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Something slightly off topic. I am very impressed with the IINA player performance on my MacBook5,1. It actually plays 4K video files! The file I tried has this profile: VP9, 3840 x 2160, 25 fps(might be some video/audio synchronisation issue but nonetheless impressive). Obviously it plays 1080p60fps like it is nothing.I am probably the last to learn about it but decided to mention it regardless.

Scrapped VLC for IINA on the MB5,1 due to heat. You can do more with VLC but for playing ANYTHING, IINA is hard to beat up to at least .6b1.
 
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I mean that I'd tested in real life with final cut pro x and quicklime player by exporting different videos watching iGPU load, and the result was way faster almost half time faster compared to Mojave. Tried different versions of final cut and all is the same. Even quicktime player on high Sierra loads the GPU fully but not on Mojave... Everything is in terms of time. If you just need some Mojave cosmetic go for it but if you need better performance in terms of video acceleration and so on stay with High Sierra or even better with El Capitan where everything is the fastest but unfortunately new software support is dropped and you are pushed to run High Sierra. But if you don't need new software the best option is running El Capitan the most reliable and not demanding OS I guess. SO have a good choice It's up to you what to use. I just share my thoughts with you guys. Have a nice day or night)
This would explain why I'm getting a poor performance on FCP, with a much better graphics card.
So, the fact that my Mac Pro 3,1 is running Mojave, does not give to him the advance of the Metal tenchnology? My MacPro it's JUST running Mojave. Isn't it?
 
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Even stranger here on .6b1 - green LED goes on with start of facetime, but blank black window (not grey with no-cam-sign). After a while message pops up noting "no camera video signal - restarting computer might help".
This is on my MBP4,1.
Will restart and see, helped back in .3 times with patches in place...

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Restart/Reboot does not help. Photobooth also affected (which is plausible), also with LED on but black screen.
Back to the beta program to see how my machine behaves with 10.14.6.

MBP5,2 17" 2.8GHz (T9600), APFS ROM patch applied, Samsung 860/840 SSD 500GB with APFS. GPU 9600M GT in use.

10.14.5 was installed with dosdude's patcher 1.3.2 over an existing 10.14.3 which was installed clean (disk erased before). Then AppleUSBACM replaced from 10.13.6 for sake of Arduino.
Updated to 10.14.6b1 OTA, then post-install all patches proposed by 1.3.2, except APFS.
Patch Updater proposes no further patches, and I didn't re-install any.

-> Facetime with internal iSight works, Arduino needs the replacement of AppleUSBACM again.
-> Facetime with internal iSight still works, Arduino works again.
So all fine on my system with 10.14.6b1.

Attached is screenshot of system info - is your iSight any different?

(PS for other Arduino users: system won't boot if the Arduino is still plugged into a USB port - white blank screen stays. The Arduino may be confused with a potential mass storage device? Could have been like this already before Mojave, never tried.)
 

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Haven't seen any updated posts about it since this first released, so time to ask again: Does Target Display Mode work on a 2011 iMac with AMD 6750 graphics? I use my iMac as a server, so lack of GPU acceleration isn't a big deal, but I *DO* use it in Target Display Mode for my MacBook Pro. Losing TDM would be a dealbreaker; and I'd like to upgrade to be on OS parity between server and client systems.
 
Even stranger here on .6b1 - green LED goes on with start of facetime, but blank black window (not grey with no-cam-sign). After a while message pops up noting "no camera video signal - restarting computer might help".
This is on my MBP4,1.
Will restart and see, helped back in .3 times with patches in place...

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Restart/Reboot does not help. Photobooth also affected (which is plausible), also with LED on but black screen.

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...as already noted on page #1
;-)
Its weird my iSight has been working since macOS Sierra on my iMac 9,1 but the iSight on my MacBook 5,2 stopped working since High Sierra but its working know lol :)
[doublepost=1558464781][/doublepost]If I can figure this out I used the iSight enabler and checked my system report it shows its connected to USB 2.0 but the profile has been deleted if I am reading this right
 

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Its weird my iSight has been working since macOS Sierra on my iMac 9,1 but the iSight on my MacBook 5,2 stopped working since High Sierra but its working know lol :)
[doublepost=1558464781][/doublepost]If I can figure this out I used the iSight enabler and checked my system report it shows its connected to USB 2.0 but the profile has been deleted if I am reading this right

iSight is working again in high Sierra and Mojave in MB5,2 since @dosdude1 updated iSight patch some days ago. (maybe a week?)
 
