Estimote Ibeacon couldnt detect with Mac late 2011 - ios

Question

I am Ahmet. I have been trying to solve a problem for 3 days, that I have about communicating with Estimote beacon first time. (I am quite new on beacons), I have read a lot of articles and looked for many example codes. Even tried the Estimote example app (provided in the Estimote SDK file). Some how I could not find the beacons through the code that I have written and example code (app) in the SDK file. But estimote application on the app store works fine.
I am using MacBookPro late 2011 version.
If you help me about this, I would appreciated that. My purpose is to communicate first, then the rest will come. I cannot go out from the house, so I have written the code in that way.
Here is the code that I am using.
//MainViewController.h
#interface MainViewController : UIViewController<CLLocationManagerDelegate>
#property(nonatomic, strong)CLBeaconRegion *beaconRegion;
#property(nonatomic, strong)CLLocationManager *locationManager;
#end
#implementation MainViewController
(void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc]init];
self.locationManager.delegate = self;
[self initRegion];
[self locationManager:self.locationManager didStartMonitoringForRegion:self.beaconRegion];
}
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didStartMonitoringForRegion:(CLRegion *)region {
NSLog(#"did start monitoring");
[self.locationManager startRangingBeaconsInRegion:self.beaconRegion];
}
-(void)initRegion
{
NSLog(#"Init Region");
NSUUID *uuid = [[NSUUID alloc]initWithUUIDString:#"B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D"];
self.beaconRegion = [[CLBeaconRegion alloc]initWithProximityUUID:uuid identifier:#"identifier"] ;
[self.locationManager startMonitoringForRegion:self.beaconRegion];
}
-(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didEnterRegion:(CLRegion *)region
{
NSLog(#"Did enter region"); // never called
[self.locationManager startRangingBeaconsInRegion:self.beaconRegion];
}
-(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didExitRegion:(CLRegion *)region
{
NSLog(#"Did exit region"); // never called
[self.locationManager stopRangingBeaconsInRegion:self.beaconRegion];
NSLog(#"NO Beacon Found...");
}
-(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didRangeBeacons:(NSArray *)beacons inRegion:(CLBeaconRegion *)region
{
NSLog(#"did range Beacons");
CLBeacon *beacon = [[CLBeacon alloc]init];
beacon = [beacons lastObject];
NSLog(#"BEACON FOUND");
NSLog(#"Proximity UUID: %#",beacon.proximityUUID.UUIDString);
NSLog(#"MAJOR ID: %#", beacon.major);
NSLog(#"MINOR ID: %#", beacon.minor);
}
#end

Answer 1

According to MacTracker, your MacBookPro is not compatible.
Apple put a Bluetooth Low-Energy chip in its MacBook Pro starting with the Mid 2012.
Since iBeacon use in reality BLE (which is hidden, at least in the iOS part: CLBeacon vs CoreBluetooth), you won't detect iBeacon with your MBP, except if you may have a special BLE chip (extern, as some USB one we can find in the market).
To verify if you laptop is BLE compatible, I'd suggest you read this on SuperUser.