It's a Standard normal upgrade, 100% the same compared to an Apple upgrade. All you're files stay how the are. Lots of people use this route to upgrade without dataloss. It's the most easy way to upgrade an Patched MacOS-install.
Maybe you should use Onyx then... it work for me only after using Onyx
Did you install the Volume Control Patch using Patch Updater?
Actually I upgraded from El Capitan straight to Mojave 14.1 on a MacMini3.1 with zero problems. Mail and everything was successfully upgraded extremely fast. The only thing I did before the update was to flash the EEROM update from @dosdude1for the native support of APFS. But even after I kept +HFS. Since the conversion can be performed at any given moment I prefer to wait a while. So in a complicated setup (+HFS & El Capitan) I upgraded straight to Mojave without a single problem. The only drawback is no WiFi, but for a mini wireless is usually not so important. Besides I still have a USB WiFi dongle for 15$ which gives wireless whenever I would need one.
I guess I did. If you r referring to the Patcher-button on the bar below. I'll let u know. I am not with the iMac right now. Thx for the extremely quick response anyway.
Your situation is quite complicated my friend. 99% of people here lack knowledge and have a vanilla unsupported mac! They want to go to Mojave and are struggling with all the mumbo jumbo surrounding terminal commands, verbs mode and the rest. They are desperate and are scared to brick their machines. How do you think they feel going through posts, which do not concern them and only contribute to their confusion. My suggestion was to help that majority first. Once all has settled, turn to the exceptions. If you look at the posts in recent weeks, the majority are about beta updates. A point update between 14 and 14.1 is a lot bigger, than any of the betas. So most people would see as a priority going from 14 to 14.1, than to struggle, by your own words, with an obscure creation of a questionable benefit to unsupported macs, like the Apple default Recovery.
I would suggest people scared of terminal to use "Kext Drop.app", which will simplify the procedure and will prevent mistakes.
Yes, just follow the steps I wrote above and stay away from Apple's updates in "Software Update" control panel. This way of updating is risky. The described steps are from @dosdude1 and are the only proven, walked-through way. On occasion they also might give problems, but at least there is plenty of people to help. Beta testing with "Software Update" control panel can cause unnecessary aggravation. And be patient, we are in an unchartered territory - the unsupported mac software updating. Your mac will function equally well with 14, 14b1, 14b2, 14b3, 14b4, 14b5 and 14.1. Just enjoy the OS!
sudo diskutil mount disk1s3
cd /Volumes/Recovery
cd alphabet-soup-folder
sudo mv prelinkedkernel prelinkedkernelbackup
sudo mv immutablekernel immutablekernelbackup
sudo mv PlatformSupport.plist PlatformSupportBackup.plist
sudo cp -a /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel immutablekernelLucky you are
Not here iMac 10,1 samsung SSD
I had to do a clean installation (erase SSD) and then transfer from a clone the user with the migration assistant
But even with that i get stuck on a blank screen with a loop restart/blank screen/restart/blank screen ...
any idea ?
You can add one extra unhater
First I checked that the recovery is indeed on disk1s3. Then
Code:sudo diskutil mount disk1s3 cd /Volumes/Recovery cd alphabet-soup-folder sudo mv prelinkedkernel prelinkedkernelbackup sudo mv immutablekernel immutablekernelbackup sudo mv PlatformSupport.plist PlatformSupportBackup.plist sudo cp -a /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel immutablekernel
Then holding Command-R at boot is lauching the recovery tools. Thanks.
Totally agree. And many avoid the use of Recovery by using CCC or similar software to back up their systems.