Is my mac pro g4 bluetooth ready

Is my Mac Pro bluetooth ready? Can I purchase and use the Apple Magic Mouse without additional hardware or software?
I purchased my Mac Pro in late 2006.

I had posted my query before doing additional research in the Apple Support Community forums.
The answer lies in the "Bluetooth and Mac Pro problem" thread as I belatedly discovered. Is it possible that even after all this time that Apple still has not acknowledged the problem and posted an explanation/apology?

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Hi found these links & thought I'd share after having to do the below external antenna mod myself to fix my poor Bluetooth signal strength between my 2010 mac pro my magic mouse.
It worked a treat!!! Thank you Nobblynoel!
How to test your Bluetooth:
http://nobblynoel.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/how-to-check-your-bluetooth-connectio n/
How to fix mac pro Bluetooth:
http://nobblynoel.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/mac-pro-2009-bluetooth-fix/
Please post if you found this useful & thank Nobblynoel.

We already have a 22 page discussion on this topic where the various methods are discussed and if memory serves, those, and other, links are mentioned.
See: Poor Bluetooth reception and jerky mouse
Update: see around page 14 of that discussion.

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Thanks.

Yes, it is backward compatible

Mac pro 2009 bluetooth problems

Hey guys. gals... so... if you followed y previous saga of the quad core, you know it just got replaced by a eight from mac fro various maladies and problems. Yay me. Except..... the bluetooth f'n ***** on this thing....
It took an incredibly long time for it to pair with the keyboard... then the ghost pop up says "connection lost" like every 4 minutes if you aren't typing on it. which if you run photoshop day and night like never happens. So..... yeah. Mouse practically doesn't work either works half the time or super slow or like not at all.....
So....whats going on? I tried to plug in my old bluetooth adaptor from the quad core (which had an airport card that also died) and it tried to set up some sort of pan network, then the almost working bluetooth died, so I couldn't click around..
oh.. and I restored my entire system from time machine if that matters...?
Questions... if this is the fatal flaw in the mac pro line.. thats bad. So.....how do i
-turn off onboard bluetooth
-engage usb mounted bluetooth.
Thanks
m

I'm having similar problems with a brand-new Mac Pro 8-core. Mouse cuts out (I'm using a wired keyboard thankfully) and my Jawbone headset will work wonderfully with my old MacBook Pro but will only pair (maybe) on my Mac Pro.
Called and spoke with an expert and feel I get the run around. He had me shut down and unplug everything for 30 seconds. I did it but felt he was just having me "do something" to get me off of the line.
Apple has a problem with Bluetooth on their Mac Pros and isn't dealing with it.

HT2845 Mac Pro and bluetooth compatibility

I have a Mac Pro that has OS Lion installed, but bluetooth doesn't seem to be available on the computer. I am trying to connect a Magic Mouse. What is the best way to do so? Is the USB-bluetooth method the easiest and cheapest?

I installed the most recent patches a few days ago. Shortly after, the Might Mouse and the wireless Apple keyboard started dropping out, as often as 10 times a day. Turning bluetooth off and on appears to clear the problem temporarily. Fortunately, with the trackpad and the MBP's keyboard you can take quick action without resorting to a plug-in mouse and keyboard.
Otherwise, the MBP appears to be relatively stable, but not the 100% I had become accustomed to with older macs. I find, for example, that occasionally the machine can be cranky when waking from sleep. The bluetooth problem is right at the surface and quite annoying. It's not at all obvious what's triggering it.

Mac pro and bluetooth/ m. mouse bt

hi!
i bought a new mac pro last week! it's my first apple computer and i'm so exciting.. but there's a problem..
i have the bt and airport module built in, now i have also the bt apple mouse and keyboard.. the keyboard is ok, but the mouse is slow and skip in the screen... i also used an alternative driver/software but the usability is the same.. now i called Apple phone service and they send my a new kit bt (mouse and keyboard)..
i read that many people have the same problem.. well, what can i do in order to fix the bt problem with my mouse wireless?
there's a pic's guide? help me! anyway can i add a dolgle bt?
thank's a lot guy!
sorry for my bad english

