Once it is copied, right click on it and select “Show Package Contents” to reveal the folder “Contents”. Make a copy of it and place it on the Desktop. The kext that we need to modify is /System/Library/Extensions/IOBluetoothFamily.kext. To get the builtin Kext for the Broadcom BCM20702A0 to recognize the Insignia dongle, we need to add the devices Product and Vendor ID to the kext file. Step 1 – Modify IOBluetoothFamily.kextīCM20702A0 is under USB and your Product and Vendor ID are here as well.
#Installing insignia bluetooth adapter Patch#
On this Hackintosh, we must first enable the Bluetooth adaptor through the native bluetooth kext, run the Continuity Activation Tool (CAT), and then tell Clover to patch the Bluetooth Kext to activate Handoff. For guidance on getting iMessages to work on a Hack, you can reference my article from here for this example’s setup. On a real Mac, this should not be an issue. It is important that you have a working iCloud and Messages on a Hackintosh for Handoff to work. Activated and functioning iCloud and iMessages.AirPort Extreme 0x14E4, 0x8D BCM43xx (Modified HP Wireless card flashed to look like an Apple model).Insignia NS-PCY5BMA Bluetooth 4.0 USB Adaptor (Dongle).The processor and other specs are not particularly valuable in this guide except for these items: The example we will use today, is a custom-built Hackintosh running an Intel i7-4770k (Haswell) processor while using Clover as the boot loader. UPDATE: If you applied this fix in 10.10.2 and then upgraded to 10.10.3 or higher, then you will want to also reference this updated post.
#Installing insignia bluetooth adapter how to#
What we will look at today is how to get OS X to recognize this adaptor, and then activate the Handoff feature. This guide should work for any adaptor that has the BCM20702A0, but is not recognized under the Bluetooth section in the System Information window. The Insignia one can be used after it is enabled in OS X. To enable Handoff, we must get a working Bluetooth 4.0 adaptor at the start. Luckily for us, it sports the Broadcom BCM20702A0 chipset which OS X Yosemite supports, but just not in the Insignia flavor. A cheap Bluetooth adaptor can be found in a lot of places online, but local availability of a solution can be limited.īest Buy sells at least one Bluetooth 4.0 dongle under their in-house brand Insignia model NS-PCY5BMA. Some work from the community has given us the “Continuity Activation Enabler” for older Macs and can even work for some Hackintoshes that have a Bluetooth 4.0 adaptor that is natively support Out of the Box in Yosemite. The requirements call for Bluetooth 4.0 and certain WiFi chipsets to natively enable the feature. The feature is designed to work only with newer model Macs and can leave some of us, including Hackintoshers, out of the mix. These are just a couple of examples of Apple’s new feature set. This method known as Continuity and Handoff allows a phone call to be answered on a Macintosh computer and transferred to an iPhone along with access to continuing to edit an email from one device to another. With the release of Yosemite and iOS 8.1, came a new way to connect the many Apple devices that one person can have.
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