It won't cause any issues, but it is probably not necessary to do unless something actually stops working after an update.
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The dist is 031-69393.XXX.dist (XXX=language) and it's located in /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000s0000068/C/softwareupdated/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.SUCatalogDataManager/y/031-69393
Could you upload a copy of the file? I don't have access to my Sierra install right now.
I've just updated the Software Update Patch for PB3. As usual, the program should update itself automatically when launched (if connected to the Internet), or you can download a copy from here: http://dosdude1.com/sierra/macOS Sierra Software Update Patch.zip
Hey all. Trying to install this on a MacBook Pro (early 2008) using dosdude1's patch tool (used the patch tool to create the boot drive via a USB stick, followed directions on the linked website). But, when I try and boot off the USB stick, I just get the "do not enter" symbol? Anyone have any idea what I'm not doing right?
Some sticks don't work well for me. Hold option on boot, once you see your installed drive plug in the USB stick. It should (does for me) show as an option. Boot from that and run your update.
Make sure you've formatted the USB drive correctly (OS X Extended (Journaled)), and ensure that it's named something different than any other drive in your system. Also make sure that there's no other drive on your system named "OS X Base System".
Try patching the PB2 update and installing that first, as that may be necessary. Also, ensure your System Language has been specified correctly. (Detection will be added in a later release, but for now just specify it.) If you recently changed your language, try entering the language you had set previously.
I did test this, and as you suspected, it didn't work since the 7,1 uses a different layout ID. I did a diff between the elcap and sierra kexts and implemented all the stuff removed between the two into the Sierra info.plist, but that didn't change anything. Using the elcap kext on Sierra fails due to a symbol from a debug function used by AppleHDAController being missing in a kext it depends on (I'm not at my iMac right now so I'll have to check what this was later). I was going to try replacing AppleHDAController in the elcap kext with the one from Sierra to try and work around the unresolved symbol, but ran out of time to test.
Unfortunately it does seem that getting volume control working on this old machine is going to be a Hackintosh-like effort lol
Actually, according to a friend of mine that owns an iMac 7,1, his volume works just fine in Sierra... On my iMac 8,1, however, the volume doesn't change, it just stays on high regardless of the volume setting.
Is it working fine with the master volume control? I can only control the volume of system alerts in the sound prefpane. The master control still doesn't work.
Hi Dosdude1. The patch does not work. Think the dist file & location could be wrong.
Update: It finally worked. I had to wait awhile for the Software Update folder be created and dist file to be listed. But had success in installing PB3
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Hmm, that's interesting. Which 7,1 model is it? The 20" or the 24"? I wonder if there was a difference in the audio controller between the two models. I can't see why there would be, but that could be a possibility. Mine is a 24".
Can someone on PB3 test something for me? Basically I'm camping out on PB1 since HLS (m3u8) live streams became unusable on PB2/DB3.
Basically all I need is for someone to go onto Safari and try to open this link:
And let me know if the video plays or not.
Basically all I need is for someone to go onto Safari and try to open this link:
And let me know if the video plays or not.
Yea, I can get it installed onto the stick, and when I boot the MacBook Pro (with option held) it shows up as a bootable drive, but when I try and boot from it (i.e.,. "OS X Base System"), I get the prohibitory symbol.
I'll try another stick and see if that makes any difference (though, these sticks have always worked from 10.11 and earlier).
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Yep, formatted correctly. And the MacBook Pro doesn't have a base system installed on it all (wiped the primary/only HD in the machine), so the stick ("OS X Base System") is the only drive that shows up. When I select it to boot from it (after holding the option key at startup), I get the prohibitory symbol?
His 7,1 is the 20" model, my 8,1 is a 24".
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That's perfectly normal, as Mavericks and newer are supposed to fill up most of the RAM, even though not much is open. It's the memory pressure you've got to look at.
