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macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread
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The only good thing about Apple dropping these Macs is that it does give me some extra satisfaction to run a newer MacOS on older hardware it's not intended to run on. Sorry Apple, but even these humble specs will be relevant another year.Phooey on you Apple, because I already have it installed on my unsupported iMac, no thanks to you! So take that!
The only good thing about Apple dropping these Macs is that it does give me some extra satisfaction to run a newer MacOS on older hardware it's not intended to run on. Sorry Apple, but even these humble specs will be relevant another year.
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March on, renegades, march on! We will not go quietly into the night!
I have spent more on Mac computers, Mac peripherals and Mac software over the past almost quarter century, than I have on any other thing in my entire life . . . so we deserve this! Hmmph!
Tested and verified that my tool works, here's Sierra GM running on my Mid-2009 MacBook Pro.
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I'm currently uploading a copy to Mega. If anyone needs it, please PM me your email address and I'll get a link sent out as soon as it's uploaded.
Tested and verified on my pro 3,1! Thanks!
A system that received a beating from DP1 through DP3 using @dosdude1 patchers followed by a series of PBs using @foxlet catalogs, and now a full "in place" install (yes I was bold and too lazy to wipe my disk) using dude's 4.0.2. A few observations...
- set aside about an hour. Building the patched boot disk/stick takes a little while. Be patient.
- place Sierra installer on the fastest drive possible. I have a mix of SSDs and traditional HDs, but use solid state as much as possible.
- tried the post-install cache rebuild option. Worked well and eliminated the long cache rebuild on first boot.
- not sure if I need to kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel?
- as mentioned, I installed over all my betas. . Everything is intact. Your mileage may vary so back up your stuff...
- I would recommend letting the system "quiesce" for about 10 to 15 minutes after first login. My spotlight mdworkers were on full tilt. They were running 4 out of my 8 cores flat out. Other critical jobs kick off. Don't worry it's all pretty short lived, but necessary.
- also checked the post-install recovery partition patch, but haven't verified if recovery is functional again.
- be advised that sip is left disabled. No big deal, if you need to, re-enable it in recovery mode or rebooting via stick in terminal.
- the whole system feels snappier...may just be the GM "halo" effect...
Enjoy.
Tested and verified on my pro 3,1! Thanks!
A system that received a beating from DP1 through DP3 using @dosdude1 patchers followed by a series of PBs using @foxlet catalogs, and now a full "in place" install (yes I was bold and too lazy to wipe my disk) using dude's 4.0.2. A few observations...
- set aside about an hour. Building the patched boot disk/stick takes a little while. Be patient.
- place Sierra installer on the fastest drive possible. I have a mix of SSDs and traditional HDs, but use solid state as much as possible.
- tried the post-install cache rebuild option. Worked well and eliminated the long cache rebuild on first boot.
- not sure if I need to kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel?
- as mentioned, I installed over all my betas. . Everything is intact. Your mileage may vary so back up your stuff...
- I would recommend letting the system "quiesce" for about 10 to 15 minutes after first login. My spotlight mdworkers were on full tilt. They were running 4 out of my 8 cores flat out. Other critical jobs kick off. Don't worry it's all pretty short lived, but necessary.
- also checked the post-install recovery partition patch, but haven't verified if recovery is functional again.
- be advised that sip is left disabled. No big deal, if you need to, re-enable it in recovery mode or rebooting via stick in terminal.
- the whole system feels snappier...may just be the GM "halo" effect...
Enjoy.
Addendum: On possibly needing to rebuild kernel extension caches...
If you checked "Force Cache Rebuild" during Post-Install like I did, a warning pops up about possibly needing to run this terminal command :
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sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernelThe immediate side-effect is a (noticeable) extra churn during post-install as the tool performs its magic. The extra terminal incantation above is only really needed if your PLK (pre-linked-kernel) is somehow corrupt. It's kinda of obvious when you get stuck in a kernel panic during boot. Darwin might actually recommend the proper action at the end of a long list of output and whine --> "considerRebuildOfPrelinkedKernel prebuild rebuild has expired" (duhh..).
