Use with care, I bricked an install trying this.
But in the process after having to reinstall Mojave, I then ran the post installation again, checked all the boxes and clicked force cache rebuild, when I restarted my iSight camera was working!
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Use with care, I bricked an install trying this.
But in the process after having to reinstall Mojave, I then ran the post installation again, checked all the boxes and clicked force cache rebuild, when I restarted my iSight camera was working!
Hello and happy holidays to everyone,
I've recently released a project that I've been working on slowly for the past few months. It's a patch tool for Mojave and older versions. I've integrated many features that may or may not work as intended. I've paid special attention to the Mojave patching part as I'm actually using it on my personal MacBook. I'd like to thank the amazing and dedicated work of everyone on this thread as well as the Sierra and High Sierra threads. I'd like to especially thank @dosdude1, @parrotgeek1, @Czo, @ASentientBot, and @jackluke. There are also many others that have greatly helped in the development of my tool and other tools, and I'd like to thank them too. I'd like to state that no part of my code or files has been directly copied from another tool apart from a few files that I didn't have the resources to create myself. Every part of my tool has been looked over to ensure I understand every line of code and every file. I'm by no means an expert and I don't expect to be considered as one. I provide no guarantee and my tool is used from the command line, which makes it less accessible to new users or inexperienced ones. I don't expect anyone to actually use what I've made because of what I mentioned above. I'm just here to let everyone know that I have made something and you can use it if you want to. Here's the link: https://github.com/Julian-Marius-Fairfax/macOS-Patcher Enjoy the rest of your day. Bye.
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I've recently released a project that I've been working on slowly for the past few months. It's a patch tool for Mojave and older versions. I've integrated many features that may or may not work as intended. I've paid special attention to the Mojave patching part as I'm actually using it on my personal MacBook. I'd like to thank the amazing and dedicated work of everyone on this thread as well as the Sierra and High Sierra threads. I'd like to especially thank @dosdude1, @parrotgeek1, @Czo, @ASentientBot, and @jackluke. There are also many others that have greatly helped in the development of my tool and other tools, and I'd like to thank them too. I'd like to state that no part of my code or files has been directly copied from another tool apart from a few files that I didn't have the resources to create myself. Every part of my tool has been looked over to ensure I understand every line of code and every file. I'm by no means an expert and I don't expect to be considered as one. I provide no guarantee and my tool is used from the command line, which makes it less accessible to new users or inexperienced ones. I don't expect anyone to actually use what I've made because of what I mentioned above. I'm just here to let everyone know that I have made something and you can use it if you want to. Here's the link: https://github.com/Julian-Marius-Fairfax/macOS-Patcher Enjoy the rest of your day. Bye.
File Specific Credits
- PrelinkedKernel for 10.12.0 - 10.12.5, 10.13.0 - 10.13.5: dosdude1
- LegacyUSBInjector, LegacyUSBEthernet, SIPManager: parrotgeek1
- SUVMMFaker: Czo
- GeForceTesla: ASentientBot
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Updated my system to 10.14.2 without any issues.
1. Clean installed 10.14.1(did not want to waste my limited data on downloading 10.14.2 app, as I already had a 10.14.2 standalone update)
2. Manually patched and successfully installed 10.14.2 update.
3. Restarted to usb and applied post install patches(had to do it twice as the first time I forgot to force cache rebuild).
4. Safari, Mail, Appstore failed to launch, so used Onyx to fix it.
5. Manually patched the Night Shift as per Piker Alpha guide.
Happy holidays everybody!
1. Clean installed 10.14.1(did not want to waste my limited data on downloading 10.14.2 app, as I already had a 10.14.2 standalone update)
2. Manually patched and successfully installed 10.14.2 update.
3. Restarted to usb and applied post install patches(had to do it twice as the first time I forgot to force cache rebuild).
4. Safari, Mail, Appstore failed to launch, so used Onyx to fix it.
5. Manually patched the Night Shift as per Piker Alpha guide.
Happy holidays everybody!
Hey there. I just registered to give a special thanks to everyone involved in making this happen!
I used to have an iMac mid 2010 with a 1tb sata drive, 8gb 1333mhx ddr3 ram, and an unsupported video card. I traded it for an iMac late 2009 with a 500gb SSD, 12gb 1067mhz ddr3 ram, and a supported nvidia card! Everything installed great and everything works just as it should. except for the weaker video card, I feel this was an upgrade for me, and because of the video card, I now have a fully working install of Mojave 10.14.2.
You guys are awesome for everything you did with this tool and the patches. I fully intend to make a donation once I get my feet back on the ground from the separation with my kid/s Mom.
