
In many cases, this is as simple as removing your old Bluetooth adapter and plugging the new one in. If this is the case, you may have bit the bullet and purchased an external USB Bluetooth adapter or even a PCI-E network adapter. Not all of them are created equal and can cause frequent disconnects, while others may stop working entirely. Less fortunately, Bluetooth adapters are far from infallible. As a result, most people now have a Bluetooth adapter for their PC. However, in recent years, battery-saving and latency-reducing technologies have created a world where there’s little discernible difference between a Bluetooth and wired peripheral.

Though Bluetooth has been a mainstay in phones for a long time, it has taken longer to reach widespread use in laptops and particularly desktops.


In order to configure and use a Bluetooth headset, the Bluetooth module must have the latest Bluetooth firmware from the Bluetooth Firmware Updater application version 1.0.2 or later ( ). Headset support requires a Bluetooth enabled headset and either an internal Apple Bluetooth module or a D-Link DBT-120 rev. Printers must support the Bluetooth Hard Cable Replacement Profile (HCRP) and have a Mac OS X Bluetooth enabled printer driver. In addition, the Bluetooth 1.5 update adds the ability to print to supported Bluetooth enabled printers.īluetooth 1.5 works on all Macintosh computers running Mac OS X version 10.3.2 or later.

When you have a Bluetooth enabled Macintosh you can use Bluetooth technology to communicate wirelessly with devices such as mobile phones, printers, keyboards, PDAs and more.īluetooth 1.5 for Mac OS X provides support for Bluetooth enabled headsets which may be used with iChat AV 2.1 public beta or later. This document contains the Bluetooth Updater 1.5 information and a link to the Bluetooth Updater 1.5 software.
