This gives me hope. I'm gonna wait until GM, because this makes it a riskier beta than normal. I just hope Apple doesn't insert some sort of blocking mechanism between now and then.
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I’ve also got a 2010 MacBook. I had the same results as you with the installer. I used a different machine to install Mojave, put the drive back in the MacBook, and just get a kernel panic when trying to boot. I tried using clover with a modified SMBIOS but still got the kernel panic.
Then the patch tool doesn't install the AMD kext needed to adjust the display brightness on the 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 15" / 8,3 17", even when only the integrated GPU is being used.
18A314h is developer beta 2.
it would be really helpful to properly identify your model, i.e "MacBookPro 6,2", because "2010 Macbook" can mean anything, even a pro model if people are lazy (not implying that you are).
there is one – and the only one – macbook and 2 macbook pros from 2010 that use core 2 duo which is not supported by this patcher at this time.
Well the 2011 Macmini 5,1 (i5, HD3000) is running 18A314k installed with patcher 01b2, no dramas. Not the snappiest OS but apparently working. Thank you to all the nice people who have been contributing.
Jesus Christ not you again, look everyone is entitled to have his own opinion, but you are genuinely a fanboy parody. Oh yeah talking about support, Windows 10 runs like a charmer on my Pentium 4. This thread is about having the Mac OS advantages and bypassing it's downsides. And I like my iMac a lot more than any modern equivalent. It has a DVD drive and doesn't throttle down like that super thin rubbish that Apple squeezes out nowadays
Using my MBP 2011 and VMWare Fusion, I installed Mohave using DosDude1's patcher with no problems. No crashes at all so far. I was able to play around with the OS and enjoyed dark mode a lot, but other than that it was kind of a let down, to be honest. I'm sure there's plenty of stuff under the hood, but I didn't experience any improved workflows or exciting features that would warrant moving to Mohave before fall release. Thank you DosDude and others for your outstanding work here.
it's core 2 duo. doesn't work at this point. only core i's.
yes, it's a bug. maybe this one will sort out itself further down the beta line.
Howdy and thanks to all, especially dosdude 1. Really hoping for a 2009 Mac mini C2Duo patch - running Sierra and High Sierra on two and would love to dump High Sierra for Mojave. My installlations of Mojave beta: MacBook Pro 8,1 13" early 2011, Intel HD3000 - all good except gray menubar in Light mode. Mac mini 5,2 Mid 2011, AMD Radeon HD6630M - Menubar perfect in Light mode. Odd bolding of Date and Time in menubar that comes and goes. "About This Mac" window doubles as you move it across the screen in Light mode, not Dark mode. Tried Post Install with and without Legacy Video Card and no difference on the doubling. Other open windows look fine when moved around. Replacing the patcher's AMD6000Controller.kext with Sierra version led to kernel panic at startup, reinstall fixed that. On the AMD Mac mini, screenshots (Command/Shift/3) have a gray border to them. Screenshots with dual monitors takes a screen shot of both monitors - a new feature? AMD Mac mini has a Samsung SyncMaster 25" HD TV and an Insignia 19" TV for monitors.
Firstly I have no idea quite what the almighty has to do with it.
Secondly I do have an opinion and I will exercise my right to express it.
Thirdly it is not so that Windows 10 will readily run on a Pentium 4. I have encountered numerous issues with Core 2 Duos.
Finally I agree Macs are not what they were but Apple no longer consider macOS or the Mac range a priority hence the lack of an updated Mac mini in 4 years.
Yes I have a late 2015 21.5" 4k iMac but it still does not hold the appeal of my mid 2011 21.5" iMac the difference being I am not in denial that it is obsolete.
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I have iMac mid 2011 with amd video card please dosdude1 work for miracle video card acceleration i wont dark mode! Thanks
But if not work video accelleration the system work yet no problem stability?
Hey everyone! And many thanks to dosdude, parrotgeek and everyone else for your work so far! I've been following this thread since day one but only just made an account to share my progress and ask a couple questions.
