macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[whynotj]

Did you try re-running the patcher from within a fully booted system? That solved a lot of the graphics glitches for me. Different machine etc. but doesn't harm to try it.

I did try that, but it didn't solve any of the problems. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[mrploppy]

Where's the manual security update?

Is this what you're looking for?
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2027?locale=en_GB

 

[TimothyR734]

Where's the manual security update?

https://support.apple.com/downloads/macos

 

[RK78]

Re. Manual install standalones/security updates:

Have I been laboring under a misconception? It was my understanding that the standalone packages wouldn't install without modification/editing. Opened and edited with Pacifist, or something similar (not that I know of anything else that can open them.)

 

[VaZ]

Is this what you're looking for?
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2027?locale=en_GB

No that didn't work for me

 

[sackmesser]

No that didn't work for me
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Hello. This is what you are looking for (credit to the orignal poster):

Download the update.

Open the update.

Move the update.pkg to Desktop.

Open Terminal.

Enter "pkgutil --expand " now AFTER THE SPACE drag and drop the .pkg from the Desktop into the Terminal window and type after ANOTHER SPACE " ~/Desktop/Expanded" hit Return and wait, this takes a little while.

Quotes are not needed.


Open Expanded folder and then open Distribution file in Text Edit

Scroll down to the line

function InstallationCheck(prefix) {


enter the text return true; so it looks like this

function InstallationCheck(prefix) {return true;


Save changes

*******************

If you are trying to install the update to an HFS+ disk then there is another alteration you can make, before flattening and creating the package.

Again in the Distribution file scroll down to


function VolumeCheck(prefix) {

again enter return true; after the bracket, so it looks like this,

function VolumeCheck(prefix) {return true;


Save changes



Go back to Terminal enter "pkgutil --flatten ~/Desktop/Expanded ~/Desktop/Modified.pkg"

Using the .pkg extension is crucial.

Quotes are not needed.


One thing to note is if your Mac like mine has different OS's on it on other drives this method will tell you that all drives are able to install the update, DO NOT INSTALL ON ANY DISK/ PARTITION, ONLY INSTALL TO A DISK/ PARTITION THAT HAS MOJAVE ON IT. Select your disk wisely, and double check."

IT WORKED FOR ME.

Installed Security Update 2019-001 and Security Update 2019-002 with this on Mac Pro 3,1 / HFS+ / 10.14.6

Of course you have to reapply the patches after the installation and reboot.

 

[VaZ]

Thanks I'll give this a try. No patches for me it's just hfs+ that won't allow me to grab it normally or install it normally.

 

[JoSch]

Where's the manual security update?

On Apple's website.

 

[VaZ]

I will try again

 

[sackmesser]

You're too late.
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I get this error:

Mac-Pro:~ vaz$ pkgutil --expand/Users/vaz/Desktop/SecUpd2019-002Mojave.pkg ~/Desktop/Expanded


pkgutil: unrecognized option `--expand/Users/vaz/Desktop/SecUpd2019-002Mojave.pkg'

Needs a space after expand:

pkgutil --expand /Users/vaz/Desktop/SecUpd2019-002Mojave.pkg ~/Desktop/Expanded

retry

 

[VaZ]

Needs a space after expand:

pkgutil --expand /Users/vaz/Desktop/SecUpd2019-002Mojave.pkg ~/Desktop/Expanded

retry

You my friend are Genius !! It's doing something now thanks

 

[whynotj]

Hey guys, apologies if this has been covered, did a good bit of searching on this thread. I successfully ran an earlier version of Mojave on my 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 (ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, 56GB RAM) for the past year or so, and just did a clean install, which updated my Mojave version to 10.14.6. Getting some buggy behavior right off the bat -- News.app is slow to the point of being completely unusable, Maps.app doesn't load any maps, some graphics tracing on certain websites in Safari. I ran all the suggested post-install patches, as well as the recommended Onyx routines... any other suggestions? Revert back to 10.14.3?

Given that there don't seem to be any readily available fixes, I'm thinking I might go back to 10.14.3. Can anyone point me in the direction of where to get that particular version?

 

[whynotj]

Given that there don't seem to be any readily available fixes, I'm thinking I might go back to 10.14.3. Can anyone point me in the direction of where to get that particular version?

My apologies, I totally forgot to check the Legacy Video Card option in the patch. All good now. Only thing is that News.app crashes, but I do recall seeing a bunch of posts about that, so I'll investigate further.

 

[RK78]

Would really appreciate knowing just what the steps are to use this command.

Hello. This is what you are looking for (credit to the orignal poster):

Installed Security Update 2019-001 and Security Update 2019-002 with this on Mac Pro 3,1 / HFS+ / 10.14.6

Of course you have to reapply the patches after the installation and reboot.

Great post, with full instructions. Thanks.

 

[TimothyR734]

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Successfully installed the latest 10.14.6 Dev Beta

 

[JoSch]

You're too late.

Ok, then I will not help you anymore.

 

[VaZ]

You my friend are Genius !! It's doing something now thanks

So when trying the new Modified.pkg on a Macbookpro8,1 with Mojave 10.14.6 (18G103) hfs+ i get stuck at reboot near the end. I tried again on fresh installs twice to see if it was a glitch and it still locks up.
Do i need to run the dosdude patcher after again or something? Any thoughts?

 

[StratUk]

My MacPro 3,1 reaches the same point and kernel panics

 

[LuisN]

So when trying the new Modified.pkg on a Macbookpro8,1 with Mojave 10.14.6 (18G103) hfs+ i get stuck at reboot near the end. I tried again on fresh installs twice to see if it was a glitch and it still locks up.
Do i need to run the dosdude patcher after again or something? Any thoughts? View attachment 883626

Strange, that´s the “EFI update” boot screen

 

[sackmesser]

So when trying the new Modified.pkg on a Macbookpro8,1 with Mojave 10.14.6 (18G103) hfs+ i get stuck at reboot near the end. I tried again on fresh installs twice to see if it was a glitch and it still locks up.
Do i need to run the dosdude patcher after again or something? Any thoughts? View attachment 883626

Yes that's what I did, run the patcher again. The first time my MP 3,1 also got stuck, crashed and restarted with an error. Had to force shut down and restart with ALT key from USB patcher.

 

[VaZ]

Yes that's what I did, run the patcher again. The first time my MP 3,1 also got stuck, crashed and restarted with an error. Had to force shut down and restart with ALT key from USB patcher.

Did re-applying the macpro3,1 patches help you get back to the desktop?

 

[sackmesser]

Did re-applying the macpro3,1 patches help you get back to the desktop?

Yes it did. Haven't you tried yet?

 

[dosdude1]

So when trying the new Modified.pkg on a Macbookpro8,1 with Mojave 10.14.6 (18G103) hfs+ i get stuck at reboot near the end. I tried again on fresh installs twice to see if it was a glitch and it still locks up.
Do i need to run the dosdude patcher after again or something? Any thoughts? View attachment 883626

Hard disk is failing, it can't complete fsck. Get a new hard disk or SSD, preferably.

 

[Pralaya]

I'll give a try.

 

[Pralaya]

And it worked!!!

Thank you guys!