How to turn off Bluetooth when your Mac sleeps

Your headphones keep connecting to a Mac that’s asleep. Turn Bluetooth off at sleep, and back on when you wake it.

Short answer

macOS keeps Bluetooth on through sleep. MacFixes turns it off when the Mac sleeps and back on when it wakes.

What macOS gives you

Bluetooth stays on while the Mac sleeps, so nearby headphones and speakers can still connect to it. You can switch Bluetooth off by hand in Control Center, but there’s no option to do it automatically at sleep.

How MacFixes fixes it

  1. 1
    Add the fix
    Open MacFixes Settings → Sound and add “Bluetooth off during sleep”. Fixes are off until you add them.
  2. 2
    Let your Mac sleep
    Bluetooth turns off at sleep and comes back on when you wake the Mac.
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Questions

Will my Bluetooth keyboard still wake the Mac?

No — with Bluetooth off, a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse can’t wake it. On a desktop Mac, the fix’s settings point this out.

More fixes macOS doesn’t give you

Stop the Music app opening by itself›Send different apps to different speakers›Keep your Mac awake›