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So here is how I did it:
1. Download the files from here as a zip file (https://github.com/rmc-team/bluesky) and unzip it to a new folder
2. Download the following file https://github.com/rmc-team/bluesky-resources/archive/master.zip and unzip the "resources" directory to the previous created folder that has the main shell script in it
-> The directory should look like this (see attached image)
3. Open Terminal, type sudo and then drag and drop BlueSky.sh and hit enter
4. Follow the install routine and when asked select "5 - Install both patches"
After the automatic restart everything should work and the graphic glitches should be gone.
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If the script doesn’t detect the resources folder, then it will download them automatically. This is the recommended method of installation since updates can be made without needing to download new versions manually. If you prefer to have the resources included, you can download the .zip from the releases page, that one includes both the .sh script, and the resources folder. Download the .sh script for the automatic download version.
The I7-640m is a valid CPU option - so maybe not a typo? 330m is the GPU.
I have Mojave running on a "HackBookPro6,2" which has very similar hardware to a real MPB6,2. In order to reduce GPU temps, I need to enable the following System Preferences:
- System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Reduce Motion
- System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Reduce Transparency
So it appears I am not getting any GPU Acceleration. I was just watching a twitch stream and noticed my CPU usage was very high but my GPU was at zero...
mini 5.1 10.14.6 Mojave.
mini 5.1 10.14.6 Mojave.
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Sweet! that worked awesome! Thank you so much for the help I appreciate it!
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Here ya go!
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Hey guys, I have a 2009 Mac Pro and I used a firmware hack to upgrade to High Sierra. My Video Card is an ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB (not a metal) and it's unsupported. My hard drive is HFS+. Is it possible to upgrade to Mojave? If so what do I have to do? Thank you.
A good place to start would be to read the 1st post in this thread, you'll find all the info you need.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-14-mojave-on-unsupported-macs-thread.2121473/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-14-mojave-on-unsupported-macs-thread.2121473/
Flacko already advised you of a solution from the page 228 of this thread but technically it is not necessary to get rid of the verbose boot. Glad that something has worked for you in the end.
Updated my MBP late 2009 to 10.14.6 yesterday.
But like i said before, the letters on desktop - not in windows or apps - is blurry (is this the word? I mean not sharp)
I installed bluesky but no changes...
I have a late 2011 too with demuxed amd card and also 10.14.6 and there it is perfect.
Both have same display Resolution.
Thx
But like i said before, the letters on desktop - not in windows or apps - is blurry (is this the word? I mean not sharp)
I installed bluesky but no changes...
I have a late 2011 too with demuxed amd card and also 10.14.6 and there it is perfect.
Both have same display Resolution.
Thx
No, I meant that you should not need the Flacko's solution to achieve your goal. You did the right thing by providing the screenshot.
I notice a bug in my laptops running mojave patcher. I don't know if the bug is caused by the patch or the original Mojave OS (I only have unsupported laptops).
I notice that the "kernel_task" is consuming a lot of resources in "Activity monitor". See the image attached.
During this high consumption of "kernel_task", the system is very slow. Is very evident at boot (the system delay a lot of time to be operative).
I have a macbook 5.1 and a 5.2. Both have a very similar hardware and both have the same problem. May be a driver problem? I have an iMac 7.1 too with mojave patcher and I have not this problem. This laptops have windows 10 installed too, and i not notice the system slow at boot or during the use of windows 10, so i think that is a problem with Mojave or the patcher (@dosdude1 says in a previous post that some computers can have a sensor damaged, but i think that if my sensors were damaged, windows 10 may run as slow as mojave does, Isn't it?)
Other diference between the laptops and my iMac is that the laptops have APFS and the imac have HFS.
Anybody have this models with Mojave patcher and notice the same problem? Can anybody see the "activity monitor" and tell us if the "kernel_task" ins consuming high resources? Anybody have a solution for this?
Thanks
I notice that the "kernel_task" is consuming a lot of resources in "Activity monitor". See the image attached.
During this high consumption of "kernel_task", the system is very slow. Is very evident at boot (the system delay a lot of time to be operative).
I have a macbook 5.1 and a 5.2. Both have a very similar hardware and both have the same problem. May be a driver problem? I have an iMac 7.1 too with mojave patcher and I have not this problem. This laptops have windows 10 installed too, and i not notice the system slow at boot or during the use of windows 10, so i think that is a problem with Mojave or the patcher (@dosdude1 says in a previous post that some computers can have a sensor damaged, but i think that if my sensors were damaged, windows 10 may run as slow as mojave does, Isn't it?)
Other diference between the laptops and my iMac is that the laptops have APFS and the imac have HFS.
