Handoff on MBA Mid 2011

[mrbyu]

You are correct sir. You should be able to use the other partition. All of this should be reversible too. Make sure you keep a backup of the originals as stated in the tutorial. If all else fails, reboot while holding command + r and repair.

Thank you too! I can hereby confirm that it WORKS! (MBA 13" mid-2011) It took quite a bit of time but eventually everything went fine. (note: I followed dokterok's original instructions) I really hope that if Apple refuses to enable Handoff for the 2011 MBA's in one of the future updates then this workaround will always remain functional.

I cannot believe that it's really just a plain deliberate software limitation... I'm mad and happy at the same time.

One more question: do I need to redo all these steps if I ever decide to reinstall Yosemite or can I just install the modified kexts with Kext Drop (for the same machine of course)?

 

[soxfan04]

Yeah. Just delete those two files again and then drop and install again. Run the last two sudo commands then nvram -p

 

[threluja]

Yeah. Just delete those two files again and then drop and install again. Run the last two sudo commands then nvram -p

Just registered so that I can say thanks to all the guys that contributed. I screwed up on PB but went for full install yesterday followed the new guide and now I have continuity....cracking stuff although not sure just how much of a change to my life it will really make

As for redoing, have saved the kexts but not sure what the nvram -p at the end is for and is this different to the

sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1"

in the original?

 

[soxfan04]

nvram - manipulate firmware NVRAM variables

-p arg => print all firmware variables

Source (Apple Developer)

 

[wizmaster]

Everything works. I couldn't get the phone calls to come on my mac - and i did a fresh install meaning installed yosemite from scratch and added the hacks, and everyone works perfectly.

 

[nhmerino]

Airdrop Working, Handoff NOT Working

Hello everyone,

I've applied the tutorial on DP8 and it worked like a charm, now i updated for the final release and I have the option to enable Handoff in system preferences, I have airdrop working perfectly, but handoff is not working.

In System Information I have all the 3 YES

Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes
Handoff Supported: Yes
Instant Hotspot Supported: Yes

but nothing shows up when i open safari or maps or mail. It works between iPhone and iPad very well but nothing with MBA mid 2011.

Also Instant Hotspot is not showing, it works with the iPad and nothing between the MBA.

I've tried to sign out of iCloud in all devices several times and nothing worked.

If someone have some time to try and understand this, let me know.

Thank you

 

[StevenWalker]

Try running 'Repair Permissions' again - and reboot.

After I did that, the issues you describe went away and all was fine after the reboot.