6 or 8GB is best. The point is - Mojave is useful at any clock speed. Please notice the last two entries in the sig.
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6 or 8GB is best. The point is - Mojave is useful at any clock speed. Please notice the last two entries in the sig.
Yeah iMac8,1 only supports 4gb and 6 gb have also been reported to work, but not more ...
not sure about the last two entries in the sig.. what do you mean? (that: ? Mini3,1 2GHz 8GB 500GB SSD 10.14.3, 10.15.7 - MB5,1 2GHz 8GB 500GB SSD 10.14.6)
Alright.. sounds kind of positive although I need to admit I have never even heard of "low octance macs" google gives me the impression octance is an obsolete programm or so.. But I guess Office will work then with 4gb ram and an SSD on Mojave on the iMac8,1.. thanks.
It's a mid-20th Century American euphemism meaning less powerful or not the highest. Enjoy Mojave. ?
Hi Isiah,
A month ago you mentioned having a look at the apparently broken url in the installer of Extractor. Have you had a look at it yet? RMC's patcher that you mentioned is not a viable alternative for me, as that doesn't support 2007 quad-core MacPros as Extractor does. Extractor is unique among the various unofficial macOS installer programs in that sense. It would be great if it could be made to function.
Alternatively, has anyone ever successfully used an earlier version of Extractor to put Mojave on a 2007 quad-core MacPro, who could produce a minimal bootable image of that macOS install?
Would you also recommend Mojave (or Rather Catalina? which would be sweet because I could install GoodNotes) on my iMac10,1 upgraded with SSD and from4 to 8 GB Ram?
Just (maybe) another suggestion:
I got problems with Outlook 2011 recently (still in High Sierra) from the moment the exchange server managing people imposed a stricter policy of connections (basically, banning TLS1). Here that was Dec 2020 only!
Thus, suddenly being unable to use Outlook with some server may have nothing to do with the Mac-side. It's microsoft that never updated Outlook 2011 (in its time of being supported) to a communication standard that then was already recommended - for other MS products (exchange server).
Mojave has a few distinct advantages over Catalina on older Mac hardware. 32bit apps will run, can boot the OS from Firewire, the Restore action in Disk Utility fully functions, uses fewer machine resources, runs cooler so less fan noise, to mention a few minor advantages. But I can see why you want GoodNotes. Either macOS can be installed but Mojave is easier to keep up-to-date. Suggest APFS, no advantage w/HFS+ unless 10.14.3 is target OS. FWIW
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Perhaps looking into OCLP (OpenCore Legacy Patcher) could aid in your quest? Some here are adept?
The OCLP page lists the 2007 MacPros that I'm trying to upgrade as not supported.
This is the case with all unsupported macOS installation patchers I've seen, except Extractor. That's why I'm possibly growing into a bit of a nagging, mild pest about Extractor on the forum here and to Isiah........
Being a Beta Tester I install and reinstall software alot and so I have never thought of a problem having installed M$ a billion times on different machines. But it's actually new Anti-Piracy measures that M$ put into play starting with Office 2011. It can now see a change of drive or mostly machine. That's my problem. The 3,1 having 4 drives, although in the same machine. Office presents a problem with activation that I have never had and it also won't reinstall as it would with the after Activation Key.
The OCLP page lists the 2007 MacPros that I'm trying to upgrade as not supported.
This is the case with all unsupported macOS installation patchers I've seen, except Extractor. That's why I'm possibly growing into a bit of a nagging, mild pest about Extractor on the forum here and to Isiah........
To focus your quest, strongly suggest a Wikipost specific to the Expander app and those who use it. FWIW ?
I’m also trying to install Mojave on an iMac 10,1 with 12 GB running macOS version 10.13.6, HighSierra. Booted from an external 500 GB USB drive, DOSDude’s Mojave Patcher silently failed with no tones and without even activating the display. SilentKnight reports old EFI firmware 00CC.B00.0909031926; boot ROM version is IM101.00CC.B00. DiskUtility has no problem formatting an APFS partition on the external drive. I’m stumped, and would very much appreciate any recommendations. Thanks.
I would just download and install the latest High Sierra Security Update. This will update your firmware.
After updating the boot ROM per @avz and before proceeding further, shut down the iMac, wait 10 seconds then restart holding CMD-r, once in the macOS Recovery under the Utilities menu run Terminal, enter
csrutil disable then immediately reboot.
