macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[highvoltage12v]

I bought the internal card off EBay so I will try that first. Just not sure if Mojave will see it at first. If not I guess I have to run the patch again.

Yes it does work with Mojave, Without the wifi patch either. It took me a while to source an SSD, patch the rom for APFS and install Mojave. Now that I know I can have wifi in the 09 mini, i'm looking to buy a 2.53ghz model.

 

[joelw135]

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I am glad I did not sell off the 2008 Mac Pros. I'd love to get


On Mac Pro 3,1, I use a couple generic Broadcom compatible cards that are listed at "Third-Party Wireless Cards" (have two towers).

Both use a/b/g/n. One allows you to select 2.5 and 5Ghz another does not but has access to what appears to be 5Ghz radios which is strange!. 802.11n over 2.5Ghz actually runs really fast, so I haven't bother finding faster cards. The n radio ones are inexpensive compared to 802.11ac cards for the Mac Pro which cost up to 10 times more.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010JP3HFK/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There is a trick to popping on the Antenna radios. If you push downward on the out side edge with your index finger then move the rest down like a lever, the cable should pop right on. It took me quite awhile to discover this and if you don't get the cable on right way, you'd be surprised how fast your fingers will get sore over these many attempts. Removing PCIe cards and hard drives can give you more room which I highly recommend doing. You can also use your iPhone's camera along with its torch light to use as a scope to get a good view of what you are doing. I have old eyes, so the iPhone saves me.

I am not sure if the one I purchased will work on the 5GHz radio, as I couldn't find any info on it. I am hoping it will.
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Yes it does work with Mojave, Without the wifi patch either. It took me a while to source an SSD, patch the rom for APFS and install Mojave. Now that I know I can have wifi in the 09 mini, i'm looking to buy a 2.53ghz model.

Does yours work on the 5GHz band? Mine is a late 2009. I wanted to buy the Crucial MX500, but not sure if I could get it to work. I think it might be above my skill level.

 

[pkouame]

My hybrid reduce transparency admit is a bit uncomfortable, and probably some (very few) lines border elements instead of white (for dark mode) and black (for light mode) will be rendered as "light/dark grey", but I can assure that it doesn't alter the contrast when transitioning, apart it's quickly fixable tapping two times the Accessibility prefpane checkbox "reduce transparency" that it's impressive how it does the transition at the speed of light, I don't figure out how they do, but of course they are top developers. The little advantage in my simple "patch" is that you can revert easily to the default dark mode (working well for the OpenGL dark mode), and for those as me that use a Mojave external SSD both on a supported and unsupported mac. Yes it lacks the "beauty vibrant sidebars windows", and I look forward for your patch especially the Appkit side.

edit:
Here is the one for increase contrast from Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.universalaccess increaseContrast -bool true

It doesn't require Finder relaunch, just open the Accessibility prefpane again and it will be applied on-the-fly.

Wait a moment: when set to false, it disables "contrast" but returns to the "reduce transparency" checked box. Weird. You know, it's not so bad contrast increased to view.

Good work.

Yes, all (or most) of the accessibility features are accessible via defaults. And they work just like the interface. So when you toggle contrast OFF it also resets transparency (like the preferences pane) . By the way, these all work on the fly because they send messages to every window or ui widget on your screen. That's why it's so quick.

 

[highvoltage12v]

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I am not sure if the one I purchased will work on the 5GHz radio, as I couldn't find any info on it. I am hoping it will.
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Does yours work on the 5GHz band? Mine is a late 2009. I wanted to buy the Crucial MX500, but not sure if I could get it to work. I think it might be above my skill level.

Yes, the wifi card from the a1342 Macbook is a 5GHz card that can connect to 5GHz networks. As for the ssd all it has to be is Sata and support AHCI, which all Sata SSD's do. Taking apart a 09 mini isn't difficult. Use a wide drywall knife to open. disconnect the audio flex cable. Remove the wifi antennae from their top clips. Undo 4 screws and the whole hard drive/optical assembly comes off.

 

[pkouame]

I am glad I did not sell off the 2008 Mac Pros. I'd love to get


On Mac Pro 3,1, I use a couple generic Broadcom compatible cards that are listed at "Third-Party Wireless Cards" (have two towers).

Both use a/b/g/n. One allows you to select 2.5 and 5Ghz another does not but has access to what appears to be 5Ghz radios which is strange!. 802.11n over 2.5Ghz actually runs really fast, so I haven't bother finding faster cards. The n radio ones are inexpensive compared to 802.11ac cards for the Mac Pro which cost up to 10 times more.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010JP3HFK/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There is a trick to popping on the Antenna radios. If you push downward on the out side edge with your index finger then move the rest down like a lever, the cable should pop right on. It took me quite awhile to discover this and if you don't get the cable on right way, you'd be surprised how fast your fingers will get sore over these many attempts. Removing PCIe cards and hard drives can give you more room which I highly recommend doing. You can also use your iPhone's camera along with its torch light to use as a scope to get a good view of what you are doing. I have old eyes, so the iPhone saves me.

I opted for this ac card a while ago. While ac is nice, I'm wondering if I overpaid given your experience with cheaper a-n cards.
What's your S/N ratio on n? Mine on ac is -72dBm/-89dBM.

 

[Larsvonhier]

The key here is that Apple isn't designing 7 nm chips, TSMC is. This is Intel's problem in its entirety. Intel has failed to accept that they will likely never have the whip hand in fabrication again when companies like TSMC can spend 100% of their resources on improving those technologies without having to worry about the processor design side. Intel should have split itself into independent fabrication and design companies long ago.

Might be that "design" and "manufacture" is a bit confused here in the intro statement. Other than that, I´d fully agree...

 

[Starplayr]

I am not sure if the one I purchased will work on the 5GHz radio, as I couldn't find any info on it. I am hoping it will.
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Does yours work on the 5GHz band? Mine is a late 2009. I wanted to buy the Crucial MX500, but not sure if I could get it to work. I think it might be above my skill level.

The third party cards are hit or miss. It may be helpful to read customer reviews on the cards on Amazon.

Replacing a hard drive in a mini is not hard however, you need a U-shaped part to un-logg the mother board. You can get this from a third party sold with an expansion hard drive kit on eBay. iFixIt should have detailed instructions on how to do it. I am operating on my Mac mini 2012 later today. The biggest things you can mess up on are: forgetting to remove a small 6 pin cable that the motherboard connects to. This six pin cable handles startup chime, sleep light and speaker. Also if you do not tighten down the black bracket that sits on top of the SATA connectors, you'll eventually lose connection and you'll have to operate again. On top of that the third party internal SATA connectors for this machine are fragile and can tear when reseating, so be gentle there. I sold 30K worth on Mac minis on eBay a couple years ago and even a year later, I forgot about some basics and damaged some stuff slightly on my last Mini that I kept for myself. Good news is parts are readily available, but if you follow iFixIt's guide, you should be golden. I highly recommend blowing the fan out and testing it with the cover off and the mini upside down. If it is not moving, get a replacement off eBay or Amazon.

 

[highvoltage12v]

The third party cards are hit or miss. It may be helpful to read customer reviews on the cards on Amazon.

Replacing a hard drive in a mini is not hard however, you need a U-shaped part to un-logg the mother board. You can get third part with an expansion hard drive kit often sold on eBay. iFixIt should have detailed instructions on how to do it. I am operating on my Mac mini 2012 later today.

09 Mac mini is the older style that is aluminum sides and white plastic top. I also did a 2012 Mac mini dual drive upgrade yesterday. You don't necessarily need the 'special' U shaped tool. I have been using small jeweler screw drivers in the 2 holes for years.

 

[Nedstah]

I've been using an Edimax EW7811un USB adapter for WiFi on my three 2009 Mac minis since Sierra. Works with Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave and doesn't interfere with the Airport card in El Capitan. IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless Mini Nano Size USB Adapter about $10 on Amazon

 

[highvoltage12v]

I've been using an Edimax EW7811un USB adapter for WiFi on my three 2009 Mac minis since Sierra. Works with Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave and doesn't interfere with the Airport card in El Capitan. IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wireless Mini Nano Size USB Adapter about $10 on Amazon

I haven't touched an USB wifi adapter in years. From I remember you need to launch a 3rd party app that connects to a network and creates an Ethernet device in system prefreneces. Upgrading the wifi inside the mini would give you native wifi, and it will work all the way back to Snow Leopard.

 

[ctaylora1231]

Anyone have Netflix and/or Prime Video working on Safari. That’s the only thing holding me back from making Mojave my main OS on my 2011 Mac Mini. Videos play fine on Firefox, and works fine on Safari when running High Sierra.

 

[Nedstah]

"I haven't touched an USB wifi adapter in years. From I remember you need to launch a 3rd party app that connects to a network and creates an Ethernet device in system prefreneces. Upgrading the wifi inside the mini would give you native wifi, and it will work all the way back to Snow Leopard."

I tried one other USB device before the Edimax and it was completely Windows based and a royal pain to set up, ended up selling that. The Edimax comes with software you install and an uninstaller. It shows up in the menu bar same as Apple WiFi and you select the network from there. An alternative to those squemish about cracking open a computer. It's worked fine with DosDude's patchers for Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave. I keep El Capitan on these Mac minis for the Airport WiFi. Since you posted about a specific working replacement card, I've ordered some of Ebay (thanks for the info.) - once more into the 2009 minis, I could take them apart in my sleep.

 

[Larsvonhier]

Anyone have Netflix and/or Prime Video working on Safari. That’s the only thing holding me back from making Mojave my main OS on my 2011 Mac Mini. Videos play fine on Firefox, and works fine on Safari when running High Sierra.

Opera definitively works as Prime player under macOS 10.14.

 

[Starplayr]

Is there a reason a Mac mini 2,1 (2007) can't run Mojave. It also can use a Core 2 Duo processors and it looks like it is 64 bit?

I have a few 2006 Mac minis that I can upgrade the firmware to 2007 and put Core 2 Duo processors in them.

