Bluetooth turning on and off again during pairing

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Bluetooth turning on and off again during pairing

I have a new iMac since a couple of month and now, I bought an iPhone 6. When I try to pair my iPhone with my iMac, I see on the iMac that it is for pairing (as on my iPhone), I accept the pairing on both devices but on my Mac, I see that my iPhone is connected, for about a second and it says that my iPhone is not connected. On my iPhone, it says that my iMac is not connected. When I try again, I have a brief window that give me a code, but I don't know what to do, The keyboard does not appear so I can't enter the code. What is the problem? Thanks.

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2

Posted on Apr 1, 2016 12:51 PM

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FoxFifth

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Apr 1, 2016 2:48 PM in response to BAL-II

An iPhone will not pair via Bluetooth to a computer (Mac or Windows) except for personal hotspot and then only if your cellular plan supports it. See the following for more information. https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7722

If you are attempting to use Handoff/Continuity or AirDrop, that does involve Bluetooth but the devices are NOT paired; Bluetooth just needs to be on and the devices in range of each other. The following may help with Handoff/Continuity issues: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204678

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