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Title: Mac 911: The Bluetooth truth and more Wi-Fi troubleshooting Post by: HCK on May 07, 2015, 03:00:17 pm Mac 911: The Bluetooth truth and more Wi-Fi troubleshooting
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Once upon a time, Bluetooth was a quaint low-speed, low-bandwidth networking technology that appeared to be destined for the obsolescence pile. Several competing standards with broadcast industry support arose to challenge it with lower-power requirements, higher throughput, or both.</p><p> Bluetooth took heed of the motto of the Round Table (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Table_%28club%29) (no, not that round table (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3dZl3yfGpc)): “adopt, adapt, improve,” and won out by extending what it does and co-opting what others attempted to provide (and failed to do).</p><p> But this may be confusing when you’re not using a Bluetooth peripheral, like a headset, headphones, or mouse, and wonder why iOS, your Mac, or your Apple Watch is complaining about its absence or not functioning as expected.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2919277/mac-911-the-bluetooth-truth-and-more-wi-fi-troubleshooting.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Mac 911: The Bluetooth truth and more Wi-Fi troubleshooting (http://www.macworld.com/article/2919277/mac-911-the-bluetooth-truth-and-more-wi-fi-troubleshooting.html#tk.rss_all) |