Script to dump bluetooth pairing from OS X into a Windows registry file.

bt_pair_export.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Script for dumping Bluetooth pairings from OS X to a registry file, for Windows
import. This will allow you to have your Bluetooth devices paired with both
operating systems at the same time.

In case of problems with Windows registry entries: pair your device with Windows
first, then with OS X, and then do the dump and import.

Latest version can be found at:
https://gist.github.com/a7d842b0a118373ed13a.git
"""
__author__ = '[email protected]'

import os
import plistlib
import sys
import subprocess

BLUED_PLIST = '/private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetoothd.plist'


def _choose_one(options, what='one'):
    """Force user to choose an option if more than one is available."""
    chosen = None
    if not options:
        return
    elif len(options) == 1:
        chosen = 0
    else:
        print 'Choose %s:' % what
        for number, line in enumerate(options):
            print '%d. %s' % (number + 1, line)
        while chosen is None or chosen < 0 or chosen >= len(options):
            chosen = raw_input('Choose (1 - %d): ' % len(options))
            try:
                chosen = int(chosen) - 1
            except ValueError:
                chosen = None
    return options[chosen]


def _run_command(command):
    """Run a shell command."""
    p = subprocess.Popen(
        command, shell=True,
        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
    output = '\n'.join(p.stdout.readlines())
    retval = p.wait()
    return retval, output


def _get_pairs(xml_data):
    """Extract host device id and pairings from plist xml."""
    plist = plistlib.readPlistFromString(xml_data)
    keys_root = plist.get('LinkKeys')
    if not keys_root:
        print 'Key LinkKeys not found in blued.plist.'
        return None, []
    hosts = keys_root.keys()
    if not hosts:
        print 'No Bluetooth hosts found in blued.plist.'
        return None, []
    host = _choose_one(hosts, 'Bluetooth host device')
    print 'Using Bluetooth host device %s...' % host
    pairs = []
    for device_id, device_key in keys_root.get(host, {}).items():
        device_key = device_key.data.encode('hex_codec')
        pairs.append([device_id, device_key])
    return host, pairs


def _write_reg_file(host_id, pair):
    """Write the pairing into a Windows registry file."""
    host_id = host_id.replace('-', '')
    device_id = pair[0].replace('-', '')
    key = pair[1]
    # The key needs to be reversed and written as comma separated list of bytes
    key = ','.join(reversed([key[i:i + 2] for i in range(0, len(key), 2)]))

    reg_file = open('bt_pair_%s.reg' % device_id, 'w')
    reg_file.write('Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n')
    reg_file.write('[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\\'
                   'BTHPORT\Parameters\Keys\%s]\r\n' % host_id)
    reg_file.write('"%s"=hex:%s\r\n' % (device_id, key))
    reg_file.close()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # This script should be run as root
    if os.geteuid() != 0:
        print 'You must run this script as root. Try:\nsudo %s' \
              % os.path.basename(__file__)
        sys.exit(1)

    # Get the keys from blued.plist
    status, xml_data = _run_command(
        'plutil -convert xml1 -o - %s' % BLUED_PLIST)
    if status != 0:
        print 'Cannot convert binary blued plist into xml.\n"%s"' % xml_data
        sys.exit(2)
    host_id, pairs = _get_pairs(xml_data)
    if not pairs:
        print 'No pairings found for host device %s.' % host_id
        sys.exit(3)

    # Choose which pair to dump
    chosen = _choose_one(pairs, 'pairing')

    # Dump the selected pair to registry file
    print 'Dumping pairing (%s) to registry file...' % ' = '.join(chosen)
    _write_reg_file(host_id, chosen)

    print 'Done.'

Hi @pawelszydlo, not sure you'll get a notification about a comment on your gist, but a HUGE THANK YOU!!! It helped me share a pairing between my macOS and Windows (dual-boot)!! Amazing!

One comment I'd like to add is that on Windows 10 nowadays you don't have permission to write to that registry key, solved by right-clicking on Keys in regedit and adding your user to the permissions, checking both read and write options.
After adding yourself, the registry file imports successfully, after which you can remove your permissions from Keys. Note that after removing yourself, you'll not see the data inside the key anymore, but it's there.

Reboot, and your bluetooth headphones should pair in Windows on their own!

Thank you again!!

I'm not sure about older versions of macOS, but on 10.5.6, the file is /private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.bluetoothd.plist, not /private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetoothd.plist (no capital B in bluetoothd).
It likely doesn't matter if your disk is formatted case-insensitive - which is the default - but mine is case-sensitive and it broke.

Also you may want to consider updating your shebang to !#/usr/bin/env python2

Lifesaver! I had to add the permissions as @hmemcpy said. But after that it worked great

import can be done without clicking Regedit, Permissions etc
psexec64 -s reg import full\path\keys.reg
I tried a lot of ways, this one seems to be the best, without unneeded modification ot Registry permissions

psexec is a part of Sysinternals https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/