macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[alphascorp]

Hello,
Good to hear that. How to modify the distribution file? Mine crashed twice.

thx in advance!

regards

Hi @brmarinho
I have already explained in detail how to modify the Distribution file in message #17,977.
Just replace "SecUpd2019-002Mojave" with "SecUpd2020-002Mojave"

 

[Lloyd22]

Hi everyone!

I tried to search the thread but can't seem to find the answer.
I'm on a MBP 2011 8,2. Mojave is perfectly working EXCEPT the audio playback which is randomly cutting, icon getting inactive etc. I did reinstall the Legacy Audio Patch but the issue keeps coming back.

Any solution for this?
Cheers

 

[avz]

Hi everyone!

I tried to search the thread but can't seem to find the answer.
I'm on a MBP 2011 8,2. Mojave is perfectly working EXCEPT the audio playback which is randomly cutting, icon getting inactive etc. I did reinstall the Legacy Audio Patch but the issue keeps coming back.

Any solution for this?
Cheers

Hi,
Did you do a force cache rebuild after applying the patch? Hardware issues?
Legacy Audio Patch is essentially a kext from High Sierra which your machine should support OOB.

 

[Marty56]

I have installed the latest updates and applied the post install patch on my MacBook Pro 5.4.
Unfortunately "standby" is not working. Nor via the menu either via the power button.

Does anyone have a tip for me?

Edit: I reinstalled all the patches using the update patcher app, rebooted and problems were gone.

 

[Lloyd22]

Hi,
Did you do a force cache rebuild after applying the patch? Hardware issues?
Legacy Audio Patch is essentially a kext from High Sierra which your machine should support OOB.

Hi
99% sure it's a software issue since the problem appeared only after installing / patching Mojave.
I didn't rebuild the cache the second time I used the patch directly from the running OS - is that possible? Or I need to boot from a bootable USB OS again?
Thanks a lot

 

[MTBnBeer]

I successfully installed the macOS Security Update 2020-002 and Safari 13.1 update last night on my 17" Early 2009 MacBook Pro MacBookPro4,1 by:

1. installing the macOS Security Update 2020-002 and Safari 13.1 update with System Preferences: Software Update and restarting when prompted
2. holding down the Option key and selecting my macOS Mojave Patcher 1.3.7 USB drive
3. running macOS Mojave Patcher 1.3.7 "Post Install"
4. restarted with "Force Cache Rebuild"
5. approved macOS Mojave Patcher to install additional update code when prompted
6. restarted again when prompted
7. reinstalled DosDude1's bkltpatch10.14.2 "backlight patch" (required for the 17" MBP4,1 CCFL-based display backlighting to work) using Terminal
8. restarted again

Working perfectly again. THANKS DosDude1 for keeping my 12 year old MacBook Pro running !!!

Only improvement to macOS Mojave Patcher would be for bkltpatch10.14.2 "backlight patch" to automatically install on my 17" MBP4,1 without having to run it in Terminal post install every time to get backlighting to work.

Is this possible?

 

[avz]

Hi
99% sure it's a software issue since the problem appeared only after installing / patching Mojave.
I didn't rebuild the cache the second time I used the patch directly from the running OS - is that possible? Or I need to boot from a bootable USB OS again?
Thanks a lot

Applying patches from a bootable patcher USB drive is always a safer bet.

 

[brmarinho]

Hi @brmarinho
I have already explained in detail how to modify the Distribution file in message #17,977.
Just replace "SecUpd2019-002Mojave" with "SecUpd2020-002Mojave"

Thanks bro

 

[apple_64]

Is there any way to undo the Legacy WiFi patch?

Thanks!

