I did some more research, and learned that you can select the raid pair at startup using the option key. Then to set it as your boot drive, you hold down control as you hit carriage return to boot.
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Would you nudge me in the right direction to get this working on mine? I can get airdrop working. I can see the computer from other devices, but I cannot see other devices.
Handoff and watch unlock do not work, but the options exists.
She has an iMac or MBP, not a Mac Pro. No Mac Pro ever had EFI version 98.0.0.0.0.
Btw, you can't use a firmware from a Mac model different than yours.
hi,
i have another issue with safari 14 on Catalina 10.15.7 MacBookAir4,2.
when i go to safari>preferences>Passwords tab and enter my account password ,safari quit unexpectedly.
anybody have this issue else?
i have another issue with safari 14 on Catalina 10.15.7 MacBookAir4,2.
when i go to safari>preferences>Passwords tab and enter my account password ,safari quit unexpectedly.
anybody have this issue else?
hi All.!
I have 10.15.3 installed on my MBP mid-2009 using dosdude1 method.
How to upgrade it to 10.15.7?
Because I cannot do it using the Patch Updater menu in Preference or using the Software update check from About This Mac
Thank you!
I have 10.15.3 installed on my MBP mid-2009 using dosdude1 method.
How to upgrade it to 10.15.7?
Because I cannot do it using the Patch Updater menu in Preference or using the Software update check from About This Mac
Thank you!
I would again use the dosdude patcher to do this:
- download the most recent dosdude patcher, version 1.4.4 found via page 1 of this thread
- use this patcher to download the full installer of 10.15.7
- either:
-- use the patcher to generate a USB bootable installer from the downloaded 10.15.7
--- then boot from the USB bootable installer to install 10.15.7 over your present system
-- or do a "install to this machine" directly to install 10.15.7 over your present system
- in both cases, the necessary patches will by applied automatically and 10.15.7 should boot fine.
Your user data, applications, settings etc will be preserved.
Anyway please do a backup of your system before upgrading.
As for the installation options, I'd recommend to go via the USB bootable installer. Then you can later use this installer to repeat, repair... installation if need be. Anyway 10.15.7 may be about the end of the line of Catalina development by Apple, so it is good to keep the installer.
Unfortunately I cannot give you any steer on this as it has always just worked OOB for me. It seems to work for some and not others but I would follow the links you have been provided. I am presently using Open Core with no patching. Previously I used the no compat check and dosdude1's patcher but only to install an unpatched Catalina. System info gives the following under the wifi section:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x111)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.77.111.1 AirPortDriverBrcmNIC-1615.2)
Wake On Wireless: Supported
AirDrop: Supported
AirDrop Channel: 44
Auto Unlock: Supported
Status: Connected
Thank you very much! This should be pinned haha. Quite difficult to scroll or search using keyword.
I have installed macOS Catalina on a Mac Pro 3,1 using the patcher. All seems to be running fine, except I can’t get my monitor to sleep. Anyone know how to fix this?
Why is there a black screen after booting the Dosdude installation with Catalina? iMac 2 my signature.
I need to reset the pram to get started.
This problem is happening with a GTX 770M. I did the post install again and the machine started again.
Does anyone know what options we should check in the post install?
On the other iMac with the GTX 780M, the installation was super smooth and everything happened automatically.
The two iMacs are 12.2 with ROM version 87.0.0.0.
I need to reset the pram to get started.
This problem is happening with a GTX 770M. I did the post install again and the machine started again.
Does anyone know what options we should check in the post install?
On the other iMac with the GTX 780M, the installation was super smooth and everything happened automatically.
The two iMacs are 12.2 with ROM version 87.0.0.0.
This happens with my iMac 2007 with a K2100M GPU. When I start it up, I press the option key to get the boot menu and then select the correct drive. The system loads like normal. I haven't dug into this yet to solve for a standard boot.
Thank you. I will be going over the links and OpenCore ideas (hopefully tonight).
Hi dear friends! I'm experiencing that accountsd >400% CPU consume on 10.15.6. I updated to 15.7 using latest dosdude1 patcher, downloading installer from apple yesterday, but it doesn't worked to me, despite my MBP8,3 is now with 10.15.7 (19h2). The accountsd still on 400% until I signed out iCloud. I signed in again and the system appears to be ok now. I have 2 (or 3) questions: anyone had the same issue? If yes, how you resolved? I tried to instal 15.7 combo update, some posts I found tell that this combo update can resolve this issue, but the package tell the machine is not supported. How to install if I actually need it? Thanks a lot!
