Since upgrading to Mojave I've been having problems with the bluetooth connection to my Beats Studio 3 headphones. The audio continuously cuts in and out. It's so bad that the option is to use the audio cable to connect. Has anyone else had this issue with Mojave and their bluetooth wireless headphones, and does anyone have a real solution?
macOS Mojave (10.14)
I actually found the solution to my problem:
Mojave was falling back on SBC (low energy bad quality bluetooth standard) instead of higher quality AAC or AptX.
To force use of AAC to the system you can enter use terminal:
sudo defaults write bluetoothaudiod "Enable AAC codec" -bool true
To force use of AptX to the system enter:
sudo defaults write bluetoothaudiod "Enable AptX codec" -bool true
there is still another way described in the following article:
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/enable-aptx-aac-bluetooth-audio-codecs-macos/
cheers
This is a hardware failure. The bluetooth module is defective. Apple is aware but they will never admit it. If you want to solve, buy a bluetooth dongle or a logitech mk850 keyboard or mouse combo or similar
Hello people. I reset my Sony H900N to factory settings and it connected right away.
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It's not a hardware issue. Bluetooth worked fine under High Sierra. Upgraded to Mojave and it stops working. Some have reverted back to High Sierra and it works again. It's a software issue.
I have a MacBook Pro A1502 ME865LL/A (Late 2013 Haswell)
Same issue. At first my Studio 3 Beats connect fine, but the kept cutting in and out every second, making their use unbearable. Now they aren't connecting at all. Not sure what's going on. Mojave is running great otherwise. I'll try updating my Beats Studio headphones.
I have Enacfire E-19 wireless earbuds. I have the same exact issue as everyone else where the audio starts and stops in Mojave with my 2016 MacBook Pro. Works perfectly fine with my iPhone 6.
Headphones connected directly to the headphone jack have no problems.
Frustrating.
I have the same issue with a Bose SoundLink Mini. Worked flawlessly before the upgrade. If I reboot it works fine for a while, but once it starts disconnecting I can't get more than 4 to 10 secs of audio before it drops again.
Tonight I noticed when it started, my Magic Mouse 2 and Trackpad 2 also were briefly disconnected and reconnected.
Upgrading to Mojave 10.14.1 did NOT resolve my issue with my wireless Enacfire earbuds.
If anything the cutting in and out of the audio is now even worse.
Ridiculous. They work fine with my iPhone 6.
Now what?
Same issue here:
Upgraded to Mojave, Bluetooth audio randomly becomes very choppy for ~5-20 seconds, then plays normally afterwards. Never happened before with the exact same setup on earlier Mac Os versions.
Setup:
I was able to connect one time out of about 30 attempts. When it connected changing the volume on the MacBook did not change the volume on my headphones. And changing the volume via my headphones did not change the volume. The volume remained at the same level. I ended up disconnecting and now they won't reconnect again. This is really frustrating.
Your description of the situation is much better description than mine. I already filed a bug report with Apple so maybe you can do the same, then just cut and paste your post from here into that report.
I have the same issue. Macbook Air and Skullcandy Hesh 2 Wireless, Skullcandy Jib Wireless. Bluetooth on -> Connected for 5 second -> Disconnects. While connected the volume feedback sound coming from the Macbook's speakers not the Skullcandy. Really weird and frustrating. Hope Apple fix this soon 'cause I'm unable to use my headphones. 😟
same here, sennheiser bt headset works just fine with iphone xs max and windows laptop but with mojave on macbook pro 2017 its impossible to listen to music due to stuttering all the time. I am using the headset for skype/facetime calls and that sort of works until the headset disconnects and reconnects in the middle of convo (usually each 10 minutes or so)... no clue what to do to fix it
Thanks ChrispyT,
Your solution works for my eoz bluetooth 5.0 earbuds on the iMac 27" Late-2013 Mojave 10.14.1.
I am not sure but I feel the Magic Black Mouse 2 interferes seriously too if there are more than 1 bluetooth device connected simultaneously.
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Hi there,
after reading through all posts looking for a solution I could not find any that works for me. I have a MBP mid 2012 and Jabra 65t wireless in ears, the music often cuts or stops altogether. I have Mojave 10.14.1 installed, tried SMC and PRAM reset, did not help either.
Am I the only one who also has the problem of even choppier audio when sitting further away from the computer than 1m (3 feet)?
Is there a way to boost bluetooth power output?
Sorry, but that answer STILL did not work for me with my 2016 MacBook Pro and Mojave.
My ER-19 wireless earbuds STILL show Codec as SBC, even after entering the two lines into Terminal.
And of course, the stuttering on playback continues.
No such issues with my iPhone 6.
Mojave bluetooth connection -- audio issues
