I have seen several other members of the forum with newer model Macs noting that Airdrop is not working, or is intermittent for them. It sounds like a OS bug to me. What model Mac are you using?
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Modded Continuity Activation Tool (BTLE cards) with El Capitan is working
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By BT adapter, are you speaking of a dongle or an internal card? If the former, I believe CAT still needs to be hammered out some more for better dongle support with El Capitan.
Sounds like the CAT install is messing up somewhere along the way. Do you have SIP off when installing? Double-check messages on the install screen.
I have experienced panics before with CAT. And each time it happened, it was after reinstalling CAT. If memory serves, the panic message was related to the kext files being out of place etc.
Slvrscoobie, this was a perfect suggestion. I was already giving up on getting handoff and instant hotspot to work and your suggestion solved it for me on the MacBook Air mid 2011. Now with El Capitan GM all is working - AirDrop, Call Handoff, App Handoff and Instant Hotspot. Thanks a million for your resolution hunting!!!
hey guys, just post this to confirm our method is working on PB GM release, wola~~~
for those who wanna ask what I'm done just follow the guide lines:
disable SIT by enter the recoveryOS and type csrutil disable
reboot to normal system run CAT 2.1 beta release, do the patch.
when CAT finish it's job, don't reboot till you replaced cloudpaird download from this thread.
and BOOM handoff option appears in General panel after you reboot again
you can rearm the security settings by re-enable SIT and enable Rootless, hand-off just work till next system update.
Worked like a charm on a macbook pro 2011
.. Thanks for your effort !!!
Yes, the former: I have a Targus Broadcom dongle (Chipset: 20702A3; firmware: v14 c4096; vendor ID: 0x0A5C; product ID: 0x21E8). I did have SIP off.
Here is the Diagnostics output:
--- OS X Continuity Activation Tool 2.0.1 beta ---
by dokterdok
--- Initiating system compatiblity check ---
--- Hardware/OS checks ---
Verifying Continuity status... OK. OS X reports Continuity as inactive
Verifying Mac model reference... OK. Known compatible Mac Model detected: MacPro5,1
Verifying Mac board-id... OK. Short board id detected: Mac-F221BEC8
Verifying OS X version... Warning: This tool wasn't tested with OS X versions higher than 10.10. Detected OS version: 10.11
Verifying Wi-Fi hardware... OK. A Broadcom AirPort card is active, and uses the legacy Brcm4331 kext. This tool can fix this.
Verifying AWDL status... OK. No AWDL is active, but the hardware seems to be able to support it. This tool can try to fix this.
Verifying Bluetooth hardware... OK. 3rd party Bluetooth hardware detected
Verifying Bluetooth version... OK. Bluetooth 4.0 detected
Verifying Bluetooth features... WARNING. Unknown Bluetooth features have been detected (code:7
7). This tool can try to fix this.
Verifying Bluetooth firmware... OK. Bluetooth firmware version: v14 c4096
--- Modifications check ---
Verifying OS kext protection... OK. Kext developer mode is not active. This tool can fix this.
Verifying kexts readability... OK. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth kexts were found and could be read
Verifying Bluetooth blacklist status... OK. Warning: Blacklist not found in the Bluetooth drivers. An OS X update might have made this hack useless.
However, your Mac model shouldn't need to be removed from that blacklist.
Verifying Wi-Fi whitelist status... OK. Your board-id is not yet whitelisted. This tool can fix this.
Verifying old Wi-Fi kext presence... OK. Legacy Brcm4331 Wi-Fi driver is present. This tool can fix this.
Verifying legacy Wi-Fi card patch... OK. The legacy Wi-Fi patch is not present. This tool can fix this.
Verifying BT4 dongles compatibility... WARNING. Unpatchable drivers found. They are either already patched or don't support CAT.
And here is the output for the actual execution of the mod:
--- Initiating system compatibility check ---
Verifying Mac model reference... OK
Verifying Mac board-id... OK
Verifying OS X version... Warning: This tool wasn't tested on OS X versions higher than 10.10. Detected OS version: 10.11
Are you sure you want to continue?
