Came across an article earlier which mentioned Apple’s removed driver support for certain Bluetooth and Wi-Fi cards instrumental in current Hackintosh builds. Is this not something that eventually happens with all old hardware at some point? Could someone not potentially write in their own driver supports, or some other method be used to bypass this issue? Maybe I’ve already shown it, but I’m not especially tech savvy.
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It’s not because of Apple Silicon. That would *eventually* kill Hackintosh, but not while Mac OS still supports Intel CPUs. The problem is that Mac OS has replaced its old driver system (kernel extensions) with a new one (userspace DriverKit). Many Mac OS features only work with specific wireless chips. Apple has used custom wireless chips for a while, and the supported chips that are publicly available don’t have new-style drivers. Someone *could* probably write new drivers, but no one has. (The chip-dependent features might still not work even if someone did.)
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