Its weird my iSight has been working since macOS Sierra on my iMac 9,1 but the iSight on my MacBook 5,2 stopped working since High Sierra but its working know lol :)
[doublepost=1558464781][/doublepost]If I can figure this out I used the iSight enabler and checked my system report it shows its connected to USB 2.0 but the profile has been deleted if I am reading this right
Ok, kind of solved it, iSight on MBP4,1 running again under 10.14.6b1:
I re-installed both USB related patches (although not needed for basic USB usage since 10.14.5 any more) plus the iSight patch by booting into the latest v1.3.2 dosdude1 patchstick.

Edit: Corrected to "MBP4,1".
 
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Wait you got the iSight webcam working on a MacBook 4,1? The A1181 2008 version? I don’t think I’ve ever had it working on that model.

Ok, kind of solved it, iSight on MB4,1 running again under 10.14.6b1:
I re-installed both USB related patches (although not needed for basic USB usage since 10.14.5 any more) plus the iSight patch by booting into the latest v1.3.2 dosdude1 patchstick.
 
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Hello, i have some questions since the last time i tried mojave was somewhere in december and now there are a lot of comments, i have a mbp early 2011, last time everything was working great except some graphic anomalies, i mean the glitches with the rendering like corners etc, what is the progress of that so far?
 
This would explain why I'm getting a poor performance on FCP, with a much better graphics card.
So, the fact that my Mac Pro 3,1 is running Mojave, does not give to him the advance of the Metal tenchnology? My MacPro it's JUST running Mojave. Isn't it?
Yes my brudda
 
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Hello, i have some questions since the last time i tried mojave was somewhere in december and now there are a lot of comments, i have a mbp early 2011, last time everything was working great except some graphic anomalies, i mean the glitches with the rendering like corners etc, what is the progress of that so far?
@pkouame and @testheit have fixed the gross grey menubar/side bars in light mode, but some anomalies remain and likely will forever. In my opinion it's 100% usable, though, especially if you use dark theme.
 
Hello, i have some questions since the last time i tried mojave was somewhere in december and now there are a lot of comments, i have a mbp early 2011, last time everything was working great except some graphic anomalies, i mean the glitches with the rendering like corners etc, what is the progress of that so far?
An update for .5 is coming soon. For the latest check my github here :https://github.com/SpiraMira/HybridMode-Public
 
So, I've been working on a backlight control patch for the CCFL-based display systems, and I think I've found a working solution... Can I get some testers before I release this via Patch Updater? Need to make sure this is 100% stable.

This is for any machines that have a display that uses a CCFL backlight, which includes:
  • MacBook5,2
  • iMac7,1
  • iMac8,1
  • iMac9,1
  • MacBookPro4,1 (17" model only)
To install, just download and extract the attached ZIP, then run the following in Terminal:

Code:
cd /path/to/bkltpatch10.14.2
./install.sh

Once complete, reboot the system. If it works, you should now have backlight brightness control!

WARNING: There is a chance this may cause a kernel panic. If so, all files removed/edited/replaced are backed up to ~/Bklt_Backup, and can be restored in singleuser mode.

Tried to install the backlight control patch on an iMac 8,1. After rebooting, the OS generated a KP. Result was the same under 10.14.4, beta 5 and 10.14.5, beta 1.
Copy of the messages in the terminal window is attached, but there is no clear indication where the problem lies. Should command be executed as root?
The iMac dual boots into Mojave and El Capitan, the most recent OS version.
On the positive side, the restore from Time Machine worked without problems.
 

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Ok, kind of solved it, iSight on MBP4,1 running again under 10.14.6b1:
I re-installed both USB related patches (although not needed for basic USB usage since 10.14.5 any more) plus the iSight patch by booting into the latest v1.3.2 dosdude1 patchstick.

Edit: Corrected to "MBP4,1".

iSight working on my 17" Early 2008 MBP4,1 running Mojave 10.14.5 with latest DosDude1 Patch Updater.
 
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Ok, kind of solved it, iSight on MBP4,1 running again under 10.14.6b1:
I re-installed both USB related patches (although not needed for basic USB usage since 10.14.5 any more) plus the iSight patch by booting into the latest v1.3.2 dosdude1 patchstick.

Edit: Corrected to "MBP4,1".
I don't know if that makes a difference, I´m using a display assembly from a MacBook 2,1 in my MacBook 5,2.
 
