macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[Tyke666]

General question in case someone else has the same issue.
I am running Mojave 10.14.6 on a Mid 2009 Macbook Pro (5,2). I am using the application "Calibre" v4 for managing as e-book collection and I notice that the e-book viewer doesn't work. I just get a blank white page. I have trawled forums and no-one seems to have this problem generally which makes me suspect my setup and possibly the display drivers. I would be interested if anyone else uses Calibre 4 and if it works. Note that Calibre v3 works ok and I have reverted to this but it would be nice to have the features of v4.

 

[avz]

General question in case someone else has the same issue.
I am running Mojave 10.14.6 on a Mid 2009 Macbook Pro (5,2). I am using the application "Calibre" v4 for managing as e-book collection and I notice that the e-book viewer doesn't work. I just get a blank white page. I have trawled forums and no-one seems to have this problem generally which makes me suspect my setup and possibly the display drivers. I would be interested if anyone else uses Calibre 4 and if it works. Note that Calibre v3 works ok and I have reverted to this but it would be nice to have the features of v4.

I believe it all goes back to the fact that all newer apps rely on Metal. Every miracle has its limitations unfortunately.

 

[mmryspace]

Hi Everyone,

I am attempting to install Mojave on an Early 2009 Mac Mini 3,1 (Nvidia GeForce 9400m 256mb, 8GB Ram) with a clean install of the dosdude1 patched High Sierra OS on a HFS+ HDD. I had no issues with installing High Sierra with dosdude1 patcher tool, but I am having no luck with installing Mojave and could use some assistance.

After resetting SMC and PRAM and attempting to boot the USB drive in verbose mode, I am getting stuck at PCI Configuration Begin. I have tried with both an installer downloaded directly from the dosdude1 patcher tool and also an older version of Mojave 10.14.1 and same result. I have also tried multiple USB drives and same result.

Are there methods to get around this issue with additional boot args or booting from single user mode?

If so what are the boot args and / or steps?

Is this an issue with the graphics version for this machine?

I have read on this thread of other Mac Mini 3,1 installs so hoping I can get some assistance on how to further troubleshoot and install Mojave. Thank you.

I am still experiencing the same issues and wondering if anyone is able to provide any suggestions. Happy to provide other information if needed.

Thanks so much!

 

[avz]

I am still experiencing the same issues and wondering if anyone is able to provide any suggestions. Happy to provide other information if needed.

Thanks so much!

Your issue has nothing to do with the "unsupported Macs" or a patcher.

 

[mmryspace]

Your issue has nothing to do with the "unsupported Macs" or a patcher.

Thanks so much for the reply. What are your thoughts on what might be going on here? I would appreciate any support you have to offer as it seems that others have had success with this machine in the past.

 

[avz]

Thanks so much for the reply. What are your thoughts on what might be going on here? I would appreciate any support you have to offer as it seems that others have had success with this machine in the past.

Get an SSD and format it as APFS.

 

[mmryspace]

Get an SSD and format it as APFS.

Ok, I do have access to an SSD and can certainly go that route. To clarify: this is the only route to take even if the MacMini3,1 does not natively support APFS? I have had trouble understanding the instructions in this part of the dosdude patcher instructions regarding native vs non-native support (obviously).

Thanks for the support so far. Super helpful!

 

[avz]

Ok, I do have access to an SSD and can certainly go that route. To clarify: this is the only route to take even if the MacMini3,1 does not natively support APFS? I have had trouble understanding the instructions in this part of the dosdude patcher instructions regarding native vs non-native support (obviously).

Thanks for the support so far. Super helpful!

What exactly you don't understand? Your machine MUST have the latest official firmware with no regard what is the latest OS it supports natively.

 

[avz]

Thanks so much for the reply. What are your thoughts on what might be going on here? I would appreciate any support you have to offer as it seems that others have had success with this machine in the past.

Your machine has five USB2.0 ports. Have you tried all of them to boot your Mojave patcher?

 

[mrploppy]

Ok, I do have access to an SSD and can certainly go that route. To clarify: this is the only route to take even if the MacMini3,1 does not natively support APFS? I have had trouble understanding the instructions in this part of the dosdude patcher instructions regarding native vs non-native support (obviously).

Thanks for the support so far. Super helpful!

FYI, I wasn't entirely sure either when I first read the statement you quoted. My machine didn't support HS natively, so I had to install it using the patcher. Thing is: it then ran just as if it supported HS natively (you wouldn't know) - but it doesn't. So I ignored that warning altogether.

