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I am using a Mac mini. It does not have a keyboard or mouse attached to it. This is by design because I only want to connect remotely to it.

I notice that everytime I reboot my machine. The machine boot sequence gets stuck on a message "Bluetooth Keyboard Setup." There isn't a keyboard connected and it has a circling wheel which says "No keyboards have been found. Make sure your keyboard is discoverable".

I don't want this message. I want my Mac mini to boot fully to a state where someone can remotely connect to it without being blocked by this keyboard message.

How can I do this?

I have already disabled bluetooth on the Mac mini, but it still gets blocked at this screen when it boots.

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  • Actually, I notice this during sleep as well. I will come back and it fails to detect my keyboard and trackpad. After banging on some function keys (or perhaps after a time period has passed) things return to normal on their own.
    – demongolem
    Commented Apr 27, 2020 at 18:46
  • @ Allan - I just wanted to thank you for responding to the question about the Bluetooth keyboard issue. I had the same question relating to my headless Mac Mini and did a Google search and this Q&A came up. I appreciate having a technical question and being able to quickly find the answer because people like you take the time to answer these questions. I know you did this back in 2017, but your help is still valid now in 2023 - 6 years later. All the best - hope you’re doing well!
    – Guy Cortesi
    Commented Dec 13, 2023 at 0:09

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You have to turn off Bluetooth Assistant.

In Preferences, Bluetooth, click the Advanced button, then uncheck "Open Bluetooth Assistant at Startup if no keyboard is detected."

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Once you turn it off, you should have no problems booting in a headless configuration.

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  • @ Allan - I just wanted to thank you for responding to the question about the Bluetooth keyboard issue. I had the same question relating to my headless Mac Mini and did a Google search and this Q&A came up. I appreciate having a technical question and being able to quickly find the answer because people like you take the time to answer these questions. I know you did this back in 2017, but your help is still valid now in 2023 - 6 years later. All the best - hope you’re doing well!
    – Guy Cortesi
    Commented Dec 13, 2023 at 0:09

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