macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[Macschrauber]

Anyone else getting this dragging a window in the Finder?

2010 iMac ATI 5750

Me too, Mac Pro 3.1 and stock 5870. Doesnt appear in safe boot. Reinstalled dp7 and dp6, redone the post install patches, no cure

 

[0403979]

Just wanted to let you guys know that I am not seeing the graphics anomalies as described in the in the ops initial post on my Early 2011 Macbook Pro 15 (8,2) using the latest patcher tool and latest developer preview.

I did however have the graphics issues using the earlier tools. @dosdude1 Thanks for your genius mind!!!

That’s impossible. Please upload proof.

 

[sapphade]

You're right. I was just checking on his board and it is the same as mine A1286 (i posted previously) so the only way is for @videotape74 to open his box. Can you give him some tips on where it would be located - I think it's located on the reverse side but not sure.

Edit: I think flipping the board may only be valid for macbook's. macbook pro eeproms should be located on the top right? the diagram worked for me so I never opened my laptop.

I’ve opened mine . You don’t have to remove the logic board . Least I don’t think so or I’ve been looking at the wrong thing in which case whoops

 

[Luckygreek]

what's odd is I didn't have that behavior in previous version, 18A365d.

 

[sapphade]

That’s a 5,3
[doublepost=1534713038][/doublepost]5,5 is that board . I’m open to correction
[doublepost=1534713115][/doublepost]The twin fans is 5,3 the single fan is 5,5

 

[Project Alice]

What is the deal with the APFS rom patcher? My 3,1 has been on APFS with an SSD since high sierra was released... When I decide to upgrade to mojave on it will I have to do anything different? I didn't run anything on it other than the high sierra patcher

 

[sapphade]

The board on its own was a 2009 2.53 ghz which I think was a 5,4 . It had the 25L3205d chip but it’s best to check . I’d another 2009 that had different one .

 

[pkouame]

Me too, Mac Pro 3.1 and stock 5870. Doesnt appear in safe boot. Reinstalled dp7 and dp6, redone the post install patches, no cure

probably gpu related. I have a pro 3.1 + Nvidia GTX 680 and no such anomaly.

 

[ASentientBot]

That’s impossible. Please upload proof.

I too have serious doubts about this. Maybe something interesting is going on though. I'd like to see a screenshot as well, @Nerdigangstar if you don't mind?
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Light Mode bug

Anyone getting this error message in their console log when switching (in General Preferences) from Dark to Light mode on unsupported non-metal machine (with Light mode glitches)?

default    13:44:48.637108 -0400    WindowServer    SetFrontProcessInternal(0x0,0x16d16d pid4127) Posting kCGSEventResume to application, allWindows=0 noWindows=0 userGenerated=0.
default    13:44:48.668767 -0400    contextstored    27366555: RECEIVED OUT-OF-SEQUENCE NOTIFICATION: 0 vs 132, 513, <private>
error    13:44:48.665288 -0400    System Preferences    Unable to load Info.plist exceptions (eGPUOverrides)

This does not happen when switching from Light to Dark.

Thanks.

This happens whenever I open any app. Dark mode too.

 

[jbarley]

What is the deal with the APFS rom patcher? My 3,1 has been on APFS with an SSD since high sierra was released... When I decide to upgrade to mojave on it will I have to do anything different? I didn't run anything on it other than the high sierra patcher

I asked much the same question back a few pages (post #5480) and so far no positive answers.
Basically asking if the "boot loader" hack used to get High Sierra to run APFS is usable when running Mojave.

 

[Luckygreek]

probably gpu related. I have a pro 3.1 + Nvidia GTX 680 and no such anomaly.

I guess what's really confusing as I went back & reinstalled 18A365d & "trails" were no longer an issue, did this twice with same results. Running 18A365a with "trails" waiting for next release to see if problems persists, if so perhaps later releases have same issue negating running Mojave on 2010 iMac.

