macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[espresso-1]

Successfully updated to Mojave 10.14.5 Beta 5 on unsupported MacBook Air Mid 2011 (MacBookAir4,2)

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Same steps as before using @dosdude1's mojave Patcher 1.3.1 exclusively.
Graphics acceleration achieved and no KPs so far.

Thank You.

EDIT: regarding the steps, I followed the ones listed on post #14826
macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

Hi there,

Do you also have a menu bar color issue when you click on it? Check out my screenshot. When click on the top right menu bar in light mode, the click state is white over white in the menu bar and the proper color in the drop down. Where it should be the same as the top left menu bar and display the color you have chosen in the System Preferences.

Also there is no transparency in the menu bar or drop down either. I did install the Hybrid Mode patcher from Spira/Mira and it made some great improvements. However, it looks like the top right menu bar is just set to work with dark mode universally and not like the left side menu bar. Kinda strange why they wouldn't be the same.

Any ideas or anyone know if there is a fix for that specific side of the menu bar?

Thanks in advance for your help.

13" MacBook Air (Mid 2011, 4,2)
macOS Mojave 10.14.5
500GB Samsung EVO 860 SSD
4GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB

 

[TimothyR734]

I have already tried 10.14.3, they don't work OOB. That is why 10.14.3 still requires a Legacy USB patches. The major breakthrough happened with the 10.14.5 when they started working OOB(pre 2010 machines still require LegacyUSBInjector).

I did install 10.14.3 on my MacBook 5,2 but installed all the post install patches then installed the 10.14.6 dev beta 3 but didn't install the usb post install patches so maybe that could be why there is a reference to 10.13.6

 

[avz]

I did install 10.14.3 on my MacBook 5,2 but installed all the post install patches then installed the 10.14.6 dev beta 3 but didn't install the usb post install patches so maybe that could be why there is a reference to 10.13.6

Yes, jackluke already explained it in his post above - when you install on top of the previous OS or via the OTA update, only the binaries themselves gets re-written in kexts but the .plist files remain the same. If you download a complete 10.14.5 installer app and do a clean install, your .plist files will reflect the proper relevant info. It makes total sense now.

 

[TimothyR734]

as soon as my new hdd comes I will do a clean install of macOS Mojave 10.14.3 won't apply the usb patches then skip 10.14.4 and install hopefully 10.14.5 then send you the 2 you need then enroll back in the beta program

 

[aaroman]

I recommend an 8GB flash drive minimum to avoid size issues.

As I mentioned earlier, I’m using a 32GB drive, with 2 16GB partitions or a single 32GB partition, and still get those errors. Is there an issue with the script if the drive is larger than 8GB?

 

[TimothyR734]

I really don't know but it is highly recommended to at least have 16 gb for a Mojave Patcher

 

[aaroman]

I recommend an 8GB flash drive minimum to avoid size issues.

I just tried running the script --verbose, and got the following (trimmed to shortly after the 'No such file or directory' errors started).

The thing that makes me wonder is that the diskutil rename command that throws the first error has 3 parameters, not 2. Did I enter the disk label incorrectly?

aaron$ sudo /Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/macOS\ Patcher.sh --verbose

Password:

+ [[ --verbose == *\-\m\o\d\e\r\n\-\p\r\e\l\i\n\k\e\d\k\e\r\n\e\l* ]]

+ Path_Variables

+ script_path='/Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/macOS Patcher.sh'

+ directory_path=/Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14

+ resources_path=/Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources

+ Check_Environment

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking system environment.\033[0m'

> Checking system environment.

+ '[' -d '/Install *.app' ']'

+ '[' '!' -d '/Install *.app' ']'

+ environment=system

+ Checked system environment.

+ Check_Root

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking for root permissions.\033[0m'

> Checking for root permissions.

