Q: Sudden loud static noise on bluetooth headset

Yes 10.10.3 beta fixes this issue it seems.

somebody please dig up Steve Jobs and make him kick these yo-yo's at Apple in a$$..  you guys are killing the company!

Hello,

i am having the same problem with a Klipsch Gig BT Speaker. Loud static noise!

Hope so

Have you tried it in first-hand?

I'm having the same problem.

Mac Air late 2012. Bluetooth with PHILIPS dock station.

It's getting more and more frequent and it seems related to how much RAM I'm using (it happens more frequently when working with a lot of memory involved).

having same issue here:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)

Yosemite 10.10.2

Bluetooth headset: VKtech HV-800

Quite shocking when using headset. My co-workers must think I have some sort of personality disorder when I suddenly yell, "Ouch!" and whip my headset off.

I have been able to stop it by simply selecting another sound device and returning to the Bluetooth device. It does seem to be related to CPU intensive tasks, as some times my machine is so hung up that I cannot do anything even, force quitting applications when this is happening.

Mostly for the record; I also have this problem.

Macbook pro mid 2009 + Harman Kardon bluetooth speaker.

This is the second serious problem I´ve had with bluetooth audio just the last 5 months. I also had the lag-problem that 10.10.2 fixes, but giving me traumatizing explosion instead.

I´ve been partly Apple-fanboy for years after frying my nerves being helpdesk in ms windows-environment for 10+ years. And my Mac has been the most stable technical device I´ve ever had, including cars, fridges and all! Thank you Steve, whereever you are! You proved humanity can make a stable, predictable, usable and, if one can save up some money, affordable computer. Over time anyway! :-)

But I guess it´s slipping away, even from Apple..

I recognize the "one bugfix creating another bug" - behaviour and the "there might be a workaround or halftested beta-patch for this issue here <link>" from the windows-envoriment. If you take the time and effort to (semi-legally) hack deep into the software, like competent linux-people sometimes do one usually find it´s because one or more programmer cut some corners somewhere. Sad it´s happening at Apple also now.

Well, I play music from iTunes, on low volumes, in the background. If my nice 90-year old neigbour dies from a heartattack from these max-volume white noise - explotions, is it legal ground to sue Apple for murder?..

(naahh, just kidding ;-))

Good luck finding the cases to these bluetooth-audio - issues Apple, please give it high pri because halfway fixes usually lead to new unpredictability. And, like Steve said, "everything is software", so I fear, if the software gets buggy the hardware will also start acting strange..

And Linux is still free and just as easy as MacOsX to install..

Macbook Air 3,2

Yosemite 10.10.2

Jabra BT620s

Anytime the CPU usage spikes, such as switching apps while I'm listening something in the background, the deafening white noise explodes.

Or even worse, it happens just by turning up the volume.

Throwing in my "me too", for what it's worth:

Late 2013 13" rMBP

Yosemite 10.10.2

Sony SRS-X2

It consistently happens when I run the Spyder monitor calibration tool, but it happens at other times too with no apparent trigger. Turning the speaker off, then back on again clears it. Thankfully I don't have Bluetooth headphones so have never had to suffer from this blasting directly into my eardrums!

Currently backing up my laptop prior to trying the 10.10.3 beta. Many thanks to whoever posted the suggested fix

I've noticed that my Beats Studio Wireless no longer seem to have independent volume control when using them with my Mid-2011 Macbook Air. Previously I could control the volume on each device separately which resulted in the capacity for overall higher volume. Now the volume controls on my laptop and my headphones do the same thing ... which has always been the case when using the headphones with my iPhone. I think this occurred when the OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 Public Beta was released ... but it could have been OS X 10.10.2. Anyone else notice this?

OAW

Also experiencing same problem here. Late 2009 21.5" iMac, running 10.10.2, using Sony DR-BTN200 headphones. Problem didn't exist at all when running Mountain Lion, only started occurring since upgrade to Yosemite. Completely unpredictable and quite deafening, regardless of actual volume setting. It's reached the point now where I'm almost scared to use my phones for fear of blowing either them or my ear drums! Very disappointing from Apple - really not good enough. Given Apple's popularity within AV and creative industries, a fix really needs to be found - and implemented - without delay.

UPDATE: Not 100% certain, but the problem seems to be most likely to occur when switching between applications, particularly to Chrome from anything else. NO idea if this is actually linked or just occasional coincidence - anyone else out there noticed same/similar?

The loud static issue has definitely been corrected in the most current version of Yosemite, so I strongly recommend that anyone still experiencing this issue upgrade to that.

That said, for those of us who ARE on the most current version, have any of you noticed a small audio lag when watching a video?  This is nowhere near as bad as the original audio lag issues I was experiencing (prior to the static problem), but I have noticed that the audio over bluetooth seems to very slightly lag behind the video.  I'm not sure if that's just me and my computer, though.

Just run the system update check and (as I thought) I currently AM running the most current version of Yosemite. Despite that, have just spent a most frustrating afternoon having my eardrums assaulted countless times while trying to view video via QuickTime. So guessing that the 'fix' isn't fixed, sadly.

Have noticed the same slight audio lag on video too. I also run Boom which, while brilliant at enhancing system sound, seems to compound the lag issue further, so have taken to quitting it for viewing video. I don't think the small lag is just your system though, and sure I've seen others complaining of similar issues on the Apple forums.

Have to say that, overall, I'm not that impressed with Yosemite. Been an Apple user for best part of 20 years and this is the first time I've known one of their operating systems actually seem to take backwards steps from its predecessor. Teething troubles are not uncommon (if annoying), but there seem to be areas of this latest one that are just plain broken!

I am running the latest version of Yosemite 10.10.2 and am still getting the random bluetooth static noise blasts.  It woke my wife and I up in the middle of the night again.  The issue may have been fixed in the latest beta version but Apple still has yet to fix the issue in a general OS update.  Apple is certainly not the same company they once were under Steve Jobs.

Hmm...interesting.  I have not experienced this issue at all since the latest update.  I'm not on that computer now, so I can't check, but are you able to get the exact version & build number for your install?  I'm curious about what you have since I and several others on this thread have found that the latest version has corrected the issue.  I'll double check my MacBook when I'm home tonight and post what I am currently running once I have the chance to check.