1) Yes
2) No
#? 1
Verifying Wi-Fi hardware... OK
Verifying Bluetooth version... OK
Verifying Bluetooth features... OK
Verifying kexts readability... OK
Verifying Bluetooth blacklist status... OK
Verifying Wi-Fi whitelist status... OK
Verifying legacy Wi-Fi card patch... OK
Verifying old Wi-Fi kext presence... OK
--- Initiating Continuity mod ---
Disabling OS kext protection... OK
Fixing disk permissions... OK
Backing up original drivers... cp: /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext/: unable to copy extended attributes to /Users/username/KextsBackupBeforePatch/IOBluetoothFamily.kext: Operation not permitted
cp: /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/: unable to copy extended attributes to /Users/username/KextsBackupBeforePatch/IO80211Family.kext: Operation not permitted
OK. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth kexts were backed up in '/Users/gplymale/KextsBackupBeforePatch'
Skipping blacklist patch... OK
Patching whitelist................. OK
Cleaning up old Wi-Fi kext... OK
Applying legacy Wi-Fi card patch... OK
Skipping BT4 USB dongle patch... OK
Updating kext caches... OK
Updating system caches... OK
Backing up patched drivers... cp: /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext/: unable to copy extended attributes to /Users/username/KextsBackupAfterPatch/IOBluetoothFamily.kext: Operation not permitted
cp: /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/: unable to copy extended attributes to /Users/username/KextsBackupAfterPatch/IO80211Family.kext: Operation not permitted
OK. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth kexts were backed up in '/Users/username/KextsBackupAfterPatch'
ALMOST DONE! After rebooting:
1) Make sure that both your Mac and iOS device have Bluetooth turned on, and are on the same Wi-Fi network.
2) On OS X go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES> GENERAL> and ENABLE HANDOFF.
3) On iOS go to SETTINGS> GENERAL> HANDOFF & SUGGESTED APPS> and ENABLE HANDOFF.
4) On OS X, sign out and then sign in again to your iCloud account.
Troubleshooting: support.apple.com/kb/TS5458
The kexts were seemingly in the right places when I checked... but I could have been overly flustered at the time with such insanity having that unexpectedly occur and just going down hill further each time.
I've been browsing this thread for sometime and I'm glad to here it is working on El Capitan. I have a late 2011 MBP and will be updating to 10.11 GM later this weekend. As long as AirDrop is working I'll be happy (don't really care about handoff). Many thanks to figuring out how to get it to work
As far as I am aware, the Dongle option is not yet working in El Cap. Only the CAX modified internal BT Card from apple works as I know..
It looks like the mod didn't accomplish what was needed and that has been the reason for the kernel panic each time. I know it is frustrating to have to restore from a panic from the mod, as I have had to do that before.
A little over a month ago, I believe sysfloat said he was going to try and work on dongle support for El Capitan. I haven't seen anything from him since then.
Was this dongle working in Yosemite or was it a recent purchase? I don't have any suggestions other than upgrading to an internal card.
I didn't think I would use Airdrop much if at all, when I upgraded my card. That notion quickly faded, as I saw how convenient it was to send files between my Apple devices. Handoff has been the same way.I've been browsing this thread for sometime and I'm glad to here it is working on El Capitan. I have a late 2011 MBP and will be updating to 10.11 GM later this weekend. As long as AirDrop is working I'll be happy (don't really care about handoff). Many thanks to figuring out how to get it to work
I tried to use Handoff for a while but wasn't that impressed with it. I don't use Apple Mail in OS X as I've had too many probs with it. Been using Thunderbird. Browsing, I just use iCloud for that. The only reason I upgraded the BT card was for AirDrop. Def convenient to have.
Regardless, I'm super stoked you guys worked out the probs with CAT on El Capitan. I have haven't had too many probs with Yosemite on my MBP, however I'm eager to try out El Cap and see how stable it is.
El Capitan has been very stable for me since Public Beta 3. I experienced a few Safari panics during that time. Since then, El Capitan has been running better for me than Yosemite ever did. I think you will be very pleased.
Yes, this dongle was working in Yosemite. Any way to help sysfloat resolve this more rapidly?
He was looking for beta testers last time he posted here. Testers needed to be comfortable using terminal to move kexts files around and the like. I haven't seen a follow up from him nor have I seen any recent posting from him on git hub.
Outside of sending him a pm here and or leaving a post on git hub, we are stuck if we don't get any replies back, unless someone else with coding experience wishes to step forward and help us out with refining CAT for El Capitan (including better dongle support).
I know people get busy. I am very busy myself. However, a month without posting on CAT that one wanted to take over, is a lot of silence.
Have you found out how to bypass this error?
I get the same dialog and can't for the life of me get it to work.
The computer is a mid-2011 MacBook Air and Continuity worked well so far with Yosemite.
mac midi 2011 with mod internal airport card and bt 4le.
i've update el capitan gm handoff and continuity go but airdrop and hotspot not work
reinstall cloudpaird? re-disable sip? cloudpaird patch it's 10.10.2 if install 10.10.5?
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I haven't had the chance to really have a play around with it yet and so no I've made no progress.
If I do find anything I'll be sure to let you know my friend.
I got a reply back from sysfloat. His Mac suffered water damage and that is why he was out of commission for so long. He said he is going to work on making changes to CAT this weekend.
