macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs

[allapon]

It should show up named as "macOS Base System". Try a different USB drive, that'll probably help.

I used MacBook Pro 2018 with Monterey to create the USB bootable for Catalina. Is that the problem?

 

[Alpha Centauri]

@dosdude1 the Video Legacy Patcher remains the point of failure for me, even with latest update: Frozen progress bar on white screen requiring hard restart. Just today re downloaded complete Cat installer, newest Post Install Patches, Force Cache Rebuilt. With new version though, now cannot boot into Cat, with same progress problem.

Lucky still had Installer from a week ago, hangs, off course but can boot in OS. Library validation rollback works from UI Patch updater ok.

So at this point only Cat Patcher from 1 week ago saves me. I would like to simply transfer this working copy to another usb device, just copy over is ok? Be still bootable?

Perhaps next step is reinstalling OS from macOS Utilities in case there's an underlying issue there that Video Legacy Patcher won't "take". Just wanting to confirm that data on disc should remain intact, it installs over the current installation?

Cheers

 

[allapon]

@dosdude1 the Video Legacy Patcher remains the point of failure for me, even with latest update: Frozen progress bar on white screen requiring hard restart. Just today re downloaded complete Cat installer, newest Post Install Patches, Force Cache Rebuilt. With new version though, now cannot boot into Cat, with same progress problem.

Lucky still had Installer from a week ago, hangs, off course but can boot in OS. Library validation rollback works from UI Patch updater ok.

So at this point only Cat Patcher from 1 week ago saves me. I would like to simply transfer this working copy to another usb device, just copy over is ok? Be still bootable?

Perhaps next step is reinstalling OS from macOS Utilities in case there's an underlying issue there that Video Legacy Patcher won't "take". Just wanting to confirm that data on disc should remain intact, it installs over the current installation?

Cheers

I am afraid that I have the same problem that you have. But I am not lucky enough to do anything….

 

[avijan]

Quick question, I don't have a USB boot drive with the Catalina patch installer, if I install the original OS using the "internet recovery option" would I loose all my files i.e. photos, documents, music etc? I don't mind losing the apps installed.

 

[allapon]

I disassembled Mac mini 2009 - Took two storages (Both SSD) out and connected as the external drive with MacBook Pro 2018, Data is still there. But Mac Mini can't boot either main drive or usb drive, I even removed the data drive out - Nothing change.

I removed the Battery to clear PRAM, still stuck on the same apple logo without any progress. I guess that it might be low level issue then....

 

[andymsat]

Your modded iMac does not need any old or new (legacy non metal) graphics patches, it will run without any such patches. You have a metal dGPU supported with Catalina and even Big Sur.

In addition you might consider to use OCLP instead of this patcher if you are willing to sacrifice AirPlay and the iGPU. In return you can run Catalina and Big Sur completely unpatched, even Monterey. Checkout the GPU thread (first post) in my signature and check out OCLP….

BTW: The external display will work when using OCLP…

Thank a lot, I'll double check on your first post

 

[_Maverick]

When the update first came, I installed it and many of my problems were fixed. However, another update came later and it broke again.

so i want to install again this patch:
1.4.5 - 9/7/2022

• Added much-needed improvements to Legacy Video Card Patch for non-Metal video cards
• Fixed Library Validation/App Crashing issues
• Updated MouSSE to latest version

How can i?

MBP 6,1
Catalina 10.15.7


Thanks!

Guys !

I want back this patch.
How?

Thanks.

 

[andymsat]

Thank a lot, I'll double check on your first post

Your modded iMac does not need any old or new (legacy non metal) graphics patches, it will run without any such patches. You have a metal dGPU supported with Catalina and even Big Sur.

In addition you might consider to use OCLP instead of this patcher if you are willing to sacrifice AirPlay and the iGPU. In return you can run Catalina and Big Sur completely unpatched, even Monterey. Checkout the GPU thread (first post) in my signature and check out OCLP….

BTW: The external display will work when using OCLP…

HI DosDude,
I tried to check in your post but i not found nothing, maybe I searching wrong. Could you give me more details? thanks.
My iMac is a old core i5 and I changed the IGPU from ATi to Nvidia Metal 2000M. Before patches works perfetly with two monitors and the graphis had good performance.
Sorry for this but at the moment I'm busy and don't have time for check more in deep.

Thanks a lot and Good day
Andrea

 

[tomcatrr]

Hey, firstly thanks to the contributors who answered my questions, and managed to fix the issue. I used the left option key if that's important.
I had a question whilst updating the patch there were a few items that were not selected automatically (like the others), should I have selected them?

