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MP 1,1-5,1 USB ports problems MAC PRO 3,1
Hello! I need help from the collective intelligence and experience of this group: The native USB ports on my Mac Pro 3.1 are blocked, so I can't connect the keyboard or mouse to it, so I can't select for example from What disk to boot. Bluetooth also stopped working when connected internally via...- Gonbizarro
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- bluethoot catalina patcher dosdude dosdude catalina patcher mac pro 3.1 usb mp 3.1
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dosdude1 Catalina Patch
What is the most stable version of dosdude1 catalina patch for a MacBook pro 5.4 mid 2009 with El Capitan?- dedosmetros
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- dosdude catalina patcher dosdude1's
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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MP 1,1-5,1 DID I MESS UP? RX5700xt on catalina
I was on highsierra and used dosdude to upgrade to catalina 10.15.7 while still using the ati 5770. Everything is fine and Catalina works. Went to swap the GPU to rx5700xt and nothing is showing up on my computer screen, it's just black. Boot ROM Version: MP51.0089.B00 Is this the... -
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 2009 (How to erase HD and reinstall Catalina)?
Hi, I have an upgraded / patched Mac Pro (was 4,1 now 5,1) and has the Dosdude patch to allow Catalina run. It's all running great but I want to erase the HD to give it to someone else and I'm not quite clear on how to do it... When I restart I always get a black screen for a few seconds with... -
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A1286 stuck during boot after motherboard upgrade
Hello everyone, a couple of days ago I finally decided to replace the motherboard of my old MacBook pro 2011 with another one from 2012 year. The reason is obvious and sad - dedicated GPU issues. So my previous motherboard model is 820-2915-A, and the new one is 820-3330-B. I swapped...- kirillcy
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- a1286 dosdude catalina patcher macbook 15 2011 motherboard panic crash
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Dosdude patcher black screen
Hi, im new here and i woul like some help since i cant find anything on the topic, i have a mid 2011 imac, i was running Sierra and i need an update because i cant have office or anything so i decided to buy a graphics card (k1100m) and try to update with dosdude patcher now i have a black... -
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MP 1,1-5,1 Hardware Acceleration on Mac Pro 3,1 with Catalina and RX580
Hello, I have installed the DosDude1 Catalina patcher on my MP3,1 and an AMD RX580 MSI graphics card into the tower. The Mac works flawlessly except for one thing. I am using the setup for editing in FCP and Premiere and would like to take advantage of the card with renders and encoding. For...- MacaroniFish
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- 2008 mp catalina gpu dosdude catalina patcher legacy mac mac 3.1 mp 3.1 rx580 mac
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Mac Pro (2009) using Catalina patcher: Cannot install command line developer tools etc.
I used Dosdude's Catalina patcher to update my Mac Pro 4.1. Works fine so far but when I try to install command line developer tools, it aborts in the last part of the installation process. Same goes for Intel Python distribution, also aborts just saying "Installation of components has failed"...- h-a-n-n-e-s
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- developer tools dosdude catalina patcher mac pro (2009)
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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MP 1,1-5,1 MP3, 1 with Catalina unable to Recovery Mode & Boot from USB Installer
Hi, My MP 3,1 (2008) has installed "Catalina" and run smoothly! Question: 1) There's definitely NO Recovery Mode for DosDude version? Any alternative way? 2) I'm not able to "Option + Power" to launch the boot from USB Installer. What's your suggestion?- mactreouser
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- dosdude catalina patcher macpro 3.1 recovery mode unable to boot from usb
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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MP 1,1-5,1 No Audio Device found with Catalina Patcher
Hello, Today I did setup my new desk / found the time to do it - as I moved back to France after few years abroad. I did purchase a while ago (more than 10 years) a 2.1 Harman Kardon speakers and decided to connect it to my MacPro for the first time. I never needed until now to use the external...- superparati
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- dosdude catalina patcher macpro 2009 sound
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iMac 12.2 (mid 2011) have Problems with Catalina (DosDude Catalina Patcher)
Hello, last year I had to equip my iMac 12.2 with a new graphics card (Quadro K1100M 2 GB) and so far I had no problems with Mac OS High Sierra. But since many apps (e.g. Office or Fusion) require a higher operating system, I took the plunge and installed Mac OS X Catalina using DosDudes...- NewbiePete
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- dosdude catalina patcher imac mid 2011 nvidia quadro k1100m
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- Forum: iMac
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Unsupported Catalina Install - but specific questions.
