Hello,
I have an MacbookPro 5,5 and I tried to install sierra 10.12.6 with the latest patcher 4.2.7. The boot from the usb stick starts but after a while a get a crossed circle and everything stops. Any idea on what I did wrong?
Thanks!
Update: I managed to make it work the third time around. Thanks for creating and maintaining the patching tool.
A1342 combo card coax connector is slightly different than the ones on Mac Mini 3,1. It is taller and the groove for the latching/click onto securely is lower (Thus doesn't click and easily disconnects). Diameters are the same (both 2mm outer).
I had no problems with 2 early 2009 Mac Mini. However, 2 late 2009 Mac Mini's antenna coax connector can't really grab securely onto the A1342 connectors. So it appears while early 2009 Mac Mini's antenna coax connector is slightly different than late 09 Minis.
See pics below. The shorter connector is on the 09 Mac Mini combo board and the taller connector is from A1342 with Apple part number 607-7153-A (607-5952A and 607-6503A are the same).
To get these to work, it is probably necessary to solder and change the coax connectors on the A1342 combo boards.
I noticed this subtle difference in my Late 2008 MacBook Air, the antenna leads wouldn't connect securely. Later on after the Air had died, I installed the same AirPort card in an Early 2009 Mac mini, and there wasn't a problem.
For the Air I had decided to tape the leads down using electrical tape; probably not the best solution, but it did work.
I just finished installing Sierra 10.12.5 to my late 2008 MacBook Pro (5,1) previously I was using the latest El Capitan, but I'm experiencing an App Store hang whenever I click "Store" from the top menu and installing/updating apps always indicates "a minute remaining" and does nothing. I believe the issue is similar to that of @jrwil and @Czo from February, but his issue was never resolved. Everything else seems to be working just fine so far.
Any thoughts?
SIP is disabled. When I try to run "softwareupdate -l" in Terminal it never finishes. Something I found in the Console log that could be related(?). Tried rebooting several times. Should I try to reapply the USB patch again?
Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/local/lib/SUVMMFaker.dylib
Dyld Error Message:
could not load inserted library '/usr/local/lib/SUVMMFaker.dylib' because no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/local/lib/SUVMMFaker.dylib: stat() failed with errno=13
EDIT: I tried to run the post install patcher again with Force Cache Rebuild with no luck. When running the requested commands upon rebooting with Force, this was my console output:
EDIT2: I can see SUVMMFaker.dylib in the proper location and load/unload it, but I'm really not sure what is going wrong. Is there any other way to update once high sierra comes out for example?
I'm experiencing the same issue… Installed Sierra on a Mac Pro 3,1 two months ago (10.12.5), did the update to 10.12.6, and now I can't seem to update software through the MAS or `softwareupdate`. MAS shows two available update, but clicking "Update" results in SWoD. Running `softwareupdate -l` in Terminal gives:
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
It never progresses beyond that point (even after many hours).
Does anyone have ideas on what might be causing this? I tried running `softwareupdate --clear-catalog` and trashing the ~/Library and /Library copies of com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist files (followed by a restart). None of these made a difference.
I'm experiencing the same issue… Installed Sierra on a Mac Pro 3,1 two months ago (10.12.5), did the update to 10.12.6, and now I can't seem to update software through the MAS or `softwareupdate`. MAS shows two available update, but clicking "Update" results in SWoD. Running `softwareupdate -l` in Terminal gives:
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
It never progresses beyond that point (even after many hours).
Does anyone have ideas on what might be causing this? I tried running `softwareupdate --clear-catalog` and trashing the ~/Library and /Library copies of com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist files (followed by a restart). None of these made a difference.
2) Second, make sure that your /usr/local/lib/ folder has the same permissions as /usr/local/
In my case, /usr/load/lib/ did not have the proper permissions, it was drwx------ instead of drwxr-xr-x
Code:
sudo chmod 755 /usr/load/lib/
Maybe only step 2 was needed, but it can't hurt to remove the quarantine extended attributes.
After this, restart the software update daemon manually or just re-run
Code:
sudo ./swupatch.sh
Things should be working OK after following these steps. Hope it helps!
Hello,
I have an MacbookPro 5,5 and I tried to install sierra 10.12.6 with the latest patcher 4.2.7. The boot from the usb stick starts but after a while a get a crossed circle and everything stops. Any idea on what I did wrong?
Thanks!
Update: I managed to make it work the third time around. Thanks for creating and maintaining the patching tool.
2) Second, make sure that your /usr/local/lib/ folder has the same permissions as /usr/local/
In my case, /usr/load/lib/ did not have the proper permissions, it was drwx------ instead of drwxr-xr-x
Code:
sudo chmod 755 /usr/load/lib/
Maybe only step 2 was needed, but it can't hurt to remove the quarantine extended attributes.
After this, restart the software update daemon manually or just re-run
Code:
sudo ./swupatch.sh
Things should be working OK after following these steps. Hope it helps!
When I went to check permissions on `/usr/local/lib/SUVMMFaker.dylib`, the file wasn't there. So I ran `swupatch.sh` and afterward everything seemed to work. Not sure what happened, but updates seem to work fine now, thanks for the solution. Strangely, I didn't notice anything in the logs about softwareupdated crashing. Perhaps that’s because the file wasn't present at all, rather than having the wrong permissions.
I have downloaded the latest installation for Sierra from the app store on another mac. I've formatted the usb stick with Mac Os Extended(Journaled) and Master Boot Record option. I've disabled SIP and everything worked after that.
