rainer217

Q: Bluetooth Drivers for MBP Mid 2012 (Win10)

I wanted to connect my MBP to an external speaker, via bluetooth and as I tried to it didnt connect to anything. Am I supposed to download a new drievr for win10 or is my bluetooth not working at all. But when I was in win7 bluetooth was working fine for me.

MacBook Pro, Windows 10

Posted on Aug 2, 2016 2:52 AM

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Q: Bluetooth Drivers for MBP Mid 2012 (Win10)

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Aug 2, 2016 3:16 AM in response to rainer217
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    Aug 2, 2016 3:16 AM in response to rainer217

    Obvious question - Did you try and pair the speaker with the Mac/Windows?

  • by rainer217,

    rainer217 rainer217 Aug 2, 2016 3:44 AM in response to Loner T
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    Aug 2, 2016 3:44 AM in response to Loner T

    I've paired them in OS X Mountain and Sierra (I have 3 partitions 10.8.5,MacOS Sierra Beta and windows 10) but I can't seem to pair it with win10, but I was able to in win7 before the upgrade.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Aug 2, 2016 3:59 AM in response to rainer217
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    Aug 2, 2016 3:59 AM in response to rainer217

    Do you have any other BT devices currently paired and working with W10?

     

    In Device Manager, what are the drivers under Bluetooth? If the W7 drivers did not migrate correctly during upgrade, one option is to download W10 drivers from Apple using BC Assistant on the OS X side to a USB Flash drive and then re-installing the Apple drivers.

  • by rainer217,

    rainer217 rainer217 Aug 2, 2016 4:10 AM in response to Loner T
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    Aug 2, 2016 4:10 AM in response to Loner T

    Nothing can be paired to win10, but in device manger it shows up as 'Bluetooth USB Host Controller' but the icon has a triangle "!" to it, and when I double click on it this shows up in the box

     

    "The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)

     

    There are no compatible drivers for this device.

     

    To find a driver for this device, click Update Driver."

     

    And when I do go to update it comes up as "Windows could not find driver software for your device"

    Looks like I'm gonna have to use BC Assistance to re-install the drivers.