Connect Bluetooth Earbuds in Mojave Failing – Fix

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I have the following earbuds model: Panasonic Wireless Bluetooth in-Ear Headphones with Sound Mic Controller & Quick Charge Function Blue (RP-HJE120B-A)

Here's my macbook Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,4
System Version: macOS 10.14 (18A391)

I am trying to pair my earbuds following the directions in the manual, but to no avail. I've paired them with my phone, but I know that that isn't interfering (I turned bluetooth off on my phone. I also tried to delete the file at /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist also no go. Any suggestions? Other devices like computers pop up and my UE MINI BOOM speaker is showing up in the menu (though it's already been paired).

Best Answer

I tried a PRAM Reset and it seemed to work for me. Other things you can try are

  • Check your system log tail -f /private/var/log/system.log If you see something like the following in your log, then likely the PRAM reset will help

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.preference.sound.remoteservice[4642]): Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by com.apple.preference.sound.remot[4642]

  • Also try the following
    • sudo mv /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/BluetoothAudioPlugin.driver ~/Desktop
    • Restart
    • sudo cp -R ~/Desktop/BluetoothAudioPlugin.driver /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/
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