macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs

[jackluke]

Hello,

Do you have a patch for a Mac mini min 2011 (Macmini5,1)?

Yes, check "Macmini5,1" from this post: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-15-catalina-on-unsupported-macs.2183772/post-27891116

 

[Dilli]

I have a question. After all this airdrop, continuity patches of terminal, if tomorrow a new Catalina update arrives will the machine, has to be patched again with these terminal commands or it will be a smooth ride with the Catalina patch and MacOS update.

 

[BigSmileMan]

has to be patched again with these terminal commands

System files will be overwritten on update. That’s why I want to ask @jackluke to create a simple .sh script file that we can just run and (forget) reboot. Better of all if this will be implemented in @dosdude1’s Catalina patcher.
I can try to create one but I’m not so pro for scripting)))

 

[jackluke]

System files will be overwritten on update. That’s why I want to ask @jackluke to create a simple .sh script file that we can just run and (forget) reboot. Better of all if this will be implemented in @dosdude1’s Catalina patcher.
I can try to create one but I’m not so pro for scripting)))

The main fact is I've tried to replace the board-id (through "sudo perl") inside the IO80211Family*.kext (the ones used in dosdude1 patcher) but with them can't get AirDrop to work, so that's why I used a pre-fixed IO80211Family*.kext (I guess it was from Catalina beta 2) from where I manually hex-patch, if you want to try to make a script here is the guide I wrote a while ago: AirDrop method manual patching Catalina

 

[Dilli]

System files will be overwritten on update. That’s why I want to ask @jackluke to create a simple .sh script file that we can just run and (forget) reboot. Better of all if this will be implemented in @dosdude1’s Catalina patcher.
I can try to create one but I’m not so pro for scripting)))

Agree a patch should be made so that when ever there is an update of the OS these patches can be installed. I am sure @dosdude1 & @jakeluke will create a script and implement the same in the next Catalina update patcher.

 

[Cloud71]

Yes, check "Macmini5,1" from this post: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-15-catalina-on-unsupported-macs.2183772/post-27891116

Is it good for handoff also?

 

[zfrogman]

Use this attached, and to apply it properly follow the method here:

macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs

AirDrop Catalina pre-patched (only for Broadcom cards) to those interested you should post the output of these Catalina Terminal commands: ioreg -l | grep "board-id" | awk '{print $4}' ioreg -r -n ARPT | grep IOName system_profiler -detailLevel mini | grep "Card Type" system_profiler...

forums.macrumors.com

After you applied correctly my patched files, from Catalina Terminal copy/paste:

system_profiler -detailLevel basic | grep "AirDrop"

You should get this output:
AirDrop: Supported
AirDrop Channel: (a random number)

For Airdrop with an iOS 13 device from Catalina, you need to plug any Bluetooth 4.0 usb dongles to your machine (unless you already have an internal BT 4.0 card).

Many Thanks jackluke! I will try later this evening and report back. I do have an iOS 13 device (iPhone 6s) and will have to investigate cost/time/use between a BT4.0 card or simple usb dongle. best zfrogman

 

[jackluke]

Is it good for handoff also?

For handoff (that is a continuity feature), add this: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-15-catalina-on-unsupported-macs.2183772/post-27895873

but for Macmini5,1 instead of "Mac-742912EFDBEE19B3" put this "Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1"

 

[zfrogman]

Many Thanks jackluke! I will try later this evening and report back. I do have an iOS 13 device (iPhone 6s) and will have to investigate cost/time/use between a BT4.0 card or simple usb dongle. best zfrogman

P.S will handoff be enabled on MBP 8,2 as per instructions in your #5,817 post? Thanks again. Zfrogman

 

[antony34]

This output: "pci168c,2a"

Indicates that you have a legacy Atheros Wifi card (if I don't get wrong those cards were officially dropped from Mojave by apple).

I only patched the Broadcom Wifi cards, so can't provide an AirDrop patch for your Wifi card.

does it means even using Broadcom Bluetooth card, but Atheros 9281 still no hope for AirDrop support?

seems need to replace iMac 2009 to latest one in next OS 10.16

 

[Vinc26]

Hi there

After to be alone with impossibility to play bought movies on my Mac Pro 2009 and Catalina using le RX580 PC Card, am I alone to have black screen when trying to play DVD on my MacBookPro 2009 using DVD player ?

 

[jackluke]

P.S will handoff be enabled on MBP 8,2 as per instructions in your #5,817 post? Thanks again. Zfrogman

Yes, but a little modification for continuity (handoff) on your MacBookPro8,2 instead of "Mac-742912EFDBEE19B3" put this "Mac-94245A3940C91C80"

Many Thanks jackluke! I will try later this evening and report back. I do have an iOS 13 device (iPhone 6s) and will have to investigate cost/time/use between a BT4.0 card or simple usb dongle. best zfrogman

Any cheap Bluetooth 4.0 usb dongle should work.

 

[TimothyR734]

@TimothyR734 Mmmm... I think that i'm doing something wrong. I downloaded this file

https://github.com/rmc-team/bluesky/releases/download/1.1/bluesky-release-195535-080819.zip

I uncompressed all the files. I went to terminal and i writed "sudo" and the file "BlueSky.sh" (i dragged the file to terminal). I hit "enter".

Then, the file asked me some questions (like the name of my hard disk). It seems that the proccess is ok. But... when i try to reboot, the system hangs (I only see the circle with a rainbown spinning). If i force the restart, OSX didn't restart (I only see the black apple with the grey background). the bar is at 100% but the system don't restart (I can't see the black backgroud with the white apple in the middle).