Accountsd: How to Fix High CPU Usage on Mac
Following the release of macOS Catalina version 10.15.7, an increasing number of users have experienced an issue with a system process named...
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Now thats interesting!I'm not sure why it's showing 1333MHz RAM clocking.
I just remember that the memories I put in had a maximum clock speed of 1333MHz and I was expecting that Mac will downclock this memories to 1066MHz. I did not any other tweaks
I also checked how it looks in Linuks, dmidecode also shows 1333MHz...
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Would be nice to find out if benchmarks actually show an increased mem throughput...
Hello,
Anybody solved this problem with the extensions in Safari?
Something in the patched system is detected by Safari and prevent to activate any extension, normal mode or safe mode.
Need help, please.
Hi everybody, I have a question about my iMac8,1 which is apparently compatible with dosdudes Catalina Patch and would give it a try, as Mojave is running perfectly fine after upgrading some of the hardware components.
Although some said I should not go as far as to use Mojave, I tried it, and it runns perfectly well with my field of usage (Browsing+ MS Office) So I wanna give Catalina a try. My question:
Can I install a patch over a patch? Or do I need to go back to the native El Capitan? What do I need to consider? (for instance: I had to make the Wifi Broadcom Adapter work seperately with a patch, is that also necessary for Catalina?)
Will the patch delete all content on my current harddrive?
Thanks a lot!
Although some said I should not go as far as to use Mojave, I tried it, and it runns perfectly well with my field of usage (Browsing+ MS Office) So I wanna give Catalina a try. My question:
Can I install a patch over a patch? Or do I need to go back to the native El Capitan? What do I need to consider? (for instance: I had to make the Wifi Broadcom Adapter work seperately with a patch, is that also necessary for Catalina?)
Will the patch delete all content on my current harddrive?
Thanks a lot!
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I believe that this is an option in the post install that must be checked or unchecked.
Some bug that occurs with the GTX 770M. I own another iMac with the GTX 780M and it went well.
And look at what I'm doing the same way Dosdude is doing it.
I press the Option key, select the Catalina Install and installation goes to the first stage. At the first boot, I need to reset the PRAM to continue the installation with the screen on. After the second boot, I also need to press Option and again select Catalina Install. It turns out, the installation of the Post Install is automatic and you shouldn't need it, since the installation selects the necessary boxes for the iMac 12.2. It is still a mystery to me that one iMac needs it and the other iMac doesn't.
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"Updating"
George Colgrove,
I managed to solve it by checking the APFS Patch box.
Try to solve it there for you.
It is still starting with the first screen showing a screen with a lot of letters going up.
Still looking for the solution for this, since this iMac has native APFS support.
"Updating 2"
I was able to solve the problem of the black screen by this procedure.
2011 iMac Graphics Card Upgrade
EDIT: 8/16/20 NEW AGC kexts have been added to change "board-id" to "board-ix" in the AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy binary. This has the same affect as "agdpmod=pikera" from Whatevergreen, this upload is for AMD users. "instant on" K3100m/k4100m/k5100m/780m etc cards need this kext to fix...
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I've got MBA 4,2 and running the same config as you with Safari 14 and Catalina 10.15.7 and I'm able to view the passwords in Safari preferences. The only difference with my MBA 4,2, is that I upgraded my SSD from stock 128 to the 256 SSD that normally came with the MBA w/ the i7.
I did get an error when downloading Safari 14, but it appears to be a non-issue for me.
Thank you @trifero !Accountsd: How to Fix High CPU Usage on Mac
Following the release of macOS Catalina version 10.15.7, an increasing number of users have experienced an issue with a system process named...
Never mind somehow SIP got re-enabled, disabling it again fixed the issue.
Has anyone else noticed that 10.15.7 seems to have enabled the same snapshot BS we are seeing with the Big Sur betas? I updated a 2012 MacBook Air yesterday via Software Update from 10.15.6 to 10.15.7 along with Safari 14 and afterwards opened a Terminal window to rename a system file and got the dreaded mount error 77. I'm going to try again later today and see if it was a fluke, but it has me worried.
Has anyone else noticed that 10.15.7 seems to have enabled the same snapshot BS we are seeing with the Big Sur betas? I updated a 2012 MacBook Air yesterday via Software Update from 10.15.6 to 10.15.7 along with Safari 14 and afterwards opened a Terminal window to rename a system file and got the dreaded mount error 77. I'm going to try again later today and see if it was a fluke, but it has me worried.
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Mid 2010 IMAC and after using the Dosdude's patcher mine stayed on 10.6?