oh my god sorry...I understood now that by cat you mean Catalina...
First I was thinking at the command cat, then at the cat animal ahah
yes, no issues as I described above.
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First I was thinking at the command cat, then at the cat animal ahah
yes, no issues as I described above.
If the OTA update fix in the CatalinaOTAswufix.app does not stick so the installer does not appear in OpenCoreAPFSloader3 - go to /Library/Updates/ and delete everything within. Restart the D/L from Software Update, then apply the OTA update fix button early-on, about 200K into the D/L - upon completion, boot into the OpenCoreAPFSloader3 USB and the installer should now appear.@telepati I managed to install the 19H114 update in my macbook pro 4,1 in an hybrid and strange manner
Here what worked for me:
1. Prepared a usb bootable with Opencoreloader v3
2. Downloaded the update from software update (do not restart), download it all
3. Show package content of the CatalinaOTAswufix.app
4. Navigated to Contents/Resources/Script and opened file catalinaswuOTAfix.command with textedit to see commands
5. Opened a terminal and issued the following commands (manually), I don't know if all of these are mandatory, but I'm describing exactly what I did (SIP disabled):
Code:sudo mount -uw / killall Finder sudo nvram boot-args="-no_compat_check amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1" diskutil mount Preboot sudo perl -i -pe 's/>-no_compat_check/>amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1 -no_compat_check/' /Volumes/Preboot/*/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.libraryvalidation.plist DisableLibraryValidation -bool true sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.libraryvalidation.plist Macmid="$(sysctl -n hw.model)" Macmidswap='s/\'${Macmid}'/MacExample7,0/' Boardid="$(ioreg -l | grep "board-id" | awk -F\" '{print $4}')" Boardidswap='s/Mac-9AE82516C7C6B903/\'${Boardid}'/' OTAdist="$(ls -l /Library/Updates/*-*/*-*.dist)" OTAinstallcheck='s/var\sboardIds/return\ttrue;\tvar\tboardIds/' sudo perl -i -pe ${OTAinstallcheck} /Library/Updates/*-*/*-*.dist
6. Restarted the os with the bootable usb with opencoreloader inserted, pressed option and booted from the usb into opencore (you will notice now "macos installer" in the list, next to the opencoreloader, but if you click on it --> prohibited symbol)
7. Chose from opencore picker "macos installer"
8. Installed the update
9. 1st reboot: booted again into opencoreloader and chose my hd to complete the installation: it booted to my desktop without dosdude patch
10. Rebooted, patched with dosdude as usual and chose macintosh-hd as startup disk from dosdude usb
....I don't know why the CatalinaOTAswufix failed to patch....
This time, looking at the script, it didn't enter the loop to execute all the above commands.
The if condition, which seems false this time, is:
if [ -e /Library/Updates/*-*/*-*.dist ]
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maybe this was the issue?beacuse I tried to apply the patch at about 200 mb, and I had 2 folders inside /Library/Updates, 001-88090 and 001-88090/1, not sure if both need to be there..
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Guys I'm having an issue. I updated to 19H114, and now my machine won't let me reinstall patches. I have a 2010 13" MBP (MacBook Pro 7,1).
This is the second time I've used jackluke's CatalinaSWUfix and it bricks my machine. The first time with was with 19H2 and I had to reinstall macOS. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
This is the second time I've used jackluke's CatalinaSWUfix and it bricks my machine. The first time with was with 19H2 and I had to reinstall macOS. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
If you install the apfs.efi driver using the Driver#### nvram variables, then you can switch between apfs macOS systems without using the dosdude1 apfs patch. Just use Startup Disk system preferences panel or Startup Manager (hold option key at boot).thx @joevt actually what I am trying to achieve is reboot from one Catalina container to another one. So far I have stupid script mounting efi, replacing UUID and then rebooting, but some more user friendly ideas are more than welcome
I can understand your frustration, but please don't blame valuable users, instead describe your issue in details and maybe some user will help: "bricks" means nothing, I can think of dozens of different meanings for this word.
CatalinaSWUfix is not able to brick anything.
So I'm trying to install Catalina on my 5,1 and got as far as creating the patcher. It didn't work with the first USB drive I tried, so I loaded it onto an extra internally connected HD (via one of the bays) that wasn't being used. Since I don't have an EFI card I chose that as the startup disk to restart into the installer. Turns out there was an error on the Catalina installer I downloaded, so I couldn't install it from the recovery tool.
