macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[mychalme]

Scrap that. I have no sound.

Booted from the key I installed the patches with, re-installed ... still no sound?
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Same

Just re-installed 10.14.1 - sound restored, Mojave is back and working. Thank goodness. Ill wait til the experts from this forum or @dosdude1 release a fix for 10.14.2.

 

[fotism]

Your discrete graphics is works?
What macintosh you have?

MacBookPro 8.2 (early 2011 15", i7 2.3, AMD 6750M)
My card works, but I disabled it to install Mojave. I have upgraded to 10.4.2. Can I re-enable it? How?
Or, at least, re-enable the brightness control and sleep function. Where can I find the kexts you referred to?
I miss the video out, as well.
Please, where are those kexts?

 

[DaniloGeekDude]

10.14.2 Beta 3 to 10.14.2 Beta 4 update

Successfully updated OTA and Mojave Patcher | MacOS Post Install.

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Followed these steps as before.

1. System Preferences | Software Update, then click on "update now". (goes without saying ... must be on developers or public beta program)
2. It will reboot and then show "installing software update ...xx minutes remaining)
3. When finishing step 2, it will again reboot. Now the next step (4) is important.
4. Option-Key and boot to "Mojave Patcher" 1.2.3 thumb drive.
5. run MacOS Post Install. Check on "Force Rebuild Cache" and then reboot.
6. It will boot with the message "Finishing Update" on black screen.
7. Then you are done!

Regards and good luck to all who are planning to update.

Successfully updated from 10.14.2 beta to 10.14.2 GM (or Final)



Same steps as before.

Regards.

 

[jhowarth]

Here on a MacPro 3,1, update successful to 10.14.2 with Dosdude patcher, post-install and force caches rebuild before reboot. Only night shift has disappeared but I will reapply the update patcher for that.

I have always seen the same behavior on the MacPro 3,1 with Mojave patched full installers. For some reason the night shift patches never get applied by the post-install patcher and one has to manually reinstall all of the patches from within the Patch Updater application afterwards.

 

[dosdude1]

Just re-installed 10.14.1 - sound restored, Mojave is back and working. Thank goodness. Ill wait til the experts from this forum or @dosdude1 release a fix for 10.14.2.

A fix is already available... All you had to do was re-install the Legacy Audio Patch using the Patch Updater tool, and that would have fixed your audio issue.

 

[markimel]

If your discrete graphics is AMD, just put back AMDLegacyFramebuffer.kext, AMDLegacySupport.kext and AMDxxxxController.kext, where "xxxx" your AMD graphics card series to /System/Library/Extensions folder, then execute in terminal "sudo kextcache -i /", reboot.

It works for me, I have mbp8,2 with dead amd gpu.

This is the exact opposite of what’s said by @dosdude1. Anyone here who can confirm this?

 

[Vyzantion]

@dosdude1
Is the next build of your app soon? I would like to re-create the installation pen drive with the latest Mojave and I would like to get a less risky and use and updated version of the app.

 

[DaniloGeekDude]

Successfully updated from 10.14.2 beta to 10.14.2 GM (or Final)

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Same steps as before.

Regards.

@dosdude1,

I went ahead and did a Tools|Download|MacOS Mojave Install from your macOS Mojave Patcher v1.2.3 app.

Checked the version on the downloaded file and verified it downloaded the latest 10.14.2 Final version.

On my successful update from 10.14.2 beta to 10.14.2 final, I used the USB installer that still had the 10.14.1 final version. In other words, I didn't need to update the USB installer.

Thanks again for your awesome patcher apps.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

I was hoping to squeeze a few more years' life out of my 2011 MacBook Air, but per CoconutBattery, my battery capacity went from 80% in October (when I was running 10.13) to 58% the last time I tried to calibrate it at the beginning of December. It's still usable now, but if the battery keeps degrading like that, it will pretty much be an AC adapter-tethered laptop.

 

[nekton1]

WHERE (or WHEN) is the new nVidia web driver for 10.14.2?

 

[Wooser]

Since the 10.14.2 update, I can't get the App Store to launch. Is this happening to anyone else?

Edit: Actually, almost every pre-installed Apple app crashes when trying to launch.

Edit 2: I overlooked the FAQ on dosdude1's website about OnyX. I ran it as he instructed and everything went back to normal. Thank you, dosdude1.

 

[L Caputo]

Anyone tried installing the 10.14.2 Combo on an HFS+ drive (after modifying the Distribution file as before).
comes up with the error that it is only for SSD drives.
Has anybody managed to overcome that, or experienced the same.

 

[ivankuraev]

This is the exact opposite of what’s said by @dosdude1. Anyone here who can confirm this?

Yes
My mbp8,2 dont boot up with enabled dgpu.
At first time I use nvram command from single boot then reboot. Then I remove all AMD kexts and system normally boot up, but I lose brightness control and sleep. And I put back three kexts, amd legacy framebuffer and support, and amd controller, rebuild kextcache, reboot. System start up normal, brightness control and sleep works.

This method works for me, but mbp often selfreboot after sleep, sometimes not.
If I totally remove all AMD kexts, mbp also selfreboot sometimes.

MacBookPro 8.2 (early 2011 15", i7 2.3, AMD 6750M)
My card works, but I disabled it to install Mojave. I have upgraded to 10.4.2. Can I re-enable it? How?
Or, at least, re-enable the brightness control and sleep function. Where can I find the kexts you referred to?
I miss the video out, as well.
Please, where are those kexts?

