MP 1,1-5,1 Activate AMD hardware acceleration

[Auggie]

I just discovered that none of my iOS devices (iPhone 12 Pro, iPad Pro) are not being synced in Big Sur and don't show up in the Finder Sidebar for me to enable syncing. They do still charge, however. I'm using quality third-party USB cables that worked flawlessly under Mojave.

Is there a known issue with syncing iOS via OEM USB ports?

UPDATE: Using same cables, I plugged my phone to my 2015 MBP running Big Sur and it recognized the iPhone immediately, showed it under Locations, and began syncing.

So it's definitely NOT the cables...

 

[Chung123]

Has anyone upgraded to 11.3 final?

I updated yesterday straight from software update. (I made sure I carbon copied/cloned my startup disk first)

It took a while and the Mac restarted a few times. During the update it looked like nothing was happening and "hung" but it eventually progressed.

Today, I ran Bless OpenCore and also used Disk Utility to make sure everything was okay.

Seems rock solid.

 

[whackit]

I updated yesterday straight from software update. (I made sure I carbon copied/cloned my startup disk first)

It took a while and the Mac restarted a few times. During the update it looked like nothing was happening and "hung" but it eventually progressed.

Today, I ran Bless OpenCore and also used Disk Utility to make sure everything was okay.

Seems rock solid.

Was a messier than usual update. I had several hangs and aborted boots but eventually it worked.

 

[Stex]

@whackit and @Chung123, if you have a bit of time please head over to the following thread to post details of your system, specifically any PCIe add ons, and the rate of success in booting 11.3… much appreciated!

Mac OS 11.3 has broken support for older Mac Pros

Further on the installation of 11.3 on a Parallels virtual machine. I can confirm that creating a NEW virtual machine works, although I had to reset the machine once, as the initial installation just froze up. Something I've noticed is that my Parallels 11.1.2 VM was using an 80GB virtual disk...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[Synchro]

Has anyone upgraded to 11.3 final?

If you're running a 5,1 with PCIe SSD, DON'T DO IT!

I did, and it took me > 24h of reinstalling and restoring backups to get back to being operational.

Now I'm left in the annoying quandary of being stuck on 11.2.3 for the foreseeable future, complete with a set of known, unpatched security flaws. I just hope Apple brings out a developer-friendly machine in July...

 

[Dayo]

Follow-up question: Both machines had Windows 10 Pro legacy installed. I've read somewhere that UEFI Windows should be installed. Is this necessary?

The Server can start with a clean Windows 10, which I'm preparing to do, but the other cMP's Windows install had a lot of apps installed and I'd rather not hassle with reinstalling and tweaking them again.

install rEFInd+ to bridge boot legacy Windows.

It is "RefindPlus" btw. Yes, If you want to maintain your Legacy Windows, you can use this to manage stuff including OC.
The "MyBootMgr" thread linked in my signature has the automated setup process for RefindPlus and OpenCore.

 

[StudioT]

Was a messier than usual update. I had several hangs and aborted boots but eventually it worked.

Mine hung loads. Several reboots did nothing. Eventually I rebooted into safe mode just to see if that would help and it worked.

 

[Jigga Beef]

If you're running a 5,1 with PCIe SSD, DON'T DO IT!

I did, and it took me > 24h of reinstalling and restoring backups to get back to being operational.

Now I'm left in the annoying quandary of being stuck on 11.2.3 for the foreseeable future, complete with a set of known, unpatched security flaws. I just hope Apple brings out a developer-friendly machine in July...

I am running into this same issue! I updated (forgetting I was even running OpenCore). I was running NVME on a PCIE drive I have 2 bootable backups but I can't even get the BOotPicekr to run again so I can even restore them.

What steps were you able to take to get your system back up and running?

 

[amishallin]

What I understand so far is there are issues with NVME SSDs on PCIe cards and a card in slot 4 (top most slot) on Mac Pro 5,1s? My current setup is 2.5" SSD on PCIe card in slot 1, port for external bluetooth antenna in slot 1.5 cover, RX 580 in slot 2, sonnet usb 3.1 gen 2 card in slot 4. I have the RX 580 in slot 2 for cooler temps (40-50C opposed to 70+)

Also, I have an installation of Mojave I use for time machine backups before any update is installed from system update in a non officially supported OS. Would the time machine backup of my Big Sur partition revert the installation from 11.3 to where it was at the time of backup if I had issues? I've never actually used time machine for anything other than finding installers or other things I may need after I delete them.

I used the OpenCore method in this thread to install Big Sur (update from Catalina) since I was already using it for AMD acceleration.

I do have 1 empty SATA bay I could use for experimentation... I may play what that idea later.

 

[Synchro]

I am running into this same issue! I updated (forgetting I was even running OpenCore). I was running NVME on a PCIE drive I have 2 bootable backups but I can't even get the BOotPicekr to run again so I can even restore them.

