mac-blue-keep-alive

Bluetooth connection maintainer This script will keep a bluetooth connection alive by checking if the device is connected every X minutes and if not, it will try to connect to it.

Why?

I have a bluetooth speaker that I use with my mac. I noticed that when my mac goes to sleep, the bluetooth connection is lost and I have to reconnect to the speaker every time I wake up my mac. This script will keep the connection alive.

Requirements

• blueutil
• jq

Usage

1. Install blueutil with brew install blueutil
2. Install jq with brew install jq
3. Clone this repo git clone https://github.com/MendyLanda/mac-blue-keep-alive.git
4. cd into the repo folder cd mac-blue-keep-alive
5. Pair your bluetooth device with your mac
6. Modify run.bash to include your bluetooth device name and other settings
7. Run chmod +x run.bash && ./run.bash

How to stop the script

• run crontab -e and remove the line that was added by the script
• alternatively, you can clear all cron jobs by running crontab -r

Configuration

• DEVICE_NAME - the name of the bluetooth device you want to keep alive
• CHECK_INTERVAL - the interval in minutes to check if the device is connected

Troubleshooting

• To see the logs run:
  • tail -f /tmp/stdout.log
  • tail -f /tmp/stderr.log for errors

Notes

• This script is working for me, but I'm not a bash expert. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
• The script no longer uses Python and the PYTHON_RUNNER setting has been removed.