macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[FilthyMuppetInnuendo]

Mojave installer on my 5,1 with MVC 980 GTX (Metal capable) reported that my GPU should have Metal support to proceed with the installation... Why...?

Well...Launching installation from terminal bypassed this...

Option to skip APFS does not work.

MVC I wager stands for “MacVidCard”, as in a flashed model, right? So someone, say, with an unflashed model using nVidia’s own drivers will be **** out of luck in installing Mojave if he doesn’t have ANOTHER graphics card lying around that happens to be BOTH metal compatible AND flashed for OS X. Because you have to install the driver before the card will be recognized (and you’re able to see anything on the screen), but can’t install the driver until the OS is installed. Am I understanding this absolute ******** correctly?

Hi I am running a MacPro 3.1 with Nvidia GT 120 running very well on this old slugger just used the Legacy Nvidia updater patch in the Post Install patcher. Nvidia do not have web drivers for Mojave yet as it is in Beta of course.

Oh, wait, you can forcibly hack in GT120 drivers so that you can see what you’re doing post-install? If that’s the case, I should be able to get this working.

 

[dosdude1]

Any idea which exact card? I'm having trouble finding one.

You need the card from an A1342 MacBook, as the 2009 Mini does not use a standard Mini PCIe WiFi card.

 

[tsialex]

For the 3,1 isn't the card the Apple Broadcom BCM94360CD?

Thats what I put in my 3,1 and it works great. Seems like if you are going to go through the effort might as well get AC and BT 4.0

If you want AC/BT4.0, go for BCM9436xCD. If you want to just keep Wi-Fi working on Mojave spending little, go for BCM94322MC.

Edit: This is for Mac Pros, 3,1 and 4,1 models.

 

[thestenz]

You need the card from an A1342 MacBook, as the 2009 Mini does not use a standard Mini PCIe WiFi card.

Thank you dosdude1 that's exactly what I needed to know!

 

[TimothyR734]

Thank you dosdude1 that's exactly what I needed to know!

if your Mac mini model number is A1283 the wifi part number is 607-4511-A on eBay

 

[tsialex]

if your Mac mini model number is A1283 the wifi part number is 607-4511-A on eBay

That's the original 2009 BCM94321 Mac mini/Air one, not the SKU for the A1342 MacBook White unibody one.

I have changed the original one for the A1342 AirPort Extreme and it's a hack, the size is not the same and only one screw fits, but works.

 

[TimothyR734]

the stenz was asking what wifi module works in a 2009 Mac mini I thought it could be Broadcom bcm 43xx bur only found it by a part number

 

[anthonysmith93]

Hi all, so I installed Mojave on my MBP 4,1, software seems to work great BUT even though I have a newer wifi/BT card (since I was running High Sierra before) the system doesn't even recognize that I have one. WiFi worked fine in High Sierra, and when I go to check the ID of my card to see if it's compatible, nothing at all shows up, like it's not even installed. I HAVE run post install, at first without the legacy wifi patch, then again with it, and I have rebuilt caches. Any help at all would be appreciated.

 

[ASentientBot]

To me that doesn't worked, but I think it's not feasible. Hope to be contradicted.

Instead of tilde I already pointed for /Users/username/

Took a bit of poking around, but this should do it.

defaults write ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.AppStore/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist AutoPlayVideoSetting off

Reboot, it doesn't seem to take effect immediately.
[doublepost=1532584206][/doublepost]I'm sure there is a real solution, though. Disabling autoplay is really just a temporary workaround. I'm itching to test stuff on other unsupported hardware and look for better solutions... oh well. I've got Mojave on my MacBook7,1 at least!

 

[TimothyR734]

Hi all, so I installed Mojave on my MBP 4,1, software seems to work great BUT even though I have a newer wifi/BT card (since I was running High Sierra before) the system doesn't even recognize that I have one. WiFi worked fine in High Sierra, and when I go to check the ID of my card to see if it's compatible, nothing at all shows up, like it's not even installed. I HAVE run post install, at first without the legacy wifi patch, then again with it, and I have rebuilt caches. Any help at all would be appreciated.

did you try reinstalling using the patch updater in your utilities folder

 

[waydabber]

You need the card from an A1342 MacBook, as the 2009 Mini does not use a standard Mini PCIe WiFi card.

You'll need the BCM943224PCIEBT card (be careful not to order the BCM943224PCIEBT2 by accident).

Be advised that not only that the BCM943224PCIEBT card is different in size, it's mini RF coax antenna connectors are incompatible with the Mini's (you can kinda force it to work with some kind of with some kind of miniature paperclip which holds the connectors in place despite the physical incompatibility). I attempted to perform the upgrade once and failed so spectacularly that I broke two of my old Mini's RF antenna connectors.

 

[anthonysmith93]

I actually restarted the computer a 3rd time and miraculously my wifi bars appeared and all has been functioning properly since then. So now I'm having no issues! I can't believe such an old mac can run new (beta software) so well!

 

[jackluke]

Took a bit of poking around, but this should do it.

defaults write ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.AppStore/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist AutoPlayVideoSetting off

Reboot, it doesn't seem to take effect immediately.
[doublepost=1532584206][/doublepost]I'm sure there is a real solution, though. Disabling autoplay is really just a temporary workaround. I'm itching to test stuff on other unsupported hardware and look for better solutions... oh well. I've got Mojave on my MacBook7,1 at least!