I think you should not selected others, if you don´t know what they are for.

 

[tomcatrr]

Guys !

I want back this patch.
How?

Thanks.

Hi!

Since I was able to "fix" the boot with my Catalina, using my USB installer patcher, with the version i downloaded in 2021(I think it is the 1.4.4), and using "post install pacther".

I share the 1.4.4 version.

File on MEGA

mega.nz

I share again, how it´s working for me today.
"I also had problems with my 2011 15" MBP with no dGPU working.
Boot it with the USB, make the "post install" and he boot fine.
After that, he hang again after instaling the files that the Catalina patcher ask.

Since he hangs after the 2 updates file, after repeating the USB post intall, I try the only install the big file patcher update and do not install the other one.

He now boots fine, (on every boot the Catalina patcher remind me that he have 1 file to update), but it´s working.
"
I hope that I help.

EDIT: The file that I do not install, have -+ 600 Kb (if I am not wrong, can not remember the name, sorry guys)

 

[TigerA]

Now the Microsoft Word & Excel & Outlook can't be updated: they all failed with some Framework server error.
update: After a restart, Excel got updated. After another click of "update all" button, the Outlook got updated but Word still failed stating Unable to Download App "Microsoft Word.app/Contents/Frameworks/MicrosoftWebServices" could not be installed. Please try again later. After yet another click to the Word update button, it finally got updated. And the launchpad showed 3x extra app icons which are the duplicates of the Word & Excel & Outlook. However, the duplicated icons disappeared after a restart.

 

[honeycombz]

Hi, I have an iMac 9,1 and updated to Catalina, everything went smoothly except on post install patcher updates it has been hanging on installing the library validation disabler patch for hours. Wondering if I should leave it alone or do something else here? I can still use the machine so nothing is frozen.

 

[andymsat]

Hi Dosdude1,
Sorry for my question, but i not found any information for works my secondary monitor after the new patches.
Could you help me please. Thanks a lot.
Andrea

 

[Ausdauersportler]

Hi Dosdude1,
Sorry for my question, but i not found any information for works my secondary monitor after the new patches.
Could you help me please. Thanks a lot.
Andrea

Already told you:

This mac does not need any graphics patches. Since deinstallation is a pain your only option is to build a new installer, install Catalina again and avoid the installation of graphics patches with the post installation tool. Uncheck the graphics patches! The older version of the patcher had this on the 2011 iMac per default (because there were no patches available).

The external screen might need an active miniDP adapter/connector, the simple white one sold by Apple a decade ago does not work.

In addition the standard @dosdude1 patch set for this system breaks sleep & wake, does not support AirPlay, leaves the HD3000 iGPU disabled. If you want to address all these problems check the installation instructions we compiled on the iMac 2011 iMac GPU upgrade thread, only a short version here:

1. Get the patcher and the latest Catalina InstallAssistant, install Catalina but avoid legacy graphics patching at all cost.
2. Add Kepler GPU and machine related patches:
Mid 2011: Install this package to avoid sleep problems, black screen etc. or follow the guide from this post and this post.

 

[grooveq]

Ok i know dosdude1 is a busy dude (i've mailed him a couple of issues and fixes)...so im here to help with the GPU port problem - having just performed the install in the last week i spent a lotof time on this...

Irrelevant of you having the graphics patch or not, metal gpu or not, it is in fact Catalina that is stopping GPU ports working...especially display port connections..there is a fix which requires editing a plist inside the AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy.kext The operation has to be performed precisely so i've documented it here :

Enable disabled GPU ports

I found this fix from numerous sources and collated them into clear steps.

 

[Ausdauersportler]

Ok i know dosdude1 is a busy dude (i've mailed him a couple of issues and fixes)...so im here to help with the GPU port problem - having just performed the install in the last week i spent a lotof time on this...

Irrelevant of you having the graphics patch or not, metal gpu or not, it is in fact Catalina that is stopping GPU ports working...especially display port connections..there is a fix which requires editing a plist inside the AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy.kext The operation has to be performed precisely so i've documented it here :

Enable disabled GPU ports

I found this fix from numerous sources and collated them into clear steps.

This fix has been included years ago into the iMac patch set needed additionally for iMac12,x running dosdude1 patched Catalina. There is no need to apply it twice.

 

[andymsat]

Already told you:

This mac does not need any graphics patches. Since deinstallation is a pain your only option is to build a new installer, install Catalina again and avoid the installation of graphics patches with the post installation tool. Uncheck the graphics patches! The older version of the patcher had this on the 2011 iMac per default (because there were no patches available).

The external screen might need an active miniDP adapter/connector, the simple white one sold by Apple a decade ago does not work.

