Bluetooth: Not Available

[rhazeman]

Hello there

Few days ago I noticed my bluetooth icon (top bar) has a "M/W" shape on it and when I put my mouse pointer it indicates "Bluetooth: Not Available". Any idea whats going on?

[xero]

hello rhazeman
i've had this issue before with both usb bluetooth from dlink and built-in bluetooth from apple. if your bluetooth is via a 3rd party usb bluetooth adapter then unplug it, reboot and plug it back in after you reach the desktop.

if you have built-in usb then simply reboot and it should come back.

if that still doesn't solve it, the the above after moving the following files to your desktop.

com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
located in ~/Library/Preferences/

com.apple.Bluetooth.00xxxxxxxxxx.plist
located in ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/

the end of the last file will have the mac address of the device your using to connect to the internet. (most likely your built in ethernet port)

[rhazeman]

i'll try it out soon. any idea whats the probable cause of it?

[xero]

i wish i knew.. it happens to me about once a month. a LOT less now that i have moved to the apple internal bluetooth.