+ [[ system == \i\n\s\t\a\l\l\e\r ]]

++ whoami

+ [[ root == \r\o\o\t ]]

+ [[ system == \s\y\s\t\e\m ]]

+ root_check=passed

+ Root permissions check passed.

++ whoami

+ [[ ! root == \r\o\o\t ]]

+ Check_Resources

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking for resources.\033[0m'

> Checking for resources.

+ [[ -d /Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources ]]

+ resources_check=passed

+ Resources check passed.

+ [[ ! -d /Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources ]]

+ [[ -d /Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources/prelinkedkernel-modern ]]

+ Input_Operation

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ What operation would you like to run?\033[0m'

/ What operation would you like to run?

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ Input an operation number.\033[0m'

/ Input an operation number.

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     1 - Patch installer\033[0m'

/     1 - Patch installer

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     2 - Patch update\033[0m'

/     2 - Patch update

+ Input_On

+ stty echo

+ read -e -p '/ ' operation

/ 1

+ Input_Off

+ stty -echo

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ Input_Installer

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ What installer would you like to use?\033[0m'

/ What installer would you like to use?

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ Input an installer path.\033[0m'

/ Input an installer path.

+ Input_On

+ stty echo

+ read -e -p '/ ' installer_application_path

/ /Users/aaron/Downloads/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app

+ Input_Off

+ stty -echo

+ installer_sharedsupport_path='/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport'

+ Check_Installer_Stucture

+ Output_Off hdiutil attach '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg' -mountpoint /tmp/InstallESD -nobrowse

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ hdiutil attach '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg' -mountpoint /tmp/InstallESD -nobrowse

expected   CRC32 $4CED6C46

/dev/disk4              GUID_partition_scheme           

/dev/disk4s1            EFI                             

/dev/disk4s2            Apple_HFS                          /private/tmp/InstallESD

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking installer structure.\033[0m'

> Checking installer structure.

+ [[ -e /tmp/InstallESD/BaseSystem.dmg ]]

+ [[ -e /Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg ]]

+ installer_images_path='/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport'

+ Checked installer structure.

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Mounting installer disk images.\033[0m'

> Mounting installer disk images.

+ Output_Off hdiutil attach '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg' -mountpoint '/tmp/Base System' -nobrowse

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ hdiutil attach '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg' -mountpoint '/tmp/Base System' -nobrowse

expected   CRC32 $EB262EFD

/dev/disk5              GUID_partition_scheme           

/dev/disk5s1            Apple_HFS                          /private/tmp/Base System

+ Mounted installer disk images.

+ Check_Installer_Version

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking installer version.\033[0m'

> Checking installer version.

++ defaults read '/tmp/Base System/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist' ProductVersion

+ installer_version=10.14.5

++ defaults read '/tmp/Base System/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist' ProductVersion

++ cut -c-5

+ installer_version_short=10.14

+ Checked installer version.

+ Check_Installer_Support

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking installer support.\033[0m'

> Checking installer support.

+ [[ 10.14 == \1\0\.\1[2-3] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\4\.[4-5] ]]

+ Installer support check passed.

+ Installer_Variables

+ [[ '' == \1 ]]

+ installer_prelinkedkernel_path=/Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources/prelinkedkernel

+ [[ 10.14 == \1\0\.\1[2-4] ]]

+ installer_prelinkedkernel=10.14

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\2\.[1-3] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\4\.[1-3] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\2\.[4-6] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\3\.[4-6] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\4\.[4-5] ]]

+ installer_prelinkedkernel=10.14.4

+ Input_Volume

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ What volume would you like to use?\033[0m'

/ What volume would you like to use?

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ Input a volume name.\033[0m'

/ Input a volume name.

