January 2022 • Macworld 85- In any version of macOS, hold
down Shift and Option and click the
Bluetooth menu in the menu bar. (If
that menu doesn’t appear, open the
Bluetooth preference pane and check
‘Show Bluetooth in menu bar’.) - In Big Sur or later, click to open
the Control Centre and then hold
down Shift and Option as you click
the right-pointing arrow in the
Bluetooth lozenge.
You have three reset options. If
you have an intractable problem,
I suggest starting with ‘Reset the
Bluetooth module’ and then restart
your Mac. This should clear up most
problems with no further intervention.
If you still have devices you can’t
remove or pair properly, try ‘Remove
all devices’. You then have to re-pair
any Bluetooth hardware you use
with your Mac.
The third of those reset options,
‘Factor reset all connected Apple
devices’ lets you nuke the settings
on Apple keyboards, earbuds,
headphones, trackpads and mice
all at once and restore them to
their factory state.