Help Bluetooth (BT) paired but not staying connected to my Mac computer
- By sasomao
- Smartphones
- 19 Replies
alright, this thread is old but still. I was facing the same problem. But then I realised they don't stay connected but when you try to share a file, from your Android device to mac or vice versa, you can easily do it. Mac wont show it as connected but if your mobile Bluetooth is on you can share stuff between the devices. If you connect a Bluetooth speaker with mac it will stay connected. Do you get what I mean? anyway, I also realised I was able to transfer files from my mac to my droid easily but was facing a problem when trying to send a file from my droid to mac. It was showing unsuccessful but then I saw my sharing settings. The Bluetooth sharing option was unchecked so that was blocking the file I was sending from my mobile. So yeah, just make sure you Bluetooth Sharing option is checked.
again...
1. Your phone and mac won't show it as staying connected, unlike Bluetooth speakers, printers and stuff. Just turn on your Bluetooth and share files.
2. If you can not send files from your mobile to your mac, make sure you have allowed Bluetooth sharing option.
Go to System Preferences>Sharing>Bluetooth Sharing
Just wanted to mention that this worked for me (Galaxy S9 on MacBookPro 10.13.6). The phone was not able to send files, even after successful paring until I followed the instructions in this post (in particular #2)

