Bluetooth pane unavailable in Preferences

My bluetooth functionality is not working and not available in the preferences pane. Running Mac Book Pro 2015 on Monterey 12.6.7

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Jul 21, 2023 10:24 AM

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Posted on Jul 21, 2023 10:29 AM

taff316 wrote:

My bluetooth functionality is not working and not available in the preferences pane. Running Mac Book Pro 2015 on Monterey 12.6.7


You can try Reset Blue Tooth in Monterey—



delete the plist from the Finder>Go>Go to Folder copy and paste:

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist


You can kill the bluetooth daemon via the terminal command:

sudo pkill bluetoothd 


Reboot and compare your results


no insight—


User Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support


no resolve—


In or out of warranty you can get a free over the counter 'Apple Service Diagnostics' test /assessment

Make an appointment for a "hardware issue"

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Jul 21, 2023 10:29 AM in response to taff316

taff316 wrote:

My bluetooth functionality is not working and not available in the preferences pane. Running Mac Book Pro 2015 on Monterey 12.6.7


You can try Reset Blue Tooth in Monterey—



delete the plist from the Finder>Go>Go to Folder copy and paste:

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist


You can kill the bluetooth daemon via the terminal command:

sudo pkill bluetoothd 


Reboot and compare your results


no insight—


User Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support


no resolve—


In or out of warranty you can get a free over the counter 'Apple Service Diagnostics' test /assessment

Make an appointment for a "hardware issue"

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple


Outside the USA

Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support






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