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Will Airport on clamshell iBook work in OS 8.5?
Posted by: mvallance on 2016-03-18 20:00:10
Will Airport WiFi on clamshell iBook work in OS 8.5?

Thanks.

Posted by: 360alaska on 2016-03-18 20:43:21
I'm pretty sure you'll need at least 8.6

Posted by: CC_333 on 2016-03-18 21:50:58
I wonder though, could one transplant the extensions from 8.6+ and expect them to work?

Has anyone ever actually tried this? Since no AirPort-equipped Mac has ever officially supported Mac OS 8.5, I'm not surprised if nobody has.

This would make for a fascinating experiment!

c

Posted by: mvallance on 2016-03-25 03:30:20
I'll install 9.1

Posted by: rsolberg on 2016-03-25 11:39:57
I know that simply copying the Airport extensions/control panel from 9.1 to 8.5 does not work. Things got crashy/freezy as soon as I tried to turn on the radio. (Orinoco Silver card in my Wallstreet) The 9.1 extensions work perfectly under 8.6 though.

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