Is it possible to get Bluetooth & Wifi working on a B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI?

[vanquish]

I have been spending a lot of time and money trying to get working wifi and Bluetooth on my Catalina 10.15.7 system, but I have had no success at all.

Has anyone else done it? Or is it just not possible to use the board's built-in Intel® Dual Band 802.11ac Wave2 WIFI & BT 5?

 

[AudioGod]

Yes it is indeed.

OpenIntelWireless

Unofficial open source Intel Wireless projects for macOS - OpenIntelWireless

github.com

 

[vanquish]

Yes it is indeed.

OpenIntelWireless

Unofficial open source Intel Wireless projects for macOS - OpenIntelWireless

github.com

Thanks for that. I downloaded the files but I have absolutely no idea what to do with them

 

[AudioGod]

You need this kext for wifi

https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/itlwm/releases/download/v1.3.0/AirportItlwm_v1.3.0_stable_BigSur.kext.zip

and these 2 kexts for bluetooth

https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/IntelBluetoothFirmware/releases/download/1.1.2/IntelBluetooth.zip

put the kexts in your kext folder and then add them to your kernel in your config.plist.

 

[vanquish]

Ok so I actually got the Bluetooth and Wifi working on my B450 I Pro WiFi. Thanks for your help with that AudioGod I had to use Heliport for the wifi though but that's fine. Speeds are actually as good if not better than when I was connected via Ethernet. The only thing that doesn't work is Airdrop. I cannot see any option for it, although I am sure it was in my control panel before.

If I open an image in preview and then click share, it doesn't show in the list but if I click on "more" I can see Airdrop but and it is ticked but greyed out.

 

[OG Deltwin]

Try: System Preferences > Network, and System Preferences > Bluetooth to turn those connections off. Wait a few seconds then turn them back on.

 

[vanquish]

Try: System Preferences > Network, and System Preferences > Bluetooth to turn those connections off. Wait a few seconds then turn them back on.

Thanks for the suggestion but I am not quite sure I understand?

I can go to System Preferences/Network but there are no other System Preferences after that.

Or did you just mean System Preferences/Bluetooth? And turn what connections off? There is nothing in the Bluetooth options other than to display the currently connected devices.

Maybe I am misunderstanding?

 

[OG Deltwin]

Thanks for the suggestion but I am not quite sure I understand?

I can go to System Preferences/Network but there are no other System Preferences after that.

Or did you just mean System Preferences/Bluetooth? And turn what connections off? There is nothing in the Bluetooth options other than to display the currently connected devices.

Maybe I am misunderstanding?

Yep, you right 😅
Try adding in your kext folder RehabMan's BrcmPathRAM this problably resolve the problem. (NB: idk if this is not needed in the new version of OpenCore)