Hi!
I had my Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1 for Sierra and swapped the onboard WIFI and Bluetooth modules for an BCM94360CD from an iMac for 802.11ac and BT4.0 compatibility. It all worked well in Sierra with a little help from Continuity activation Tool.
Now I upgraded to High Sierra and Bluetooth is gone completely. The bluetooth section in System Information just says "No information found".
Running the System Diagnostics in CAT gives me this:
--- Hardware/OS checks ---
Verifying Continuity status... OK. OS X reports Continuity as active
Verifying Mac model reference... OK. Known compatible Mac Model detected: MacPro5,1
Verifying Mac board-id... OK. Short board id detected: Mac-F221BEC8
Verifying OS X version... Warning: This tool wasn't tested with OS X versions higher than 10.10. Detected OS version: 10.13
Verifying Wi-Fi hardware... WARNING. An unknown/untested AirPort card using the 'BrcmNIC' kext is active. This tool can't fix this.
Verifying AWDL status... OK. An AWDL interface is up, Wi-Fi is ready for Continuity
Verifying Bluetooth hardware... OK. The internal Bluetooth card is active
Verifying Bluetooth version... /Applications/Continuity Activation Tool.app/Contents/Resources/contitool.sh: line 427: [: : integer expression expected
NOT OK. Your hardware doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0, necessary for Continuity. Current LMP Version=0, expected 6.
Verifying Bluetooth features... NOT OK. No Bluetooth features could be detected
Verifying Bluetooth firmware... WARNING. No Bluetooth Firmware version could be found
Verifying Login Item... OK. Login item for Auto Continuity Check is not set.
--- Modifications check ---
Verifying OS kext protection... OK. Kext developer mode is not active. This tool can fix this.
Verifying kexts readability... OK. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth kexts were found and could be read
Verifying Wi-Fi whitelist status... OK. Your board-id is not yet whitelisted. This tool can fix this.
Verifying BT4 dongles compatibility... OK. Compatibility with BT4 USB dongles is not enabled, this tool can fix this if a dongle is plugged in
Verifying old Wi-Fi kext presence... OK. Legacy Brcm4331 Wi-Fi driver is present. This tool can fix this.
Verifying legacy Wi-Fi card patch... OK. The legacy Wi-Fi patch is not present. This tool can fix this.
--- Modifications check ---
Can anybody eplain what this means? Should I have reverted to original state with CAT before upgrading? AFAIK it's not possible now, because CAT doesn't work under High Sierra.
Has anybody got htis working on a 4,1?
Thanks!
[doublepost=1506446146][/doublepost]Never mind, works after a restart. Sorry for panicking!
I had my Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1 for Sierra and swapped the onboard WIFI and Bluetooth modules for an BCM94360CD from an iMac for 802.11ac and BT4.0 compatibility. It all worked well in Sierra with a little help from Continuity activation Tool.
Now I upgraded to High Sierra and Bluetooth is gone completely. The bluetooth section in System Information just says "No information found".
Running the System Diagnostics in CAT gives me this:
--- Hardware/OS checks ---
Verifying Continuity status... OK. OS X reports Continuity as active
Verifying Mac model reference... OK. Known compatible Mac Model detected: MacPro5,1
Verifying Mac board-id... OK. Short board id detected: Mac-F221BEC8
Verifying OS X version... Warning: This tool wasn't tested with OS X versions higher than 10.10. Detected OS version: 10.13
Verifying Wi-Fi hardware... WARNING. An unknown/untested AirPort card using the 'BrcmNIC' kext is active. This tool can't fix this.
Verifying AWDL status... OK. An AWDL interface is up, Wi-Fi is ready for Continuity
Verifying Bluetooth hardware... OK. The internal Bluetooth card is active
Verifying Bluetooth version... /Applications/Continuity Activation Tool.app/Contents/Resources/contitool.sh: line 427: [: : integer expression expected
NOT OK. Your hardware doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0, necessary for Continuity. Current LMP Version=0, expected 6.
Verifying Bluetooth features... NOT OK. No Bluetooth features could be detected
Verifying Bluetooth firmware... WARNING. No Bluetooth Firmware version could be found
Verifying Login Item... OK. Login item for Auto Continuity Check is not set.
--- Modifications check ---
Verifying OS kext protection... OK. Kext developer mode is not active. This tool can fix this.
Verifying kexts readability... OK. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth kexts were found and could be read
Verifying Wi-Fi whitelist status... OK. Your board-id is not yet whitelisted. This tool can fix this.
Verifying BT4 dongles compatibility... OK. Compatibility with BT4 USB dongles is not enabled, this tool can fix this if a dongle is plugged in
Verifying old Wi-Fi kext presence... OK. Legacy Brcm4331 Wi-Fi driver is present. This tool can fix this.
Verifying legacy Wi-Fi card patch... OK. The legacy Wi-Fi patch is not present. This tool can fix this.
--- Modifications check ---
Can anybody eplain what this means? Should I have reverted to original state with CAT before upgrading? AFAIK it's not possible now, because CAT doesn't work under High Sierra.
Has anybody got htis working on a 4,1?
Thanks!
[doublepost=1506446146][/doublepost]Never mind, works after a restart. Sorry for panicking!