MP 1,1-5,1 802.11ac, BT 4.0, Continuity, and Handoff Working on Mac Pro 2010

[trifero]

I got one of these BCM943602CDAX Apple AirPort Extreme WiFi 802.11ac & Bluetooth 4.2 Upgrade Kit w/Adapter For MacPro4,1/5,1

Apple AirPort Extreme WiFi 802.11ac & Bluetooth 4.2 Upgrade Kit w/Adapter For MacPro4,1/5,1

For Apple MacPro 4,1 / 5,1 ( 2009 -2012 )

www.local338shop.com

since one of the internal antenna wires in the Mac Pro has a destroyed end connector is there a PCIe adapter to plug this BCM943602CDAX NGFF into, the adapter must have 3-4 antennas with wires to connect to the BCM943602CDAX antenna connectors and screw into the PCIe plate.

Or just buy an antenna. You can also solder the cable to the cable on the mac.

 

[08380728]

I ordered

Hirose Female U.FL to Female U.FL Coaxial Cable, U.FL Series​

• Mfr. Part No. U.FL-2LP-068N1T-A-(50)

I'll cut off an end and solder it to the existing antenna wire.

 

[trifero]

I ordered

Hirose Female U.FL to Female U.FL Coaxial Cable, U.FL Series​

• Mfr. Part No. U.FL-2LP-068N1T-A-(50)

I'll cut off an end and solder it to the existing antenna wire.

Carefully. Put something between the cable and the motherboard.

 

[08380728]

Carefully. Put something between the cable and the motherboard.

Yes, i'll have the wire in a vice to hold it, then tube heat shrink the splice.

 

[Allistah]

Here is where I'm at and I think there must be something I'm missing for Catalina. I have a BCM943602CDP and everything works perfectly in Mojave. Apple Watch Unlock, Handoff, Instant Hotspot, all of it.

In Catalina almost everything works. Handoff, Instant Hotspot, Unlocking of things with double click of Apple Watch in the System Prefs..

The one thing that is not working and I can't figure out is Unlocking of the system with the Apple Watch. It shows for a split second it is going to unlock then prompts for the password. Interesting that everything else is working plus the other unlock functions with the watch except for unlocking of the system.

Any ideas what I am missing?

 

[trifero]

The first ID is the same for everyone. To know your board ID

ioreg -l | grep "board-id" | awk -F\" '{print $4}'

 

[Allistah]

The first ID is the same for everyone. To know your board ID

ioreg -l | grep "board-id" | awk -F\" '{print $4}'

Yup, I know that. For me it is Mac-942B59F58194171B. Here are the steps I did:

Reboot into Recovery mode and run csrutil disable

Rebooted and ran:
sudo mount -uw /
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set:Mac-942B59F58194171B:ContinuitySupport true" "/System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SystemParameters.plist"
sudo -E perl -pi -e "s/\Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86/\Mac-942B59F58194171B/" /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcm4360.kext/Contents/MacOS/AirPortBrcm4360
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo touch .

Restarted into Recovery mode and ran csrutil enable

Everything works except Apple Watch Unlock of the machine. I can unlock things in the system prefs with Apple Watch, but not the system.


Update: I went through all of the commands again and it still does not work to unlock the system. I can unlock other things, and all the other Continuity things work but just not system unlock with the Apple Watch. :-(

 

[nobullone1964]

Yup, I know that. For me it is Mac-942B59F58194171B. Here are the steps I did:

Reboot into Recovery mode and run csrutil disable

Rebooted and ran:
sudo mount -uw /
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set:Mac-942B59F58194171B:ContinuitySupport true" "/System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SystemParameters.plist"
sudo -E perl -pi -e "s/\Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86/\Mac-942B59F58194171B/" /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcm4360.kext/Contents/MacOS/AirPortBrcm4360
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo touch .

Restarted into Recovery mode and ran csrutil enable

Everything works except Apple Watch Unlock of the machine. I can unlock things in the system prefs with Apple Watch, but not the system.

Are you in Catalina? For me, Mojave unlocks system and Catalina only unlocks admin prompts.

 

[Allistah]

Are you in Catalina? For me, Mojave unlocks system and Catalina only unlocks admin prompts.

