Comments on: Bluetooth apps for OS X?

Question: Bluetooth apps for OS X?

roofus — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:57:04 -0800

Is there an OS X application that can sniff out nearby bluetooth devices, and log their presence?

I need such a system for a research project. I'd like to use bluetooth to detect and identify a small group of (known) people, recording the time at which they pass by my Mac, based on their mobile phone names.

By: adamrice

adamrice — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:05:53 -0800

It looks like iStumbler will do what you want.

By: kcm

kcm — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:11:41 -0800

second iStumbler, it does exactly that and a lot more.

By: todbot

todbot — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:25:26 -0800

There's a program that comes with Tiger in /Applications/Utilities called "Bluetooth Explorer". You can use that too.

By: todbot

todbot — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:22:44 -0800

Sorry, Bluetooth Explorer is in the Developer tools in /Developer/Applications/Utilities. (This is what I get for using Quicksilver)

By: roofus

roofus — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:35:56 -0800

Thank you web sages!