Bluetooth Not Available?
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16-10-2019 - |
Question
Mac OS X 10.6.4, MacBook Pro, Apple Magic Trackpad.
The trackpad is unresponsive. Right-clicking on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar shows me gray text that says "Bluetooth not available".
I don't see a system preference item in which to fight with this, but I don't see anything relevant.
Solution
According to this article, resetting the System Management Controller might to the trick.
Here's how to Reset the SMC on Apple's support site.
OTHER TIPS
Under System Preferences there should be a bluetooth preference pane. Make sure it's set to 'on' and 'discoverable'.
In terminal, also remove the com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist and com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist files from ~/Library/Preferences.
cd ~/Library/Preferences
rm com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist
rm com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist
Then restart. That fixed it for me.
Resetting the NVRAM as described here solved the issue for me:
I fixed it by
- shutting down the machine
- removing battery
- keep power button pressed for 10 sec
- start machine again
I have fixed by the same method as above. shut down, remove battery, hold down power button for 10 seconds, replace battery and re-start