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opencore legacy patcher

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    Black screen on 4K monitor with unsupported Mac Mini 2011 and OpenCore Legacy Patcher

    Hello! I have an old Mac Mini 2011 that I upgraded to Monterey thanks to Opencore Legacy Patcher. It works perfectly with HDMI on a 1080p monitor, but on a 4K monitor it shows a black screen :-( The signal seems to be received by the 4K monitor, since it doesn’t show ”No signal”. Does anyone...
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    Macbook Pro 2011 8,2 Big Sir non-metal issue with Opencore 0.4.2

    Macbook Pro 2011 8,2 Big Sir non-metal issue with Opencore 0.4.2 Original OSX was High Sierra, and have time machine to network server. Used OpenCore 0.4.6. Modified the USb installer. Doesn't finish the install, and gets to the last minute of the upgrade and hangs. If I stop it, the...
  3. FabriBonaparte1

    Mac mini late 2009

    Thank you too all, finally made it after one month of tinkering, installed Dosdude first then write over with Opencore for it to works. Thank you to all of you for your hard work. I am not rich but, finally I can have the Mac I dream about when I was younger.
  4. AdamDonner

    MP 6,1 Mac Pro 6,1 Opencore Ventura video does not work

    Hello, I have installed Ventura using OCLP along with the post install patches and video will not play. TV does not work even Hulu and Netflix nothing. Any ideas what I could do to fix this issue. I am running a late 2013 trashcan. Thanks in advance. Adam
  5. ZNDK

    OpenCore on MacBook Pro 2012

    I installed Monterery using the OpenCore Legacy Patcher 5.1 on a MacBook Pro 2012 (non-retina) that had served its original purpose. I used that Mac (macOS 12.6.1) for a few days and was presented with the macOS 12.6.1 software update again. I applied that updater with some doubts, and the user...
  6. DominikHoffmann

    OpenCore Legacy Patcher not supporting a Late 2014 Mac mini?

    I have a Late 2014 Mac mini (Macmini7,1). According to the OpenCore Legacy Patcher Supported Models page, Macmini7,1 is not even included in the tables. Is this, because No one has contributed details and testing results for this model, or the Late 2014 Mac mini has certain hardware...
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    OpenCore Legacy Patcher not populating assets.

    I did an unsupported update through Open Core Legacy and it worked. Then I did a Mac migration and everything stopped working. I tried formating me HD through the disk utility and did a reinstall of the OS. Suddenly it installed Yosemite and now when I want to install Monterey like I did...
  8. ylluminate

    Resolved How to force MacPro5,1 integrated SATA bus drives appear as external (non built-in) in macOS with OpenCore?

    I have a scenario where I'd like to flip the default behavior one sees with OpenCore (specifically OpenCore Legacy Patcher) wherein the integrated SATA controller on a MacPro5,1 shows all attached drives internal (aka `built-in`) drives. Note this behavior is defined in the DeviceProperties...
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    OCLP MacBook Air late 2009, unable to enter to internet recovery mode.

    Hello, I installed Monterey 12.3.1 on MacBook Air 2009, just for the hell of it, has no battery and Monterey is hella slow. Now I want to go back to el captain, but now the internet recovery mode does not work anymore. Seems like OCLP modified the UEFI stock files for booting into internet...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 OpenCore Legacy Patcher Not Booting

    I have a early 2009 Mac Pro running Mojave (via dosdude). I had successfully installed Monterey 12.3.1 onto a disk partition using OpenCore Legacy Patcher. However my second monitor was not working in 12.3.1 in so I erased the partition and the USB drive with disk utility, And made a new USB...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 2010 5,1 Mac Pro, Monterey, OpenCore Legacy Patcher, OSXWifi bluetooth wifi upgrade

    Currently running Monterey 12.3.1 on a 2010 5,1 Mac Pro desktop. Installed it using OpenCore Legacy Patcher v0.4.4 . I did the post-install root patching as the patcher showed I needed Networking - Legacy Wireless. Both the original Apple bluetooth and Wifi card are working flawlessly. My...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Best and safe way for install MultiBoot OS (TripleBoot: MacOS, Windows, Linux) on MacPro 4.1/5.1

    Hello. I have MacPro 4.1 2009. I flashed it to 5.1, then put Nvidia GT710 (because it have Metal), flashed to firmware to 144.0.0.0.0 and install MacOS 10.13 on NVME via 2$ aliexpress PCI-E NVME adapter. Next I want: buy RX 580 video card reinstall MacOS 10.13 on 12.3 wia OpenCore...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Kernel Panic - Mac Pro 5,1 with OpenCore Patcher

    Hello - I have a Mac Pro 5,1 2010 Model Name: Mac Pro Model Identifier: MacPro5,1 Processor Name: 6-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz Number of Processors: 2 Total Number of Cores: 12 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache (per Processor): 12 MB...
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    disconnect: persistent enumeration failures

    Hello, Sorry if this has already been discussed elsewhere but I wasn't able to find a solution to my specific problem. I'm trying to upgrade a mid-2007 iMac to Monterey through Opencore Legacy Patcher after upgrading SSD, RAM and CPU (T9300). After booting into Startup Manager and selecting...
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    No PATA support with Monterey? OpenCore Legacy Patcher and Early 2008 MacBook Pro.

    No PATA support with Monterey. OpenCore Legacy Patcher and Early 2008 MacBook Pro. With dosdude1 Catalina the PATA DVD player worked great. Recently wiped SSD and installed Big Sur then Monterey on this 17" Early MacBook Pro via OpenCore Legacy Patcher. Monterey has fewer graphics aberrations...
  16. Moorgan

    MP 1,1-5,1 Sony Bravia says no signal when Mac Pro is in Startup Manager

    I’m trying to update the OS of my 2008 Mac Pro from El Capitan to Monterrey using a 3rd party utility that configures Macs with dropped support to work with it (OpenCore Legacy Patcher). When installing I put it on the internal I only use for Time Machine as it had the free space and I didn’t...