Searchh for bluetooth devices on mac boook air

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(You'll need sudo for the first one)īecause the plist files are in binary format you'll need to convert them to xml: Turn off bluetooth (System Preferences -> Bluetooth)īack up your /Library/Preferences/, and ~/Library/Preferences/ files.(Shows up in the System Preferences -> Bluetooth window when the pairing request is happening) Find the Bluetooth address of the offending device and write it down.This involves modifying system settings files so be careful.

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The offending keyboard previously was paired with this computer, therefore the computer 'remembers' the device.

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I found a way to work around this: (inspired by this question ) Assumptions: