macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[saudor]

So how's Mojave doing on everyone's macs? I find it a tad bit slower on graphics performance but otherwise seems ok over high sierra

 

[pkouame]

I don't know about GM, but maybe DP11 is the GM... Pages, keynote and numbers updated last day to night mode... So, apple is updating all their apps to final release.

Xcode also went Gold - a good indication that we're there. If there is an update, it will be very minor.

 

[brkr1]

Is it better for an iMac 27 2011 (iMac 12,2) to go with Sierra or High Sierra? Because I'm having way too much issues on Mojave. At first my screen was kind of with inverted colors, then I had to delete a kext. Since then I can't play any video formats.. I play a video file and it shows onlu audio. There's also the tabs in finder with an weird glith sometimes..
Should I hope for a more stable final version or downgrade already?

 

[dosdude1]

Is it better for an iMac 27 2011 (iMac 12,2) to go with Sierra or High Sierra? Because I'm having way too much issues on Mojave. At first my screen was kind of with inverted colors, then I had to delete a kext. Since then I can't play any video formats.. I play a video file and it shows onlu audio. There's also the tabs in finder with an weird glith sometimes..
Should I hope for a more stable final version or downgrade already?

It's because of your GPU. As stated on my webpage and in the OP, graphics acceleration does not work with Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs. At this point, I am strongly considering actually PREVENTING the installation of Mojave on systems with these cards, as too many people are complaining about these issues despite them being outlined.

 

[timthomason]

It's because of your GPU. As stated on my webpage and in the OP, graphics acceleration does not work with Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs. At this point, I am strongly considering actually PREVENTING the installation of Mojave on systems with these cards, as too many people are complaining about these issues despite them being outlined.

I too had the problem with inverted color.. one of the forum poster told me about ResXtreme and it fixed my problem.
perhaps you could add it into the installer app. folder?

 

[Blackriton]

No, you can go ahead and run it again.
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Re-install Legacy Audio Patch using Patch Updater.

Thanks Dosdude1. I try to run it again and I got this message. So I cancel and it looks it will not be possible on my MacPro 3,1 ??????????

 

[brkr1]

It's because of your GPU. As stated on my webpage and in the OP, graphics acceleration does not work with Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs. At this point, I am strongly considering actually PREVENTING the installation of Mojave on systems with these cards, as too many people are complaining about these issues despite them being outlined.

I was not complaining as if nothing had been said. If I let it sound like this, my apologies.

I knew the problems and I tried it anyway. I just posted to know if I should wait for an improvement in the final version next monaday or if I should downgrade, and if so, what is better to my configuration: Sierra or High Sierra.

 

[0403979]

Has anyone investigated the APFS encrypted and WiFi issues on patched USBs? The WiFi is not important to me, but it's an issue and should be mentioned. However, the issue is with APFS encryption is extremely annoying to me because I can't use encryption on my SSD since I won't be able to patch it then.

@dosdude1 Maybe you can investigate the APFS issue. Thanks.

 

[Vyzantion]

The Dosdude1 app shall be updated once the final Mojave comes? I assume we could not get it via the App Store from Mojave. The Dosdude1 can only get beta builds of Mojave, right? So, I assume that the app needs an update.
Would it be a good idea to delete Mojave and reinstall High Sierra, in order to get the final Mojave from the High Sierra App Store?

 

[dosdude1]

@dosdude1 Maybe you can investigate the APFS issue. Thanks.

Encrypted APFS volumes should work just fine, especially if you use the APFS ROM Patch on your system (if it didn't support APFS natively). If the installer for some reason won't install to an encrypted APFS volume, install on a normal APFS volume, and enable FileVault afterwards. You should be able to use Disk Utility to mount APFS encrypted volumes though, and if not, it is a problem with Mojave itself, and NOT my patch.

 

[0403979]

Encrypted APFS volumes should work just fine, especially if you use the APFS ROM Patch on your system (if it didn't support APFS natively). If the installer for some reason won't install to an encrypted APFS volume, install on a normal APFS volume, and enable FileVault afterwards. You should be able to use Disk Utility to mount APFS encrypted volumes though, and if not, it is a problem with Mojave itself, and NOT my patch.