 

[Aletancredo]

Hello, to install the security patcher, Do I need to download the patcher 1.3.7 and download the latest macos mojave? My mac is 8,1 with mojave 10.14.6. Tks

I tried to install the security patch using the patcher 1.3.7 but it is not working... it isn’t with the new build. Someone could help me please? Tks

 

[alphascorp]

I tried to install the security patch using the patcher 1.3.7 but it is not working... it isn’t with the new build. Someone could help me please? Tks

Hi @Aletancredo
What do you mean by "install the security patch"?
Do you mean that you are trying to install the last security update "SecUpd2020-002Mojave"?
(For this, the Patcher of @dosdude1 will only serve the installed update: by restarting on the USB key and relaunching the "macOS Post install" with "Force Cache Rebuild"), you have to download the update here:
Then in order to install this update, you must modify the "Distribution" file contained in the .pkg file, to do this you must mount the .dmg image and copy the .pkg file to the desktop then you must follow the procedure described in message #17,977 by replacing "SecUpd2019-002Mojave" with "SecUpd2020-002Mojave"

 

[ahihi]

hi,

i have a Mac Pro 3,1 with a maybe unusual GPU configuration of GTX 760 (non Mac ROM) + HD 2600 XT (Apple), which worked fine in Sierra.

i installed Mojave with dosdude1's patcher. i included the legacy video card patch, because without it the system would hang on the boot progress bar and i read that the HD 2600 XT needs it.

now i am able to boot just fine, but i get no video out of the GTX 760. if i understood correctly, this card should be supported... is it not? or is the legacy video card patch interfering with it?

edit:
reinstalled without the legacy video card patch, removed the HD 2600 XT from the machine and now it's working. no boot menu of course but that's ok

unfortunately i couldn't make this work reliably after all

i get sudden reboots every so often... one way i can make this happen consistently is by opening a Twitch stream in Firefox - gpu driver issue maybe? there seems to be no info whatsoever in the system logs when this occurs, it just looks like a hard reboot.

i've given up for now and installed 10.13, but the usb audio glitches i had on 10.12 have returned. 10.14 seemed to fix these, so if anyone has ideas on what i could try to make it stable i'm all ears.

 

[Aletancredo]

Hi @Aletancredo
What do you mean by "install the security patch"?
Do you mean that you are trying to install the last security update "SecUpd2020-002Mojave"?
For that, the Patcher of @dosdude1 is useless, you have to download the update here:
Then in order to install this update, you must modify the "Distribution" file contained in the .pkg file, to do this you must mount the .dmg image and copy the .pkg file to the desktop then you must follow the procedure described in message #17,977 by replacing "SecUpd2019-002Mojave" with "SecUpd2020-002Mojave"

Hello @alphascorp yes I meant that I am trying to install the last security update “SecUpd2020-002 Mojave”. Thank you for your help.

 

[alphascorp]

Hello @alphascorp yes I meant that I am trying to install the last security update “SecUpd2020-002 Mojave”. Thank you for your help.

I corrected my previous message, I said that @dosdude1 Patcher was useless, finally it will still be useful but only after the update is installed, because after this installation the system will not start. it will therefore be necessary as for a "clean install" to restart on USB key and relaunch "macOS post install" for your machine, WITHOUT FORGETTING to select "Force Cache Rebuild".

 

[avz]

I tried to install the security patch using the patcher 1.3.7 but it is not working... it isn’t with the new build. Someone could help me please? Tks

Once the final Mojave installer app was released last year, it does not change. There is no point to keep re-downloading the same app over and over again. Security updates are a different entity and ALWAYS installed separately. After they are installed they will change the build of your installation.

 

[Aletancredo]

I corrected my previous message, I said that @dosdude1 Patcher was useless, finally it will still be useful but only after the update is installed, because after this installation the system will not start. it will therefore be necessary as for a "clean install" to restart on USB key and relaunch "macOS post install" for your machine, WITHOUT FORGETTING to select "Force Cache Rebuild".

Hello, I got it, thank you very much for your support

 

[ace8]

Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree with what I'm trying to do, but here goes:

MacPro3,1
20 GB RAM (2 x 4GB, 6 x 2GB)
Crucial MX500 250 GB SSD
current graphics: Radeon HD 5870

The system runs 10.11.6 fine as it should. I used Mojave Patcher to do a clean install, rebooted, selected the MacPro3,1 and patched the system. It boots fine, including the boot screen, but graphics are slow. This is normal as the card is not supported for acceleration.

