Why do macs connect bluetooth to each other

Why does my iMac and Macbook Pro (both lion) keep connecting using bluetooth to eachother. What's the point?
I am not aware of any services or apps that need this. I've removed the pairing a few times now and yet it keeps coming back. I can't see what does this.
Both computers are in the same network, macbook via Wifi and iMac via Ethernet but in the same network. THey can reachother that way if needed. Why is the bluetooth connection made and what for?

Hi Kevin,
I assume you want to be able to access the hard drive on one Mac from the other?
Let's say you want to navigate your G4's drive from the MacBook Pro:
1. On the G4 go to the Sharing section in System Preferences.
2. Make sure Personal File Sharing is enabled in the services tab.
3. Also on the services tab, just below the Computer Name will be a sentence like "Other computers on your local subnet can access your computer at mac.local". You'll probably have a different name than mac.local. You can change the name by clicking the Edit button. What ever it is - remember it!
4. Now on the MacBook Pro in Finder, choose Go/Connect to Server.
5. In the server address field, type in the local host name from step 3, say mac.local, and hit connect.
6. Choose the volume you want to connect to and click OK
7. Log in using your G4 user account.
8. The G4 drive will appear in the Finder side bar.
Hope that helps.

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