I just got a new MacBook Pro M3 Max with Sequoia 15.1, After couple hours of setting it up. I realized that my MacBook just keeps on searching for nearby devices and doesn’t show the BLUETOOTH devices that are in range. NEED HELP!
I’ve tried going to the terminal and typing "sudo pkill bluetoothd” and restarting, but that didn’t work.
MacBook Pro 16″
What type of bluetooth devices are in range exactly?
Are the nearby devices unpaired and set to discoverable mode?
Note: that it won't find or connect to iPhones, iPads, iPods or other Macs or PCs.
click here ➜ Connect a Bluetooth device with your Mac - Apple Support
How old blu-tooth are Bose headsets? I ask because over the years I noticed something wrong with Bluetooth. It always seem when new device with updated Bluetooth will only speak with devices with only one generation of older Bluetooth devices! If the device is more than three old you might never be able to use it again! That’s when I decided to go with only wired headphones now!
My MacBook Air (Sequoia 15.1) does not see my I-Phone 15 (iOS 18.1.1) (Bluetooth). It can see all other devices around!, e.g., my Bose headset but not my-I-Phone. My I-Phone can see my Mac but not the other way around - this sucks!
bok12 wrote:
My MacBook Air (Sequoia 15.1) does not see my I-Phone 15 (iOS 18.1.1) (Bluetooth). It can see all other devices around!, e.g., my Bose headset but not my-I-Phone. My I-Phone can see my Mac but not the other way around - this sucks!
Macs and iPhones cannot pair over bluetooth. There is no reason or point to them seeing each other in bluetooth settings and it is fine if they do not.
Most things that require bluetooth between a Mac and an iPhone do not require they paired.
iPhone Mirroring app does require both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled to connect the iPhone device and connection is failing with message "iPhone Not Found Ensure 'your device' is near your Mac, powered on, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled" even though I had done the exact same thing what was required
Esenior wrote:
iPhone Mirroring app does require both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled to connect the iPhone device and connection is failing with message "iPhone Not Found Ensure 'your device' is near your Mac, powered on, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled" even though I had done the exact same thing what was required
Bluetooth being enabled and the devices being paired is not the same thing.
Just have Bluetooth turned on. You cannot directly pair them, and it is not required they be paired, because it's not possible to do so.
If Mirroring is still not working, then restart both devices.
You cannot pair and iPhone and a Mac over bluetooth.
Turns out I could connect to my stereo. I just can't connect to my Bose headphones which my MacBook air could do.
Are your Bose headphones unpaired from your MacBook Air and set to pairing mode per their own instructions?
Bluetooth doesn't discover devices