I tried to apply both patches (HiToolbox and bluesky) and only bluesky... but nothing works (i had to reinstall the entire system). Any workaround?

In Mojave i know how to arrange the gray menus with HiToolbox and CoreUI, but in Catalina seems that it's harder to do it.

 

[jackluke]

does it means even using Broadcom Bluetooth card, but Atheros 9281 still no hope for AirDrop support?

seems need to replace iMac 2009 to latest one in next OS 10.16

Some legacy iMac are shipped with Broadcom Wifi cards, Atheros is excluded from apple so can't be spoofed with a recent Catalina driver for airdrop, continuity, handoff .

 

[oliveira131]

Hello everyone,

I made this shell script to patch AirDrop more easily.


This script made the changes, detecting and inputing the board-id in respective kexts.

 

[TimothyR734]

@TimothyR734 Mmmm... I think that i'm doing something wrong. I downloaded this file

https://github.com/rmc-team/bluesky/releases/download/1.1/bluesky-release-195535-080819.zip

I uncompressed all the files. I went to terminal and i writed "sudo" and the file "BlueSky.sh" (i dragged the file to terminal). I hit "enter".

Then, the file asked me some questions (like the name of my hard disk). It seems that the proccess is ok. But... when i try to reboot, the system hangs (I only see the circle with a rainbown spinning). If i force the restart, OSX didn't restart (I only see the black apple with the grey background). the bar is at 100% but the system don't restart (I can't see the black backgroud with the white apple in the middle).

I tried to apply both patches (HiToolbox and bluesky) and only bluesky... but nothing works (i had to reinstall the entire system). Any workaround?

In Mojave i know how to arrange the gray menus with HiToolbox and CoreUI, but in Catalina seems that it's harder to do it.

1 unzip and put the CatalinaAutoMount in the /Library/LaunchDaemons folder-reboot
2.unzip put HIToolbox in /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/HITool.framework/Versions/A folder
3.unzip Put SkylightOriginal in /System/Library/PrivateFramworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A folder -reboot

 

[jackluke]

Hello everyone,

I made this shell script to patch AirDrop more easily.


This script made the changes, detecting and inputing the board-id in respective kexts.

I guess "the cake is a lie" is referred to me, am I wrong ?

 

[TimothyR734]

@TimothyR734
@hadam98
@Sherlocks

OK. I had succesfully installed the bluesky patch, but in a manual mode. I’ll try to explain how i did it.

First download the following file

https://github.com/rmc-team/bluesky/releases/download/1.1/bluesky-release-195535-080819.zip

Unzip it in the desktop.

In terminal:

sudo /sbin/mount -uw /

(Put your administator password when the system ask for it)

Then, go to the folder where you unzip the file

cd Desktop
cd release-213013-091019

Now we will go to the HIToolbox folder

cd resources
cd patch
cd HIToolbox
cd 10.15

Now we will copy the file to our computer

sudo cp HIToolbox /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A

Now we will copy the other file.

cd ..
cd ..

(yes… put two times cd..)

cd SkyLight
cd 10.15
sudo cp SkyLightOriginal /System/Library/Privateframeworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A

Then reboot the system.

Doing all this, I can see the transparency in menus. So I think that the .sh archive has a error somewhere.

https://github.com/rmc-team/bluesky/releases/tag/1.4.4 this is the latest release for 10.15.0

 

[oliveira131]

I guess "the cake is a lie" is referred to me, am I wrong ?

LOL...

No... just a Portal reference.

 

[BigSmileMan]

replace the board-id (through "sudo perl") inside the IO80211Family*.kext

So sorry but perl and hex-editing is beyond my knowledge. What about @oliveira131 patch?
And if it works then should add there one more line for Finder AirDrop legacy Macs detection file replace...
And if so, maybe some hope and it will be in Dosdude1's Catalina Patcher? )

 

[jackluke]

So sorry but perl and hex-editing is beyond my knowledge. What about @oliveira131 patch?
And if it works then should add there one more line for Finder AirDrop legacy Macs detection file replace...
And if so, maybe some hope and it will be in Dosdude1's Catalina Patcher? )

You and anyone who used my pre-patched files, could test the @oliveira131 script, but to check the effectiveness first you have to re-apply the "Wifi Patch" from the dosdude1 post-install, so removing the AirDrop Finder panel, and then try his script.

From my tests using the dosdude1 "IO80211Family*.kext" I wasn't able to make AirDrop working, moreover I needed to replace more times the board-id, because on some random Catalina booting they were ignored from Catalina kernel.

 

[oliveira131]

Hello everyone,

I made this shell script to patch AirDrop more easily.


This script made the changes, detecting and inputing the board-id in respective kexts.

I updated the script with the kextcache rebuilt after patch, for more easily applying.

 

[ctaylora1231]

I’m having issues with AirPlay. My Apple TV does not show as a option in the menu bar. My my iPad Pro does show for Sidecar, but can’t get it to connect. 2011 Mac mini, 4K Apple TV, 9.7 iPad Pro

 

[Alex-Microsmeta]

@dosdude1 when I use Cat USB patcher installer 1.1.8 to backup 1:1 the APFS partition with disk utility, once finished I cannot restart or stop Mac Mini 4,1 without pressing the power button. Menu options do not work.

 

[oliveira131]

I’m having issues with AirPlay. My Apple TV does not show as a option in the menu bar. My my iPad Pro does show for Sidecar, but can’t get it to connect. 2011 Mac mini, 4K Apple TV, 9.7 iPad Pro

This issue is because the GPU patches uses old frameworks from Mojave. In other words: actually choose between Airplay or Graphics Acceleration.