Q: Bluetooth on ios 8 can't connect with iMac 10.9.5

Same issue observed with multiple iOS 8 devices against 10.10 (14A361c) and 10.9.5.

I have same issue. Mavericks on iMAC and iPhone 5s are both updated to latest. Prior to IOS 8, my iPhone would connect via bluetooth, where I can sync whatever via iTunes - my phone would show up in iTunes when I was in bluetooth. Now it connects for a few seconds then disconnects...

When I turn Hotspot on (which I never did) the bluetooth will connect but my iPhone still missing from iTunes, cannot sync, etc.

Keeping in mind bluetooth does still work because my apple keyboard is still using it with no issues.

Dear Apple,

Fix now.

Thanks

I have the same issue:

Neither an iPhone 6 nor an iPhone 5s, both running iOS 8, will connect AND HOLD THE CONNECTION to my late 2013 MacBook Pro running os 10.10.

Both phones will appear in the scan and both present the pairing code sent by the laptop but neither will hold the connection. The bluetooth logo at the top of the mac screen shows the connection for a second or two but it drops almost immediately. Re-trying to connect sometimes (not always) gives the message "this device not supported".

Curiously, both phones will pair, connect and work fine with the hands-free phone system in my car (VW Touareg).

Apple has chosen not to implement some of the Bluetooth profiles, such as file transfer profile. Currently they support only HSP/HFP (Headset Profile / Hands Free Profile, for phone calls) - A2DP/AVRCP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile / Audio Video Remote Control Profile) for stereo music, HID (Human Interface Device) for keyboards, and perhaps a couple of the lower-level messaging profiles. Internet sharing most likely won't be added as a generic Bluetooth feature since that is already addressed with the hotspot capability.

thanks! Feel silly that I didn't know that!

Apple has never supported syncing data from iOS to iTunes over Bluetooth, iTunes syncing only works over WiFi or a direct USB cable connection.

iOS: Syncing your data with iTunes

The only use of Bluetooth between an iOS device and a Mac or Windows PC that Apple currently supports is for mobile hotspot (and even that is not usually recommended, using WiFi or a USB cable is much faster). You cannot connect an iOS device to a Mac or PC via Bluetooth to transfer files/data, as WiseJD states the required Bluetooth profiles are not supported, and never have been (this is not new behaviour in iOS 8).

iOS: Understanding Personal Hotspot

Same for me, they told me that "Yosemite" is suppose to be the answer, but between you and me I'm not impress 850$ for a phone that can't be use with your other Mac product!?!?!?

It all depends on what you are trying to do with iOS, Bluetooth and the Mac. You don't say what it is you're trying to do which makes it hard to assist you.

You don't use BT to sync data with a Mac and iOS device, you use iTunes on the Mac connecting to the iOS device over either WiFi or a USB cable, if that's what you're trying to do.  You can't currently (until OS X 10.10 is released, probably in week or so) use AirDrop to transfer individual files between Macs and iOS devices, only Mac <-> Mac and iOS <-> iOS, and even AirDrop only uses BT to establish the link between the two devices, the actual data transfer is done over an adhoc WiFi connection. In the meantime the same sort of single-file transfers can be done using apps such as DropCopy on the Mac and iOS, Dropbox and iCloud Documents & Data if that's what you're after.

The short answer is that aside from personal hotspot there is really no point in connecting Macs and iOS devices via Bluetooth, everything else between them is done via WiFi or cable connections, or over the net using WiFi/cellular connections, and even personal hotspot is usually done over WiFi rather than Bluetooth as it's much faster. Bluetooth is primarily for connecting peripherals like headsets, wireless speakers, keyboards, mice and so forth to Macs or iOS devices, it's not used for data transfer.

Thanks David for your answer and for all theses informations I really appreciate.

Have a nice w-e!!!!

So a Bluetooth connection between your desktop Mac and iOS devices is not needed for the Continuity features, ie. Handoff?

I think You have to use your WIFI for those app but I'm not sure

Some of the Continuity and Handoff features use Bluetooth, but they don't require that the iPhone/iPad and Mac be paired, Bluetooth is simply used to detect the presence of the other device nearby, the actual data is sent over WiFi (most if not all the features require both devices be connected to the same WiFi network and logged into the same iCloud account). Other features like Instant Hotspot and call transfers don't require Bluetooth to even be on.

Bluetooth pairing still broken for iPhone 6, iOS 8.1, and Mac OS 10.10.

Though some Continuity and Handoff features do not require Bluetooth pairing, Personal Hotspot does (unless you want to tether with a Lightning cable) If I recall correctly, I believe the new personal hotspot feature was even presented in the keynote at WWDC14. Should be embarrassing that it still doesn't work.

What People can try to do...? What about AirDrop...? What is it useful for if you can't connect iPhone/iPad with iMac via Bluetooth...? I don't pay the €€€ I pay for my Apple products to find something like this... and don't tell me about iCloud Drive, just picking $$$ from your pocket again...