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macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread
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Did you install the legacy video patch? I have a 7,1 which is almost the same and it runs better than High Sierra. If you don't have graphical acceleration, though, it will run very hot.
Also, just check Activity Monitor. What's using the most CPU? It could just be finishing indexing or performing other system tasks. Leave it on for an hour or two.
Thank's man... unfortunately this method did not work for me. Mac crashed on reboot and I ran out of options except back to the High Sierra.
Succesfull install on my old Hackintosh. Thank you to Dosdude1 and the rest of you for making it possible.
It is working pretty well, there issues that were present on High Sierra as well. Clover bootloader still has some bugs that need to be adressed (like the installation usb drive with the latest Clover may often freeze on Clover boot), an older version of Clover may yet usefull in case the latest one fails, until an update.
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It is working pretty well, there issues that were present on High Sierra as well. Clover bootloader still has some bugs that need to be adressed (like the installation usb drive with the latest Clover may often freeze on Clover boot), an older version of Clover may yet usefull in case the latest one fails, until an update.
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You can Hackintosh with Clover and FakeSMC, combined with the Dosdude1 patch.
Don't install Clover and FakeSMC on a Mac. It's unnecessary and (apparently) can really mess things up.
Although I don't actually understand quite how that can happen. It's certainly not necessary in any case, though.
Don't worry it's fixable, let me think about and will edit this post to give alternate solutions.
I guess you haven't rebuild correctly the kextcache (prelinkedkernel) or only the BT kexts from HighSierra are incompatible with Mojave.
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[Solution 1]
First of all from your HighSierra Finder copy again these original Mojave backup kexts into your Mojave /S/L/E/
IOBluetoothFamily.kext (use the Mojave one)
IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext (use the Mojave one)
if you have replaced also this /System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework you have to put again the Mojave one
After you copied back those kext, hold "option-alt" at power-on and highlight (with the left-right arrows) the Mojave Volume and hold CMD+S (single user mode) while keep holding press Enter key, leaving those keys until you see a "Terminal" and type:
fsck -fy
mount -uw /
chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions
kextcache -i /
reboot
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[Solution 2]
if you can't boot in Mojave single user mode with CMD+S, then boot from USB Mojave Installer, launch Terminal from there and type:
chmod -R 755 /Volumes/YourMojaveLabel/System/Library/Extensions
chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/YourMojaveLabel/System/Library/Extensions
kextcache -i /Volumes/YourMojaveLabel/
reboot
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[Solution 3]
if both won't work for you, try to boot directly from the USB Mojave Installer, go to "Post Install", select all the patches, don't miss neither one, then target your Mojave Volume where you install the patches, after installed them, checkbox the "Force cache rebuild", then reboot, it should work.
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[Solution 4]
This is not necessary if you tried one of before
if the previous attempts don't work, you should reinstall Mojave from the USB Mojave Installer over your current Mojave Volume, it will refresh the modified system files.
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Tried this and it failed miserably, I didn’t want to do a clean install as I just clean installed High Sierra and didn’t use it all.
I know there is a good how-to video available, but I’m wondering if anyone has step by step on just installing the update like every other Mac OS update in the past?
For instance, I downloaded the patch installer to get a downloaded copy of Mojave (cause the App Store would NOT let me download) But now that I have a download of Mojave (from the patch installer)... can I just click the “Install Mac OS X Mojave” icon and download it that way?
Then after it downloads (if it works) can I open the patch installer and run the patch fixer with post install still??
For the life of me I can’t do this.
*last question... if I update but have no GPU support, will photo and video editing bd impossible? Will performance take a hit?
Thanks for any help, and thanks to the amazing gent who created this.
Kallum.
I know there is a good how-to video available, but I’m wondering if anyone has step by step on just installing the update like every other Mac OS update in the past?
For instance, I downloaded the patch installer to get a downloaded copy of Mojave (cause the App Store would NOT let me download) But now that I have a download of Mojave (from the patch installer)... can I just click the “Install Mac OS X Mojave” icon and download it that way?
Then after it downloads (if it works) can I open the patch installer and run the patch fixer with post install still??
For the life of me I can’t do this.
*last question... if I update but have no GPU support, will photo and video editing bd impossible? Will performance take a hit?
Thanks for any help, and thanks to the amazing gent who created this.
Kallum.
It doesn't work yet on unsupported devices. I think you should wait.
Yes, Yes, It is not permanent, can be reversible by removing the file from the startup.
Just using the Installer will NOT work. During the process, it scans for your serial number, and it will know that it is unsupported and will not let you install. You have to create a USB drive using @dosdude1's tool from the initial page of this forum. Follow the steps on dosdude1.com/Mojave or watch the video. It's the simplest way to do it.
It also works in Dark Mode, but it does not have transparency in the Finder and Menu, losing some of its charm.
[doublepost=1537967935][/doublepost]I did not even know how to create this script, it's very simple for you, but for me it was a bit of work, searching and finding the right way to do it. The secret is not giving up until you can. My thanks to everyone who contribute daily.
To you, thank you.
[doublepost=1537967935][/doublepost]I did not even know how to create this script, it's very simple for you, but for me it was a bit of work, searching and finding the right way to do it. The secret is not giving up until you can. My thanks to everyone who contribute daily.
To you, thank you.
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Mojave runs good on my 2012 Mac mini which is am selling. The only thing you can’t do really is play video games. The integrated graphics is too slow. But for normal use Mojave runs great on the mini.
I picked up a used 2GB GTX 680 card on eBay for $150. Any tips on flashing it for Mac EFI are welcome. I have 1 Mac running Windows 10 natively, no boot camp, that I should be able to flash it on. It has a AMD card that works great in Windows on the 3,1.
