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sarfdawg

sarfdawg

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So I finally had an opportunity to not have to pay attention to the kids, and I wanted to pair my over-the-ear bluetooth headphones, and I went to system preferences, and - no bluetooth. If I type "bluetooth" in the search box, the icons get grayed out except for "Keyboard," "Network," and "Sharing."

Is this a pretty easy fix? Thanks, in advance.
 
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sarfdawg said:
So I finally had an opportunity to not have to pay attention to the kids, and I wanted to pair my over-the-ear bluetooth headphones, and I went to system preferences, and - no bluetooth. If I type "bluetooth" in the search box, the icons get grayed out except for "Keyboard," "Network," and "Sharing."

Is this a pretty easy fix? Thanks, in advance.
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You need to find out if it is compatible for Mac, may work with windows but not necessarily with Mac. Good luck.
 
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esafeddie said:
You need to find out if it is compatible for Mac, may work with windows but not necessarily with Mac. Good luck.
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Thank you for your reply! I probably wasn't clear - I wasn't originally referring to a Bluetooth adapter (like USB). I'm talking about going to system preferences. There's no Bluetooth option in there at all. Footnote - I did go to best buy last night and picked up an insignia Bluetooth USB adapter, and it didn't even think about working.

Any thoughts? Thanks again!
 
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The point is your bluetooth adapter/host controller needs to work with macOS. A good indication would be it showing up in system profiler.
 
vulgo said:
The point is your bluetooth adapter/host controller needs to work with macOS. A good indication would be it showing up in system profiler.
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I tried building a Hackintosh on this same configuration at the point when Yosemite became El cap, and I essentially bricked it. I remember BT working then. I just now, a couple of years later (while I'm on vacation), came back and completely redid it. This time, Bluetooth is conspicuously absent everywhere, including the system profile.

Odd side note - I was somehow able to get FaceTime and iMessage to work.

See attached picture. Maybe that answers a question.
 

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Z97-PRO/USB 3.1 |  i7 4790K |  RX 580 Pulse 8GB
sarfdawg said:
I tried building a Hackintosh on this same configuration at the point when Yosemite became El cap, and I essentially bricked it. I remember BT working then. I just now, a couple of years later (while I'm on vacation), came back and completely redid it. This time, Bluetooth is conspicuously absent everywhere, including the system profile.

Odd side note - I was somehow able to get FaceTime and iMessage to work.

See attached picture. Maybe that answers a question.
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As Bluetooth controllers are USB devices it is possible the port isn't working. See this thread for more details.
 
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