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I've even compared bluetoothd console logs between the working MacBook I have and the now broken one, the only difference is the working MacBook is able to detect devices when they are advertised, whereas the MacBook Pro 16-inch does not.ĭigging into this, it seems as though OSX by default switches to any attached USB bluetooth device when it's plugged in and then when disconnected, it reverts back to the onboard device.
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I've gone through the whole process as before, and have resorted to a clean install of osx to no avail. Since disconnecting the external bluetooth device I'm having the same issue as I had previously, my MacBook Bluetooth device won't find any devices and is not recognized by other bluetooth devices like my iPhone/other MacBooks. The usb bluetooth dongle worked fine however when I disconnected the thunderbolt dock from the MacBook I noticed the bluetooth icon in the top right hand corner changed to an icon with a zigzag across it, obviously due to bluetooth device being disconnected. The issue occurred when I connected my new MacBook to the dock along with the bluetooth dongle. I have a CalDigit dock that I use for my work laptop and occasionally have a usb bluetooth device attached to it for some work I do in virtual machines. This time though I think I know what triggered it.
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It's been a few weeks since then and I now have the same issue with the replacement laptop. Long story short, I was able to replace the device at the Apple store I bought it at since it was within the 14 day return policy window. I have a work laptop (2017 MacBook Pro) which I use side by side and it was working fine. The bluetooth device was showing up fine in System Report but it just wasn't discovering anything. Hardware diagnostics showed no hardware issues as well. I tried everything from resetting nvram, smc, resetting the bluetooth module, removing ist, downloaded bluetooth explorer and reset a bunch of settings etc and even went to the extent of completely formatting the computer and installing osx from scratch to no avail. I bought the new 16-inch MacBook Pro when it first came out and was happily using it until a week later my bluetooth stopped discovering devices, in particular my Magic Mouse and iPhone.