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Try this. Go to the Apple Menu. Select App Store. Search for Mojave. Click Get. Then it should search for Mojave and active the downloader in System Preferences. Then you can use the Installer found in /Applications/Install macOS Mojave and copy that to another drive or desktop and link that to the Dosdude1 patcher. Make a new patch disk. done. This is assuming you are on an earlier version of Mojave (pre-release).
You can use the instructions in
to create a boot cd to flash the Mac ROM bios from. There are also instructions at http://www.sugarway.com/evga-gtx680-flashed-for-mac-use/.
Is some component actually running hot?
Use this -
https://github.com/crystalidea/macs-fan-control/releases
Hi guys, this method works only on Mac with a working graphics card?
is it possible to install Mojave on a mb pro 2011 with broken gpu?
I read that the AMD chip isn’t use by software so in theory with this way it could works tight?
is it possible to install Mojave on a mb pro 2011 with broken gpu?
I read that the AMD chip isn’t use by software so in theory with this way it could works tight?
1. It is not necessary to do a clean install, you can use the patched USB installer to install Mojave over High Sierra, just like you could install Sierra over El Capitan, and High Sierra over Sierra.
2. That will NOT work, hence the effort to create the installer patcher for unsupported machines.
3. It depends on your machine.
I have fixed the Wi-Fi and APFS encryption issues in the patched installer. I performed the steps here on a Mid 2010 MacBook with a clean install of Mojave and all required patches installed. I have uploaded the prelinkedkernel file to Google Drive.
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If you disable the AMD GPU on your 2011 MBP, it will indeed run Mojave with the integrated Intel GPU.
Here is how to do it -
http://dosdude1.com/resources.html
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(LightMode v2)
Fixed bug Dock after reboot
(included the script in the Startup Items)
@dosdude1 @ASentientBot @jackluke @TimothyR734 @pkouame
A huge thanks to dosdude for yet again extending the life of my aging mac until Apple bring out a worthy successor.
For the record, a complete and simple flawless installation on Mac Pro 3,1 with GTX 680 graphics card. Wifi, continuity handoff, everything really.. working.
@dosdude1
For the record, a complete and simple flawless installation on Mac Pro 3,1 with GTX 680 graphics card. Wifi, continuity handoff, everything really.. working.
@dosdude1
I deduce that your binary applescript essentially after the login screen first apply the global transparency (to avoid the Dock opacity after a reboot) and then reduce transparency relaunching Finder and Spotlight.
My report from upgrading a mid-2011 iMac 27" with AMD Radeon 6790 GPU:
- As has already been stated in this thread, the Disk Utility included in the Mojave Patch tool can't mount encrypted APFS volumes. It never asks for a password and doesn't mount the drive. It doesn't work via command line either (diskutil mount). It is therefore necessary to disable Filevault before installing Mojave, and re-enabling it after. I don't think this issue is confined to the mid-2011 iMac.
- Without the Legacy Video Patch, the system operates without graphical glitches in dark mode. However, it doesn't detect my external monitor. With the Legacy Video Patch installed, it detects my monitor but it has the issue that has already been reported of the window contents not refreshing when dragging a window.
- The video performance is jerky (not smooth) even for everyday operations like scrolling Web pages in Safari, the animation when opening folders, etc. This is of course due to the lack of video acceleration.
I went into this with my eyes open, fully aware of the limitations of running Mojave on this model iMac. I wanted to see for myself. My conclusion is that the tradeoffs are unacceptable (for me at least) and I'll be reverting to High Sierra.
By the way, nice touch to the Mojave Patch Tool: a "Restore System from Time Machine Backup" utility is now included (it wasn't present in the High Sierra Patch Tool). This makes full system recovery quite easy, assuming one has a valid Time Machine backup of course.
Thanks to dosdude1 for providing the patch tool! Unfortunately, High Sierra seems to be the end of the line for this old iMac. Time to upgrade...
-cinergi
- As has already been stated in this thread, the Disk Utility included in the Mojave Patch tool can't mount encrypted APFS volumes. It never asks for a password and doesn't mount the drive. It doesn't work via command line either (diskutil mount). It is therefore necessary to disable Filevault before installing Mojave, and re-enabling it after. I don't think this issue is confined to the mid-2011 iMac.
- Without the Legacy Video Patch, the system operates without graphical glitches in dark mode. However, it doesn't detect my external monitor. With the Legacy Video Patch installed, it detects my monitor but it has the issue that has already been reported of the window contents not refreshing when dragging a window.
- The video performance is jerky (not smooth) even for everyday operations like scrolling Web pages in Safari, the animation when opening folders, etc. This is of course due to the lack of video acceleration.
I went into this with my eyes open, fully aware of the limitations of running Mojave on this model iMac. I wanted to see for myself. My conclusion is that the tradeoffs are unacceptable (for me at least) and I'll be reverting to High Sierra.
By the way, nice touch to the Mojave Patch Tool: a "Restore System from Time Machine Backup" utility is now included (it wasn't present in the High Sierra Patch Tool). This makes full system recovery quite easy, assuming one has a valid Time Machine backup of course.
Thanks to dosdude1 for providing the patch tool! Unfortunately, High Sierra seems to be the end of the line for this old iMac. Time to upgrade...
-cinergi
I have a question for iMac 9,1 owners that have installed Mojave:
do the F1-F2 brightness levels work properly ?
I mean there should be 16 levels of luminosity increase/decrease, is backlight working properly with Mojave?
do the F1-F2 brightness levels work properly ?
I mean there should be 16 levels of luminosity increase/decrease, is backlight working properly with Mojave?
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