macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs

[LuisN]

Exactly, from your picture the Windows VM task bar is transparent, so it's video accelerated, probably the same will work with a Linux VM too, but I don't think is possible to achieve acceleration on any OSX virtual machine guest.

That's the 3D acceleration, without it he wouldn't have any transparency in windows

 

[jackluke]

That's the 3D acceleration, without it he wouldn't have any transparency in windows

I wrote the same thing, I only added it's not possible to get OpenGL acceleration on OSX vm guests (not hosts) with any virtualization software.

 

[M@rk]

I'm having the same issue with the same apps, none of them allows you to sign in, I tried reinstalling the patches and nothing.
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Looks like it is a known problem. its effecting some accounts and not others. I hope there is a fix soon,

Unable to sign into Music, Podcast, Books… - Apple Community

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Be careful signing out of iCloud on 10.15.1

There is currently a known issue where you wont be able to sign back into certain apps requiring iCloud. Apple TV, Music, Podcasts, Books etc I had to sign out of iCloud to fix an Apple Pay issue and that’s how I stumbled upon it. After an hour or so with Apple on chat they had me create a new...

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[Funghoz]

hi everyone I get this error on Netflix with safari S7363-1260-FFFFD1C1
Any solution?

 

[0134168]

hy everyone I get this error on Netflix with safari S7363-1260-FFFFD1C1
Any solution?

Don´t use Safari for Netflix. Works horrible on Safari.

 

[Funghoz]

Don´t use Safari for Netflix. Works horrible on Safari.

I would like use in safari cause it's only browser that support 1080p

 

[rafael.scheid]

I'm having the same issue with the same apps, none of them allows you to sign in, I tried reinstalling the patches and nothing.

If you haven't solved it yet, there's two ways for that:
- Fresh install, not and installation to the disk over pre-installed macOS.
- Simply create a new admin user account (worked for me).

Some solved it by signing out of their iCloud accounts and logging back in first on the Mac App Store, then the other apps went just fine, but it didn't work for me.

 

[nekton1]

Ran Rember for two full loops over a 10-hour period and no signs of a DIMM failure in all 8 x 4 GB DIMMs. Hope it stays that way.

Considering how hot memory in a MacPro 3,1 runs, hence the need for huge heatsinks, my bet would be on failing memory. So far that and failing hard drives have been the only real problems here.

 

[Dilli]

@Dilli
Hello,

Could you please show what are the steps to be used under Mojave to get Airdrop and Continuity ?
MacBook7,1 mid 2010.

Thank you

The answer is in this page of this thread. There are instructions from @jackluke . It would help for your model. I have already mentioned the steps in my post earlier. You just have to follow similar steps for your specific model. To get the ktext file replacement in zip format for your model check below link and post addressed to you too..
Check link below posted by @jackluke who has done a wonderful job and made a great guideline for most of the unsupported Mac Models.

macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs

AirDrop Catalina pre-patched (only for Broadcom cards) to those interested you should post the output of these Catalina Terminal commands: ioreg -l | grep "board-id" | awk '{print $4}' ioreg -r -n ARPT | grep IOName system_profiler -detailLevel mini | grep "Card Type" system_profiler...

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[Phoenix Fire]

What version of the macOS Catalina Patcher are you using ?
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last from the web site

• Current Version: 1.2.3

 

[M@rk]

If you haven't solved it yet, there's two ways for that:
- Fresh install, not and installation to the disk over pre-installed macOS.
- Simply create a new admin user account (worked for me).

Some solved it by signing out of their iCloud accounts and logging back in first on the Mac App Store, then the other apps went just fine, but it didn't work for me.

which way worked for you ?

 

[jackluke]

@Loyd-01a on Mojave you should already have AirDrop, instead for continuity (and Airdrop with an iOS 13 device) you need a Bluetooth 4.0 usb dongle.

edit:
The Wifi pre-patched AirDrop kext you can find here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-15-catalina-on-unsupported-macs.2183772/post-27891116

Will work on Mojave 10.14.6 too, for a simple reason on Catalina early betas and Mojave latest updates apple developed their kext the same way.

 

[Dilli]

I would like use in safari cause it's only browser that support 1080p

I agree Safari allows 1080p but Google Chrome does not. Now it is a pain not having Netflix to work on Safari for unsupported macs.

 

[OnawaAfrica]

I agree Safari allows 1080p but Google Chrome does not. Now it is a pain not having Netflix to work on Safari for unsupported macs.

well unless u have a Retina display 720p doesn't make much difference to 1080p on the non Retina display so for me no issue

 

[TimothyR734]

last from the web site

• Current Version: 1.2.3

maybe try the second one here from the terminal instead of 10.14.6 try 10.15.1 https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/10/15/catalina-software-update-can-download-old-installers/

 

[Funghoz]

Editing photo with photos in Catalina on MacBook Air mid 2011 doesn't work

 

[BigSmileMan]

Editing photo with photos in Catalina on MacBook Air mid 2011 doesn't work

Same MBA on 10.15.1. Works normally...

 

[TimothyR734]

For those who can't play Netflix on Safari and don't want to download Chrome I found this app on GitHub and the electron app does work and you can also watch Hulu as well https://github.com/oscartbeaumont/ElectronPlayer

 

[Phoenix Fire]

maybe try the second one here from the terminal instead of 10.14.6 try 10.15.1 https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/10/15/catalina-software-update-can-download-old-installers/

I tried but failed.
It return installing with a percentage, but then it end with
Install failed with error: Update not found

 

[crjackson2134]

For those who can't play Netflix on Safari and don't want to download Chrome I found this app on GitHub and the electron app does work and you can also watch Hulu as well https://github.com/oscartbeaumont/ElectronPlayer

Decent!

 

[TimothyR734]

even supports pip I don't know what that is but yes cool find

 

[crjackson2134]

even supports pip I don't know what that is but yes cool find

Picture-In-Picture, you can watch 2 different shows at once. PIP window is small and usually in a corner.

 

[TimothyR734]

Picture-In-Picture, you can watch 2 different shows at once. PIP window is small and usually in a corner.

I don't know what the resolution is with the app whether it is 1080p

 

[Funghoz]

Same MBA on 10.15.1. Works normally...

Yes,sorry my mistake, maybe is only an iCloud problem,
I edited another photo(old photo) and working

 

[wbensalah]

If you haven't solved it yet, there's two ways for that:
- Fresh install, not and installation to the disk over pre-installed macOS.
- Simply create a new admin user account (worked for me).

Some solved it by signing out of their iCloud accounts and logging back in first on the Mac App Store, then the other apps went just fine, but it didn't work for me.

Ok, Tested everything. The only solution that worked every time (tested twice) for me is :
- Signing out from iCloud identification Global pane in preferences.
- Signing in every app in that order : App Store , TV, PodCast, iTunes. iTunes in my case was signed in when I opened it. Test every app after connexion to be sure they are functional.
- return to the pref pane and activate iCloud as proposed.

Be sure to have a good internet connexion doing so.