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Review on πŸ”Œ Hideez Smart USB Bluetooth Adapter for macOS & Windows 10/11 – Low Energy, Long Range | Micro Bluetooth Adapter for Mouse, Keyboard, Headphones, Speaker, and More Bluetooth Devices by Luis Tuazon

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works as described on Mac

Running High Sierra (10.13.6) on a Late 2011 15" Macbook Pro 8.2. First go to the Hideez website and find out how set up a bluetooth dongle for mac. There are 2 ways to switch from your internal bluetooth module to the dongle. The first is to use Bluetooth Explorer (BTE), a very simple method that works with many other dongles. If Unfortunately, you restart your computer every time you have to open BTE and change the settings, but the better way, and where this key becomes a more interesting purchase, is that you can use a terminal and type: sudo nvram bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior=alwaysThen just enter your password and reboot, this method works as of now, no need to open BTE on every reboot, if you d To remove this change, go to the terminal and type: sudo nvram -d bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior Even if you remove the key, the system will switch back to its internal bluetooth module if you have it or if it's working. That's it, very simple, works great and now I have Bluetooth 4.0.

Pros
  • Network adapter
Cons
  • Cable is shorter than other options