Bluetooth (System Preferences)

The Battery pane of the System Preferences in macOS was developed by Apple to allow users to manage connections with Bluetooth devices to their Mac.
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==History==
Bluetooth was first released as a technology preview in 2002 with support for 3rd-party USB adapters.Bluetooth: Wireless gets more personal., Apple Computer. Archived 2002-03-22. It was later integrated into Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and appears when Bluetooth hardware is installed.Bluetooth: Wireless gets more personal., Apple Computer. Archived 2003-02-02.Road to Mac OS X Leopard: System Preferences by Prince McLean, AppleInsider. 2007-10-24. Bluetooth is now a standard feature of all Macs.The untold history of macOS System Preferences by Arun Venkatesan. 2020-09-17.Bluetooth Capabilities of Macs, EveryMac. Accessed 2021-07-23.
There was a 3rd-party attempt to create a Bluetooth Control Center for older Macs running Mac OS 9, but work on the driver was not completed and the source code was released in 2005. Another option for PowerPC-based systems is to launch classic Mac OS software in the Classic environment so that Mac OS X handles Bluetooth devices.Bluetooth Control Center 1.0.2 by Protools5LEGuy, Mac OS 9 Lives. 2015-08-28.
==References==
==External links==
*Connect a Bluetooth device with your Mac at Apple Support
**Turn Bluetooth on or off on Mac
**Use Bluetooth devices with Mac
**Set up a Bluetooth audio device to work with Mac
***If a Bluetooth headset doesn’t work with Mac
**Share files between your Mac and Bluetooth devices
Category:Bluetooth