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AirPods disconnect after Catalina update

Since updating to Catalina, my AirPods won't stay connected to my MacBook Pro. To try troubleshooting I've:

  • Reset my AirPods
  • Connected/Disconnected from Bluetooth
  • Turned Bluetooth on/off
  • Reset PRAM
  • Reset SMC
  • Restarted the laptop
  • Turned laptop on/off
  • Trashed the audio and Bluetooth preferences
  • Signed out/back in to iCloud
  • Reinstalled Catalina


I figured a reinstall would get it working, but alas it did not. The AirPods will connect for maybe 5 minutes and then the audio switches back to the internal speakers. The AirPods worked perfectly on Mojave, and still work perfectly on my iPhone.


Any other tips/fixes?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Oct 9, 2019 11:03 AM

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May 2, 2020 1:46 PM in response to DC_NY

I had the same problem with AirPods pro and MacBook pro after upgrading to Catalina.

Pods were disconnecting every few minutes, and i couldn't reconnect once the iPhone took control (needed to forget it in the mac and re-sync them, every time!).


I tried literally everything -

the only thing that fixed it for me was killing the process 'Bluetooth' via Activity Monitor and poof > it didn't reoccur.

It's very weird since i restarted my laptop like a Gazillion times, it should have worked on that process, right?


anyway , do try that, maybe it will help you too.

AirPods disconnect after Catalina update

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