macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[iscs]

I have mac bookpro mid 2009 5.5 and i update to latest version via software update and i apply post install patch again as usual after any update now it take too much in reboot and then nothing work it stuck on screen looking for Bluetooth KB and track-pad not work .. ANY advice

 

[L Caputo]

Recently I posted asking advice about getting a Nvidia GTX680 for my ageing gracefully MP 3.1. Thank you to those that replied and gave me the confidence to go ahead. I bought the card and it arrived yesterday so I was wondering if I could ask for a little bit more advice.
The card is a flashed card and I have never installed a flashed card before, so is it a simple matter of taking out the existing card and putting in the GTX and the MP will boot up. Or do I have to install the latest Nvidia drivers before installing the GTX. This MP is running El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave and am not entirely sure if these OS's have support for the GTX680 built in. Any advice, tips and tricks gratefully received.
Thanks in advance.

Now for the Grand Prix, CZO as a Ferrari fan what do you think of Kimis news.

 

[jackluke]

I have mac bookpro mid 2009 5.5 and i update to latest version via software update and i apply post install patch again as usual after any update now it take too much in reboot and then nothing work it stuck on screen looking for Bluetooth KB and track-pad not work .. ANY advice

Boot from USB Mojave Patcher, open Post-Install and select any USB related patched (only USBs) and checkbox "Force cache rebuild", then reboot, after done the input devices should work again normally.

 

[d4gli]

Hi, I only had time now to update my MBP 2011. I had DP10 and it shows now that I have DP11 available. I have made de update and then it shows MacOS version 10.14... It shouldn't be a beta version still?

Propably GM... even updated my 5,1 to Mojave with cleaninstall with HFS via fresh Installer. Smooth and working, no beta / DP / PB notifications...

Just missing xmpp :-((

 

[Bobbytshoes]

Recently I posted asking advice about getting a Nvidia GTX680 for my ageing gracefully MP 3.1. Thank you to those that replied and gave me the confidence to go ahead. I bought the card and it arrived yesterday so I was wondering if I could ask for a little bit more advice.
The card is a flashed card and I have never installed a flashed card before, so is it a simple matter of taking out the existing card and putting in the GTX and the MP will boot up. Or do I have to install the latest Nvidia drivers before installing the GTX. This MP is running El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave and am not entirely sure if these OS's have support for the GTX680 built in. Any advice, tips and tricks gratefully received.
Thanks in advance.

Now for the Grand Prix, CZO as a Ferrari fan what do you think of Kimis news.

jhowarth said:

Can you clarify if the stock patched Mojave fully supports the GTX 680 or do we need to also install WebDriver-387.10.10.15.15.108 or later? Some of the comments in this thread seem to suggest that the need for the Nvidia WebDrivers is optional and just a bonus for access to future software updates.

dosdude1 said:

GTX680 does NOT require Web Drivers. It will work just fine regardless of whether or not you have them installed.

 

[iscs]

Boot from USB Mojave Patcher, open Post-Install and select any USB related patched (only USBs) and checkbox "Force cache rebuild", then reboot, after done the input devices should work again normally.

not work any other solution

 

[L Caputo]

jhowarth said:

Can you clarify if the stock patched Mojave fully supports the GTX 680 or do we need to also install WebDriver-387.10.10.15.15.108 or later? Some of the comments in this thread seem to suggest that the need for the Nvidia WebDrivers is optional and just a bonus for access to future software updates.

dosdude1 said:

GTX680 does NOT require Web Drivers. It will work just fine regardless of whether or not you have them installed.

Great news thank you. All.

 

[jackluke]

not work any other solution

You should to rebuild kextcache manually then, from another working macOS HighSierra or the USB Mojave Patcher, launch Terminal and try the next steps.

If you boot from USB Mojave Patcher type all the sequence without "sudo":

sudo chmod -R 755 /Volumes/YOURMojaveLABEL/System/Library/Extensions
sudo chown -R 0:0 /Volumes/YOURMojaveLABEL/System/Library/Extensions
sudo touch /Volumes/YOURMojaveLABEL/System/System/Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel /Volumes/YOURMojaveLABEL
sudo shutdown -h now

NOTE: if you have spaces in your Mojave label for ex. "Mojave Beta 11" in the Terminal you have to type as /Mojave\ Beta\ 11/

More than this I don't know how to help you.

 

[0403979]

You should to rebuild kextcache manually then, from another working macOS HighSierra or the USB Mojave Patcher, launch Terminal and try the next steps.

If you boot from USB Mojave Patcher type all the sequence without "sudo":

sudo chmod -R 755 /Volumes/YOURMojaveLABEL/System/Library/Extensions
sudo chown -R 0:0 /Volumes/YOURMojaveLABEL/System/Library/Extensions
sudo touch /Volumes/YOURMojaveLABEL/System/System/Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel /Volumes/YOURMojaveLABEL
sudo shutdown -h now

NOTE: if you have spaces in your Mojave label for ex. "Mojave Beta 11" in the Terminal you have to type as /Mojave\ Beta\ 11/

More than this I don't know how to help you.

