I used the beta utility then when I saw your message that beta 5 was out I checked the software update
In my mid-2011 27" iMac, I've just change the GC (faulty 6970M 2GB repaired at least 2 times) to a Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M. I've also changed the Airport Card to avoid issues with Mojave and enable missing functionalities such as Continuity, Airdrop... It cost me 110€ for the Nvidia card and 40€ for the Airport+adapter.
Some mods on the dissipator has to be done to make the new GC fit and it's quite plug and play for the Airport card.
I've installed yesterday the b4 on a USB disk just for testing and used the Mojave patcher with my iMac version. I've just unticked the Graphic and Wifi patch.
It works like a charm
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) do you mean for alienware? GDDR5 card?
I used the SWUSwitcher utility downloaded from the software update in system preferences then rebooted got stuck at the 2 min mark left to install then I rebooted tried it got to the second phase of then then near the completion it rebooted so I used my b12 patcher then did the post install then applied the updates from the patch updater then checked my iSight camera wasn't working loaded the patch updater and applied the iSight patch
Thanks for confirming. My b4 to b5 seed system software update isn't working as expected. Something weird. From b3 to b4 system update kicked in automatically, popped up a few dialogs, restarted and (of course) I post-installed for the requisite fixes. (relatively) smooth. I was kind of hoping it would follow the same route. I shouldn't need the beta utility at all. In fact, when installed on Mojave, all beta utility does is download the full installer which (of course) doesn't recognize my system as legit unless I create a new patcher stick with it. Strange.I used the SWUSwitcher utility downloaded from the software update in system preferences then rebooted got stuck at the 2 min mark left to install then I rebooted tried it got to the second phase of then then near the completion it rebooted so I used my b12 patcher then did the post install then applied the updates from the patch updater then checked my iSight camera wasn't working loaded the patch updater and applied the iSight patch
There is a software update patch in the post install that allows us to download the update like we did when all updates were in the App Store I used the SWU Switcher utility to enroll my iMac 9,1 in the developers seed and my iMac 8,1 is on the beta seed so when you posted that beta 5 was out I went and checked the software update at first it said no update was available then exited when I looked there was a 1 on my system preference on my dock checked then installed the beta 5 update
I had the issue when I accidentally encrypted my hdd on APFS bur my password box appeared when I was on beta every time I entered my password it said it was not the right one
Are you sure? Apple says your APFS volume will be invisible to pre-macOS Mojave (you're on HS right?) until decrypt or encrypt finishes (which can take long)
when the update finishes downloading a popup should appear that says restart to install or later hit restart and it should install the beta 5 update then reboot into your macOS Mojave patcher and do the post install patches
are you checking for the update in your system preferences -software update
If you think that is slow, try erasing the disk using the Gutmann algorithm. 35 passes, mate.
It doesn't take a day, but several days on 500 GB SSD.