After updating to Catalina 10.15.1, bluetooth is not available on my Mac Mini (2018). This prevents me from using a wireless keyboard or my AirPods with the Mac. The icon says "Bluetooth: Not available". I've done an SMC reset, deleted /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist and reset NVRAM/PRAM. Is anyone else having this problem? Any solutions?
Mac mini 2018 or later
Solved in 5 minutes with Apple Support over the phone. I have a Macbook Pro, Retina Mid 2012 on MacOS Catalina which did an automatic update to 10.15.2. After I was unable to connect a bluetooth headset, I noticed the bluetooth icon had a line through it and said Bluetooth: Not Available. I tried all of the delete this and reboot that with no success. I read the forums and some people mentioned taking it to the Apple store. I knew the issue was patch related and not hardware. So, I called Apple Support. Apple had me do the following.
This worked for me. I hope this helps someone.
This worked for me as well. Thanks @MidasMouse
I have an older 2013 Macbook Pro and am intermittently facing this "Bluetooth: Not available" issue after upgrading to Catalina 10.15.2 from El Capitan. In my use case this only occurs after I have left my laptop unattended for a couple of hours and waking up from power save mode. Sometimes I am able to turn Bluetooth off and on again, sometimes I have to reboot. Bluetooth and Apple are not happy marriage. Oddly enough my Microsoft BlueTooth mouse 3600 performs better under Catalina. More responsive and in general less connectivity issues when compared to El Capitan. Well, apart from the Not available issue, that is...
My Buetooth keyboard connected fine, but the iMac refused to acknowled the existence of the Magic-Mouse2. After reading a substantial number of posts with no success, I tried the following, with positive results. However I have yet to reboot my system. (iMac Retina 27" Late 2014 with Mac OSX 10.15.4) I disconnected ALL Bluetooth devices, keyboard and Magic-Mse 2 (MM2),& rebooted 4-5 times, with Bluetooth turned OFF. To navigate the screen I used my B&W 2008 iMac mse. I rebooted again with MM2 connected by cable to the computer, with MM2 turned OFF. I then turned on Bluetooth and located MM2 in Bluetooth window. Next I turned on MM2. Bluetooth recognized MM2. (it was the only device connected, since the keyboard was still turned off.) I then reconnected the keyboard via blue tooth, as per Apple's instruction in the HELP Menu (Connect an Apple Wireless Accessory ...), and it worked. So far, I have a functional mouse and keyboard, therefore, so far all’s well. I’m afraid to turn off my system. - If it does not reboot as it shoud i shall repost, and hopefully Apple will come iup with a cure. THIS IS RIDICULOUS that hundreds of their customers should have to waste their time going through this ridiculous excercise. Thanks for ALL your help (ON & OFF this particular topic!)
10.15.1 Update - Bluetooth not available