What steps were you able to take to get your system back up and running?

Quite a few...

I'd expect that you could install a fresh OC onto a flash drive and use that while booting? You only need that to succeed once.

My OC installation is on a separate SATA SSD with Mojave installed, and that was unaffected by the upgrade. My main Big Sur system is on an NVME PCIe drive, and it just hung on boot after 11.3 auto-installed.

Because my boot volume is APFS, it's not readable from Mojave, so there was nothing I could do from there. I downloaded an 11.2.3 installer and burned it onto a flash drive, then booted from that, and installed 11.2.3 onto a spare HDD.
Then I booted into that, and I could at least see my drive. I took a manual copy of vital parts, even though I had a complete Time Machine backup (TM totally rocks!).
I tried installing over the top, but it won't do a downgrade, so I then reformatted the PCI drive APFS.
Then I ran the 11.2.3 installer a second time, this time installing onto the newly empty SSD.
I tried doing the Time Machine restore from the Flash drive, but it turns out you can't do that, so I rebooted into the new OS install and ran the migration assistant to restore my TM backup.
18 hours later (yes, really!), it finished. I rebooted, and all was back as it was before the 11.3 update.

Throughout all of this I didn't have any problem with OC. The only thing to watch out for is that during OS installs, it renames the drive you're installing onto as "macOS installer", and when you reboot during installation you need to make sure that's the drive you select to boot from. This was confusing as it was very similar to the name I'd given to the flash drive, and I wasn't quite sure where my target disk had gone!

HTH

 

[Stex]

For those of you using Martin's OC package and having issues or questions about upgrading to 11.3:

Please visit the following and share your questions or problems upgrading to 11.3 in that thread, where key contributors to the cMP OC project are actively attempting to parse the issues with 11.3 to (hopefully) fix them. The more data they get from us cMP users who attempted the upgrade the better!

Mac OS 11.3 has broken support for older Mac Pros

macOS Big Sur 11.3 Beta 3 has broken Mac Pro's early-2009 to mid-2012 ability to boot reliably into macOS. It's still possible to boot 11.3/11.4, but the process requires multiple restarts and a connection has been made between PCIe devices, especially storage related devices and USB controller...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[KeesMacPro]

Because my boot volume is APFS, it's not readable from Mojave, so there was nothing I could do from there.

Maybe i didnt understand your post but...
APFS was first introduced with High Sierra as an optional disk format.
For Mojave and up this is the only format for an OS drive (apart from workarounds with e.g CarbonCopyCloner).
Why should an APFS volume not be readable from Mojave?

 

[Synchro]

Why should an APFS volume not be readable from Mojave?

I don't know, but I could not see it when booted from Mojave, and running the 11.2.3 installer when booted from there wouldn't let me select it as a target, which is why I had to install 11.2 elsewhere, boot from that, and then it worked.

I just checked, and my Mojave boot volume is indeed APFS (on an SATA SSD). I guess there must have been some other issue.

 

[Mike Richardson]

Activate AMD hardware acceleration

I‘d happy to know more about it as well. As I often have to rely on PRAM reset to allow me to boot into windows again to activate my TB3 devices, from there I have to warmboot into macOS. So the benefit of having it fixed would be obvious.. Thanks so far.

forums.macrumors.com

So I followed the hex edit instructions and they worked fine, but a security update today undid the changes.

Decided to try the "OpenCore" method instead. I can report that this works perfectly on Mojave.

Follow the instructions here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...n.2180095/page-53?post=28255048#post-28255048

It is easier than the hex edit method and has more benefits: Looks like H.265 encoding will work now, with my RX 580 card. Netflix and HBO Max now work in Safari as well.

I suggest anyone reading this to go ahead and use h9826790's package instead of doing hex edit.

One question, can I now safely enable FileVault on my boot drive? (it is on a Sonnet Tempo card, OS is Mojave). (No desire for Crapalina right now, and Big Sur makes me vomit uncontrollably)

Edit: Sent you $5 h9826790

 

[h9826790]

So I followed the hex edit instructions and they worked fine, but a security update today undid the changes.

Decided to try the "OpenCore" method instead. I can report that this works perfectly on Mojave.

Follow the instructions here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...n.2180095/page-53?post=28255048#post-28255048

It is easier than the hex edit method and has more benefits: Looks like H.265 encoding will work now, with my RX 580 card. Netflix and HBO Max now work in Safari as well.

I suggest anyone reading this to go ahead and use h9826790's package instead of doing hex edit.

One question, can I now safely enable FileVault on my boot drive? (it is on a Sonnet Tempo card, OS is Mojave). (No desire for Crapalina right now, and Big Sur makes me vomit uncontrollably)

Edit: Sent you $5 h9826790

Thanks for your support! It is possible to enable FV, however, I can't tell how safe it is.

