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How can I tell whether my Mac Pro is using the bluetooth dongle or not?

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How can I tell whether my Mac Pro is using the bluetooth dongle or not?

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I got myself a bluetooth dongle to get around the terrible internal BT signal. When it’s in use, it alleviates all my troubles and I can actually stroll halfway down the hall and still type accurately. However, it seems that every time I reboot, it must stop using the dongle and use the internal, because I then get the terrible signal of the internal antenna. The only way to convince my computer to use the dongle, is to unplug and plug it back in. Then I have to delete all my bluetooth devices and pair them again! So yes, I am seeking a two-part solution. Firstly, I’d like to know if there’s anywhere in System Profiler, BT Preferences, Terminal, etc that will just inform me of WHICH bluetooth my computer is using. Secondly, I’d ideally want to set it to default to the dongle. If this isn’t possible, at least the first part would let me know when I need to arduously re-do my settings. Thank you very, very much. Usually this isn’t that big an issue, as I only rarely need to move my perip

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