USB Bluetooth dongle for your OS X 10.7 Lion Hackintosh

Posted August 11, 2011

Want to use Bluetooth on your OS X 10.7 Lion Hackintosh? I went through several super-low-cost USB Bluetooth dongles until I found one that still works after waking the Hack from sleep, which seems to be a common problem for some Bluetooth dongles. I’m only using Bluetooth for my Magic Trackpad though but so far, this dongle works a treat. I got mine from eBay for $1.88 including free shipping (no kiddin’!) from this seller. The item is shipping from China, delivery may take 2 weeks.

Apple Bluetooth Software Version:	2.5.0f17
  Hardware Settings:
  Address:	00-16-23-3e-0b-47
  Manufacturer:	Cambridge Silicon Radio
  Name:	Jan’s Mac Pro
  Firmware Version:	3164
  Bluetooth Power:	On
  Discoverable:	Yes
  Vendor ID:	0xa12
  Product ID:	0x1
  HCI Version:	3 (0x3)
  HCI Revision:	3164 (0xc5c)
  LMP Version:	3 (0x3)
  LMP Subversion:	3164 (0xc5c)
  Device Type (Major):	Computer
  Device Type (Complete):	Mac Desktop
  Composite Class Of Device:	3801348 (0x3a0104)
  Device Class (Major):	1 (0x1)
  Device Class (Minor):	1 (0x1)
  Service Class:	464 (0x1d0)
  Peer to Peer Supported:	No

31 Responses to “USB Bluetooth dongle for your OS X 10.7 Lion Hackintosh”

ggrpitt says:

June 6, 2012 at 21:56

Did not work at all. The dongle was not recognized by my system. In fact, the unit I received was so cheaply made that it fell apart when I pushed it into the USB port.

By the way, the antenna is hooked to… nothing.

Build: GA X58A-UD3R, i7930, Lion 10.7.4

Radu says:

June 11, 2012 at 22:22

Hey,
i’ve purchased the same dongle from the same provider, but i cannot use bluetooth. It’s like it must be installed first. Any ideas? I’m on Lion 10.7.3 now.

Thanks!

Neil says:

June 20, 2012 at 15:29

Same here too, in fact the OS fails to boot with this very adapter installed. Also as per previous posts, the aerial is in fact just a piece of plastic, opening up the adapter reveals the aerial isn’t connected to anything and just spins in the plastic case.

The adapter works in Windows so is a genuine component but doesn’t work in OSX Lion.

Jan says:

June 20, 2012 at 15:43

Looks like the hardware has been changed. Mind you it’s almost a year since I ordered it myself. Mine is still working flawlessly, even in the Mountain Lion beta.

Robert says:

August 19, 2012 at 01:53

chinese products = short life (and poor quality) product!.
It’s ALWAYS so, avoid china products, they build everything with cheap and with poor quality materials