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MP 1,1-5,1 12.7.6 Security update and OpenCore
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Still running Ventura on my MacPro 3.1 with OCLP and it works for almost anything fine.
I'm a bit afraid to break something crucial with Sonoma.
I'm a bit afraid to break something crucial with Sonoma.
Sure? Ever since Big Sur I could not get HDMI audio working on my Nvidia 780 graphics card.
On Mojave it did work when I quickly power cycled the monitor during booting. But since Big Sur it is gone. The HDMI audio on the gfx card is visible in the Hackintosh tool. The patched AppleHDA extension is lastest one but somehow it seems to be missing a codec and "pin setting". I could not find a good explanation how to change/correct it, what the values should be and the logic behind it all to understand it.
NVIDIA Kepler cards are not supported since Big Sur, so, OCLP is injecting Big Sur drivers to newer releases and this have adverse effects.
Actually I didn't want to update after Mojave, but HomeKit and the current Adobe software kind of forced me to.
I'm still amazed that Ventura actually runs relatively well on a 15 year old Mac Pro. Even Asphalt on Arcade plays well.
I'll try Sonoma in a while then. Waiting for a Mac mini M4 too
OK, I took a chance and just let my MacPro upgrade to Sonoma 14.6.1 this evening.
And to my surprise... HDMI audio works again!!!
At this moment the machine is a bit slower. iCloud, TimeMachine and Photo-analysis daemons occupy all CPU's very much. I let it run for a couple of hours and run Onyx to clean things up later.
Apple Music does crash though when I try accessing the AirPlay menu. That's annoying.
And to my surprise... HDMI audio works again!!!
At this moment the machine is a bit slower. iCloud, TimeMachine and Photo-analysis daemons occupy all CPU's very much. I let it run for a couple of hours and run Onyx to clean things up later.
Apple Music does crash though when I try accessing the AirPlay menu. That's annoying.
All unsupported Mac Pros have various issues related to the lack of AVX2 support after Monterey, it's a trade-off game.
You got HDMI audio working, nice, but lately you can find that some workflow/apps does not work anymore.
Indeed... HDMI audio worked until I did a reboot. It worked again once I installed the EFI again, but again only until the next reboot/power-up. No idea why this happens.
So far most applications I use still work. Enough until the moment I can orde a M4 Mac.
So far most applications I use still work. Enough until the moment I can orde a M4 Mac.
An update: this little trip with Sonoma 14.6.1 on my MacPro 2008 has ended. Even though I hardly used it, Wifi didn't work anymore and the suggested manual patch didn't work. But the biggest problem was bluetooth; after a couple of seconds I didn't touch the wireless keyboard or mouse, it lost the connection causing an annoying 2-3 second delay before I could type again. I tried a fresh clean install instead; problem remained.
Also the HDMI audio was lost again after just one reboot/shutdown.
I wanted to try Sonoma 14.3.1 because that version still had the Broadcom wifi support, unfortunately the full installer of this version is already removed from Apple's servers. Maybe someone here on MR has a private link where I can download?
Anyway... I'm now in the process of reinstalling Ventura again to have a working Mac again for now.
Also the HDMI audio was lost again after just one reboot/shutdown.
I wanted to try Sonoma 14.3.1 because that version still had the Broadcom wifi support, unfortunately the full installer of this version is already removed from Apple's servers. Maybe someone here on MR has a private link where I can download?
Anyway... I'm now in the process of reinstalling Ventura again to have a working Mac again for now.
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You are in luckm, I just used this to back level to Sonoma 14.3.1 as a bunch of files got encrypted at 14.4 which destroyed my airtag app. enjoy: https://archive.org/details/macos-14.3.1-usb-installer
Man... how can that destroy an AirTag app? Or is it a 3rd party app?
It's been a few weeks now since I've got Ventura fully restored (including all the data from the last TimeMachine backup). Even HDMI audio is working permanently. The newer OCLP (2.0.2) did solve the crashing when the MacPro went to sleep-mode (basically freezing the machine). This was solved by disabling mediaanalysisd. That also fixed the crash right before power down during the shutdown sequence - I always had a message that the machine had crashed when I turned it on.
I'm keeping the machine on Ventura for now, but I'm monitoring the OCLP pages for any developments. Maybe... just maybe I can upgrade to Sequoia some day.
This is a personal app that I developed using some apple data that's on my computer.
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Nice project, but I have say... the fact that they have started to encrypt those cache files is a hint to do a deeper research into the legal aspects of using Apple's BT-tag files this way for a business. Have you read about the External Accessory framework?
Nice project, but I have say... the fact that they have started to encrypt those cache files is a hint to do a deeper research into the legal aspects of using Apple's BT-tag files this way for a business. Have you read about the External Accessory framework?