Continuity and Handoff Capable Apple Mini Cards + PCIe and mini-PCIe Adapters

[frankiep]

are you able to connect to the wifi while using windows or mavericks ???

yes all works great on mavericks and windows. On yosemite it search for wifi but without results

 

[Lestliness]

I bought one of these from OSXWIFi But it causes my system to randomly freeze. Any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this?

Thanks for any help on this.

 

[Stork]

I bought one of these from OSXWIFi But it causes my system to randomly freeze. Any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this?

Thanks for any help on this.

I suggest you contact their support guy(s).

 

[Lestliness]

I suggest you contact their support guy(s).

Well I blew it anyway. Turns out the OSXWifi card is awesome. It was just that installed some CUDA drivers the same day I installed the card and forgot.

CUDA is giving me the random freeze.

 

[razorblade1]

Does this look good to you gurus out there? Is that all I need?
Will be putting it on a Z97X-UD3H.

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-BCM94...028?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4b6f13b4
-OR-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-Hack...696?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2edd759ad0

They look pretty similar to me..
Or is there one you'd recommend, that would be decently priced off eBay/Amazon and ship to Canada?

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Also, I was thinking of getting the TP-Link Wifi antenna (from the guide) and a Broadcom based, BT 4.0 LE dongle. Is that a viable option as well? I don't think it would be cheaper though.

I just read Atheros chipset based Wifi cards interfere with BT dongles. So that's out.

 

[Lestliness]

Does this look good to you gurus out there? Is that all I need?
Will be putting it on a Z97X-UD3H.

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-BCM94...028?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4b6f13b4
-OR-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-Hack...696?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2edd759ad0

They look pretty similar to me..
Or is there one you'd recommend, that would be decently priced off eBay/Amazon and ship to Canada?

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Also, I was thinking of getting the TP-Link Wifi antenna (from the guide) and a Broadcom based, BT 4.0 LE dongle. Is that a viable option as well? I don't think it would be cheaper though.

I just read Atheros chipset based Wifi cards interfere with BT dongles. So that's out.

That looks right.. make sure to contact them first to confirm but it's the same BT card that OSXWIFI offers.. all this for $50 dollars less! This one is legit too but ships from the UK.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/400795926463?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[akke4323]

USB bluetooth should work fine, normal Mac's have PCIe Wifi and USB bluetooth cards.

The one is use is the BCM94352Z:

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As you can see from the connector strip, the left hand side lanes are PCIe for Wifi, the middle lanes are unused (So no SDIO interface) and the right-most lanes are USB for Bluetooth.

Here you see a sample Intel WiFi card with PCIe and USB connectivity lanes marked for reference:

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Additionally in System profiler it shows up under USB and under Bluetooth shows as "Transport USB".

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So the following needs to be true:

• Bluetooth device should support Bluetooth 4.0 + Low Energy
• Bluetooth device should have LMP version greater or equal to 6
• Bluetooth device should have appropriate firmware loaded (Google Bluetooth Firmware Uploader)
• Hackintosh SMBios platform is whitelisted for Hand-off / Airdrop
• If using a non-Apple branded bluetooth chipset (I.e. Vendor ID is not 0x05AC), then the IOBluetoothFamily.kext patches are needed to ensure getCapabilityFlags() of the BluetoothHCIController returns 0x0F (All flags enabled).

So theoretically any compatible USB would work, since OS X does not seem to be checking what internal or external USB bus it is connected to.

Where can I buy? (94352z)

 

[cacamaca]

For sure it shows up in Finder, however I didn't think to exchange any files. I'll do that as soon as I get home and post the outcome (typing from my iPad on the go )

UPDATE: It definitely works. Moreover, I tested it with both the Ethernet connected as well as disconnected. Works like a dream. But now, I realized that my other 3 CustoMacs don't work with AirDrop (I have installed the Apple & BT card only in one of my GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 CustoMac). Thank you for helping me realize that those 3 don't work. Now I'm going to lose some sleep over it I guess new cards are in order

Happy to report that after purchasing the additional cards, all my CustoMacs work now happily with Continuity Need to think now about the next project.

 

[kylerphillip]

Does this play nicely with Text Message continuity? I'm yet to get iMessage working on clover which is annoying though...

 

[prometa]

I bought one of the pcie adapters from eBay, with the 4 antennas. The antennas are terrible, and the problem is compounded by the fact that they stick out of the back of the case, meaning just about any Bluetooth or wifi device is going to require transmitting a signal through the metal of the case. I had a Bluetooth range of about 3 feet.

I happen to have an ITX build with built in wifi that comes with a dual-lead antenna with a long cable and a magnet that allows you to stick it to the side, top, or front of the case. I swapped it into my hack on the two middle antenna connections and Bluetooth range went from 3 feet to about 40 feet. Turns out the replacement antenna is quite cheap, and I bought two more of them yesterday.

I bought them here (no affiliation with the seller): http://www.ebay.com/itm/111405767636