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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro Mid-2012 upgradable options for MacOS Ventura?
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Nope. Ventura requires an AVX 2.0 system which is Haswell and later I think. And even Haswell CPUs can't natively boot Ventura...
The people at OCLP are working hard to develop a "solution." (I'm putting that in quotes because it might not even work and thus might not be a solution.)
The people at OCLP are working hard to develop a "solution." (I'm putting that in quotes because it might not even work and thus might not be a solution.)
Last I saw, people had managed to get it running but with a lot of effort and still with various problems still to address.
They've done great work however.
You might have an easier time finding a pre-owned 7,1 and migrating to that machine. They are still costly second hand but they are a good machine.
Last I saw, people had managed to get it running but with a lot of effort and still with various problems still to address.
They've done great work however.
You might have an easier time finding a pre-owned 7,1 and migrating to that machine. They are still costly second hand but they are a good machine.
Very pricey. Trying to keep my Mid-2012 around as long as possible.
You can, without being on the latest Mac OS.......
You can still have years out if it on ANY version of the OS.
AVX/AVX2 is the problem they're facing right now. I believe someone is trying to create some type of emulator, though, to get around this. That's just 1 of many problems, there is no USB 1 or Ethernet support, among other things. I do hope that they can get it running stably but if they do I think performance is going to take a big hit, if you're needing to run an emulator on top of most things you aren't going to see performance similar to Monterey, it's gonna take a hit.
Monitor this thread for updates: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-13-ventura-on-unsupported-macs-thread.2346881/
Mac Pro 7,1 is the best bet for running Ventura. I'm sure prices will be fairly reasonable by the time security updates end for Monterey.
Mac Pro 7,1 is the best bet for running Ventura. I'm sure prices will be fairly reasonable by the time security updates end for Monterey.