macOS 10.15 Catalina on Unsupported Macs

[pkouame]

From @nicksilverstein picture from a dualGPU seems to be using as primary the AMD 6750M, and even if the "dark mode" doesn't help in distinguishing well, seems that the Dock (thinner edges) is transparent under that AMD GPU.

Unless it's an hybrid acceleration that gained from the IntelHD3000.

I don't know about that. I was confused by that post also since I don't see anything accelerated. Looks like the Dock is simply framed to me. Maybe @nicksilverstein can post another screenshot where we can see a vibrant Dock or Notifiction Center or Finder etc. ?
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I think Lilu and Whatevergreen are what makes it work. The hackintosh community might have helped us here.

Lilu and WhateverGreen are simply a platform that simplify (in an elegant way) system patching and extension. Unless @nicksilverstein is talking about a plugin that enables acceleration ?

 

[Nick [D]vB]

Ok I see, I can still use some HD6xxxx graphics support on my Macbook Pro late 2011 btw
on these iMac's we can upgrade the GPU's

Sure, would still be great for MBP, whilst their AMD GPUs hold-up... I looked at trying to use the intel GPU to control the iMac back-light, no dice. Also been testing Mojave + Lilu/WEG to get HEVC decode on my iMac's WX7100, pretty sure I swapped a 6770 back in at one point, and would probably have noticed acceleration...

 

[ASentientBot]

No, that's just to enable hardware video encoding. Acceleration doesn't work, as seen here.

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The original screenshot clearly shows acceleration, though. Hey @nicksilverstein, would you mind sharing how you got this setup? This could be one of the most significant finds since last year.

 

[jackluke]

The original screenshot clearly shows acceleration, though. Hey @nicksilverstein, would you mind sharing how you got this setup? This could be one of the most significant finds since last year.

From his own machine if shares just this from Catalina Terminal:
kextstat > ~/Desktop/kextstat.txt

I guess it would be enough suffice to understand.

As a basis surely @nicksilverstein used all your Catalina patches, because without your patched non-metal frameworks no loginUI, and without patched IOSurface.kext the IntelHD3000 kernel panic on boot.

 

[pkouame]

The original screenshot clearly shows acceleration, though. Hey @nicksilverstein, would you mind sharing how you got this setup? This could be one of the most significant finds since last year.

Dock and menubar are not transparent/vibrant. I still don't see it. Maybe it's just me...

 

[0403979]

I got Final Cut Pro X 10.4.6 to launch on macOS Catalina on a MBP 2011 17-Inch without removing the AMD kexts. All I did was I installed macOS Catalina with @dosdude1's tool. Then, I installed Lilu and Whatevergreen and bam it launched. It's really buggy probably because Lilu and Whatevergreen haven't been updated for macOS Catalina yet and neither has Final Cut Pro X. I am going to try Mojave and Lilu and Whatevergreen. Maybe there's hope for these old AMD Cards after all (by someone way smarter than me). I'm going to post a picture (if you don't believe me) and look up my serial number (if you don't believe me either):

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That dock is definitely accelerated.

 

[TimothyR734]

O only see it in the dock to don't see the menubar

 

[pkouame]

From his own machine if shares just this from Catalina Terminal:
kextstat > ~/Desktop/kextstat.txt

I guess it would be enough suffice to understand.

As a basis surely @nicksilverstein used all your Catalina patches, because without your patched non-metal frameworks no loginUI, and without patched IOSurface.kext the IntelHD3000 kernel panic on boot.

Good suggestion. And if the screenshot was against a different background the Dark/Light mode vibrancy (true test of OpenGL acceleration) could be more obvious.

 

[bbfc]

O only see it in the dock to don't see the menubar

I don’t see it in the dock. Looks solid black to me.

 

[Starplayr]

The BCM94360CD from this ebay seller worked fine when used with the following adapter card in my MacPro 3,1.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Broadcom-B...629645?hash=item3d88c5314d:g:26MAAOSw~HJct1kA

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-PCI-E...303760?hash=item362c781f10:g:t4QAAOSwofxUbzDF

Thx. That works for me. On order.

 

[wiicart]

Does the MacBook 7,1 support AFPS booting natively?

 

[bmillz]

Does the MacBook 7,1 support AFPS booting natively?

Yes, as long as the machine was previously updated to High Sierra and received the firmware update in the process.

 

[GSXB]

Try running

sudo killall patcherd

in Terminal, then try running the tool. There's a few small cleanup operations I need to implement still to prevent this.

I've run that command in terminal and this happened

 

[Kevbasscat]

It is now a big mess with the opinions of @arqueox- and @ASentientBot-
and @pkouame. So how is the right patch (where to download and test?)
For Catalina Beta2 for the transparency of my MBP5.2
Thank you for download Link please.

It's a big mess because you're not following the instructions regarding "waiting" until the completed patcher is published. This has been posted by all the contributors here. Yes, it's like walking through a dark forest without a flashlight or compass. Personally, I am very grateful and at the same time patient, for each of their contributions, and understanding that these are just prices of a larger puzzle not yet finished, rather than complaining or being ungrateful that it doesn't meet your expectations yet. This group is awesome, and they inspire me to work harder so that one day I might be able to contribute like they have. You guys and girls are my heroes, literally, thank you so much!

