Bluetooth audio problems Catalina

Ha. yesterday day I installed 10.15.3. too and hoped the issue is fixed as u said.but just now it happend again.

did u changed anything else except updating to 10.15.3?

so sad that apple didnt get this issue solved.

I now believe my problem literally moved out, probably a student with a machine done with his/her exams. Competition for devices or interference with 2,4 Ghz wifi to be short.

I haven’t done anything but restarts since the problem occured last time. I haven’t changed devices. All is the same. Catalina with Music is better than Mojave with iTunes. But I miss some games. Then, it’s better to have a PC, anyway.

I cannot just blame Apple.

You must not misinform. Not everyone has this problem anymore. But it’s not clear how in my case. I still get the same error message, but I get an option to go internal speakers when I am disconnected.

It isn’t that simple, but I like the idea partially. Because I haven’t change the memory usage. Only XProtectPlistConfigData and MRTConfigData were installed when the problem disappeared, btw. It doesn’t matter, I guess.

Hi everybody. Just to add my (negative) experience since I upgraded to Catalina with regards to bluetooth issues.

I usually work with a first series magic keyboard and mouse connected to a 2017 15 MacBook Pro. Bose QuietComfort 35 II headphones are connected via bluetooth too.

Never had a problem, but after upgrading I'm experiencing a lot of - apparently random - disconnections. Sometimes MacBook hangs and after a while (a minute maybe...) every device disconnects and reconnects again (twice while I'm writing these few rows...).

One word also for iPhone: after upgrading to 11 Pro Max - iOS 13 couple I have problem with car syncing via bluetooth (connection succeds, but cars' hardware (tried Skoda, Renault, Audi...) seems to be unable to sync contacts and calls (to be honest it once happened... while I was driving I suddenly saw the "Contacts synchronised ... " or whatever ... on the car's infotainment monitor, but since then I was never able to sync again).

It's more a personal outburst rather than an help's request. My first iPhone was a 3GS and my first Mac was the white laptop: since then it seems to me that things are getting worse, specially when it comes to customer care. :-(

Hoping that next releases will do the magic and everything will work again as expected (and as paid ...).

Meanwhile wish you all a nice day.

Giampaolo

Same problem here. Catalina is utter garbage. It's finally making me consider leaving the Mac ecosystem entierly. Completely unacceptable that basic functionality like bluetooth and wifi stop functioning propperly. Even in the event that there were bugs, you would expect apple to patch it immediately. Not acceptable. Not sure whether to downgrade or wait (for how long?) for a patch.

The ideas from this site were the first ones I tried to fix this issue, but alas it didn’t work.

It has been months now since I “upgraded” to Catalina without being able to use Bluetooth. I’ve called support multiple times with no fix.

Hi , me too have the same problem but with lost connection after a bit from my speaker ( in this case a google home mini). This problem persist also with Xs Max . This night I made the last update for Iphone . Once back at home , I'll try again

I didn't noticed that both Catalina 10.15.3 and iOS 13.3.1 were out.

Had a quick look at the release history, but I found nothing about bluetooth issue(s), nonetheless I'll try to upgrade both this evening.

Please: post your impressions (with regards to the object of this thread...) after upgrading.

Giampaolo

Are these persisting disconnections, even after a restart and some manual work in the upper right bar (reconnecting the bluetooth unit after disconnecting it and turning it off)?

In Firefox after the update, I played a Youtube video and the sound changed suddenly to internal speakers, but in this case I just changed it back to the external loudspeakers, which were still connected with Bluetooth.

Music (the app) was improved.

After restart - connection works properly only some time, and then again audio output device misses. working in the upper right bar doesn't help. Bluetooth connection "Connected", but no audio device, and sound goes only to internal speakers.

What is SCMS-T content protection method?

The Serial Copy Management System (SCMS-T) content protection method is

one of the methods to protect the content that is being played using a

Bluetooth® connection.

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00051748

It’s about protection of the content and rights. It’s not related to the Bluetooth error messages in this thread. If you get it, just accept the terms. It secures that sound files aren’t shared through the technology.

Bluetooth disconnections and statics are common issues. It’s not exclusively an Apple issue. This thread is about Bluetooth connection interruptions that aren’t related to interference, statics, incompatibility with devices, rights, inavailability, low battery, pairing&unpairing issues, NVRAM reset, and bluetooth preference list (plist), but rather about a redirection while still connected:

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.bluetoothaudiod): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds

Sorry, bad joke, the poster before you sounded like a conspiracy theorist.

Agreed, I didn't think it could have been a memory issue and come to think of it i've been taxing high end but 2013 laptop pretty hard lately... It seems stable now, I'm trying to add the most troublesome bose bluetooth earbuds and they seem fine too

Ah, I see, too much devices? :D I want to sell old ones, since I don't use those anymore after buying bose nc700. But nobody called yet )) need to make lower prices I think. Also JBL flip 4 I bought in the past for watching movies with portable projector, but now I have full home theatre and portable projector already sold.