Since updating to Big Sur I'm having trouble with my bluetooth devices. They (mostly) connect OK, but I cannot play sound to my bluetooth speakers or headphones. The issue occurs on both of the Macs that I have updated so far.
Any advice?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.0
Thank you very much, this solved the problem on both my iMac and my MacBook Pro.
Here is what I did:
Poor show, Apple!
Today I bought new Sony BT headphones and it works perfectly with my Air M1. So does my Linux PC. My Windows 10 PC and my Android phone are not working with the M1, so I don't know what is the problem with those.
Thanks you so much. I found the "Go" button.
I followed below instructions, which I found in the discussions about this issue:
Thank you very much, this solved the problem on both my iMac and my MacBook Pro.
Here is what I did:
unfortunately it did not work.
Is somebody from Apple reading these discussions? They should come put with an answer/solution!!
Marinus
The problem is with Sound in System Preferences. Keep it open, select “Input” tab and keep it open. Headphones play okay. The moment you switch to “output”, headphone start acting jumpy, in and out. Apple, are you reading this? Install base OS, reinstalled Catalina and then Sur again on MacBook Pro 2017 . No difference. Issue exists. Resolve it! Apple!
The problem is not with Bluetooth. It is with the display profile. I deleted all the display profiles and sound via Q35 II started playing continuously...for sometime. It looks like the refresh rate of the display interferes with everything.
I have a M1 MacBook Pro 13" and I'm continually running into Bluetooth connectivity issues with AirPods Pro, Bose QC35, Apple Keyboard, Apple Trackpad, external speakers, and exercise equipment I connect a few times a week. Several times a week, when I try to use these devices, they just won't reconnect. In Bluetooth preferences, for the device that's having an issue, it's status will continually alternate between "Connected" and "Not Connected". The only way to get it connected is to remove it, put the device in discovery mode, and then connect it. It's incredibly frustrating and disappointing.
I tried this method before, it doesn’t help with my case. But it you want to try, type ‘sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/HAL/‘ in terminal and restart your device.
Here by "folder window" in step 1 I mean "Finder window". Apologies.
Glad it worked for you too.
Just to be clear, I deleted the folder "InstantOn.driver" inside the "HAL" folder (rather than the "HAL" folder itself), but that may not make much of a difference.
Ah, that's a shame.
You will probably already have tried this, but if it's the Bluetooth connection itself that's the problem in your case, resetting the Bluetooth module might help.
All sorted... thanks goodness!
Thanks for sharing the solution. It works but I had to reset the Bluetooth module to get it working.
It's unbelievable that Apple missed up this....
Very annoying. Some people have mentioned that the method worked for them only after they also reset the Bluetooth unit. Might be worth trying (if you haven't already). Good luck!
same problem here... bluetooth connection dropping all the time, and even if i can access the specified folder, i can't delete nothing.
Same problem on my MacBook pro 2018, after connecting my bluetooth headphones (i tried with 2 different headphones and still same result, it disconnecting from the bluetooth's headphones
I'm about to go back to Catalina.
I already have few files left to delete on the system when I saw your solution :)))).
For now it's working.
Thank you very much from the south of Spain
Edu.
Big Sur bluetooth problems
