{"id":359,"date":"2016-04-04T15:50:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T21:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/?p=359"},"modified":"2020-07-29T16:16:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T22:16:38","slug":"macbook-pro-and-bluetooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schwie.com\/brad\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"MacBook Pro and Bluetooth"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a problem with the\u00a0Bluetooth on my MacBook Pro where the menu bar icon is grayed out and it is crossed out and not functioning. Restarts and PRAM resets don’t seem to resolve the issue, but the following steps are pretty painless and\u00a0fixed things for me:<\/p>\n

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  1. Close System Preferences and\/or any app that was trying to use or configure any Bluetooth device with the Mac<\/li>\n
  2. From the OS X Finder, hit Command+Shift+G to summon Go To Folder and enter the following path:\u00a0\u00a0\/Library\/Preferences\/<\/li>\n
  3. Locate the file named \u201ccom.apple.Bluetooth.plist\u201d and delete it<\/li>\n
  4. (you may see a\u00a0com.apple.Bluetooth.plist.lockfile\u00a0too, if so delete that as well \u2013 this is a system folder so you will need to authenticate with an admin user)<\/li>\n
  5. Head to the Apple menu and choose \u201cShut Down\u201d to power down the Mac<\/li>\n
  6. Wait a minute or so before booting the Mac again<\/li>\n
  7. Head to the Bluetooth menu or System Preference panel to resync your hardware<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thanks to Max108<\/a> for posting the fix<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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