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I have the late 2013 model Macbook Pro retina, and a Bose Sound Link speaker (bluetooth speaker).
I am using Bootcamp with Windows 7 Pro.
I'd like to be able to connect to my Bose speaker from the Macbook via Bluetooth, and play audio from it. But the problem is, every time it will say something such as 'driver not found' and then ask me to download a new driver. I've searched quite some time, following several guides online, but none of them seem to work.
How would I do this?
In System Preferences > Bluetooth, make sure that Bluetooth is on and the Show Bluetooth in menu bar check box is checked. Then hold down alt or option before clicking the Bluetooth toolbar menu icon. Now, in the device's contextual menu you can remove it.
Check the battery level in your keyboard or mouse. I've found this happens consistently when the peripheral battery is running low and the device seems to start spamming the Bluetooth connection with "help I'm running out of juice" requests. Swapping out your batteries for full ones will reliably fix the issue.
Best Answer
On my MacBook Pro 17” with Windows 7 32bit – I had only to download the: Updated Bluetooth® for Windows® software at http://www.broadcom.com/support/bluetooth/update.php this small software will do all to you, find, download and install like a miracle.
On my MacBook Pro 13” with Windows 7 64bit wasn’t that easy. Just download the above driver from the apple forum:
http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Driver/Bluetooth/Bluetooth_Atheros_7.4.0.96_W7x64_A.zip?acerid=634556349384706773&Step1=NOTEBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE&Step3=ASPIRE%204830TG&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=AAP_10#_ga=1.168624617.97054721.1418479225Bluetooth_Atheros_7.4.0.96_W7x64_A.zip
After unzipping I only had to run the
Bluetooth_Suite_win7.EXEfile, reboot the computer and my SoundLink Mini was installed correctly!