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4 points

Bluetooth: Not Available

My bluetooth icon in the top car is greyed out with a horizontal lightning bolt looking icon crossed through it. In my system preferences, bluetooth file sharing doesn't appear under Internet & Wireless. When I spotlight bluetooth File Exchange, it says: "No Bluetooth Hardware Found. In order to use this application, you must have a bluetooth module. Pleaser verify that your bluetooth hardware is properly attached to the computer."
Also, Bluetooth Firmware Update says that the firmware is in face up to date. after installing Mac OSX 10.6.3, i thought it would start working again. No such luck

What do I need to do to utilize my bluetooth capability once again?

Thanks

MacBook 2.4GHz 4GB RAM, iPhone 3G 16GB, AppleTV 160GB, Time Capsule 500GB, Mac OSX 10.6.3

Posted on Mar 29, 2010 7:46 PM

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Jay Bullock

Level 4

3,806 points

Posted on Mar 30, 2010 3:58 AM

You can try resetting the SMC and the PRAM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

One of those might jog the BT back to life.

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Feb 14, 2012 5:33 AM in response to RyGuy009

10.6.8 This happens to me when I have more than one bluetooth device paired and active (in my case a mouse and a receiver to my stereo). Everything runs fine for a couple hours and then just stops. (squiggly line and all).

The question I have is, this is clearly an issue with so many people reporting it. Where is the OS/firmware update to address it? Is it even a logged bug with Apple?