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macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread

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dosdude1 said:
Just an FYI. If you download the 10.12.4 Combo Update PKG installer, it will NOT install regardless of whether or not you're using the Software Update Patch by @Czo (the one included in my post-install patch) or Foxlet's AUSEnabler. Those patches are designed to allow updates to be downloaded and installed from the App Store. I would recommend using Czo's patch with the App Store. No reason to install it using the PKG. If you absolutely must for whatever reason, you have to modify the Distribution file inside the PKG to bypass the system check. If you need to install Czo's patch, you can download an installer script from here: http://dosdude1.com/sierra/swupatch.sh.zip
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HI dosdude1, can i know how to install using the script? any guide?
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evertjr said:
Thanks! I made a backup of softwareupdated.plist just in case.

Also, 10.12.4 working fine on my MacBook Pro 5,5, installed with App Store using czo patch.
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hi, can i know how u do it using czo patch on a unsupported macbook.
 
tribalhere10 said:
HI dosdude1, can i know how to install using the script? any guide?
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hi, can i know how u do it using czo patch on a unsupported macbook.
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You can probably double click the script if it was executable or just open the Terminal app and drag it into the window. Then press return to launch it.
 
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Hello! MacBook 5,2 updated to 10.12.4, the brightness slider / keyboard buttons have no effect whatsoever :(! The animation does show up normal whenever I change the brightness using the keyboard hotkeys, but nothing happens, it does not actually change the intensity of the backlight!

Strangely enough, this http://bergdesign.com/brightness/ works. But only if (the updated) AppleBacklightExpert.kext is present.

PRAM/SMC resets do not seem to make a difference.

Please advise.
 
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metatext said:
Hello! MacBook 5,2 updated to 10.2.4, the brightness slider / keyboard buttons have no effect whatsoever :(! The animation does show up normal whenever I change the brightness using the keyboard hotkeys, but nothing happens, it does not actually change the intensity of the backlight!

Strangely enough, this http://bergdesign.com/brightness/ works. But only if (the updated) AppleBacklightExpert.kext is present.

PRAM/SMC resets do not seem to make a difference.

Please advise.
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Did you disable SIP after resetting the PRAM? If you not, disable it before you lost keyboard and trackpad!
 
Czo said:
Did you disable SIP after resetting the PRAM? If you not, disable it before you lost keyboard and trackpad!
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Yep. Thanks though.

This is what ioreg spits out if it's of any help.

+-o AppleBacklightDisplay <class AppleBacklightDisplay, id 0x1000003b0, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (0 ms), retain 9>
{
"IOClass" = "AppleBacklightDisplay"
"CFBundleIdentifier" = "com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily"
"IOProviderClass" = "IODisplayConnect"
"DisplayProductID" = 40031
"IODisplayEDID" = <00ffffffffffff0006105f9c0000000008100103801d12780a2f309758538b2925505400000001010101010101010101010101010101bc$
"IODisplayPrefsKey" = "IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/IXVE@10/IOPP/IGPU@0/NVDA,Display-A@0/NVDATesla/disp$
"IODisplayGUID" = 436849163854938112
"IOProbeScore" = 3000
"IODisplayParameters" = {"commit"={"reg"=0},"fade-time2"={"min"=0,"max"=10000,"value"=4000},"linear-brightness-probe"={"min"=0,"m$
"IOPowerManagement" = {"CapabilityFlags"=49152,"MaxPowerState"=3,"CurrentPowerState"=3}
"IOMatchCategory" = "IODefaultMatchCategory"
"AppleDisplayType" = 2
"IODisplayAttributes" = {"IODisplayAttributes"=<676174760000000073676c6600000000726c6f6301000000637062200100000063646700808080006$
"AppleSense" = 1854
"IODisplayConnectFlags" = <84490000>
"DisplayVendorID" = 1552
"DisplayParameterHandlerUsesCharPtr" = Yes
"DisplaySerialNumber" = 0
}
 
@dosdude1 MacBook5,2 owner here – tried to create an installer out of a 10.12.4 image fresh from the App Store (downloaded via 2 different supported Macs, same difference) using the latest version of your patcher because for some reason the update has disabled the ability to control my display's backlight. 10.12–10.12.3 all installed on this machine, multiple times without any issues using your tools. This time, after reboot, the installer won't even load. http://dosdude1.com/sierratooltut/step6.png - there's no "Install macOS" screen, it just hangs after language selection. I opened up the log and every 4 seconds it keeps dumping out the same lengthy error message.
 
