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Bluetooth USB dongle for iBook G3 and Cube?

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smoothbit

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Sep 2, 2014
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Can anyone recommend a USB Bluetooth dongle as known to work with a 2001 iBook G3 and a Power Mac G4 Cube?

I see that Bluetooth 3.0 dongles are cheap and plentiful but I don't know whether they'll work over USB 1.1, nor which is the oldest version of Mac OS X they'll work with.

This is intended for using my Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Trackpad with said machines, will they work under 10.4?

Thanks for any advice.
 
Altemose said:
Those micro USB 2.0 Rocketfish Bluetooth adapters have been flawless for me and are only $10 on eBay.
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I also use these dongles, and have one running an Apple aluminum keyboard and mighty mouse on my G4 Cube running 10.5.8.
I was using it on the Cube running Tiger but with a Logitech BT mouse.
In both cases I had no problems other then slow reconnections when waking from sleep.
The mighty mouse is a joy to use what with it's smooth scrolling and 2 finger swipes for web browsing back-forward.
BTW, it is plugged into the back of my Apple monitor attached to the Cube.
 
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I never had any slow reconnections after sleep. However, one should plug it directly into the Mac for best speeds if reception allows.
 
Altemose said:
Those micro USB 2.0 Rocketfish Bluetooth adapters have been flawless for me and are only $10 on eBay.
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jbarley said:
I also use these dongles, and have one running an Apple aluminum keyboard and mighty mouse on my G4 Cube running 10.5.8.
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Thanks for the suggestion and the confirmation, they look good indeed.

However, I forgot to mention that I'm in Germany, and I can't find any shop that sells them here.

Does anyone know of one that's available in Germany? If not I can of course pay the postage to get one from America.
 
In the past I've bought the cheapest ones off ebay (99p) and they've worked in Tiger, Leopard and on USB1.1 no problems - at that price it's worth a gamble.
 
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