Yeah, everything works great in Mojave. For Catalina, System Unlock with the Apple Watch is the only thing that is not working - it's the only thing that won't work with Catalina. Is that a known thing?

 

[nobullone1964]

Yeah, everything works great in Mojave. For Catalina, System Unlock with the Apple Watch is the only thing that is not working - it's the only thing that won't work with Catalina. Is that a known thing?

Good question. I have looked for that info to no avail. I haven't heard of anyone unlocking their system in Catalina after sleep or screen lock. Anyone?

 

[trifero]

Yeah, everything works great in Mojave. For Catalina, System Unlock with the Apple Watch is the only thing that is not working - it's the only thing that won't work with Catalina. Is that a known thing?

It´s a common problem. In no Catalina patched works Unlock System, only passwords.

 

[nobullone1964]

OK! The new WatchOS supposedly contains a fix for unlocking the machine.

 

[Allistah]

WatchOS - wha

OK! The new WatchOS supposedly contains a fix for unlocking the machine.

What version?

 

[nobullone1964]

WatchOS - wha

What version?

7.1

 

[Allistah]

7.1

Installing 7.1 now. Will reinstall Catalina in the morning, try it, and report back. Second to last bullet point.

 

[Allistah]

So far with AWatch 7.1, no change in the ability to System Unlock Catalina. Get exactly the same thing.

 

[nobullone1964]

This is sickening. I guess we're supposed to forget the functionality as many previous Apple inventions (cough, cough...Topsites). Anyway, I was reading in the Catalina for Unsupported Macs threads that the graphics cards can be the blame. Anyone else seen that?

 

[TECK]

So far with AWatch 7.1, no change in the ability to System Unlock Catalina

It worked for me perfectly in Catalina to unlock with my Apple Watch 6 in cMP 5,1, continuity as well, paste from iPhone etc. I use a Broadcom BCM943602CDPAX which now gives me a lot of grief in Big Sur, as it randomly loses Bluetooth. But I can still double click fine with my watch. Handoff is not working anymore.

See this note:

I just noticed Handoff features that used to work in Catalina are now gone, I cannot paste anymore from my iPhone to my Mac. Unlocking with Apple Watch still works though.

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[trifero]

It worked for me perfectly in Catalina to unlock with my Apple Watch 6 in cMP 5,1, continuity as well, paste from iPhone etc. I use a Broadcom BCM943602CDPAX which now gives me a lot of grief in Big Sur, as it randomly loses Bluetooth. But I can still double click fine with my watch. Handoff is not working anymore.

See this note:

Unlock passwords only or also unlock system?

 

[TECK]

Unlock passwords only or also unlock system?

Both were working fine, I was able to unlock my Mac with my watch, say for example when it was waking up from sleep. This still works in Big Sur, only the Handoff is not working anymore. I might log out of iCloud to see if this changes anything.

 

[trifero]

Both were working fine, I was able to unlock my Mac with my watch, say for example when it was waking up from sleep. This still works in Big Sur, only the Handoff is not working anymore. I might log out of iCloud to see if this changes anything.

First time I see a patched Catalina Mac Pro 5,1 that it works unlock from sleep with Apple Watch. Till now, only unlock passwords. Mine works perfect, also Handoff (pretty fast). Just don´t work unlock from sleep, or screensaver.

 

[TECK]

Mine works perfect, also Handoff (pretty fast).

Handoff was also working perfect into OpenCore Catalina. Not anymore in Big Sur. Any tips what could I do to reset it?

Edit: I fixed it, al I had to to do is perform an iCloud logoff on both iPhone and Mac, now everything works both ways in Big Sur:

 

[TECK]

@trifero here it is a video of unlocking my OpenCore Big Sur from sleep, with my watch. I don't know why this time the screen woke so slow, usually I see it on my screen also the message "Authenticating with Apple Watch." Probably because it knew I was filming. ?

My Mac has the following specs:

 

[trifero]

Thanks, I can see. I think the reason is your patching system. Mine is dosdude1. No one with a dosdude1 patched Catalina can use unlock from screensaver, that I know.

 

[TECK]

Thanks, I can see. I think the reason is your patching system. Mine is dosdude1. No one with a dosdude1 patched Catalina can use unlock from screensaver, that I know.

You should switch to OpenCore, since you are probably ready to upgrade to Big Sur.