Re: [Tails-dev] Macbook support and bugs, Wifi Macbook

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Author: Vox
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Macbook support and bugs, Wifi Macbook
On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:44:56 -0500
Ansy Walscot <tailsos@???> wrote:

> Hello,
> 1) Just installed tails os from here
> https://tails.boum.org/news/test_UEFI/index.en.html on my macbook pro
> retina 13. Everything was great until I made reboot or shutting my
> laptop down. Look at the screenshot from my mac
> https://www.sendspace.com/file/zkwda4
>
> My system does not power off automatically, and I guest this
> screenshot contains error about wiping the memory.
>
> 2) The second worst thing is that i can't use Wifi. I tried to read
> many manuals but I always get errors when I try to install any
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As for your problem with shutdown/memory wipe; take a look here:
https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/index.en.html#index13h2

Your wifi problem with your mac is because Tails, being based on
Debian, does not come compiled with the driver to support the
particular Broadcom chip that powers your Airport card. Depending on
the year/model of your Macbook Pro you may have a few different options:

1.) No Wifi--Use either the ethernet connection.
    1.a) If you have a newer model of macbook pro that doesn't have
    an ethernet jack, but instead only has a thunderbolt port, you
    can use Apple's Thunderbolt-to-ethernet cable and then connect
     hard-wired via that.


2.) Wifi without modifying Tails:
    The easiest thing to do is to purchase a USB WIFI dongle that
    uses a chipset already supported.  You can find many places to
    find supported dongles.  A good place to look would be:


    https://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb

    
    ....which includes the Linksys WUSB54GC v3--which I have tested
    & works fine.  These dongles usually run anywhere from $15-30
    USD.