Happy Holidays!
I used to have an iMac mid 2010 with a 1tb sata drive, 8gb 1333mhx ddr3 ram, and an unsupported video card. I traded it for an iMac late 2009 with a 500gb SSD, 12gb 1067mhz ddr3 ram, and a supported nvidia card! Everything installed great and everything works just as it should. except for the weaker video card, I feel this was an upgrade for me, and because of the video card, I now have a fully working install of Mojave 10.14.2.
You guys are awesome for everything you did with this tool and the patches. I fully intend to make a donation once I get my feet back on the ground from the separation with my kid/s Mom.
Happy Holidays!
Hi, everyone and thank you dosdude for the patch!
I have a 2008 5,1 macbook 13 inch 2.4 Ghz. Has anyone with the same system tested mojave on it for relatively long time? I want to install mojave on this machine, but I dont have time to test everything as I will be sending it to another city for my sister to use. The reason she wants mojave on it is that there is some software that is not compatible with el capitan that she needs to use on it.
I have a 2008 5,1 macbook 13 inch 2.4 Ghz. Has anyone with the same system tested mojave on it for relatively long time? I want to install mojave on this machine, but I dont have time to test everything as I will be sending it to another city for my sister to use. The reason she wants mojave on it is that there is some software that is not compatible with el capitan that she needs to use on it.
@axd1152. I doubt if you will have any issues with the machine as it's one of the Macs that the patch works for (see page 1) and dosdude1's patch has proved reliable for most laptops since June. But put in an SSD (500 Gb?) and upgrade the memory to 8gb (if you can), before sending it to your sister.
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You too!
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And have a wonderful new year
(This is my favorite thread too. Already can't wait for the 10.15 equivalent!)
It is by far my favorite thread, and I own a new 27", 2017 5k retina, 3.8Ghz i5 iMac with supported Mojave. I just learn more here in general.
I can't help but wonder what, and how @dosdude1 feels about 10.15. After creating patchers for 10.12, 10.13. 10.14 and dealing with a mind boggling amount of petty details because people don't actually want to learn how to do this. They want someone to hand them the info, then hold their hand while they get it wrong and then fix it for them He's been on a long arduous work and school schedule. At some point he will need a breather. I have mad respect for him, but I've managed people my whole life, and the shorter his responses are, are clear indicators of the increasing stress to his massive workload under a timeframe. He's dealing with it amazingly well. At some point, not too far away, he must consider that balance is key, and his need to catch his breath and/or focus on other opportunities, including his own business as a consultant, repair and mod entity. Everyone does this process their own way. I really hope he does this, for him and so I can just sit here and watch the lazy ones squirm
. Thanks Dosdudes1 for your tireless work ethic and amazing problem, solving skills, and we haven't even spoke about his commitment. Without him, we might still be griping how terrible El Cap is and how we're all stuck on it. You give us hope.You all guys made me wonder now about Graphics acceleration.
What's the performance impact of NOT having it enabled? I have a MBP 5,3 successfuly upgraded to 10.14.2 with dosdude1's installer.
Or to put it another way... would it be worth considering installing 10.13 instead (High Sierra) to have graphics acceleration available? (is this the case anyway?)
Might sound stupid, but the main reason I went for Mojave instead was Dark mode (which TBH, I'm not a fan of for daily usage), and the few new tools Finder offers (which, TBH, haven't used that much anyway). My other sticky point was the ability to increase text size in the notes app (I come from El Capitan), and HS has that.
Thoughts? Thanks!
What's the performance impact of NOT having it enabled? I have a MBP 5,3 successfuly upgraded to 10.14.2 with dosdude1's installer.
Or to put it another way... would it be worth considering installing 10.13 instead (High Sierra) to have graphics acceleration available? (is this the case anyway?)
Might sound stupid, but the main reason I went for Mojave instead was Dark mode (which TBH, I'm not a fan of for daily usage), and the few new tools Finder offers (which, TBH, haven't used that much anyway). My other sticky point was the ability to increase text size in the notes app (I come from El Capitan), and HS has that.
Thoughts? Thanks!
Without graphics acceleration, the OS is extremely glitchy and laggy, and anything that renders with any kind of detail will be completely unusable. Launchpad takes forever to open and close, etc. It’s the reason I traded my iMac for a slightly older model. Mojave was completely unusable for me until I traded it for one of the compatible imac’s With an Nvidia card.
Hm, interesting. I haven't had any issues with the animations in Launchpad, etc. so far. Except for the fact that they seem to have changed the transition acceleration (it's slower in the beginning of the gesture on the trackpad while opening Mission Control, etc.).
