MP 1,1-5,1 Installing Monterey on Mac Pro 5.1

[andrew nz]

nice pics and write up for the uninitiated.

forgive the next dumb question.
I sourced the installation process which points to github, but i do not know how to use it.
I see python but where to go from here?

Also considering I would be creating the installer usb only, can i do that from my current mac os (10.10.5) on my mac pro 2.1 and point the installation process to the 16gb usb?

 

[Mic-M4c]

YES, the usb installer has to be created from the target Mac, (with OLCP GUI) the one on which you want to install unsupported macOS.

 

[alepale]

I see this is a fairly recent topic and I hope OP won't mind if I jump in with my question.

I just finished with installation of Monterey on my mid2012 Mac Pro.
So far everything is working properly except for WiFi.

It's showing networks but when I click on one there is no prompt for a password.
I was able to add network manually and it connects but it's working sporadically.
Interesting thing I noticed is that it does not pick my local DNS servers as it should.

Anyways, I tried reapplying the opencore patches, I tried 4x nvram reset, no dice.

I do understand that native wifi card is problematic but I have also seen reports that it works fine for the people.

Hope someone can provide some insight.

Thank you!

Details about wifi:

Software Versions: CoreWLAN: 16.0 (1657) CoreWLANKit: 16.0 (1657) Menu Extra: 17.0 (1728) System Information: 15.0 (1502) IO80211 Family: 12.0 (1200.12.2b2) Diagnostics: 11.0 (1163) AirPort Utility: 6.3.9 (639.16) Interfaces: [B]en2:[/B] Card Type: Wi-Fi (0x14E4, 0x8E) Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24) MAC Address: a8:96:8a:f1:de:e7 Locale: FCC Country Code: US Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Wake On Wireless: Supported Status: Off

 

[krakman]

I see this is a fairly recent topic and I hope OP won't mind if I jump in with my question.

I just finished with installation of Monterey on my mid2012 Mac Pro.
So far everything is working properly except for WiFi.

It's showing networks but when I click on one there is no prompt for a password.
I was able to add network manually and it connects but it's working sporadically.
Interesting thing I noticed is that it does not pick my local DNS servers as it should.

Anyways, I tried reapplying the opencore patches, I tried 4x nvram reset, no dice.

I do understand that native wifi card is problematic but I have also seen reports that it works fine for the people.

Hope someone can provide some insight.

Thank you!

Details about wifi:

Software Versions: CoreWLAN: 16.0 (1657) CoreWLANKit: 16.0 (1657) Menu Extra: 17.0 (1728) System Information: 15.0 (1502) IO80211 Family: 12.0 (1200.12.2b2) Diagnostics: 11.0 (1163) AirPort Utility: 6.3.9 (639.16) Interfaces: [B]en2:[/B] Card Type: Wi-Fi (0x14E4, 0x8E) Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24) MAC Address: a8:96:8a:f1:de:e7 Locale: FCC Country Code: US Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 Wake On Wireless: Supported Status: Off

I had similar problem with a 2010 Mac Pro with a old unsupported wifi card. Initially it would not auto join my network and would not accept the wifi password.

It works fine now but I can't remember what the solution was!!!! I recall finding the solution on a reddit post.


Just to confirm, you installed OCLP legacy wifi kext?

Edit- just re read your post and it suggests you did not use OCLP, so my suggestion doesn't help.

 

[alepale]

I had similar problem with a 2010 Mac Pro with a old unsupported wifi card. Initially it would not auto join my network and would not accept the wifi password.

It works fine now but I can't remember what the solution was!!!! I recall finding the solution on a reddit post.


Just to confirm, you installed OCLP legacy wifi kext?

Edit- just re read your post and it suggests you did not use OCLP, so my suggestion doesn't help.

Thank you for your reply.
Please forgive my noobness with Mac's
I did use Open Core Legacy Patcher v0.5.2 with GUI.

Can you please expand on what was your fix?

Thank you!

