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Hey Techhowdy readers, in today’s tutorial I’m going to show you The Step by Step Process to Fix Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Hackintosh macOS Sierra. After following this tutorial, you will be able to solve Wi-Fi and Bluetooth problems cards.
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The following Cards will be able to work with this method. (In some cases this method of fixing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on other Hackintosh compatible cards has been successful) :
Broadcom BCM94352HMB/BCM94352 802.11/ac/867Mbps WLAN + BT4.0 Half Mini PCI-E Card
Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 8260NGW NGFF 867Mbps WIFI Card
This tutorial on fixing Bluetooth issues on Hackintosh is dedicated to macOS Sierra. If you are using macOS High Sierra on your Hackintosh then please follow this tutorial on Step by Step Process to Fix Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Hackintosh macOS High Sierra (will be posting soon).
Before we start the process of fixing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on hackintosh, you would need to Download the following Files:
Fixing Wi-Fi On Hackintosh macOS Sierra
So, the first thing you need to do is to mount your EFI partition from your Bootloader. Use the EFI Mounter application provided in the downloaded folder.
Open the EFI Mounter and Select your EFI Partition Disk, in my case it is disk1s1 and Click OK.
When asked “Would you like to mount or unmount the EFI partition” Click on Mount.
When your disk is mounted, you should be able to see your EFI partition folder.
Then you want to go to EFI >> CLOVER and open config.plist file. (Right-click >> Open With >> TextEdit)
Open the config.plist file and you want to find KextsToPatch.
Then you’re going to add the Text provided in the Wi-Fi (Add to config.plist [Clover]) >> Text to Add File. (Check the Downloaded Folder). Copy the Text from the File and Paste it between the <array> </array> Tags (Do not Delete any other text or tags, Just paste the text provided). I pasted it just before the end of my </array> Tag.
Now Save your config.plist file and shutdown and restart your Hackintosh. Do not restart your macOS sierra Hackintosh as it will load wrong/old Kexts.You should now have the Wi-Fi working properly on your macOS sierra Hackintosh. You would be able to see the Wi-Fi card being detected by Hackintosh.
Fixing Bluetooth On Hackintosh macOS Sierra
Now let’s fix the Bluetooth issue on macOS Sierra Hackintosh. First, you’re going to mount EFI partition of the Bootloader. Use the EFI Mounter application provided in the downloaded folder.
Open the EFI Mounter and Select your EFI Partition Disk. In my case it is disk1s1. When asked “Would you like to mount or unmount the EFI partition” Click on Mount.
When your disk is mounted, you should be able to see your EFI partition folder.
Then you want to go to EFI >> CLOVER >> kexts >> 10.12 folder and Copy the two files (BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext and BrcmPatchRAM2.kext) from Bluetooth (Add to Clover) Folder and Paste them into EFI >> CLOVER >> kexts >> 10.12 folder.
Now close your folder and shutdown and restart your Hackintosh. Do not restart your macOS sierra Hackintosh as it will load wrong/old Kexts.You should now have the Bluetooth working properly on your macOS sierra Hackintosh. You would be able to see the Bluetooth card being detected by Hackintosh.
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