USB Wifi...No Access to Apple Services

[MacBoy88]

I have a 2012 MBPr with a bad Airport card. I tried to replace it, but new new card did not fix my problem. So I'm using an USB Wifi adapter (Edimax EW-7811Un) and everything is working....EXCEPT Apple services (iMessages, iCloud, Mac App Store, FaceTime)!!

I've come across this thread. Basically I need to fake that I have a native ethernet adapter. But, I cannot figure out the way to get this installed. Can anyone take a look and give some more laymen instructions? I think I'm mainly confused because these instructions are for a Hackintosh, but others are saying you can use it for an actual Mac too.

Thanks in advance!

 

[MacBoy88]

Anyone?

I have a 2012 MBPr with a bad Airport card. I tried to replace it, but new new card did not fix my problem. So I'm using an USB Wifi adapter (Edimax EW-7811Un) and everything is working....EXCEPT Apple services (iMessages, iCloud, Mac App Store, FaceTime)!!

I've come across this thread. Basically I need to fake that I have a native ethernet adapter. But, I cannot figure out the way to get this installed. Can anyone take a look and give some more laymen instructions? I think I'm mainly confused because these instructions are for a Hackintosh, but others are saying you can use it for an actual Mac too.

Thanks in advance!

 

[simonsi]

2012 MBP has a built-in ethernet port so that thread shouldn't apply anyway if I read it correctly. I have used a USB wifi adapter to diagnose why my wifi kept dropping, as far as I recall it accessed all the apple services but I have a working ethernet port - although it wasn't connected to any network.

 

[MacBoy88]

2012 MBP Retina, so no built-in Ethernet.

2012 MBP has a built-in ethernet port so that thread shouldn't apply anyway if I read it correctly. I have used a USB wifi adapter to diagnose why my wifi kept dropping, as far as I recall it accessed all the apple services but I have a working ethernet port - although it wasn't connected to any network.

 

[simonsi]

Those machines support the Apple Ethernet-USB adapter, that may help?