 

[MacHosehead]

Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n

It is my understanding that Monterey does not natively support broadcom cards that do not have 802.11 ac hardware. i believe you would need a patch. Does OCLP say it is patching wireless when you install root patches?

 

[alepale]

It is my understanding that Monterey does not natively support broadcom cards that do not have 802.11 ac hardware. i believe you would need a patch. Does OCLP say it is patching wireless when you install root patches?

yes it does!

check screenshots please

 

[krakman]

Long shot but have you tried resetting the router, there should be a small button on the back of the router. Needles to say this will rest any custom wifi SSID that you may have setup

 

[alepale]

Long shot but have you tried resetting the router, there should be a small button on the back of the router. Needles to say this will rest any custom wifi SSID that you may have setup

Yeah I did, I have Ubiquiti AP's around the house and I rebooted them but no dice.
With that being said, my 2019 Pro is connecting without any problems.

 

[saw27]

Searched for this answer but haven't found an answer. I have a Mac 4,1 flashed to 5,1 running Monterey through OCLP. Runs great. I'm getting ready to do the same on my Mac Pro 5, 2012 running Mojave with a metal RX 560 but encountered a question. With the first go, I just ran a fresh install but with this one I want to maintain my data (NVMe on PCIe sled, FYI). My question is...my NVMe is current HFS Journaled...does it need to be APFS? If I were to do a fresh install, not really a question, but I don't want to (unless I have to). Thanks.

 

[MacHosehead]

My question is...my NVMe is current HFS Journaled...does it need to be APFS?

In my opinion, data loss will not be a problem and the disk will be converted to APFS during the install. However, if you are concerned about losing data then a good backup that you can restore from would always be prudent.

 

[VaZ]

Anybody know why i'm always getting this firmware message every time i try to get Monterey working alongside my other bootable volumes? Stock OCLP setup and Martins config script shows that. Big Sur installed and runs fine. I have 2 separate OC EFI folders on 2 separate ssd drives.

 

[MNissen]

1. Disable SIP

2. Reset PRAM/NVRAM............. etc

8. You should be fine.

And so I was.

At first I tried this with OpenCore and Monterey on my 13" MacBook Pro (mid 2012) 16Gb RAM and 1Tb SSD.

A bit of restarting and et voilà!

Then the App store offered Ventura as an upgrade over the air and et voilà! again.

The only down side was that iCloud tried to steal all my desktop, documents and photos, so by the time I'd sorted that, I was pissed off, but everything is Okay now. Running Ventura 13.2.
_______

Next - Mac Pro 5,1 flashed from 4,1 various Terabytes of Hard Drives, SSDs etc, 48Gb RAM. Start up disk is a fusion drive of a 500Gb SSD and a 2 Tb HDD. Twin 4 core processors.

A little faffing about and Monterey went onto the fusion drive, but had to have the USB drive inserted for Open Core to boot the system, I tried to get Open Core on the fusion drive but to no avail. It offered Ventura over the air but I wasn't game.

The main reason I have the Mac Pro is that I use BootCamp on an SSD with Win10 to run DCS World on a couple of big monitors. I have a Sapphire Nitro RX590 blue and it's great.

But with Monterey on the Startup drive I could not get to boot Windows in BootCamp.

Nope, not at all.

So now I've restored to Catalina with DosDude's patch - - excellent.

I posted this to say:

On the MacBook Pro mid 2012, excellent OpenCore Legacy Patcher experience.

This also works for Monterey the MacPro 5,1 with fusion drive.

But in dealing with BootCamp, not so much - it's another story.

Thanks for the guide and help.

Any hoo - I might try and install Win 10 with Open Core if I can find some guides.

 

[prefuse07]

Any hoo - I might try and install Win 10 with Open Core if I can find some guides.

Start with "Introduction" and read all the way down to "Appendix: Windows"

If you have any OC questions (NOT OCLP, they are NOT the same!), post in that thread.

good luck!

 

[MNissen]

you are most kind,

an adventure awaits...

