Update on the CAT/ Bluetooth 4 USB dongle/Continuity front. It only supports Windows xp/vista/7 according to the packaging, but it works with a mac too! I can recommend it for everyone who doesn't need ac wifi and does not want to mess with MP's Wifi and BT internal cards. I can read messages from my iPhone while having a call. The SMSes are the only thing worth the hassle. Now I heve check it again and it says that awdl works and the interface is up, but MP doesn't send anything. Continuity Activation Tool 2.0 said there was a problem with AWDL and that the interface wasn't up even though the wifi card (original Mac Pro 5.1 Broadcom card) supports it and that the tool can fix this. It only receives continuity info, unable to send it. It works on the mac pro, but after visiting a webpage on the mac pro it does not let other devices know that an event took place. When visiting a webpage on other devices I receive notification on all the others that a webpage has been visited on iphone or mac. I can receive SMSes from my iphone in imessages, BT low power is supported according to system profiler, I can also receive calls from the iphone, but haven't tested it yet. Hello again, I promised to let you know if my BT4 dongle works. 'GMYLE BT4 USB dongle used with 10.10.2 on my Mac Pro 5.1 (His report on the USB Bluetooth 4 adapter with his Mac Pro follows.) (added, updated ) Network Utility shows link speed 270Mbps using 5GHz/N.)-M) ( That's Throughput? (My 2007 iMac 802.11n (5GHz) link rates are better than that.) Have you tried using OS X WiFi Diagnostics tools? (My work machine has 10.6.8 so no WiFi diagnostics utility, but option click on Wifi icon shows stats (channel, RSSI, Transmit rates (varies). In OS X 10.9.2, the native Mac OS X Broadcom drivers do not reach 200mbps with an identical router setup. In Windows 7 (Bootcamp), the card reaches 585mbps with the latest Asus Windows drivers.Connections are stable, however performance is lacking in Mac OS X. ( earlier report below.) It connects to the Netgear R7000 router using the 802.11ac protocol. 'Glad to inform you that the Asus PCE-AC68 PCIe card works in my MacPro 3.1 (Early 2008) as already reported for a MacPro 5.1. PS: On the Netgear Nighthawk Router side, the original drivers still rule, while WRT lagged behind performance-wise during my tests.
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