 

[pkouame]

I too have serious doubts about this. Maybe something interesting is going on though. I'd like to see a screenshot as well, @Nerdigangstar if you don't mind?
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This happens whenever I open any app. Dark mode too.

Yes it does for many apps. I was asking about a preference appearance change specifically. I don't see it happening when moving to dark from the pref appearance page. It's consistent when moving to light. Other apps are having transparency issues also. It's a lottery, but depends on whether they migrated to Mojave Dark Mode or not (or properly). Just a hunch on whether there's a link.

 

[Macschrauber]

probably gpu related. I have a pro 3.1 + Nvidia GTX 680 and no such anomaly.

My other 3.1 on another place with HD4870 and DP7 is good

I had some findings:

dp7 bad (glitches, wrong colours, brown background instead of dark blue), dp6 good - both on same Mac Pro 3.1 with Apple HD5870

DP7 had 30-bit Colour (ARGB2101010)
DP6 had 24-Bit Colour (ARGB8888)

shown in System Profiler / Graphics

I tried a clean DP7 Install, had this glitches when dragging a window same as Luckygreek even in the initial dialogue when asking for language, keyboard and stuff for the first install.

so something went nuts with Vram depth I guess

 

[ASentientBot]

Yes it does for many apps. I was asking about a preference appearance change specifically. I don't see it happening when moving to dark from the pref appearance page. It's consistent when moving to light. Other apps are having transparency issues also. It's a lottery, but depends on whether they migrated to Mojave Dark Mode or not (or properly). Just a hunch on whether there's a link.

Just checked again. I do not see it when switching to light mode or dark mode. I see it when opening System Preferences. And then I see it again when opening the General preference pane (but for process com.apple.preference.general.remoteservice).

I do not think there's a link with the transparency glitch, but I may be wrong.

 

[David403]

When I did the original APFS Patch (version 1) on my MB 5,2 it worked… It enabled me to boot HS on an APFS SSD.

However… startup is not normal:

Following a shutdown, pressing the power button (a short press - not holding it down) to start it up first causes the MB to appear to go back into programming mode before booting.

• the white power light at the front flashes rapidly,
• I hear hear a long tone,
• I hear the CD Drive start briefly,
• Followed by pause for 30 to 40 seconds with just a black screen,
• the CD Drive starts briefly again ,
• I hear the startup tone, and I get a gray screen with an Apple logo
• and it boots into macOS.

I never found a resolution to this but I had HS working. Boot ROM is MB52.0088.B05

I’d like to have this resolved before installing APFS Mojave. Any suggestions???

Would dosdude1’s APFS Patcher ver.2 fix this ? Or is this likely to ‘brick’ the MB 5,2

 

[ASentientBot]

My other 3.1 on another place with HD4870 and DP7 is good

I had some findings:

dp7 bad (glitches, wrong colours, brown background instead of dark blue), dp6 good - both on same Mac Pro 3.1 with Apple HD5870

DP7 had 30-bit Colour (ARGB2101010)
DP6 had 24-Bit Colour (ARGB8888)

shown in System Profiler / Graphics

I tried a clean DP7 Install, had this glitches when dragging a window same as Luckygreek even in the initial dialogue when asking for language, keyboard and stuff for the first install.

so something went nuts with Vram depth I guess

There's a post earlier in this thread (10-20 pages at the most) about changing the bit depth to fix these issues. I didn't pay much attention since I'm on a MacBook7,1 and it didn't affect me. Did you take a look at that, though?

 

[pkouame]

Just checked again. I do not see it when switching to light mode or dark mode. I see it when opening System Preferences. And then I see it again when opening the General preference pane (but for process com.apple.preference.general.remoteservice).

I do not think there's a link with the transparency glitch, but I may be wrong.

Interesting.
I Open preferences and the general appearance panel with my console running. Wait till the system quiesces a bit - note the time - clear the log - then switch and capture the snippet to a log. I do the same in both directions. I can reproduce it pretty consistently on my machine. Not sure if there's a link, but I was generally looking at how the system appearance switch from dark to light and back is handled (and if any errors are registered).
I disassembled the appearance preference pane and once you select a different mode it basically notifies AppKit of the change. AppKit then notifies all windows in the hierarchy to switch modes. Some apps/windows will handle that well - others - notably our beloved Finder - don't. For example, the Dock has no problem with transparency in either dark or light.