 

[cinergi]

I downloaded the APFS ROM Patch directly from dosdude1's website (http://dosdude1.com/apps/APFS ROM Patcher.zip), but I got a warning from my Avast antivirus that one of the files in the archive is infected with the MacOSirectHW-A malware. The infected file is reported as:

APFS ROM Patcher.zip.download/krkCWl/APFS ROM Patcher.app/Contents/Resources/DirectHW.kext/Contents/MacOS/.BC.T_mrjEEF

Anyone else getting this?

-cinergi

 

[Nedstah]

Inspired by all this I found a "parts only" black MacBook and replaced the internals with a 5,2 MacBook. Everything working up to the latest Beta which has the Volume, Brightness and Dashboard keys not working. No adjustment with the Brightness slider in System Preferences. Post Install applied a second time, SIP Disabled and First Aid run - no joy. Thanks to all for the hard work!

 

[jhowarth]

I downloaded the APFS ROM Patch directly from dosdude1's website (http://dosdude1.com/apps/APFS ROM Patcher.zip), but I got a warning from my Avast antivirus that one of the files in the archive is infected with the MacOSirectHW-A malware. The infected file is reported as:

APFS ROM Patcher.zip.download/krkCWl/APFS ROM Patcher.app/Contents/Resources/DirectHW.kext/Contents/MacOS/.BC.T_mrjEEF

Anyone else getting this?

-cinergi

Downloading in Firefox and Google Chrome will also produce false positives on virus infections due to the presence of the framework required to write to the EEPROM. Safari currently doesn't trigger on that issue. Dosdude1 previously addressed this issue in this message earlier in this thread.

macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

 

[highvoltage12v]

Inspired by all this I found a "parts only" black MacBook and replaced the internals with a 5,2 MacBook. Everything working up to the latest Beta which has the Volume, Brightness and Dashboard keys not working. No adjustment with the Brightness slider in System Preferences. Post Install applied a second time, SIP Disabled and First Aid run - no joy. Thanks to all for the hard work!

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I also have 2 Blackbooks with 5,2 logic boards in them. Did you break the screw posts off the base of the white bottom casing and screw them to the back of the heatsink before installing the board? Also there was a patch from High Sierra that may/not work. I should try Mojave on mine http://dosdude1.com/sierra/bkltpatch.sh.zip

 

[Starplayr]

Inspired by all this I found a "parts only" black MacBook and replaced the internals with a 5,2 MacBook. Everything working up to the latest Beta which has the Volume, Brightness and Dashboard keys not working. No adjustment with the Brightness slider in System Preferences. Post Install applied a second time, SIP Disabled and First Aid run - no joy. Thanks to all for the hard work!

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That is great though. I used to have one of those Black MacBooks. Looks very cool with Mojave on it!

 

[dosdude1]

Inspired by all this I found a "parts only" black MacBook and replaced the internals with a 5,2 MacBook. Everything working up to the latest Beta which has the Volume, Brightness and Dashboard keys not working. No adjustment with the Brightness slider in System Preferences. Post Install applied a second time, SIP Disabled and First Aid run - no joy. Thanks to all for the hard work!

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Re-install the Partial Keyboard/Trackpad patch, and Backlight Control Patch using Patch Updater, and it should work fully.

 

[joelw135]

Thank you all for the input. As I write this I am installing on a MacBook Pro Mid 2010 7,1 with the SSD, Son't understand but I erased the drive and it has take so far 15 minutes and it still says 10 minutes left. The status bar is moving at a snail's pace.

 

[jackluke]

I am not sure if the one I purchased will work on the 5GHz radio, as I couldn't find any info on it. I am hoping it will.
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Does yours work on the 5GHz band? Mine is a late 2009. I wanted to buy the Crucial MX500, but not sure if I could get it to work. I think it might be above my skill level.

The real matter is not about if the Crucial MX500 will work, it's if the MCP79 AHCI Nvidia (Sata II) controller (inside the Mac Mini late 2009) will give 3 Gbps Linked and Negotiated Speed to the Crucial MX500 (Sata III) controller, in the worst case you will have 1.5 Gbps (Sata I) Negotiated speed, so you'd lose much in terms of performance and reliability.

edit:
I did a post about the "Negotiated Speed" that is the effective speed you have to verify on a Mac SATA SSD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solid-state_drive_manufacturers

Crucial SSDs use Micron Controllers, so be sure of the 99% compatibility with your mac mini before buy it.

 

[webg3]

Anyone have Netflix and/or Prime Video working on Safari. That’s the only thing holding me back from making Mojave my main OS on my 2011 Mac Mini. Videos play fine on Firefox, and works fine on Safari when running High Sierra.

Not Working.

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/105358

"Removed support for running legacy NPAPI plug-ins other than Adobe Flash".

 

[jhowarth]

Not Working.

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/105358

"Removed support for running legacy NPAPI plug-ins other than Adobe Flash".

There really isn't any excuse for Netflix not to be using HTML5 other than laziness. Hulu gets alone fine with it.

 

[Vyzantion]

@dosdude1 Your app is not set to download the full installer app of PB 10 or DP 11? The version number is 14.0.21 , like in PB 9/ DP 10 .