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I doubt Apple would do that, as they haven’t pulled the plug on hackintosh even tho it’s been around for years. and if they were going to pull the plug on the brcm support after an Acidanthera release, nothing would stop them from doing so for 14.1…Yes, Sonoma has dropped support for the natively supported Broadcom WiFi/BT cards we all use. As Apple have dropped support for any system older than a Kaby Lake iMac/MBA/MBP (except for iMacPro). None of the CFL or newer Apple systems use these removable Broadcom WiFi/BT cards. They all use soldered WiFi/BT cards, which we can’t purchase.
Yes, there is a kext that works with Intel WiFi/BT cards in the Sonoma Beta OS. This is still under development but is unlikely to include any new or previously unsupported features, such as Airdrop.
Hopefully, when Sonoma is out of Beta testing and released for general public usage the Acidanthera team will release an update for AirportBrcnFixup.kext that will allow our Broadcom WiFi/BT cards to work in Sonoma, without the need to disable SIP or any other built-in security features.
I doubt the Acidanthera team have the time or inclination to release an update for the kext while the OS is still in Beta testing, as Apple could change things related to WiFi before they release the GM version of Sonoma. Which would/could make any work they have undertaken during the beta phase worthless.
Well that is my hopes and thoughts on the matter. Only time will tell if I am close to the truth.
I think Apple is just purging Intel laptops/desktops from macOS support, and it’s just a matter of time before all Intel support is gone. Given that the entire mac line has now transitioned to Apple Silicon. Sad to see x86 go. But it is not unexpected. Intel should have used EUV for 10nm…