In addition the standard @dosdude1 patch set for this system breaks sleep & wake, does not support AirPlay, leaves the HD3000 iGPU disabled. If you want to address all these problems check the installation instructions we compiled on the iMac 2011 iMac GPU upgrade thread, only a short version here:

1. Get the patcher and the latest Catalina InstallAssistant, install Catalina but avoid legacy graphics patching at all cost.
2. Add Kepler GPU and machine related patches:
Mid 2011: Install this package to avoid sleep problems, black screen etc. or follow the guide from this post and this post.

Hi Dosdude1,
Thank a lot for you information. I created the package "iMac-Sleep-patch.pkg" and run using the installation ad hoc.
The packages for 10.15++:

• iMac 2011 Catalina Sleep patch
• Nvidia iMac BacklightFixup patch
• iMac 2011 Nvidia AppleGVA.framework patch

Reboot and It Works perfectly with double monitors
Very appreciated
Great, Thanks a lot.

Andrea

 

[grooveq]

This fix has been included years ago into the iMac patch set needed additionally for iMac12,x running dosdude1 patched Catalina. There is no need to apply it twice.

then it doesn't work at all on MP 5,1. There is a need to do it.

 

[andymsat]

Hi Ausdauersportler

I "claimed victory before".
After some test, even if the second monitor works perfectly, some programs doesn't works and they gave this error:
---------------
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 0000000106dcf000-0000000107297000 [ 4896K] r-x/r-x SM=COW

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x0000000109de2000 _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: 0x00007ffee8e30c58
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x0000000109de2000 rfl: 0x0000000000000200 cr2: 0x0000000000000000

Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000000
Trap Number: 0


Binary Images:
0x106dcf000 - 0x107296ff7 +??? (0) <51007A07-AF6D-38A3-AC56-73A69F10BCAB> (null)
0x109de1000 - 0x109e72f47 +??? (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: 455
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=6088K resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=6088K(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8404K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8404K(100%)

---------------

Until now don't find any solution but i'm hard.
If you have something special, let me know thanks.
I tried with Autocad, the program goes up but the mouse inside the drawing going very slow. I don't know why.

Best regard and nice week end

Andrea

 

[Ausdauersportler]

Hi Ausdauersportler

I "claimed victory before".
After some test, even if the second monitor works perfectly, some programs doesn't works and they gave this error:
---------------
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 0000000106dcf000-0000000107297000 [ 4896K] r-x/r-x SM=COW

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x0000000109de2000 _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: 0x00007ffee8e30c58
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x0000000109de2000 rfl: 0x0000000000000200 cr2: 0x0000000000000000

Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000000
Trap Number: 0


Binary Images:
0x106dcf000 - 0x107296ff7 +??? (0) <51007A07-AF6D-38A3-AC56-73A69F10BCAB> (null)
0x109de1000 - 0x109e72f47 +??? (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: 455
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=6088K resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=6088K(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8404K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8404K(100%)

---------------

Until now don't find any solution but i'm hard.
If you have something special, let me know thanks.
I tried with Autocad, the program goes up but the mouse inside the drawing going very slow. I don't know why.

Best regard and nice week end

Andrea

This looks the the famous AMFI issue which has been solved with this patcher long ago, but changed recently. I have no idea which method is in use right now since I do not use Catalina any longer.

You might try this, just enter sudo nvram boot-args=amfi_get_out_of_my_way=0x1 in a terminal, then reboot and check your apps, again.

 

[grooveq]

This fix has been included years ago into the iMac patch set needed additionally for iMac12,x running dosdude1 patched Catalina. There is no need to apply it twice.

Nothing to do with iMacs.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

@joevt if you recall, you invested quite some time trying to help me installing a second EFI patch to an internal Samsung Evo870. For closure I wanted to report that the unrelated high memory pressure of that drive on idle in my 5,3 consistently continued, even after a Firmware update. I finally 7-Pass erased it and returned the drive to the dealer.

Was it all for nothing? Not really! For someone whose only Terminal experience was severely limited, never having used a text editor, BBEdit, I did go quite far outside my comfort zone and learned a heck of a lot.

So thank you for all of your time, excellent instruction sets, patience and guidance over the last couple of months.