Tried to install the backlight control patch on an iMac 8,1. After rebooting, the OS generated a KP. Result was the same under 10.14.4, beta 5 and 10.14.5, beta 1.
Copy of the messages in the terminal window is attached, but there is no clear indication where the problem lies. Should command be executed as root?
The iMac dual boots into Mojave and El Capitan, the most recent OS version.
On the positive side, the restore from Time Machine worked without problems.

I successfully ran DosDude1's "Backlight Control Patch" for the CCFL-based display in my 17" Early 2008 MBP4,1 running Mojave 10.14.5 after OTA update from 10.14.3, then running latest DosDude1 Patch Updater, then running DosDude1's "Backlight Control Patch" for the CCFL-based display.
Tried to install the backlight control patch on an iMac 8,1. After rebooting, the OS generated a KP. Result was the same under 10.14.4, beta 5 and 10.14.5, beta 1.
Copy of the messages in the terminal window is attached, but there is no clear indication where the problem lies. Should command be executed as root?
The iMac dual boots into Mojave and El Capitan, the most recent OS version.
On the positive side, the restore from Time Machine worked without problems.

Sounds like your Mac might be one of the unlucky ones that KP's after the Backlight Control Patch is applied https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ed-macs-thread.2121473/page-610#post-27366264

DosDude1's Backlight Control Patch ran flawlessly to fix my backlight issues on my 17" MBP4,1 using these steps:
  1. downloaded the latest DosDude1 macOS Patcher Update both to my MBP and macOS Patch Update USB drive
  2. downloaded the 10.14.5 macOS update via macOS Patcher Update (to MBP & USB... probably unnecessary but did it just in case)
  3. upgraded from 10.14.3 to 10.14.5 via OTA
  4. applied the latest DosDude1 Patch Updater
  5. ran DosDude1's Backlight Control Patch
Unfortunately it sounds like your iMac 8,1 is one of the unlucky ones that KP's after Backlight Control Patch runs. Hopefully DosDude1 will be able to sort it out for you iMac 8,1. Good luck!
 
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While the macOS Mojave Patcher is made for unsupported Macs can I also use the installer to install Mojave on a supported Mac? Is this installer different besides the included post install installation from a normal Mojave USB installer? Already have the Mojave Patcher on a USB stick that I use for my unsupported Mac, but want to help a friend update her supported Mac to macOS Mojave.
 
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While the macOS Mojave Patcher is made for unsupported Macs can I also use the installer to install Mojave on a supported Mac? Is this installer different besides the included post install installation from a normal Mojave USB installer? Already have the Mojave Patcher on a USB stick that I use for my unsupported Mac, but want to help a friend update her supported Mac to macOS Mojave.

NO. If her Mac is supported, just use macOS Software Update on her computer. That's how I upgraded from Sierra to Mojave on our:
  • 2017 MacBook Pro
  • 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 (flashed to 5,1 and replaced vintage graphics card with Metal compatible MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDRR5)
AFAIK macOS Mojave Patcher is ONLY made for UNsupported Macs: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-14-mojave-on-unsupported-macs-thread.2121473/
 
While the macOS Mojave Patcher is made for unsupported Macs can I also use the installer to install Mojave on a supported Mac? Is this installer different besides the included post install installation from a normal Mojave USB installer? Already have the Mojave Patcher on a USB stick that I use for my unsupported Mac, but want to help a friend update her supported Mac to macOS Mojave.
Yes, you can, just don't apply post-install patches, and it will do a 100% stock unmodified install. I much prefer using the installer implementation created by Mojave Patcher to perform a macOS install, as it bypasses the "Preparing to install macOS" step you get with the native installer, which wastes time.
 
Yes, you can, just don't apply post-install patches, and it will do a 100% stock unmodified install. I much prefer using the installer implementation created by Mojave Patcher to perform a macOS install, as it bypasses the "Preparing to install macOS" step you get with the native installer, which wastes time.

So it is even better! Thanks for the reply :)
 
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Yes, you can, just don't apply post-install patches, and it will do a 100% stock unmodified install. I much prefer using the installer implementation created by Mojave Patcher to perform a macOS install, as it bypasses the "Preparing to install macOS" step you get with the native installer, which wastes time.

Great idea. I hadn't considered that. My only concern on installing macOS using Mojave Patcher would be a non-computer savvy user would run Patch Updater if prompted.
 
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