Comments on: Monitor a Bluetooth Device’s Connection Strength in Mac OS X

By: Alex_H

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By: Alex_H

Alex_H — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:07:37 +0000

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By: td

td — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:07:33 +0000

My Adesso bluetooth keyboard has a strong signal between -58 to -68 db, but the problem I have is that the OS does not connect to it automatically very well. If the keyboard is idle for a while the connection will drop to save battery life presumably, but then when we try to wake up the keyboard we have to go over and manually tell get the Mac to try and connect to the keyboard again.

I got the adesso keyboard, because it has a built in track pad which I have connect to a home entertainment Mac. The connection drop problem means I have to keep a regular keyboard and mouse connected to the Mac so I can kick start the bluetooth connection. At this point we mostly use the USB attached keyboard with a long cable since waking up the bluetooth connection is a pain in the butt when you want to pause a movie. Any body have any suggestions for getting the Mac to keep the bluetooth connection alive?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:15:46 +0000

This particular tip applies to OS X 10.7 and later, and it works in OS X 10.8.2. We simply don’t have the resources to test every individual OS X configuration and system version, so sometimes we rely on our readers to confirm that things work in older versions. Thanks for understanding!

By: JKM

JKM — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:14:05 +0000

Although your tips imply that your instructions fit all levels of Mac OS 10, they do not fit my set-up: G4 intel lap top using OS 10.6.8. There is no “Monitor Connection RSSI” in gear icon’s pulldown menu. When you post a tip, would you be willing to state exactly what system levels it fits? Thanks.

By: Alin

Alin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:10:03 +0000

You don’t even need to Option click the gear because once you press Option it shows a little graph with the number next to the device in the list. At least that’s what it does in MT.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:47:34 +0000

This is a great tutorial, but I have a silly question… how are we supposed to know what the battery level is of Bluetooth devices? Just wait for the connection to get bad? Is there an easy way to check the battery level?

Thanks for everything!