Would that mean graphics acceleration is active in my MBP?
The animation definitely isn’t slower. If it sort of chops up in frames you probably don’t have acceleration enabled. It should be fairly seamless. All the info for compatibility is in the first post read through it to see if your Mac has a compatible graphics card.
For what I've seen, mine is not on the supported list. It has a GeForce 9400M / GeForce 9600GT.
I wouldn't describe animations as choppy or anything. In fact, I noticed the same acceleration curve in a recent MBP (2018). Where it lags is when I'm using Chromecast Casting. I haven't tried to play a big video (FullHD or something).
Hi everyone I’ve been trying to get Mojave running on my Mac Pro 3,1 I have both the old ATI 2600 (I think thats the video card that came with the machine) I also have a stock EVGA 770 GTX (not flashed) installed in the machine. I got mojave installed but I can’t get any video out from the 770. It shows up properly in the system profiler which is weird. Is this because I need the web drivers from Nvidia? Because under High serria It worked no problem.
I suspect you installed the legacy video driver support in order to get the HD2600 to work. Doing that will break the Mojave Nvidia drivers used by the 770.
Thats what I thought too, I’m gonna reinstall without the legacy video tonight and I’ll report on my findings. Thanks for the reply
Does anyone maybe know how to fix this? It’s been stuck in this for a while, the only way it boots is in safe mode. I’ve already tried reinstalling High Sierra, even Mojave, and reinstalling the patches but nothing has worked. I thought something might be wrong with the drive so I even put the original drive that came with it and even ordered a new one but still nothing has worked. If anyone would kindly help, it would be most greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!!!
I originally formatted to AFPS then installed Mojave, but it would never get to the desktop. Once I changed it back to Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then it had no problem booting.
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It may be somewhat like what I had to go through. Get to the install OS screen and use the terminal. Convert your drive back to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and reinstall. It should boot then.
Here's a video that'll give you the commands:
I use extended journaled and it works fine. What’s the benefit of APFS anyway?
Mojave won't present you with system Software Updates if your boot volume isn't APFS. Of course that is a mixed bag as the Software Updates may have issues installing if they happen to have firmware updates in them.
Ok cool thanks. I have system updates disabled anyway. If it isn’t broken, why fix it?
Well I just tried doing a clean install of Mojave without installing the legacy video card patch, still no video output from my 770 GTX. Strangely enough my 2600 still works with no problems
I guess no, from what I read previously as per your post, you own a MBP early 2011, that's a SandyBridge architecture, so doesn't need any legacy USB Host platform patches like Penryn one, and that machine hasn't an iSight cam but FaceTime HD, two different hardwares ids, crashing system due to legacy USB kexts patches occurs because of too many mixed patches applied before, command line cache rebuild and permissions fixing it's indicated for manual patching and it doesn't break nothing if done properly.
It is by far my favorite thread, and I own a new 27", 2017 5k retina, 3.8Ghz i5 iMac with supported Mojave. I just learn more here in general.
I can't help but wonder what, and how @dosdude1 feels about 10.15. After creating patchers for 10.12, 10.13. 10.14 and dealing with a mind boggling amount of petty details because people don't actually want to learn how to do this. They want someone to hand them the info, then hold their hand while they get it wrong and then fix it for them He's been on a long arduous work and school schedule. At some point he will need a breather. I have mad respect for him, but I've managed people my whole life, and the shorter his responses are, are clear indicators of the increasing stress to his massive workload under a timeframe. He's dealing with it amazingly well. At some point, not too far away, he must consider that balance is key, and his need to catch his breath and/or focus on other opportunities, including his own business as a consultant, repair and mod entity. Everyone does this process their own way. I really hope he does this, for him and so I can just sit here and watch the lazy ones squirm
Thank you for expressing so well the opinion of many who visit this site.
Without the legacy video support being installed, you won't have graphics acceleration on the HD2600. Before you reinstall those again, you might try pulling the HD2600 and see if that impacts getting video from the 770 GTX.
So this is where Im at right now. I did the installation of Mojave with both the 2600 and the 770 installed. Finished the installation applied the required patches (not the legacy video card patch) shut the computer down. Pulled the old 2600 out, but Im still getting the same result. No video from the 770. When the 2600 is installed both cards show up in the system profiler, so I know the card is working its just a matter of not getting any video out from it.
[doublepost=1545921207][/doublepost]I finally figured out the issue. It turns out that Mojave has dropped support for anything that uses VGA adaptors. I just tried a straight DVI to DVI cable from my MP to my monitor and everything is working like it should! Thank you to everyone for all the help and support you guys have provided to keep this machines going and going!