Bose Companion 20 Speakers not working

I have Bose Companion 20 Speakers that worked fine at first but now (after sitting idle for a few months) there is no sound at all. They work fine if plugged in on another computer - just not on my Mac. Any suggestions?

UPDATE
I appear to have got it working !!
I removed the device from the bluetooth list and researched however it would not find it at all, and i was at a bit of a lost cause and left wondering if it will be repaired upon next update
However i opened i tunes and started playing a song, i then opened bluetooth preferences and put my speaker into search mode an voila it appeared, connected and played music within 5 seconds !
Hope this works for you mate

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