macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[lunarworks]

I downloaded Mojave beta 2 and used dosdude1 patch and everything is working perfectly on early 2011 MacBook pro 13" including the new apps such as news, stocks and voice memos. can't see any reason why apple didn't support 2011 macs other than them wanting people to buy newer hardware which they don't actually have any MacBook pros that are worth buying. View attachment 767920

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.

 

[0403979]

That will get both working. Internal are connected via USB as well.

Edit: Oh wait, you're booting the installer. Adding kexts to that won't change anything, as prelinkedkernel will need to be rebuilt, which can't easily be done with the installer. I'll do some testing in my MCP89 machines, and if it actually works, I'll add official support to the tool. I'd advise waiting until then.

Any updates?

 

[rgwoehr]

The installer boots on my machine (Unpatched one does as well with no compatibility check in the NVRAM.) but the input devices (Internal and external.) don’t work.

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.

 

[0403979]

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.

Let's hope that dosdude1 can figure it out.
Thanks for you work dosdude1.

 

[volodi]

my hd3000 graphics works wery well with kexts from 10.12.6 thanks everybody is fine idea))

 

[Neoprada]

No worries, I got this Mac as hammy down and been under the assumption it was 2011 as that’s when it was originally bought and pitched to me as. I’m using this as a 2nd partition so all isn’t lost. Just wanted to see if I could manually resolve it.

 

[redheeler]

I got my Macbook Pro 8,2 with its Disabled AMD Discrete GPU to boot into Majave using Dosdude1 patcher.

Is it currently a known problem that the brightness keys on the keyboard do nothing.

The backlight key works a treat though.

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.

Hello Dosdude1,

I downloaded your mojave patcher earlier today and the version I have is 0.1b1.
Is that the latest or should I re-download? I am specifically interested in public beta 1.

When I last used your app, the macOS version is developer beta 1 (18A341h).
On another note, will I be able to update (via "software update" inside Mojave dev beta 2) instead of re-installing from scratch?.

Thank you and best regards.

18A314h is developer beta 2.

 

[tn-xyz]

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.

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.

 

[Jonathan50]

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.

 

[DaniloGeekDude]

Right now, it will ONLY boot on Core i based machines. It will NOT work on any Core 2 Duo based systems.
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6,2 is a Mid-2010, NOT a 2011. The random crashes are happening due to the nVidia GPU, which will hopefully be worked out soon. As I mentioned in the initial post, Mojave Patcher should be used ONLY for testing at this point, NOT as your main OS.

Thanks @dosdude1 for the clarification on Developer Beta 2 = Public Beta 1.

 

[jensefrens]

my hd3000 graphics works wery well with kexts from 10.12.6 thanks everybody is fine idea))

My light theme looks like **** on my hd3000 :/

 

[G5-PowerLifter]

Although it is particularly hard to take with the excellent Sandy Bridge CPU's there is no getting away from the fact this hardware is seven years old which is a more than reasonable life span and has been compatible with Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and currently High Sierra. I would say thats a more than fair run of support.

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

 

[bjwhite3114]

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.

 

[rgwoehr]

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.

It’s a MacBook 7,1. The regular, non-pro MacBook.

 

[jensefrens]

Are there other people with the light theme messed up and grayish?

 

[tn-xyz]

It’s a MacBook 7,1. The regular, non-pro MacBook.

it's core 2 duo. doesn't work at this point. only core i's.

Are there other people with the light theme messed up and grayish?

yes, it's a bug. maybe this one will sort out itself further down the beta line.

 

[Nedstah]

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.

 

[Guy Clark]

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

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.

 

[mat77_mac]

I just updated the tool. Now, you should be able to boot a system with an AMD video card, but you will not have acceleration.

I have iMac mid 2011 with amd video card please dosdude1 work for miracle video card acceleration i wont dark mode! Thanks

 

[Guy Clark]

If I may be so bold the work should be targeted at achieving Full Dark Mode on High Sierra.

 

[tn-xyz]

If I may be so bold the work should be targeted at achieving Full Dark Mode on High Sierra.

well, great. but that's a different subforum.

 

[mat77_mac]

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?

 

[Guy Clark]

well, great. but that's a different subforum.

If you could direct me to it please.

 

[ASentientBot]

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.)

 

[nekton1]

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.