 

[upipes]

Hi all,
I have a MacPro 3,1 with @dosdude1 patcher and Mojave, updated to the latest software. Everything it works well.
Now, I'm planning to remove the Bt and Wifi card, and install those "all in one" cards with wifi AC and BT4.0.
Any recommendation?
It will be like plug and play (no need to reinstall OS)?

Thank you in advance,

cheers

 

[coasterOneEightThree]

General question in case someone else has the same issue.
I am running Mojave 10.14.6 on a Mid 2009 Macbook Pro (5,2). I am using the application "Calibre" v4 for managing as e-book collection and I notice that the e-book viewer doesn't work. I just get a blank white page. I have trawled forums and no-one seems to have this problem generally which makes me suspect my setup and possibly the display drivers. I would be interested if anyone else uses Calibre 4 and if it works. Note that Calibre v3 works ok and I have reverted to this but it would be nice to have the features of v4.

That's weird! No problems here at all with Calibre 4.8.0 ...

Maybe you can change for example the app's appearance in Preferences. I'm using Calibre's theme here, not the system default.

 

[mmryspace]

What exactly you don't understand? Your machine MUST have the latest official firmware with no regard what is the latest OS it supports natively.

The Macmini3,1 does have the latest official Apple firmware for that model and it does NOT natively support High Sierra.

My confusion was from the dosdude1 mojave installer instructions page where it says: "Important Note: If you have a machine that supports High Sierra natively, you MUST ensure you have the latest version of the system's BootROM installed if you want to boot from an APFS volume. If you have NOT previously installed High Sierra, you can download and install this package to install the latest BootROM version. When installing, ensure your system is plugged in to power, or the update will not be installed. "

Are those instructions ONLY for machines that natively support High Sierra (which the Macmini3,1 is not)?
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Your machine has five USB2.0 ports. Have you tried all of them to boot your Mojave patcher?

I have not tried all 5 but have tried different ones - at least three. I also have tried a Firewire attached drive (which is how I installed the High Sierra Patched version). I now have an APFS formatted SSD installed now and High Sierra again installed fine with the patcher using the external FW drive. No success with either Mojave on the external FW drive or USB.
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FYI, I wasn't entirely sure either when I first read the statement you quoted. My machine didn't support HS natively, so I had to install it using the patcher. Thing is: it then ran just as if it supported HS natively (you wouldn't know) - but it doesn't. So I ignored that warning altogether.

Ok , thanks for sharing your experience. Every bit is helpful. Still no luck installing Mojave with a SSD drive formatted APFS with patched version of High Sierra installed...

 

[avz]

The Macmini3,1 does have the latest official Apple firmware for that model and it does NOT natively support High Sierra.

My confusion was from the dosdude1 mojave installer instructions page where it says: "Important Note: If you have a machine that supports High Sierra natively, you MUST ensure you have the latest version of the system's BootROM installed if you want to boot from an APFS volume. If you have NOT previously installed High Sierra, you can download and install this package to install the latest BootROM version. When installing, ensure your system is plugged in to power, or the update will not be installed. "

Are those instructions ONLY for machines that natively support High Sierra (which the Macmini3,1 is not)?
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I have not tried all 5 but have tried different ones - at least three. I also have tried a Firewire attached drive (which is how I installed the High Sierra Patched version). I now have an APFS formatted SSD installed now and High Sierra again installed fine with the patcher using the external FW drive. No success with either Mojave on the external FW drive or USB.
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Ok , thanks for sharing your experience. Every bit is helpful. Still no luck installing Mojave with a SSD drive formatted APFS with patched version of High Sierra installed...

My late-2008 MacBook5,1 has an exact same hardware as your machine and I never had any issues(even with Catalina). And I am also an absolute newbie.

Can you boot your Mojave patcher on any other Mac? Was the patcher successfully created in a first place? Do you still have an original HDD with El Capitan installed? Make sure that the original HDD is installed when you are trying to boot the patcher and try to install Mojave on an SSD connected externally via USB(then you can move it inside).

No, you got it all wrong. The reason for the dosdude1's instructions about the firmware is because there are a lot of people who still run an ancient firmware even though their machines actually support High Sierra.

 

[mmryspace]

My late-2008 MacBook5,1 has an exact same hardware as your machine and I never had any issues(even with Catalina). And I am also an absolute newbie.

Can you boot your Mojave patcher on any other Mac? Was the patcher successfully created in a first place? Do you still have an original HDD with El Capitan installed? Make sure that the original HDD is installed when you are trying to boot the patcher and try to install Mojave on an SSD connected externally via USB(then you can move it inside).

