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I have an RX 580 8GB. But I’ll wait a little while still since I’ve heard of apps (like music) breaking.
That breakage will only occur is you don't use Catalina Patcher 1.3.1 to create your patched 10.15.4 installer. The 1.3.1 patcher used the trick of setting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.libraryvalidation.plist so that its DisableLibraryValidation field is set to "1". The problematic 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 patchers attempted to fix the support for machines with non-Metal graphics that need the legacy video patch by using DisableLibraryValidation.kext. That approach was abandoned when it was realized that approach broke the Music app. The 1.3.4 patcher reverts back to 10.15.3 support only.
So if you have a Metal compatible graphics card, you have to drop back to the Catalina Patcher 1.3.1 release. The resulting installation works better than any prior release on my MacPro 3,1. I would however get rid of 'viral' AAAMouSSE.kext if you aren't using an ATI card. I do that with the following commands immediately after installation.

sudo mount -uw /
cd /Library/Extensions
sudo rm -rf AAAMouSSE.kext
cd /
sudo kextcache -i /

Since you have a RX 580 8GB, you'll need to leave the AAAMouSSE.kext in place. It won't be any less stable than 10.15.3 but I am not a big fan of that hack since, to my understanding, it's effects extend beyond just the ATI driver.
 
I remember a few people were having trouble with Zoom on non-Metal showing black for videos... had to use it just now and I found a link to a version that works for me.


Hope that helps someone!
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Tagging those of you who asked about this before @Paul A Jackson @bradhaggard

THANK YOU. This works for my MBP 8,1 running 10.15.3. I guess this is the last version of Zoom before they switched to the Metal APIs? Curious to see if any features are missing...
 
The MacPro 5,1 should be fine if you create a 10.15.4 installer using Catalina Patcher 1.3.1 as long as you have a supported Metal graphics card. The failures people are seeing are specific to the legacy video patches applied on machines with non-Metal graphic chipsets. My MacPro 3,1 has never run Catalina better than under 10.15.4.

Same report on the same configuration MacPro 3,1 with GTX 680 2Go. I also noticed that the bad bug when running VLC for movies on previous 10.15 systems with necessity to go to The Accessibility Prefs Panel is gone. Its looking snappier. And sleep wakeup start up bug is gone also.
 
Same report on the same configuration MacPro 3,1 with GTX 680 2Go. I also noticed that the bad bug when running VLC for movies on previous 10.15 systems with necessity to go to The Accessibility Prefs Panel is gone. Its looking snappier. And sleep wakeup start up bug is gone also.

That was my general impression of 10.15.4. In general, performance was snapper across the board. Too bad were going to hit the wall with 10.16.
 
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Serious issue with my BIOS based Hackintosh. Here is what I have posted on Insanelymac about this: I have just re-made the Catalina installer, with the updated OS. It could not install from it, like it could not copy. Then I have tried to reinstall Mojave, it worked pretty cleary last year the exact pen drive. It failed as well, saying something like: not package found, contact the system administrator. I was able to boot from USB pen drive Linux and install Windows from DVD. But no macOS from the pen drive, even from what worked fine before. I have reseted the BIOS several times, no succes. The first sign of something wrong was this: When I first tried to boot Catalina, it said something about BIOS (BIOS, not UEFI) reset and enter setup. I hapenned several times on my attempts. If something screwed in my hardware? The USB ports? The BIOS perhaps?
Tried to install Ubuntu 18.04 via USB pen drive. It fails to install as well, when it tries to install the Grub bootloader.
 
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Same report on the same configuration MacPro 3,1 with GTX 680 2Go. I also noticed that the bad bug when running VLC for movies on previous 10.15 systems with necessity to go to The Accessibility Prefs Panel is gone. Its looking snappier. And sleep wakeup start up bug is gone also.
I have successfully installed 10.15.4 on my Early 2009 iMac. Are there any issues for which I should look out?
 
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Hi everyone,
Unsurprisingly, update MP5,1 to 10.15.4 (19E266) with USB installer created with Patcher 1.3.3 and without any post install fixes, everything seems to be working fine since yesterday.


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Hi @Vyzantion ,
The installer version for Catalina 10.15.4 (19E266) is: 15.4.01
For 10.15.3 (19D76) the installer version is: 15.3.00

Can you also simply update from .3 to .4 without running the USB installer?
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Very easy!

Just use Dosdude1's 1.3.3 patcher and you're all set.

