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drewprops
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Join Date: May 2004
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2020-08-09, 00:53

Last Winter I picked up a Mac Mini to use for ingesting old VHS tapes. It's hooked up to a little Vizio television. For the life of me I can't get the thing to stop dropping its connection to the keyboard and trackpad. Is the television the most likely source of interference? I'm less than six feet from the computer (thus television) most of the time. Ta!


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2020-08-09, 09:18

Are their other Bluetooth devices near by? That tends to do it, or a screen that is not properly shielded can also cause problems. One of my computer monitors really messes with BT, while the other does not.
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drewprops
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Join Date: May 2004
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2020-08-09, 14:09

I was about to say other than my phone, not really, but there is a bulb by Wiz in a nearby lamp, and Hue bulbs in another lamp...

I'll have to try moving the unit to a different location.


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kscherer
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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2020-08-09, 22:15

Open Bluetooth in System Preferences and tell the computer to forget both devices. Then reconnect them. Maybe you have a hand-shaking issue, and that may resolve it.
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drewprops
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2020-08-10, 00:38

I will try it this week!



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