It seems I am no longer able to reset the Bluetooth module with Option+shift+[bluetooth menu]. A bad situation (laggy Bluetooth response) is made worse by the fact that I can’t fix it.
This thread (Bluetooth reset in Monterey - Apple Community) — now closed — suggests using the following Terminal command:
sudo pkill bluetoothd
…which restarts (does not kill) bluetoothd, and does NOT fix the laggy bluetooth problem
Any other bright ideas?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.4
1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.
2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?
3 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.
4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.
5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.
6 - If after performing each of the above steps in the order that have been presents and still have issues - please advise for possible further assistance.
Update a week later…
I spent about 30min in chat with an Apple support tech, who ultimately confirmed that I was running the latest Bluetooth modules and my Apple Mouse had the latest firmware, and that I had already done all the troubleshooting they would suggest (restarting, resetting NVRAM/PRAM, safe reboot, etc.) The only useful result was they have me try another Bluetooth input device (keyboard), which had no lag. They made me an appointment at the Genius bar. But before my Genius bar appointment the problem mysteriously “resolved” itself.
Would still love to have the Bluetooth debug menu back!
Thank for the suggestions. I tried them all and the Bluetooth lag persists.
This is a longstanding problem that could (previously) be solved by resetting the Bluetooth module. Unfortunately the Bluetooth debug options have been removed from the Bluetooth menu, and simply killing bluetoothd (as described above, and in various other sources) does not work either.
Bluetooth reset in Monterey?
