There are lots of small variation for these cards. If you can't make it work straight away, better disable SIP and run CAT.
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MP 1,1-5,1 802.11ac, BT 4.0, Continuity, and Handoff Working on Mac Pro 2010
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There are lots of small variation for these cards. If you can't make it work straight away, better disable SIP and run CAT.
That is interesting I didn't know there were different variants of this model. I will try the above.
Is there a current card I can use to eliminate the need for CAT or terminal commands to activate? I have a AC/BT4 card already working with handoff etc... It would be nice to work OOTB.
I am quite sure in the newer OS, it's not about the card anymore, but the cMP itself is not on the white list. Therefore, no matter which card you use, there should be no OOTB Handoff support.
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What wifi card do you have exactly and what OS version are you on? I see in your signature you have BT4.2.
The link is in the signature, click that "BT4.2" and you will see it.
Anyway, my primary OS now is the latest 10.13.6
Exactly. With the BT 4.2 cards it’s just a question of adding the cMP to the plist whitelist and that’s it. (Which is exactly what the terminal command does.)
Yes, it’s been that way for a while, but I thought (hoped) perhaps something had changed. I read too much into that post, so I had to ask.
I don’t use it, but I thought you could already do that with FaceTime Audio only calls. I guess that’s not how it works then?
To clarify: I'm talking about a feature offered by the primary US cell carriers (AT&T calls it NumberSync) whereby other Apple devices (Apple Watch, iPads, 2012+ Macs) are allowed/able to use their WiFi connection to make and receive phone calls without your phone being anywhere nearby. On the Mac, it gets enabled via the FaceTime app but it's different than FaceTime Audio in that you can answer any call that comes in to your cell phone number (not just other Apple users).
Apple enabled it for all 2012+ Macs except for the 2012 Mac Pro. Isn't that lovely.
This feature works fine with a BT 4.2 card in a cMP. Just run the terminal command to add the cMP to the whitelist and that's it.
From my Mac Pro's FaceTime preferences:
UPDATE: Sorry, I misread your post. You said "without devices being anywhere nearby".
My bad.
Yeah, thanks anyway. I'm guessing there hasn't been much effort to try to get it enabled because the underlying technology is only widely available on US cellular networks. Not a big deal.
That didn't work. Disabled SIP and run CAT. CAT complained. BT still not recognized. I am starting to think that card is partially dead. I also ordered another adaptor as I don't like the one I bought. The small JS connector prevents the card from being properly positioned in the adaptor and remains at an angle.
Ladies and gents my airport card's BT is now working. I upgraded to High Sierra and that did the trick.
Very unlikely. More likely a D+/D- wiring problem or a card adapter problem.
Mi adapted BCM94331CD on a cMP 5.1 was recognized immediately (both WiFi and BT working), without any need to disable SIP.
The only problem I have now is very low BT signal, especially with Bluetooth MIDI instruments.
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Read the post right above yours. It turned out to be a driver problem.
Continuity & Handoff are working for me in the release version of Mojave. I have an updated wifi card with bluetooth, but I haven't installed CAT or did anything else.
If it's an update from the previous OS, the patch seems will carry on.
All my HDMIAudio, Handoff, NativeScreenBrightness... continue working after upgrade from 10.13.6 to 10.14.
The Continuity Camera feature works too! Both from my iPhone and iPad.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...nuity-camera-feature-in-macos-mojave.2126312/
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...nuity-camera-feature-in-macos-mojave.2126312/
Unlike MisterAndrew's system, my High Sierra was patched by CAT.
Just want to share how I make Handoff work properly on my cMP after upgrade from 10.13.6 to 10.14.0 (official release).
I upgrade from HS which ran CAT before. So, the system was patched.
And if I run CAT again (after upgrade to Mojave), it will say all functions are already activated. However, it’s not really 100% working (from Mac to iDevice work, but not the other way around).
Then I check the SystemParameters.plist inside IOBluetooth.framework, which indicated that Mac-F221BEC8 ContinuitySupport is false. Most likely the OS update reverted this argument.
Therefore, I set the argument to true by
and reboot.
Then, wait for a few minutes. Handoff work in both direction again now.
Just want to share how I make Handoff work properly on my cMP after upgrade from 10.13.6 to 10.14.0 (official release).
I upgrade from HS which ran CAT before. So, the system was patched.
And if I run CAT again (after upgrade to Mojave), it will say all functions are already activated. However, it’s not really 100% working (from Mac to iDevice work, but not the other way around).
Then I check the SystemParameters.plist inside IOBluetooth.framework, which indicated that Mac-F221BEC8 ContinuitySupport is false. Most likely the OS update reverted this argument.
Therefore, I set the argument to true by
Code:
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set:Mac-F221BEC8:ContinuitySupport true" "/System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SystemParameters.plist"and reboot.
Then, wait for a few minutes. Handoff work in both direction again now.
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