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User profile for user: roele
roele Author
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Unable to rename bluetooth device

I'm not sure if this is related to newly released macOS 10.12.4 but i re-added once of my Bluetooth devices after the upgrade and i'm unable to rename it via Bluetooth preference pane. The device is connecting and working properly, it's just the name that can't be set anymore. The rename action simply does not do anything.


I already tried

1) Re-adding device

2) Deleting the com.apple.Bluetooth.plist file, restarting and re-adding the device.

3) Resetting PRAM


Anyone else seeing this? Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2016), macOS Sierra (10.12.4)

Posted on Mar 28, 2017 11:35 AM

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User profile for user: JohnnyG_71
JohnnyG_71
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Posted on Jan 12, 2018 1:40 PM

tmlanku was the first (and only?) person who actually posted the real solution to this. Unfortunately, for some reason, the [Helpful] button on their post is greyed-out.


Anyway, here is the solution (at least as it was for me and many others):

1. The device must be currently actively connected to bluetooth on your computer.

2. The device must not have the USB cable plugged into it.


Once I removed the USB cable from my Magic Trackpad 2, it successfully saved the name change.

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User profile for user: PCalico
PCalico
User level: Level 1
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Oct 8, 2017 11:05 AM in response to RChrisley

Are any of the devices that you could pair on your old Mid 2012 MacBook Pro able to pair with multiple devices?

I have a Mid-2015 MacBook Pro 15in running 10.12.6 and they keyboard I had paired with multiple devices (and had renamed) on my previous (2012) MacBookPro is now not accepting renaming though I started from scratch with the keyboard-- taking out the batteries so I'd have to repair will all devices. (I've gotten a couple other new ones and won't use this keyboard with the old ones).


This BT keyboard can be paired with 5 devices. I thought possibly the naming was done on the first option -- So pairing it with my MacBook Pro as my first device (BT function number 1 of the 5) was easy. Then I tried to rename the keyboard. I've had no luck in much the same ways as previous posters.


I haven't yet added it to a second device hoping to solve this first -- before adding anymore variables.


about the solved notice -- I wonder if perhaps starting a new thread for the issue happening on 10.12.6 would help. I searched, but didn't see a new one.

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