Are you still able to tether your iPhone via wifi? Another forum member indicated this capability broke with the kext update. That was with an iPhone 6+ and iOS 8.1.
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'Continuity Activation Tool' Enables Handoff on Older Macs
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Are you still able to tether your iPhone via wifi? Another forum member indicated this capability broke with the kext update. That was with an iPhone 6+ and iOS 8.1.
If I were you, I wouldn't. I have a late 2011 MBP and when I installed the card with Mavericks, I had airport issues (would see networks but wouldn't connect/obtain an IP address). Works without a hiccup in Yosemite, though...before and after I applied the patch (manually).
You people are so predictable. If you think they're trying to screw everyone over so badly, vote with your dollar and stop buying their products.
Especially when one has two of the shorted devices, seemingly capable of supporting all these features, both not quite 2-1/2 years old and both with top processor and max RAM offered, and several thousands of dollars invested in them. (With no explanation.)
It seems the apologists for Apple's actions here, are blaming the victims using trivial rationalizations rather than joining the chorus merely asking Apple "why not possible?".
Yes, it would be nice for Apple to explain it's reasons, but they rarely/never do.
Fact is people have lived without this "FEATURE" all their lives and now act as if they are entitled and can't live any longer without it.
(BTW: Yes, nice to have, but at what percentage are we using this every day?)
That on top of the fact that 8.1 is free, Yosemite is free etc.
Technology moves all the time and Apple never guaranteed anybody that all new ideas and features will work on all older devices.
To me it's their right to decide where the cut off is, otherwise we might as well complain about iOS 8.1, not working on the original 8GB iphone.
Downloaded Tool Still NO GO
I downloaded the tool and everything came back with OK. Went through MBA mid 2011 and did the steps and also on the iPhone 6plus. all seems to be working/turned on. Once I try to connect the iPhone to the MBA it says not supported but then connects for 1-2 seconds and disconnects. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks Bryan
I downloaded the tool and everything came back with OK. Went through MBA mid 2011 and did the steps and also on the iPhone 6plus. all seems to be working/turned on. Once I try to connect the iPhone to the MBA it says not supported but then connects for 1-2 seconds and disconnects. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks Bryan
Apple is not anymore in the frame where Digital Media Software is developed by them. By Digital Media - I mean - video, photo, web design... etc.
They killed many apps and projects like Aperture, iWeb and replaced them. I think they focus on the OS and HW and integration and things like this to provide a platform for Adobe and the rest.
Maybe I am wrong - but it's what Apple is doing now.
I think with their talent they would build a very nice iWeb ... but iGuessthat will not happen in the near future...
I've been seeing this, and it's sad because a lot of people, including me, consider iLife a selling point of the Mac. It's well-integrated with the OS and is easier to use than anything else. Maybe Apple doesn't want to deal with it, but it was great for us while they were focused on it. I wish the old iWeb would at least work in Mavericks. I wanted to make a simple site, and the old version would have been fine.
I'm not trying to defend anyone. I am wondering (based on experiences posted in this thread) whether Apple knows certain 2011 MBAs are going have a problem with Continuity, and excluded them on that basis.
I really don't get the vitriol.
We have two "older" Macs that I upgraded (for free) to Yosemite, a Late 2011 MBP and an Early 2009 mini. Neither have BTLE so they don't get the new Continuity features, but they are still great Macs. Even if I can't answer calls from my iPhone on them.
The reason we went to Mac's was we were tired of having to buy a new PC every time a new OS (provided it didn't work with the old system). Even though this system is 4 years old, we (I) am still happy with it. Unlike the PC's we owned, I am not trashing this system. Now to convince the wife that I need that 27" Retina iMac...any suggestions?!?!
So happy for this hack. My mid-2011 Macbook Air has all the features now. I bought an iPhone 6 to get these features, and couldn't believe it when my Macbook Air with Bluetooth LE couldn't work!?!? I called Apple and asked why, and they couldn't explain it. I think someone at Apple screwed up by not allowing this machine in!!
Why not have a partition with OS X 10.6 installed (last to support iWeb) & run iWeb off of that?
Oh yes people are freaking out unless you haven't been reading the posts on here and you are the one missing the point!,yosemite is an OS just like mavericks ,mountain lion etc ,it is not a compulsory upgrade and neither do you pay for it !,you can run other OSs effectively without the need for yosemite!.The older macs e.g mine does not have the hardware to run some of the features so it was not stripped as you claim!,it just doesn't have BLE.
No... So that's the problem? Thank you, will try later With root privileges...
Ran it on my 2011 Air last night and everything is working now. Thank you so much for the time and effort put into creating this tool for the community!
I'd love to open up my 2011 27" iMac and replace the Airport/Bluetooth card to get the continuity features and 802.11ac wifi.
The original post mentions that the BCM94360CD card needs an adapter for an iMac, but looking at pictures it seems like it should fit in the 2011 iMac without an adapter. I'd just need to add another antenna for the bluetooth.
Anyone know for sure what I need for the 2011 27" iMac?
I'd love to open up my 2011 27" iMac and replace the Airport/Bluetooth card to get the continuity features and 802.11ac wifi.
The original post mentions that the BCM94360CD card needs an adapter for an iMac, but looking at pictures it seems like it should fit in the 2011 iMac without an adapter. I'd just need to add another antenna for the bluetooth.
Anyone know for sure what I need for the 2011 27" iMac?
What about the ones that DO have the hardware and don't work? It's funny how you ADF (Apple Defense Force) troops manage to leave that tidbit out of your arguments.
Stopped working
Handoff has suddenly stopped working on my mid-2011 Macbook Air. Airdrop is still working. No settings changed??
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That still works ... nice feature ... mid 2011 Macbook Air
Handoff has suddenly stopped working on my mid-2011 Macbook Air. Airdrop is still working. No settings changed??
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That still works ... nice feature ... mid 2011 Macbook Air
My Mac can't run 10.6 due to the GPU I put in it, which requires the drivers from 10.8.4 or later. But even then, it's a hassle to do that.
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Ah, the issue is that I'm on version 2 (2008). I'll try to update. I still don't get why iWeb '08 won't work even though everything else from iLife '08 and iWork '08 will.
Ah, I see. I think you'll still be able to find the old iLife hanging around on PirateBay.
Unless iWeb was a PowerPC app, my guess would be internal changes in WebKit. Try using dyld tricks to force it to load an old version of that framework from a 10.6 box. Or for that matter, grab a complete /System/Library/Frameworks from 10.6, copy it somewhere else on a 10.8.4 box, and just convince iWeb to load all its frameworks from there.