Bluetooth icon showing over other menu items and not connected to the bar

Hi I have been experiencing a graphical glitch surrounding the menu bar. Seemingly randomly the bluetooth icon, which is apart of the control center on the mac menu bar, becomes detached from the control center and is hiding other options I have on my menu bar. The button appears to be functional as when I click the blue bluetooth icon it will shut off my bluetooth, and when I click the greyed out version turns back on my bluetooth. The icon in the control center is still visible and usable as well. I have noticed this quite frequently and the only way I can get it to go away has been restarting my computer. Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this or know what might be going on and how to fix it? Thanks for the help!


What is looks like without control center open:


What is looks like with control center open:



I am currently on macOS Monterey 12.6 (21G115) and my computer stats are:

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)

2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9

16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

Macintosh HD

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB

Posted on Oct 17, 2022 10:38 AM

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Oct 18, 2022 06:01 PM in response to rskennedy99

Hello rskennedy99,


It seems like you are seeing the Bluetooth graphics in Control Center on your desktop and cannot remove it unless you restart the device, right? Does this happen randomly or always after specific chain of actions/events?


How quickly would you say this happens after restarting the device? As part of troubleshooting, let's try to create another user profile on your Mac and see if it happens with the other user:


Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support


"Add a user

  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups .
  2. If the lock at the bottom left is locked , click it to unlock the preference pane.
  3. Click the Add button  below the list of users.
  4. Click the New Account pop-up menu, then choose a type of user.
    • Administrator: An administrator can add and manage other users, install apps, and change settings. The new user you create when you first set up your Mac is an administrator. Your Mac can have multiple administrators. You can create new ones, and convert standard users to administrators. Don’t set up automatic login for an administrator. If you do, someone could simply restart your Mac and gain access with administrator privileges. To keep your Mac secure, don’t share administrator names and passwords.
    • Standard: Standard users are set up by an administrator. Standard users can install apps and change their own settings, but can’t add other users or change other users’ settings.
    • Sharing Only: Sharing-only users can access shared files remotely, but can’t log in to or change settings on the computer. To give the user permission to access your shared files or screen, you may need to change settings in the File Sharing, Screen Sharing, or Remote Management pane of Sharing preferences. See Set up file sharing and Share the screen of another Mac.
  1. For more information about the options for each type of user, click the Help button in the lower-left corner of the dialog.
  2. Enter a full name for the new user. An account name is generated automatically. To use a different account name, enter it now—you can’t change it later.
  3. Enter a password for the user, then enter it again to verify. Enter a password hint to help the user remember their password.
  4. Click Create User.
  5. Depending on the type of user you create, you can also do any of the following:
    • For an administrator, select “Allow user to administer this computer.”
    • For an administrator, select “Allow user to reset a password using Apple ID.”
    • Use Sharing preferences to specify whether the user can share your files and share your screen.

For information about Apple’s privacy policy, see the Apple Privacy Policy website.

If your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, a new user can add a fingerprint after logging in to the Mac."


Regards.

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