Upon doing some testing with Catalina DP10, I found that Maps has started working PERFECTLY on machines with the non-Metal GPUs, utilizing the Legacy Video Card Patch and @ASentientBot's patches!
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Great news about acceleration and Maps (shoutout to @TimothyR734 for discovering the latter).
We're very close to the public release! I can't believe these non-Metal patches have lasted this long. The next couple months are going to be interesting for sure!
We're very close to the public release! I can't believe these non-Metal patches have lasted this long. The next couple months are going to be interesting for sure!
Great news about acceleration and Maps (shoutout to @TimothyR734 for discovering the latter).
We're very close to the public release! I can't believe these non-Metal patches have lasted this long. The next couple months are going to be interesting for sure!
On Macmini4.1 Maps are working fine since B8
Maybe my old pendrive is becoming unstable after writing 10 succesfully betas. All solved thank you!
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Finally managed to get a new battery for my MacBook5,1, I guess it is ready for the Catalina final. Great to see the progress with Maps.
My guess is that Apple helps unofficial some of the unsupported Macs and Hackintosh users, since it is preferable for them to use the latest macOS on unsupported Macs or Hackintoshes then drop it for something else. They probably watch forums to see how willing are the unsupported machines owners and decide how patchable shall they allow their OS to be.Great news about acceleration and Maps (shoutout to @TimothyR734 for discovering the latter).
We're very close to the public release! I can't believe these non-Metal patches have lasted this long. The next couple months are going to be interesting for sure!
I just swapped in a GTX680 for you. No it does not display the Airplay mirroring in system preferences or the menu bar. The RX580 does!
I think in your specific case, to make working Sidecar in wired-mode you need an "USB 3.0 internal port" (so a pci-express card or some thunderbolt to usb-type-c), in wireless-mode a Wifi card with 802.11ac technology, or even better 802.11ax.
But if you plan to upgrade your cMP hardware, don't do it expressly for Sidecar.
Anyway I'd advise to the cMacPro owners to consider adding some USB 3.0 internal hub, it's useful in any case.
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Installed Beta 10 (19A578c) on an iMac8,1 without problems.
Maps is now stable, as well as the Places Library in Photos.
One problem in Photos.
Pictures, such as this, that appear perfectly when viewed in an album,
disintegrate completely when double clicked to enlarge.
Maps is now stable, as well as the Places Library in Photos.
One problem in Photos.
Pictures, such as this, that appear perfectly when viewed in an album,
disintegrate completely when double clicked to enlarge.
Hi Jackluke, just tried connecting via a USB3.1 card and apple usb-C to lightning cable. Still black screen with Catalina B10 and iOS 13.1.2. Really just out of interest as I need a faster USB anyway. Otherwise Catalina looks pretty good and I will probably keep it as my main system once it is released. Thanks for your advice.
Hey,
I can reproduce this issue.
I have used macOS Catalina Patcher (Version 1.1.5). I first installed macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 9 (19A573a) from the usb-stick (clean install). Later I installed macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 10 (19A578c) over it ("Install to this Machine").
If I enlarge a photo (no matter which one) in the Photos app Version 5.0 (beta 9: 101.15.12 or beta 10: 101.15.190) by double-clicking, then it will - as already shown above and in my appendix - pretty pixelated and colorful
However, the thumbnails are displayed correctly in the Photos app. When I open the photos in the Preview app, they will also display correctly.
My hardware:
- iMac 2009 late 27“ (iMac11,1)
- i5 2.66 GHz
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB Fusion Drive with 120 GB SSD
- Boot ROM version: 63.0.0.0.0
Does this issue possibly occur with any metal-incompatible video card? Can someone else confirm or refute it?
Thank you for your answer and a special thanks to the developer(s)!
Best regards
Edit: You can find a workaround here.
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successfully installed DP 10 all good except no wifi the patched kext hasn't loaded
is there a terminal command to force load the kext ?
