Bluetooth missing from system preferences?
Hello.
I've seached for ideas everywhere but am not having much luck.
I'm running a 27" iMac OSX, 10.8.3 (12D78) Mountain Lion
w/3.2 GHz i3
12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
A few days ago, my magic mouse lost it's scoll, swipe, zoom, and right click abilities. The batteries were low, so I dismissed it. I have since replaced the batteries, and then noticed that the bluetooth icon is missing at the top of the screen/staus bar. I looked in system preferences, and the Bluetooth icon is also missing from there. Under the Mouse pane, there is no options for the magic mouse, only tracking speed and click speed.
I searched the archives and it appears it's a pretty common occurance. The difference is my BT mouse still works, only as a regular mouse. (Single click and pointer tracking).
I first tried a timemachine restore, with no luck.
Next, I tried a reboot. No luck.
I tried the SMC reset. No luck there either.
I know the BT is working somewhat, because after I reboot the system, the mouse pointer doesn't move, but if I click and hold the mouse buttom for a few seconds, I get control over the mouse, but like I said, with no options or extra abilities. But even with the mouse moving, there is no BT icon either on the staus bar or in system preferences.
Any ideas on what to try next?
iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)