No, you got it all wrong. The reason for the dosdude1's instructions about the firmware is because there are a lot of people who still run an ancient firmware even though their machines actually support High Sierra.

I just tried my Mojave Patcher USB stick on a MacBookPro7,1 with Yosemite and it booted with no issue! I do still have the original HDD but it has already been patched to High Sierra. I am tempted to erase and start at Yosemite and try what you suggest here with installing Mojave on an SSD connected externally via USB(then you can move it inside). If that doesn't work I wonder if something could be amiss with the Macmini3,1 hardware

Thanks for the clarification about dosdude1's instructions regarding the firmware and suggestions. I'll update the thread when I try these next steps.

 

[amgff84]

So, MacOS 10.14.6 installed on my 2011 Mac Mini with HD3000 Graphics. Running just fine. Thanks to those who have worked in their spare time on this to develop the technique and software to get this working.

 

[mmryspace]

I just tried my Mojave Patcher USB stick on a MacBookPro7,1 with Yosemite and it booted with no issue! I do still have the original HDD but it has already been patched to High Sierra. I am tempted to erase and start at Yosemite and try what you suggest here with installing Mojave on an SSD connected externally via USB(then you can move it inside). If that doesn't work I wonder if something could be amiss with the Macmini3,1 hardware

Thanks for the clarification about dosdude1's instructions regarding the firmware and suggestions. I'll update the thread when I try these next steps.

I decided to try the Mojave patcher install with another macmini3,1(late 2009, El Capitan, 3GB of RAM, HFS+ HDD) I have access to. My USB installer worked fine with no hitches installing onto the externally connected SSD drive via Firewire! Now I will transplant the SSD into the early 2009 Macmini3,1 where it was having trouble loading the USB mojave patcher installer and see if it works there.

Still scratching my head as to why I had no success previously. I wonder if the USB bus has some issues? I ran a hardware test on this machine and no issues were reported however...

 

[nospamboz]

Just tried @dosdude1 updater on my mid-2009 Macbook5,2, onto an external HD HFS+ partition that already had High Sierra installed. Worked great all through Patch Updater in 10.14.6, seemed nice and stable.

Then decided to try to advance to SecUpd 2019-002, using instructions from @alphascorp.

macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

Hi @GarryB In order to install SecUpd2019-002Mojave, you must expand the .pkg file and then modify the "distribution" file. Like this: Move "SecUpd2019-002Mojave.pkg" file to the desktop Open Terminal and writes this: cd ~/Desktop Press enter pkgutil --expand SecUpd2019-002Mojave.pkg NewFolder...

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macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

Mojave 10.14.6 (18G2022) is installed in HFS+ on SSD in my MBP5.3. I installed 10.14.6 (18G84) in July and I carried out the successive updates manually as they become available (18G87, 18G95 and 18G103) by recreating at each time an installation USB flash drive with dosdude1's Patcher...

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As he suggested at the end of the second post, rebooting without @dosdude1 Force Cache failed, but with it booted. It looked OK, but was very sluggish, like clicking in a dialog causing a two-minute beach ball. Patch Updater took forever, and sometimes System Preference panes failed to load. I'm not sure what the problem was, when I finally managed to get "top" running in a Terminal, it showed about 80% idle.

Not useful on my work-a-day system until I resolve this, though I realize the resolution may be to convert to APFS. I'd like to avoid that, until some good free way to access APFS from Windows and Linux becomes available.

 

[rewrew999]

with dosdude1 mojave the original apple infrared REMOTE works ok?!
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While everybody* hopes a solution for OpenGL cards in 10.14.5 can be found, I´ve spent some more time to bring the MB4,1 as close to the rest of the unsupported bunch as possible.

Since the first kext package (as add-ons to the MB5,2 selection of patches by dosdude1) I found some newer kexts that work as the older ones (and being more recent versions, likelihood to hold up against time a bit longer seems better to me).
In addition, two kexts could be swapped against slightly older versions, but giving back two functions that were not working at all on the machine:
- IR remote control input
- Magic Mouse & Magic Trackpad
Small downside hereby: The Apple remote can only be brought to life with the addition of the tool "Mira", which is a paid software with a free trial period. Some plugin component in addition to the IRController kext seems to be odd still. In system settings (security, login, advanced) the IR interface shows up as soon as the kext is replaced, though! I´ll be hunting further... ;-)
Magic Mouse and Trackpad can now be found as BT devices, behave correct in advertising and coupling, but offer only standard-click and movement features. In the case of the mouse, right click works also (a great relief as an alternative to the internal topcase trackpad).

