Give it some more time. Maybe it will engage. Another user said it took a long time for him. It also could be an El Capitan bug, as several forum users have spoken of not having handoff or Airdrop and they have newer machines.
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Yea I kinda figured that might be the case. Il give it some more time and see what happens. Regardless, thanks for pointing me to the proper CAT app. Much obliged
I did, yes. Based on everything I have read here, I have done everything right. Just need to wait and see if it eventually turns on. its been a few days though, so I wont hold my breath
Thanks for all your work, BTW. Been following this thread from the start. Happy to see people committed to helping out others.
Ah so this is due to SIP? Yeah my WiFi hardware shows up as missing but prior to that Handoff etc was working, all I did was restore my Time Machine backup which had it all backed up and my WiFi appeared again with my Handoff settings untouched. I find it odd that it was working for quite some time just fine.
At the risk of sounding like an utter whinge, I am completely unable to use CAT even though I have the correct hardware and software. Surely others must also be experiencing this issue?
Any ideas @BasicGreatGuy or @sysfloat ?
Any ideas @BasicGreatGuy or @sysfloat ?
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I've checked my 11" Air yesterday again trying to figure things out.
Go to you General System Preferences tab and tell me what you see?
I've got Handoff enabled there, but the only thing that really works is AirDrop. The most valuable feature to me - Instant Hotspot doesn't work even after the log in/out of iCloud routine.
I don't have the tick box there since CAT doesn't get that far.
I also do miss the instant hotspot feature.
I don't have the tick box there since CAT doesn't get that far.
I also do miss the instant hotspot feature.
The thing is, CAT didn't get anywhere in my case either, same point your's did apparently.
I've had the CAT patch running throughout Yosemite without a problem.
I just installed the GM and disabled SIP, then tried to run CAT and received the same message as you have.
To my understanding it says you need to have a supported BT 4.0 card, which it finds since the value it's looking for is 6 and it gets this very number but somehow sees it as an unsupported device.
It's just a conclusion of mine, since I'm no expert in the technical field, just a lawyer with a knack for tech
The thing is, CAT didn't get anywhere in my case either, same point your's did apparently.
I've had the CAT patch running throughout Yosemite without a problem.
I just installed the GM and disabled SIP, then tried to run CAT and received the same message as you have.
To my understanding it says you need to have a supported BT 4.0 card, which it finds since the value it's looking for is 6 and it gets this very number but somehow sees it as an unsupported device.
It's just a conclusion of mine, since I'm no expert in the technical field, just a lawyer with a knack for tech
Yes it's frustrating because it's not a hardware issue, the software doesn't seem to look at what hardware is really present.
Thanks for trying to help though it's most appreciated - hopefully one of these clever folk are going to come along with a solution soon.
Your pic shows that you're using the 2.0.0 version, how about give the 2.1 Beta a try? There should be a link to it in the previous pages, as well as the cloudpaird file replacement.
I just headed to the Github page and grabbed the latest version (which was updated 1 day ago) and I've made some great progress.
Thank you very much for the suggestion.
Use the beta version of CAT. I had he same message but worked after using the beta. There's a link on the previous page.
From the screenshot, it looks like you aren't using the latest CAT. This is the current CAT version. Download the zip file or clone to desktop. Give that a try, along with replacing the cloupaird file and report back.
Everything is now working apart from the Instant Hotspot - not sure what else to try to fix that?
Thanks for the help.
Glad to see most of it is working for you. I don't have Hotspot ability with my cell provider, so I can't help troubleshoot in that area. Maybe someone else will have an idea.
Same here, everything is working fine save for Instant Hotspot.
Somehow after Yosemite->El Cap RC update the CAT-trick didn't get disabled as Handoff was still available in the Sys Prefs menu, just Instant Hotspot stopped working. After using the beta I didn't get the "unsupported hardware" issue, however my hallmark Hotspot feature didn't come back.
Somehow after Yosemite->El Cap RC update the CAT-trick
didn't get disabled as Handoff was still available in the Sys Prefs menu, just Instant Hotspot stopped working. After using the beta I didn't get the "unsupported hardware" issue, however my hallmark Hotspot feature didn't come back.
Damn, I wish I had all that working. I might try again by doing a clean install of 10.11. Here's the weird thing tho, when I installed Yosemite the menu bar showed wifi and BT icons with an "X" thru them, meaning they weren't working at all. As soon as I ran CAT, they came back on and everything worked. When I installed El Cap, wifi and BT were still working without Handoff/AirDrop 
think I'll have to try a clean install of El Cap.
think I'll have to try a clean install of El Cap.I updated CAT today on my personal repo. It will now no longer use the "rootless" flag in NVRAM and instead use csrutil to check for SIP. It will now also do another patch to get Handoff fully working again without using an old cloudpaird, thanks to slvrscoobie who found out the workaround.
So the newest version should be pretty easy to use again on El Capitan final.
Next up is cleaning the code, fixing bugs and try to get dongles working again.
So the newest version should be pretty easy to use again on El Capitan final.
Next up is cleaning the code, fixing bugs and try to get dongles working again.
You are the man! Please tell me where I can donate!
Also, since I used the old cloudpaird file, will I have to use the El Cap file when using your updates CAT app?
Many thanks for your continued work
Can someone attach the original El Cap cloudpaird file? I would like to start fresh with the new CAT, but stupidly deleted my backup of cloudpaird
Hahaha I was just asking someone the same thing. I deleted mine on accident.Can someone attach the original El Cap cloudpaird file? I would like to start fresh with the new CAT, but stupidly deleted my backup of cloudpaird
Would def be cool if someone could post the original 10.11 cloudpaird file.
I think I found an original. Test it and see by replacing current file with this one. If Handoff stops working, you know it is the orig. Make a backup of it first.
Thanks!
Reverted everything and started over with the new CAT. Handoff option is available and checked, but still no handoff from my iPhone or iPad yet. I'll wait a bit to see if it kicks in since there is a known delay.
Reverted everything and started over with the new CAT. Handoff option is available and checked, but still no handoff from my iPhone or iPad yet. I'll wait a bit to see if it kicks in since there is a known delay.
If someone could post the original cloudpaird for comparison of mine, that would be great. I am not 100% about the one I attached.