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I'm trying to create my last best install of Mojavè on my 3,1 to live in until the end of time . . .
I just discovered that "Migration Assistant" in any of my Mojavè installations won't work. But it will at upon initial installation. OF WHICH I only use. But the updates need to be done first to create "the new 'clean' install.
Anyone run into this?
I just discovered that "Migration Assistant" in any of my Mojavè installations won't work. But it will at upon initial installation. OF WHICH I only use. But the updates need to be done first to create "the new 'clean' install.
Anyone run into this?
Thank you very much @avz and @K two for dropping what you were doing to advise me on upgrading my 10,1 iMac to Mojave. I very much appreciate all your prompt help.
As you recommended, I ran the Security Update 2020-006 (High Sierra) installer. After the Mac rebooted the update continued. But after about three minutes the screen went dark and I heard a 400 Hz tone.
After 15 minutes with a black screen and no other sounds, I rebooted the machine using the power switch and launched Recovery Mode. I ran Disk First Aid on the disk and the startup volume and restarted the iMac again.
The security update completed and the computer rebooted. I launched Recovery Mode again, disabled System Integrity Protection, and restarted.
Then I ran the security update a second time. Again, after the iMac rebooted, the screen went black and the computer played that tone. As before, I waited another 15 minutes, restarted into Recovery Mode with the power button, and ran Disk First Aid again. But this time when the computer restarted, the screen stayed black and the Mac restarted by itself a second time. After about five minutes with a black screen, the launch animation played and I logged in.
SilentKnight reports that SIP is now disabled, and the security update installed current updates for XProtect, Gatekeeper, MRT, and KEXT. However, SK also reports that the EFI firmware version remains at 00CC.B00.0909031926, and System Information reports that the boot ROM version remains at IM101.00CC.B00.
I’d appreciate additional advice. Thanks again.
As you recommended, I ran the Security Update 2020-006 (High Sierra) installer. After the Mac rebooted the update continued. But after about three minutes the screen went dark and I heard a 400 Hz tone.
After 15 minutes with a black screen and no other sounds, I rebooted the machine using the power switch and launched Recovery Mode. I ran Disk First Aid on the disk and the startup volume and restarted the iMac again.
The security update completed and the computer rebooted. I launched Recovery Mode again, disabled System Integrity Protection, and restarted.
Then I ran the security update a second time. Again, after the iMac rebooted, the screen went black and the computer played that tone. As before, I waited another 15 minutes, restarted into Recovery Mode with the power button, and ran Disk First Aid again. But this time when the computer restarted, the screen stayed black and the Mac restarted by itself a second time. After about five minutes with a black screen, the launch animation played and I logged in.
SilentKnight reports that SIP is now disabled, and the security update installed current updates for XProtect, Gatekeeper, MRT, and KEXT. However, SK also reports that the EFI firmware version remains at 00CC.B00.0909031926, and System Information reports that the boot ROM version remains at IM101.00CC.B00.
I’d appreciate additional advice. Thanks again.
Hi,
The only thing that comes to mind is that you might need to wait much longer than 15 minutes and make sure that you are using an original internal drive. I would save the documents you need, erased the original internal drive and reinstalled High Sierra using an original installer from the scratch and then applied the security update. You seem to have a messed up installation as there is no reason to have SIP disabled on a supported machine.
With the Late 2009 to Mid 2011 (iMac11,x and iMac12,x) I experienced this reluctance to apply the latest firmware upgrade on a regular base.
You need to install the latest supported macOS version on the internal disk to get it done and sometimes it needed more than a few attempts - which can be annoying because your have to start over, again.
At some time in the past I kept the upgrades (/System/Library/Updates ??) and moved them to an internal disk to avoid the endless download loop (a private cache server would do the same job).
The only idea I have: Try again until you succeed.
Two issues and to clarify. The boot ROM can be updated per http://dosdude1.com/catalina/ •Important Info https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmZ5KmpG4SeHF8gWrHmoLcG9a3BNAcWWQoERg4q2J1kuQL/OfficialAPFSFWUpdate.zip. Another important point - it is not possible to run a @dosdude1 unsupported macOS install with SIP enabled.
In Mojave, the 'Restore to' function in Disk Utility works perfectly to make a bootable clone, broken in Catalina. Boot into the v.1.3.7 patcher USB and run Disk Utility from there. ?