That was exactly there. You've been impeccable as ever (or always)!

I explain I wrote instead of "tilde" (option/alt+5) cause I know it's largely used by those who develop scripts, but sometimes if an user moving through hidden Finder folders without "Go To Folder", could get in confusion between the real effective paths /Library/ and ~/Library/ ---> /Users/username/Library/

Of course using tilde will be the general solution for anyone intend to do it from his own Terminal or maybe for embedding into the Mojave Patcher.

If you don't own a Mac with a legacy AMD/ATI GPU, I guess it will be harder to find a solution better than a workaround.

Anyway, Thank you!

edit:
Double Thanks, since I've MB7,1 Mojave ready too.

 

[Hindrik1997]

Original Bluetooth module works, Wi-Fi have to be changed to a MacBook 2009 AirPort Extreme one, BCM94322MC.

Like https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Ap...ard-825-7213-A-607-3328-A-A1181-/263468171581 or https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Airp...i-Interna-para-todos-os-Mac-Pro-/163032200427

Pay attention on the BCM94322MC and the Apple white and gray stickers, 3rd party ones sometime dosen't have 5GHz.

I have the following the devices, which work with High Sierra well. (Except Airdrop due to crappy bluetooth) Will they work in Mojave?

 

[Larsvonhier]

That's the original 2009 BCM94321 Mac mini/Air one, not the SKU for the A1342 MacBook White unibody one.

I have changed the original one for the A1342 AirPort Extreme and it's a hack, the size is not the same and only one screw fits, but works.

Similar hack in a MBA 2,1. But works for me here since Sierra/High Sierra and now with Mojave.

 

[tsialex]

I have the following the devices, which work with High Sierra well. (Except Airdrop due to crappy bluetooth) Will they work in Mojave?

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Yes, both will work.

 

[TimothyR734]

I have the following the devices, which work with High Sierra well. (Except Airdrop due to crappy bluetooth) Will they work in Mojave?

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depends on your model, year and specs

 

[tsialex]

depends on your model, year and specs

Nope, depends only if Apple still includes the kext in Mojave. If Apple supports the AirPort Extreme officially on Mac Pro 5,1, it will work on 3,1.

 

[nekton1]

Tried this on 27" iMac 2009 with HD 4850 and does not seems to work even after 4 reboots.

Took a bit of poking around, but this should do it.

defaults write ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.AppStore/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist AutoPlayVideoSetting off

Reboot, it doesn't seem to take effect immediately.
[doublepost=1532584206][/doublepost]I'm sure there is a real solution, though. Disabling autoplay is really just a temporary workaround. I'm itching to test stuff on other unsupported hardware and look for better solutions... oh well. I've got Mojave on my MacBook7,1 at least!

 

[jackluke]

Tried this on 27" iMac 2009 with HD 4850 and does not seems to work even after 4 reboots.

Try editing manually with "plist editor" (text editor is inapt for this scope)

or maybe try this adjusted script from your Mojave Terminal:

defaults write ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.AppStore/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist AutoPlayVideoSetting -string "off"

defaults write ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.AppStore/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist UserSetAutoPlayVideoSetting -bool true

edit:
I guarantee that giving both those scripts from your Mojave's Terminal, after a reboot New App Store won't crash more, unless you playback a video from there.

Thanks again to ASentientBot for discovered that tricky real path plist responsible file.

 

[nullonenullone]

It didn’t work for me. I have run the install again, got the same error, then rebooted back to post install tool, rebuilt caches and rebooted, and then at restart it just hangs on loading. I’m trying to do an upgrade instead of a new installing, I wonder if this is the cause?

For others, reading this later - You need to create a clean installation, the installer fails on moving user data.

 

[JDW]

I have tried installing the latest beta 4 on my iMac (late 2009); The iMac boots from the USB, the install process starts. About 75% into the install it crashes with error:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[SMMigrationRequest addUserToTransfer:excludedPaths:overwriteTargetName:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance

Any idea what might be the cause? I have tried recreating the USB installer/different USB sticks, same error

I too have a late 2009 27" iMac i7 2.8GHz with 4850 video card (which I baked back to life), 16GB of RAM and an internal 1TB Samsung EVO SSD formatted with APFS and currently running High Sierra. Has anyone else failed to install the Mojave beta (with patcher) on your late 2009 27" iMac?

 

[flygbuss]

I too have a late 2009 27" iMac i7 2.8GHz with 4850 video card (which I baked back to life), 16GB of RAM and an internal 1TB Samsung EVO SSD formatted with APFS and currently running High Sierra. Has anyone else failed to install the Mojave beta (with patcher) on your late 2009 27" iMac?

Did you do a clean install or did you try to update your current system?

 

[JDW]

Did you do a clean install or did you try to update your current system?

I haven't tried it yet. I simply found this discussion today and have been reading through the comments to see if my 2009 iMac model is compatible with the patch and Mojave. So again I'd like to ask, are there any late 2009 27" iMac owners who have gotten the Mojave Beta (with patcher) to work?

 

[nullonenullone]

I haven't tried it yet. I simply found this discussion today and have been reading through the comments to see if my 2009 iMac model is compatible with the patch and Mojave. So again I'd like to ask, are there any late 2009 27" iMac owners who have gotten the Mojave Beta (with patcher) to work?

Just try it, if it will work - yep.
If not - we will try to fix it.