macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs

[roysterdoyster]

MacBookPro4,1 (19H1213) Update success

 

[K two]

MacBookPro4,1 (19H1213) Update success

Has File Sharing between Macs and Screen Sharing been fixed in this release? Completely broken in previous. Apologize for being redundant. 😏

 

[TimmuJapan]

Has File Sharing between Macs and Screen Sharing been fixed in this release? Completely broken in previous. Apologize for being redundant. 😏

You may need to beg DosDude1 to update the patch.....

 

[roysterdoyster]

Can't tell, my MBP4,1 is my only computer.

 

[roysterdoyster]

After recent security updates there is a file on the first level of my Macintosh HD

/default.profraw

which cannot be deleted, nor being hidden by the Terminal command

"sudo chflags hidden /default.profraw"

I never had CleanMyMac installed (a Google search attributes the file to this application), and the file only showed up recently after one of the Security updates.

Does anyone know a solution?

 

[roysterdoyster]

Catalina prevents Safari to run extensions, the Apple solution to this (start in Safe mode, try activation, reboot) does NOT work.
I was able to add applications to Microphone via tccplus, so maybe the problem can be solved with Safari? If anyone knows, please inform.

 

[K two]

You may need to beg DosDude1 to update the patch.....

PM'd Collin, earlier. 😇

 

[K two]

After recent security updates there is a file on the first level of my Macintosh HD

/default.profraw

which cannot be deleted, nor being hidden by the Terminal command

"sudo chflags hidden /default.profraw"

I never had CleanMyMac installed (a Google search attributes the file to this application), and the file only showed up recently after one of the Security updates.

Does anyone know a solution?

You can re-install H15 on top of your Beta and not lose anything and from there opting-out of Beta updates will yield 19H1030. No weird files.

 

[Kwstas]

The obvious rule is: The more often you have to post the very same question the more likely you hit the wrong thread!

Possibly because this is less a Catalina on unsupported Macs than a Macpro3,1 issue - there are several threads around on this site covering your system type. And do not forget: Most Macs cannot be modified at all, so this hardware discussions are really specific to a few models and a smaller number of users.

I did a clean install and 7950 worked fine. Definitely a Catalina issue, definitely the right thread, no so sure about the forum's users though.

 

[krakman]

Catalina prevents Safari to run extensions, the Apple solution to this (start in Safe mode, try activation, reboot) does NOT work.
I was able to add applications to Microphone via tccplus, so maybe the problem can be solved with Safari? If anyone knows, please inform.

I experienced this problem. The solution was to manually copy and paste the extension in to a folder, but, as I only have 1 extension for safari, I have forgotten what was needed to be done. All I can suggest is you spend time searching for it with google.

 

[NutherBob]

I experienced this problem. The solution was to manually copy and paste the extension in to a folder, but, as I only have 1 extension for safari, I have forgotten what was needed to be done. All I can suggest is you spend time searching for it with google.

Manually enable Safari 14 extensions

Hello everyone. First, an introduction you can skip. Now the steps to do it: Install and run both Safari 14 and the desired extensions Close Safari completely (command + q) Navigate to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Safari/AppExtensions Open the Extensions.plist file in a...

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[BepiMac]

Please update the tool to work with macOS 10.15.7 Catalina. AirDrop Catalina pre-patched.​

I have a 5.2 MB early 2009 and have updated the Wifi Card: BCM94331PCIEBT4CSAX.​

Wifi works.
BT 4.0 not works.
Thank you

 

[Ausdauersportler]

Please update the tool to work with macOS 10.15.7 Catalina. AirDrop Catalina pre-patched.​

I have a 5.2 MB early 2009 and have updated the Wifi Card: BCM94331PCIEBT4CSAX.​

Wifi works.
BT 4.0 not works.
Thank you

This will unlikely happen!

Do you have any running macOS version to test your cards functionality? If BT does work very often the BT entries in the system profiler are empty, too. This indicated that the card has not been identified on boot correctly. Try a PRAM reset to resolve this.

You should disable the wifi legacy patch while applying the patches. WiFi and BT should work unpatched, i.e. after the installation of Catalina. Only HandOff and Continitity might need some adjustments. Go back to the very first post and read it. There are some links to posts made by @jackluke.

 

[roysterdoyster]

I experienced this problem. The solution was to manually copy and paste the extension in to a folder, but, as I only have 1 extension for safari, I have forgotten what was needed to be done. All I can suggest is you spend time searching for it with google.

