catalina (the trackpad 3 days ago...).
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Can somebody tell me why I can't rename my Mouse and Keyboard on my iMac?
As the title says I bought an iMac late 2013 with Catalina and I can't rename my Mouse and Keyboard? Somebody any idea? Thanks
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I've renamed all of my BT devices and the names stick. Go to System Preferences > Bluetooth Select the device (keyboard/trackpad/etc) Right-click on the device Choose RENAME Enter the new name Click RENAME That process has always worked for me.
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hmmm; working here on my 2019 imac and 2016 macbook. try rebooting? or removing a device, then re-connecting it... and see if that then allows you to customize the name.
what do you mean, 'defaults'? are you saying you installed high sierra just to rename your keyboard & trackpad? just curious... and wondering what the common denominator is here; why some ppl are having this issue (& others not)...
Yes. I was about to sell them so I wanted to reset the names to something generic.
Catalina is like windows vista of old.
Sorry but I just had to say it.
History will not be Kind to this one.
Yet high Serra And Mojave are very solid..
Just saying, and I have a full drive dedicated to all 3...About to delete Catalina.
Catalina imho has just not ready for prime time, endless you just perchased a new mac, seems to me.
Lots of broken stuff on older macs.
Sorry but I just had to say it.
History will not be Kind to this one.
Yet high Serra And Mojave are very solid..
Just saying, and I have a full drive dedicated to all 3...About to delete Catalina.
Catalina imho has just not ready for prime time, endless you just perchased a new mac, seems to me.
Lots of broken stuff on older macs.
Lots broken on brand new Macs as well. Just look at the Apple community and 400 long and 30k read thread on Catalina not working on brand new Macs. Seems at least Apple is now replacing some of these as faulty hardware. Seems things just keep getting worse here.
haha. what? lots of people hated high sierra, so... you must be wrong about that. in fact, if you go thru the mojave forum here... lots of people hate that one too.
with every OS, some people have good experiences, some have issues. and logically, some OSes have more 'teething' issues than others (catalina's move to a fully-64 bit architecture, for example).
catalina, like every apple OS before it, will continue to get better... then 10.16 will happen, and the cycle of whining will start again. SO tiresome, and wish we could focus on discussion, getting help, asking questions, providing answers.
Try reading some feedback from users and then make an assessment on the information rather than your personal position.
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