Can the prelinked kernel cache be cleared from any volume? I was trying to use the post install app on a normal system by opening it with sudo but I couldn’t get it to work and I think it could be becasue of the prelinked kernel.

 

[jackluke]

Can the prelinked kernel cache be cleared from any volume? I was trying to use the post install app on a normal system by opening it with sudo but I couldn’t get it to work and I think it could be becasue of the prelinked kernel.

Good question, sometimes it works, sometimes don't. Probably because it inherits the current Extensions folder of the booted macOS, and eventually it will clear that prelinkedkernel instead of another volume. Infact when you have no input devices detected it's a big issue, otherwise through single user mode it's fixable.

 

[arqueox]

Propably GM... even updated my 5,1 to Mojave with cleaninstall with HFS via fresh Installer. Smooth and working, no beta / DP / PB notifications...

Just missing xmpp :-((

This version is fine to me. Quick and stable. Only issue is the light mode thing. But the system is awesome for now.

 

[nick_br]

Is your hdd/ssd formatted APFS or HFS? APFS is the requirement for getting the updates

I saw it now, it's in APFS...

 

[d4gli]

So we wont get any ota updates on HFS? Yesterday reinstalled with HFS+, will make ne reinstall with APFS again :-/

 

[Balaur]

Can you please tell me or point me to @pkouame's hybrid patch or is it similar to @jackluke's post, which I made 2 shell scripts from it. Listed below.
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Thanks.

I just have a naive question about these Terminal commands: What is different than using Accessibility from System Preferences, and checking "Reduce transparency" in Display (in the Vision group) ?

 

[olad]

Now for the Grand Prix, CZO as a Ferrari fan what do you think of Kimis news.

...
Kimi was going to be let go sooner or later. He was always No 2, but he was needed for the Constructors' points where his experience ensured he would be better than a new driver in earning points. Better he left now before being pushed out. He's going to Sauber (where it is said he will be part owner)... (Didn't think there were any F1 fans in the US, except my son, on the West Coast... hey guys, don't stone me)

 

[jackluke]

I just have a naive question about these Terminal commands: What is different than using Accessibility from System Preferences, and checking "Reduce transparency" in Display (in the Vision group) ?

There is, marking the checkbox into Accessibility prefpane, although is a very quick action, have to admit, force a global "reduce transparency" namely "opacity", while the Terminal commands enable only the "reduce transparency" but waiting for a general core apps (Finder, Dock, Notification etc.) refreshing before the opacity can be effectively noticed.
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This version is fine to me. Quick and stable. Only issue is the light mode thing. But the system is awesome for now.

Waiting for pkouame "hybrid light mode", have you tried this: Mojave hybrid reduce transparency for light mode
I guess is a valid temporary workaround, before pkouame add "vibrancy" to finder sidebars windows.

 

[jhowarth]

Recently I posted asking advice about getting a Nvidia GTX680 for my ageing gracefully MP 3.1. Thank you to those that replied and gave me the confidence to go ahead. I bought the card and it arrived yesterday so I was wondering if I could ask for a little bit more advice.
The card is a flashed card and I have never installed a flashed card before, so is it a simple matter of taking out the existing card and putting in the GTX and the MP will boot up. Or do I have to install the latest Nvidia drivers before installing the GTX. This MP is running El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave and am not entirely sure if these OS's have support for the GTX680 built in. Any advice, tips and tricks gratefully received.
Thanks in advance.

Now for the Grand Prix, CZO as a Ferrari fan what do you think of Kimis news.

Just make sure you have connected both 6-pin PCI-e power connectors to the GTX 680 and the mini-6 pin power connectors on the motherboard. If you don't have a pair of cables, they are available for $5 each on Amazon from JacobsParts.

 

[Alex-Microsmeta]

Hi @dosdude1 !
Trying to install Mojave beta 11 with patcher 1,20 on Macmini 2010 (Macmini 4,1)

but until now it fails (tested on 2 different usb supports, now I'll try to rewrite the USB installer on another USB key. Was working fine with beta 10

EDIT: Ok now, probably it was a only a corrupted file on the patched Mojave installer. Redownloaded the patcher 1.2.0 and Mojave beta 11

 

[L Caputo]

...
Kimi was going to be let go sooner or later. He was always No 2, but he was needed for the Constructors' points where his experience ensured he would be better than a new driver in earning points. Better he left now before being pushed out. He's going to Sauber (where it is said he will be part owner)... (Didn't think there were any F1 fans in the US, except my son, on the West Coast... hey guys, don't stone me)

Oh yeah Ferrari were going to let him go at the end of this year, apparently told him just before the race at Monza.
Still it was a surprise that he is going to Sauber but great to have him on the grid for a while longer.
Watching the qualifying at the moment in the UK, no mention of the part ownership thing that had been alluded to earlier in the week. We'll see.
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Just make sure you have connected both 6-pin PCI-e power connectors to the GTX 680 and the mini-6 pin power connectors on the motherboard. If you don't have a pair of cables, they are available for $5 each on Amazon from JacobsParts.

