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Late 2014 iMAC, will not reconnect bluetooth devices does not wake up the computer. Power button wakes up the screen, but not bluetooth. Need to force reboot to reconnect bluetooth devices. I do not have a wired keyboard.


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Posted on May 1, 2020 6:55 AM

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May 1, 2020 7:16 AM in response to wledge54

The following will require any USB keyboard an mouse. If you don’t have them, borrow or buy them, they are inexpensive!


1.     Connect the USB keyboard and mouse to the computer.

2.     Open System Preferences – Bluetooth

3.     Un-pair the wireless keyboard and mouse.

4.     Turn off Bluetooth

5.     Restart the computer in Safe Mode per the directions in https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

6.     Restart the computer normally.

7.     Open System Preferences – Bluetooth

8.     Turn on Bluetooth

9.     Re-Pair the wireless keyboard and mouse.

10.  Unplug the USB keyboard and mouse and begin testing the wireless devices again. 

May 18, 2020 5:20 AM in response to rkaufmann87

The condition is when the iMAC comes out of sleep the Bluetooth icon is replaced with 3 horizontal dots, meaning the module is off, I presume as none of my devices work. Using a wired keyboard bluetooth shows as on though systems preferences. Over the weekend I removed Logitech Options and MX Keyboard & Mouse from the iMac and MAC Pro (had no issue with the Pro running Mojave 10.14), reconnected the Logitech device sea worked until this morning only after the second attempt to wake up. Same 3 dots.

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