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name=Drobo

+ [[ ! Drobo == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     Drobo\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     Drobo

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name=Inara

+ [[ ! Inara == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     Inara\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     Inara

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name=Installer

+ [[ ! Installer == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     Installer\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     Installer

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name=MacSSD

+ [[ ! MacSSD == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     MacSSD\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     MacSSD

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name='OS X Base System'

+ [[ ! OS X Base System == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     OS X Base System\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     OS X Base System

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name='macOS Base System'

+ [[ ! macOS Base System == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     macOS Base System\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     macOS Base System

+ Input_On

+ stty echo

+ read -e -p '/ ' installer_volume_name

/ Installer

+ Input_Off

+ stty -echo

+ installer_volume_path=/Volumes/Installer

+ Create_Installer

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Restoring installer disk image.\033[0m'

> Restoring installer disk image.

+ Output_Off asr restore -source '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg' -target /Volumes/Installer -noprompt -noverify -erase

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ asr restore -source '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg' -target /Volumes/Installer -noprompt -noverify -erase

    Validating target...done

    Validating source...done

    Retrieving scan information...done

    Validating sizes...done

    Restoring  ....10....20....30....40....50....60....70....80....90....100

    Restored target device is /dev/disk1s2.

    Remounting target volume...done

+ Restored installer disk image.

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Renaming installer volume.\033[0m'

> Renaming installer volume.

+ Output_Off diskutil rename '/Volumes/OS X Base System' '/Volumes/macOS Base System' Installer

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ diskutil rename '/Volumes/OS X Base System' '/Volumes/macOS Base System' Installer

Usage:  diskutil rename[Volume] MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode newName

The new name is subject to file system-specific naming restrictions.

Ownership of the specified volume may be required.

+ bless --folder /Volumes/Installer/System/Library/CoreServices --label Installer

No mount point for /Volumes/Installer/System/Library/CoreServices

Can't determine mount point of '/Volumes/Installer/System/Library/CoreServices' and ''

+ Renamed installer volume.

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Copying installer packages.\033[0m'

> Copying installer packages.

+ rm /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/Packages

rm: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/Packages: No such file or directory

+ cp -R /tmp/InstallESD/Packages /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation: No such file or directory

cp: /tmp/InstallESD/Packages: unable to copy extended attributes to /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/Core.pkg: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/EmbeddedOSFirmware.pkg: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/FirmwareUpdate.pkg: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/OSInstall.mpkg: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/SecureBoot.pkg: No such file or directory

+ Copied installer packages.

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Copying installer disk images.\033[0m'

 

[Wasgo604]

Successfully installed Mojave 10.14.5 on a mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13" but ran into a couple of problem.

1. Patch Updater hangs on "Installing Software Update Patch". All the other patches installed correctly, this one just hangs immediately after entering my password.
2. I can't install or update any apps through the App Store. The app loads correctly and I can even purchase new apps, but it just circles if I try to download anything.

I've already reapplied the patches from the USB reboot, ran "sudo softwareupdate --clear-catalog" from Terminal and did the Onyx Maintenance.

Are there any other suggestions other than having to do a clean install?

 

[0403979]

I just tried running the script --verbose, and got the following (trimmed to shortly after the 'No such file or directory' errors started).

The thing that makes me wonder is that the diskutil rename command that throws the first error has 3 parameters, not 2. Did I enter the disk label incorrectly?

aaron$ sudo /Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/macOS\ Patcher.sh --verbose

Password:

+ [[ --verbose == *\-\m\o\d\e\r\n\-\p\r\e\l\i\n\k\e\d\k\e\r\n\e\l* ]]

+ Path_Variables

+ script_path='/Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/macOS Patcher.sh'

+ directory_path=/Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14

+ resources_path=/Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources

+ Check_Environment

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking system environment.\033[0m'

> Checking system environment.

+ '[' -d '/Install *.app' ']'

+ '[' '!' -d '/Install *.app' ']'

+ environment=system

+ Checked system environment.

+ Check_Root

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking for root permissions.\033[0m'

> Checking for root permissions.