It won’t mount them from the USB using Disk Utility or Terminal and this works perfectly fine on supported macs. I have tested this and can test more if you like.
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Encrypted APFS volumes should work just fine, especially if you use the APFS ROM Patch on your system (if it didn't support APFS natively). If the installer for some reason won't install to an encrypted APFS volume, install on a normal APFS volume, and enable FileVault afterwards. You should be able to use Disk Utility to mount APFS encrypted volumes though, and if not, it is a problem with Mojave itself, and NOT my patch.

This is a very annoying issue because I would like my boot drive to be encrypted.
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Encrypted APFS volumes should work just fine, especially if you use the APFS ROM Patch on your system (if it didn't support APFS natively). If the installer for some reason won't install to an encrypted APFS volume, install on a normal APFS volume, and enable FileVault afterwards. You should be able to use Disk Utility to mount APFS encrypted volumes though, and if not, it is a problem with Mojave itself, and NOT my patch.

I’m thinking it could be an issue with a driver or perhaps Disk Utility.

 

[Wooser]

It's because of your GPU. As stated on my webpage and in the OP, graphics acceleration does not work with Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs. At this point, I am strongly considering actually PREVENTING the installation of Mojave on systems with these cards, as too many people are complaining about these issues despite them being outlined.

I understand your frustration from those with working Radeon HD 5/6xxx series GPUs, but please don't restrict these systems from using your patcher. It is not your fault they don't read the compatibility thoroughly enough to know they will have to disable the cards. For people like me who have completely dead cards anyway and have implemented workarounds to use the Intel HD 3000, Mojave runs the same, if not better than High Sierra and I, for one, would like to continue having software updates.

It really comes down to your decision and I'd like to thank you again for your work no matter which side you take. I'm just hoping for a few more years of life from this machine before having to retiring it.

 

[Vyzantion]

I understand your frustration from those with working Radeon HD 5/6xxx series GPUs, but please don't restrict these systems from using your patcher. It is not your fault they don't read the compatibility thoroughly enough to know they will have to disable the cards. For people like me who have completely dead cards anyway and have implemented workarounds to use the Intel HD 3000, Mojave runs the same, if not better than High Sierra and I, for one, would like to continue having software updates.

It really comes down to your decision and I'd like to thank you again for your work no matter which side you take. I'm just hoping for a few more years of life from this machine before having to retiring it.

I have a Hackintosh with an old Nvidia card, GeFOrce 6200. If I do not set Clover to ”Inject Nvidia”, but let it into Inject Intel”, the os boots up but with a difference. With ”Inject Nvidia” I get, on System Proprieties ”Nvidia GPU 256 mb”, that is the real capacity of the Nvidia GPU. With ”Inject Intel”, on System Proprieties I get ”Nvidia GPU 6 mb”. The Nvidia GPU is way older then the motherboard (Asus) and the CPU (Core 2 Duo). The CPU has on board graphics, but the motherboard does not support it. For some time, I suspect that, actually, Nvidia GPU is disabled and the graphics card act only as connector between the onboard Intel HD and the monitor. I remember I tried, on High Sierra, an AMD GPU. If I let it boot with ”Inject Nvidia”, it boots up ok. If I try to boot with ”Inject ATI”, the crashes into kernel panic and can not boot. Would this suggest that my GPU is, actually, deactivated and Intel HD runs?

 

[Starplayr]

So how's Mojave doing on everyone's macs? I find it a tad bit slower on graphics performance but otherwise seems ok over high sierra

If you have metal it’s great.

 

[oscarodas]

I was not complaining as if nothing had been said. If I let it sound like this, my apologies.

I knew the problems and I tried it anyway. I just posted to know if I should wait for an improvement in the final version next monaday or if I should downgrade, and if so, what is better to my configuration: Sierra or High Sierra.

Hi there, I also have an iMac 27 late 2011, I have been running Mojave since the begining without issues, the only patch I have applied is the video card. you should install or un-install the patches and force the cache rebuild.

