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Continuity-Activation-Tool
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dokterdok / Continuity-Activation-Tool

Continuity-Activation-Tool

An all-in-one tool to activate and diagnose macOS 10.10-12 Continuity on compatible Mac configurations.

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What it is

An all-in-one tool to activate and diagnose macOS 10.10-12 Continuity on compatible Mac configurations.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-10-23 19:09:10 UTC to 2015-04-26 02:55:31 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsOct 202014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-12-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJan 192015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-02-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-02-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-02-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-02-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-03-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-03-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-03-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-03-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-03-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-03-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-04-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-04-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsApr 20

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Oct 202014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC110
Oct 272014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 32014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 102014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 172014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 242014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 12014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 82014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 152014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 222014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-29 00:00:00 UTC101
Dec 292014-12-29 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 52015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 122015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 192015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 262015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC2015-02-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22015-02-02 00:00:00 UTC2015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 92015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC2015-02-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 162015-02-16 00:00:00 UTC2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 232015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC2015-03-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 22015-03-02 00:00:00 UTC2015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 92015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC2015-03-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 162015-03-16 00:00:00 UTC2015-03-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 232015-03-23 00:00:00 UTC2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 302015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC2015-04-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 62015-04-06 00:00:00 UTC2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 132015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 202015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

3 sources
kmowery·Dec 24, 2014
It's a little less clear than that, unfortunately. Apple chose to not support third-party Bluetooth LE dongles, which might be a reasonable engineering limitation. However, if you upgrade your Mac with a BT-LE capable board used by other Continuity-capable Macs, you still can't use Continuity by default; you need to patch some kexts and disable kernel kext signing[1]. It really does feel like Apple blacklisted older machines from using Continuity; only third-party kext hacking can get things started again. [1] https://github.com/dokterdok/Continuity-Activation-Tool/
In UI Performance Decline – OS X Tiger to Yosemite [video]

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