macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread

[dosdude1]

Even with replaced .kext?

Nope, it's not detected. Maybe IO80211Family.kext from El Capitan will do the trick?

 

[ncrispi]

so the steps I will have to follow is:

1)Download and install MacOS Sierra from link provided
2) Boot to recovery partion (not sure how) and disable SIP then reboot to normal partion and install kexts
3) reboot and it should work?

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

Nope, it's not detected. Maybe IO80211Family.kext from El Capitan will do the trick?

That or an external wifi card

 

[dosdude1]

so the steps I will have to follow is:

1)Download and install MacOS Sierra from link provided
2) Boot to recovery partion (not sure how) and install kexts (again not too sure how)
3) reboot and it should work?

You have to have a supported Mac to do any of that, I misread your post.

 

[ncrispi]

You have to have a supported Mac to do any of that, I misread your post.

oh, dang I do not.

 

[adsalpha]

Nope, it's not detected. Maybe IO80211Family.kext from El Capitan will do the trick?

Worth a try

so the steps I will have to follow is:

1)Download and install MacOS Sierra from link provided
2) Boot to recovery partion (not sure how) and install kexts (again not too sure how)
3) reboot and it should work?

The link with the fully working OS hasn't been provided yet. Please, wait till dosdude1 figures everything out and uploads everything to a reliable cloud server.

 

[ncrispi]

Worth a try



The link with the fully working OS hasn't been provided yet. Please, wait till dosdude1 figures everything out and uploads everything to a reliable cloud server.

Ohh, I was reading that but was not too sure exactly what that would do... but that will basically be a universal fully-working sierra for unsupported devices (probably 2008 and newer)?

 

[adsalpha]

When the installed system image gets online, I'd have to restore it to some partition and make it bootable?

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

When the installed system image gets online, I'd have to restore it to some partition and make it bootable?

I'd recommend Mavericks or Yosemite for that

 

[adsalpha]

Ohh, I was reading that but was not too sure exactly what that would do... but that will basically be a universal fully-working sierra for unsupported devices (probably 2008 and newer)?

I hope it will exist, but it certainly won't right now. There is a need to figure out how to automate all the stuff that dosdude1 is doing or find a way to patch the installer and not the system itself.

I'd recommend Mavericks or Yosemite for that

Mavericks or Yosemite for restoring the partition, I got right?

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

I hope it will exist, but it certainly won't right now. There is a need to figure out how to automate all the stuff that dosdude1 is doing or find a way to patch the installer and not the system itself.



Mavericks or Yosemite for restoring the partition, I got right?

Yeah just because you have a working disk utility in those.

 

[adsalpha]

Yeah just because you have a working disk utility in those.

Yes, I remember that one. I can try to do that from Terminal, however (if I find how).

 

[Hennesie2000]

Yeah just because you have a working disk utility in those.

Disk Utility in El Capitan works to restore images. Select the destination in the left side bar of Disk Utility and then press shift+command+R and choose the source.

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

Yes, I remember that one. I can try to do that from Terminal, however (if I find how).

Good luck.

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

Disk Utility in El Capitan works to restore images. Select the destination in the left side bar of Disk Utility and then press shift+command+R and choose the source.

Dude I had no idea

 

[adsalpha]

Disk Utility in El Capitan works to restore images. Select the destination in the left side bar of Disk Utility and then press shift+command+R and choose the source.

I did that today (with another image). But the former DU is quite more functional.

 

[NOTNlCE]

This is great news. I'd imagine that the boot.efi needs a re-write, but since 3,1 works with platformsupport modifications I'd expect 1,1/2,1 not to have the USB issues? But what a nightmare to have to deal with modified kexts in Apple's new "SIP Universe"

 

[Hennesie2000]

I did that today (with another image). But the former DU is quite more functional.

The only thing missing in El Cap DU is repair permissions but that is because the OS does this all the time.

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

Do you guys think we could write a terminal script to execute an install of the disk copy that dosguy1 is uploading? That wouldn't be too hard, would it?

 

[dosdude1]

Do you guys think we could write a terminal script to execute an install of the disk copy that dosguy1 is uploading? That wouldn't be too hard, would it?

Once I get this working on all machines, I'm going to write a easy to use patcher that will allow users to easily modify, install, and run Sierra on unsupported Macs.

 

[TMRJIJ]

Do you guys think we could write a terminal script to execute an install of the disk copy that dosguy1 is uploading? That wouldn't be too hard, would it?

I started working on one myself as well

 

[redheeler]

If anyone needs it, here is a fully installed copy of macOS Sierra (PlatformSupport.plist has already been modified with all El Capitan supported Macs). http://dosdude1.com/sierra/sierrainstalled.dmg

Can you upload just the PlatformSupport.plist? Is that (and transplanting the USB KEXTs from El Capitan) all it took to get Sierra working on your late 2008 MacBook Air?

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

I started working on one myself as well

That's awesome

 

[Ferrix97]

Here are the Beta USB Kexts that I was testing with El Capitan on older Unsupported Macs:
OS X Extractor - Beta USB Kexts.zip
They will need to be adjusted a little.

Tried with the kexts you provided on the 2009 mini, but the USBs are stil dead. what kexts should I try?

 

[TMRJIJ]

Can you upload just the PlatformSupport.plist? Is that (and transplanting the USB KEXTs from El Capitan) all it took to get Sierra working on your late 2008 MacBook Air?

We can put everything in Post 1. The Beta Kexts and PlatformSupport.plist stuff can be there before I moved everything into OS X Extractor 1.4 and macOS Patcher