My Bluetooth simply dissapeared

I have new , two month old iMac 21, 2013 OS X 10.8.4 Can someone help me... my bluetooth simply dissapeared... as soon as I look for it I get a message it's not awalable at the moment... Cannot use my bluetooth mouse and keyboard, instead I'm using Logitech USB keyboard and mouse...Help! Help! Help!

Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
If this does not help, contact Apple.
Best.

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Favila55 wrote:
I recently installed my new iPhone 4 with 4.26 software on it in my bmw528 and activated Bluetooth audio. I do have the ability to play music, but it says that the track info cannot be displayed. It only shows a forward and back arrow to go to next track or back to previous track. Is this normal? If I use the USB connection I can see everything, including playlists and trac info,
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