Thank you very much, I try now!
I have installed the OfficialfirmwareUpdate (succesfully) and then used the APFS ROM patcher (same message) .. But now I verify if the Official simply works standalone.
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Thank you very much, I try now!
I have installed the OfficialfirmwareUpdate (succesfully) and then used the APFS ROM patcher (same message) .. But now I verify if the Official simply works standalone.
I can confirm the DVD player on Catalina B3 works with the Internal Super Drive with the IOATAFamily.kext from Catalina Beta 2. If you don't have Catalina B2, you can get take the IOATAFamily.kext from the Mojave 10.14.5. They both have the AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext.
Side note: To mount Mac OS Standard HFS discs [pre HFS+], you can use HFS.kext and HFSEncodings.kext from Mojave 10.14.5,. without these kext replacements older HFS discs will not mount and may crash the Finder as well.
Side note: To mount Mac OS Standard HFS discs [pre HFS+], you can use HFS.kext and HFSEncodings.kext from Mojave 10.14.5,. without these kext replacements older HFS discs will not mount and may crash the Finder as well.
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You don't need to replace the entire IOATAFamily.kext. All you need to do is add the Mojave AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext into the Plugins directory of the Catalina IOATAFamily.kext which is what dosdude1's 1.0b7 patcher does.
Good to know. Does it pass signing?
I checked the versions #'s between Catalina Beta 2 and Mojave 10.14.5, and they are the same.
I like to use the entire IOATAFamily.kext so this parent kext passes signing. I also prefer using the set signed for Catalina which is in Beta 2. You don't need the one from Mojave. And if only using the one from Mojave you will have one kext signed for Mojave, 2 signed for Catalina and I think it will break the signing of the IOATAFamily.kext itself. I try to preserve signing as much as I can.
Yes. It appears that the signing is self contained within the individual kext in the plugins directory.
I am running into an extreme slow down on Beta 3 on a Mac Pro 5,1. Finder copies often do not complete and just stall. This means it's likely disk IO related.
Activity Monitor gives no clue and neither does the console.
I removed all user daemons (Logitech etc.)
Vanilla install with my modified WiFI and metal capable card. The first update from Beta 2 died. I had to freshly install and migrate.
Have not yet tried a new account, but might wait until beta 4 to mess with it again. It does not really get me anything I really want over Mojave - yet.
Activity Monitor gives no clue and neither does the console.
I removed all user daemons (Logitech etc.)
Vanilla install with my modified WiFI and metal capable card. The first update from Beta 2 died. I had to freshly install and migrate.
Have not yet tried a new account, but might wait until beta 4 to mess with it again. It does not really get me anything I really want over Mojave - yet.
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So far, Catalina is actually running better than Mojave had for me in the last few weeks. I wasn't able to pull up Messages in Mojave at all, but I've been able to access everything without issue in Catalina. So grateful for all the hard work put into the patches.
The only question I have is the automatic theme doesn't seem to be working. Is that something I can address in settings?
The only question I have is the automatic theme doesn't seem to be working. Is that something I can address in settings?
I can report some improvements with DB3 on a Mac Pro 3.1 with Metal capable graphics card.
Sidecar: Tested with an iPad pro 12.9 2nd gen. connected to a USB 3.0 port. Instead of crashing, this message periodically appears "Poor connection, the session will resume automatically when the connection improves".
Custom hard drive icons on the desktop: Now it's working properly.
Night shift: Tested with 2 LG widescreen monitors. Seems activated but still not working. If I disconnect the display port cable and reconnect it, I can engage Night Shift manually one time. The manual setting stop to work after that.
Facetime: The image freeze after 30 - 45 seconds when connecting with an old imac (2006) running El-Capitan. When the communication is with an iPad, there is no freeze.
Apple watch: The Apple Watch is now able to unlock the mac.
Handoff: Works from iPad to Mac. But not from Mac to iPad.
Sidecar: Tested with an iPad pro 12.9 2nd gen. connected to a USB 3.0 port. Instead of crashing, this message periodically appears "Poor connection, the session will resume automatically when the connection improves".
Custom hard drive icons on the desktop: Now it's working properly.
Night shift: Tested with 2 LG widescreen monitors. Seems activated but still not working. If I disconnect the display port cable and reconnect it, I can engage Night Shift manually one time. The manual setting stop to work after that.
Facetime: The image freeze after 30 - 45 seconds when connecting with an old imac (2006) running El-Capitan. When the communication is with an iPad, there is no freeze.
Apple watch: The Apple Watch is now able to unlock the mac.
Handoff: Works from iPad to Mac. But not from Mac to iPad.
Thank you very much, I try now!
How it is possible, without a APFS patched macmini4,1 ?
