Fix for broken bluetooth audio in Mac Os 10.6.5

Apple, you broke something. Now fix it! Until then, here’s how to do it yourself.

Updating to 10.6.5 brings a number of advantages and one big fail for those of us using bluetooth headsets or headphones, the audio simply breaks.

To fix it you need to downgrade a file (it’s actually a folder) called BluetoothAudioAgent.app located in /System/Library/CoreServices/, and here is how to do it.

Obtain an older version of the file BluetoothAudioAgent.app, it can be found on the installer dvd or on any of these links

• http://rapidshare.com/files/431380318/BluetoothAudioAgent-2.3.3.zip
• http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HF3MG3EJ

Simply download and expand.

The nerdy version

1. Obtain the file as stated above
2. Disable bluetooth in system preferences
3. Fire up a terminal and…

# Remove the broken version
$ sudo rm -rf /System/Library/CoreServices/BluetoothAudioAgent.app

# Copy the older version
$ sudo cp -r ~/Downloads/BluetoothAudioAgent.app /System/Library/CoreServices/

You are done, enable bluetooth again and enjoy working bluetooth audio!

 

The graphical version

Navigate to the right folder

Stuff placed in the CoreServices are considered as system utilities and you have to do some special moves. This can be done booth in the Finder and with the terminal. To navigate to the folder open a finder window and press CMD + SHIFT + G and paste the path

/System/Library/CoreServices/

Delete the misery file

Find the BluetoothAudioAgent and delete it, you have to turn off bluetooth in system preferences to be able to delete it.

Bring in the reinforcements

Now copy or move the downloaded version (2.3.3) to the same folder (/System/Library/CoreServices/). If you move it you have to authenticate, which is kind of a silly step since you have to state your password anyway when copying the file. It ain’t rocket science, just get the file there.

Thats it, you can now enjoy Bluetooth audio again!

Error -41 when copying files in Finder

This isn’t really kung fu, but still necessary.

Got this very annoying error -41 when copying files in the Snow Leopard Finder which prevented me from copying files from one disk to another. As usual Apple’s documentation where full of tips and tricks (not).

In my case the fix was simple, all I needed to do was resetting the files and folders rights manually. Do this by

1. Bring up info for the problematic folder (Mark it and press CMD+I or right click it and chose Info)
2. At the bottom of the dialog you can see who has rights and not
   
   Note!
   1. To change anything you must open the padlock
   2. This dialog might show different data than the above example, _spotlight is a common occurrence for example
   3. In the above example there where several occurrences of the same user, to remove one of these just set the rights (behörighet) to what ever you want it to be on ALL instances of that user. This will resolve that problem
   4. Sometimes everything looks fine, in that case you don’t need to alter anything in the user list, but you still need to apply this to the enclosed items.
      
3. When you are satisfied with the user permissions table you must apply this to the enclosed items
   
   In swedish above, but the marked option says “Apply to enclosed Items”
   
4. If any dialogs pops up asking you if you really want to change these settings your answer should be yes.

Thats it.

Happy copying