Not to panic, this is your cue to reboot in safe mode (or with kext-dev-mode=1) and run ...
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sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel
sudo kextcache -system-cachesThere are some other ways to rebuild your kernel. Google is your friend.
A happy side-effect is that your system will utlimately boot faster, in fact some regularly tune their systems this way.
This may be a lot of goobledigook to most, but every little bit helps...
Later...
"doesn't work" doesn't really tell us much. Can you be more descriptive?
Are you using patcher tool version 3.9 or newer, and preferably 4.02?
hi all - two questions firstly will there ever be a way to use the bam wireless card?
Secondly and most importantly I've updated my iMac 8,1 with the info on here and I have a sound issue, when you use the keys or the slider the sound looks like the volume is changing but it doest it sounds like its full blast all the time? also its quite distorted when playing the memo sounds etc - any ideas?
Secondly and most importantly I've updated my iMac 8,1 with the info on here and I have a sound issue, when you use the keys or the slider the sound looks like the volume is changing but it doest it sounds like its full blast all the time? also its quite distorted when playing the memo sounds etc - any ideas?
Typing this from my Early 2009 iMac with the GM installed, Be Warned that I encountered some issues doing a upgrade install. I made a USB drive using the GM and latest dosdude's tool, that all worked fine. While the Sierra was installing I went to have lunch in the other room with 29 mins of install time left, I came back in afterwards to find my iMac had rebooted on its own and got a no entry error, there had been no start up chime either and it would not chime at all on power cycle, My Bluetooth and 2.4Ghz Keyboards were not detected, went and got my wired gaming keyboard and reset the PRAM in a loop 3 times with chimes, managed to then boot back into the USB Key and run the post install patches. Machine then was able to start normally but got black screen and cursor due to update going wonky. Typed in user name and password blind and installer and setup continued. System is now working properly.
LAMENT OF THE UNSUPPORTED
by RumorzGuy (the renegade poet)
09-09-16
Apple says I am an old horse,
Not worthy of their new OS,
But I've still got the innards,
So my protest I must express.
Money and the profit margin,
Seems to be the bottom line,
Force me to buy a new Mac,
When this one suits me fine.
I don't swim in much money,
A new Mac is a major deal,
Maybe if you were in my shoes,
You'd understand how I feel.
So tho' Apple tries to stop me,
I'll install with patcher tools,
Better one more year of upgrades,
Than being Cupertino's fools.
(Happily running macOS Sierra GM on an early 2009 iMac.)
And for an added treat, here is a graphic that I just made regarding that "old horse". Enjoy!
by RumorzGuy (the renegade poet)
09-09-16
Apple says I am an old horse,
Not worthy of their new OS,
But I've still got the innards,
So my protest I must express.
Money and the profit margin,
Seems to be the bottom line,
Force me to buy a new Mac,
When this one suits me fine.
I don't swim in much money,
A new Mac is a major deal,
Maybe if you were in my shoes,
You'd understand how I feel.
So tho' Apple tries to stop me,
I'll install with patcher tools,
Better one more year of upgrades,
Than being Cupertino's fools.
(Happily running macOS Sierra GM on an early 2009 iMac.)
And for an added treat, here is a graphic that I just made regarding that "old horse". Enjoy!
ddigitalnr - when you play sound is it jittery/distorted? do the volume controls on the k/b actually control the volume?
It's all working fine and no sound issues and keyboard hotlinks are all active
Hi, I have build my GM USB installation key with latest tool and installed Sierra onto another 32GB USB key. I did the patch and reboot. It start normally with apple icon and progress bar but almost at the middle I am getting the grey stop. I got into verbose mode and I am getting this screen:
any ideas? Please note that I can boot into my other USB HDD that has the latest Sierra public beta installed the same way with no problem...
mbp 5,5
any ideas? Please note that I can boot into my other USB HDD that has the latest Sierra public beta installed the same way with no problem...
mbp 5,5
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Did you make sure the USB patch was selected when you applied the post-install patch?
Yes, I also tried to patch again with all options checked, same result. Tried to force rebuild caches, same result... Is there a possibility that something may went wrong due to the fact that both sticks (install and target) were in the same usb port extender? I don't think so...
