can't connect my bluetooth headphones

I just tried doing it several times. What ended up working for me was turning my phone's bluetooth off. Which caused my earphones to disconnect, and then I restarted my headset, and tried pairing them again.

OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU FOR THIS.

Thank you for your instructions. I'm still sporting Leopard and was also having problems. Now I'm listen to music while I write this. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you anil3618

Perfect

I was having this problem with sony mdr-zx770bn and my macbook air 2013 on Yosemite. I was also paired with a bluetooth speaker and had to disconnect that. Then, after pairing the headphones, I had to switch from internal speakers to the headphones in sound preferences.

This tip works for Samsung Level on Wireless headphone for Macbook Air as well. Just had a go and it works like magic! Thank you!

This worked for me with my Plantronics bluetooth headset. I had to hold down a specific button on the headset and it activated paring mode. Then it was discovered by mac. Thank you very much!

For those still having issues, please try the following:

Open Finder > Go (top menu bar) > Computer

Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences

Delete: com.apple.Bluetooth.plist

Start the BT pairing process again.

How do i get them to connect to my iPhone 6, these exact sony headphones? Please Help!!

I tried everything in other posts and threads. Finally come to this solution. Tried it and now I have smooth bluetooth on my MBPr. I have Sony Bluetooth sound canceling overear headphones. They worked perfectly on other devices like my ipad and iphone. But with the MBPr it was so choppy i couldn't use them at all. I tried changing numbers in Terminal. Cranked the numbers to 40, then to 80 with other advice. Nothing worked until I deleted the com.apple.Bluetooth.plist file as instructed. I rebooted and then reconnected my headphones and it now works perfectly.

THANK YOU. I WAS GOING NUTS TRYING TO GET STUTTERING TO END.

Hey,

Thank you very much for this, I've been unable to use my bluetooth headphones since updating to Yosemite. This "fix" worked a treat! Using Philips SHB7000.

I owe you a pint! 🙂

Thanks so much! Your advice/support continues to help us lesser techies who are having trouble pairing bluetooth earphones w/ macbook pros...

I'm running a later 2010 mbp, & was trying to pair my new samsung level U phones & your advice worked a treat!! I had to remove my phone from the list 1st, but when I followed your steps the level u popped right up to pair!! You rock1

I tried everything I could think of, including the many tips in forums, to try and get my bluetooth headphones appear in the mackbook bluetooth preferences, to no avail.

I put it down to a compatability problem with my headphones (LS Manhattan) and OSX.

They connected without any problem on my iphone so why woulldn't they connect to my laptop? and there was the answer to my problem staring me in the face!! When I started up bluetooth on my macbook my headphones quickly connected to my iphone so all I had to do was disconnect the headphones on my iphone and bingo they appeared in the macbook bluetooth preferences!!!

Simples. I hope it works for you.

Thank you! It works at exactly the seventh second. My device is Sony h.ear wireless NC. Thank you again！

Check this post by SONY. Worked for me

Using a Mac® Operating System X

Press the POWER button on the headphones to enter pairing mode.

• Press the button for 2 seconds if this computer is the first Bluetooth device you are pairing to the headphones.
• Press the button for 7 seconds if this computer is the second Bluetooth device you are pairing to the headphones.

https://us.en.kb.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30933/related/1/session/L2F2Lz EvdGltZS8xNDYxMzg0MjkyL3NpZC9GODVxUklPbQ…