+ [[ system == \i\n\s\t\a\l\l\e\r ]]

++ whoami

+ [[ root == \r\o\o\t ]]

+ [[ system == \s\y\s\t\e\m ]]

+ root_check=passed

+ Root permissions check passed.

++ whoami

+ [[ ! root == \r\o\o\t ]]

+ Check_Resources

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking for resources.\033[0m'

> Checking for resources.

+ [[ -d /Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources ]]

+ resources_check=passed

+ Resources check passed.

+ [[ ! -d /Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources ]]

+ [[ -d /Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources/prelinkedkernel-modern ]]

+ Input_Operation

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ What operation would you like to run?\033[0m'

/ What operation would you like to run?

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ Input an operation number.\033[0m'

/ Input an operation number.

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     1 - Patch installer\033[0m'

/     1 - Patch installer

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     2 - Patch update\033[0m'

/     2 - Patch update

+ Input_On

+ stty echo

+ read -e -p '/ ' operation

/ 1

+ Input_Off

+ stty -echo

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ Input_Installer

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ What installer would you like to use?\033[0m'

/ What installer would you like to use?

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ Input an installer path.\033[0m'

/ Input an installer path.

+ Input_On

+ stty echo

+ read -e -p '/ ' installer_application_path

/ /Users/aaron/Downloads/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app

+ Input_Off

+ stty -echo

+ installer_sharedsupport_path='/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport'

+ Check_Installer_Stucture

+ Output_Off hdiutil attach '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg' -mountpoint /tmp/InstallESD -nobrowse

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ hdiutil attach '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg' -mountpoint /tmp/InstallESD -nobrowse

expected   CRC32 $4CED6C46

/dev/disk4              GUID_partition_scheme          

/dev/disk4s1            EFI                            

/dev/disk4s2            Apple_HFS                          /private/tmp/InstallESD

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking installer structure.\033[0m'

> Checking installer structure.

+ [[ -e /tmp/InstallESD/BaseSystem.dmg ]]

+ [[ -e /Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg ]]

+ installer_images_path='/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport'

+ Checked installer structure.

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Mounting installer disk images.\033[0m'

> Mounting installer disk images.

+ Output_Off hdiutil attach '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg' -mountpoint '/tmp/Base System' -nobrowse

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ hdiutil attach '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg' -mountpoint '/tmp/Base System' -nobrowse

expected   CRC32 $EB262EFD

/dev/disk5              GUID_partition_scheme          

/dev/disk5s1            Apple_HFS                          /private/tmp/Base System

+ Mounted installer disk images.

+ Check_Installer_Version

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking installer version.\033[0m'

> Checking installer version.

++ defaults read '/tmp/Base System/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist' ProductVersion

+ installer_version=10.14.5

++ defaults read '/tmp/Base System/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist' ProductVersion

++ cut -c-5

+ installer_version_short=10.14

+ Checked installer version.

+ Check_Installer_Support

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Checking installer support.\033[0m'

> Checking installer support.

+ [[ 10.14 == \1\0\.\1[2-3] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\4\.[4-5] ]]

+ Installer support check passed.

+ Installer_Variables

+ [[ '' == \1 ]]

+ installer_prelinkedkernel_path=/Users/aaron/Dev/Mojave/release-10.14/resources/prelinkedkernel

+ [[ 10.14 == \1\0\.\1[2-4] ]]

+ installer_prelinkedkernel=10.14

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\2\.[1-3] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\4\.[1-3] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\2\.[4-6] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\3\.[4-6] ]]

+ [[ 10.14.5 == \1\0\.\1\4\.[4-5] ]]

+ installer_prelinkedkernel=10.14.4

+ Input_Volume

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ What volume would you like to use?\033[0m'

/ What volume would you like to use?

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/ Input a volume name.\033[0m'

/ Input a volume name.

