Just wondering why there is no update to @dosdude1 installer for 3.3 beta ?
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Why do you feel there is a need for an update?
Are you saying that 15.3 is already available to the public?
Any updates needed for Mac Pro 2010 with the 10.15.3 betas (especially beta 3)? Apple has suggested some critical problems are resolved in 10.15.3 betas and would like for me to test these, but I'm a little bit hesitant given that I'm not sure if any patches will be needed @dosdude1...
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10.15.3 is up to beta 3 right now. It's not "publicly" available yet - per se.
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10.15.3 is up to beta 3 right now. It's not "publicly" available yet - per se.
For that machine if you have a Metal GPU, after the beta update you need only "-no_compat_check" in nvram, that is already settled also in the script (catalinaswufix3) I wrote for Catalina OTA update, it's based on Pinarek OTA method (with ASentientBot tip for whitelisting), swupatch from dosdude1 and Czo's SUVMMFaker .
My script it's totally harmless and safe, no unwanted firmware updates are issued, if you want to try here is:
macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs
Meanwhile from the @Pinarek Catalina OTA dist method, I have slightly improved my earlier automated script, this time I applied the @ASentientBot's tip to put "return true" after the function function InstallationCheck(prefix) { return true; var boardIds = of course I already tested...
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Also as I wrote earlier, the OTA update has the advantage that will auto-fix the stock CMD+R Catalina APFS Recovery.
The Catalina patcher only installs point releases as not everybody wants to install a beta version since this is a widely used app
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Target Display Mode is an exclusive feature of those iMac series you indicated that requires an important GPU feature the video input (as the Capture cards).
AFAIK only ATI/AMD cards were capable to transport an input Display port video signal (while a video output signal is common to all the GPUs), so through for example a converter mini-dp to hdmi you could use the iMac display for external hdmi devices (as a tv receiver) , I guess it's very hard to patch this since Mojave, infact some users kept a small HighSierra volume (20 gb are suffice) to use TDM on their iMacs.
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So on 10.15.2 on a Mac Pro 2010 that's already been installed via @dosdude1's method, running 'swupatch' seems to fail:
sudo bash /Volumes/downloads/swupatch.sh
Downloading "SUVMMFaker.dylib"...
###################################################################################################################### 100.0%
Backing up "com.apple.softwareupdated.plist"...
This file already exists in the backup location. Overwrite? (y/n): y
Continuing backup...
override rw-r--r-- root/wheel restricted for /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.softwareupdated.plist? y
rm: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.softwareupdated.plist: Read-only file system
Downloading "com.apple.softwareupdated.plist"...
Warning: Failed to create the file
Warning: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.softwareupdated.plist:
Warning: Read-only file system
###################################################################################################################### 100.0%curl: (23) Failed writing body (0 != 2075)
Restarting softwareupdated...
Would you like to refresh available updates now? (y/n): y
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
No new software available.
\nOperation complete.\n
Apparently due to the Catalina read-only root... but what's one to do with this failure, skip it and then run yours?
Don't skip, the swupatch is required before running my script, for readonly system folders open a Catalina terminal window and copy/paste this:
sudo mount -uw / ; killall FinderThen retry the swupatch, once you find Software Updates available, click update now button and after a minute run the catalinaswufix3.
Upgraded my MacBook 7,1 (Mid2010) to Catalina - no issues - runs fine. (Upgrade to 500 Gig SSDD earlier)
I do have one question which I am fairly certain I already know the answer to and at the risk of sounding ridiculous to the MacRumor regulars..........
To Install Catalina I had to turn SIP off. I am assuming that I can't turn SIP back on and that I don't want to turn it back on (I tried but csrutil is not on the Recovery Disk and then I tried executing it off a USB and it crashed csrutil - it came from High Sierra).
So no SIP on a unsupported old MAC if you are running Catalina.
thanks
Followthebits
I do have one question which I am fairly certain I already know the answer to and at the risk of sounding ridiculous to the MacRumor regulars..........