No worries, I can go and redo it to try again, but now if I go to Startup Disk in the recovery tool it only shows this catalina install as a chooseable boot. My working OSX install (mojave) isn't selectable.
Is there anything I can do here? The data on the working boot isn't super critical, but I've no idea where to go from here. If simply stick a hard drive with an install of Catalina on my MP will it panic? Is there anyway I can select my other, working boot in the start up disc menu?
Many thanks in advance
No worries, I can go and redo it to try again, but now if I go to Startup Disk in the recovery tool it only shows this catalina install as a chooseable boot. My working OSX install (mojave) isn't selectable.
Is there anything I can do here? The data on the working boot isn't super critical, but I've no idea where to go from here. If simply stick a hard drive with an install of Catalina on my MP will it panic? Is there anyway I can select my other, working boot in the start up disc menu?
Many thanks in advance
If the update ƒs remain in Library/Updates/ it means the update is not completed. See the above #13,977 post and repeat. If complete three .plists is all that should be in there, no ƒs.
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Thank you I did exactly the same thing and everything works now.
No issues on two Mini3,1s. No discernible differences in performance, overall.
I have MacBook Pro model 8.1.
I upgraded like it is described in this post, then applied post install patches.
PS: I had to apply patches twice it did not work in first time.
I had to reapply all patches, UI improvement, CAT, VRAM, Other than that, it is all working fine.
Hi, I've installed Catalina on my MacbookPro8.2(late2011). I stayed at Catalina 10.15.5 for a while, just prepared the Installer-Stick for 10.15.7. After the reminder from LittleSnitch I updated LS to V4.6. For finishing the Installation I've to restart and then the machine ended up in a boot loop. Started up to about 75% and then restarted with the multilingual message like "You computer restarted because..." . Then I booted from the stick installed 10.15.7 completed the Installation, booted directly back to stick to apply the patches. Then the system starts as expected, but after another reboot I again end up in the boot loop and have to run the installer again. At moment I try to avoid to restart the system. What may have went wrong? The system.log ist empty after the reinstall, so I've no idea what the reason for the boot loop. Any ideas where to look or what to do, to have a stable restart process (again)
Thanks
Thanks
EDIT: I can't find the delete function. But I found the solution to my problem.
Hi Folks,
I could use your help. I have a Mac Mini 3,1, and have used dosdude's patchers since Sierra. I just did a fresh install with 10.15.7 (19H15). The installation went perfectly. The computer runs smoothly.
But I can't get microsoft applications to run. Word, Excel, Teams, etc. It says the application quit unexpectedly and I get the log below. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
betty
Process: Microsoft Word [45603]
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
Identifier: com.microsoft.Word
Version: ???
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Microsoft Word [45603]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2020-12-17 10:30:36.772 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.15.7 (19H15)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: F0B5BB8E-02B6-42FD-B20F-BD45955C9F36
Time Awake Since Boot: 11000 seconds
System Integrity Protection: disabled
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Termination Reason: Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 0x1
kernel messages:
VM Regions Near 0 (cr2):
-->
__TEXT 0000000105346000-000000010739e000 [ 32.3M] r-x/r-x SM=COW
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x00000001102a1000 _dyld_start + 0
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x00007ffeea8b9c58
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x00000001102a1000 rfl: 0x0000000000000200 cr2: 0x0000000000000000
Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000000
Trap Number: 0
Binary Images:
0x105346000 - 0x10739dff7 +??? (0) <AF3234C3-E813-38AE-A6D0-19017DD3B549> (null)
0x1102a0000 - 0x110331f47 +??? (750.6) <1D318D60-C9B0-3511-BE9C-82AFD2EF930D> (null)
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 11978
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=34.8M resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=34.8M(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8996K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8996K(100%)
VIRTUAL REGION
REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced)
=========== ======= =======
STACK GUARD 56.0M 1
Stack 8192K 1
__DATA 5080K 4
__DATA_CONST 20K 1
__LINKEDIT 2608K 3
__TEXT 32.9M 2
shared memory 8K 2
=========== ======= =======
TOTAL 104.4M 14
Model: Macmini3,1, BootROM MM31.00AD.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.35f1
Graphics: kHW_NVidiaGeForce9400Item, NVIDIA GeForce 9400, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x90), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)
Bluetooth: Version 7.0.6f7, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series, 128.04 GB
Serial ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS08
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Audio Device
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: HD Pro Webcam C920
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
Thunderbolt Bus:
Hi Folks,
I could use your help. I have a Mac Mini 3,1, and have used dosdude's patchers since Sierra. I just did a fresh install with 10.15.7 (19H15). The installation went perfectly. The computer runs smoothly.
