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Oh man. That’s kind of big. Any good alternatives you know of?
It was indeed the BootROM! I think it was a weird confluence of upgrade histories that left me with ancient BootROM
Thank you @FlorisVN you were SPOT ON!
Once I updated the BootROM via Mojave, I was able to install Catalina no problem. Initially, I'm having great results on my machine, though I've lost audio (but not video) from my external iSight camera. Everything else works!
Is there a list somewhere of the recent FIRMWARE versions for all the devices?
I have no clue how to tell if I am where I need to be on firmware versions
MBP mid 2010.
I have no clue how to tell if I am where I need to be on firmware versions
MBP mid 2010.
look here....
MP5,1: BootROM thread | 144.0.0.0.0
For several people, this is now the only way to access the full installers. I always try the "normal" routes first, but it's almost always an extremely small source file.
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Does anyone know why the graphics cards in the 2010-2011 iMacs don’t work in Catalina but the graphics cards in OLDER imacs like the 2008-2009 imacs do work? it doesn’t make sense because isn’t the newer graphics cards in the 2010 and 11 imacs supposed to be newer and better? I have an imac 2008 and it runs great but i’m just wondering
Darn, okay. I'm extracting the DP1 installer right now to see if there is any Catalina build that doesn't use AVX there.
Edit: DP1's
libmecabra.dylib is also all illegal instruction-y 
We'll either need some sort of emulation (way too complex for someone like me), or another attempt at forward-porting the library from Mojave.
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Might be something you could ask Dosdude1
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Certain AMD GPU's didn't even work in Mojave like 4,5,6xxx series where Nvidia GPU's do but that could change as Apple and Nvidia are not getting along
Hello Guys,
I've just installed Catalina using the dosdude and the system is showing the version 19A583 but on the installer I have 15.0.31. This is strange because I still have the Feedback assistant.
I've just installed Catalina using the dosdude and the system is showing the version 19A583 but on the installer I have 15.0.31. This is strange because I still have the Feedback assistant.
Thanks so much worked perfect I just installed the BlueSky only what is the HIToolbox for?
I swore that I was done with playing with this stuff, but I just couldn't help myself. I created the Cat Installer Thumb Drive and all went great. I booted to my 10.14.4 partition and you could see the Catalina installer was bootable. But in the installer that usually shows what is going to be installed it said "(null) 8.03GB". What?
A couple of minutes later the Patch Updater popped up and had a bunch of stuff to update. OK, so I did. I came to this install to see what all I had done in here to see whether or not to put the Cat install here. Looked around for a while the updater did its stuff and then when it was time to reboot I did and when the machine came back up, it showed the desktop, then all the screens went black and the computer dead silent. But the LED was still on. I waited a good while thinking something was going on in the background. Nope. So I crash the machine and tried to reboot to the 10.12.6 partition that I live in. Nope either.
So I grabbed my Sierra Install Thumb Drive booted the machine up in it, ran Disk Util and thought while I was here I would do a "Refresh Reinstall", installed, did Patches, rebooted, nothing. Back to the Installer, reran the patches and rebooted. This time it took a very long time to come up but it did as it usually does after a "Refresh". But the hard drive churned for a long time. When it was done the App Store popped up with a security update that I have already done, but since I reinstalled of course it needs to do it again. I could select the Update button, but nothing would happen. It wouldn't update. So went looking for the Patch Updater. No where to be found. Back to the Installer Thumb Drive. Ran the Patches again from there and this time it worked. Got the update, and upon reboot things were a bit smother and faster. I'm just glad that I am back "home" and it nicely refreshed.
Not sure what happened, but in all the time I have been doing this I have experienced nothing like this. Why would Updates on another partition affect another? I've been running various OS's on multiple partitions for decades. I'll wipe an OS that I haven't used in ages and try to install there, we'll see . . .
A couple of minutes later the Patch Updater popped up and had a bunch of stuff to update. OK, so I did. I came to this install to see what all I had done in here to see whether or not to put the Cat install here. Looked around for a while the updater did its stuff and then when it was time to reboot I did and when the machine came back up, it showed the desktop, then all the screens went black and the computer dead silent. But the LED was still on. I waited a good while thinking something was going on in the background. Nope. So I crash the machine and tried to reboot to the 10.12.6 partition that I live in. Nope either.
So I grabbed my Sierra Install Thumb Drive booted the machine up in it, ran Disk Util and thought while I was here I would do a "Refresh Reinstall", installed, did Patches, rebooted, nothing. Back to the Installer, reran the patches and rebooted. This time it took a very long time to come up but it did as it usually does after a "Refresh". But the hard drive churned for a long time. When it was done the App Store popped up with a security update that I have already done, but since I reinstalled of course it needs to do it again. I could select the Update button, but nothing would happen. It wouldn't update. So went looking for the Patch Updater. No where to be found. Back to the Installer Thumb Drive. Ran the Patches again from there and this time it worked. Got the update, and upon reboot things were a bit smother and faster. I'm just glad that I am back "home" and it nicely refreshed.
Not sure what happened, but in all the time I have been doing this I have experienced nothing like this. Why would Updates on another partition affect another? I've been running various OS's on multiple partitions for decades. I'll wipe an OS that I haven't used in ages and try to install there, we'll see . . .
Believe I found my issue...
During the initial install I was selecting the Migration Assistant to copy over my data/applications/etc from High Sierra. Catalina, from my new understanding, only allows 64bit apps and some of mine were 32 bit. There also might be some apps that are not functional and/or I have some settings from HighSierra that just do not work with Catalina. This was causing my boot loop to occur.
I did a new install after wiping the disk (dd) and reformatting to APFS. Then built a new (clean) user profile. Now I am online and fully functional.