Previous beta successful install was made with a real hdd in sata port and then it was checked working ok also with a usb-to-sata bridge...
Just a quick update to this as I know there has been much progress since this was originally posted and dosdude1 was still finishing up his tool. I was doing this install on a Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008) 3.2 GHz model. I was trying to install GM Patch "faster" from a SSD RAID0 setup as my "USB Installer". I think that may have been the issue since journaling is turned off by default on a RAID0. After experiencing the issue I described previously where the installer had all disk options greyed out, I destroyed the RAID and then reformatted as two separate disks using Extended Journaled, then installed dosdude1's 4.0.3 release of Sierra Patcher. The result? Flawless execution!
And I know it's been said many times in the forum, but I would be remisced to not specifically call out props for dosdude1's persistence, communication, and detailed efforts in doing what is right for the audience that clearly deserves to run the software their hardware supports without "fictitious limitations" set by Apple.
dosdude1, you are a hero!!
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Is this okay to upgrade an existing el cap install rather than starting over completely from scratch?
Tested and verified on my pro 3,1! Thanks!
A system that received a beating from DP1 through DP3 using @dosdude1 patchers followed by a series of PBs using @foxlet catalogs, and now a full "in place" install (yes I was bold and too lazy to wipe my disk) using dude's 4.0.2. A few observations...
- set aside about an hour. Building the patched boot disk/stick takes a little while. Be patient.
- place Sierra installer on the fastest drive possible. I have a mix of SSDs and traditional HDs, but use solid state as much as possible.
- tried the post-install cache rebuild option. Worked well and eliminated the long cache rebuild on first boot.
- not sure if I need to kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel?
- as mentioned, I installed over all my betas. . Everything is intact. Your mileage may vary so back up your stuff...
- I would recommend letting the system "quiesce" for about 10 to 15 minutes after first login. My spotlight mdworkers were on full tilt. They were running 4 out of my 8 cores flat out. Other critical jobs kick off. Don't worry it's all pretty short lived, but necessary.
- also checked the post-install recovery partition patch, but haven't verified if recovery is functional again.
- be advised that sip is left disabled. No big deal, if you need to, re-enable it in recovery mode or rebooting via stick in terminal.
- the whole system feels snappier...may just be the GM "halo" effect...
Enjoy.
I know I should know this, but "sip"...? I installed over clean install of Dev Beta 1...no issues here either. I did have a minor hiccup and that was after installing GM with 4.0.3 of Patcher, I selected a few additional options over the recommended for my 3,1 for post-install patcher including Ethernet Support via USB, Ambient Light Sensor, and and Recovery Patch.
On prior versions of Patcher Tool, it would pause and do something in the background, then reboot automatically no issues. On this version, I noticed I hit "Patch" and then it just hung out there. I had to go to the menu and manually click Restart. When I restarted, my screens just went blank and my system just hung there. I left my Mac Pro for a few minutes just to make sure it wasn't doing something important in the background (like I assumed it may have been a lengthy cache rebuild). After about 5 minutes, I simply powered off and then powered back on. It booted normally no issues and no error messages. Thought I would share in case someone else experiences something similar or for feedback on future refinements of dosdude1's Patcher Tool.
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so ddigitalnr - when you press volume down key on keyboard you can hear the chirp slowly getting quieter not displaying its getting quite but staying same volume?
Any ideas on this as I'm stuck with it :-/
Any ideas on this as I'm stuck with it :-/
Don't know why it's not working for you, I'm using some cheap bluetooth Apple Keyboard rip off and it works fine and all audio goes up and down perfectly maybe run the post install script again.
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This is what I did as my Install was only a week old to begin with, see my post here about my "issues" but nothing that was not fixed in five mins.
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This is what I did as my Install was only a week old to begin with, see my post here about my "issues" but nothing that was not fixed in five mins.
Hello guys, I'm on the PB7 and when I try to download the GM from the App Store it says my mac it's not supported. I'm on a MBP 15" mid 2009. Sierra is installed thanks to the dosdude1 tool. Could someone pm me a link to download the public GM please? Is the latest dosdude1 tool compatible with the public GM? Thank you
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