What Bluetooth USB Dongle can i use for my iMac 11,1

[RandomWithMac]

Hello everyone,

after upgrading my late 2009 iMac 27“ to Ventura i have noticed that my Bluetooth does not work. Quick research showed that they dropped support in Ventura for old BT 2.1 modules.

Now i am looking for a USB dongle that works with OS X and is compatible with my Magic Mouse.

I have already tried 2 USB dongles, one from ISY, some MediaMarkt brand and the TP-Link UB500, neither of them worked.

 

[DCBassman]

I found my similar iMac to be more usable in these terms by ditching macOS and moving to Linux. It's a fabulous piece of hardware, and the Linux OS (Mint in my case) just works, with everything in the machine. I gave up patching in very short order. If Apple don't like their own hardware, well...there are always other OSs that will make good use of them for years to come.
Of course, this does not help if you need to run recent macOS but don't have the readies for a new machine. In that case, all these workarounds are absolutely essential. I'm surprised that TP-Link don't have an appropriate driver for their dongle, but they don't. Bad.

 

[DCBassman]

The only one I could find that explicitly says it has a macOS driver is this one:

Hideez Bluetooth Adapter for macOS, Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi: Low Energy, Long Range BT Dongle for Mouse, Keyboard, Headphones, Speakers, Printers

Hideez USB Bluetooth adapter for macOS and Windows is a special accessory for systems that are not Bluetooth 4.0 compatible. Hideez USB Bluetooth adapter works with both Windows 10/11, and all versions of macOS. If you have any configuration issues, please contact our Support team at support@hide...

www.amazon.co.uk

 

[DCBassman]

And even that won't do BT 5...

 

[DCBassman]

This page might help.