Does anyone know of a working link for "NightEnabler.zip".
The link supplied in post #4513 of this thread will not work for me.
Any help would be appreciated.
Edit: OK I found the file thanks to the Internet "WayBack Machine"
I have an early 2008 MBP with Sierra working well on it, but my backlit keyboard and screen auto brightness no longer works. I don't see anything about it being a known issue. Any ideas?
Sorry, I'm sure the answer is contained within this thread, but I've read 10 pages and haven't seen it yet, so I hope someone will give a straight answer - if I install Sierra on my unsupported system, how exactly do the OS updates (12.2, 12.3, 12.4) work after the installation succeeds? I see that there is a script that must be run, but is that a one-time fix to allow future updates, or is it something that must be done every time? I ask because I am not keeping the computer myself, so I need to know what to tell the new owner to expect, if it's something they need to do outside the normal. Thanks!
Is it possible to update using delta update file from the apple.com website? When trying to install it says "this mac is unsupported". I'm running 10.12.4
OR I'll be grateful for the direct link to the full 10.12.6 release.
scroll down to "Things you'll need:"
A copy of the macOS Sierra Installer App. This can be obtained from the Mac App Store using a machine that supports Sierra, or if you don't have one, you can download a copy here
I've tried multiple USB drives, as well as an external SSD, but no matter what, when I boot to the drive, it never gets past the progress bar at startup. Never into the OS X setup screen. Any advice?
scroll down to "Things you'll need:"
A copy of the macOS Sierra Installer App. This can be obtained from the Mac App Store using a machine that supports Sierra, or if you don't have one, you can download a copy here
Hi All, I have a Mac Pro 3.1 that was running El Capitan until my hard drive packed in, I bought a new one a 120GB SSD and decided to put Sierra on using DosDudes Patcher, my early 2015 MacBook Pro runs Sierra so I used that to make the usb, all was good until I tried to boot it on the Mac Pro, it took an age to get it going, but when it did all it did was boot into Mac OS Utilities, in that I selected startup disk and saw the usb was showing so selected boot from it but all it does is a loop back to utilities, I read that disabling SIP would help, so I did that through the terminal, but still no good.
What am I doing wrong ?, I followed Dosdudes Patcher install to the letter and can't understand what I am doing wrong.
[doublepost=1505403268][/doublepost]the SSD was blank and inserted into my Mac Pro and then I tried to install Sierra on it via the usb. Should have I installed Sierra on the SSD using my MacBook Pro?
[doublepost=1505403268][/doublepost]the SSD was blank and inserted into my Mac Pro and then I tried to install Sierra on it via the usb. Should have I installed Sierra on the SSD using my MacBook Pro?
You wrote, you followed the procedure to the letter. Then check the following:
Switch on the MacPro and directly after the tone press the "alt"-key. A screen should be displayed on which you can select the volume you like to boot from. If the SSD does not appear there, report. If the SSD appears, click on it and click beneath it to start from and report.
BTW: Did you apply the postinstall-patch, which is also described in dosdude's procedure?
I think we are at cross purposes here, all that is in the Mac Pro is a blank SSD, when I press the alt key after startup all I get is the utilities page coming up, in the disk startup section top left the usb shows but will not boot when I click on it and it restarts, it just ends back at the utilities again.
I think we are at cross purposes here, all that is in the Mac Pro is a blank SSD, when I press the alt key after startup all I get is the utilities page coming up, in the disk startup section top left the usb shows but will not boot when I click on it and it restarts, it just ends back at the utilities again.
1) When you have a blank SSD in the MacPro, why could you expect to boot from it? (But probably I understood you wrongly)
2) Did you install Sierra on the SSD?
3) What do you mean with "utilities page"?
4) I think you did not press the alt-key after reboot. Try the following: Start the MacPro and press alt-key immediately and keep it pressed until you see volume icons appearing on the screen. Question: Do you know what I am talking about and did you ever do what I ask you to do? But If you did not install Sierra (see question 2) this is useless anyway.
5) If you have installed Sierra, did you also apply the post-install-patches?
I try to add a screenshot of what you should see after start with alt-key:
I don't expect to boot from the SSD, I am trying to install Sierra on it by booting up using the usb, utilities wasn't the right word, I meant the recovery page. Thats all I get when I press the alt key after reboot. I don't see any icons, my original hard drive running El Capitan is in the bin as its now packed up, so I am starting from scratch so to speak, blank new SSD and a usb with Sierra boot on it to install on the new SSD. Until I get Sierra on the SSD I can't do a post-install patch. If I can't get Sierra or indeed any other OS on the SSD them my mac pro is useless !!
1) Okay, now clear. As far as I remember several people have reported about fail installs due to a non correctly working USB-stick. So, if nobody else can support in between I would try to take another USB-stick and to install everything there and test again. Or, if not USB-stick is available, format the USB-stick and install again.
2) Is there any hint that the MacPro recognises the SSD?
The Mac Pro doesn't recognise the SSD, I have looked at resetting the PRAM AND SMC and start all over again, but not tonight, I have had enough of computers for one day, I will try things tomorrow.
The Mac Pro doesn't recognise the SSD, I have looked at resetting the PRAM AND SMC and start all over again, but not tonight, I have had enough of computers for one day, I will try things tomorrow.
Is there any other way to update once high sierra comes out for example?
