I was given a Boxanne bluetooth speaker as a present and have been trying to pair it with my Mac but have so far been unable to.
I just get a message saying:
Couldn't connect to the device
Is there another way to do this? I'm running 10.12.6 Sierra.
MacOS – How to pair a Boxanne Bluetooth speaker
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In System Preferences > Bluetooth, make sure that Bluetooth is on and the Show Bluetooth in menu bar check box is checked. Then hold down alt or option before clicking the Bluetooth toolbar menu icon. Now, in the device's contextual menu you can remove it.
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Best Answer
No - there isn’t another way to pair.
I would keep notes on what steps you see when you click Pair.
Does it ask for a passcode? If so, do you enter 0000 or something else?
Can you unpair other devices and re-pair them. Sometimes if there’s a lot of bluetooth devices or a microwave oven or lots of WiFi right where you are, you could get interference.
You can control for that by shutting off all other transmitters - all bluetooth, all WiFi including the router and access points and trying to pair just that mac and just that device. Then you restart both devices - full power down, wait 15 to 30 seconds and power up and repeat.
At that point, if the Mac can’t pair with anything - seek Apple service. If that device can’t pair and others can, seek vendor support.