Apple Wireless Keyboards and Mouse: System Requirements

  • Last Modified: November 11, 2009
  • Article: HT3061
  • Old Article: 86477

Summary

Learn about the system requirements for the Apple Wireless Keyboards and Apple Wireless Mouse devices.

Products Affected

Mice, Keyboards

The aluminum Apple Wireless Keyboard (2009) requires:

Apple Magic Mouse requires:

  • A Macintosh computer with built-in Bluetooth.
  • Mac OS X v10.5.8 Leopard with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 or Mac OS X v10.6.1 Snow Leopard with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0.
    Note: Momentum scrolling supported only on Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • Two AA batteries (included).  See Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse: How to install batteries to learn how to replace the batteries.

The aluminum Apple Wireless Keyboard (2007) and Apple Wireless Mouse (2007) require:

  • A Macintosh computer with built-in Bluetooth.
  • Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later.
  • Two AA batteries for the Apple Wireless Mouse (2007).
  • Three AA batteries for the Apple Wireless Keyboard (2007).

The original Apple Wireless Keyboard or Apple Wireless Mouse require:

  • A Macintosh computer with built-in Bluetooth or a D-Link USB Bluetooth Adapter (part number DBT-120, rev. B2 or later).
  • Mac OS X v10.2.6 or later.
  • Two AA batteries for the Apple Wireless Mouse.
  • Four AA batteries for the Apple Wireless Keyboard.

Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute Apple’s recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.

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