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Bluetooth keeps turning itself on

My brand-new MacBook Air (2011 11") has never been connected to anything Bluetooth. Neither had the previous Air I migrated from. I never use Bluetooth, although I do plan to get start using a Magic Mouse occasionally.


BT was on out of the box, but I turned it off. I intend to keep it off all the time except for certain future mouse tasks.


But several times a day I notice it has turned itself back on! I turn it off, but it never lasts. (I keep the BT icon in the menu bar so I can watch the situation.)


Any fixes? I don't want any needless battery drain.


Thanks in advance!


(Also, I notice that the Prefs checkboxes that bring up BT Assistant when "no keyboard [mouse/trackpad] is detected" cannot be turned off. No big deal--the assistant never appears anyway, since obviously a laptop can't have that situation! But I still thought it might be a related symptom: when you uncheck either option, a confirmation sheet drops down. But it doesn't matter which choice you make on the sheet, the boxes stay checked.)

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7), 4GB i7

Posted on Aug 2, 2011 1:57 PM

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Posted on May 27, 2017 1:35 AM

I have been having the exact same issue.


I've done a bit of searching through my laptop's settings (I have a 2013 15" MacBook Pro) and I *might* have found the solution...


Under the Bluetooth settings, select 'Advanced', and untick 'Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer'. It might be that Bluetooth devices nearby (e.g. phone, other computers) may be picked up by your laptop while it sleeps and automatically turns Bluetooth on.


I say that this 'might' be a solution because I've just implemented the same change in my settings, and enough time hasn't gone by for me to be able to come up with a definitive answer.


Anyways, I hope this solved your problem 🙂

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Bluetooth keeps turning itself on

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