MP 1,1-5,1 5,1 as AirPlay target possible?

[flyproductions]

As the title says:
Is there any way to configure the classic MacPro 4,1/5,1 as AirPlay reciever?

I found some notes about this beeing possible somehow using OCLP. But i never got it to work.

AirPlay is not shown at the Sharing-Options of Monterey's settings and also is not shown at AirDrop & Handoff settings in Sequoia. Machine has of course a metal capable card.

What am i missing. Any other model which has to be spoofed?

Any suggestions welcome! 😊

 

[tsialex]

AirPlay to Mac have a very narrow support, the only Mac Pro that is officially supported is 2019 Mac Pro.

From Wayback Machine:

macOS Monterey

macOS Monterey. Connect like never before. Exciting FaceTime updates. An all-new Safari. Powerful new ways to work across devices. And much more.

web.archive.org

Available on MacBook Pro (2018 and later), MacBook Air (2018 and later), iMac (2019 and later), iMac Pro (2017), Mac mini (2020 and later), Mac Pro (2019), iPhone 7 and later, iPad Pro (2nd generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad (6th generation and later), and iPad mini (5th generation and later). Older iPhone, iPad, and Mac models may share content at a lower resolution to supported Mac models when “Allow AirPlay for” is set to “Everyone” or “Anyone on the same network” in Sharing preferences.

AFAIK, for AirPlay to Mac and Sidecar to work natively, the receiver Mac have to support AVX2 + HEVC or have a T1/T2 where HEVC decoding is off-loaded. Just spoofing 2019 Mac Pro does not magically make it work.

Did you tried the patches here?

Adding AirPlay to Mac (and Sidecar) support for older models

With macOS monterey, Apple added a ton of new features to the OS including a new Safari, Shortcuts, etc. Today I wanted to take a peak at one of theses features: AirPlay to Mac

khronokernel.com

GitHub - acidanthera/FeatureUnlock: Add Sidecar support to unsupported models

Add Sidecar support to unsupported models. Contribute to acidanthera/FeatureUnlock development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Btw, I've never understood why 2018 MacBook Air is supported and the 2018 Mac mini is not, seems some choices were very arbitrary.

 

[reader50]

It may require an Apple-used Broadcom BT 4.0+ via an internal slot. The OSXWiFi people claim "Native Airdrop Support" on each of their BT 4.x solutions for the Mac Pro. They don't seem to mention exact details anywhere, like if it works both ways.

BT 4.0 for MacPro 1,1 through 3,1 link (a reviewer says he has AirDrop now)
BT 4.0 for MacPro 4,1 and 5,1 link
BT 4.2 for MacPro 4,1 and 5,1 link
BT 4.0 via PCIe card link (4 reviewers say AirDrop works)

 

[flyproductions]

Did you tried the patches here?

GitHub - acidanthera/FeatureUnlock: Add Sidecar support to unsupported models

Add Sidecar support to unsupported models. Contribute to acidanthera/FeatureUnlock development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Thanx alot for pointing me to the patches. This totally solved it!

The FeatureUnlock.kext is part of the recent OCLP-release and can just be activated via pulldown at the "settings/advanced"-tab.

Did this, rebuilt OpenCore and rebooted.

And voila...

...AirPlay Reciever added to the Sharing-options.

And now it just works! 😎