macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[lorehaze]

A sure way to tell if accel works on any GPU is to see if you get opacity on the finder (side bar, dock, window panes etc.). If not accelerated, you get solid black or white surfaces there.
In addition to the energy saver system settings (where you can specify to always use the more powerful GPU if you have two in your system) there are good tools like gfxCardStatus to set this permanently or switch on the fly.

i tested the hybrid patch, does it enable the graphics accel, or just fix the opacity?

 

[Larsvonhier]

i tested the hybrid patch, does it enable the graphics accel, or just fix the opacity?

Those UI patches are just cosmetics and should be done after the basics of i.e. getting graphics acceleration (if at all).

 

[lorehaze]

Those UI patches are just cosmetics and should be done after the basics of i.e. getting graphics acceleration (if at all).

So, in order to get full graphics acceleration, I only need to apply the post-install patch contained in the patcher?

 

[Larsvonhier]

So, in order to get full graphics acceleration, I only need to apply the post-install patch contained in the patcher?

If you already ran the post install patch from your installer, yes. Make sure you use the latest version 1.3.3 from dosdude1.

 

[lorehaze]

If you already ran the post install patch from your installer, yes. Make sure you use the latest version 1.3.3 from dosdude1.

Thank you!!! I'll test soon.

 

[Yiorlis59]

Hey guys!!!I keep on seeing that error on console.
ERROR-uknown cgdisplaydevice:0x41dc9d00
has something to do with CoreDisplay.How can I fix this?
MBPro 5,5,mojave 10.14.6 beta1 with dosdudes1 patcher

 

[shejam]

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Can you add me to this group. Thanks

 

[Ludacrisvp]

extract latest windowserver crash log from /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports folder

I won’t have access to my Mac until Saturday at the earliest as I’m on vacation.
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Ah great, I found it in AMDSharedIL
strange enough I haven't had a crash on rx560 due to this

00000000000439bc    popcntq    %rax, %rax
00000000000439e8    popcntq    (%rcx), %rsi
0000000000043a21    popcntq    %rdx, %rcx
0000000000065793    popcntq    %rax, %rax
00000000000657bf    popcntq    (%rcx), %rsi
00000000000657f8    popcntq    %rdx, %rcx
000000000006f3a7    popcntq    (%r15,%rcx,8), %rdx

Could this by why the rx 580 is having an issue?

 

[netkas]

I won’t have access to my Mac until Saturday at the earliest as I’m on vacation.
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Could this by why the rx 580 is having an issue?

if one dumps his windowserver crash logs on 10.14.5 then we will know

 

[TimothyR734]

Just got an update for the patch updater what is new in this one Dosdude1 Thank you

 

[dosdude1]

Just got an update for the patch updater what is new in this one Dosdude1 Thank you

All it does is simply tell Software Update to ignore the MacBook Pro Supplemental Update, so users won't install it.

 

[TimothyR734]

Thank yo

All it does is simply tell Software Update to ignore the MacBook Pro Supplemental Update, so users won't install it.

Thank you

 

[Sedulous]

Macbookpro5,2 running 10.14.5 sometimes stalls on shutdown. Seems to be related to Bluetooth. If I do not use Bluetooth Apple keyboard or Magic Mouse, shutdown works else it stalls. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

 

[TimothyR734]

Macbookpro5,2 running 10.14.5 sometimes stalls on shutdown. Seems to be related to Bluetooth. If I do not use Bluetooth Apple keyboard or Magic Mouse, shutdown works else it stalls. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

yes on my MacBook 5,2 with 10.14.6 beta 1 sometimes stalls shutting down

 

[jhowarth]

Since Mojave will be the end of the line for stable accelerated video on non-Metal machines, it might be useful to refocus the efforts on those towards making sure future Mojave security updates apply cleanly on unsupported machines. I doubt this can be done transparently under Software Update but perhaps a utility could be crafted to repackage future manually downloaded security update packages to address potential problem areas like unsupported machine checks or recovery partition updates.

 

[hvds]

Macbookpro5,2 running 10.14.5 sometimes stalls on shutdown. Seems to be related to Bluetooth. If I do not use Bluetooth Apple keyboard or Magic Mouse, shutdown works else it stalls. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Also on a MBP5,2, I didn't observe this.
Normally I don't use Bluetooth. For a test connected the MBP via Bluetooth with an iPhone SE (no other Bluetooth device available). Tried three times, but no stall on shutdown - this may be not enough statistics?

