rcork Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Here's a great tip from Mac OSX Hints (Enable AirDrop on Macs without supported wireless hardware) defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCE Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Here's a great tip from Mac OSX Hints (Enable AirDrop on Macs without supported wireless hardware) defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1 Great find! It actually works, I just have to have the AirDrop icon selected in the Finder sidebar for both computers for them to show up. Once I did that, they became visible and I could transfer files with no problems. It would be great if the nearby computers would be visible by default... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcork Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Great find! It actually works, I just have to have the AirDrop icon selected in the Finder sidebar for both computers for them to show up. Once I did that, they became visible and I could transfer files with no problems. It would be great if the nearby computers would be visible by default... Even on a real Mac, both systems have to have Finder open and AirDrop selected. That's just how AirDrop works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCE Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Even on a real Mac, both systems have to have Finder open and AirDrop selected. That's just how AirDrop works. I didn't know that, thanks for the info. Well then, I guess this is as good as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoguy Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 this is cool, finally the p2p copy airport wireless interface failed error message in the console is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagdesign Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Great find! Thanks for sharing After this: defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1 Also write this: killall Finder && open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app And you're done, you can check your System Profiler>Network>Wi-Fi and see for yourself. Thanks rcock and also thanks to http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?stor...110913213649565 and this http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?stor...040113194616545 Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 thanks man!!! it works with my BCM94321MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartie77 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 ralink 2870 ( sitecom wl-608 ) usb dongle .. thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poch333 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Thank you! This works on my no-name USB WiFi dongle with RTL8187 chipset. Previously had the annoying "copyPrimaryAirPortInterface::ACInterfaceDeviceNameCopy returned NULL" errors in the console but this fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN95 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Excellent find - Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsin Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Ich habe mal Schnell ein ShowAirDrop.app geschrieben. I've written a quick ShowAirDrop.app. ShowAirDrop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Great find! -Stell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN95 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Ich habe mal Schnell ein ShowAirDrop.app geschrieben. I've written a quick ShowAirDrop.app. That's cool. However, checked your script and it does not include the Finder re-initialise command as recommended by Vagdesign (See Above). It would be nice to have it as an option. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsin Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Der Finder wird neugestartet. The Finder is restarted. defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 0;killall Finder defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1;killall Finder Ich habe mal ein Video gemacht. Es geht mit den ShowAirDrop sehr gut. I once made a video. It goes very well with the ShowAirDrop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eH_y6T3pN0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN95 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Der Finder wird neugestartet. The Finder is restarted. Artsin, Thanks ! Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricola Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Thanks Artsin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Freeman Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Used this to stop my console being spammed. Great! Slowing fixing all those Lion anoyances. You can also enable this with OnyX (in the Parameters section). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Freeman Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Is there any way to enable this system-wide? I've tried "defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1" but while it writes the prefs file alright, the AirDrop icon doesn't appear. It only seems to work when enabled at the user level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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