My system: - MacPro 5,1 2 x2.66 6-core intel Xeon - 64 Gb ram - Radeon rx580 8gb - 4 SSDs in standard HD sled Bays - installed OpenCore… I did this because I was having computer issues last week…. trying to debug and test things I got to a point where I thought a boot picker...- iRabbit
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- 5 1 dosdude dosdude catalina patcher hackingtosh macpro macpro 5.1 mid 2010 open core opencore unsupported mac
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Logic Pro X Playhead Missing when using Catalina Dosdude Patcher
Hi to the interested, The iMac 27” 2010 (mid) “Processor“ 2.93GHz Intel Core i7 “Graphics” ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB running High Sierra 10.13.6 has Logic Pro X 10.3.1 and works well. I have partitioned the 4TB disk and using the ‘Dude Patcher’ have upgraded to Catalina 10.15.7 and the ATI...- TajahONeil
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- dosdude catalina patcher gpu upgrade imac 27" 2010 (mid) logic pro x
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Do you have a security soft on your mac?
Do you have a security soft on your mac? If so, which brand/model do you like/recommend? Hi, I'm an eternal beginner and new to here. Registered here to learn and acquire necessary knowledge to live safe with my laptop. My first mac was a MBP Mid2009 model, bought it new in the very debut year...- Super Real
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- big sur dosdude catalina patcher security soft
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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iMac Mid 2011 GPU acceleration problem after installing Catalina dosdude1 Patcher 2020
I installed successfully Catalina using dosdude1 patcher on my iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011). As it has "AMD Radeon HD 6750M 500MB" graphic card so GPU didn't work. i got no hardware acceleration which made my graphics performance laggy poor, sleep & brightness functions didn't work either. I tried...- ranaharoon
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- amd radeon hd 6750m 500mb ati radeon hd 4670 256mb catalina 10.15.7 dosdude catalina patcher gpu acceleration graphic problem imac mid 2011 21.5"
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Changing HD3000-VRAM on Macbook Pro 13 (early 2011) running Catalina
Hello Folks I’m new to this forum and joined for this particular topic. There are already many threads of changing the VRAM on my unsupported Macbook here and on other sites but the are all kinda long (posts over a couple of years) and some are not dedicated posts but mixed various questions...- erroratseek
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- catalina dosdude catalina patcher intel hd 3000 mbp early 2011
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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From macOS 10.15.2 (macOS Catalina Patcher) to 10.15.??? (Clover/MultiBeast) [unsupported macs]
Hi, I have an iMac (24-inch, Early 2009 - iMac9,1) and some time ago I installed properly macOS 10.15.2 Catalina through the utility "macOS Catalina patcher" developed by dosdude. I would like to update to a more recent the Catalina version so I want to know what are the recommended steps for a...- mcflay
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- catalina 10.15.2 catalina 10.15.7 dosdude catalina patcher unsupported mac upgrade
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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this copy of the install macos catalina application is damaged
Hello everybody! I have a Macbook Pro 2011 13'' and I'm trying to install dosdude1's Catalina but always get the error: this copy of the install macos catalina application is damaged, and can't be used to install macOS. I have downloaded 3 times the latest version of the patcher (1.4.4) and so...- yeinerfonseca
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- dosdude catalina patcher
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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MP 1,1-5,1 Remove Dosdude Patch Updater
Hi, I originally installed Catalina via Dosdude1's Catalina Patcher. It worked fine and all but I realized hardware acceleration for H.264 and HEVC wasn't working and updating to the latest version of MacOS was a chore. So I installed Opencore on my computer, those two previous problems were... -
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Would Catalina install on unsupported Mac with upgraded GPU without dosdude's patcher?
Hello there. Recently i was wondering about would catalina install on my 2011 27" iMac without dosdude's patcher if i upgrade GPU to Metal-compatible? I mean, as we all know, the only thing that doesn't allow us to install catalina is the videocard, that is non metal-compatible on old Macs. So...