bluetooth ?....

[the kid 05]

does apple sell the blue tooth option AFTER you bought your mac? cuz im wanting to get rid of my wired keyboard and mouse for wireless and i want to try bt, or are they any alternitve sources for bt or wireless?

 

[bokdol]

usually not as a user installable option. but there are places where you can buy thew part. i think like small dog. and places like that.

http://store.fastmac.com/product_info.php?products_id=249

 

[CoMpX]

You can't get internal Bluetooth installed in a Mac after you purchase it, however there are alternatives. Check this USB adapter out.

 

[Kardashian]

Go on the Apple Store, buy the D-Link Bluetooth Adapter.

Its the only USB adapter supported by Mac OS and the Apple BT KB and Mouse.

Other aftermarket adapters do not work.

 

[iMeowbot]

Apple recommend and sell a little D-Link USB Bluetooth adapter for the aftermarket. They can't sell the internal units separately, because then end users would be exposed to unshielded evil.

 

[CoMpX]

Apple recommend and sell a little D-Link USB Bluetooth adapter for the aftermarket. They can't sell the internal units separately, because then end users would be exposed to unshielded evil.

Haha....unshielded evil. That just made me laugh out loud.

Thank you, iMeowbot.

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

Go on the Apple Store, buy the D-Link Bluetooth Adapter.

Its the only USB adapter supported by Mac OS and the Apple BT KB and Mouse.

Other aftermarket adapters do not work.

That's not entirely true. I have had a generic bluetooth adapter on my Power Mac at home since I got the machine and on my iMac before that. It works with the Apple BT keyboard and mouse (and later a Logitech BT mouse) just fine.

One thing it will not do, however, is allow the keyboard or mouse to wake the computer from sleep.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Go on the Apple Store, buy the D-Link Bluetooth Adapter.

Its the only USB adapter supported by Mac OS and the Apple BT KB and Mouse.

I use a Belkin USB adapter myself – I've not encountered any problems using it rather than the D-Link. I'm very happily typing away on my Apple Bluetooth keyboard with it now, as it happens.

EDIT: tobefirst is right about the sleep thing, mind.

 

[the kid 05]

thanks guys/girls, ill look into that d-link thing as well as the wireless apple might mouse