How Can I get my JayBird Freedom Bluetooth Earbud Headset to Work with my MacBook Pro-Retina

I have a 1st gen iPad and a relatively new MacBook Pro 15 Retina.  As well, I also have a Jaybird Freedom Bluetooth Earbud Headset (Mic/Stereo Speakers).  Finally, I have a Droid X (I'll explain in a minute why I mention this).
My BT Earbuds can pair with my iPad and my Droid X just fine.  As a matter of fact, it can bind with my iPad for audio, and my Droid X for phone audio at the same time.  However, even when the Droid X and the iPad BT is disabled (on both), my MacBook Pro will not work with the Bluetooth earbuds.  I am able to pair them (it shows as a Jaybird Freed Headset, and shows that it can be used as an audio output/input device), but when I try to use the earbuds for audio, it almost hangs up for a few moments, then finally fails and reports that "there was an errr connecting to your audio device.." with the "stop using headset" as my only option.
My MacBook Pro Gen 2 with Snow Leopard used to be able to pair with this headset.  I'm not sure if it is the OS or the newew generation laptop.  I have seen a few other threads on this, but no fixes that work for me.

Just posted a problem I'm having connecting my Jaybird Freedom and iPhone5 (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4716045). The Jaybirds connected fine with an iPhone4s and another (forgotten) device so I don't think the problem lies with the Jaybird. I'd be interested if you hear differently.

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