Bluetooth.plist file not generating

The following worked to restore the Bluetooth functionality on my (Monterey) installation of MacOS, although the Bluetooth.plist file was never regenerated:

1. Reset the SMC Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support (CA)
2. Reinstall MacOS.

Thank you to the other commenters on this thread, and I hope this helps.

Anybody? I've got a 2015 iMac 27 that I fresh-installed Monterey onto. Bluetooth won't turn on. I've reset SMC, PRAM, tried to delete the plist files, but -- as with the author of this thread -- there are no bluetooth plist files to delete, even after multiple reboots (and resets and etc.). I've run the terminal commands to try to reset the bluetooth module. Nothing has helped. I tried installing an alternative method -- Tooth Fairy -- but it reports "no bluetooth hardware found."

It should be noted that bluetooth was fine under a previous installation of Catalina. It died on the update to Monterey (which is why I tried repartitioning the disk and reinstalling without success).

I've also already tried creating a new account, because I know an Apple slappy will tell me to try that. That also did not result in the generation of bluetooth plist files, nor did it allow me to turn bluetooth on.

It is literally as if Monterey just cannot see the bluetooth module. Though it does show up in system profiler, and displays some hardware information, it has an address of "NULL" and a state of "Off." Chipset is BCM-4350C2 and "discoverable" is "off."

Any other things to try here?

i'm having this same issue but on ventura, i've tried connecting a bluetooth dongle (several different ones actually) and none work - i've downloaded bluetooth explorer and under Host Controller my only option is 'none' regardless of what usb i have plugged in. i did a windows partition and the bluetooth usbs worked on that.

on bluetooth explorer i get the error: updateChainPower error: -3903

no plists, tried all the recommended tests. a dongle was my last hope but even the ones other people use no issue with mac don't work. tried everything but updating to an old os but the mac has had this bluetooth issue for about 2 years now...

if anyone gets any further please update me, i'm open to trying anything at this point but can't take laptop in for repairs as i need it for work daily.

That is quite abbreviated to what I get in Mojave with pared Appel KB & Mouse which are not connected.

103 lines here.

I think it must be a munged install since we're not seeing millions of reports like those here.

So a year later almost and still this issue isn't fixed for anyone?? I have tried everything I have found on the internet to no avail. What the heck is going on? Kinda feels like Apple is doing this on purpose at this point, which they have been known to do in the past

Nearly one year later this annoying Bluetooth (BT) issue still persists on my two refurbished MacBooks (2015, 13" and 15" respectively), running Monterey 12.7.3. No BT device is visible in the BT control panel (system settings). I tried all possible remedies suggested elsewhere (SMC reset, NVRAM reset, BT module reset), without any effect whatsoever. Surprisingly, on a third refurbished MacBook I own- a 2017 MB Air- also running Monterey 12.7.3. , Bluetooth does function normally. In the preference list the com.apple.Bluetooth.plist shows up, on the 2015 MacBooks it is absent, as OliveRidley found out previously. I copied the preference file from the MB Air to both 2015 MB's, hoping that this would restore BT functionality: it did not! So that leaves me with two MB's on which BT completely fails. Very frustrating indeed.

Resetting the SMC worked for me. Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support (CA)

Yes, Resetting the SMC worked for me as well, Thanks

Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support (CA)

I have the same problem with Ventura.

Did somebody find a solution?

In System Report>Hardware>Bluetooth, what shows there?

Nope, this was the first thing I tried

Have you tried reinstalling your OS?

Lograste solucionarlo? dime que si:(