How to fix "Bluetooth not available" problem on Mac

[@delgrandephotos]

The bluetooth icon in my mac is with a wobolly line crossing it instead of the 3 dots, i dont know if this is due to the bluetooth card being damaged or software problem... can you help?

[@nahomyordonez1417]

Hi, i have the same problem did you solve it?

[@kronkie131]

I also had it on my Mac but I just restarted and it worked

[@pravalsati]

Ya! I am also facing this prob. And i just tried everything but it isn't working.. 😢

[@Rir-2024]

@@nahomyordonez1417me the same

[@uSpeakTruth]

CleanMyMac.. Thank you!! 1. I deleted the .plist file for the dedicated bluetooth file. 2.The SMC with non-removable battery. Shift+Control+Option+PowerButton restored my bluetooth connection!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@Cinthia0423]

I deleted bluetooth.plist files & took off all USB connections behind the computer with a reset and it worked! Thank you so much for this video. I was dreading the idea of reorganizing my office to make everything USB connected.

[@raywhiteindooroopilly3987]

Resetting the Bluetooth via '.plist' seems to have worked and I think it has fixed my issue as it is no longer displaying as 'not available'. Thank you!

[@OMGpandemic]

Resetting the Mac didn't work, but then I tried unplugging my bluetooth devices and resetting, thanks to your advice, and it worked! Thank you!

[@jacekmaciej]

Thank you for posting this video. I tried all the different ways, and resetting SMC finally worked for me.

[@nhlanhladlamini3698]

Thank you, great video! Resetting the SMC did the trick for my MacBook Pro 2012.

[@hanuchaudharyog]

Same problem in my MacBook 2012 when Bluetooth note available my keyboard and trackpad also not working

[@x-wingerchannels]

YEAH, it worked for my late 2012 Pro! You guys comments encouraged me that it might work and it did!

[@BadMobileGamerr]

Resetting the SMC worked first try Thank you soo much i thought i broke my mac forever

[@victoriouswarrior2325]

Great advice! Disconnecting the power cord worked for me! Another bonus was that my fan (that would only stop when I shut down my imac)is finally quiet again!

[@DheerajDC]

came back again just to say THANK YOU, resetting smc worked for my macbook pro. thanks again

[@RuinerWingler]

Resetting the SMC worked, after switching the device on and off a hundred times. Thank you so much for your help!

[@vihaan4665]

your video revived my old MacBook Pro 2012. Thanks !

[@yianna4505]

resetting SMC worked!!! ive tried so many things, clearing devices, debugging, messing around in the terminal and this simple thing that took 15 seconds finally solved this issue! thank you!!!!!

[@beywatch10]

This worked for me too!

[@noireaude]

Worked for me too

[@kt_schwab]

SMC reset worked me me! had to come back and say thank you!!!

[@DanialNas]

Resetting SMC worked for me. Thanks!

[@CleanMyMac]

Happy to know it was helpful!

[@wtheheck123]

Thank you! Resetting the SMC works for me. I also had a line in the middle of the Bluetooth icon

[@farooqfazly7401]

Excellent guidance and nice voice!!!

[@justinmia0321]

@2:13 I did the SHIFT + CONTROL + OPTION + SHUT DOWN button all at the same time and it worked on my macbook pro 2017 (non removable battery) !!! Thanks so muchhhhh you saved meeeee 😊🤗😍🙌🏾😃

[@kornweed]

Thank You So Much, I Was So Worried, Because I Was Trying To Connect My Airpods and it wouldn't do anything, I removed my airpods off of it, and tried to research and it wouldn't find them, then I turned them off and put them away, and decided to grab my Bluetooth headset, it was giving me the same problem too, as I was trying to turn my headphones off my keyboard and mouse stopped working and it disconnected, I don't understand what happened there completely, but thank you so much, this resetting the SMC Worked!

[@kyawzinmyolwin]

I can't turn on bluetooth on MBP 2015 and I even did factory reset but still unsuccessful. Most of the 'how-to' not working until I found the solution from this vide. "Unplugged all usb and restart" then....fixed. Thank you so much.

[@EmilyOchoa-x1g]

Yay resetting the SMC worked for me, thank you!!

[@jonquintafarius7455]

TYSM I BOUGHT A JBL HEADPHONE AND I COULDNT USE IT ON MY MAC FOR A MONTH AND THE LAST STEP HELPED ME I CANt EXPLAIN MY HAPPINESS TYSM TYSM

[@ali-dp7wr]

removing all other USB Devices helped me. thanks.

[@mrtimbales1]

resetting the SMC worked for me, thanks!

[@Ayasir-lo3ir]

which which MacBook did you use

[@gil5995]

Wow, SMD helped Me! Thank you so much!!!

[@asbjrnlind9514]

The SMC helped me...thanks a lot.