I have other cards that are supposed to support Mojave with Metal for accelerated graphics:

Radeon HD 7570 (PCI ID 0x675D1002)
Radeon R7 250 (PCI ID 0x66101002)

I've done the same for both cards with no effect:
- install the card in the second x16 slot
- modify the Info.plist file for AMD7000Controller.kext and add the PCI ID to the file)
- save Info.plist and reboot

Those steps make no difference and the system still does not load the kext for the card and I cannot get it to display anything at all.

Everything I find online is related to hackintosh builds and using bootloaders to inject various things to fool the OS, but I thought if these cards had native drivers it was just a matter of modifying the Info.plist entries.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thx

 

[Skindred]

Hello guys,

First of all thank you dosdude1 and other people who helped to make this tool.

I got my first Apple computers during Christmas time.

So, in my home I have got two mac machines - iMac 8.1 with HD 2600 Pro GPU and Macbook Pro 5.5 with nVidia gt9400m GPU. I have installed mojave 10.14.6 with this tool.

Video streaming at 1080p 60fps on youtube stutters. 1080p 30fps works ok, skips few frames. 720p 60fps skips few frames.

I have checked chrome://gpu and it shows software rendering only, open gl false, which means it does not use gpu to decode video, I have tried h264ify but same results.

Maybe my GPU acceleration is not working properly? Transparency in MacOS UI works fine, system is snappy. How to benchmark my GPU to be sure it works 100percent?

Edit: i have tried unigen heaven, but seems like it does not find gpu and runs test on CPU, gives 5fps, geekbench does not let choose GPU to do the test,it shows but does not let run the test.

 

[avz]

Hello guys,

First of all thank you dosdude1 and other people who helped to make this tool.

I got my first Apple computers during Christmas time.

So, in my home I have got two mac machines - iMac 8.1 with HD 2600 Pro GPU and Macbook Pro 5.5 with nVidia gt9400m GPU. I have installed mojave 10.14.6 with this tool.

Video streaming at 1080p 60fps on youtube stutters. 1080p 30fps works ok, skips few frames. 720p 60fps skips few frames.

I have checked chrome://gpu and it shows software rendering only, open gl false, which means it does not use gpu to decode video, I have tried h264ify but same results.

Maybe my GPU acceleration is not working properly? Transparency in MacOS UI works fine, system is snappy. How to benchmark my GPU to be sure it works 100percent?

Edit: i have tried unigen heaven, but seems like it does not find gpu and runs test on CPU, gives 5fps, geekbench does not let choose GPU to do the test,it shows but does not let run the test.

I would say that your expectations of a C2D machine is unreasonably high. Youtube is not an efficient way of playing videos. I suggest you to download a 1080p 60fps video if you must and play it in a IINA player or ffmpeg.

 

[alphascorp]

Hello guys,

First of all thank you dosdude1 and other people who helped to make this tool.

I got my first Apple computers during Christmas time.

So, in my home I have got two mac machines - iMac 8.1 with HD 2600 Pro GPU and Macbook Pro 5.5 with nVidia gt9400m GPU. I have installed mojave 10.14.6 with this tool.

Video streaming at 1080p 60fps on youtube stutters. 1080p 30fps works ok, skips few frames. 720p 60fps skips few frames.

I have checked chrome://gpu and it shows software rendering only, open gl false, which means it does not use gpu to decode video, I have tried h264ify but same results.

Maybe my GPU acceleration is not working properly? Transparency in MacOS UI works fine, system is snappy. How to benchmark my GPU to be sure it works 100percent?

Edit: i have tried unigen heaven, but seems like it does not find gpu and runs test on CPU, gives 5fps, geekbench does not let choose GPU to do the test,it shows but does not let run the test.

