Bluetooth audio problems Catalina

I'm having doubts, but I think this couple of lines are related:

memorystatus: killing_idle_process pid 28389 [sandboxd] jetsam_reason->osr_code: 9

memorystatus: killing_idle_process pid 28134 [iconservicesd] jetsam_reason->osr_code: 9

Also, have to say MacOS Catalina is a steaming pile of $$$$. Removing 32 bit just to force apps to be remade, intentionally making SideCar only available for newer macs despite many newer macs having slow and weaker hardware than older macs (for instance SideCar will work on a weak 2016 12" Macbook, but not a top of the line 2015 15" Macbook Pro really?), the awful Apple Music app that removes iTunes' functionality, and Catalina offering literally no tangible improvements from Mojave. Catalina is the Vista of OS X/MacOS.

Jobs would be rolling in his grave with the direction Apple's gone.

Also, still selling 128GB SSD & 8 GB RAM in 2019 soldered, and then charging another $500-700 to upgrade these two. This is planned obsolescence by Apple.

While Apple has always been expensive, Apple's gotten excessively greedy, intentionally crippling devices, not supporting devices that can support new features, and quality's gone downhill (2015-2019 Macbook keyboard issues, touch bar which no one cares for, etc.), etc.

Apple rushed out a turd with Catalina. I only upgraded to Catalina b/c of SideCar only to find out they stopped allowing the iPad Air 2 to work when it was working in beta. Apple just keeps pushing stuff out to strongly coerce people into upgrading. It is now profit over quality - and Catalina was rushed out mirroring this trend. Apple's de facto policy is to pretend a problem doesn't exist, and then years later quietly issue a 'program' and not an 'extended warranty' for an issue rather than admit fault.

It's fine though - Apple's iPhones are decreasing in sales, laptops are getting cheaper (Chromebooks) at high quality, and the Chinese are making products that are quality now for a fraction of the cost Apple does.

This is why Apple still sells 128GB in 2019 which was already outdated in 2015 because you will eventually run out of space and they will count on it. If Apple could they would still do 4 GB of RAM today but the modern web is incapable of running at 4GB today. In reality, a 16GB RAM MacBook laptop would be appropriately priced, but Apple deliberately charges $500 more for it when it should only cost maybe $100 b/c they know in 4-5 years you'll come back for another one.

ARM is the next gimmick. They will switch everything ARM market the laptops with greater battery life, and more bells and whistles to get you to buy. While I can respect any business's need for profit, Apple's done little to innovate in the last 7 years in the MacOS/OS X space.

iMessage/iCloud syncing was probably the last big thing. Night mode was nice in Mojave, but was a feature that could have been implemented years ago.

In reality, most of MacOS has been stagnant since 2005-2006 I think.

I agree that Apple has made mistakes with Catalina and the past few versions of iOS, mainly with security. However, I believe that Apple will be more responsive to their disasters than Boeing. It also appears that Apple is trying to implement a few things now that have been proposed for a few years. See https://tidbits.com/2019/10/21/six-reasons-why-ios-13-and-catalina-are-so-buggy/ for some comments by others.

When you are up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that you're there to drain the swamp. However, until you drain the swamp, you will always be up to your neck in alligators. You therefore need to have one team fighting off the alligators while another works on draining the swamp. Both tasks are necessary, but only one team gets credit, so the other appears useful.

I posted here with issues with the disconnect. After installing new version it seems to be fixed and okay.

HOWEVER. I am now having issues from time to time (nearly daily) where the audio becomes static. Only way I've been able to fix this problem temporarily is by restarting the computer. But after a day or two, it does the static thing. Anyone have this issue as well? thanks.

Same issues with 2 different sets of bluetooth headphones on MacOS 10.15.1. No other bluetooth items are connected. It doesn't happen as often as others are stating, but maybe once every couple of days or so.

It's annoying as **** when I'm rocking out in a coffee shop, and then suddenly my machine starts playing from the speakers... loudly. 😳

When this happens, the bluetooth menu and speaker selection still show that my external speaker is connected, just no sound (except from internal speaker). When I turn off bluetooth, the external speaker beeps, so bluetooth must still be connected.

Looks like the problem is in redirecting output, not the bluetooth connection itself.

Edit: It worked for about an hour and in the last couple of minutes the bug happened twice. :(

We're almost 500 persons having the same problem and Apple didn't bother yet?

I'm wondering how many thousands should be be to get their attention?

For God's sake Apple... Can you please fix this? I'm downloading 15.2 right now but it looks like that is not a fix. How are you taking so long?

I will never buy an Apple product for the rest of my life. It's bad enough that I have to use one for work, you could at least make it bearable for me by making it work as advertised.

Hurry up.

Sorry I should have been more emphatic in the PARTIAL SOLUTION phrase. Because it is not a solution it's a WORKAROUND while @apple solves the issue. The commands will only kill audio and then the system restarts it again that way you won't have to restart the whole computer. To me, it happens only during idle time even if there's music playing, being idle detaches audio from bluetooth and then I see the device connected on the bluetooth list but not as audio device selectable.

TL;DR

The commands are just a workaround

macOS Catalina 10.15.2 it connects to my surround sound system via bluetooh but the sound does not play.

Volume is at maximum on the macbook and up high on the surround sound unit. It used to work fine (pre catalina) no issues. Something is very wrong with BT audio in catalina.

I have the same problem on my Macbook Pro Retina Late 2013. I even factory reset my mac and the problem still persists. Bluetooth speaker stays connected while audio is played through internal speakers.

To assist Apple in the unlikely case they are reading this, mine is MacBook Pro 13" late 2017 model (MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports))

Bluetooth audio does not play to my surround sound once it is connected.

My macOS is 10.15.2 (19C57)

For me i can only use my freaking AirPods, because with my Bose SoundTouch or other bluetooth devices it keeps messing up with the sound . Already update to the latest 10,15,2 and the same miserable bug.

Drama phrase: I wish I had never met you Catalina

Honestly, this has to be the most frustrating and disrupting bug I've ever witnessed in a major release in my 15 years of using apple products...

Second update and this issue isn't even acknowledged in any way.