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MD-BT01 with an Imac 27P 2010 under MAC OS SIERRA

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HI ๐Ÿ˜‰
I try to connect a MIDI Bluetooth adaptator :MD-BT01 with an Imac 27P 2010 under MAC OS SIERRA
But I have the following message: MIDI by bluetooth is not supported
This Mac does not support Bluetooth Low Energy.
Is there a solution ?
thank's for some help

 
Posted : 02/08/2017 8:50 pm
Bad Mister
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What keyboard did you connect the MD-BT01 to, we cannot help you without at least that information...

 
Posted : 02/08/2017 11:01 pm
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Posted : 03/08/2017 9:13 am
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Hello

Did you find anything ?

 
Posted : 04/08/2017 3:25 pm
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In pairing the BD-BT01 with your MAC (this step doesn't really depend on the keyboard - although good to know for end-to-end info) - your Mac is older and its Bluetooth "radio" does not support BTLE while the BD-BT01 uses BTLE. In order to add BTLE support to Macs without this support embedded, the easiest way is to add a BTLE USB dongle.

Some info for another product is here:

http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/get-continuity-handoff-airdrop-on-old-mac-3582632/

Arguably the simplest and cheapest way forward is to use an inexpensive Bluetooth 4.0 USB dongle. [... We] have tested three USB dongles (Asus BT400, IOGEAR GBU521 and GMYLE), and our advice is to use one of them โ€“ in our tests we purchased the GMYLE dongle for around ยฃ10 from Amazon.

Note that the dongles that are said to work in the article are because the software programmed to interface with BTLE was patched to work with these. I would not use this specific information as anything definitive in your case - but only as general guidance that a BTLE dongle (USB device) may bridge the gap between old hardware and newer protocols.

My advice would be to get a reputable manufacturer (Asus seems fine) dongle from a local store with a liberal return policy if you have problems with the solution.

Upgrading the Airport card/device is said to be difficult - but something to look into for your specific hardware as an alternative.

Upgrading your entire machine to post 2014 would assure BTLE is in the machine (you can see a chart somewhere for hardware specifics as for different models BTLE was introduced earlier). This is "expensive" - but an option.

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Posted : 05/08/2017 6:25 pm
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Connecting the MD-BT01 does require a connection to a 5-pin MIDI equipped keyboard... your original post only mentions a computer and the Bluetooth device. Contact Apple about new computer hardware capable of providing a solution; Bluetooth LE was just being introduced in 2010, so they may have a hardware recommendation for your model of iMac.

 
Posted : 06/08/2017 12:30 pm
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