#APPLE BOOT CAMP CHANGE BLUETOOTH MOUSE BLUETOOTH#

Use Windows’ task scheduler to start running the script at startupĭisclaimer: you do this at your own risk.

Write a short script that repeatedly calls btdiscovery off.

#APPLE BOOT CAMP CHANGE BLUETOOTH MOUSE BLUETOOTH#

So, what if I could automatically run a Bluetooth discovery every few seconds? Turns out, this is easy to do, and it works! Here are the steps I took: But it works when shutting down the laptop and then booting Windows right away.

*Apparently, this does not work when instructing macOS to restart into Windows directly. Likely by performing some Bluetooth action, such as discovery. Opening the settings wakes them up again. I suspect that Windows puts the Bluetooth devices (or radio) into power save mode. Interesting enough, closing the “Bluetooth & other devices” window has the same effect of reviving Bluetooth.

After only 5s of inactivity, all devices are dead!īut when I open the “Bluetooth & other devices” settings again, the devices resume working. Unfortunately, I have to keep moving the mouse, or keep typing-constantly. However, as soon as I open Windows’ “Bluetooth & other devices” settings, all devices magically start working*. No matter how much I move the mouse, or press random keys. The devices show up in the device manager’s Bluetooth section. But they just refuse to work. ProblemĪll my Bluetooth input devices (mouse, keyboard, trackpad) work flawlessly. don’t work or stop working after a few seconds under Windows 10, write a script that performs a Bluetooth discovery every few seconds.

TL DR If your MacBook Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, etc.

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