[@daviddaniels9217]

Brilliantly clear and totally helpful....... THANK YOU

[@rianshuarora]

Thank you so muchhh!! My mac worked with SMC Setting

[@ashtonwade8368]

Restarting the computer unlocked the bluetooth. Thanks!

[@JamesHuxleyLondon]

That's awesome, resetting the SMC was just the ticket. Thank you!

[@joannstoll6133]

You are AWESOME!! Resetting it worked!!

[@vishnua5580]

thank you so much. the reset smc worked perfectly

[@Red5oh]

Resetting the SMC helped for my MBP. Thank you!

[@davidvennel720]

Hi, yes resetting SMC did it for me too. Thanks, great video.

[@Ayasir-lo3ir]

which which MacBook did you use

[@davidvennel720]

@@Ayasir-lo3ir I think this was on my desktop Mac.

[@Fedeleness]

Removing battery worked for me. Thanks!

[@hamidoullahlatrache8089]

Reset The SMC THE PERFECT SOLUTION

[@beywatch10]

Thank you so much!!! Resetting the SMC worked for me too. This was really helpful.

[@Ayasir-lo3ir]

which which MacBook did you use

[@7afhd]

SMC worked instantly! Came back to say Thank you :D

[@Panda_372]

please tell what to do when your android earbuds keep disconnecting from your macbook😥😥😥

[@lavishlysweet]

removing the usb (for my bluetooth mouse) and rebooting it worked! thanks!!!

[@NunyJr]

Thank you!!!!! I couldn’t connect my speaker. The whole removing other USB cables from the computer and restart helped 🙌🏼

[@Msiblog_Reviews]

thanks i was trying to fix this for a while and finally it worked🙂

[@spiritqueen11]

Thanks for this video. It helped me resolve my bluetooth issue.

[@CleanMyMac]

Glad it helped!

[@veroniquebaudelet9973]

Clear explanation. The second solution worked for me. Thank you very much.

[@thespudbrother3310]

Thanks a lot man. Restart did the trick.

[@salahmansour7396]

Very Helpful Solved my Problem Thank you

[@CleanMyMac]

Glad to hear that🙌

[@prajngyansharma8786]

My Bluetooth got disappeared from system preference. How can get it back

[@samanthalouisechloelumang8820]

Mine disappeared too. But after resetting the SMC, it reappeared.

[@PeiG.]

thank you, resetting the SMC worked.

[@malakaimisa]

Im stuck on sign profile screen so i cannot do any because the keyboard and mouse i got with my mac I returned them to get the space grey colour ones

[@notnotandrew]

Thanks! I had already tried restarting to no avail, but resetting the SMC worked like a charm.

[@Mr.PauloSica]

I hate the Clean my mac abusive ads, but this tip was awesome tks

[@kaylale8794]

TYSM

[@fabiolabenez]

The only explanation that worked! really clear and functional.. I was messing around for a solution!

[@prabinchaudhary6961]

hey, my bluetooth button is greyed out and stuck on "on" I can't turn it off and it does not connect to any existing/new devices. yk how to fix this issue?

[@guitargodthor2]

I am actually unable to open a menu from the icon on the time bar. The only thing that drops down is "bluetooth unavailable" I will try to do the plist thing and the smc reset. I hate mac.

[@Ye.Nicole]

Did you ever find a solution that worked?

[@guitargodthor2]

@@Ye.Nicole I still have to try the reset. life's been too busy for me to even work on it. I'll try to do it tomorrow and I'll let you know if it works.

[@Ye.Nicole]

guitargodthor2 I definitely tried this several times and I didn’t have any luck 😕

[@guitargodthor2]

@@Ye.Nicole thanks for the heads up

[@BiniGirmachew]

Thank you, Man

[@CleanMyMac]

You're very welcome!

[@patrickmehdi2853]

OMG! Thank you so much. You resolved my big problem 🙏🏼

[@kenia.m]

Got a Macbook Pro retina 2015. I tried everything and nothing worked. 😢💔

[@jypymix20001]

Plzz help Mine still not working, the Bluetooth icon has a bar cross it and kinda shaded so Idk if I will be able to repair it. (Ps it was working fine until I upgraded to the newest iOS and I downgraded to what I was using b4 it’s still not working 🤦🏾‍♂️)

[@jypymix20001]

I have an iMac 5k 2017

[@leafdude69420]

The stupid off and on not available, but luckily the restart did help. Thx

[@pramilabhamode9462]

thanks shut down/ restart helped with my bluetooth not available problem. great help

[@okanaganliferealestate]

Worked great! Thank you!!

[@Doomblade3890]

Thanks a ton for this!

[@CleanMyMac]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Remiiloves_eggs]

Thank you much you helped me you deserve more likes]

[@penabelinda9418]

Thank you so much!! saved me from returning my new MX Master 3 mouse

[@yatinhanda]

Sir i have a problem please help me I have imac and firstly it was showing that bluetooth not available icon but later on now its not even showing any bluetooth icon and saying that bluetooth hardware is not found . Please help me sir!

