Issue w/Apple Wireless Keyboard + Trackpad

[climbingROCKS]

Hi all! I'm hoping someone can help me out. Everything was working just fine until this morning. I shut down my computer (I tend to only shut down maybe once every two weeks or so... I know... not good), and it was when restarted my that I noticed that my Apple wireless keyboard and trackpad have gone crazy!! They seem to connect and disconnect randomly (although I don't get a message saying they've been connected/disconnected), the keyboard randomly inserts strange characters when I type, and none of the gestures on the trackpad work (not even right clicking or one touch clicking)... I'm going crazy!! Please help!!!

(I'm running 10.8.3. I updated some small things like a driver for my printer, but I haven't updated to 10.8.4, I'm too afraid to)

 

[climbingROCKS]

Never mind... I'm happy to report that I fixed my own problem. A thought had occurred to me, I hadn't changed the USB port that the IOGear bluetooth dongle was plugged into, so I switched it from a USB 2.0 to a USB 3.0 socket and that seems to have made all the difference in the world. I'm happy I fixed it, but I wish I would have thought of that simple solution sooner! I did try to delete this post, but I don't see any way to, so perhaps it will help someone else with the same issue out there.

 

[martian5000]

Bro. This really helped it out. I'm glad this was kept up 'ere!