 

[Macschrauber]

There's a post earlier in this thread (10-20 pages at the most) about changing the bit depth to fix these issues. I didn't pay much attention since I'm on a MacBook7,1 and it didn't affect me. Did you take a look at that, though?

Changed from Billions to Millions with SwitchResX - cured the sluggish colours - but dragging windows in Finder still has these glitches. Needless to say HD5870 had never Support for Billions of colours...

 

[pkouame]

I asked much the same question back a few pages (post #5480) and so far no positive answers.
Basically asking if the "boot loader" hack used to get High Sierra to run APFS is usable when running Mojave.

which boot loader hack?

 

[Luckygreek]

Changed from Billions to Millions with SwitchResX - cured the sluggish colours - but dragging windows in Finder still has these glitches. Needless to say HD5870 had never Support for Billions of colours...

Completely agree, to my knowledge there is no way to change bit depth (without use of 3rd party app) on Mac since I think Snow Leopard,( I may be wrong) resolution yes ie; 1900X1080, 2560X1440, etc, which changing to 1900X1080 had no effect on "trails" on my 27" iMac.

 

[dosdude1]

Me too, Mac Pro 3.1 and stock 5870. Doesnt appear in safe boot. Reinstalled dp7 and dp6, redone the post install patches, no cure

There is no acceleration with Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series cards, as stated on my webpage and in the OP. No acceleration causes those glitches. macOS is unusable without graphics acceleration. Install a newer nVidia card to fix your issues.

 

[arqueox]

Just wanted to let you guys know that I am not seeing the graphics anomalies as described in the in the ops initial post on my Early 2011 Macbook Pro 15 (8,2) using the latest patcher tool and latest developer preview.

I did however have the graphics issues using the earlier tools. @dosdude1 Thanks for your genius mind!!!

To help community you should proof with photos what you are saying for people understand what is your point. Nobody has reached to that point yet. Which glitches do you refer?

 

[Badruzeus]

Light Mode bug

Anyone getting this error message in their console log when switching (in General Preferences) from Dark to Light mode on unsupported non-metal machine (with Light mode glitches)?

error    13:44:48.665288 -0400    System Preferences    Unable to load Info.plist exceptions (eGPUOverrides)

This does not happen when switching from Light to Dark.

Thanks.

I also got this issue as you could see on my prev. post, even with vanilla kexts on SLE (since Beta 7).

 

[TimothyR734]

What is the deal with the APFS rom patcher? My 3,1 has been on APFS with an SSD since high sierra was released... When I decide to upgrade to mojave on it will I have to do anything different? I didn't run anything on it other than the high sierra patcher

The High Sierra patcher had a APFS patch in which you may have applied during the post install. The thinking is MacOS Mojave is going to require APFS if you want to update through the software update in system preferences so that is the reason for the APFS boot rom patcher as on most older mac's won't boot APFS without it

 

[DaniloGeekDude]

Have you checked that SIP is still turned off?

Yes, SIP is still disabled - "csrutil status" - and it confirms it. Thanks.
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I had the same issue . what solved it for me was to take a spare ssd and do a clean install of high sierra and patch it with dosdudes HS installer as normal SIP disabled etc. Then i followed the steps you have outlined above and all worked. I would stress that you check which type of chip is on your board so you don't brick it . I have patched a 5,3 and 5,5 and both were MX25L3205D . Its important you select the right one . Good luck

Thanks for the suggestion. I will see if i could have a spare eternal drive. I'm actually running the ROM patcher from a internal SSD partition that is using @dosdude1's HS patcher.
I will also try and physically check the eeprom. The ROM patcher actually picked my exact model (MBP5,5) and didn't even get a chance to select manually.

Thanks.