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With the definitive release of the new Apple operating system, many users have experienced first hand the complete loss of Wi-Fi and some Apple services such as (Airdrop, Imessage, Facetime, photobooth) especially for Apple users with iPhone mobile phones the problem is annoying as you lose some conveniences that having an Apple ecosystem allowed in previous OS up to macOS Ventura. A tool, OCLP, or OpenCore Legacy Patcher in full, comes to our aid. It is a tool designed for "original" Macs, but which also comes in handy for those who use Hackintosh systems. There are important compromises to accept (it is not the job of this post to explain them), but once accepted it is possible to use the wifi cards that were previously recognized also on the latest Apple OS To date you must use the "nightly" version of OCLP as the release is not yet available with Sonoma support, below is the link: OCLP (latest) Below are the steps to prepare our system for the installation of OCLP: 1) install macOS Sonoma by updating kexts and bootloader to the latest versions 2) edit the config.plist and set SecureBootModel to Disabled* (in misc/Security section of your config.plist) 3) block com.apple.iokit.IOSkywalkFamily 4) add the kexts and a dependency in the OC's appropriate folder and declare them in the config.plist as shown in the pictures below: IOSkywalkFamily.kext IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC.kext 5) use a soft unlock for SIP**: 03080000 6) use a boot-arg for AMFI***: amfi=0x80 or use AMFIPass.kext and -amfipassbeta boo-targ*** 7) if you also use different operating systems remember to set the min kernel for the block and kext in the appropriate section of the config.plist * After OCLP is installed is possible to set SecureBootModel as you like ** After OCLP is installed is possible to set SIP to 0008000 (sip Enabled 0x800) *** it is only possible to use a kext and a bootarg for this step and this step could solve crash in some apps like Dropbox , Firefox and Whatsapp (AMFIPass.kext and -amfipassbeta boot-arg or only use the kext if it is 1.4 or newer release (https://macos86.it/topic/6463-oclp-il-wi-fi-è-tornato-in-macos-sonoma/?do=findComment&comment=143907 ) Example for the modification to be made for point 3): Example for the modification to be made for point 4): After copying the two kexts IOSkywalkFamily.kext and IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext, declare them in the config with the order shown in the photograph (the third is inside the main kext) Example for the modification to be carried out for points 5) and 6): boot-arg amfi0x80 e csr-active-config 03080000 Once these changes have been made, you need to restart OSX At the OpenCore menu it is strongly recommended to reset NVRAm and check that SIP is disabled at this point. After logging in it is now possible to launch OCLP (taken from the link posted just above in this thread). OCLP adds a service that requires acceptance. You will have the options available in the image below: Click on Post-Install Root Patch and then click on start root patching: OCLP will ask to be relaunched as root, enter your password and let the software make its changes in a few seconds OCLP will ask to restart and if everything went well the next restart you will be able to enjoy your fully functional wifi! 🙂 For more informations about OCLP: AMFIPass1.4.kext.zip kexts.zip