Bluetooth audio lag

I've double checked it with my BT headset. When the wireless mouse and trackpad are connected the problem appears. The lag is so bad that can hardly hear the sound. I've also checked it with my Logitech BT adapter, and the problem appears, but in minor scale.

A friend of mine with exactly the same hardware and BT peripherals, but with Mavericks has no problem.

I hope that Apple will help us on this.

I think the anomaly is possibly firmware based, If you try disconnecting everything other than the keyboard you may find stability of use.

The only other thing I have done is purchase a Orico BTA-402 USB Bluetooth 4.0 dongle, just plug-in and works straight from the box, which seems to work better, £6.50 from eBay.

Ok - try this, go to apple logo - about this Mac and click system report, Select Bluetooth - under LMP Version, if its anything below 0x6 you do not have Bluetooth 4.0, so maybe purchase an Orico BTA-402 USB Bluetooth 4.0 dongle.

My Bluetooth is so much less temperamental.

The bluetooth audio problem is much more of an issue for me when streaming audio from Youtube for example bluetooth audio becomes unusable, if my wifi on Macbook pro is off bluetooth audio much better.

i found a really terrible solution on apples behalf: boot into windows. zero issues in windows. i have a 2007 macbook pro santa rosa with bluetooth 2.0 and the fact that its only 2.0 is definitely not the problem. i had a phone and tablet both with 2.0 and never had a problem listening to music or watching movies on them. but with a clean yosemite install on this laptop, my bluetooth audio lags and skips, and when i boot into my clean windows 8.1 install (with bootcamp 5.1.2) bt audio is just fine. ive tried every obscure method listed in this thread to try to fix it and nothing works. its not a hardware issue, its a software issue. which explains why so many people are complaining about it. come on apple, i shouldnt have to boot into windows for functionality on a mac.

I have been having a similar problem for a while, since updating to Yosemite. I'm not sure if anyone else has already covered this but I now believe my lag / stuttering is partly caused by bluetooth signal strength. I was getting RSSI value of 72, which apparently is quite poor according to this link: http://www.cnet.com/au/how-to/how-to-check-bluetooth-connection-strength-in-os-x /

0 to -60 --> good

-61 to -70 --> OK

-71 to -90 --> poor

less than -90 --> bad

One thing I didn't realise is that you can check the signal strength for each device and other advanced options by holding the option button and clicking the bluetooth icon in the menu bar.

I moved my Bose Soundlink mini and the strength improved. Not an ideal solution as it worked fine before Yosemite but definitely an improvement.

Hope that helps

Thanks for the info regards "alt/option and clicking bluetooth" didn't know about that, pretty interesting.

I bought a bluetooth 4.0 USB Dongle, I had to run a Terminal command because the Mac was still looking for the internal Bluetooth board.

Could only have the keyboard connected with the headphones to prevent the audio stuttering problem, but the device connection speeds are like lightning.

If you purchase an external USB Bluetooth, type the following command followed by a restart:

sudo nvram bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehaviour=always

To go back to default type the following, followed by a reboot:

sudo nvram -d bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior

I 'was' having the same problem with my Hudl 2 and kitsound Bluetooth headset but I managed to locate the problem, and what this problem is, is an app is interfering with Bluetooth connections and making it lag, in my case an app called 'Battery' so I reccomend just deleting apps you recently downloaded and you should get a fine Bluetooth connection in no time, Hope I helped

Still same problem here :-( Philips bluetooth speaker and mac pro 2011 (with anti glare screen ;-) )

HELP ! :-(((

Bluetooth speaker works when first connected. second time not.

First time connected open audio settings and the connection *****... close audio settings and the connection works again...

WHY??

I feel like Apple don't care much bout this problem.

Yosemite bluetooth is a Fail :<

Same here, Bose mini is lagging alot 😟((

its not an issue of any software you might be using!!!

for some reason wifi is breaking the bluetooth connectivity. same thing goes for the mouse or any other bluetooth device. turn off the bluetooth and the lag will go away. this has been one of the worst most annoying things.. bought new speakers and can't even enjoy them properly. Need Fix Apple!!!!!!!!!!!

LAG FIX: RESET THE PRAM HOLDING CMD+OPTION+P+R BEFORE OS STARTS, HOLD THEM UNTIL YOU HEAR THE OS CHIME. It worked for me. Hope it helps

For every one with this problem ,

I have an macbook pro 2012 non retina 13 inch with dvd drive when my JBL Charge 2 is to close to my macbook pro it wil shutter when i place it say 10 -15 centimeters away from the laptop de connection doesnt shutter any more i am listening to itunes music trough the jbl charge 2 now while typing this and no music shutter or audio lag at all.

Mac os 10.10.3

itel core I5 2,5ghz

8GB ram

500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD

Dvd drive

**** **** ****... I have a Bose Soundlink that work with bluetooth on a not that old mac mini... the sound is ****** ever since i upgraded for Yosemite and it has been for more than two months now!!! When i use the sound on my tv, wich use the HDMI link there is NO problem so obviously there is a problem with bluetooth... Is there ANYONE from Apple reading this????? because I don't think you are doing ANYTHING to fix the issue!!!!