But I can't get microsoft applications to run. Word, Excel, Teams, etc. It says the application quit unexpectedly and I get the log below. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
betty
Process: Microsoft Word [45603]
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
Identifier: com.microsoft.Word
Version: ???
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Microsoft Word [45603]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2020-12-17 10:30:36.772 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.15.7 (19H15)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: F0B5BB8E-02B6-42FD-B20F-BD45955C9F36
Time Awake Since Boot: 11000 seconds
System Integrity Protection: disabled
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Termination Reason: Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 0x1
kernel messages:
VM Regions Near 0 (cr2):
-->
__TEXT 0000000105346000-000000010739e000 [ 32.3M] r-x/r-x SM=COW
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x00000001102a1000 _dyld_start + 0
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x00007ffeea8b9c58
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x00000001102a1000 rfl: 0x0000000000000200 cr2: 0x0000000000000000
Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000000
Trap Number: 0
Binary Images:
0x105346000 - 0x10739dff7 +??? (0) <AF3234C3-E813-38AE-A6D0-19017DD3B549> (null)
0x1102a0000 - 0x110331f47 +??? (750.6) <1D318D60-C9B0-3511-BE9C-82AFD2EF930D> (null)
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 11978
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=34.8M resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=34.8M(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8996K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8996K(100%)
VIRTUAL REGION
REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced)
=========== ======= =======
STACK GUARD 56.0M 1
Stack 8192K 1
__DATA 5080K 4
__DATA_CONST 20K 1
__LINKEDIT 2608K 3
__TEXT 32.9M 2
shared memory 8K 2
=========== ======= =======
TOTAL 104.4M 14
Model: Macmini3,1, BootROM MM31.00AD.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.35f1
Graphics: kHW_NVidiaGeForce9400Item, NVIDIA GeForce 9400, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x90), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)
Bluetooth: Version 7.0.6f7, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series, 128.04 GB
Serial ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS08
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Audio Device
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: HD Pro Webcam C920
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
Thunderbolt Bus:
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Validation Patch Update with the Utiltiesƒ Patch Updater? btw - to quit anything CommandQ.
Hmm, okay that helped not to reinstall and to boot after reinstalling patches. But after the patch updater suggesting to update the Library Validation Disabler Patch and then restarting, then my system again wont start, I've to apply patches again...
Re-install patches and Force Rebuild Caches, sometimes more than once is necessary.
I downloaded the Security Update 2020-001 (Catalina)
support.apple.com
but unable to install in my Mac Pro 5.1 patched dodude1 Catalina. Says "Software not compatible with your system".
Any idea? Thanks.
Actualización de seguridad 2020-001 (Catalina) - Soporte técnico de Apple (ES)
Se recomienda a todos los usuarios instalar Actualización de Seguridad 2020-001, ya que mejora la seguridad de macOS.
but unable to install in my Mac Pro 5.1 patched dodude1 Catalina. Says "Software not compatible with your system".
Any idea? Thanks.
I solved this problem by following up dosdude1’s reccomendations (post #9,557).
1. Launch Terminal.
2. Type:
sudo nvram boot-args=amfi_get_out_of_my_way=0x1
3. Enter your password.
4. Unless there were errors, quit Terminal and reboot.
Sorry, what is this, and when it released? I just installed Build 19H114.
Open terminal window and enter this command
codesign --force --deep --sign - /
Then drag and drop the app you want to open like microsoft word after the slash. Then press enter
after that your app will launch.
But what's the correct way to install this "Library Validation Disabler Patch" ? Do I have to unmark those patch in the Postinstaller (or all) and only do "Force Rebuild Caches". Or can I force a rebuild on a regular restart? (how?)