To do this though you're saying you need to put a bootable Metal 2 capable video card back in, right? Is there a way to run the installer without having to do the GPU switcharoo?

Additionally, it appears that 1.3.3 should be alright for a MacPro5,1, right? If so, where can I find an archive since he's yanked it from even the archive downloads now...
 
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Was able to get my system upgraded today. I tried to install right form the patcher, but got stuck in a boot loop. Booted to the USB and installed from the patcher from there, so far everything seems to be working. I replaced the processor and that's why it shows 400 MHz, never have figured out a way to get that to show properly.
 
does your Mac have dual GPU's if so you might have to disable one
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no i have change from GTX 860 to my AMD stock gpu card... have any change to use with accelation and transparecy or must i buy an new "patched" gpu card for my 2011 imac?
 
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Was able to get my system upgraded today. I tried to install right form the patcher, but got stuck in a boot loop. Booted to the USB and installed from the patcher from there, so far everything seems to be working. I replaced the processor and that's why it shows 400 MHz, never have figured out a way to get that to show properly.
Only machines with Metal capable cards can currently run 10.15.4 when using the Catalina 1.3.1 patcher. There are unresolved issues with the legacy video patch and 10.15.4. Currently there is no fix for those configurations that doesn't break apps like Music.
 
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Only machines with Metal capable cards can currently run 10.15.4 when using the Catalina 1.3.1 patcher. There are unresolved issues with the legacy video patch and 10.15.4. Currently there is no fix for those configurations that doesn't break apps like Music.

Is this somehow in relation to my post, or did you quote the wrong one?
 
can i use my AMD 6770 with catalina full suport with legancy driver ?? no transparancy and no acceleration here !!
 
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Only machines with Metal capable cards can currently run 10.15.4 when using the Catalina 1.3.1 patcher. There are unresolved issues with the legacy video patch and 10.15.4. Currently there is no fix for those configurations that doesn't break apps like Music.

Hi, can I ask an uninformed question of you? My machine is a 2011 MBP, 8,1. I assume I don't have a metal card and upgrading to 10.15.4 is not an option? I have Intel Integrated Graphics. Thanks.
 
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Tried to install Ubuntu 18.04 via USB pen drive. It fails to install as well, when it tries to install the Grub bootloader.
It seems that Catalina 10.15.4 has realy screwed something in my hardware. I have reseted the BIOS settings several times. Neither Catalina, Mojave or Ubuntu can be installed into this, only Windows 10. This is a legacy Hackintosh.
 
This is incorrect. Library validation MUST be disabled, otherwise WindowServer crashes with the legacy video card patches applied.

Fresh Install and GeForce 210 + Legacy Video Patch
I Not need to using Library validation scripts from @ASentientBot

What is incorrect on that

All system works like a charm, no crash anywhere

EDIT *** I also test Intel HD 3000 with my CPU i5 2500k
I disconect my GeForce 210
Its work
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Did you see any com.apple.security.libraryvalidation.plist in Library/Preferences


EDIT *** NO 2

OK after lots of test 'Cause I know I'm not crazy
I had to install the script well at the start because I did not believe that I could make Legacy Video Patch on 10.15.4 work without com.apple.security.libraryvalidation.plist = true
And I said to myself I will test without using it and well, I deleted the plist and it works, I just did a fresh installation and it works after deleted

NOTE: I always SIP full Disable
 
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It seems that Catalina 10.15.4 has realy screwed something in my hardware. I have reseted the BIOS settings several times. Neither Catalina, Mojave or Ubuntu can be installed into this, only Windows 10. This is a legacy Hackintosh.

A few hints which could help:
Check the EFI settings in the BIOS (are there orphaned OS line items?), try a different USB stick for installation, see if there's a chance to either downgrade your BIOS to an earlier version or re-install the current version. Other than that please understand that this is the forum for unsupported Macs only, not for Hackintoshes.
 
A few hints which could help:
Check the EFI settings in the BIOS (are there orphaned OS line items?), try a different USB stick for installation, see if there's a chance to either downgrade your BIOS to an earlier version or re-install the current version. Other than that please understand that this is the forum for unsupported Macs only, not for Hackintoshes.
Hackintosh users are a long time presence in here, some of them even contributed to the whole. I have already tried, as I said, the Mojave stick that was unchanged since summer and it was working fine. No orphaned lines, this is BIOS, not UEFI. I wanted to reinstall the BIOS, that proved impossible, the hardware producer does not list it anymore.
 