@fotism, in attach.
After put it to system folder, do in terminal
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AMD*.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AMD*.kext


Sorry for my English.

 

[mychalme]

A fix is already available... All you had to do was re-install the Legacy Audio Patch using the Patch Updater tool, and that would have fixed your audio issue.

Thank you. I had tried to re-install all of the patches but it seemed stuck on Legacy Video patch and wouldn't complete. i will give it another shot and let you know.

 

[roysterdoyster]

Download this:
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Install following guide.

AppKit is deprecated (I think)

Thanks LuisN,
your answer implies that I install Mojave 10.14.1 Final, then install v.1.3 over it, and skip all Mojave updates until a new release o

MacBook Pro 4,1 (17") updated on 10.14.2 final successfully!

@Larsvonhier, we have the same machine. What is your experience with the graphic anomalies?

 

[fotism]

Yes
My mbp8,2 dont boot up with enabled dgpu.
At first time I use nvram command from single boot then reboot. Then I remove all AMD kexts and system normally boot up, but I lose brightness control and sleep. And I put back three kexts, amd legacy framebuffer and support, and amd controller, rebuild kextcache, reboot. System start up normal, brightness control and sleep works.

This method works for me, but mbp often selfreboot after sleep, sometimes not.
If I totally remove all AMD kexts, mbp also selfreboot sometimes.


@fotism, in attach.
After put it to system folder, do in terminal
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AMD*.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AMD*.kext


Sorry for my English.

No joy! Tried it but system won't boot

 

[d4gli]

In short,
pkgutil --expand
Patch the Distribution file
pkgutil --flatten
I have extremely slow internet right now so I haven't downloaded the updater yet but I can make a step-by-step for it later today or tomorrow.

Tried this before (just in another way extracting), modified the Distribution file and removed my ModelID from Blacklist (MacBook5,1). Didn't work either
Will give it antoher try this evening, else creating a new usb installer image (would take more time).

 

[Larsvonhier]

Thanks LuisN,
your answer implies that I install Mojave 10.14.1 Final, then install v.1.3 over it, and skip all Mojave updates until a new release o

@Larsvonhier, we have the same machine. What is your experience with the graphic anomalies?

I adapted my "viewing behaviour" to the dark mode and that generally works with very little quirks (just the dock info popup for right clicks on icons). My colleagues mostly reduced transparency and stay "bright" ;-)

 

[L Caputo]

Tried this before (just in another way extracting), modified the Distribution file and removed my ModelID from Blacklist (MacBook5,1). Didn't work either
Will give it antoher try this evening, else creating a new usb installer image (would take more time).

What type of disk are you trying to install the Combo on, HD or SSD? I have tried updating to a modified version of the Combo 10.14.2 (usual distribution file mod) but get the error that the update is only for SSDs.
What problem are you encountering?

 

[hvds]

A fix is already available... All you had to do was re-install the Legacy Audio Patch using the Patch Updater tool, and that would have fixed your audio issue.

A word of caution - on my MBP5,2 (APFS boot rom patch applied, internal SSD with APFS, 17inch, mid 2009) I just tried to upgrade from 10.14.1 to 10.14.2. The plan was to apply the post install patches from the patched 10.14.1 installer and the 1.2.3 patcher afterwards.
But now the machine doesn‘t boot at all from internal or external drives.
The symptom is that the white front LED turns on for several seconds and I hear the sound from the internal DVD drive. Then LED turns off, but power remains as visible on the external drives. The machine tries to reboot again and again (DVD sound). The ALT key to select another boot drive has no effect other than no more DVD sounds apart from the first one.
I hope the update process didn‘t modify the patched boot rom... but that something else went wrong...

 

[webg3]

A word of caution - on my MBP5,2 (APFS boot rom patch applied, internal SSD with APFS, 17inch, mid 2009) I just tried to upgrade from 10.14.1 to 10.14.2. The plan was to apply the post install patches from the patched 10.14.1 installer and the 1.2.3 patcher afterwards.
But now the machine doesn‘t boot at all from internal or external drives.
The symptom is that the white front LED turns on for several seconds and I hear the sound from the internal DVD drive. Then LED turns off, but power remains as visible on the external drives. The machine tries to reboot again and again (DVD sound). The ALT key to select another boot drive has no effect other than no more DVD sounds apart from the first one.
I hope the update process didn‘t modify the patched boot rom... but that something else went wrong...

Shutdown, press simultaneously CMD + Option + R + P and Power button.

 

[d4gli]

What type of disk are you trying to install the Combo on, HD or SSD? I have tried updating to a modified version of the Combo 10.14.2 (usual distribution file mod) but get the error that the update is only for SSDs.
What problem are you encountering?

Running HFS+ on SSD on MAcBook5,1. Combo update cpmplains about unsupported machine (maybe related to non APFS).

 

[Hughmac]

Successful OTA update on mid-2010 iMac 11,2 - patches reapplied during installation.

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Henk Poley]

WHERE (or WHEN) is the new nVidia web driver for 10.14.2?

Maybe never. Long thread.

 

[ASentientBot]

Tried this before (just in another way extracting), modified the Distribution file and removed my ModelID from Blacklist (MacBook5,1). Didn't work either
Will give it antoher try this evening, else creating a new usb installer image (would take more time).

There's a blacklist and a whitelist. Either add/remove your model from both of those, or do what I do:

function installationCheck() { return true;
// leave the rest alone