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Running Catalina on a rMB 12 early 2016.

Sometimes AirPods (2nd gen) get stuck and I cannot disconnect them from my Macboook. I've tried to killall bt daemon from terminal but that did not work; also I cannot figure out how to bootstrap com.apple.bluetoothUIServer with launchctl (maybe that will help?)

% launchctl list |grep -i blu  
-   0   com.apple.bluetoothUIServer

Also (15:35 at the time of running ps):

% sudo ps aux | grep -i blu
root             24233   0.0  0.1  4341256   7648   ??  Ss    1:25PM   0:23.19 /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
root             26058   0.0  0.1  4336844   8072   ??  Us    3:33PM   0:00.07 /usr/sbin/bluetoothaudiod <-- This one seems to restart randomly

Here's an imgur video of the issue

Rebooting the computer works but this happens quite often and would like to avoid restarting the whole computer just to fix bluetooth.

Anyone know what can I try to redo the whole bluetooth thing and reconnect my airpods? Other devices are sometimes affected, sometimes not.

Steps attempted:

  • Killing the BT daemon.
  • Putting them in the case and closing the case and try to move them out of range. They still show there.
  • Forgetting/Removing them. This only caused the behaviour stated below in "Edit for @Thinkr"
  • Reset the BT module through Shift+Opt+Debug

Edit for @Thinkr

I've removed them from the System Preferences, and then they got reattached automatically. Also, now it shows on the taskbar icon only with their MAC address and they're requesting a code? That's very odd. (PS: System Preferences also seems to hang when it reads the AirPods as some sort of unknown BT device).

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Edit for @Allan:

Here you can see the MX mouse getting 'cloned' several times. None of these options I can pair. BT module going bonkers? enter image description here

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  • Have you tried resetting the bluetooth module? Press and hold Shift+Option and click the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar. Then, release the keys and go to Debug and click "Reset the Bluetooth module".
    – Thinkr
    Commented May 5, 2023 at 9:05
  • Hello @Thinkr! Thanks for your help. I forgot about that option. I did it but still in the same situation. It's like the Bluetooth UI is stuck for some reason, and I cannot figure out how to restart it.
    – mariano-daniel
    Commented May 5, 2023 at 17:07
  • Is this happening with other AirPods? Have you also tried forgetting and repairing the AirPods?
    – Thinkr
    Commented May 5, 2023 at 17:10
  • @Thinkr hello! I've edited my question to add more info about your recommendation.
    – mariano-daniel
    Commented May 5, 2023 at 17:23
  • Just to clarify, you cannot disconnect your AirPods from your Mac, correct? Do they work otherwise? What if you put them in the case and/or move them out of range? What happens then?
    – Allan
    Commented May 5, 2023 at 17:45

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