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dokterdok / Continuity-Activation-Tool

An all-in-one tool to activate and diagnose macOS 10.10-12 Continuity on compatible Mac configurations.
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Compatibility Chart in Wiki needs updating as of Sierra 10.12.6 #414

Open sparky672 opened 6 years ago

sparky672 commented 6 years ago

For the Mac Pro 2008-2012, the last box says "No", the patch (CAT) is not required. However, that is no longer the case as of 10.12.6. It needed to be clarified to say that the patch is only required for OS 10.12.6 and above.

Mac Model Hardware change required Software patch required (e.g. via this tool)
Mac Pro early 2008-2012 Yes, new wireless card BCM94360CD + adapter No

dokterdok/Continuity-Activation-Tool/tree/beta#airport-extreme-card-upgrades

Edit Submitted on Nov 22, 2017:

Mac Model Hardware change required Software patch required (e.g. via this tool)
Mac Pro early 2008-2012 Yes, new wireless card BCM94360CD + adapter No (10.12.5 and below), Yes (10.12.6 and above)

The edit has already been submitted but I am starting this thread because I have no knowledge about how any of the other models were affected by 10.12.6 and above.

Kirkman commented 6 years ago

Hi @sparky672, can you give me a little clarification? I have a Mac Pro 2008 (3,1) running dosdude1's High Sierra patch. I recently installed an upgraded bluetooth/wifi card. My Mac sees the card, and bluetooth works okay. But the Continuity features remain disabled.

Does that mean I should run the Continuity Activation Tool? Is it compatible with dosdude1's macOS patches?

sparky672 commented 6 years ago

I have no idea what dosdude1 patch is or what it does, nor have I upgraded my OS to High Sierra.

All I know is that for Mac Pro before 10.12.6, you would just upgrade the Wifi/BT card and everything works. However, for 10.12.6 and above, you MUST also run CAT in addition to the new card. If CAT reports that it's already installed/activated, then you must use terminal commands to force CAT.

See: https://github.com/dokterdok/Continuity-Activation-Tool/issues/411#issue-271333251

Even after all that, Handoff/Continuity can be a real pain to kick start. Log out of iCloud, REBOOT, then log back into iCloud... the reboot in between seems to be the trick.