Very interesting. After reading your post I was reminded of some threads I looked over weeks ago and forgot about, relating to this very problem.
I unfortunately assumed that I would actually need to open up the case and play with the wires just to disable the internal BT module so that I could connect a BT module.
Then I noticed that a few people seemed to be saying that they connected a dongle without playing with any wires, and things got better.
So I tried it! And it works!
I just plugged my D-Link DBT120 ( http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=34 ) into the back of the cinema display and the internal bluetooth seemed to instantly turn off and switch to the new dongle. Of course with that both the BT keyboard and MM disconnected and I needed to use the old wired MS mouse to get them connected again, but once they were they were at full speed!
The BT MM still isn't anywhere near as fast as the MS wired mouse but it's quite usable and many times faster than it was while using the internal BT module.
Here are a few of the other threads related to this problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4353470
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3095257
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=633522
@ imax05 - I'd recommend getting a separate BT dongle. They're quite cheap and fix the problem. I know, it's annoying having payed for an internal BT module but...
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2011 Mac Pro: USB Bluetooth 4.0 dongle

Hello,
Like many others I have been having Bluetooth connection issues with my Mac Pro. So I bought a $15 USB 4.0 bluetooth dongle. How do I verify that my Mac Pro is using the bluetooth from the USB dongle rather than the internal bluetooth?

Thank you; that is helpful. If possible, I'd like to avoid going in and removing wires, etc. From everything I have read, the bluetooth antenna is very close to and similar-looking to the wifi antenna, so I don't want to mess it up.
I also read elsewhere that if you plug in a USB bluetooth dongle, the Mac Pro will automatically recognize it and start using it. I'm just hoping for a way to verify that the Mac is actually doing this (using the dongle, not the internal bluetooth). Is there a way to determine that?

Mac Pro USB bluetooth dongle install?

Mac Pro 2006 with no Bluetooth card, I want to use my apple wireless keyboard/mouse and trackpad. Bought the IOGear GBU521 USB Bluetooth Dongle. I have a fresh install of Lion on an SSD Drive and another on a Hard Drive. I have no Bluetooth Icon in the System Prefs menus on either Lion Boot drive. I reset the PRAM, SMC and tried booting with Snow Leopard which also didn't have the icon. Will attempt reinstall of Lion. Hoping someone can help so I don't have to install a bluetooth card.

Sorry, I meant the GBU421. Got it initially as a cheap ($9 at the time holiday sale) experiment. I guess the DBT-120 would have been the second choice if the GBU421 hadn't worked. But it did so I never tried any others.
Note, I plug the dongle into the back of my 27" monitor so that it's within a 1'-2' of my mouse so there is no problems with the mouse. But with this dongle, and I assume any other (which is why I never tried any other), when I sleep my machine (I never shut down) the power goes off on the monitor and computer (which goes into a standby mode). This means no power on the dongle. So you cannot wake up your machine using with BT devices. I have a wired keyboard so I just hit a key on it to wake my machine up.
Another small "quirk" with the dongle. Maybe about 15% to 25% of the time the mouse will not immediately re-pair. Trackpad almost always does. So when that happens I need to flip the mouse power switch to "get the machine's attention". Then it re-pair shortly after. I've just learned to live with this "quirk". I assume other dongles may behave the same under these conditions. Interesting enough, the re-pair is immediate when rebooting.

STILL not able to pair iPhone and Mac Pro via bluetooth. Really, Apple?

Honestly, I thought Mavericks would usher in a new era and that we'd finally be able to pair our APPLE iphones to our APPLE desktops via bluetooth. I know I can connect via USB but I don't happen to have the cord on me and it just doesn't make any sense that bluetooth is not an option in this day and age.
Apple, with all of the amazing things you are doing, why on earth can I still not connect two of your most widely used devices? Why do your computers "talk" to other-brand bluetooth devices, but not your own iphone?
I have an iphone 4s running iOS 7 and a Mac Pro running Mavericks 10.9.3. All suggestions welcome...anything I'm missing here?

Thanks Allan...just wanted to be sure there was nothing new that I was missing. And hoping the Geniuses see comments like these and pay attention to them. It seems so nonsensical and so "un-Apple" to still not support such a basic way of connecting their devices.

Share MBP wifi with Mac Pro using Bluetooth

hey there, is it possible to share my MBP wifi with Mac Pro 2009 which doesnt have and airport extreme installed (yet) using bluetooth? I sort of paired both devices, and internet sharing is ON on MBP, my Mac Pro connects but there is no internet! Im using Time Capsule as a router. Maybe someone knows the answer? Thank you

No. You can share it to an Ethernet connection, though: run an Ethernet cable between them and share to that connection.
Matt

Mac pro 2008 wireless ready?

Hi guys,
I have a late 2008 Mac Pro.
I've just got a new wireless Internet package for home and am trying to set up my Mac to use wireless internet - it hadn't tried wireless on it before.
Once the router was set up properly (while on the phone to the router company) I was told this Mac possibly wasn't wireless ready?
Is this true?? Must say I was very surprised and assumed it'd be ready to go wireless no probs.
If so what do I have to do to make it so?
Do I need an airport?
Many thanks.
James

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How do I order a Mac Pro w/ Bluetooth installed? Can't find any clear info.

