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MacMini Bluetooth RANDOM Disconnect

MacMini with macOS Big Sur 11.5.2 randomly disconnects bluetooth, notoriously poor Bluetooth performance.


Bluetooth issues include keyboard and mouse intermittently dropping connection, mouse cursor randomly jumping around, other Bluetooth devices unable to connect to the Mac mini, Bluetooth speakers dropping connection, and more.

I have a black magic mouse, a black making keyboard and a Bose SoundBar

its frustrating because it randomly disconnects and drops all connections and I cant seem to find a way to resolve this.

THE FOLLOWING HAS NOT WORKED

1) Turn Bluetooth On/Off

2) Restart Mac mini

3) Remove All Bluetooth Accessories

4) Update to the Latest macOS Release - I have the latest as of today macOS Big Sur V 11.5.2


I would appreciate a response from APPLE


Thank you


NOTE: I have 6 core Intel core i7, 3.2 Ghz processor with 32 gb memory.

Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 8.0.5d7


  Hardware, Features, and Settings:


  Name: TOMAS’s Mac mini

  Address: 3C-22-FB-72-69-8B

  Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes

  Handoff Supported: Yes

  Instant Hot Spot Supported: Yes

  Manufacturer: Broadcom

  Transport: UART

  Chipset: 4364B0

  Firmware Version: v101 c4417

  Bluetooth Power: On

  Discoverable: On

  Connectable: Yes

  Auto Seek Pointing: On

  Remote wake: On

  Vendor ID: 0x05AC

  Product ID: 0x007B

  Bluetooth Core Spec: 5.0 (0x9)

  HCI Revision: 0x1141

  LMP Version: 5.0 (0x9)

  LMP Subversion: 0x2065

  Device Type (Major): Computer

  Device Type (Complete): Mac Desktop

  Composite Class Of Device: 0x380104

  Device Class (Major): 0x01

  Device Class (Minor): 0x01

  Service Class: 0x1C0

  Auto Seek Keyboard: On

Posted on Sep 9, 2021 5:07 PM

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Posted on Sep 10, 2021 5:13 AM

Poorly shielded USB-C device and display cables can cause Wi-Fi and Bluetooth issues.


see > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201542


Try moving your USB cables and devices behind and to one side to see if that helps. Also, the Mac Mini’s wireless antenna is on the bottom cover and sometimes it helps to stand it on it’s side.

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Sep 10, 2021 5:13 AM in response to tomatecno

Poorly shielded USB-C device and display cables can cause Wi-Fi and Bluetooth issues.


see > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201542


Try moving your USB cables and devices behind and to one side to see if that helps. Also, the Mac Mini’s wireless antenna is on the bottom cover and sometimes it helps to stand it on it’s side.

MacMini Bluetooth RANDOM Disconnect

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