I have a Core 2 Duo MacBook7,1. So far, my steps are:
- Found the link to InstallESD.dmg from the software catalog (not sure if I can share that here or not) and downloaded it
- Patched OSInstall.mpkg's installation check script to return true at the very beginning and re-flattened the package
- Opened (just double-clicked it, opening with Installer.app) the patched package and installed to a HFS+ partition
- Copied "/Volumes/Mojave/usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi" to "/Volumes/Mojave/System/Library/CoreServices" (this seems necessary to make the installed volume bootable, idk why though)
- Edited "/Volumes/Mojave/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist" "Kernel Flags" to "-v -no_compat_check keepsyms=1"
- Replaced "IOUSBHostFamily.kext" with a copy from High Sierra (and fixed permissions on Extensions folder)
- Disabled rootless
- Booted from the "Mojave" partition
On the first boot, it automatically rebuilds the prelinkedkernel and reboots. After that I can get into single-user mode and the keyboard works. In a normal boot, it gets to a grey screen with a cursor, which can be moved for several seconds before it panics. I can't figure out what caused the panic.
Thinking it might be caused by SSE4.2, I wrote an AppleScript to disassemble literally every binary in the system and search for SSE4.2 instructions. (I can share this script or the list if anybody is curious.) I then replaced every file it found with the equivalents from High Sierra. No change.
So I'm kinda stuck. dosdude1, have you made any progress on your C2D machines? Anything I can do to help? I hope from your post you can see that I have some knowledge and am willing to contribute anything I can! On the other hand, I may not know anything you haven't already figured out.
- Will
Edit: Figured out file uploads, uploading the list of binaries with SSE4.2 instructions in case they're relevant to anyone. (I don't think this panic is SSE4.2 - related, though.)
I have a Core 2 Duo MacBook7,1. So far, my steps are:
- Found the link to InstallESD.dmg from the software catalog (not sure if I can share that here or not) and downloaded it
- Patched OSInstall.mpkg's installation check script to return true at the very beginning and re-flattened the package
- Opened (just double-clicked it, opening with Installer.app) the patched package and installed to a HFS+ partition
- Copied "/Volumes/Mojave/usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi" to "/Volumes/Mojave/System/Library/CoreServices" (this seems necessary to make the installed volume bootable, idk why though)
- Edited "/Volumes/Mojave/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist" "Kernel Flags" to "-v -no_compat_check keepsyms=1"
- Replaced "IOUSBHostFamily.kext" with a copy from High Sierra (and fixed permissions on Extensions folder)
- Disabled rootless
- Booted from the "Mojave" partition
On the first boot, it automatically rebuilds the prelinkedkernel and reboots. After that I can get into single-user mode and the keyboard works. In a normal boot, it gets to a grey screen with a cursor, which can be moved for several seconds before it panics. I can't figure out what caused the panic.
Thinking it might be caused by SSE4.2, I wrote an AppleScript to disassemble literally every binary in the system and search for SSE4.2 instructions. (I can share this script or the list if anybody is curious.) I then replaced every file it found with the equivalents from High Sierra. No change.
So I'm kinda stuck. dosdude1, have you made any progress on your C2D machines? Anything I can do to help? I hope from your post you can see that I have some knowledge and am willing to contribute anything I can! On the other hand, I may not know anything you haven't already figured out.
- Will
Edit: Figured out file uploads, uploading the list of binaries with SSE4.2 instructions in case they're relevant to anyone. (I don't think this panic is SSE4.2 - related, though.)
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I've got Mojave beta 2 running on an iMac 11,2 using dosdude1's most recent Mojave patcher. There is no graphics acceleration, which is to be expected due to the AMD HD5670 GPU. Besides this, the other big problem is lack of wifi, which has an impact on apps like Maps. wifi information shows in System Information but there is no way to add a wifi interface in Network system preferences. Any ideas which kext might add it?
If GPU acceleration cannot be finessed, I think the better idea is to stay on HS and save pennies for a later Mac model.
If GPU acceleration cannot be finessed, I think the better idea is to stay on HS and save pennies for a later Mac model.