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Bluetooth not available on Mac Mini???? - Jerry® - 11-30-2021
Every so often it happens when I wake up my 2012 Mac mini I wont be able to connect to ANY bluetooth accessories and it shows this in the dropdown:
the only way to fix it is to reboot. Why might this be happening?
running Catalina 10.15.7
Re: Bluetooth not available on Mac Mini???? - TheCaber - 11-30-2021
DuckDuckGo search on "no bluetooth on 2012 Mac mini after sleep"
returned a bunch of hits. These two looked most promising:
How to Reset Your Mac's Bluetooth Module to Fix Connection Issues
Fixing a “Bluetooth Not Available” Error on a Mac
Good luck!
Re: Bluetooth not available on Mac Mini???? - MrNoBody - 11-30-2021
Known issue on the 2012 Mini, similar to the cMP 2009-2012 towers.
DDG search results
OWC offers a $5 fix: OWC Bluetooth module shielding kit
Discussions:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7312698
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/more-mac-mini-bluetooth-woes.1493433/
https://www.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/2lz9vv/late_2012_mac_mini_bluetooth_problems/
Hope that's of some help.
Re: Bluetooth not available on Mac Mini???? - Jerry® - 11-30-2021
Thank you all!!
Re: Bluetooth not available on Mac Mini???? - Zoidberg - 11-30-2021
MrNoBody wrote:
OWC offers a $5 fix: OWC Bluetooth module shielding kit
Highly recommended kit. I helped install a couple.
This product also features my favorite 5-star review on the site:
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