The issue seems to arise because of a cable that is used to connect the macbook s display to a control board in the base of the computer ifixit explains.
Macbook screen cable problem.
As a solution to this macbook air airport bluetooth problems here is what you need to do.
It is unfortunate is that apple has not confirmed that there is an issue with the screen cable.
With the cable still attached.
Here is what you need to do to resolve the bluetooth problem of your device.
If you re using a mac pro late 2013 make sure your displays are connected to the right ports.
The macbook air doesn t always play well with third party second screen adapters.
It s unclear whether the problem will extend to the recently redesigned retina macbook air which ifixit notes uses a similar but not identical permanently tethered cable and lcd screen design.
Ewan spence senior contributor.
My macbook air s battery won t charge anymore.
If you re using a display hub switchbox or kvm try connecting your display s video cable directly to your mac instead.
Disconnect the video cable where it plugs into your mac then plug it back in to reseat the connection.
Macbook pro screen cable issues spawn flexgate petition.
The problem for macbook pro owners is that thanks to apple making the flex cable part of the screen during manufacturing it s not possible to fix just the cable.
My early 2009 macbook was having an issue where the screen would flicker and sometimes cut out when tilted at certain angles.
Sometimes the bluetooth problem in the macbook can be caused when the connector cable to the wireless board comes loose in such case fixing the issue would be very easy.
Owners are complaining about backlight problems in the macbook pro 2016 and later possibly because of the cable connection design.
Granted the problem is not yet fixed but at least now i know 100 what is.
Starting with the 2016 macbook pro.
Instead it requires a whole new.
I knew it could only be a few things so i started with the ribbon cable.