 

[aaronhitekpc]

After much consideration, I have decided to install Monterey on my old Mac pro 5.1. I will take the risk and do it. Everything is set and today I will have a USB that is ready with OpenCore Legacy patcher and Monterey ready to go. My only issue that I need to resolve is how in the world do I see the boot screen?

Here are my options:
1) Install my other GT120 alongside my RX 580 and install Monterey. The GT120 will let me see the boot screen and the RX580 will fulfill the requirement of a Metal card

2) Remove the 580, install GT120 and boot the mac to only see the screen. Memorize the boot options so that I can select my USB drive. Remove the 120 and install the RX580. Press the directional buttons to select the boot option.

So of these two options, which one is the best way for me to go? Or is there a third option that I can do?

I do have a concern for option 2 that when the OS reboots during installing of the OS, I will need to select the boot device or will the Mac auto select for me? Now the memorizing technique only works if the order of the boot devices does not change

Please let me know your thoughts

MacOS big sur and beyond should have rx580 driver include their installer package. Also rx580 is a metal card, you should be able to see boot screen and recovery box even with non flashed card. I have XFX rx580 8GB card and i was able to install big sur or monterey with my card. Also work for ventura too. The system booted with ventura but had issue with usb port which causing keyboard and mouse not functioning normal without a usb hub. About the boot option. I would recommend you to create an openboot efi on your main drive. Sometime opencore patcher wont detect the drive if you are using m.2 nvme as your main drive, you have to create a small partition (300MB) and format as MS-Dos(FAT). Then you system will boot from that internal partition on next boot. That would save you lot of time in future especially when your macOS corrupted.

 

[h9826790]

MacOS big sur and beyond should have rx580 driver include their installer package. Also rx580 is a metal card, you should be able to see boot screen and recovery box even with non flashed card. I have XFX rx580 8GB card and i was able to install big sur or monterey with my card. Also work for ventura too. The system booted with ventura but had issue with usb port which causing keyboard and mouse not functioning normal without a usb hub. About the boot option. I would recommend you to create an openboot efi on your main drive. Sometime opencore patcher wont detect the drive if you are using m.2 nvme as your main drive, you have to create a small partition (300MB) and format as MS-Dos(FAT). Then you system will boot from that internal partition on next boot. That would save you lot of time in future especially when your macOS corrupted.

For info, boot screen has nothing related to Metal.

Metal is a OS level API, and boot screen have to works before the OS started to load.

If your RX580 is non flashed, it should be using the UEFI GOP to provide boot screen, not Metal.

 

[andrew nz]

1. Disable SIP

2. Reset PRAM/NVRAM

3. Create a bootable installer USB drive 15GB+ with OLCP 0.5.1, choosing macOS Monterey 12.6.1 and flash it (automatically done by OLCP)

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4. Built and Install OpenCore still with OLCP 0.5.1 (specific to your Mac) and install those OpenCore files into the EFI Boot of the same USB drive 15GB+.

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5. Reboot by pressing Option key (ALT) and select the EFI Boot Volume of the USB Drive 15GB+, with the orange icon bottom right) :

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This operation implies that your graphic card is flashed for a cMP 5,1 and supports Apple bootscreen. If it doesn't, you have to boot in Recovery Mode (Cmd+R)and open the Terminal.

Enter the famous command :​

diskutil list

Identify the name of the EFI Boot of your USB Drive 15GB+ in the big list, for exemple disk3s1.​

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Then enter (mind the space after mount) :​

diskutil mount /dev/disk3s1

(supposing the name is disk3s1)​

This command mounts the EFI partition.​

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Then enter (mind the space after bless, mount and EFI) :​

bless --mount /Volumes/EFI --setBoot

This command forces to boot on the designed EFI volume.​

6. By choosing the EFI Boot where the OpenCore files have been injected by OLCP, you will jump to the black bootscreen of OpenCore. Once there, choose the Install macOS Monterey.

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7. During installation, several reboots will occur. Be careful and choose (on the black bootscreen) macOS Installer while it is displayed+++
When it not displayed anymore, the installation is supposed to be finished and, at the next black bootscreen reboot choose the icon mac OS Monterey (not macOS Installer (not shown) and not Install Monterey).