[@oussamaetakafi4620]

I have the same issue

[@irvtiomai3068]

Same issue here also

[@Nico-px2hg]

Same

[@audreymuzingo933]

HOORAY! For me it took the 'reset SMS' thing, fully removing the battery from my Macbook Pro. It makes me pretty nervous any time I have to take the back cover off and do any fiddling around in there, but this HAD to be done and I was pretty shocked at the level of lint and crud in there, so I cleaned that too.

[@CleanMyMac]

Keeping both software and hardware of your Macbook clean is a key to success 👍

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@CleanMyMac Indeed, the whole thing seems to run better, but could be my imagination. However I'm certain it made a difference in the functionality of my bluetooth. This incident where the whole thing became "unavailable" forced me to do something, but it was already getting increasingly problematic with sound cutting out and sometimes just disconnecting itself. That has totally stopped since I did the SMS resent. Is it something you recommend doing periodically? I especially love that it didn't interfere with anything like remembering my passwords (I would much rather remove some screws and take out the battery than have to look up all my usernames and passwords for all websites). Also, does the reset require full REMOVAL of the battery, or just unplugging it?

[@supsherwin]

thank you!! that helped so much!!

[@Ayasir-lo3ir]

which which MacBook did you use

[@supsherwin]

@@Ayasir-lo3ir it was my 2013 mbp 15" retina display

[@Ibrahim-hi4yr]

Thank You so much amazing video and helped me so much

[@feelunseen]

thank you sm🙏🙏

[@mohamedabdou968]

Thank you so much, resetting the SMC with my IMac

[@samirasamira-bi9vn]

wow it did help. Thank you

[@rojushkalit8113]

Thx man it worked!!!

[@katelynfield93]

I don't even have a bluetooth item in my system preferences. Or an icon at the top of the screen. I'm not sure why or how it got deleted ? When I open the "Bluetooth File Exchange" it says "In order to use this application, you must have a Bluetooth module. Please verify that your Bluetooth hardware is properly attached to the computer." Help!!

[@CleanMyMac]

Hi there! It might be a hardware issue, we suggest you bring your Mac to Apple Store for the diagnostics.

[@alanbarclay2695]

Brilliant. Thank you very much

[@podrushki661]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

[@TheDreamhouse2010]

None of these steps worked for me. This is so frustrating. I have no bluetooth option available at top of my screen on macbook pro. To make matters worse, there is a device or some sort of unknown ID in the list, that for some reason is the only thing that allows me to "connect." But when I hit connect it gives the message "KD-40344... is trying to connect" and it generates a numerical code for me to input to allow the connection. However, it doesn't tell me where to enter this code. Something is really wrong here. Have I been hacked? I can't even delete this thing ... there is no option to delete

[@Bahksanks-Broadcast]

my bluetooth didnt even show up and after i restarted it it started happening

[@CristinaHernandez-ws6jq]

thank you!

[@tom8dopubgmobile45]

*I got the solution not trolling* on bluetooth settings their is a checkbox called " show bluetooth in menu bar " turn that off and on and this fixes it!!!

[@devbedi7109]

it actually worked mad

[@Nico-px2hg]

It doesn’t. Bluetooth won’t even let me click on “turn off”.

[@heartsfromeyahh928]

my bluetooth isn't turning on anymore. please what do I do?

[@stansmithie]

Thank you so much ! You are amazing

[@tytletestum]

Mann you saved my life even its 2024 😂

[@thelittlemaldos1389]

Turning off the computer and restarting helped the mouse pair up 👍🏼 Thank you Back to basics 😊

[@marialmfao3718]

THANK U SOO MUCH THIS HELP MEEE SO MUCHHH😍😍😍

[@sohailsamson828]

Thank you, friend. great help

[@whcaonline]

thank you, very useful. I managed to fix it!

[@traumametaphysical7459]

Thank you so much for this video. It helped me clear up the problem. I have liked and subscribed to your channel :)

[@AmitPPatil16]

Thank you

[@mikeythompson7777]

Will add my thanks and appreciation too!

[@patrickmackillop5064]

thank you it worked

[@sudhakarfull9066]

Thanks it worked :)

[@sama9448]

i dont see blue tooth only extensions help plzzz

[@sassy5764]

When I click on System Preferences Bluetooth is not there

[@nanothegoldenkid1917]

Thank you!!!!!

[@rahaf6543]

i've done all the steps and it's stil not available thats the only thing i see when i click on it. if it helps i think i deleted a bluetooth related file before and it made it so much worse now. please help

[@pudding4122]

I don't have debug on macbook pro

[@anisa7303]

thank you so much for your advises, they helped me indeed

[@salad_is_happy]

Thank you so much:)

[@chinnususan3220]

thank uuuuuuu!!!!!! helped a lot