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name=Drobo

+ [[ ! Drobo == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     Drobo\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     Drobo

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name=Inara

+ [[ ! Inara == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     Inara\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     Inara

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name=Installer

+ [[ ! Installer == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     Installer\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     Installer

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name=MacSSD

+ [[ ! MacSSD == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     MacSSD\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     MacSSD

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name='OS X Base System'

+ [[ ! OS X Base System == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     OS X Base System\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     OS X Base System

+ for volume_path in '/Volumes/*'

+ volume_name='macOS Base System'

+ [[ ! macOS Base System == com.apple* ]]

+ echo '\033[38;5;75m/     macOS Base System\033[0m'

+ sort -V

/     macOS Base System

+ Input_On

+ stty echo

+ read -e -p '/ ' installer_volume_name

/ Installer

+ Input_Off

+ stty -echo

+ installer_volume_path=/Volumes/Installer

+ Create_Installer

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Restoring installer disk image.\033[0m'

> Restoring installer disk image.

+ Output_Off asr restore -source '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg' -target /Volumes/Installer -noprompt -noverify -erase

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ asr restore -source '/Users/aaron/Downloads/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg' -target /Volumes/Installer -noprompt -noverify -erase

    Validating target...done

    Validating source...done

    Retrieving scan information...done

    Validating sizes...done

    Restoring  ....10....20....30....40....50....60....70....80....90....100

    Restored target device is /dev/disk1s2.

    Remounting target volume...done

+ Restored installer disk image.

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Renaming installer volume.\033[0m'

> Renaming installer volume.

+ Output_Off diskutil rename '/Volumes/OS X Base System' '/Volumes/macOS Base System' Installer

+ [[ 1 == \1 ]]

+ diskutil rename '/Volumes/OS X Base System' '/Volumes/macOS Base System' Installer

Usage:  diskutil rename[Volume] MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode newName

The new name is subject to file system-specific naming restrictions.

Ownership of the specified volume may be required.

+ bless --folder /Volumes/Installer/System/Library/CoreServices --label Installer

No mount point for /Volumes/Installer/System/Library/CoreServices

Can't determine mount point of '/Volumes/Installer/System/Library/CoreServices' and ''

+ Renamed installer volume.

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Copying installer packages.\033[0m'

> Copying installer packages.

+ rm /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/Packages

rm: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/Packages: No such file or directory

+ cp -R /tmp/InstallESD/Packages /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation: No such file or directory

cp: /tmp/InstallESD/Packages: unable to copy extended attributes to /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/Core.pkg: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/EmbeddedOSFirmware.pkg: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/FirmwareUpdate.pkg: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/OSInstall.mpkg: No such file or directory

cp: /Volumes/Installer/System/Installation/SecureBoot.pkg: No such file or directory

+ Copied installer packages.

+ echo '\033[38;5;113m> Copying installer disk images.\033[0m'

The issue is that you have two volumes with the name …Base System. Having any volume named …Base System causes issues. Rename both volumes to something else and try again.

 

[NazgulRR]

Running MacMini3,1 (late 2009) on the latest El Capitan with a DIY SSD+HDD Fusion drive.

Looking to do an in-place upgrade from El Capital 10.11.6 > Mojave 10.14.6 once it drops over the the next weeks using dosdude1's tool.

I'd like to keep the HFS+ file system on this Mac as well as the DIY SSD+HDD Fusion.

Two questions:
1) The Patcher tool works on Fusion drives, correct? Any issues I can expect on a Fusion drive?
2) I'd like to keep the Fusion setup on HFS+ for now - will the installation process keep it on HFS+ automatically or is there anything specific I should do?