It's driving me nuts, that I can't get a clear answer on this. Search just turns up people installing them.
I'm planning on buying an 8-Core in June, and I want it to come with Bluetooth. Nowhere on the Configure screen does it have an option to have one come installed. The online manuals don't say whether they just are built-in or not.
Can someone please give me some clear info on how a Mac Pro can come with Bluetooth. I seriously swear I'm not an idiot.

The online manuals don't say whether they just are built-in or not.
They are built into the current Mac Pros.
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Mac Pro Lion 10.7.5 will not receive bluetooth file from Macbook Leopard 10.5.8

Since late 2008, I have been running a 2.2GHz / 3,1 / 4GB MacBook, now at 10.5.8. A few days ago I bought a 2.66 GHz / 1,1 / 6GB Mac Pro, now at 10.7.5. I can not seem to get the Lion Mac Pro to successfully receive a 3.3mb file sent, via BLUETOOTH, from the Leopard Macbook. Sending the file, from the Leopard MacBook, usually, fails and gives the message, "There was an error connecting to the device". A few times I did get an incoming file alert on the Mac Pro and the file seemed to begin coming from the MacBook; however, the estimated time varied wildly and the file transfer eventually failed and displayed the aforementioned message. I have an android 2.3.6 phone and I was able to successfully send the same 3.3mb file to the Mac Pro in a matter of a minute, or so. I may downgrade the Mac Pro to 10.5.8, because I have important software/hardware that may not be supported on Lion, but, right now, I am trying to determine compatibility with my important Leopard software/hardware. For the time being, I want to send files to the Mac Pro via BLUETOOTH, as opposed to any other transfer method.

I don't know the answer to your problem, but until you resolve it do not upgrade OS X.
I would suggest you try a reinstall:
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Bluetooth not working mac pro 10.8.5

Bluetooth not woking on Mac Pro (2x 2.4 quad) afrer inatalling 10.8.5
Rolled back to 10.8.4, unplugged from power for 20 seconds. Zapped the PRAM twice and it appears to be working again....
Has anyone got 10.8.5 working on a Mac Pro with Bluetooth ?

On a Late 2009 iMac, this problem cannot be solved. I have tried resetting SMC, zapping PRAM, deleting file(s). No fix, no built-in Bluetooth.
CORRECTION:
Much thanks to Rex Raymond.
This worked for me as well:
1. Trash the com.apple.bluetooth.plist at /Library/Preferences.
2. Delete the kext caches with this terminal command: sudo rm -R /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches
3. Shut down the laptop. Unplug all cables but power.
4. Reset the SMC by pressing Shift+ Control+ Option keys on the LEFT hand side of the keyboard, then pressing the power button at the same time and releasing of all of those keys together.
5. Power up the computer.
6. Zap the PRAM by holding down Cmd+Opt+P+R and wait for second chime
7. Start up in Safe Boot by holding Shift key until progress bar appears.
8. Upon logging in, open System Preferences. Note that the Bluetooth icon is again visible.
9. Reboot normally and log in.
10. Turn Bluetooth on and test by pairing with mouse. Verify functionality.
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Bluetooth on new Mac Pro

Hey all,
I just bought a new Mac Pro with bluetooth installed, but I'm having some issues. The system finds the bluetooth card and all the associated software (the bluetooth pref panel, the bluetooth menu, etc) seems to be functioning the way it should but the computer can't find any bluetooth devices.
When I try to set up a new device, and I've tried a keyboard, a mouse, and two different phones, I make the device discoverable and then BT set up gives me the message "no _ found. make sure your device is on and set to discoverable" or something to that effect. Is the card defective? Normally when the cards don't work bluetooth itself would show up as unavailable. Any ideas what's going on?
Mac Pro 2x3GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 4 GB RAM, RadeonX1900, Bluetooth card

The standard first attempt at "fixing" BT problems is to do a smc and pram reset (try these first). But for mac pro's, if you are using a magic mouse say, about 3 or more feet, from the mac pro, you are most likely in for some continued aggravation. That's because the BT antenna is hidden in the back of the mac pro (faraday cage) and the magic mouse BT, for lack of better words, $ucks.
Here's a thread on this subject:
Poor Bluetooth reception and jerky mouse
Basically it comes down to wiring your own external antenna in place of the internal one already there or using a BT USB dongle. I use a dongle myself on my 2010 mac pro.

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