10.5.7 - Bluetooth keyboard and mouse not working anymore

May as well chime in because it's also happening to me at least once a day and only after the 10.5.7 update. I have a unibody 15" MacBook Pro, first generation. I really hope Apple has a fix in the works.

This has worked for me. I reinstalled the combo update with all of my Bluetooth Devices turned OFF. Using just the keyboard and trackpad on my Macbook Pro. After the install, I turned the computer OFF a few times, two or three; I believe. After that I turned on my Bluetooth Mighty Mouse, and I have NOT had a lost connection since.

This worked for me.

Thanks.

After 10.5.7, I lose the connection on the keyboard intermittently. The mouse remains connected, but it is very slow and skittish, usually when waking from sleep. The solution is to go to System Preferences (or menu option) and toggle Bluetooth off and back on. You get a warning stating that Bluetooth cannot be turned off, but if you click OK, the box will uncheck. You still have mouse control so you can check the box to turn it back on, and all is well again. So it may be an issue with waking from sleep. I also noticed that it takes a few seconds to wake from sleep after hitting a key on the keyboard. This was not an issue with 10.5.6 or earlier. Glad Apple is aware of it and working on it.

danp224 wrote:
This has worked for me. I reinstalled the combo update with all of my Bluetooth Devices turned OFF. Using just the keyboard and trackpad on my Macbook Pro. After the install, I turned the computer OFF a few times, two or three; I believe. After that I turned on my Bluetooth Mighty Mouse, and I have NOT had a lost connection since.

This worked for me.

Thanks.

How does your wireless mouse respond after waking from sleep? Is it slow and skittish across the screen?

Has anyone tried installing the Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0? Did it fix any of these Bluetooth problems?

Thanks.

I applied the latest fix today. I have a new mac book pro 13 with 10.5.7 and its still dropping bluetooth connections. The only way I can get it back is to disable and reenable BT.

I was having the bluetooth locks up daily, sometimes multiple times. Since putting the new firmware on this morning its been rock solid - *fingers crossed*.

Richard Riegner wrote:
Has anyone tried installing the Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0? Did it fix any of these Bluetooth problems?

Thanks.

Well, it only applies with Macs that have Bluetooth chips from Broadcom. My iMac G5 has a Bluetooth chip from Cambridge Silicon Radio.

Just had my Mighty Mouse seize up again - this is after applying the latest Bluetooth 2.0 update 😟

I did the bluetooth update this morning, and just got my first disconnect again. 😟 Back to optical mouse I guess. Hopefully 10.5.8 will fix it.

I'm also still getting the problem here after installing the 2.0 bluetooth update. Opening the Bluetooth preferences and 2 seconds later it comes back to life. Still boring to have to do that each time.

Well I did indeed speak too soon, today I've had two lockups. As always, opening the BT pref pane restores connection immediately.

Peter Hillman said in an earlier posting that:

[the Bluetooth update and fix] .. only applies with Macs that have Bluetooth chips from Broadcom.

It would be a great help, if those who still have issues report what type of Bluetooth chips they have. Go to "About this mac" choose Hardware and Bluetooth.

Message was edited by: John Christiansen

Same here: brand-new uMBP 14" with Mac OS X 10.5.7 and the Bluetooth fix installed: Lost connection to Apple BT keyboard and Mighty Mouse two times since yesterday.

I just used the trackpad to open the Bluetooth system preferences and (w/o turning BT off / on) both devices connected again.