Table and screenshot show the before-after comparison, color coding helps to see what's still to be done. (Yeah, I'm fully aware that there probably will be never a OpenGL driver for x3100 working with Mojave. Its just in there for completeness).

Prelinked 10.14.4 kernel and complete Kexts-ZIP will be deployed soon. Not sure if @0403979 can be convinced to include this fully into his patcher, but hey, here are the ingredients anyway ;-)

EDIT
Links to PrelinkedKernel and the Kext-ZIP v1.1 - strictly use together, do not mix with previous combo! MIRA can be found here.
UPDATE
Kext-ZIP v1.2 here for use with 10.14.4 and .5 beta
Kext-ZIP v1.3 linked here for .5beta2


*me too, you bet!

hi, with the latest dosdude1 mojave patch the original apple IR REMOTE works ok? or i need any workaround?

 

[nospamboz]

It looked OK, but was very sluggish... Not useful on my work-a-day system until I resolve this

Not sure if it was running Onyx maintenance, or simply letting the myriad of processes complete after the boot, but the system is running acceptably now. Subsequent boots still run lots of processes (more than High Sierra?), but they seem to settle down faster now, and importantly, the system is (reasonably) usable while they're running, none of that two-minute-beach-ball stuff.

I couldn't see 2019-002 listed among Installations, even though it ran to completion without errors, but it didn't show up on a "softwareupdate -l", so it seems installed.

I'm impressed all that worked, thanks to @dosdude1 and @alphascorp for their work. If 2020-001 (or whatever it's called) works, I may make the jump on my regular system, and then buy @dosdude1 a beer.

 

[JoSch]

Hi all,
I have a MacPro 3,1 with @dosdude1 patcher and Mojave, updated to the latest software. Everything it works well.
Now, I'm planning to remove the Bt and Wifi card, and install those "all in one" cards with wifi AC and BT4.0.
Any recommendation?
It will be like plug and play (no need to reinstall OS)?

Thank you in advance,

cheers

I bought this one: https://www.osxwifi.com/product/mac...94360cd-802-11-a-b-g-n-ac-with-bluetooth-4-0/.
I have no problems with.
Tip: When you install the card, connect the third Wifi antenna to the Bluetooth connector and the Bluetooth antenna to the third Wifi connector. This way, the Bluetooth reception is way better.

 

[lipnorth]

Alright, got everything figured out! To get acceleration working under 10.14.4 with a non-Metal GPU, just download this archive, extract it, cd into the extracted directory using Terminal, and then run ./install.sh. Please ensure you have the Legacy Video Card Patch installed properly (you can re-apply it with the post-install patch, or re-install it using Patch Updater after running the script just to be sure). After rebooting, you should now have full graphics acceleration!

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When I try to install, Terminal gives me these errors:

cp: cannot overwrite directory /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GPUSupport.framework/Resources with non-directory GPUSupport.framework/Resources

cp: cannot overwrite directory /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GPUSupport.framework/Versions/Current with non-directory GPUSupport.framework/Versions/Current

cp: cannot overwrite directory /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GPUSupport.framework/Libraries with non-directory GPUSupport.framework/Libraries

cp: cannot overwrite directory /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Resources with non-directory OpenGL.framework/Resources

cp: cannot overwrite directory /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/Current with non-directory OpenGL.framework/Versions/Current

cp: cannot overwrite directory /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Libraries with non-directory OpenGL.framework/Libraries

When I try booting into safe mode, it doesn't recognize my hard drive.

 

[lipnorth]

Installed 10.14.4. Reapplied the patches but can’t boot in to normal or safe mode to install the graphics acceleration patch. I just get the the prohibitory sign (for safe mode) or an endless spinning cog (for normal mode) all the time. Any ideas? How can I install the patch?

I have same issue. Any known fix?

 

[lipnorth]

No... The GPU support will remain the same as it's always been. Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series will still not work.

So If I have a 2011 iMac with a Radeon HD 6xxx I am out of luck on graphic acceleration? Might as well stay with High Sierra?

 

[DuncanGarp]

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi not working on both my unsupported MacBook Pro mid 2009 13" and 15".

I posted this issue under the Catalina unsupported thread.
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I have the same issue when installing Mojave using @dosdude1's patch programs.

If someone can please offer any suggestions to assist and I will be greatly appreciative.