UPDATE: just used "hackintool" to rebuild the kext cashe and to repair permissions
hey presto wifi is now sorted
is there a terminal command to force load the kext ?
UPDATE: just used "hackintool" to rebuild the kext cashe and to repair permissions
hey presto wifi is now sorted
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Doesnt work for me.... I have download 5 x the installer and create 5x an usb stick... Nothing same error...
I have boot to hs and make an usb installer ...same error
2015 MBP supported no issues here.Hey,
I can reproduce this issue.
I have used macOS Catalina Patcher (Version 1.1.5). I first installed macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 9 (19A573a) from the usb-stick (clean install). Later I installed macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 10 (19A578c) over it ("Install to this Machine").
If I enlarge a photo (no matter which one) in the Photos app Version 5.0 (beta 9: 101.15.12 or beta 10: 101.15.190) by double-clicking, then it will - as already shown above and in my appendix - pretty pixelated and colorful
However, the thumbnails are displayed correctly in the Photos app. When I open the photos in the Preview app, they will also display correctly.
My hardware:
- iMac 2009 late 27“ (iMac11,1)
- i5 2.66 GHz
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB Fusion Drive with 120 GB SSD
- Boot ROM version: 63.0.0.0.0
Does this issue possibly occur with any metal-incompatible video card? Can someone else confirm or refute it?
Thank you for your answer and a special thanks to the developer(s)!
Best regards
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Here is a post with my recent findings on the 2007 iMac 7,1. If you do the processor upgrade, do yourself a favor and go to 4GB ram (or 6GB if you have money to burn) and a cheap SSD upgrade. Pretty decent machine with those upgrades, and even Catalina seems to run smoothly, so you should be future proof for another 12-18 months at least.
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This doesn't happen to me with a MacBook7,1 (GeForce 320M) on DP9. I'll install DP10 this afternoon and see if it starts happening on my system. Otherwise, it might just be an issue with AMD cards rather than the non-Metal acceleration patches in general.Hey,
I can reproduce this issue.
I have used macOS Catalina Patcher (Version 1.1.5). I first installed macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 9 (19A573a) from the usb-stick (clean install). Later I installed macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 10 (19A578c) over it ("Install to this Machine").
If I enlarge a photo (no matter which one) in the Photos app Version 5.0 (beta 9: 101.15.12 or beta 10: 101.15.190) by double-clicking, then it will - as already shown above and in my appendix - pretty pixelated and colorful
However, the thumbnails are displayed correctly in the Photos app. When I open the photos in the Preview app, they will also display correctly.
My hardware:
- iMac 2009 late 27“ (iMac11,1)
- i5 2.66 GHz
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB Fusion Drive with 120 GB SSD
- Boot ROM version: 63.0.0.0.0
Does this issue possibly occur with any metal-incompatible video card? Can someone else confirm or refute it?
Thank you for your answer and a special thanks to the developer(s)!
Best regards
View attachment 865397
You could try using a third party app like SwitchResX to change the color bit depth and see if that fixes it. It looks like it might.
Weird...
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No issue here on my iMac mid 2009 Nvidia 9400
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You could try install to this machine with macOS Catalina Patcher it does work granted it does take a bit longer but I have used it twice no issues
same issue in iMac 10,1 with HD4670Hey,
I can reproduce this issue.
I have used macOS Catalina Patcher (Version 1.1.5). I first installed macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 9 (19A573a) from the usb-stick (clean install). Later I installed macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 10 (19A578c) over it ("Install to this Machine").
If I enlarge a photo (no matter which one) in the Photos app Version 5.0 (beta 9: 101.15.12 or beta 10: 101.15.190) by double-clicking, then it will - as already shown above and in my appendix - pretty pixelated and colorful
However, the thumbnails are displayed correctly in the Photos app. When I open the photos in the Preview app, they will also display correctly.
