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I already automated Bluetooth turning off when the lid is closed using blueutil and sleepwatcher.

Now I would bring this a step further and automatically disable Bluetooth after it has been idle for one minute without any active connection.

How can I do that on a MBP 2019?

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  • What's the motivation for this? It seems pretty disruptive to toggle it with an idle time of 1 min. What do you have connected with bluetooth?
    – Ash Zade
    Nov 1, 2022 at 20:23
  • @AshZade When no devices are connected for a while, I see no reason to keep it on, but shall forget to turn it off. It conserves energy and protects privacy to avoid using bluetooth when it's not needed. Occasionally, I connect a wireless headset or a mouse to it.
    – Martin Braun
    Nov 1, 2022 at 23:40
  • The energy consumption is so negligible, I don't think you'd notice, for example: "When Bluetooth has an active paired connection to a hands-free device it consumes 2.5 mw. As the battery capacity of an iPhone 8 (not plus) is about 6900 mwh, if Bluetooth was the only thing using power the battery would run down in about 2800 hours, or about 3 months." For privacy, you can create a shortcut that disables it and trigger it however you like, but I cannot see a way to detect if it's not in use.
    – Ash Zade
    Nov 7, 2022 at 13:42

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