 

[@ioith]

@Larsvonhier @0403979
I am running Mojave on a MacBook 4,1 using Julian Fairfax's tool but I have a few questions on how to fix a couple issues
I downgraded to high Sierra still the exact same issues persisted (not using apfs patch, patched how the guide instructed by booting in the installer and typing patch into the terminal)
1)I cannot access the Mac App Store using my Apple ID

2)I cannot type anything into terminal as it shows the process is completed

3)The isight camera does not work
can anybody point me in the right direction , help out friend in need pls

 

[avz]

@Larsvonhier @0403979
I am running Mojave on a MacBook 4,1 using Julian Fairfax's tool but I have a few questions on how to fix a couple issues
I downgraded to high Sierra still the exact same issues persisted (not using apfs patch, patched how the guide instructed by booting in the installer and typing patch into the terminal)
1)I cannot access the Mac App Store using my Apple ID
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2)I cannot type anything into terminal as it shows the process is completed
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3)The isight camera does not work
can anybody point me in the right direction , help out friend in need pls

The App Store can have this issue even on supported Mac. What I recently did is logged in to my Apple ID webpage and removed all the Macs assigned to my Apple ID. After that I was able to login to my App Store on my MB5,1(Mojave 10.14.6 Beta 3).

 

[aaroman]

The issue is that you have two volumes with the name …Base System. Having any volume named …Base System causes issues. Rename both volumes to something else and try again.

That did it. Interestingly, it wasn't a second volume, but a directory left in the /Volumes directory with the same name. I was able to delete the contents and rmdir the leftover directory (no umount required). I'm thinking the previous failed attempts had left the crud behind.
I'm off to attempt to install Mojave on my MB 4,1!!

 

[vinesy]

Hi guys, love your work. Hope this is an appropriate place to pose this question:

I've got an iMac 9,1 (early 2009, 24"), and I recently upgraded to a BCM94331CD wifi/BT combo card (in order to enable handoff, etc). The Bluetooth part of the card is connected by a wire to the D+/D- ports on the logic board that we used for my old BT card.

Wifi works great.

Bluetooth, when plugged in won't boot (white screen and no more). However, if I get past the white screen and then connect the bluetooth USB lines, bluetooth also works great. The problem is that this requires running the mac dismantled!

Is there anyone clever enough to point me in the right direction? (e.g. can I just disable bluetooth until the boot sequence is underway? - I'm using a wired keyboard)

 

[jackluke]

@Larsvonhier @0403979
I am running Mojave on a MacBook 4,1 using Julian Fairfax's tool but I have a few questions on how to fix a couple issues
I downgraded to high Sierra still the exact same issues persisted (not using apfs patch, patched how the guide instructed by booting in the installer and typing patch into the terminal)
1)I cannot access the Mac App Store using my Apple ID
View attachment 845798
2)I cannot type anything into terminal as it shows the process is completed
View attachment 845799
3)The isight camera does not work
can anybody point me in the right direction , help out friend in need pls

To fix one of the most important thing in macOSX (IMHO) try this: fixing macOS Terminal from single user mode

 

[Yiorlis59]

when bluetooth is enabled in sysprefs,at the next restart, system restarts In 5 mins!
trackpad and keyboard don't work!!
system is looking for a Bluetooth keyboard!!after hard restart and disable bluetooth
is working normal again!! Anybody???
MBPro 5,5,...mojave 14.6.b2..DUDES1 1.3.2 patcher.
edit:mojave 14.6.b3!!

 

[@ioith]

The App Store can have this issue even on supported Mac. What I recently did is logged in to my Apple ID webpage and removed all the Macs assigned to my Apple ID. After that I was able to login to my App Store on my MB5,1(Mojave 10.14.6 Beta 3).

I tried to do this but still cant sign in

 

[@ioith]

To fix one of the most important thing in macOSX (IMHO) try this: fixing macOS Terminal from single user mode

Tried this , it says that usr/bin/login is a readonly file system please help

 

[jackluke]

Tried this , it says that usr/bin/login is a readonly file system please help

If you are sure that after booting from CMD+S (single user mode) typing:

mount -uw /

you still get a read-only system, then you have to boot from an OSX Recovery or Installer (higher than El Capitan), open Terminal and type: csrutil disable

Then re-boot to single user mode targeting Catalina and re-try to set permission to usr/bin/login as chmod 4755 .