 

[h9826790]

Maybe i didnt understand your post but...
APFS was first introduced with High Sierra as an optional disk format.
For Mojave and up this is the only format for an OS drive (apart from workarounds with e.g CarbonCopyCloner).
Why should an APFS volume not be readable from Mojave?

You may consider it's like APFS V1 in Mojave, and APFS V2 in Big Sur. And Mojave has no ability to recognize APFS V2.

 

[KeesMacPro]

You may consider it's like APFS V1 in Mojave, and APFS V2 in Big Sur. And Mojave has no ability to recognize APFS V2.

Thx Martin, this is new to me .
Never too old to learn

 

[likeomg]

I upgraded to 11.3 final before reading the comments it was breaking - luckily I don't have NVMe installed, just a SATA SSD.

However, I've been unable to get Bluetooth or Wi-Fi working since 0.6.6. Currently have 0.6.8 installed, Mid 2010

Is there something additional I should be doing besides what your upgrade video shows, or is this just an issue with current OSX versions?

 

[Auggie]

I just discovered that none of my iOS devices (iPhone 12 Pro, iPad Pro) are not being synced in Big Sur and don't show up in the Finder Sidebar for me to enable syncing. They do still charge, however. I'm using quality third-party USB cables that worked flawlessly under Mojave.

Is there a known issue with syncing iOS via OEM USB ports?

UPDATE: Using same cables, I plugged my phone to my 2015 MBP running Big Sur and it recognized the iPhone immediately, showed it under Locations, and began syncing.

So it's definitely NOT the cables...

FYI,

Yesterday evening, after the usual plugging in my iPad and iPhone at the end of the day, suddenly my iPad showed up on the desktop. I immediately set it up to show up via WiFi and initiated a sync. This morning, I got the idea to unplug then replug my iPhone, and finally, it too, showed up on the desktop. Got it setup as well and syncing is again running.

I didn't do anything different with Big Sur. I am running beta 14.6 on both iOS. I don't recall an iOS update recently in the intervening week before today, but whatever happened, at least I was able to backup and sync my devices.

 

[Stex]

FYI,

Yesterday evening, after the usual plugging in my iPad and iPhone at the end of the day, suddenly my iPad showed up on the desktop. I immediately set it up to show up via WiFi and initiated a sync. This morning, I got the idea to unplug then replug my iPhone, and finally, it too, showed up on the desktop. Got it setup as well and syncing is again running.

I didn't do anything different with Big Sur. I am running beta 14.6 on both iOS. I don't recall an iOS update recently in the intervening week before today, but whatever happened, at least I was able to backup and sync my devices.

Glad it's working now for you. I did not have an answer to your problem. I don't connect my devices (iPhone 12 Mini + iPad Pro 9.7") to my computers (signature cMP + MacBookPro 13" Mid 2012). I used to connect devices via USB years ago via iTunes but then stopped once I got a larger iCloud plan. So I use iCloud to sync and backup the devices via wifi. But maybe you are referring to synching for the purpose of testing apps and such for xCode?

 

[Auggie]

But maybe you are referring to synching for the purpose of testing apps and such for xCode?

Nope, just plain 'ol syncing photos, music, and such. Both too big for iCloud: my photos library is 139GB alone. Uploading that in and of itself for the first time will take days! (Never mind the costs.)

My music libary is twice that.

 

[h9826790]

Nope, just plain 'ol syncing photos, music, and such. Both too big for iCloud: my photos library is 139GB alone. Uploading that in and of itself for the first time will take days! (Never mind the costs.)

My music libary is twice that.

If you don't mind the cost (reasonably), get a 1Gbps internet connection, then you will will have ~100MB/s. Let assume you only get 30MB/s due to wifi etc.

Then 139GB x3 x1024 = 427008MB

Which need 427008MB / (30MB/s x 60s x 60min) = ~3.95 hours

It isn't that bad, and may be faster than via the lightning cable (USB 2.0). And should able to finish the process when you sleep (even you want to sync the whole photo + music library).

 

[likeomg]

Updated to .6.9 from .6.8 today, did the config editing for legacy WiFi/bluetooth, and everything works again!

One new thing is the progress bar on booting sticks at the 30%-40% area a lot longer than before.

 

[Auggie]

If you don't mind the cost (reasonably), get a 1Gbps internet connection, then you will will have ~100MB/s. Let assume you only get 30MB/s due to wifi etc.

No 1Gbps upload service exists in my area, which would be AT&T fiber.

My current cable internet maxes at 35Mbs upload, which speed varies considerably depending on trunk load.

 

[whackit]

Okay. After some initial success with 11.3 and then another update to 11.3.1... a reboot has broken everything and I'm in the total rebuild category. Bummer. Currently restoring to 11.23 through a full erase and restore. This really left my system a mess. Was running successfully on a NVME but can't get it to do it again. I'll play around with various scenarios later. The same thing happens most boots, hang on initial boot. It looks like it cant get past the install process.