Cheers

 

[andymsat]

Hi everyone,
My experience about the issue relative the "AMFI: SIP is off, allowing core dump for pid...."
After some test with my Mac 12,2 and Catalina 10.15.7 I decide to remove all system with this method:

• Remove the HD from the iMac.
• Replaced the HD with another wiped.
• Create a USD drive with Catalina Patcher from DosDude1 site.
• Start the installation.
• Recovery any my application and documents only from my old HD (Not the system environment because after doesn't work and you will have the same symptom as before).
• Then if you have a GPU replaced with another or second monitor attached.
  • Problem with the internal Monitor (Blank screen) only it works with start the OS using the ALT key.
  • Some applications doesn't work and freeze so they need to re-install.
• See on https://forums.macrumors.com/thread....1596614/page-236?post=28406927#post-28406927 for install the correct kexts file.
• In the End you will have both monitors up and running with good performance.
• You can also update the Night Shift Patch if the OS will ask.

You can to try to install directly the Catalina OS directly in the old HD should be keep all Documents/Desktop and Application with the same account.

Now my issue when the Mac goes to suspend mode, it crash in panic mode and reboot, see on attach the log.
Someone could help me?

Thanks in advance

Cheers

 

[Ausdauersportler]

Hi everyone,
My experience about the issue relative the "AMFI: SIP is off, allowing core dump for pid...."
After some test with my Mac 12,2 and Catalina 10.15.7 I decide to remove all system with this method:

• Remove the HD from the iMac.
• Replaced the HD with another wiped.
• Create a USD drive with Catalina Patcher from DosDude1 site.
• Start the installation.
• Recovery any my application and documents only from my old HD (Not the system environment because after doesn't work and you will have the same symptom as before).
• Then if you have a GPU replaced with another or second monitor attached.
  • Problem with the internal Monitor (Blank screen) only it works with start the OS using the ALT key.
  • Some applications doesn't work and freeze so they need to re-install.
• See on https://forums.macrumors.com/thread....1596614/page-236?post=28406927#post-28406927 for install the correct kexts file.
• In the End you will have both monitors up and running with good performance.
• You can also update the Night Shift Patch if the OS will ask.

You can to try to install directly the Catalina OS directly in the old HD should be keep all Documents/Desktop and Application with the same account.

Now my issue when the Mac goes to suspend mode, it crash in panic mode and reboot, see on attach the log.
Someone could help me?

Thanks in advance

Cheers

Just to repeat a last time the current recipe to install @dosdude Catalina on an Kepler GPU modded iMac:

1. Get the patcher and the latest Catalina InstallAssistant, install Catalina but avoid legacy graphics patching at all cost.
2. Add Kepler GPU and machine related patches:
Mid 2011: Install this package to avoid sleep problems, black screen etc. or follow the guide from this post and this post.

 

[iAMmeStyle]

• Has anyone found a workaround for the unreponsive Safari Extensions tickboxes bug since 10.15.3?
Safari > Preferences ⌘, > Extensions > Tickboxes (on left) – will not enable upon clicking

• Japanese and Chinese Input Sources/Methods alike fail to convert letters to characters – usually freezing entirely, since Catalina's release. My only workaround is booting into a small Mojave partition to type documents, and then transfer to Catalina.
Is there any fix found for this?
System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources > + > Japanese or Chinese (Pinyin - Simplified)

• AirDrop is gone – I've been using Telegram messenger to send files from macOS ⟷ iOS. AirDrop isn't essential, but it is missed.

• Software Update pane reads "Your Mac is up to date" regardless if updates are available. I'm sure many are having this issue though – you can always download a new installer app with a Mojave partition or dosdude1's patcher

macOS 10.15.4 (19E266), Patcher 1.4.3
MacBookPro 7,1: 13" Mid-2010, 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 320M, 8GB DDR3, 240GB SSD

Useful Links:
– Zoom 4.5.9 is the last version that supports non-Metal GPUs – later versions give a black screen
You might need to remove these sometimes…not sure why ⬇︎
rm -r /Applications/zoom.us.app/Contents/Frameworks/ZoomOpener.app; rm -r ~/.zoomus
– Google's Japanese IME is a usable alternative for those who are on patched Catalina, just click MACばんをダウンロード (Download Mac Version) on the centre of the page.
– macOS Downloads Catalog is useful when certain offline voices just won't download (e.g. Siri Irish Male)
– AirParrot 1 in case you need AirPlay on a pre-2011 Mac (free for 7 days, then re-download)
– Reflector 1 to AirPlay an iOS device to your Mac (free for 7 days, then re-download)
– Windows 7 Ultimate x64 or Windows 7 Home Premium x64 direct ISO download links from Microsoft in case you need it for Bootcamp

I just recently updated my late 2009 iMac for Catalina. Finally I thought every issue was resolved then I realized the Zhuyin input method did not work. Most input methods I've tried have the same issue that can only get the first character then the next character empties all.

The only solution I know is to use "Google Input Tools". https://www.google.com/inputtools/