Hello,
Like many others I have been having Bluetooth connection issues with my Mac Pro. So I bought a $15 USB 4.0 bluetooth dongle. How do I verify that my Mac Pro is using the bluetooth from the USB dongle rather than the internal bluetooth?
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
How about following trick? It's a early 2009 Mac Pro, though.
http://oliverwolfson.com/apple-mac-pro-bluetooth-issue-solved/
Thank you; that is helpful. If possible, I'd like to avoid going in and removing wires, etc. From everything I have read, the bluetooth antenna is very close to and similar-looking to the wifi antenna, so I don't want to mess it up.
I also read elsewhere that if you plug in a USB bluetooth dongle, the Mac Pro will automatically recognize it and start using it. I'm just hoping for a way to verify that the Mac is actually doing this (using the dongle, not the internal bluetooth). Is there a way to determine that?
yes. Go to system preferences, then "about this Mac' then go to Bluetooth. The dongle should be listed there when it's plugged in, last I checked. It should also show up under the bluetooth menu at the top of your screen, perhaps. I used an iogear BT dongle for the same problem you had, didn't cost me $15, but it worked. oddly the newer and better version of that works under SL just fine. That one I bought before wouldn't, and I hadn't upgraded to that yet so I exchanged it for an older version...problem solved
J.B.
In "About this Mac," I see the internal bluetooth listed under "Bluetooth" and my bluetooth USB dongle listed under "USB." I still can't figure out which one the computer is actually using.
2011 Mac Pro: USB Bluetooth 4.0 dongle
