Just updated (17th.Oct.2014) to OS X Yosemite. Im having trouble with bluetooth connection. There is an audio lag on my bluetooth headphone which progressively gets worse. Im using Sony DR-BTN 200. Is there a temporary solution until they fix it?
P.S. I found others with similar issues as well. Ive tried re-pairing the connection to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
The storage of the Bluetooth audio values have been changed in Mavericks / Yosemite the defaults are now with a process called “Bluetoothaudiod”, you can change the defaults by using the following example:
Sudo defaults write bluetoothaudiod "Apple Bitpool Min" 50
Please see below all the parameters I have changed, to read the defaults please enter the following command in terminal:
sudo defaults read bluetoothaudiod
enter your password:
MacBook-Pro:~ Ciaran$ sudo defaults read bluetoothaudiod
{
"AAC Bitrate" = 320;
"AAC CBR" = 1;
"Apple Bitpool Max" = 64;
"Apple Bitpool Min" = 50;
"Apple Initial Bitpool" = 50;
"Disable AAC codec" = 0;
"Disable AptX codec" = 0;
"Disable HFP" = 0;
"Enable AptX codec" = 1;
These setting work well with my Bose Soundink OE headphones, please be careful entering the values as they are case sensitive, I really hope this helps some of you out there.
Cheers.
Some of you seem to misunderstand what this forum is. This is a COMMUNITY support forum. A place where we go to get help from each other. This is not a place where Apple official support comes to respond to issues. I assume everyone went to the official bug report system and reported this bug, right? (I did).
Hey Nataku
Thanks for clearing that up and reporting it. Makes sense. I searched for 'official bug report system', seems like you need to be a developer to report there. I have registered a developers account but am not sure if i can post it ( im not a developer)
Would appreciate if other developers here could report this bug.
Same issue with MBP mid 2010 13" and Sony BTX-500.
Another thing I noticed was that when adjusting the audio while listening to pandora, I don't get the system feedback and it takes about 10 seconds for the audio to adjust.
I'm experiencing the same problem. Have a late 2008 MacBook Pro paired with Bose SoundLink II. Everything was ok on Mavericks and now there's always a lag when playing movies and audio in general (including iTunes).
Hello
yep, reported on every possible channel I could find. No angry talk, nothing like that, just calling their attention to the detail
now, as I follow most of those websites, I also know that, even after it's been reported on them, it still takes a while for apple to react. The only thing making them work fast is a lot of feedback. Just a few guys won't do it. Which is perfectly normal, given the number of clients they have. That is why we have to get leverage on this thing, so that they can distinguish it from every other guy who drops his Mac and starts saying Yosemite broke his laptop.
Same, mid 2013 MBA...
Ridiculous that this wasn't fixed since BETA IN JUNE!!
This is the last Apple product I will own until Steve is reincarnated and takes the helms once more. 3rd times a charm, right?
I see that AppleInsider and at least one other site has picked this up.
Also, I got a request on my bug report to provide some Bluetooth debug info, which I provided. So hopefully things will be happening.
Similar issues here too. Right after updating to Yosemite, I can't watch anything while using my bluetooth speaker, it just skips and lags so you can't hear anything. I've tried restarting my computer twice, disabling/enabling bluetooth, Pairing the speakers again, but nothing works.
Mac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
Glad I am not the only one who has this problem.
I am using a 2012 15' Retina Macbook Pro. This problem came out today as I updated to the OSX Yosemite.
Hope Apple can fix this soon. Following the thread now.
Similar issue here with MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) and audio playing out through bluetooth on my Bose Mini. Had NO problems prior to upgrading to Yosemite. Playing music they way I have been for years is no longer a pleasure. Apple, please fix!
Installed update on latest macbook Air and had a stuttering and lag effect on my bluetooth connection to my BOSE soundlink mini which hasn't been effected by iphone or other bluetooth devices. very annoying.
Same here
Macbook Pro Mid 2010
UE Boom
I did suspect handoff, but mine's not even eligible for hand off, according to some table I saw.
However, some of the features work some how.
Apple, exactly how many "me too" comments does it take for an apple employee to respond?
A little "we acknowledge your problems and we are working a fix" would go a long way .
I just bought a pair of bluetooth headset finally and I, too, am experiencing lag and / or sudden drop in audio quality. The headset in question is the Creative Sound Blaster EVO Zx and the OS I'm currently running is OS X 10.10 running on a 27-inch iMac (Mid 2011) [iMac12,2] . It is quite important to me, personally, that this issue be resolved soon...
using a 2010 macbook air with philips blue tooth speakers on yosemite. awful audio lag, the second i do something else on my mac, the audio will momentarily pause and return again. while i enjoy the new yosemite features, this is a very big let down
I'm experiencing this issue as well - has a Bluetooth stereo that I use to play music from MacBook Air, and with recent Yosemite upgrade (10.10 (14A389)), it started to lag a log. Lag time seems to grow over time, too - till some point (it doesn't grow to a minute, I mean - rather up to a few seconds), but it's still very annoying.
Bluetooth audio lag
