Airdrop Hack For Older Macs

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  1. With the exception of the terminal hack, because, I believe that is for unsupported Mac's. My problem is connectivity, Airdrop on my iMac does not see either MBA and vice versa. I have had all three computers with their respective Airdrop windows open simultaneously, as I stated previously, the two Airs see each other instantly.
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Search for an Older Mac. Older Macs use a legacy implementation of AirDrop that isn’t compatible with the latest iOS devices. You can use a modern Mac to send files to an older Mac, but you first have to tell AirDrop to search for the older Mac. If your Mac was manufactured pre-2012, this method might work for you. This app will hack Continuity to work on your older Mac. Continuity is one of the best features of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, allowing your iPhone, iPad, and Mac to all operate more seamlessly.

This hint is for you if you have a graphics card that is having problems with Quartz Extreme, and are having trouble disabling it. Or if you have a GeForce3 card in an old Sawtooth G4 and are getting flickering problems, then here is a simple way to disable Quartz Extreme which is most likely the cause of this problem. Use pico or your favourite text editor to edit the file: /System -> Library -> Frameworks -> ApplicationServices.framework -> Versions -> A -> Frameworks -> CoreGraphics.framework -> Versions -> A -> Resources -> Configuration.plist (you'll probably need sudo to edit the file). Look for the key GLCompositorMinimumVRAM and change its value to a value higher than how much RAM your graphics card has. So if you have a 64MB card, then 128 should work: This may work with other key values, but this is the only one I have tried. This means OS X won't use Quartz Extreme unless the card has a minimum of the value you specified. Hence disabling it for your card. After the value is changed and saved, all you need to do is reboot and Quartz Extreme will no longer be enabled.
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one!]

I accidentally stumbled upon this tip, the other day, while searching for something completely different. I upgraded to Mountain Lion directly from Snow Leopard, thus ignoring the AirDrop functionality introduced in Lion. However, I soon realized that on my old MacBook Pro 2007 model (MacBookPro3,1) this feature did not exist at all.

Apparently, for AirDrop to work natively (with Lion and Mountain Lion, only) Apple requires the existence of “hardware necessary to support a certain type of point-to-point Wi-Fi connection” that is probably not present on older models.

Thankfully, it appears that it is possible to allow “unsupported” Macs to enable this functionality, too, via a simple Terminal.app command, as with all good things on OS X:

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1

Whether it works well or not, that is another story!

After successfully entering the command above, it is advised to either relaunch Finder or simply reboot the computer. This system setting appears to be permanent, after each reboot.

People reported that even for newer models, I need to activate this feature on every Mac in my local network in order to use it properly, including ethernet-only connected Macs.

To disable this feature, I only need to set the last digit back to zero, of course:

Airdrop Hack For Older Macs 2019

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 0

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I am quite happy this “hack” still works under Mountain Lion 10.8.0 and 10.8.1, so if you have an older Mac computer that can still run Lion or Mountain Lion natively, no need to go jealous on the AirDrop functionality of newer computers!

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My thanks to OSXDaily.com for posting the original tip of the anonymous user over MacOSXHints.com.

Update: Looks like it works fine with my MacBook Pro (2007) via Wi-Fi and my Hackintosh via Ethernet! (both running Mountain Lion 10.8.2)