To Install Catalina I had to turn SIP off. I am assuming that I can't turn SIP back on and that I don't want to turn it back on (I tried but csrutil is not on the Recovery Disk and then I tried executing it off a USB and it crashed csrutil - it came from High Sierra).
So no SIP on a unsupported old MAC if you are running Catalina.
thanks
Followthebits
They say that 80% of the world population don't think at all so there is nothing ridiculous about your question.
In order to run Catalina on the unsupported Mac, you have to "compromise the integrity" of your system. That is why SIP must be off.
I'm trying to install Catalina on a clean partition next to my Mojave install.i created the USB boot drive and attempt to boot into the Catalina installer. However it just gets stuck loading on the apple screen for what seems like hours.
Any tips?
Macbookpro 8,1
Any tips?
Macbookpro 8,1
Citation needed. Why would a GPU need video input? What GPUs have a DisplayPort input?
In the case of DisplayPort Target Display Mode, only a switch would be required to take DisplayPort input of the Display from the GPU to the Mini DisplayPort input.
In the case of Thunderbolt Target Display Mode, video is not being sent. Consider: if DisplayPort were being sent over Thunderbolt as normal Thunderbolt DisplayPort packets, then Macs would not need an AppleThunderboltEDMSource.kext driver and any PC with a Thunderbolt port could use the iMac as a display.
Since there is a AppleThunderboltEDMSource.kext, then it means the Thunderbolt is not transmitting DisplayPort, it is sending Thunderbolt Target Display Mode data. This might use some CPU resources - it may be interesting to compare benchmarks between using a normal Display and a Thunderbolt Target Display Mode display.
Only software would be required on the iMac side to get the Thunderbolt Target Display Mode packets to the GPU's frame buffer. Only iMacs allow this though but that could just be a limitation in the AppleThunderboltEDMSink.kext driver.
I've tried to go through this thread as best I can, but I haven't found an answer.
Running a 2011 MBP with the Intel 3000 GPU, Catalina 10.15.1 via DosDude's patch.
Final Cut version 10.4.8. Under Render/Share GPU it just says 'error,' and I get no video in the preview window. Audio is OK.
I assume this is because the iGPU doesn't support Metal.
Can this be fixed or worked around? I've seen the posts for increasing the amount of vRAM, but that's not going to trick FCPX into thinking the iGPU suddenly has Metal support.
Thanks!
Running a 2011 MBP with the Intel 3000 GPU, Catalina 10.15.1 via DosDude's patch.
Final Cut version 10.4.8. Under Render/Share GPU it just says 'error,' and I get no video in the preview window. Audio is OK.
I assume this is because the iGPU doesn't support Metal.
Can this be fixed or worked around? I've seen the posts for increasing the amount of vRAM, but that's not going to trick FCPX into thinking the iGPU suddenly has Metal support.
Thanks!
Use Final Cut Pro 10.4.6 or earlier. There's no way to run any Metal functionality on non-Metal GPUs.
And the pre-thunderbolt iMac? I mean those with Ati 4670 or ATI 4850, which "thunderboltEDM kext" or osx software service used? They had only the Display port input.
AFAIK the thunderbolt port is not an automatic video output but it should be converted through a thunderbolt adapter to minidp or to hdmi, so IMHO for TDM is required also an hardware GPU feature that captures "via software" an external video input device plugged to the iMac display.
If you check a recent thunderbolt iMac, only those with AMD video cards were capable to use the TDM feature, because ATI produced in past GPU with video input/output hardware or software chip embedded for video capture.
I don't think that TDM with thunderbolt worked through only software data packets, but it required also an extra hardware capability for input signal processing, that only ATI/AMD made for iMacs.
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I have a late 2009 27" iMac, equipped with a ATI Radeon HD 4850 GPU.
I can confirm that TDM works only on High Sierra and it is broken on Mojave and Catalina.
