Comments on: Where’d my Bluetooth go? OS X 10.5.6 ate it

By: Endre

Endre — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:32:08 +0000

It is not helped for us. The solution was: Disk Utility / Choose the main volume (Macintosh HD), Tab: First Aid, and click to Repair permissions button there.

After completed, we shut down the machine, had a lunch then after the restart, Bluetooth came back and everything is OK.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:12:17 +0000

Hey, I tried to reset the pram on my imac by doing what u said. Everything did what it was supposed to but then when I went I login it’s all frozen, like the wired keyboard doesn’t seem to be connect or the mouse…I can turn it off but then when I turn it on it does the same thing. What should I do??

By: Alexatron

Alexatron — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:12:53 +0000

Wow. that was awesome. Thanks!

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:40:24 +0000

This happened to me today – Bluetooth completely disappeared. I did the ctrl-alt=shift power button (SMC Reset) and everything was fine. Quite a scare though.

By: FB

FB — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:42:21 +0000

Haven’t encountered the disappearing BT problem, but since 10.5.5 have seen an issue with my Apple BT keyboard randomly disconnecting and reconnecting. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to it, but it happens a couple of times a day. 10.5.6 did not change this behavior.

By: Alan Yeung

Alan Yeung — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:23:58 +0000

Thanks for this tip. I’m not sure it’s related, but I’ve been having trouble with Bluetooth on my first-generation MacBook for at least a year now… it also happens in Windows XP (disappears and reappears repeatedly), so I suspect it may be hardware related rather than what you’re seeing, but I’ll give this a shot.

BTW, when my Bluetooth is acting up, a side effect is that it will sometimes force the computer to awaken from sleep spontaneously. The console reports something on the USB bus is causing the system wakeup, but I’m not using any USB devices and the Bluetooth adapter is connected internally via the USB bus, so it’s got to be the problem.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:18:43 +0000

I had Bluetooth problems on 10.5.5 and gave up on my BT Apple keyboard and Logitech mouse. Was hoping 10.5.6 resolved this but now I don’t feel so confident (haven’t tried yet). Also happy to see new touchpad drivers for Vista, though Ars reports they still have issues.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:22:19 +0000

Apple.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:35:48 +0000

James – what mouse & KB are you using? Apple?

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