macbook air won't pair with bluetooth speakers

I too was having problems with BT pairing on all my devices after Lion update - here's how to fix- shut down your computer, power up and immediatly hold cmd option "r" and "p" (all at the same time) your screen will flash a few times but you want to keep holding the buttons through two cycles of start-up. Release the keys after the second start-up. Then re- pair your BT device and it will work.

I had to do this on my macbook air and mac mini. On the Mac Mini - the system restarted said it was recovering from internet, once it was done all my BT devices worked just fine.

Good luck.

Hi all, I am having the same proplem with my Mac Air and a Muse mini blue tooth speaker.

I tried turning my computer off and then restart and held the, command button and the option and the (r) button and the (p) button down all at the same time and I did get flashes and it kept flashing as long as I held down the buttons. There were no restarts just flashes. I let it flash probably twenty five times and decided it wasnt the right road on this. Any one have any more ideas? Jim

Macbook Pro mid-2007. Same problem but with (e)scape SPBT927BK Bluetooth speaker. Closed all Bluetooth on near devices (in my case, iPhone 5c). Turned ON/off speaker...tried to reconnect Macbook.. and all connected. Thank you.

Thanks! I'd tried several other things to no avail, but this worked great.

pdid you say hold the command, option, "r" and "p" all at the same time?

Yes, but remember to hold it through two cycles.

ok thanks...

I really want to try this, cause I have the same problem, but doesn't it reset the entire hard drive? :/

Thanks, worked like a charm when other bluetooth devices were shut off

I tried all this holding button things n no flash came on.. instead came a screen to reinstall the OS X Yosemite again? ***?

Problem not solved at all, n my macbook air still can't pair with my speaker.. supper annoying n frustrating to see my crappy iphone 4s do it n my super machine not! :-/

Thanks worked like a charm

Tried the restart of the NVRAM ... and still failed to connect to Sony SRS-X5 speaker.

Has anyone found a solution? Brand new Kanto bluetooth speakers....new Macbook Air 2014 edition running latest Yosemite version out of the box. The speakers see all other bluetooth enabled devices...iPhone, Galaxy S3, iPad, Galaxy S3 tablet...just not this Macbook.

UPDATE...it seems a little patience goes a long way. "System...preferences...bluetooth..."...and move a little closer to the speakers lol. Working fine now. 🙂

The standard setting prevents conflict with other Bluetooth devices. If you'd like better audio though, you can change the settings with this terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Apple Bitpool Min (editable)" -int 40

This command works in other versions of OS X, but the Bluetooth Audio problems seem worse in Yosemite than previous versions. The number 40 is the sound quality setting. Note: a higher number could cause compatibility problems with other Bluetooth devices, so start at 40 and work your way up.

"The standard setting prevents conflict with other Bluetooth devices. If you'd like better audio though, you can change the settings with this terminal command:

com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Apple Bitpool Min (editable)" -int 40

Then press enter or return.

This command works in other versions of OS X, but the Bluetooth Audio problems seem worse in Yosemite than previous versions. The number 40 is the sound quality setting. Note: a higher number could cause compatibility problems with other Bluetooth devices, so start at 40 and work your way up"

this info can be found :http://lifehacker.com/fix-your-bluetooth-audio-in-yosemite-with-this-terminal-16 70380974