Dont be nervous when you try to upgrade. I had similar tensions and finally succeeded. First do your research well. See many videos available on YouTube. Then visit DodDude1's webpage on a secondary iPad or Mac as a reference to look at every step while upgrading your machine.Code:1.- Move a copy of my macOS Catalina Installer to Applications from my USB stick 2.- Run macOS Catalina Patcher in a supported MBP running macOS Catalina (19H2) No Security Updates installed, no Gatekeeper, Xprotect or MRT updated 3.- Browse for the copy of my macOS Catalina Installer and select the app from Applications 4.- Select the Create a Bootable Installer icon 5.- Format a new USB stick as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) 6.- Select the new USB stick in the Option "Create Bootable Installer" 7.- Insert the Bootable Installer stick in a Unsupported MBP 8.- Convert the HDD as APFS (Unmount, Edit > Convert to APFS...) 9.- Select the Reinstall macOS option 10.- When reboot I did not see the screen with the custom APFS boot implementation 11.- The booting screen stuck and I had to hard reset pressing Power in my MBP 12.- I did not install the macOS Post Install Patches (Because the are optional and when I turn of the MBP again appears the first time setup of macOS) 13- Install 2 patches updates that were availiable for the MBP model
A) I can not update my MBP
B) I try to install the Security Update 2021-003 (Catalina) using a USB stick
but I does not work.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Camelia
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Don't forget after upgrade you have to again press option key in boot picker screen and go to the installer and select post install patches for your machine.
Post install patches are not optional. That is what makes your machine work with Catalina. When you enter your machine model type as in your case it is 8,1 the patches relevant to your machine will get installed.
Hope it helps.
You have to select your machine type for post install patches. Also after you upgrade you cannot just do software update over OTA. After every update even security updates you have to run post install patch for your machine type.
Follow exactly the dosdude1's patcher after opening it on your desktop.
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