- #How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 mac os x#
- #How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 mac os#
- #How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 install#
- #How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 update#
- #How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 upgrade#
There exist also no official Windows 7 support from Apple for that combo card. The BCM943602CS card will NOT work under OS X Mavericks 10.9, - it needs OS X Yosemite 10.10 or later. Main difference to the BCM94360CSAX combo card is support for Bluetooth 4.1. Some last words to the (2015) BCM943602CS combo card. The following models are most likely affected by that annoying problem:
#How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 update#
As a workaround you can make a firmware downgrade below iMac EFI Update 1.8 which will remove the whole OS X Internet Recovery feature. It seems that the OS X Internet Recovery which is incorporated into the EFI firmware is not able to recognize a 802.11ac card. As a result you will have at every startup a strange error message.
#How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 upgrade#
The 802.11ac upgrade will also work, but you will run into problems with the OS X Internet Recovery feature. IMPORTANT note, - there (may) exist furthermore also a software issue on the 20 iMac model range.
#How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 mac os#
Because of the needed 802.11ac drivers the lowest supported OS will be 10.8 Mountain Lion, recommended is Mac OS Mavericks 10.9 and later.
#How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 mac os x#
Nice to know, - the minimum Mac OS X version will be different. To "strip down" the mini PCIe slot design at these newer iMac models is a totally stupid & myopic decision. This makes the whole upgrade process MUCH more complicated. This relatively simple 802.11ac & BT 4.x upgrade will work for any 2006, 2007, 2008 & (early) 2009 Aluminum iMac computer.Īll more recent Unibody Aluminum iMacs (late 2009 and above) needs unfortunately, like some Apple Mac Pro models, a special ("version 3" labeled) mini PCIe adapter with external USB cable. Keep in mind that the cable colors can vary between the iMac models. The middle J1 connector is always for Bluetooth, and not J2. The really best Antenna configuration for our Apple iMac line computes is my first selected configuration, this is confirmed here. Update: : Although it worked for me quite good, the above mentioned second config is not the optimal one. Well, as of 2019, this config seems not the better one. Update: : My first antenna config seems according the several Apple 802.11ac upgrade threads not "right".
#How do i use airport extreme with mac os 10.12 install#
Well, on the BCM94360CD it is (strongly) recommended to install a fourth antenna. The BCM94360CD has four normal U.FL connectors, so no antenna adapters are needed. However, on these card three U.FL female to MHF4 male plug antenna adapter cables (see my post) are needed. In contrast, the BCM943602CS and BCM94360CSAX runs in 3x3 MIMO mode, - they will reach on the 5 GHz band up to 1.3 Gbps. ) The BCM94360CS2 is only a 2x2 MIMO combo card (with only two antenna connectors) and is therefore NOT really suitable for upgrading an iMac! (It reaches max. It seems that I have mixed up something totally.