I installed ubuntu xfce 23.04 on a 2014 macbook pro 11.1.

I’ve been trying to change the mac address with the cli, the same way I do with my main computer (with systemctl, NetworkManager and ip link), but nothing works, even though sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service shows the NetworkManager as disabled and ip link shows the network’s status as down

Bad luck and I cannot change the mac on any macboook?

ETA: on this computer there is a partition with macOS installed. Could this be the reason?

  • 2xsaiko
    6•3 months ago

    I’m assuming you’re talking about the Wi-Fi modem. Can it be changed on macOS? It should do it for Apple’s “Private Address” feature that’s on by default which randomizes the MAC, but I have no idea whether that works on that specific hardware. If it does, it’s probably some chip that Linux doesn’t know how to handle this for, is my guess. If it doesn’t, then the chip probably can’t do it at all.

    ETA: on this computer there is a partition with macOS installed. Could this be the reason?

    It just being installed? No