My hardware:
- iMac 2009 late 27“ (iMac11,1)
- i5 2.66 GHz
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB Fusion Drive with 120 GB SSD
- Boot ROM version: 63.0.0.0.0
Does this issue possibly occur with any metal-incompatible video card? Can someone else confirm or refute it?
Thank you for your answer and a special thanks to the developer(s)!
Best regards
View attachment 865397
what do you mean? pls look to the full quote.... The latest version of the patcher did not work for me. When I restarted with the patcher and selected to "Reinsall MacOS", I got an error message saying that this version of MacOS is damaged and cannot be used to install. i have try it 5x (5x download new installer, 5x create an usb installer , with an new usb drive ... doesnt work... after that i boot to high sierra and try make an usb drive ... same error...
He's telling you to try using the "Install to This Machine" option of the Catalina Patcher, IE do NOT use a USB drive to install.what do you mean? pls look to the full quote.... The latest version of the patcher did not work for me. When I restarted with the patcher and selected to "Reinsall MacOS", I got an error message saying that this version of MacOS is damaged and cannot be used to install. i have try it 5x (5x download new installer, 5x create an usb installer , with an new usb drive ... doesnt work... after that i boot to high sierra and try make an usb drive ... same error...
what do you mean? pls look to the full quote.... The latest version of the patcher did not work for me. When I restarted with the patcher and selected to "Reinsall MacOS", I got an error message saying that this version of MacOS is damaged and cannot be used to install. i have try it 5x (5x download new installer, 5x create an usb installer , with an new usb drive ... doesnt work... after that i boot to high sierra and try make an usb drive ... same error...
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just make sure macOS Catalina Dev Beta 10 is in your downloads folder. Think the post install patches are installed automatically after the second boot as I have forgot a few times and and it went into the desktop just fine without using my usb Cat patcher after you get into your desktop then try making a Cat patcher usb
I already had the issue with the beta 9.
I have now installed the SwitchResX app (Version 4.9.0), disabled SIP and changed the colors from 1 billion to millions, which has fixed the issue:
Currently, 3 people have reported the issue: @iMac-Oldschool probably has a AMD Radeon HD 2400 or 2600, @antony34 has a AMD Radeon HD 4670 and I have a AMD Radeon HD 4850.
3 persons could not reproduce the issue: You (@ASentientBot) have a GeForce 320M, @TimothyR734 has a GeForce 9400M and @vince22 has a metal-compatible video card.
So it's very obvious that the issue only occurs with metal-incompatible AMD video cards.
Maybe others who can reproduce the issue can say which video card they have.
Incidentally, videos that are double-clicked in the Photos app are played correctly (with 1 billion colors).
I noticed something else: If you look at the system info, on High Sierra (the last official macOS for my iMac) the „Framebuffer Depth" is "24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)" (= about 1.67 million colors or 8 bit per channel/sample) and with the Mojave and Catalina patch the „Framebuffer Depth" is "30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)" (= about 1 billion colors or 10 bit per channel/sample).
Therefore, I think that the affected AMD video cards do not support 30-bit color (see also). Or what do you think? @ll
Maybe the above fix/workaround that @ASentientBot has suggested will help some users and developers.
Edit: Because the SwitchResX app is only free for 10 days, I looked for a permanently free alternative and found the ResXtreme app (Version 1.0.1 (6)), which also works well for me (you have to choose your resolution with 8 instead of 10 bit/sample).
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One of the forum members suggested that I should buy a battery from the DuracellDirect.com, which I did(brand 2-POWER). I am very happy so far but of course with batteries only time will tell. I can get about 8 hours with light usage. It has 12 months warranty and I paid AU$99.00 for it(I am currently in Australia).
Wait, so do we have to recreate a new USB installer to install DP10 on DP9 using the patcher? I don't have the update OTA in settings, did they get rid of it on unsupported APFS like they did in Mojave with non-APFS drives?