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macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

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dosdude1 said:
Just updated Mojave Patcher to version 1.3.5, which includes a new patch to fix the weird dark grey Menu Bar and Finder Sidebar issue in Light Mode on machines with non-Metal video cards. For those of you that installed the older version, and found that 32-bit applications stopped launching, that issue has now been fixed. These changes have also been pushed via Patch Updater to current users.
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after applying new patches, I can’t seem to get Siri working. Any ideas?
 
I'm having trouble getting Mojave (And also tried Catalina) to boot consistently. Maybe 1/12 boots will work correctly. I have a MacPro3,1. I've tried installing Catalina and Mojave both about a dozen times too no better results. When it fails, it doesn't always fail the same way. So far there have been 5 different failures:
2 failure errors are attached that have error messages
Boot to black screen
Boot to grey screen
Boot to apple logo - will eventually go to one of the error messages attached

I've tried running the post install scripts and forcing a cache rebuild.

I would love to hear any suggestions, I've been troubleshooting for about a week now.
 

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Does anyone know how to update Catalina to 10.15.1? It's not coming through system update and when I tried to download it, it would not install.

Not sure how to upgrade my 2009 iMac.

Thanks if you can assist.
 
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Flash7 said:
I'm having trouble getting Mojave (And also tried Catalina) to boot consistently. Maybe 1/12 boots will work correctly. I have a MacPro3,1. I've tried installing Catalina and Mojave both about a dozen times too no better results. When it fails, it doesn't always fail the same way. So far there have been 5 different failures:
2 failure errors are attached that have error messages
Boot to black screen
Boot to grey screen
Boot to apple logo - will eventually go to one of the error messages attached

I've tried running the post install scripts and forcing a cache rebuild.

I would love to hear any suggestions, I've been troubleshooting for about a week now.
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I'm far from an expert on the subject, but I'm thinking you might have a marginal or failing disk drive. I installed Mojave on my 3,1 and have not had any such problems. Did your machine run reliably with a supported operating system?
 
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Lowhangers said:
Does anyone know how to update Catalina to 10.15.1? It's not coming through system update and when I tried to download it, it would not install.

Not sure how to upgrade my 2009 iMac.

Thanks if you can assist.
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Download last Catalina Patcher from dosdude site, create new patcher downloading new installer, boot from the new USB Catalina Patcher and install over your current system. It will maintain all your settings and applications. ATTENTION!!! create some form of backup BEFORE doing so. One never knows what can go wrong
 
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After installing the Legacy Video Card patch, Patch Updater is continuing to prompt me to install the Legacy Video Card patch. It was clearly installed because I don't have the annoying grey menubar/sidebar anymore. Is there a way to convince it that it was installed correctly?
 
shirsch said:
I'm far from an expert on the subject, but I'm thinking you might have a marginal or failing disk drive. I installed Mojave on my 3,1 and have not had any such problems. Did your machine run reliably with a supported operating system?
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It seems your premise was correct, swapped in a different SSD and the problem disappeared. Thanks shirsch!
 
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Question: I'm trying to convert my HFS partition via recovery partition, disk utility, edit, "convert to APFS", but the option is greyed out.
Any solutions?
 
So, conversion to APFS suceeded, but OS not (14.6) starting.
Trying to apply APFS patch via dosdude installstick, but it's greyed out.
What is the next step?
 
Pralaya said:
So, conversion to APFS suceeded, but OS not (14.6) starting.
Trying to apply APFS patch via dosdude installstick, but it's greyed out.
What is the next step?
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try boot into your Mojave patcher and select your hdd/ssd that you have Mojave installed on and it could be possible that during the conversion it could have been erased I would try reinstalling Mojave
 
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Yes, I selected the right drive.
No way.
I'll try to install my last backup (which was made with HFS).
Thank you anyway.
 
superhet said:
Just installed the latest legacy video patch on a MBP 5,1 late 2008. It popped up when I booted it today.
My machine now won't boot. I get the grey screen with apple logo and the progress bar takes about 30 minutes to reach the end. At this point the machine just hangs.
I have a Time Machine backup but there's not enough disk space to recover using this.
How do I recover from here?
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Same for me (also MacBook 5.1) :(
(Except that I do not have a backup)
 
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I don't understand why you can't recover your working system with the backup. The backup size should fit on your HD/SSD because it has the same size.
 
Restoring an old HFS backup image on existing APFS was not possible.
So, starting my ol' and good SL partition, erasing and reformatting the Mojave partition to HFS.
Backuping the old system, what a loss of time and starting at zero.
Wishing back those times, when the Mac just worked.
 
Pralaya said:
Restoring an old HFS backup image on existing APFS was not possible.
So, starting my ol' and good SL partition, erasing and reformatting the Mojave partition to HFS.
Backuping the old system, what a loss of time and starting at zero.
Wishing back those times, when the Mac just worked.
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what year Mac do you have have you used the APFS Rom Patcher so your Mac can boot apfs
 
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Yes this ROM patcher has a password that i don't know.
Where is it?
And how is the procedure?
Should I patch the ROM and then change the format...
HELP!
iMac 11,1 late 2009
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And the question remains: why is the "APFS patch" greyed out in the dosdude stick?
 
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Pralaya said:
Yes this ROM patcher has a password that i don't know.
Where is it?
And how is the procedure?
Should I patch the ROM and then change the format...
HELP!
iMac 11,1 late 2009
[automerge]1572902390[/automerge]
And the question remains: why is the "APFS patch" greyed out in the dosdude stick?
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the password is APFS I don't know if its lowercase or capital but is is something very risky as if you pick the wrong boot rom for your Mac it could be bricked but this is something I would ask dosdude in a pm I know he can be busy with college work but with his Catalina Patcher I think he made it where you can boot APFS I got lucky with my mid 2009 iMac 9,1 but not so lucky with my late 2008 iMac 8,1 I choose the wrong boot rom usually the first choice is correct but you its taking a risk if you proceed I would stay on HFS unless you really need APFS until you get a chance to talk to Dosdude
 
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TimothyR734 said:
the password is APFS I don't know if its lowercase or capital but is is something very risky as if you pick the wrong boot rom for your Mac it could be bricked but this is something I would ask dosdude in a pm I know he can be busy with college work but with his Catalina Patcher I think he made it where you can boot APFS I got lucky with my mid 2009 iMac 9,1 but not so lucky with my late 2008 iMac 8,1 I choose the wrong boot rom usually the first choice is correct but you its taking a risk if you proceed I would stay on HFS unless you really need APFS until you get a chance to talk to Dosdude
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Thanks for your attention and advise, I'll stay on what works, even without security updates.🤗
Don't have in mind to destroy my hardware, which lasted so long, for a false firmware.
When times come to change, I'll start again, as all of us, at zero and format my mediums to this damned APFC.
 
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Pralaya said:
Thanks for your attention and advise, I'll stay on what works, even without security updates.🤗
Don't have in mind to destroy my hardware, which lasted so long, for a false firmware.
When times come to change, I'll start again, as all of us, at zero and format my mediums to this damned APFC.
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I sent a message to dosdude asking the APFS Firmware update will work on your iMac 11,1 without using the APFS boot rom patcher
 
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This is very nice from you, and please ask him also when and why the APFS patch is grayed out.
I've tried it in HFS as also in APFS, but it won't activate.
 
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