Comments on: OS X – Disabling bluetooth http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/os-x-disabling-bluetooth/2007/11/12/ the difference that is no difference makes no difference Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:06:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kernel http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/os-x-disabling-bluetooth/2007/11/12/comment-page-1/#comment-118 kernel Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:08:49 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/2007/11/12/os-x-disabling-bluetooth/#comment-118 Thanks. It's such a long time since I wrote that post. Thanks. It’s such a long time since I wrote that post.

]]> By: katdev http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/os-x-disabling-bluetooth/2007/11/12/comment-page-1/#comment-117 katdev Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:13:25 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/2007/11/12/os-x-disabling-bluetooth/#comment-117 This works: defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth "ControllerPowerState" -bool FALSE sudo killall -SIGHUP blued Using the first tip listed changes the flag from a boolean to a string, which won't work. Also, to kill the process, you'll need to use sudo, since it's owned by root. This works:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth “ControllerPowerState” -bool FALSE
sudo killall -SIGHUP blued

Using the first tip listed changes the flag from a boolean to a string, which won’t work. Also, to kill the process, you’ll need to use sudo, since it’s owned by root.

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