Thst’s not normal. Have you tired recreating the installer stick. And how large is your usb?
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macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs
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Yes. 2 times. First with an 32GB USB Stick, Second time with an 500GB External HDD
No.
Create the a usb stick third time now. I will post an Screenshot after creating USB.
Create the a usb stick third time now. I will post an Screenshot after creating USB.
Please use the -v flag at the end of the command for verbose output.
That would depend if that card is available and is the interface same type that 3,1 accepts. Plus the 3,1 may have a different entry point to get its network working with may rely on the previous kext to access it. Also if it's an 802.11ac card, it would be an expensive replacement. 802.11n cards are much cheaper.
The beta 1 app is incompatible with macOS Patcher 3.0 beta. You can download beta 2 with macOS Downloader.
One thing we should check is for differences with the
/System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC.kext/Contents/Info.plist
<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>
<key>Broadcom 802.11 PCI</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.driver.AirPort.BrcmNIC</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>AirPort_BrcmNIC</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IODefaultMatchCategory</string>
<key>IONameMatch</key>
<array>
<string>pci14e4,43ba</string>
<string>pci14e4,43a3</string>
<string>pci14e4,43a0</string>
</array>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>1400</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
<key>TruePowerOff</key>
<true/>
</dict>
in Mojave to see if the IONameMatch keys have been reduced and if that would explain why the BCM94360CD wifi card isn't recognized by stock Catalina.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Broadcom_BCM94360CD shows the PCI id as http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/14e4/43a0 so that the last entry there seems to be the match.
/System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC.kext/Contents/Info.plist
<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>
<key>Broadcom 802.11 PCI</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.driver.AirPort.BrcmNIC</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>AirPort_BrcmNIC</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IODefaultMatchCategory</string>
<key>IONameMatch</key>
<array>
<string>pci14e4,43ba</string>
<string>pci14e4,43a3</string>
<string>pci14e4,43a0</string>
</array>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>1400</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
<key>TruePowerOff</key>
<true/>
</dict>
in Mojave to see if the IONameMatch keys have been reduced and if that would explain why the BCM94360CD wifi card isn't recognized by stock Catalina.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Broadcom_BCM94360CD shows the PCI id as http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/14e4/43a0 so that the last entry there seems to be the match.
This is the OSX Terminal command (possibly doing from your supported OSX ElCapitan/HighSierra) to get your AirPort (ARPT) Wifi PCI id:
ioreg -r -n ARPT | grep IOName
However adding in the Info.plist an additional <string>pci14e4,4xxx</string>
is not suffice, you have to binary patch your AirPortBrcmNIC.kext whitelisting your boardID to make the stock Catalina IO80211Family.kext working. I done it with AirPortBrcm4360.kext and everything is working .
Still the Same error. USB was created Without any errors. New Catalina App downloaded with macosDownloader. Again this Mouse/Keyboard Image After Booting from usb
Try verbose booting with “CMD + V” at startup and film it all.
Hi. Disconnect and connect the pairing button and wait. This works for me
I'm having the same issue he is having at the boot of the installer, where I get told to connect the magic mouse on a mac 5,1 flashed
(I'm sorry, I usually lurk, but I had to sign up to be able to become part of this discussion)
On pre-2010 Mac you won't have the bluetooth OOB working on Catalina (especially in the Installer) , so you should use only usb-wired-keyboard/mouse (possibly plugged from the power-on) during the Catalina Installer.
My mouse and keyboard are plugged in via USB and they won't work at all and I still get that same screen. I've even tried to hit spacebar key (because I've read doing that will bypass that) with zero results
You may try to use this in your Catalina Installer, download from dosdude1 repository the "macOS Catalina PartialPatcher.app"
Then show its packages /Contents/Resources/prelinkedkernel
copy this prelinkedkernel inside your /CatalinaInstaller/System/Library/Prelinkedkernels/
This should enable the very legacy USB kext.
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Hello everyone. First of all, I wanna thanks everyone who is involved in making old MACs to run latest releases of macOS. I have MacBook Pro5.5 (C2D, without native APFS support), so I was wondering can I use @dosdude1 or @0403979 patchers to install Beta 2 on my MacBook Pro, or I have to wait for full patchers? I have tried dosdude's patcher, but right before end i get this message: "macOS could not be installed on your computer. An error occurred while updating systen extension information. Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again."
I posted previously that my BCM94360CD is working in Cat B2. The part of the Info list for CAT B2 is here:
<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>
<key>Broadcom 802.11 PCI</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.driver.AirPort.BrcmNIC</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>AirPort_BrcmNIC</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IODefaultMatchCategory</string>
<key>IONameMatch</key>
<array>
<string>pci14e4,43ba</string>
<string>pci14e4,43a3</string>
<string>pci14e4,43a0</string>
</array>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>1400</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
<key>TruePowerOff</key>
<true/>
</dict>
This seems the same as Mojave to me. Mojave info list gives the same. However, I did use dosdude1's patcher so do not know what changes this made behind the scene. All I know is that I have wifi and bluetooth working fully with continuity, handoff and Airdrop all working. If you need any info let me know.
A prerequisite of both our patchers is that you must either have native APFS support or use the APFS ROM Patcher.
You may try this: AirDrop function "Search for an Older Mac" for Catalina
That will add the extra AirDrop menu to discover and be discovered from legacy Mac that from Catalina supported Mac (or recent Broadcom Airport devices) has been dropped and also the ContinuityActivationTool developers are unaware of it.
Since your AirPort has been detected OOB, you just need this AirDropInfoView.nib
Here
Not sure if you use the AirPortBrcm4360, but same method should apply also to the AirPortBrcmNIC.kext
Just open "AirPortBrcmNIC" unix exec with an hex editor search for this ASCII "Mac-" or its hex "4d 61 63 2d"
I have noticed that inside the AirPortBrcmNIC there are more AirPort functions, of course, since those Wifi Cards support natively continuity, handoff and other services.
You can also hold down command-v at boot to do the same thing.
I keep my nvram set with -v. And with this I can always boot up single user mode by holding down command-s. And for safe mode command-x.
Just demonstrating you can do these options on the fly and just put your most popular one in nvram.