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I've programmed an Adafruit Feather nRF52840 board to send keystrokes to my computer via BLE. I can confirm that the board pairs successfully with an Android phone and a Windows PC, but my laptop (MacBook Pro 2021) will not recognize the board; it does not appear in the Bluetooth menu as an option for pairing. I've tried the following troubleshooting options:

1. Turned bluetooth off & on on laptop
2. Turned device off & on
3. Added the name of the board in the code (advertisement.complete_name = "BOARD_NAME")
4. Downloaded Bluefruit Buddy, Bluefruit Connect & Bluetility to find any BLE signals coming from the board (verdict: no trace!)
5. Tried a BLE smart dongle
6. Unpaired/forgot device from Android phone, attempt to re-pair with laptop
7. Attempted to connect the device via Apple’s Audio MIDI setup (https://support.apple.com/guide/audio-midi-setup/set-up-midi-devices-ams875bae1e0/mac)
8. Tried steps 1-7 with two additional MacBooks (2016 & 2022)

I know that the BLE pairing functionality of the board is working, since it consistently pairs with an Android phone and a PC laptop; I just cannot figure out why it won't pair with my MacBook. I want to resolve this issue and ensure that the board can be used across platforms.

Are there any other troubleshooting actions I should try?

I've programmed an Adafruit Feather nRF52840 board to send MIDI signals to my computer via BLE. I can confirm that the board pairs successfully with an Android phone and a Windows PC, but my laptop (MacBook Pro 2021) will not recognize the board; it does not appear in the Bluetooth menu as an option for pairing. I've tried the following troubleshooting options:

1. Turned bluetooth off & on on laptop
2. Turned device off & on
3. Added the name of the board in the code (advertisement.complete_name = "BOARD_NAME")
4. Downloaded Bluefruit Buddy, Bluefruit Connect & Bluetility to find any BLE signals coming from the board (verdict: no trace!)
5. Tried a BLE smart dongle
6. Unpaired/forgot device from Android phone, attempt to re-pair with laptop
7. Attempted to connect the device via Apple’s Audio MIDI setup (https://support.apple.com/guide/audio-midi-setup/set-up-midi-devices-ams875bae1e0/mac)
8. Tried steps 1-7 with two additional MacBooks (2016 & 2022)

I know that the BLE pairing functionality of the board is working, since it consistently pairs with an Android phone and a PC laptop; I just cannot figure out why it won't pair with my MacBook. I want to resolve this issue and ensure that the board can be used across platforms.

Are there any other troubleshooting actions I should try?

I've programmed an Adafruit Feather nRF52840 board to send keystrokes to my computer via BLE. I can confirm that the board pairs successfully with an Android phone and a Windows PC, but my laptop (MacBook Pro 2021) will not recognize the board; it does not appear in the Bluetooth menu as an option for pairing. I've tried the following troubleshooting options:

1. Turned bluetooth off & on on laptop
2. Turned device off & on
3. Added the name of the board in the code (advertisement.complete_name = "BOARD_NAME")
4. Downloaded Bluefruit Buddy, Bluefruit Connect & Bluetility to find any BLE signals coming from the board (verdict: no trace!)
5. Tried a BLE smart dongle
6. Unpaired/forgot device from Android phone, attempt to re-pair with laptop
7. Tried steps 1-6 with two additional MacBooks (2016 & 2022)

I know that the BLE pairing functionality of the board is working, since it consistently pairs with an Android phone; I just cannot figure out why it won't pair with my MacBook. My last resort is to test it with a PC, but I still want to resolve this issue and ensure that the board can be used across platforms.

Are there any other troubleshooting actions I should try?

I've programmed an Adafruit Feather nRF52840 board to send keystrokes to my computer via BLE. I can confirm that the board pairs successfully with an Android phone and a Windows PC, but my laptop (MacBook Pro 2021) will not recognize the board; it does not appear in the Bluetooth menu as an option for pairing. I've tried the following troubleshooting options:

1. Turned bluetooth off & on on laptop
2. Turned device off & on
3. Added the name of the board in the code (advertisement.complete_name = "BOARD_NAME")
4. Downloaded Bluefruit Buddy, Bluefruit Connect & Bluetility to find any BLE signals coming from the board (verdict: no trace!)
5. Tried a BLE smart dongle
6. Unpaired/forgot device from Android phone, attempt to re-pair with laptop
7. Attempted to connect the device via Apple’s Audio MIDI setup (https://support.apple.com/guide/audio-midi-setup/set-up-midi-devices-ams875bae1e0/mac)
8. Tried steps 1-7 with two additional MacBooks (2016 & 2022)

I know that the BLE pairing functionality of the board is working, since it consistently pairs with an Android phone and a PC laptop; I just cannot figure out why it won't pair with my MacBook. I want to resolve this issue and ensure that the board can be used across platforms.

Are there any other troubleshooting actions I should try?

I've programmed an Adafruit Feather nRF52840 board to send keystrokes to my computer via BLE. I can confirm that the board pairs successfully with an Android phone, but my laptop (MacBook Pro 2021) will not recognize the board; it does not appear in the Bluetooth menu as an option for pairing. I've tried the following troubleshooting options:

1. Turned bluetooth off & on on laptop
2. Turned device off & on
3. Added the name of the board in the code (advertisement.complete_name = "BOARD_NAME")
4. Downloaded Bluefruit Buddy, Bluefruit Connect & Bluetility to find any BLE signals coming from the board (verdict: no trace!)
5. Tried a BLE smart dongle
6. Unpaired/forgot device from Android phone, attempt to re-pair with laptop
7. Tried steps 1-6 with two additional MacBooks (2016 & 2022)

I know that the BLE pairing functionality of the board is working, since it consistently pairs with an Android phone; I just cannot figure out why it won't pair with my MacBook. My last resort is to test it with a PC, but I still want to resolve this issue and ensure that the board can be used across platforms.

Are there any other troubleshooting actions I should try?

I've programmed an Adafruit Feather nRF52840 board to send keystrokes to my computer via BLE. I can confirm that the board pairs successfully with an Android phone and a Windows PC, but my laptop (MacBook Pro 2021) will not recognize the board; it does not appear in the Bluetooth menu as an option for pairing. I've tried the following troubleshooting options:

1. Turned bluetooth off & on on laptop
2. Turned device off & on
3. Added the name of the board in the code (advertisement.complete_name = "BOARD_NAME")
4. Downloaded Bluefruit Buddy, Bluefruit Connect & Bluetility to find any BLE signals coming from the board (verdict: no trace!)
5. Tried a BLE smart dongle
6. Unpaired/forgot device from Android phone, attempt to re-pair with laptop
7. Tried steps 1-6 with two additional MacBooks (2016 & 2022)

I know that the BLE pairing functionality of the board is working, since it consistently pairs with an Android phone; I just cannot figure out why it won't pair with my MacBook. My last resort is to test it with a PC, but I still want to resolve this issue and ensure that the board can be used across platforms.

Are there any other troubleshooting actions I should try?