Awesome
FeatureUnlock
Lilu Kernel extension for enabling:
- Sidecar
- NightShift
- AirPlay to Mac or additional info here
- Universal Control
- Continuity Camera
# Sidecar Unlock
MacBook8,1
MacBookAir5,x - MacBookAir7,x
MacBookPro9,x - MacBookPro12,x
Macmini6,x - Macmini7,1
MacPro5,1 - MacPro6,1
iMac13,x - iMac16,x
# Sidecar
iPad4,x - iPad5,x
iPad6,11 - iPad6,12
# AirPlay to Mac Unlock
MacBook8,1
MacBookAir5,x - MacBookAir7,x
MacBookPro9,x - MacBookPro14,x
Macmini6,x - Macmini8,1
MacPro5,1 - MacPro6,1
iMac13,x - iMac18,x
Systems with 'kern.hv_vmm_present' set to as 1 (Ventura and newer)
# NightShift Unlock
MacBook1,1 - MacBook7,1
MacBookAir1,1 - MacBookAir4,x
MacBookPro1,1 - MacBookPro8,x
Macmini1,1 - Macmini5,x
MacPro1,1 - MacPro5,1
iMac4,1 - iMac12,x
# Universal Control Unlock
MacBookAir7,x
MacBookPro11,4 - MacBookPro12,1
Macmini7,1
MacPro6,1
iMac16,x
# Continuity Camera
Systems with pre-Kaby Lake CPUIDs
Additional Notes
-
NightShift (macOS 10.12.4+)
-
AirPlay to Mac (macOS 12.0+)
-
Continuity Camera (macOS 13.0+)
-
Universal Control (macOS 12.3+)
- Requires minimum of Wifi N and Bluetooth 4.0 for wireless, wired is supported between iPad and Mac as an alternative
- Note all parties check each other for compatibility, thus requiring FeatureUnlock on all models in the chain
- Seen as
Ineligible Device Found Md MacBookPro11,4, SV 340.17.2
in Console underUniversalControl: com.apple.universalcontrol
- Recommend using a different SMBIOS if possible, otherwise use
-force_uc_unlock
for machines that are not blacklisted but are connecting with a blacklisted model. - Due to the nature of requiring FeatureUnlock for both models, Apple Silicon and iPads will not work
- Seen as
-
Sidecar (macOS 10.15.0+)
- Requires minimum of Wifi N and Bluetooth 4.0 for wireless, wired is supported between iPad and Mac as an alternative
- Requires a machine with an Intel iGPU active for reliable usage, most dGPU-only machines will experience difficulties. An H.265 capable iGPU is recommended for best streaming quality.
- AMD dGPU-only machines may work if using an iMac19,x or iMac20,x SMBIOS with
gvaForceAMDKE
setting applied:
defaults write com.apple.AppleGVA gvaForceAMDKE -boolean yes
Boot arguments
-caroff
(or-liluoff
) to disable-cardbg
(or-liludbgall
) to enable verbose logging (in DEBUG builds)-carbeta
(or-lilubetaall
) to enable on macOS newer than 15-allow_sidecar_ipad
enables Sidecar support for unsupported iPads-disable_sidecar_mac
disables Sidecar/AirPlay/Universal Control patches-disable_nightshift
disables NightShift patches-force_uni_control
forces Universal Control patching even when model doesn't require
Credits
- Apple for macOS
- vit9696 for Lilu.kext
- khronokernel for developing AirPlay to Mac and Universal Control patch sets and maintaining Sidecar patch set
- Osy and DhinakG for Polaris22Fixup base
- Ben-z for original SidecarCore patch set
- Pike R. Alpha and cdf for NightShift patch set
- EduCovas for original Continuity Camera patch discovery