Hi @Skindred
In order to resolve the video jerks, have you tried to replace AppleGVA.framework in /S/L/PrivateFrameworks/ with the one that @jackluke talks about in this message #15,834?
For your iMac8,1 did you manage to make Backlight work with the F1/F2 keys on the keyboard? Otherwise you can follow my method here.

 

[Skindred]

I would say that your expectations of a C2D machine is unreasonably high. Youtube is not an efficient way of playing videos. I suggest you to download a 1080p 60fps video if you must and play it in a IINA player or ffmpeg.

I understand that it is old machine, but how to check if gpu works properly? Doesnt these old gpus support h264 decoding? If chrome would utilize gpu it should be capable, i understand that for proper software rendering C2D is too weak, but we have ogl 3.1 and h264 decoding capeable gpu.. anyway, thank you for reply.

 

[Wokis]

Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree with what I'm trying to do, but here goes:

MacPro3,1
20 GB RAM (2 x 4GB, 6 x 2GB)
Crucial MX500 250 GB SSD
current graphics: Radeon HD 5870

The system runs 10.11.6 fine as it should. I used Mojave Patcher to do a clean install, rebooted, selected the MacPro3,1 and patched the system. It boots fine, including the boot screen, but graphics are slow. This is normal as the card is not supported for acceleration.

I have other cards that are supposed to support Mojave with Metal for accelerated graphics:

Radeon HD 7570 (PCI ID 0x675D1002)
Radeon R7 250 (PCI ID 0x66101002)

I've done the same for both cards with no effect:
- install the card in the second x16 slot
- modify the Info.plist file for AMD7000Controller.kext and add the PCI ID to the file)
- save Info.plist and reboot

Those steps make no difference and the system still does not load the kext for the card and I cannot get it to display anything at all.

Everything I find online is related to hackintosh builds and using bootloaders to inject various things to fool the OS, but I thought if these cards had native drivers it was just a matter of modifying the Info.plist entries.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thx

Can’t answer for all your questions but will point out that the 7570 is a Terascale architecture card and could effectively be thought of as a 6000-series model. Radeon 7750 and higher are GCN aka the newer architecture which is baseline for complete Metal support.

The R7 should work though. What you have to do in order for it to do so I’m hoping someone else can answer

 

[Eithanius]

After messing with Catastrophina, I reformatted and attempted reinstalling Mojave but mid-way thru the installation I got a No Entry sign after reboot... Drive is an internal SSD, MBP6,2... Patcher is latest from dosdude.

I tried Internet Recovery back to High Sierra without issue. Reinstall Mojave again, back to No Entry sign...

What could be the problem..?

 

[avz]

I understand that it is old machine, but how to check if gpu works properly? Doesnt these old gpus support h264 decoding? If chrome would utilize gpu it should be capable, i understand that for proper software rendering C2D is too weak, but we have ogl 3.1 and h264 decoding capeable gpu.. anyway, thank you for reply.

I am not an expert but without hardware decoding you would struggle to play 480p/720p.
My late 2008 MacBook with 2GHz C2D can play 8K 60fps in IINA(with stuttering of course). What other testing do you need?
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After messing with Catastrophina, I reformatted and attempted reinstalling Mojave but mid-way thru the installation I got a No Entry sign after reboot... Drive is an internal SSD, MBP6,2... Patcher is latest from dosdude.

I tried Internet Recovery back to High Sierra without issue. Reinstall Mojave again, back to No Entry sign...

What could be the problem..?

Keep calm, disable SIP and set boot args to "-no_compat_check" in NVRAM.

 

[Eithanius]

Keep calm, disable SIP and set boot args to "-no_compat_check" in NVRAM.

Thanks for prompt reply, but at which point do I disable SIP and set boot args...? Once booted into Mojave installer...? Bear in mind that the No Entry sign came in the middle of the installation process...

disable SIP is “csrutil disable”, but what about command line for set boot args...? I’m not command line savvy...

EDIT: found it... nvram boot-args="-no_compat_check -x -v"

Seems working... thanks...