IntelBluetoothFirmware VS BrcmPatchRAM

Compare IntelBluetoothFirmware vs BrcmPatchRAM and see what are their differences.

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IntelBluetoothFirmware BrcmPatchRAM
45 44
2,395 998
0.9% 1.1%
6.1 5.3
4 days ago 3 months ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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IntelBluetoothFirmware

Posts with mentions or reviews of IntelBluetoothFirmware. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-01.

BrcmPatchRAM

Posts with mentions or reviews of BrcmPatchRAM. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-05.
  • Intel i3 8100 & UHD 630 | macOS Monterey
    4 projects | /r/hackintosh | 5 Jun 2023
    I found two solutions. The first is a kext named "BlueToolFixup.kext" (https://github.com/acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM) to make the UB400 work on higher versions. The second solution is a program that makes wireless USB adapters functional even though no drivers were available from the manufacturer (https://github.com/chris1111/Wireless-USB-OC-Big-Sur-Adapter/releases/tag/V16).
  • macOS 12+ Dell Broadcom cards (DW1560 & DW1830) issues
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 12 Feb 2023
    Dell DW1830 (BCM943602, 20703A) Monterey 12.6.3, using BrcmPatchRAM/BluetoolFixup. Airdrop/Continuity/Handoff, etc, all working fine.
  • [HELP] i2c trackpad forcefully not recogonized
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 27 Jan 2023
    Download WhateverGreen.kext, Lilu.kext, VirtualSMC.kext that all can be found here on github, and also BluetoolFixup.kext from the BrcmPatchRam zip here.
  • Monterey on Atermiter X79 + E5-2620v2 + AMD RX6600 | OpenCore 0.8.6
    5 projects | /r/hackintosh | 19 Nov 2022
    Bluetooth: Here it becomes a bit tricky. It seems that Apple dropped support for some bluetooth devices with Monterey. My USB dongle "CSR 4.0 Bluetooth USB card (Qualcomm/Cambridge Silicon Radio CSR8510)" is a cheapo one, but worked out of the box on Catalina. To get it working on Monterey I had to use BrcmPatchRAM from the acidenthera team.
  • No kext is working please help!
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 20 Sep 2022
    Im using BlueToolFixup for Bluetooth
  • MacOS Monterey 12.4 on Lenovo Thinkpad X260 - Type 20F5 (2016) - Opencore
    10 projects | /r/hackintosh | 23 Jul 2022
    Wifi (itlwm, Use Airport-Monterey) and Bluetooth (IntelBluetoothFirmware, Don't follow their Monterey instructions. Also use BlueToolFixup from BrcmPatchRAM)
  • Lenovo T530. BigSur 11.6.4/OC 0.7.8
    8 projects | /r/hackintosh | 27 Feb 2022
    It's actually more to do with the type of Bluetooth Card, than the WiFi. My Bluetooth is already supported (Built in Broadcom 20702) via BlueToolFixup. I've been down this road before with the BCM94322 (Or Dell DW1510) on a SandyBridge Machine. It's a crapshoot, and the 'fix' for me in the past was to stick to Catalina, where it all works with minimal patching.
  • how to make bcm43142 work in mac os catalina 10.15 ?
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 24 Feb 2022
    https://github.com/acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM see only bluetooth is supported i made it aldready but cant work properly!
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 24 Feb 2022
    wifi is not supported but bluetooth is supported see github https://github.com/acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM
  • BCM94360NG question!
    4 projects | /r/hackintosh | 7 Jan 2022
    I recently installed BCM94360NG, I used adaptor for this card, I downloaded and installed the drivers for windows 10, and AirportBrcmFixup and BrcmPatchRAM kexts for Big Sur, I used the same antenna used for original card. However; I don't get any good signal in either windows 10 nor in Big Sur, it shows only 2 to 3 networks with one to no bars!

What are some alternatives?

When comparing IntelBluetoothFirmware and BrcmPatchRAM you can also consider the following projects:

AirportBrcmFixup - An open source kernel extension providing a set of patches required for non-native Airport Broadcom Wi-Fi cards.

itlwm - Intel Wi-Fi Drivers for macOS

build-repo

OpenCore-Install-Guide - Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide

Sinetek-rtsx - macOS driver for Realtek SD card readers.

NUC8i7BEH-Hackintosh-Build - [GUIDE] Installing macOS Mojave (10.14.x) on Intel NUC8i7BEH using Clover UEFI

opencore

OpenCorePkg - OpenCore bootloader

CPUFriend - Dynamic macOS CPU power management data injection

OSX_EFI_Asus_Z490_MAXIMUS_FORMULA - Asus ROG Z490 MAXIMUS XII FORMULA , Intel 10700k

RestrictEvents

VoodooSMBus - i2c-i801 driver port for macOS X + ELAN SMBus macOS X driver for Thinkpad T480s, L380, P52