 

[Wooser]

I have a Hackintosh with an old Nvidia card, GeFOrce 6200. If I do not set Clover to ”Inject Nvidia”, but let it into Inject Intel”, the os boots up but with a difference. With ”Inject Nvidia” I get, on System Proprieties ”Nvidia GPU 256 mb”, that is the real capacity of the Nvidia GPU. With ”Inject Intel”, on System Proprieties I get ”Nvidia GPU 6 mb”. The Nvidia GPU is way older then the motherboard (Asus) and the CPU (Core 2 Duo). The CPU has on board graphics, but the motherboard does not support it. For some time, I suspect that, actually, Nvidia GPU is disabled and the graphics card act only as connector between the onboard Intel HD and the monitor. I remember I tried, on High Sierra, an AMD GPU. If I let it boot with ”Inject Nvidia”, it boots up ok. If I try to boot with ”Inject ATI”, the crashes into kernel panic and can not boot. Would this suggest that my GPU is, actually, deactivated and Intel HD runs?

I don’t think I can adequately answer your question. It’s been a long time since I’ve had to do Clover injects of any kind on my hackintosh. The last time I had to use it, I had an Nvidia 660 installed and it (Sierra) had no problem with detecting the 2gbs on vram and had full acceleration. Now I have an Nvidia 1060 6gb model in the same machine with High Sierra. Even with Nvidia inject enabled, I have no acceleration and it detects the card as having 6mb of vram. I have to wait for official Nvidia drivers for the system to detect what the card actually is. The system never tries to fall back on the Intel HD graphics, though, so I would guess your system has effectively disabled your gpu to fall back to the Intel integrated graphics and uses the graphics card as a through way to the monitor. With my 1060, it will still output a signal through the card even when the system doesn’t know how to handle it without the driver. I keep gfxstatus installed just to monitor the status of the 1060 and to make sure my laptop isn’t trying to switch to the dead Radeon, but you might be able to use it to see which gpu the system is using to clear things up.

 

[Nedstah]

"Here are my final results. So far it looks like my final install from scratch has taken. My SSD reads 3 GBz on both Link. I am on a Late 2009 3,1 Mac Mini. I changed the WiFi card, but gained WiFi but lost Bluetooth. The System report says Bluetooth is installed but my keyboard and mouse don't connect. I am using a wired keyboard and mouse. Now I am curious how do we Know when a new OS is available. I installed the Beta access file, hoping that would help."

"A link to a Bluetooth Dongle would be helpful, if there is one."

I had the same issue with my Late 2009 2.53 ghz after replacing the antennae card. I have an IOGear bluetooth 2 USB adapter on my 1.25 ghz G4 iMac, so I unplugged it and put it in the Mac mini - recognized it right away. So I lost the Edimax WiFi adapter on the Late 2009 Mac mini but replaced it with an IOGear bluetooth adapter.

Oddly, same replacement of antennae card on an early 2009 2.0 ghz Mac mini was successful all the way. So have all the patch installs from Sierra through Mojave. I'm keeping it until it dies of old age.

 

[joelw135]

I had the same issue with my Late 2009 2.53 ghz after replacing the antennae card. I have an IOGear bluetooth 2 USB adapter on my 1.25 ghz G4 iMac, so I unplugged it and put it in the Mac mini - recognized it right away. So I lost the Edimax WiFi adapter on the Late 2009 Mac mini but replaced it with an IOGear bluetooth adapter.

Are you able to use a Bluetooth Keyboard and mouse when the system wakes from sleep? If yes do you have a link to this dongle? It would be appreciated.

This one says it works with Mac StarTech USBBT2EDR4 Mini USB Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter and this one. StarTech USBBT2EDR2 Mini USB Bluetooth 2.1 Adapter - Class 2 EDR Wireless Network Adapter

 

[tintelor]

So how's Mojave doing on everyone's macs? I find it a tad bit slower on graphics performance but otherwise seems ok over high sierra

I'm fine with Mojave on MBP mid-2010 with SSD . Much smoother than Sierra on HDD.

Is it better for an iMac 27 2011 (iMac 12,2) to go with Sierra or High Sierra? Because I'm having way too much issues on Mojave. At first my screen was kind of with inverted colors, then I had to delete a kext. Since then I can't play any video formats.. I play a video file and it shows onlu audio. There's also the tabs in finder with an weird glith sometimes..
Should I hope for a more stable final version or downgrade already?

For better performance I think you can go with Sierra. iMac 2011 a little bit too old for High Sierra. It's ok with Sierra as its not quite different with HS or Mojave for daily use, IMO.