I have installed the OfficialfirmwareUpdate (succesfully) and then used the APFS ROM patcher (got same incompatibility message) ... Strangely, after an initial error partitioning the pendrive, I have managed to format a 16 GB USB pendrive to APFS without the ROM patched ??? ...but I need at least 22GB to install Catalina and I cannot replicate this behaviour on a bigger pendrive...
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Hi guys. I want to ask if my Mac Pro 3,1 will be able to run Catalina as it uses a Radeon HD 7950. I did not found this model in the supported Graphics section and I don't know if it is pre metal etc. Just a simple question. Is it possible to install or I'll have to get Nvidia to work It out? Thanks guys in advance
Automatic is broken but I use NightOwl and have it set to switch from light to dark automatically
But wouldn't it require the same amdSSE4 patch from Mojave Patcher? If so, it is unclear to me from the traffic on this list whether that patch was ever fully debugged.
So it seems that it'll work. thanks @jackluke for the info. One more thing. Netkas patch is separate patch or is it included in dosdude's patcher? I think I'll have to do start reading the thread from the beginning to get all the stuff required
Okay, at least it's not just me. Thanks for the tip!
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This is a patch for AMD GPU’s for Mojave. Your GPU should work with the patch. I had your card a while back and it supports metal in HS. No reason not to in Cat. See if Dosdude1 added to the patch to utility tool belt.
Thanx , I'll check it in the next few days. I'll have to prepare my workstation before summer ends
I am not sure the patch worked successfully. Couple of members tried it in the Mojave thread but the outcomes seemed unclear. There certainly seemed to be problems getting RX569/580 cards working reliably so the 7950 is not guaranteed to work. I feel at present it is best to stick to a nVidia Kepler card, ideally one with the efi rom to make life easier with an unsupported mp3.1.
But does the signing of the parent, IOATAFamily.kext, not get broken?
I still don't approve mixing and matching kext's when you don't have to. In this case they are the same versions, but you are using one Kext in this group from Mojave, two from Catalina and that's not necessary. The entire IOATAFamily.kext in Catalina Beta 2 has everything; it signs properly, even the parent IOATAFamily.kext. So what I did is used the IOATAFamily from B2 and used it on B3.
Now the Mac OS HFS Standard discs is another story. I had to use the ones from Mojave to get that Standard HFS to work on Catalina (pre HFS+).
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I will agree that a Kepler card is easier.
There is one card that I used and I highly recommend it. It is the Galaxy Nvidia GTX 680 2GB. It runs faster than the classic EVGA GTX 680. The Galaxy is flashable. It's graphics also read correctly on the card when inside Mac. It has a Direct Cooling Unit and has a nice black and Chrome look to it that matches the Mac Pro's interior. It has a cool glowing blue LED light that says Kepler Galaxy GTX 680 on it. Two large but very quiet fans, 2x card height, and it comes Factory overclocked; if you flash it, it keeps the over clock settings.
I've been through many different brands of 680 cards. I bought and sold $5000 worth last winter.
Between the EVGA GTX 680, its graphics test runs about twice the speed. I sold my EVGA after getting this card.
I also have a Kepler Titan 6GB card, the Galaxy does not run quite as fast as the Titan, but between the EVGA and Titan, the Galaxy sits right in the Middle. A nice sweet spot for the money. I was lucky to get my Galaxy card new in box.
Of course, any Kepler card will work. If you are on a budget, boot screen and speed doesn't not matter, you can go as low as a half size GTX 650 card. You can get those for around 25 dollars.
680 card prices have come down. Anywhere from 50 - 150. On the high side 150 - 250.
Some users have had problems with not all ports working on the 4GB Card's that are flashed. It uses a hacked ROM from Germany and you can usually only use 3 ports at time on the 4GB cards. YMMV
2GB cards flashed for Mac do not seem to have this issue or at least I am not aware of it.
You use any unflashed Kepler Card except for the Titan Black.
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If you look at 1.0b7 in
macOS Catalina Patcher.app/Contents/Resources/macOS Post Install.app/Contents/Resources/patchedkexts you'll see that only AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext is being patched. Running...
codesign --verbose=4 -dv /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext
and
codesign --verbose=4 -dv /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext
,after patching, reports no code signing errors.
Interesting. I will add that code signing technique to my tool belt.
Thanks for sharing.
Request these patches to be added on the next version of MacOS Catalina Patcher.
@dosdude1, not sure if these have been requested already for Catalina Beta 3 or forward:
@dosdude1, not sure if these have been requested already for Catalina Beta 3 or forward:
- APFS Patch
- Desktop Automatic (Light and Dark mode) setting based on time of day.
- Nightshift (like what you have in Mojave). On my Catalina b3, nightshift tab is non existent under Display settings.
I'm getting to the APFS patch, just going through one thing at a time. As for the automatic mode, that may or may not be doable with non-Metal GPUs.