That's why I'm keeping a small High Sierra partition for that, as you explained.
Obviously, it is not the perfect solution and a patch for Catalina would be more than welcome.
I guess a TDM video patch is more possible on Mojave 10.14.3 than later macOS releases, since too many tricky core frameworks are involved.
But for someone who want to attempt a patch needs to have those iMac series to test, so keeping an HighSierra is a good solution, acting also as Recovery drive due to its useful R/W support on APFS.
If this is a Mac Pro, then you must install the Legacy Video Card Patch manually using the post-install tool, as it is not installed by default. Upgrading to a Metal-compatible video card, however, is a MUCH better option on a Mac Pro.
thanks for your answer. I have already installed the patches. No luck.
Edit: okay! Forget it 😂 Its working.
hello everyone,
I need some help, I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009 (5.3) Catalina is working fine (10.15.1)
but here comes the problem: when the Mac is in sleep every day it wil reboot because of a problem.
I guess it's the card reader the cause this problem, does anyone know if there is a fix for this or how to disable the card reader because I never use it
thanks in advanced
Rene
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80130279d7): "com_apple_driver_AppleUSBCardReaderInterfaceNub::setPowerState(0xffffff8034877200 : 0xffffff7f95b62f86, 2 -> 1) timed out after 30683 ms"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-6153.41.3/iokit/Kernel/IOServicePM.cpp:5302
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8114ba3b40 : 0xffffff8012939a3b
0xffffff8114ba3b90 : 0xffffff8012a70fe5
0xffffff8114ba3bd0 : 0xffffff8012a62a5e
0xffffff8114ba3c20 : 0xffffff80128e0a40
0xffffff8114ba3c40 : 0xffffff8012939127
0xffffff8114ba3d40 : 0xffffff801293950b
0xffffff8114ba3d90 : 0xffffff80130d17f9
0xffffff8114ba3e00 : 0xffffff80130279d7
0xffffff8114ba3e50 : 0xffffff8013027599
0xffffff8114ba3e60 : 0xffffff801303e94e
0xffffff8114ba3ea0 : 0xffffff8013026348
0xffffff8114ba3ec0 : 0xffffff801297b625
0xffffff8114ba3f40 : 0xffffff801297b151
0xffffff8114ba3fa0 : 0xffffff80128e013e
I need some help, I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009 (5.3) Catalina is working fine (10.15.1)
but here comes the problem: when the Mac is in sleep every day it wil reboot because of a problem.
I guess it's the card reader the cause this problem, does anyone know if there is a fix for this or how to disable the card reader because I never use it
thanks in advanced
Rene
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80130279d7): "com_apple_driver_AppleUSBCardReaderInterfaceNub::setPowerState(0xffffff8034877200 : 0xffffff7f95b62f86, 2 -> 1) timed out after 30683 ms"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-6153.41.3/iokit/Kernel/IOServicePM.cpp:5302
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8114ba3b40 : 0xffffff8012939a3b
0xffffff8114ba3b90 : 0xffffff8012a70fe5
0xffffff8114ba3bd0 : 0xffffff8012a62a5e
0xffffff8114ba3c20 : 0xffffff80128e0a40
0xffffff8114ba3c40 : 0xffffff8012939127
0xffffff8114ba3d40 : 0xffffff801293950b
0xffffff8114ba3d90 : 0xffffff80130d17f9
0xffffff8114ba3e00 : 0xffffff80130279d7
0xffffff8114ba3e50 : 0xffffff8013027599
0xffffff8114ba3e60 : 0xffffff801303e94e
0xffffff8114ba3ea0 : 0xffffff8013026348
0xffffff8114ba3ec0 : 0xffffff801297b625
0xffffff8114ba3f40 : 0xffffff801297b151
0xffffff8114ba3fa0 : 0xffffff80128e013e
To disable it, try this opening a Catalina Terminal window copy/paste (in one line):
Code:
sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleStorageDrivers.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleUSBCardReader.kext