10.5.7 - Bluetooth keyboard and mouse not working anymore

Add me to the list of the afflicted. I have a mid-2008 15" unibody MacBook Pro with the 2.5 GHz processor, and never had any problems with Bluetooth until 10.5.7. Now, just like everyone else here, my Mighty Mouse will stop working at least once a day without actually losing connectivity. Turn Bluetooth off/on, and it starts working again until the next time.

Installed the Bluetooth 2.0 patch and that seemed to work for about a day, but the problem started again last night. This is an extremely annoying, unacceptable situation, especially coming from a company whose motto is "it just works." Even worse, 10.5.7 was specifically touted as fixing Bluetooth connectivity issues, of which I had none until I installed that godforsaken update...

I have the Broadcom chip. I installed the 2.0 Bluetooth update day before yesterday and so far (fingers crossed) haven't had a disconnect...I'm not holding my breath, though.

Sorry mentioning this again, but I'd like to encourage everybody with this issue to file an official bug report . Just to make sure Apple pays attention ...

I agree that it ought to be a good idea to report my continuing Bluetooth problems (after the BT Firmware V.2 update) to bugreport.apple.com.

The trouble is, that doesn't work, either. I've just tried to submit a report, only to get a response from the website stating that: "An error has occurred. Please report the error to Apple Inc. by emailing the error detail to devbugs@apple.com".

I'm now waiting for my emailed error report to bounce, with the message "An error has occurred. Please report the error to Apple Inc. by carrier pigeon".

(Incidentally, simply opening "Bluetooth" in System Preferences seems to provide a temporary "fix" for me, too.)

I had that same problem with bug reporting yesterday afternoon, but I tried it again about an hour later and was able to get a report in. I hope they find a real fix for this soon, because this is driving me nuts.

Just tried the bug report and it's on the fritz again...oh the irony....!

Yep.. that's the same problem I've got. Every couple of days my ApplePro Aluminum Keyboard and my Mighty Mouse stop working, this is despite in the bluetooth preferences saying that they're still connected.

The only solution to this is that I have to open up the lid, and turn bluetooth off and then on again. The mouse and keyboard do start working again. While it's not the end of the world, it certainly is enough to annoy me.

But this never happen on my old MBP... I wish i still had it.
If not just for the DVI port, and extra FW.

It's not your Macbook Pro. I have the older one, early 2008 Macbook Pro 2.5/2.0/250, and mine worked perfectly until I upgraded to 10.5.7. Under 10.5.6 and earlier I never had the problem. The issue isn't your hardware, it's 10.5.7.

You can always do an archive and install and upgrade to 10.5.6 and it should fix the problem. Pain in the ***, but it will do the job. Since I only use a mighty mouse, it's easier for me to just plug in an optical mouse until the problem is fixed.

I can confirm that I have an iMac G5 (the original model) running 10.5.7 which has a Cambridge Silicon Radio chipset and the same problem. I changed the batteries very recently and it worked on and off. It worked once after I removed the batteries and put them in again but it''s certainly not working anymore.

BT goes out for all bluetooth devices - keyboard and mouse. Happened 3x this morning, and its driving me nuts. MBP 13 mid 2009.

So, I noticed today when I ran updates, it installed new Bluetooth firmware... Unfortunately, after an hour or two of happy Mighty Mousing, my mouse and keyboard stopped working as usual an I had to turn bluetooth on then off to get them respond. Go Apple!

Well, I don't think they screwed up, I just think this fix wasn't designed to fix this problem, it's for something else. I'm sure they are aware of it, hopefully they are planning to fix it in 10.5.8.

When will 10.5.8 be out? Seriously this forum goes back to April. C'mon Apple! I'm already considering switching to the dark side for cost's sake after spending the whole of my life without a Windows box in my house. Don't make my choice even more clear.

Same problems. I have the Early 2009 17" MacBook Pro. My Apple wireless keyboard and mouse cease to function but are shown as still connected. It happens several times a day and is now very irritating. Delving into the Bluetooth menu brings them back to life a few seconds later.

Also Safari has become very unstable crashing a dozen or so times a day. Also, when I lose the keyboard and mouse the trackpad is sometimes stuck in what I can only call "one finger scroll mode", i.e. I cannot do anything other than scroll within a Safari Window - can't select any menu item, anything on the desktop and the machine is totally unusable. I can't even shut down gracefully because Safari won't quit. 10.5.7 is a pain.

Sorry about your Safari issues, but please talk about that elsewhere. This is specifically focused on the bluetooth connection dropping issue, please don't muddy the water.

Thanks.