Why is my bluetooth symbol flickering on the menu bar?

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Why is my bluetooth symbol flickering on the menu bar?

Hey all,

I have a 2015 Macbook Retina Pro with 3.1GHZ i7 processor and 16GB ram on El Capitan 10.11.5 that is having some weird issues with bluetooth. When I'm doing my normal activities (web browsing, typing reports, etc), the bluetooth symbol will start flickering on the menu bar, even though I don't have it on previously, nor is there any bluetooth device nearby that has low battery. Not only is the symbol flickering, it also is turning my bluetooth signal on and off, and I cannot force it to stay off or on until it stops flickering. I've tried restarting and shutting down, force quitting systems preferences, to no avail. There is not a pattern or trigger application that sets off the flickering, as it just happens randomly. Any advice?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 11, 2016 11:38 AM

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Jun 11, 2016 11:46 AM in response to hiro980

"There is not a pattern or trigger application that sets off the flickering, as it just happens randomly."

Hi..

Might be corrupted Bluetooth preferences.

Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder

Type or copy paste the following:

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist

Click Go then move the com.apple.Bluetooth.plist file to the Trash.

Restart your Mac. See if that made a difference.

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