RehabMan's new
[Guide] USB power property injection for Sierra adds the capability to "turn on" USB charging for iDevices. Using the following config.plist mod allows my USB 3 ports to charge my iPhone.
The following is taken from RehabMan's Guide.
Note: I'm using the iMac14,2 System Definition which is defined in Apple's /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBHostFamily.kext/Contents/Info.plist. Again see RehabMan's guide for understanding what you'll have to do in addition if your SysDef is not in the supported list. iMac15,2 SysDef and earlier are supported while iMac16,x, iMac17,x and non of the Mac Pro SysDefs are in the list. So, you'll have to see RehabMan's guide for what to do.
In IORegistryExplorer v2.1, here's where we discover that EC0 needs to be changed to EC. (See RehabMan's Guide for more information.)
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Since I'm using the iMac14,2 SysDef, we can make the simple config.plist addition. In PlistEditPro or Xcode, add the following to the config.plist in ACPI > DSDT > Patches:
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Or in a text editor (not recommend as it is too easy to screw up the formatting):
Code:
<key>ACPI</key>
<dict>
<key>DSDT</key>
<dict>
<key>Debug</key>
<false/>
<key>DropOEM_DSM</key>
<false/>
<key>Patches</key>
<array>
...
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>Change EC0 to EC</string>
<key>Find</key>
<data>RUMwXw==</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>RUNfXw==</data>
</dict>
</array>
...
Reboot after saving your patch.
Happy charging.
