okay thanks! One last question,
For future sierra updates, will we have to go through this or will it all be over the air updates you can apply straight from apple?
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For future sierra updates, will we have to go through this or will it all be over the air updates you can apply straight from apple?
You should be able to simply apply updates, then re-apply the post install patch after the update installs. Assuming they don't change something significant, of course.
Make sure you're actually going to get the OTA updates. Run my macOS Update Patcher with the Developer Beta CatalogURL checked and Software Update patch unchecked.
Whenever any updates come for 10.12, follow @dosdude1's instructions to keep the kexts running.
you rock!
I wrote up a web-page for the tool, if that helps anyone: http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html
Hi, I have try to make the USB key with your tool but it does not appear to be a bootable key, so I can't install the OS.
I miss something?
Thank you
Make sure you enter your password when prompted, and ensure your USB drive is formatted correctly.
Yeah, you can run the tool in Mavericks. SIP is disabled when running the post-install patch.
Thanks for the efforts and the update!
Just used the utility to install and patch Sierra to my MacBook Pro 5,1. It's working great!
Thanks for the effort to help us keep our "legacy" hardware running the latest OS!
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We haven't heard from Piker yet. He's still working on it, I'm sure there will be a way to bypass SSE 4.1 eventually.
Follow this thread and see what comes up https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...and-macos-sierra.1977271/page-2#post-23030293
Excellent observation. The reason why Apple is doing that, (and why it is one of the worlds wealthiest companyis) is to have the best product livecycle management possibles. Working at Apple, means to control, gage and direct the gap between "product phase out" and "product new release".
If you control that mechanism, you are able to have no gap at all. - And that means maximum power, because the cash flow is never disturbed in its flow.
My suspicion is, that new products Like TV sets, cameras, I.e. computers will start sooner and sooner to fail because of the stated argument above. I am absolutely certain with my thesis, - that new iMac's break a lot sooner than old Mac Pros.
And the key-performance-indicator at Apple was to reduce "product longest possible livespan".
In other words, Apple found out, if you can upgrade and replace components in your product, it's more likely that you will use your product longer and therefore prolong your next purchase or don't purchase at all. THATS the reason, why the upgradability, the replaceable battery and standard ports had to go. Even the touchpad battery is not replaceable any more for cryin ot loud.. APPLE is NOT green on this! But hey, - it's in the name of profit.
So, to my fellow Mac Pro users: Keep those clasics, - upgrade the hell out of it- and use it as long as possible. It's not getting any better.
There is one certainty, Apple doesn't like products with a ten year life cycle, such as the MacPro 1,1 from 2006. - With a fast SSD, - it really still is a great computer, hard to part with.
If you control that mechanism, you are able to have no gap at all. - And that means maximum power, because the cash flow is never disturbed in its flow.
My suspicion is, that new products Like TV sets, cameras, I.e. computers will start sooner and sooner to fail because of the stated argument above. I am absolutely certain with my thesis, - that new iMac's break a lot sooner than old Mac Pros.
And the key-performance-indicator at Apple was to reduce "product longest possible livespan".
In other words, Apple found out, if you can upgrade and replace components in your product, it's more likely that you will use your product longer and therefore prolong your next purchase or don't purchase at all. THATS the reason, why the upgradability, the replaceable battery and standard ports had to go. Even the touchpad battery is not replaceable any more for cryin ot loud.. APPLE is NOT green on this! But hey, - it's in the name of profit.
So, to my fellow Mac Pro users: Keep those clasics, - upgrade the hell out of it- and use it as long as possible. It's not getting any better.
There is one certainty, Apple doesn't like products with a ten year life cycle, such as the MacPro 1,1 from 2006. - With a fast SSD, - it really still is a great computer, hard to part with.
Thanks for this wise review about how consumers are milked by the big companies.
With a family of Macs ranging from PowerPCs with Leopard, white iMacs with Lion (due to the 32bit EFi), MB2008alu (officially abandoned by the Sierra-Upgrade) and a MBP2012 (non retina) I have been loosing enthusiasm to participate the yearly upgrade circus.
A lot of "new" functions are only eye-candy or nice to have.
Looking at Siri or other AI-assistants it's great to see the overall progress into "science-fiction" and I wouldn't mind to have certain features at hand with my old machines, but currently they are not life-changing.
AND: to make them work wouldn't be impossible even with ten year old hardware. It's all about proper coding.
Video editing/playing currently is the only hurdle for old hardware - the rest is only a matter of time to complete any task.
For basic working and entertainment even the "old" macOS (aka MacOS9) on a Clamshell is capable.
Starting at that base line and see how things worked fine even 15y ago (email, browsing, DVD-play, music, office, webDAV, file-sharing, (s)ftp, screensharing etc.) the new macOS is loosing a lot of it's momentum and makes me think twice about any urge to upgrade to the latest OS.
If you see, how clever people make Sierra work on abandoned/'condemned to obsolescence' Macs within a few days that really proofs fraud of Apple against their fellow customers.
(I could understand, if Sierra was a payed upgrade for certain capable old hardware, but the current behavior is really a bad reputation for Apple).
thanks; I would like to try this, but a question - I downloaded the Sierra Preview and installed it on a supported iMac and now want to use your tool to install on unsupported macbook pro - can I run the first part of your process (steps 1,2,3) on the iMac (since that is where the Sierra Preview image is) using its os x 10.11 partition to create the modified installer on an external usb drive and then the remainder on the target mbp with that usb drive?
Is the patcher will work for Early 2009 MacBook 5,2 with Atheros? Could you get USB and WiFi properly working?
Yes, that's how the tool is designed to be used.
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USB is working properly, and your Atheros card should work as well. It's only certain Broadcom cards that don't.
That's great! Your page says -Mid-2009 or newer Mac Mini or white MacBook is supported, that's why I asking. Early 2009 seems to be supported too.
Hello dosdude1;
Well, since I already have Sierra installed on the SSD for my MBP 5,1, I just used your post installation tool. Boot up was no problem but the keyboard/trackpad is unresponsive. Couldn't get anywhere.
So, what I did was to erase the SSD and have the USB flash drive with your set up on it to install Sierra but was greeted with a statement that the Sierra can't be installed since the SSD is in my MBP.
Next what I did was to reinstall Sierra from a supported Mac and then applied the post install tool from the USB flash drive. Rebooted and was greeted with NO icon.
I think I'm going to take a break of trying to get Sierra running on my MBP 5,1.
I'll still be reading this thread for any other solutions.
Would that include the card from the MacBook 4,1? I assume it would because of my predicament. I installed on a MacBook 5,2 upgrade. I used everything from my 4,1 including webcam, speakers, keyboard and trackpad, and finally wifi card. Everything works except guess. The wifi. Don't have any problems on my iMac 9,1 so that's good. Siri is pretty gimmicky. Thought I'd be impressed but I'm not.