Bluetooth Adapter For Mac

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This worked for me; it might not work for you. Remember I’m just same random guy on the internet so I take no responsibility for anything that happens to your machine. Okay?

Finding Bluetooth MAC Address from the command line. The btinfo command displays a lot of information about your bluetooth adapter, including it's MAC Address. To display only the Bluetooth MAC Address run btinfo with the '-a' switch. Btinfo is not available on your system out of the box. It's a part of the freeware Bluetooth command line tools suite. Discover the world of iPhone adapters. Compare models, find more iPhone power and iPhone cable accessories and shop online.

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If you hold down the Option key while clicking on the Bluetooth menu icon, the MAC address of the adapter should be different. You can also verify in System Profiler. You'll know it's working if any existing pairings break. I've found that a BT 4.0 adapter is working better than the built-in adapter in my 2010-era Macbook. Cut corded contact with this Insignia Bluetooth USB adapter. This adapter lets users connect up to seven Bluetooth-enabled devices to a Bluetooth-compatible computer. It works with laptops and desktops running Microsoft Windows 10. This Insignia Bluetooth USB adapter maintains connections with devices up to 20 feet away. Bluetooth adapter free download - Adapter, Apple Bluetooth (Panther), Apple Bluetooth (Jaguar), and many more programs.

The Problem

As yet (5th Aug 2015) there’s no official support from Apple for Windows 10 running through Boot Camp. So, when I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to 10, I was expecting there to be a couple of issues. One of these was a lack of Bluetooth. Also getting the fn key working.

But, it turns out to be easy to fix.

Get the Driver

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The driver for Windows 8.1 works with 10, so you just need to grab that.

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Go to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204048 and find your machine in the list. You want to look for the zip file download of the Boot Camp Assistant software.

For me, it was this one:

Download that file (it’s pretty big – 882Mb for my one) and unzip that once done.

Install the Driver

Inside the unpacked folder, go into the BootCamp folder and then into the $WinPEDriver$ folder under that.

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The driver needs to be installed via device manager so just confirm that the AppleBluetoothBroadcom64 folder is there for now.

In Windows, open up device manager (the easiest way to do this is just hit the Windows key and type ‘device manager’ – it’ll be the first result).

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Expand other devices and you should see an unknown device.

Right click it and select Update driver software.

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Chose the second option on the pop up to browse your computer for the driver software.

Browse to the $WinPEDriver$ from your downloads and select that. Make sure Include subfolders is checked and then click Next and Windows will install the Bluetooth driver for your Mac Book.





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