I have an older MBP ( mid 2012 - 15” ) and the BlueTooth stopped working a while back. The bluetooth Icon is just greyed out with a squiggly line thru it and reads “Bluetooth Not available”. So I picked up a Hideez dongle but can’t seem to get it to work either….
When I plug in the USB Dongle to either to my USB Magic keyboard or the USB port on the side of the laptop the OS sees the Dongle ( Icon becomes active again ), and my AirPods and Bose headphones are listed in the Bluetooth Preferences window but not my Magic Mouse. When I tried to connect either the air pods or Bose ( right clicking and selecting Connect ) nothing happens, and there is no “connect” box on either line items.. Bluetooth explorer shows the dongle under Tools -> HCI Controller Selector as “Active”.
Anybody have any thoughts?
Thanx
Bluetooth Explorer Event Log:
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
New Bluetooth Module published.
New Bluetooth Module published.
New Bluetooth Module published.
New Bluetooth Module published.
!
! - Turn bluetooth off and on via icon in menu bar
!
Bluetooth Module powered off.
Bluetooth Module powered off.
Bluetooth Module powered off.
Bluetooth Module powered off.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Dongle: https://hideez.com/products/hideez-dongle
When I plug in the USB Dongle to either to my USB Magic keyboard or the USB port on the side of the laptop the OS sees the Dongle ( Icon becomes active again ), and my AirPods and Bose headphones are listed in the Bluetooth Preferences window but not my Magic Mouse. When I tried to connect either the air pods or Bose ( right clicking and selecting Connect ) nothing happens, and there is no “connect” box on either line items.. Bluetooth explorer shows the dongle under Tools -> HCI Controller Selector as “Active”.
Anybody have any thoughts?
Thanx
Bluetooth Explorer Event Log:
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
New Bluetooth Module published.
New Bluetooth Module published.
New Bluetooth Module published.
New Bluetooth Module published.
!
! - Turn bluetooth off and on via icon in menu bar
!
Bluetooth Module powered off.
Bluetooth Module powered off.
Bluetooth Module powered off.
Bluetooth Module powered off.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Bluetooth Module powered on.
Dongle: https://hideez.com/products/hideez-dongle