As for firmware version, I'm at 97.0.0.0.0, so I must have applied the latest firmware when I was in HighSierra. Tried the FirmwareUpdater.pkg install: powered off, waited 30 seconds and held the power buttom down. THat did nothing. Again this is on a 15" MacBook Pro 6,2 (mid 2010).
So do not use Migration Assistant.
Hi! I have some issues, after I installed Catalina the fans of my MacBook Pro 8.1 are constantly spinning at maximum speed and the cpu is always at 80% 90%, in the console shows recurrently the error: [ERROR] - Unknown CGXDisplayDevice: 0x41dc9d00
Another minor issue I'm having is that the Photos tab is not showing in the Photos app so I can't view all my photos in my library
Another minor issue I'm having is that the Photos tab is not showing in the Photos app so I can't view all my photos in my library
@TimothyR734 thank you for helping me out, I really appreciate this!
I figured out, what went wrong: my APFS SSD running DP8 was stuffed with local Time Machine APFS snapshots! I decided to delete them all via Terminal:
1) I listed the snapshots via this command:
tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
2) found this script on the internet, deleted all snapshots:
#!/bin/bash
#
# delsnapshots 1.0.1
#
# Deletes all APFS Snapshots.
#
# (c)2019 Harald Schneider
#
#
echo
echo "Local Snapshots:"
echo
tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
echo
echo "Deleting all Snapshots. This can take a while ..."
echo
for d in $(tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates|sed -n '1!p'); do tmutil deletelocalsnapshots $d; done
echo "DONE!"
3) updated DP8 to build [19A583].
Thanks again for being willing to help me out, man.
Hi Guys,I decided to use the latest patcher and install the Tues Catalina from the App Store, I used my early 2015 MBP that is running the latest release of Catalina and used 1.1.7 patcher and all went well, I took the Catalina Beta HD out and put in a new ssd in to do a total clean install and the Cat installer booted up , all went well with the loader and I waited for it to finish loading up, all I get is the black installer running along until the end and then nothing, I left it for over an hour and it was still at the end and progressed no further. no black screen and then starting to install as the Beta did, just hanging there... What am I doing wrong ? the SSD is formatted in APFS, the installer 16GB shows all the files , but I still get the same result time and time again.
Any help would be appreciated.
*Update*. All sorted now as I made a new installer on my Mac Pro 3.1 and installed on a blank 120Gb ssd, migrated my files and progs off the Catalina Beta HD and all is well in the world, exept those stupid politicians and daft Brexit..but I guess you can't have everything perfect
Any help would be appreciated.
*Update*. All sorted now as I made a new installer on my Mac Pro 3.1 and installed on a blank 120Gb ssd, migrated my files and progs off the Catalina Beta HD and all is well in the world, exept those stupid politicians and daft Brexit..but I guess you can't have everything perfect
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MacPro 3.1 here trying a clean install of Catalina on a rotating disk.
This Mac runs Mojave and has the APFS ROM Patch installed.
Followed the instructions on the video, reformatted the disk as APFS.
The first stage of the install completes and then I get the APFS Verbose content
which then stalls with
Searching for macOS boot file...
Boot file not found exiting...
Shell>_
And then it just does nothing, sits there endlessly
Have to power down and try again, same problem.
Any ideas?
Thank You.
This Mac runs Mojave and has the APFS ROM Patch installed.
Followed the instructions on the video, reformatted the disk as APFS.
The first stage of the install completes and then I get the APFS Verbose content
which then stalls with
Searching for macOS boot file...
Boot file not found exiting...
Shell>_
And then it just does nothing, sits there endlessly
Have to power down and try again, same problem.
Any ideas?
Thank You.
As you have an APFS ROM make sure you deselect the APFS software option before you make the USB or do an in place install. This can be found under the Options in the Menu bar of the patcher. I would erase the disk and start again. Also, try the "install to the machine" if you have not used this method. This works well.
I have an MacBookPro 5,3 and would like to update the Bluetooth/Wifi Module with the BCM94331PCIEBT4CAX Bluetooth/Wifi Module which should principally enable Continuity on this machine.
Does the Catalina Patcher support this update and enable Continuity?
Does the Catalina Patcher support this update and enable Continuity?
it didn't work for me , still have the check failed issue :
+ Checked system environment.
+ Root permissions check passed.
+ Resources check passed.
/ What operation would you like to run?
/ Input an operation number.
/ 1 - Patch installer
/ 2 - Patch update
/ 1
/ What installer would you like to use?
/ Input an installer path.
/ /Users/zaksag/Downloads/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app
+ Checked installer structure.
+ Mounted installer disk images.
+ Checked installer version.
> Checking installer support.
- Installer support check failed.
/ Run this tool with a supported installer.
-
the BlueSky work very well btw👌
Hello! Successfully used @dosdude1 patch and upgraded my MacBook Pro mid 2009 to beta (19A573) but now cannot upgrade to final release. Patcher still downloading same version (installer 15.0.31) and software update doesn’t work too. Is there solution? or maybe a way to download latest version without App Store?
Hello thanks very much, deselected the APFS software option and now have Catalina installed.
What a blinking mess System Preferences is.
That reminds me of a question i have for the group. So far, I've managed to upgrade all of my older Macs to Catalina (iMac 8,1, Macbook 5,1, Mac Mini 4,1) except my two Mac Pro 3,1s. One of them (my desktop production machine) has the APFS boot ROM patch from dosdude1. The other one (my media server) does not. So I see there is a difference in the installation process as stated above.
But my question is this: what is now the best practice for upgrading the Mac 3,1 to APFS booting? Do we still do the APFS ROM patcher or is it considered unnecessary (and maybe a little dangerous) with the software only solution now available for Catalina?
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