Bluetooth pairing requests.

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Bluetooth pairing requests.

Hello,

I've got a problem with Bluetooth pop-ups. I use the magic keyboard and mouse so I need to have Bluetooth on. Whenever I'm at work, a lot of devices want to pair, I get a pairing request popup window. When I want to check the box to ignore that device, the popup vanishes before I can check the box. This is really annoying since I'm in a big building with a lot of devices, who keep wanting to connect to my MacBook. I'm on a MacBook Pro retina 13 inch - early 2015, running macOS High Sierra. I've tried several things, and I'm out of ideas.

If anyone knows how to fix this problem, please tell me.

-Sem

ps: Check the video link to see the problem! Bluetooth weirdness - YouTube

Posted on May 22, 2018 9:56 AM

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Answer 1

Lanny

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May 22, 2018 12:16 PM in response to Semvdl

Press the "Advanced" button in Bluetooth system preferences and uncheck all of the options.

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Answer 2

Semvdl Author

Level 1

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May 24, 2018 6:10 AM in response to Semvdl

I found the solution.

It was a third party app, named locky. This app locked my MacBook automatically when I walk away. But somehow this app also tried to connect to a lot of devices. Deleted the app, and no more pop-ups. Reinstalled the app and the pop-ups came back. I'll be sure to contact the developers about this problem. Thank you for your time and I hope I may be able to help other people who had this problem.

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