Bluetooth Explorer, could not scan and reported that it was not authorised for BLE ("Low Energy"). I went to "Systems Preferences" and authorised the app for "Bluetooth" access in "Security & Privacy". Now it crashes when I press "Start Scanning" to look for BLE devices. Has anyone a workaround to using it. It looks at first glance like Apple forgot to add authorisation for Bluetooth in it (but I don't believe it as it would never have passed their quality check).
Bluetooth Explorer Crashes when Scanning for BLE devices
What is "Bluetooth Explorer"?
Where did you get it from?
What device are you running it on (iPhone, iPad, Mac...)?
Is it perhaps the macOS app, "Bluetooth Explorer", from the Mac App Store... ...the one whose first two reviews say:
- "Terrible - I want my money back"
- "Terrible doesnt do anything"
- ...and then ten more bad reviews
Is it that?
If so, I suggest that you contact the app developer, Chris Vallis, via their link on the App Store, and raise your problem with them.
Be careful though, because the "Support" links uses insecure http, and looks dodgy.
Any progress on this, @HSverrisson?
Two years later I'm encountering the same issue. I manually added bluetooth permissions for it but it just crashes.
@robnotyou it's actually an official Apple developer tool, though seemingly a forgotten one. You'll find it inside the Xcode tools packages on https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=bluetooth under the Hardware folder.