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O00Dany00O Author

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Bluetooth problem with OSX Yosemite: Magic Mouse and Keyboard

Hello everyone,

I've a problem on my MacBook Pro with Retina Display 13" (late 2013).

I've always used it plugged with an external monitor (I love double screen), magic mouse and bluetooth keyboard. On Mavericks everything was perfect with this setup.

Yesterday I installed OSX Yosemite and I've found a boring problem: my Magic Mouse and my Bluetooth Keyboard have a 0.5 second of latency, lag. This happen when the Macbook is not plugged with battery charger. When he is on charge, the problem don't exist.

I noticed this bug also on the public beta of this summer and submit the feedback.

I hoped that they fixed this before release but the bug is still here.

How can i solve this boring problem?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 7:03 AM

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zenojevski

Level 1

5 points

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 1:04 PM

I also reported this issue again and again during each beta release.

This makes the MacBook basically unusable in battery power for doing any kind of design and coding work.

I don't have any bluetooth addons or third party utilities. I also tried clearing PRAMs, and reinstalling Yosemite, to no avail.

Here are some threads about the issue, which, I'm noticing, is common.

Note that while the issue is kind of tolerable using the mouse, it's tragic with the keyboard.

Does this prevent you from using OS X Yosemite?

The issue makes it very difficult for me to use OS X Yosemite

For the report, here are the issues I submitted about this using the feedback assistant:

#116709, #128648, #129129

#132546, #391247

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morpork

Level 1

4 points

Oct 23, 2014 11:58 AM in response to ethos88

Is this spurious suggestion serious or is it meant satirically? We are talking bluetooth here - turning wifi on or off has nothing to do with it. One might as well suggest turning the bathroom light off and on,

Apple must fix this problem. Full stop. Period. Der punkt.

Oct 23, 2014 12:04 PM in response to morpork

Well maybe I was just lucky but it did show immediately after I turned wifi off, and I had tried to connect for >10 minutes before.

morpork

Level 1

4 points

Oct 23, 2014 12:10 PM in response to isaackeyet

How is this a solution? My problem with Bluetooth in Yosemite is mainly to do with the sound delay in my headphones while using Skype, which I connect to using wifi. I have gone back to Mavericks, where Bluetooth works fine.

Apple must fix this problem in Yosemite. Full stop. Period. Der Punkt. Un point.

ethos88

Level 1

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Oct 23, 2014 12:12 PM in response to morpork

Are you serious?, Have you ever read about electromagnetic interferences? For example: http://www.ecnmag.com/articles/2012/03/wi-fi-and-bluetooth-coexistence

Here we are simply looking for a workaround meanwhile apple doesn't fix the problem...

In any case you can connect via cable....

Oct 23, 2014 12:30 PM in response to ethos88

This is really an annoying problem with Bluetooth! Wifi, HDD and all the other items mentioned in this thread were working perfectly fine on my MBP late 2013.

It just doesn't work anymore with Yosemite...

Keyboard keeps reconnecting every 5 minutes or so, audio over bluetooth is unstable once in a while and the Magic Mouse is slow.

Seems that Apple needs to update Yosemite as they did for iOS8 --> iOS8.1...

ethos88

Level 1

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Oct 23, 2014 12:43 PM in response to Steven684

Wifi works fine and all the other things. I'm saying if you have problem with bluetooth try to switch off the wifi and see if bluetooth starts to work correctly 🙂

Oct 23, 2014 1:14 PM in response to ethos88

Wifi and bluetooth do interfere, which is an even worse problem with the 2013 macbook airs (I do, google it if you have one). The problem is drastically worse on Yosemite than Mavericks. There is definitely a software component to this.

mactofer

Level 1

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Oct 23, 2014 3:46 PM in response to DaveFox

The same for me, working fine form some minutes (after your actions) and now is the same when I'm working with the battery

morpork

Level 1

4 points

Oct 23, 2014 4:06 PM in response to ethos88

This is not a laptop/battery problem. I am working on a desktop iMac. I have the same problem with Bluetooth.

Can people get it into their heads that this problem lies with Apple and its implementation of Bluetooth in Yosemite. No amount of workarounds will work until Apple fix it. We’ve seen any amount of workarounds here – 100% of them have not worked (or have worked, but then after a day or so, stopped working).

Apple must fix this.

Oct 23, 2014 4:46 PM in response to O00Dany00O

got the same issue, upgraded to yosomite and now my bluetooth doesn't recognize any new devices or connect to my current ones. thats a bummer. have a MBP Mid 2012

hope apple fixes this issue soon, need it asap.

Oct 23, 2014 4:47 PM in response to morpork

I have a imac as well, and same bluetooth issue. bummer that I can't connect my apple bluetooth or magic mouse, or any accessories for that matter. I need to use hard wired 3rd party keyboards. bummer. apple PLEASE FIX

Muzzum

Level 1

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Oct 23, 2014 6:18 PM in response to maksimred

Adding myself to the list of people with intermittent jumping on my magic mouse after upgrading to 10.10

Oct 23, 2014 6:22 PM in response to Muzzum

Yup my bluetooth speaker which worked just fine with Mavericks isn't connecting (or is connecting only very intermittently) with Yosemite. I tried switching off the wifi, and it picked it up fine. Weird....

Oct 24, 2014 2:07 AM in response to O00Dany00O

I got the exact same Bluetooth connection problem with Apple's own Magic Mouse after updating to OSX Yosemite.
If the problem was already reported by people in the Beta version stadium, why is it not fixed before releasing the public version?

It's really annoying. I hope Apple will fix this problem very soon!

hkle769

Level 1

8 points

Oct 24, 2014 2:43 AM in response to Remco vd S

Same here: 15" MacPro Juli 2014, Iphone 5s, iPad AIR owner, NO BLUETOOTH working! I am going back to my previous SW version this doesn't bring anything for me only irritation and waste of time. Poorly tested, Released to fast, and Damaging for apples reputation. Solution should be provided by APPLE , not by the community and so called 'workarounds' appear hardly to be working. APPLES HW is way to expensive to have to deal with this kind of misery. Won't make the mistake of upgrading to fast again EVER.

Bluetooth problem with OSX Yosemite: Magic Mouse and Keyboard