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Poor Bluetooth Sound Quality

The issue is intermittent where quality is good and then cuts out like the connection was lost. Same experience with multiple bluetooth devices. I have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard that perform without issue. Any ideas of what is wrong?

iMac 27″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Sep 19, 2022 2:51 PM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2022 2:57 PM

Jgenaw wrote:

The issue is intermittent where quality is good and then cuts out like the connection was lost. Same experience with multiple bluetooth devices. I have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard that perform without issue. Any ideas of what is wrong?

No and can only suggest this general fix procedure: boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.


NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts 

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files


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Sep 19, 2022 2:57 PM in response to Jgenaw

Jgenaw wrote:

The issue is intermittent where quality is good and then cuts out like the connection was lost. Same experience with multiple bluetooth devices. I have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard that perform without issue. Any ideas of what is wrong?

No and can only suggest this general fix procedure: boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.


NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts 

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files


Poor Bluetooth Sound Quality

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