Is this a bluetooth related problem?

[Wordsmithmac]

I have a 2010 Mac Mini it runs fine most times but it has been getting really sluggish & jerky lately. I have a magic trackpad and a apple bluetooth keyboard and both get sluggish at the same time. I have 8gb's of ram and fixed permissions but the issue remains. Only way to fix it is to reboot, as u can imagine rebooting several times a day is frustrating.

I ask if its a bluetooth issue b/c when I use my bluetooth headset after maybe 45mins sometimes less the system gets sluggish and the sound in the headset gets distorted. Thats 3 bluetooth devices that are experiencing issues.

Is there a way to update the bluetooth software or does that come from apple exclusively?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

The Bluetooth drivers come from Apple via Software Update.

During those hangups:

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Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by CPU to see what the culprit may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.

image below uses sorting by CPU as an example

Further reading:

Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Making The Most of Activity Monitor
What Is Activity Monitor (or How to Take Your Mac's Pulse)​

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Check the Console for hints.

 

[Wordsmithmac]

Thanks I'll give it a try... its very frustrating

 

[CorporateFelon]

The Bluetooth drivers come from Apple via Software Update.

During those hangups:

______________________________________________________
Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by CPU to see what the culprit may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.

image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
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Further reading:

Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Making The Most of Activity Monitor
What Is Activity Monitor (or How to Take Your Mac's Pulse)​

______________________________________________________​

Check the Console for hints.

Out of curiosity, how did you do the section highlighting in that screen grab?