 

[Nedstah]

"Are you able to use a Bluetooth Keyboard and mouse when the system wakes from sleep? If yes do you have a link to this dongle? It would be appreciated."

"This one says it works with Mac StarTech USBBT2EDR4 Mini USB Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter and this one. StarTech USBBT2EDR2 Mini USB Bluetooth 2.1 Adapter - Class 2 EDR Wireless Network Adapter"

I use a Logitech K380 keyboard (Bluetooth) and it's stayed connected so far - I restarted just now to answer that question and Bluetooth kicked in right away. I can't see any difference from the original bluetooth. My mouse is a Logitech Anywhere MX with Unifying receiver (not Bluetooth) It's an older IOGear 2.1 USB Bluetooth adapter - it was in a PPC G4 iMac running 10.4 Tiger not really being used and works with MacOS 10.14 - pretty good range of OS versions. I'd check reviews on Amazon, Newegg, Walmart on the IOGear vs. other makers and maybe here on Bluetooth 4 vs. 2.1 - not sure if Bluetooth 4 works with a 2009 Mac mini with original Bluetooth 2.1.

 

[brkr1]

Is the MacBook Pro 15 mid 2009 (5,3) capable of boot from a APFS SSD without the rom patch or I gotta use it?

 

[joelw135]

I use a Logitech K380 keyboard (Bluetooth) and it's stayed connected so far - I restarted just now to answer that question and Bluetooth kicked in right away. I can't see any difference from the original bluetooth. My mouse is a Logitech Anywhere MX with Unifying receiver (not Bluetooth) It's an older IOGear 2.1 USB Bluetooth adapter - it was in a PPC G4 iMac running 10.4 Tiger not really being used and works with MacOS 10.14 - pretty good range of OS versions. I'd check reviews on Amazon, Newegg, Walmart on the IOGear vs. other makers and maybe here on Bluetooth 4 vs. 2.1 - not sure if Bluetooth 4 works with a 2009 Mac mini with original Bluetooth 2.1.

Thanks, I took a chance and ordered the 4.0 and see what happens. No reviews on Amazon.

 

[dosdude1]

I understand your frustration from those with working Radeon HD 5/6xxx series GPUs, but please don't restrict these systems from using your patcher. It is not your fault they don't read the compatibility thoroughly enough to know they will have to disable the cards. For people like me who have completely dead cards anyway and have implemented workarounds to use the Intel HD 3000, Mojave runs the same, if not better than High Sierra and I, for one, would like to continue having software updates.

It really comes down to your decision and I'd like to thank you again for your work no matter which side you take. I'm just hoping for a few more years of life from this machine before having to retiring it.

Yeah, I don't think I'll end up doing this, but I may just implement some sort of warning in future versions.

 

[fatetakamachi]

Hello, i need some help from you guys...
the machine i'm using is a macbook pro 5,5 (mid 2009) and has high sierra installed (via the unsupported macs patch).
I just followed the instruction on the first page and installed 10.14 on the partition of the 10.13 and when i try to do the post install patch, the model selection box simply show "Select your Mac" instead of dropping down a list of macs. And now my mac is in a bootloop that cannot boot into any systems but only the USB installer.
Really need some help here! Thank you guys

 

[BookEmDanno]

Is the MacBook Pro 15 mid 2009 (5,3) capable of boot from a APFS SSD without the rom patch or I gotta use it?

I have the same model, and I did have to use/select the "Mojave Rom Patch" on @dosdude1's Mojave Patcher app. The mojave partition is formatted APFS and I am able to boot from it.

Good luck.
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Hello, i need some help from you guys...
the machine i'm using is a macbook pro 5,5 (mid 2009) and has high sierra installed (via the unsupported macs patch).
I just followed the instruction on the first page and installed 10.14 on the partition of the 10.13 and when i try to do the post install patch, the model selection box simply show "Select your Mac" instead of dropping down a list of macs. And now my mac is in a bootloop that cannot boot into any systems but only the USB installer.
Really need some help here! Thank you guys

I'm assuming you are running the post install from your USB mojave patcher boot drive. You have to explicitly select your model from the drop down before rebooting. You may also have to check on the "force rebuild cache" just to make sure.