Anybody have this models with Mojave patcher and notice the same problem? Can anybody see the "activity monitor" and tell us if the "kernel_task" ins consuming high resources? Anybody have a solution for this?
Thanks
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It most likely your hardware as Mojave is a perfection on my MacBook5,1(as well as Catalina Beta 6). "Kernel_task" consumes less resources than Activity Monitor itself(most of the time). I hope you are using good quality SSD's with plenty of free space available in your machines.
I have SSD's in both computers and botht SSD's works well. I have enought free space too.
Today i tryed to format the Mojave partition. When the installation was completed, the problem dissapear, so it might be a software problem. I made a change: Now i will use NFS instead of APFS. I'm restoring the time machine backup in the computer. When it finished i can see if the problem persists or the problem is related to APFS (I think that it must be the problem).
I believe this is working already. Anybody who after the installation forgot to boot back into the patcher and run the post install patches is basically installed a 100% original system.
It is... Just don't apply post-install patches and it is a 100% stock install.
I'm sure I did everything right. Mojave 10.14.5 installed perfectly on Mac Pro 3,1 and worked without issue for two months save for a few graphics anomalies like the search field not being visible in Outlook.
I referred to the following from the updates section found at http://dosdude1.com/mojave/#updates:
10.14.6 can be updated normally via Software Update if using an APFS volume, and will need to be patched using an installer volume created with Mojave Patcher version 1.3.2 or later after installing.
I updated via Software Update and now the machine auto reboots after the progress bar on the boot screen is a little more than half complete. It never transitions to the Black boot screen with the white apple logo to complete the boot sequence.
Any suggestions?
I referred to the following from the updates section found at http://dosdude1.com/mojave/#updates:
10.14.6 can be updated normally via Software Update if using an APFS volume, and will need to be patched using an installer volume created with Mojave Patcher version 1.3.2 or later after installing.
I updated via Software Update and now the machine auto reboots after the progress bar on the boot screen is a little more than half complete. It never transitions to the Black boot screen with the white apple logo to complete the boot sequence.
Any suggestions?
Did you apply the post-install patches using an installer volume created with Mojave Patcher version 1.3.2 or later, as instructed?
I assumed that this was to be done after the update from within Mojave. Do I need to boot from the the drive I originally used to install?
Edit: Doh. That's all that was needed. And the graphics anomalies were solved by replacing the original Radeon 2600xt with a GeForce GTX 680. Thanks!
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I am no expert but have been looking at this with the cMP after some other members commented on the high cpu use when playing 4k videos. Both my CMP3.1 and cMP5.1 will have up o 400% cpu use when playing a 4k 60 fps video made on an iPhone. On investigation it appears Mojave may be (solely?) using the Intel Quick Sync built into Sandybridge and later cpus and is not using dedicated graphic cards to encode/decode video. We are using old cpus now and Apple has moved on to rely on Quick Sync and is also using the T2 chip in its latest models. Although my cMP has a quite modern and capable card on Apple's recommended list (RX 580) Mojave makes no use of it for video decoding/encoding since 10.14.1. The fact that it is possible is that there was graphic card hardware acceleration in 10.14.0 but Apple took the decision to remove it on later versions so hardware decoding on the Radeon has been broken since 14.1. It was a little buggy on 14.0. So as the Xeon's do not have Quick Sync the decode/encode is purely reliant on software and cpu grunt. Streaming a 4k Ultra video via Safari/YouTube gives a VTDecoderXPCService CPU use of 32% but all is still pretty smooth.
The 5.1 Mac mini does have a Sandybridge cpu which implement version 1 of Intel's Quick Sync so there should be some H264/MPEG 2 hardware decoding. On my MacbbokAir 4.2 (also Sandybridge) playing the same YouTube 4K video resulted in a VTDecoderXPCService cpu use of 17% - but at half the output resolution of the cMP5.1 - so the question is does it use the hardware acceleration? I am not sure as H264/MPEG-4 and H262/MPEG-2 was not incorporated into Quick Sync until version 3, so the Sandybridge cannot decode these video streams. Playing lower resolution videos results in a cpu use around 11-14%. Playing the iPhone 4k 60 fps video cpu use ramped up to 160% and the fans started running at a higher speed which indicates the cpu is doing all the work. I am not familiar with twitch but have a look at the video codec they are using. If it is H265/MPEG-2 you might get some hardware decoding in from Quick Sync (v1). Any higher order codec will probably just use the cpu. Hope this helps. Does not solve the problem but I suspect we are having to accept that Apple is moving on and getting our older machines to keep up will become more of challenge.