Like I wrote, I did research the issue and followed all instructions of the Apple support website. Did not work, that is why I asked.

 

[roysterdoyster]

Manually enable Safari 14 extensions

Hello everyone. First, an introduction you can skip. Now the steps to do it: Install and run both Safari 14 and the desired extensions Close Safari completely (command + q) Navigate to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Safari/AppExtensions Open the Extensions.plist file in a...

forums.macrumors.com

Thank you very much, your solution worked for me! Problem solved.

 

[BepiMac]

This will unlikely happen!

Do you have any running macOS version to test your cards functionality? If BT does work very often the BT entries in the system profiler are empty, too. This indicated that the card has not been identified on boot correctly. Try a PRAM reset to resolve this.

You should disable the wifi legacy patch while applying the patches. WiFi and BT should work unpatched, i.e. after the installation of Catalina. Only HandOff and Continitity might need some adjustments. Go back to the very first post and read it. There are some links to posts made by @jackluke.

Thank You very much.
I will try...

 

[roysterdoyster]

MBP4,1 17" (Early 2008) Successfully updated to 19H1216.

 

[K two]

MBP4,1 17" (Early 2008) Successfully updated to 19H1216.

/default.profraw??? this release?

 

[roysterdoyster]

/default.profraw??? this release?

Yes, still there. Do you have the same issue?

 

[K two]

Yes, still there. Do you have the same issue?

Tried SU2021-003beta two previous builds both had completely broken Mac-to-Mac File Sharing and never-connecting Screen Sharing but no peculiar files. I'll stick with the release version Build 19H1030 for now. 😎

 

[trifero]

This will unlikely happen!

Do you have any running macOS version to test your cards functionality? If BT does work very often the BT entries in the system profiler are empty, too. This indicated that the card has not been identified on boot correctly. Try a PRAM reset to resolve this.

You should disable the wifi legacy patch while applying the patches. WiFi and BT should work unpatched, i.e. after the installation of Catalina. Only HandOff and Continitity might need some adjustments. Go back to the very first post and read it. There are some links to posts made by @jackluke.

Is it possible to uninstall the wifi patch once installed wis @dosdude1 method. My wif/bluetooth is updated. Thanks.

 

[BepiMac]

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 -detailLevel basic | grep "Model Identifier"

Meanwhile here are some Wifi kext that I've pre-patched (tested and working) to AirDrop on Catalina unsupported Mac, they are hyperlinks so just click the one for your machine to download:

AirDrop Catalina MacBook7,1 and MacBookPro6,2.zip

AirDrop Catalina patched MacBook6,1.zip

AirDrop Catalina patched MacBookAir2011 4,2.zip

MacBookPro8,3 AirDrop Catalina.zip

AirDrop fix Catalina MacBookAir4,1.zip

MacBookPro8,1 Airdrop Catalina.zip (This machine has two different board-id)

Macmini4,1 AirDrop Catalina.zip

Macmini5,1 AirDrop Catalina.zip

MacBookPro8,2 AirDrop Catalina.zip


After downloaded, open a Catalina terminal and copy/paste:

sudo mount -uw / ; killall Finder

Then from Catalina Finder replace (do not merge) them inside your Catalina /System/Library/Extensions/

after from a Catalina terminal send these commands copy/paste one at once:

sudo chown -R 0:0 /S*/L*/E*/
sudo chmod -R 755 /S*/L*/E*/
sudo kextcache -i /

(the "kextcache" takes some minutes to complete)

At next reboot you should have AirDrop in Catalina Finder.

After you have a working AirDrop, I suggest to apply this additional fix to enable an extra AirDrop feature that apple removed from Catalina: "AirDrop Search for older Mac"

After a working AirDrop on Catalina, if you have also a Bluetooth 4.0 card (or BT4.0 usb dongle), to add Continuity (Handoff, hotspot, etc.) you can directly apply this script: catalinacontinuityfix.command.zip

Or check this other example: enable continuity from terminal

Please do You have some AirDrop Catalina pre-patched for MacBook 5.2 early 2009,upgraded at BCM94331 BT4.0?

 

[K two]

SU2021-004 absolutely no issues. 😉

 

[Altavek312]

I have a MacBook Air 3,1 that was on High Sierra (so I did the firmware updates) that won’t finish the install. Did a complete wipe of the drive/container before. APFS/extended journaled partition. I’ve tried several times, redone the install USB drive. Just can’t figure why it hangs?

 

[zfrogman]

updated to SU2021-004 (from 19H1230) no issues on MBP 8,2.