 

[@ioith]

If you are sure that after booting from CMD+S (single user mode) typing:

mount -uw /

you still get a read-only system, then you have to boot from an OSX Recovery or Installer (higher than El Capitan), open Terminal and type: csrutil disable

Then re-boot to single user mode targeting Catalina and re-try to set permission to usr/bin/login as chmod 4755 .

I disabled SIP and did IMHO
but now my sudo command is not working properly
I am getting this output(whenever i use sudo):
sudo : /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set
And constant kernel panics
And i still cant login to mac app store

 

[emilediaz]

Hello:

Two questions, if anyone can help:

Installed Mojave via the dosdude patcher on a MacPro 4,1.

• First thing I am noticing is that the fan stays on constantly. Is that because it got overheated during install? Or will this be a consistent issue?

• Second: I currently have a ATI 5770 gfx card in my MacPro 4,1. The UI seems a bit sluggish, but no big deal. I have a Radeon RX 580. This card has metal support. Will installing the 580 help? or hurt in any way?

Thank you.

Emile

 

[TimothyR734]

Hello:

Two questions, if anyone can help:

Installed Mojave via the dosdude patcher on a MacPro 4,1.

• First thing I am noticing is that the fan stays on constantly. Is that because it got overheated during install? Or will this be a consistent issue?

• Second: I currently have a ATI 5770 gfx card in my MacPro 4,1. The UI seems a bit sluggish, but no big deal. I have a Radeon RX 580. This card has metal support. Will installing the 580 help? or hurt in any way?

Thank you.

Emile

The first part has happened on my MacBook 5,2 after installing macOS Mojave I don't know if it is an issues but it tends to quite down after logging in but I do use an app called Mac fan control if you set it to sensor based the fans will quite down

 

[jackluke]

I disabled SIP and did IMHO
but now my sudo command is not working properly
I am getting this output(whenever i use sudo):
sudo : /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set
And constant kernel panics
And i still cant login to mac app store

From these permissions issues you have seems you attempted a Catalina HFS+ installation, because I had similar during my experiment, however setting "uid 0" right permissions for each folder is enough complex, but about issues using "sudo" you can try this, booting from your HighSierra with CMD+S (single user mode):

mount -uw /
chown 0:0 /usr/bin/sudo
chmod 4511 /usr/bin/sudo
reboot

Anyway, repairing global volume owner/group mismatched permissions is no more possible since El Capitan I guess, so re-installing to repair them would be a better choice.

edit:

I understood, you have downgraded from Mojave to HighSierra, then of course things won't work, because downgrading a minor version is possible example from 10.14.5 to 10.14.3 , but you have downgraded a major osx version. So you surely have to re-install.

 

[dosdude1]

Hello:

Two questions, if anyone can help:

Installed Mojave via the dosdude patcher on a MacPro 4,1.

• First thing I am noticing is that the fan stays on constantly. Is that because it got overheated during install? Or will this be a consistent issue?

• Second: I currently have a ATI 5770 gfx card in my MacPro 4,1. The UI seems a bit sluggish, but no big deal. I have a Radeon RX 580. This card has metal support. Will installing the 580 help? or hurt in any way?

Thank you.

Emile

The fan noise is the Radeon 5770 card, due to the fact that it's not supported under Mojave, and no driver is loaded. Removing the 5770 and installing an RX580 will help a lot.

 

[emilediaz]

The fan noise is the Radeon 5770 card, due to the fact that it's not supported under Mojave, and no driver is loaded. Removing the 5770 and installing an RX580 will help a lot.

Thanks mate. I had gone ahead and done that just before I saw your response. With the 580 the entire set up is super quiet---and super responsive.

One question for you: At this stage do I gain anything by flashing my MacPro 4,1 to 5,1?

Thanks again for all your hard work and such a quick response.

Emile