You can use the Music app?
Music app is only broken by DisableLibraryValidation.kext, not by amfi_get_out_of_my_way or com.apple.security.libraryvalidation.plist methods. The boot-arg breaks Privacy permissions popups. The plist seems like the best solution, but it's unclear whether it works on a fresh install or if a user account needs to exist.

A secondary issue with 10.15.4 is (as discussed on Discord: join the server if you want more info!) that SIPManager.kext doesn't behave exactly as expected anymore. SIP is disabled, but AMFI acts as if it's enabled. This is why some people like myself, who disabled SIP in NVRAM with csrutil, were able to use 10.15.4 with no issues, but many using the patcher had problems. However, csrutil isn't an ideal solution since a PRAM reset will cause a non-functional system.

We're working on finding a fix -- my boot.efi patch is one alternative to SIPManager, but it's far from perfect. Modifying something that low-level and version-dependent is a bad idea. Hopefully a better alternative will be found (ideally, a fix for SIPManager). For now, 10.15.3 is the safest bet for people with non-Metal cards.

Hope that summary clears things up for some people. This has turned out to be weirdly complicated!

Edit: Added some more info.
 
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Music app is only broken by DisableLibraryValidation.kext, not by amfi_get_out_of_my_way or com.apple.security.libraryvalidation.plist methods.

A secondary issue with 10.15.4 is (as discussed on Discord: join the server if you want more info!) that SIPManager.kext doesn't behave exactly as expected. This is why some people like myself, who disabled SIP with csrutil, were able to use 10.15.4 with no issues, but many using the patcher had problems.

We're working on a fix -- my boot.efi patch is one alternative to SIPManager, but it's far from ideal. Hopefully a better alternative will be found. For now, 10.15.3 is the safest bet for people with non-Metal cards.

Hope that summary clears things up for some people. This has turned out to be weirdly complicated!

Great! I will try on a MBP 2011 with only SIP disable. I can get a full accelerated graphics on HD 3000 without SIPmanager.kext?
 
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Can you also simply update from .3 to .4 without running the USB installer?
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To do this though you're saying you need to put a bootable Metal 2 capable video card back in, right? Is there a way to run the installer without having to do the GPU switcharoo?

Additionally, it appears that 1.3.3 should be alright for a MacPro5,1, right? If so, where can I find an archive since he's yanked it from even the archive downloads now...
Yep, you need the 1.3.3. patcher from Dosdude1. I grabbed a copy before he yanked it. As with all Catalina version, one does need a Metal capable video card. I have one in my Mac Pro 5,1.

I'm hoping that Dosdude1 will come out with 1.3.5 that will download the Catalina version 10.15.4 soon.
 
I had the same problem with AMFI. I rebooted into installer and disabled the SIP (csrutil disable).
I don't know if it works for everyone.

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You are totally right!

Infact to me the nvram amfi_get_ouf_of_my_way=1 worked earlier because I had "csrutil disable" from recovery mode.

After "csrutil disable" from the target machine any value are correctly stored in nvram boot-args for any macOS installed on it.
 
I had the same problem with AMFI. I rebooted into installer and disabled the SIP (csrutil disable).
I don't know if it works for everyone.

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You are totally right!

Infact to me the nvram amfi_get_ouf_of_my_way=1 worked earlier because I had "csrutil disable" from recovery mode.

After "csrutil disable" from the target machine any value are correctly stored in nvram boot-args for any macOS installed on it.
Awesome. Both of your experiences match up with what dosdude1 and myself found yesterday: SIPManager.kext isn't working quite the same as disabling SIP via csrutil. Identifying the problem is half the solution! Hopefully we will have a full fix soon.

Again -- come say hi on Discord! We could really benefit from you guys' insights :)
 
Awesome. Both of your experiences match up with what dosdude1 and myself found yesterday: SIPManager.kext isn't working quite the same as disabling SIP via csrutil. Identifying the problem is half the solution! Hopefully we will have a full fix soon.

Again -- come say hi on Discord! We could really benefit from you guys' insights :)

Understood this issue of SIPDisabler.kext , but regardless of it and of nvram amfi boot-args, shouldn't be suffice to add these: "-no_compat_check amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1" as kernel flags to com.apple.boot.plist here:

/Volumes/Preboot/gpt-UUID/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

and here:

/Volumes/Catalina Data/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

I guess this could work too since I used also that for catalinaswufix5amfi that a few group tested and worked during .4 betas.
 
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