IPhone wont connect via bluetooth to my macbook, gives the message: macbook not supported - what do I do?

Please help, I am trying to connect my iPhone to my macbook via bluetooth - both are discoverable but my iPhone tells me that the Macbook is not supported...maybe a stupid question but why is this?

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