8. You should be fine.

I created the installer according to the instructions and this resource.
i used OLCP .61 .

I installed monterey which took about an hour but i cannot get past the post install.
i do not have a screen to select the EFI with option key -reboot.
Black Screen and i have to have the usb installer inserted to this point.
i followed the instructions for post install, but no success.

There is this instruction:

"Here you can change different patcher settings, however the main interest is:

• Show Boot Picker

Once you've toggled them both off, "

This is unclear. What does it mean "toggled them both off" when in the patcher there is only one "Show Boot Picker" and that would be for the patcher which will be resident on the monterey disk??


Also if i do not quickly select the monterey disk or mojave disk quickly on boot, I see the Crossed circle No OS Disk warning and the mac shuts down.

So far i can say i have partial success.

Is terminal an option to select the EFI as in the recovery option?
Strangely my mac flashed GPU did not enable boot screen at the install procedure and to install I had to use the Recovery and Terminal as suggested above.

Wifi works and bluetooth appears to work, not fully tested yet.

 

[Mary Andrea]

What to do if Post-Install button is always greyed out !?

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After installation run the new OSX, you will upgrade OpenCore again and automatically Post Instal became active (need internet on)

 

[UnSoNiC]

Hello, I just installed Monterey 12.6.5 on a Mac Pro 5.1 with OpenCore-Patcher 0.6.4 with the method explained by Mic-M4c in this thread (message #48)

Everything works perfectly except the Titan Ridge 2 card which is not recognized correctly.

Here is how it is recognized:

When it should be recognized like this:

So I carried out the installation as recommended by Zephyr's Market

The problem is that when i replace the EFI with the one provided by Zephir's Market, BlessCore gives me the following error message:
« could not set boot device property 0xe00002e2 »
and the Mac Pro doesn't start anymore.

So what should I do to get the Titan Ridge 2 recognized correctly?

Here is the original EFI folder created by OpenCore-Patcher 0.6.4

Thank you for the help

 

[g2only]

Thank you for your reply.
Please forgive my noobness with Mac's
I did use Open Core Legacy Patcher v0.5.2 with GUI.

Can you please expand on what was your fix?

Thank you!

Did you ever find a fix? I’m having exactly the same issue…shows networks, but will not allow password entries. Just does the working spin icon, then nothing…??

 

[Dolphins1972]

Why use a USB drive on a cMP 5,1 when you can just install directly to another internal drive?

 

[MNissen]

I've decided to try Open Core Legacy Patcher 0.6.7 to get Ventura on my Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1.

This is what I'm doing:

I've got Catalina via Dosdude1, on a Fusion Drive (500Mb SSD / 2Tb HDD) and an identical installation on an internal 3Tb HDD.

I will install Open Core Legacy Patcher 0.6.7 and Ventura on top of the 3Tb HDD.

Hopefully I can boot from either one and when the Ventura install has settled in, I can try the Fusion drive with Ventura.

Comments?

I've got two MacBookPros, happy as pigs in mud, with Open Core Legacy Patcher 0.6.7 and Ventura

 

[aaronhitekpc]

I've decided to try Open Core Legacy Patcher 0.6.7 to get Ventura on my Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1.

This is what I'm doing:

I've got Catalina via Dosdude1, on a Fusion Drive (500Mb SSD / 2Tb HDD) and an identical installation on an internal 3Tb HDD.

I will install Open Core Legacy Patcher 0.6.7 and Ventura on top of the 3Tb HDD.

Hopefully I can boot from either one and when the Ventura install has settled in, I can try the Fusion drive with Ventura.

Comments?

I've got two MacBookPros, happy as pigs in mud, with Open Core Legacy Patcher 0.6.7 and Ventura

 

[aaronhitekpc]

Vebtura should boot fine on mp4,1/5,1. I would recommend to use at least ssd or nvme ssd for boot drive due to the lack of performance of hdd might caused installation fail while copying files to main drive before the installation process.