What about MacBookPro 7,1 on High Sierra/Mojave?
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Can you tell me how to do that, hate the stock blue wavy wallpaper?
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Software update picked up developer beta 4, downloaded and installed and it's bootlooping. So I booted from the USB to run the macOS Post Install patches again and it's still bootlooping!
Try Force Cache Rebuild if you haven't already.
All the images for different Macs are in
/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/
Seems like he modified the relevant image (such as com.apple.macbook-black.icns) so that it had the different wallpaper image.
Thanks
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Got any verbose? Try Force Cache Rebuild, usually works.
I'm not seeing a update on my mac mini running 18A326h. I used beta 6 patcher to install Mojave. pretty sure that included patch for software update. any suggestions?
Do you have the macOS Developer/Public Beta Access Utility Installed, this is required to search for new macOS Software Updates. You can download it on the Apple Public Beta Program Website: (www.beta.apple.com)
I do not. I will have to download the public beta profile. But I beleive I am currently running the Developer beta (18A326h), correct me if Im wrong?
I'm not sure if anybody wants this information, but I might as well share it. I never use the automated macOS downloaders. Since day one I just downloaded the files from the software catalog by hand. (I just got beta 4 this way.) If anybody else wants to know how to do that...
1. Download the software catalog. This year's is https://swscan.apple.com/content/ca...n-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog but they always follow the same pattern. Next year's will just be ...index-10.15seed-10.15-10.14... so you can do what I do and grab a copy the moment it's released to developers without waiting for somebody to upload the beta access utility.
2. Open it in a text editor.
3. Search for InstallAssistantAuto.smd and go to the last instance of that.
4. From the point you're at, find the next instance of RecoveryHDMetaDmg.pkg and download that link.
5. Do the same for InstallESDDmg.pkg and InstallAssistantAuto.pkg. They should all be close together inside a "Packages" dict.
6. Extract the contents of the packages and the payload of InstallAssistantAuto.pkg (use a pbzx parser). You should end up with the install app, InstallESD.dmg, and RecoveryHDMeta.dmg.
Edit for anyone who comes across this post in future -- don't bother with the pbzx parser, just use the undocumented
7. Show package contents on the app and go to Contents/SharedSupport. Copy InstallESD.dmg into here.
8. Mount RecoveryHDMeta.dmg and copy the contents of the virtual disk into SharedSupport too.
These steps, without fail since at least macOS Sierra, will produce a functioning copy of the install app without needing an Apple ID, developer ID, or supported Mac.
Since there are now automatic download scripts, there's no real reason to follow these steps. I figured I'd share them for academic purposes only, if anyone wants to make their own automated downloader or whatever.
Edit: I've never actually looked at the code for the automated downloaders. I assume that they use this same process, though.
1. Download the software catalog. This year's is https://swscan.apple.com/content/ca...n-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog but they always follow the same pattern. Next year's will just be ...index-10.15seed-10.15-10.14... so you can do what I do and grab a copy the moment it's released to developers without waiting for somebody to upload the beta access utility.
2. Open it in a text editor.
3. Search for InstallAssistantAuto.smd and go to the last instance of that.
4. From the point you're at, find the next instance of RecoveryHDMetaDmg.pkg and download that link.
5. Do the same for InstallESDDmg.pkg and InstallAssistantAuto.pkg. They should all be close together inside a "Packages" dict.
6. Extract the contents of the packages and the payload of InstallAssistantAuto.pkg (use a pbzx parser). You should end up with the install app, InstallESD.dmg, and RecoveryHDMeta.dmg.
Edit for anyone who comes across this post in future -- don't bother with the pbzx parser, just use the undocumented
pkgutil --expand-full! Much easier.7. Show package contents on the app and go to Contents/SharedSupport. Copy InstallESD.dmg into here.
8. Mount RecoveryHDMeta.dmg and copy the contents of the virtual disk into SharedSupport too.
These steps, without fail since at least macOS Sierra, will produce a functioning copy of the install app without needing an Apple ID, developer ID, or supported Mac.
Since there are now automatic download scripts, there's no real reason to follow these steps. I figured I'd share them for academic purposes only, if anyone wants to make their own automated downloader or whatever.
Edit: I've never actually looked at the code for the automated downloaders. I assume that they use this same process, though.
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I cannot provide you a download link here, but that's not beta 4, either beta 3 or beta 2, you need a Developer Profile. Won't be hard to find.
$35 for an iMac 8,1? Can you fill me (us) in on that deal? Thanks!
Fixed!
Thanks for that
Now on 18A336e
Also when the profile is installed you should see this when you check for updates
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Thats good to hear! Has Apple ever tried to fix us messing about with patching their software, do they care? (not complainingFixed!
Thanks for that
Now on 18A336e
) just find it interesting!
Every thing I'm finding online states that 18A326h is DB3 which is a minor update from DB2 which was 18A326g. But as you said I need a developer profile to see update, makes sense. I prob just wait for public beta before I update. Just concerned I will have issues going from a developer version to a public beta version with just a simple software update.
macOS Mojave 10.14 beta 4 (18A336e)
That is the build Apple released today. Such thing as DM in this chat, and I can help you with it?
Thats good to hear! Has Apple ever tried to fix us messing about with patching their software, do they care? (not complaining
It sounds like it's best to, ahem, manual patch....
There's a new app called screenshot in the "Other" folder in the Launchpad
I'm convinced they've made the font better in this release? Might be my eyes, it is getting late
unfortunately I can not download installer from that link because I'm not a registered developer. but I did go head and download another copy of the Mojave installer from dosdude1's patcher, opened the package contents and the plist file actually read the build as 18a336d.....
I DM'ed you.unfortunately I can not download installer from that link because I'm not a registered developer. but I did go head and download another copy of the Mojave installer from dosdude1's patcher, opened the package contents and the plist file actually read the build as 18a336d.....
Oh well.. CoffeeLake graphics support arrives (/S*/L*/E*/AppleIntelCFLGraphics*), started with Mojave 10.14 Beta 4 (18A336e). But yeah, it seems there's no official graphics backward for older models uhmmb.. I still hope Nvidia will release WebDriver with Tesla support (at least) on next Mojave final release this fall.
Apple has an article, (none of it is true) https://support.apple.com/en-nz/HT201686
I would assume Coffee Lake Support was released with macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 AT LEAST since they decided to release two new MacBooks with Coffee Lake Processors.....
Oops, thanks for correction. No longer using hSierra here #atm so.., I missed this.
Hi dosdude1, using the last patcher I can download the macos mojave beta 4 for dev? thanks.