TMRJIJ said:
Anyone else trying macOS 10.12.5 Beta? :D
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All Good!:D
 
metatext said:
@dosdude1 MacBook5,2 owner here – tried to create an installer out of a 10.12.4 image fresh from the App Store (downloaded via 2 different supported Macs, same difference) using the latest version of your patcher because for some reason the update has disabled the ability to control my display's backlight. 10.12–10.12.3 all installed on this machine, multiple times without any issues using your tools. This time, after reboot, the installer won't even load. http://dosdude1.com/sierratooltut/step6.png - there's no "Install macOS" screen, it just hangs after language selection. I opened up the log and every 4 seconds it keeps dumping out the same lengthy error message.
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There's probably an incompatibility with the latest version of the Sierra Installer app. Just use the version located on my webpage and update it to 10.12.4 once it's installed from the App Store.
 
Updated to 10.12.4 via App Store on my 5,5. Keyboard and Trackpad (physical trackpad & bluetooth trackpad) do not respond at all. Only physical button that works is the power button but unfortunately when I press it and bring up the power menu, I can't select anything.

I tried resetting the NVRAM and the SMC, no change.

Trackpad & keyboard respond fine in boot menu and thankfully, I cloned my previous build, 10.12.3, to another partition before updating and it boots and runs fine.

Anyone else having similar issues? Any ideas on how to solve this?
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Czo said:
Sometimes in the past you cleared NVRAM or enabled SIP. OS X regenerated prelinkedkernel before you reboot and the new prelinkedkernel can't contain the legacy usb support kext (because it is not signed). You need to boot recovery and run a terminal and disable SIP with csrutil and remove the prelinkedkernel from /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels and and touch the /System/Library/Extensions folder to recreate prelinkedkernel. I can't write the full commands currently because i'am from iPad. You need someone else for the details or need to figure out myself or wait for me because afternoon (in CEST timezone) i can help with complete commands.
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Did you ever solve this? Do you have the commands necessary to complete the repair? Now that I've upgraded my 5,5 to 10.12.4 my trackpad & keyboard are non-responsive on boot. They work fine when I boot to my backup of 10.12.3 which resides on another partition on the same drive. Any help would be appreciated!
 
baribrent said:
Updated to 10.12.4 via App Store on my 5,5. Keyboard and Trackpad (physical trackpad & bluetooth trackpad) do not respond at all. Only physical button that works is the power button but unfortunately when I press it and bring up the power menu, I can't select anything.

I tried resetting the NVRAM and the SMC, no change.

Trackpad & keyboard respond fine in boot menu and thankfully, I cloned my previous build, 10.12.3, to another partition before updating and it boots and runs fine.

Anyone else having similar issues? Any ideas on how to solve this?
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Did you ever solve this? Do you have the commands necessary to complete the repair? Now that I've upgraded my 5,5 to 10.12.4 my trackpad & keyboard are non-responsive on boot. They work fine when I boot to my backup of 10.12.3 which resides on another partition on the same drive. Any help would be appreciated!
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Just boot off your patched USB drive and re-run the post-install patch. It happened because SIP got re-enabled during the update and the kextcache was rebuilt.
 
Seras said:
Thanks for the Script but you need to adjust 2 commands. For the Framework copy its cp -r

BTW
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MacBook5.1
Works!!!
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Also tried TMRJIJ's script. It successfully copies the original CoreBrightness.framework to the user's home directory but after this step, it does not seem to successfully copy the patched CoreBrightness.framework to the PrivateFrameworks folder. Looking at the script, it is using sudo cp -r "./Resources/CoreBrightness.framework" "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/". So for now I just copied it over manually and ran sudo codesign. Works.
 
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