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Title: How to add Handoff capabilities to your older Mac Pro Post by: HCK on May 02, 2018, 04:05:21 pm How to add Handoff capabilities to your older Mac Pro
Upgrade your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware to add macOS functionalities Global copy and paste, unlocking your Mac with your Apple Watch, AirDropping files to your nearby colleagues. If you're sporting older Mac hardware, you may be a bit envious of the capabilities that more modern hardware with Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11 ac Wi-Fi offer. All is not lost however! You can buy hardware upgrades from PC boards to bluetooth dongles that can add those features to you Mac. Here we show you what you need and how to install hardware upgrades to your old modular Mac Pro to add Handoff, Continuity, and AirDrop functionality! The problem The hardware solution The software solution Final comments The problem In order for things like Handoff and Air Drop to properly function, your Mac hardware has to be compatible with certain newer technologies. Bluetooth 4.0 offers a low power mode that is requisite in the Handoff design spec and for sharing data via Continuity with expediency, 802.11 ac Wi-Fi c... Source: How to add Handoff capabilities to your older Mac Pro (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/UmI-8EBt3rY/how-add-handoff-capabilities-your-older-mac-pro) |