(MBP5,2 17" 2.8GHz mid 2009, 8GB, APFS ROM patch applied, Samsung SSD 860 EVO with APFS. macOS 10.14.5 installed with dosdude's patcher 1.3.3., then applied jackluke's Mojave10145DualGpuFix #15045 and ASentientBot's Arduino fix #9229)

 

[K two]

Macbookpro5,2 running 10.14.5 sometimes stalls on shutdown. Seems to be related to Bluetooth. If I do not use Bluetooth Apple keyboard or Magic Mouse, shutdown works else it stalls. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

RFI from SSD?

 

[TimothyR734]

Since Mojave will be the end of the line for stable accelerated video on non-Metal machines, it might be useful to refocus the efforts on those towards making sure future Mojave security updates apply cleanly on unsupported machines. I doubt this can be done transparently under Software Update but perhaps a utility could be crafted to repackage future manually downloaded security update packages to address potential problem areas like unsupported machine checks or recovery partition updates.

Since Mojave will be the end of the line for stable accelerated video on non-Metal machines, it might be useful to refocus the efforts on those towards making sure future Mojave security updates apply cleanly on unsupported machines. I doubt this can be done transparently under Software Update but perhaps a utility could be crafted to repackage future manually downloaded security update packages to address potential problem areas like unsupported machine checks or recovery partition updates.

I would not give up yet ASentientBot post this on the MacOS Catalina for unsupported Macs still working on issues with crashes but it looks very promising

 

[webg3]

I woul

I would give up yet ASentientBot post this on the MacOS Catalina for unsupported Macs still working on issues with crashes but it looks very promising

So he's able graphic acceleration, that's amazing.

 

[TimothyR734]

So he's able graphic acceleration, that's amazing.

still much work to do but yes it is awesome looking but don't get to excited yet but I do have hope

 

[Sedulous]

Also on a MBP5,2, I didn't observe this.
Normally I don't use Bluetooth. For a test connected the MBP via Bluetooth with an iPhone SE (no other Bluetooth device available). Tried three times, but no stall on shutdown - this may be not enough statistics?

(MBP5,2 17" 2.8GHz mid 2009, 8GB, APFS ROM patch applied, Samsung SSD 860 EVO with APFS. macOS 10.14.5 installed with dosdude's patcher 1.3.3., then applied jackluke's Mojave10145DualGpuFix #15045 and ASentientBot's Arduino fix #9229)

Identical systems. Only difference are the GPU / arduino fixes not applied to my machine. Yes, my observation is anecdotal.
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RFI from SSD?

Stalled shutdown issue is recent (as of 10.14.5) with no other changes other than upgrade to 10.14.5. I think maybe linked to Bluetooth (this is a guess based on superficial observation). Does not seem like others are experiencing issue (on macbookpro5,2).

 

[TimothyR734]

Successfully installed 10.14.6 dev beta 2 hybrid patches working

 

[FarmerBob]

Looks like a rev rollback. From a Dev eMail:

A New Build is Available.
10.14.5 - 18G48f is now available in the Software Update pane in System Preferences. Please back-up important information or clone your drive, and review the release notes and detailed installation instructions completely before attempting to install the software.

Installation.
Pre-release macOS Mojave Beta builds are available through Applications > System Preferences > Software Update. This makes it easy for you to install the latest pre-release builds. Before you begin, ensure you are on macOS Mojave 10.14, 10.14.1, 10.14.2, 10.14.3, 10.14.4, 10.14.5, or an earlier seed build of 10.14.6. Please back-up important information or clone your drive.

 

[TimothyR734]

Looks like a rev rollback. From a Dev eMail:

A New Build is Available.
10.14.5 - 18G48f is now available in the Software Update pane in System Preferences. Please back-up important information or clone your drive, and review the release notes and detailed installation instructions completely before attempting to install the software.

Installation.
Pre-release macOS Mojave Beta builds are available through Applications > System Preferences > Software Update. This makes it easy for you to install the latest pre-release builds. Before you begin, ensure you are on macOS Mojave 10.14, 10.14.1, 10.14.2, 10.14.3, 10.14.4, 10.14.5, or an earlier seed build of 10.14.6. Please back-up important information or clone your drive.

18G448f is dev beta 2 for 10.14.6 18G29g is dev beta 1 of 10.14.6

 

[TimothyR734]

Successfully installed 10.14.6 dev beta 2 on my MacBook 5,2 along with the hybrid patches