Hi
Thanks the card came with both cables.

 

[arqueox]

There is, marking the checkbox into Accessibility prefpane, although is a very quick action, have to admit, force a global "reduce transparency" namely "opacity", while the Terminal commands enable only the "reduce transparency" but waiting for a general core apps (Finder, Dock, Notification etc.) refreshing before the opacity can be effectively noticed.
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Waiting for pkouame "hybrid light mode", have you tried this: Mojave hybrid reduce transparency for light mode
I guess is a valid temporary workaround, before pkouame add "vibrancy" to finder sidebars windows.

Thnx. I have read and I will try later. It is a fine temporary workaround.
Hope @pkouame can figure it out. We are waiting and are true believers that he will.

 

[jackluke]

While reduceTransparency is a legitimate workaround for the ugly grey menu bar, I find that it has too broad a system impact: effectively zapping transparency all over the place - especially the dock etc. You're left with a dock and notification sidebar panel (for example) that are barely visually functional. At least for my poor eyes...

I found a software switch in HIToolbox that simply turns menu bar transparency OFF. Unfortunately it is not available as a setting, environment variable or default - the equivalent of an HIMenuBarOpaque application plist setting would have been really nice, but Apple doesn't always make this easy.

Anyway, it's a one byte patch that easily (and harmlessly) flattens the menu bar to white or black (Light or Dark mode) but preserves all other functional transparencies. See below:
View attachment 781474 View attachment 781475

PM me if you're interested in the details or want to test the HIToolbox DB11 patch. At least it takes care of the grey menu bar (without affecting general transparency/vibrancy) which in my opinion is the most egregious aspect of the Light mode bug.

As far as AppKit and the ugly sidebars (in Finder and other apps), swapping Light mode processing for Dark mode is still an option (per my previous screenshots) but has some side effects I am not pleased with: dark window bars and obscured function bars in some apps. I've found that these "modes" are not consistently implemented - for example while my "Hybrid" mode looks good for the Finder AppStore and Xcode, News and iTunes look a little quirky. Still work in progress.

Regard your patching the Appkit for "light mode glitched vibrancy" swapping with the "dark vibrancy" aka "translucent Finder windows sidebars", the side effects you described "dark window bars and obscured function bars" are mainly related to the characters font color (typically black on white for the light mode) ?

Apart News and Itunes, I guess all the other macOS core apps were fine with "light mode - dark vibrancy" swap, am I right?

Another curiosity using patched Appkit, the "Spotlight search" in "light mode" is vibrant dark or white opaque ?

edit:
Anyway I guess if you share your source code with @ASentientBot (and maybe others too) could help to treat the "HIMenuBarOpaque" as an environment non-invasive variable, I think there is an equivalent plist setting somewhere, but I am not deep inside the code as you, so for now I grope in the dark.

 

[rkrumwiede]

Did you apply the legacy wifi patch in the post install or check to see on the OP if you have a supported wifi card you could also re-install the wifi patch in the patch updater in your utilities folder

I did however I have an unsupported WiFi card and was not expecting that to work with old Apple WiFi but I did however expect the two LAN ports to work. Seems like I am the only one with this challenge. I am going to retry now and see if a clean install will work and just restore. I like to preserve my settings but I know going between so many OS's its not the best practice and can introduce unknowns to the @dosdude1 patching process.

 

[TimothyR734]

So we wont get any ota updates on HFS? Yesterday reinstalled with HFS+, will make ne reinstall with APFS again :-/

You might get some updates like for Xcode on HFS but as far as I know OS updates the requirement is APFS
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Do you mean Dr Cleaner, as mentioned here?
https://eclecticlight.co/2018/09/11...-micros-apps-exfiltrate-your-browser-history/

No its a app in the App Store
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Hey @TimothyR734 if your GPU temp is decreased that's great!
After all it is less stressed with some "reduced transparency", I guess you mean -10 ºF, not -10 ºC (the scale I use), if you meant "Celsius degree" that would be amazing and almost harder at the same time, especially for legacy power dissipation GPUs. Even if I think it's a coincidence.

some of these were well above 65c in temp

 

[d4gli]

You might get some updates like for Xcode on HFS but as far as I know OS updates the requirement is APFS
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No its a app in the App Store
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some of these were well above 65c in temp

Oh, thanks... at least the only reason to move to mojave is for Security related fixes, so i need to move to APFS to get further updates. Thanks.

Possible to convert HFS+ with filevault of Need to reinstall?

 

[TimothyR734]

Oh, thanks... at least the only reason to move to mojave is for Security related fixes, so i need to move to APFS to get further updates. Thanks.

Possible to convert HFS+ with filevault of Need to reinstall?

Yes I would turn FileVault off before converting to APFS but don't quote me on that