 

[arqueox]

It's a big mess because you're not following the instructions regarding "waiting" until the completed patcher is published. This has been posted by all the contributors here. Yes, it's like walking through a dark forest without a flashlight or compass. Personally, I am very grateful and at the same time patient, for each of their contributions, and understanding that these are just prices of a larger puzzle not yet finished, rather than complaining or being ungrateful that it doesn't meet your expectations yet. This group is awesome, and they inspire me to work harder so that one day I might be able to contribute like they have. You guys and girls are my heroes, literally, thank you so much!

Come on... Move on. Don't need to do that. It was a week.ago. don't need to.spam.
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Good suggestion. And if the screenshot was against a different background the Dark/Light mode vibrancy (true test of OpenGL acceleration) could be more obvious.

The graphic card has 512 mb. That's acceleration, right?

 

[pkouame]

Come on... Move on. Don't need to do that. It was a week.ago. don't need to.spam.
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The graphic card has 512 mb. That's acceleration, right?

Not necessarily. You can get to login and UI without full OpenGL gpu based acceleration. That's the whole point behind our acceleration patches. If there's a Lilu/WhatEvergreen plug-in that enables GL acceleration on our unsupported non-metal machines - I'd like to see it!

 

[thicla01]

Try to reboot, you need Video Framebuffer loaded to use NightShift, anyway CoreBrightness, CoreDisplay, SkyLight, GPUWrangler and others tricky frameworks I prefer to replace them from single user mode or from another macOS with APFS write access to the disk. I don't replace them on-the-fly.
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- For Night Shift you could use this temporary fix (based on pikeralpha method): CoreBrightness Catalinabeta2 nightshift

- Catalina "Auto mode" seems to not work also on supported Catalina Mac

- To move/copy/edit system files just type from Catalina Terminal: sudo mount -uw / ; killall Finder
or better use this: Fix read-only error for APFS Catalina system files/folders

- About TimeMachine I guess the most important volume to backup should be the "APFS Data" since it's there that all the personal datas and settings are stored, anyway seems that on beta TM doesn't work properly yet

I rebooted but it is still not functional. I will wait for the final patch for that.

 

[TimothyR734]

I rebooted but it is still not functional. I will wait for the final patch for that.

You might try this app it still works in macOS Cat its called shifty its a night shift app

 

[wheels824]

You will have to make a bootable Mac OS installer Flash Drive on a different pc then Install Mac OS on your Mac Mini.

Which Mac OS you use is up to you, the latest officially supported Mac OS is High Sierra 10.13 on the Mac Mini 5,1

But 10.13 might not install right away on your Mac Mini, I recommend you install Sierra 10.12 do a "firmware update" for your Mac Mini which will be done through "System Updates" on your Mac Mini in Sierra and then you can install High Sierra.

If you know High Sierra was already installed on the Mac Mini before a disk wipe then the Firmware would already have had been installed on your Mac Mini and you can install High Sierra directly.

Hope this helps

I got everything back I used transmac on a pc made a usb installer I'm back on Mojave from @dosdude1 patch tool also my mini is 4,1 not 5 thank you for your help

 

[thicla01]

You might try this app it still works in macOS Cat its called shifty its a night shift app

Hello Timothy. Thanks for the advice. I remember that before I used f.lux. I will try this software again.

 

[jackluke]

Good suggestion. And if the screenshot was against a different background the Dark/Light mode vibrancy (true test of OpenGL acceleration) could be more obvious.

The fact is that FCPX typically used also in HighSierra a "dark mode UI style", so vibrancies are not much noticeable, however checking at minimum requirements: https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/specs/
seems that FCPX is capable to run also on an IntelHD3000, so not sure if a full acceleration on AMD 6xxx is really achieved there.

 

[jackluke]

I rebooted but it is still not functional. I will wait for the final patch for that.

Which GPU do you have ?

You need first a working GPU Video Framebuffer and possibly also the Video Acceleration (not required) to get Night Shift warmer color tones.

The GPU Video Framebuffer is required, since it detects correctly the Display (About this Mac - Displays tab), where "night shift" acts.

 

[thicla01]

Which GPU do you have ?

You need first a working GPU Video Framebuffer and possibly also the Video Acceleration (not required) to get Night Shift warmer color tones.

The GPU Video Framebuffer is required, since it detects correctly the Display (About this Mac - Displays tab), where "night shift" acts.

Hello jackluke.

I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4 GB with MacVidCards ROM. That card works well in Mojave. Also, Night Shift is activated and is functional in Mojave.

Both monitors are detected correctly in the Displays tab in Catalina. I have also video acceleration in Catalina




If you need other info, please let me know.

 

[sig357]

Dear community. I am hitting a wall on my cMP.

Hardware:
cMP 5,1 with RX580 GPU

Steps Taken:
Boot into recovery -> terminal (and run)
sudo nvram boot-args="-no_compat_check"

Download latest dosdude1 macOS Catalina Patcher Current Version: 1.0b3
Download latest Catalina beta and create bootable USB drive

Reboot to USB drive via System Preferences -> Startup Disk

Only get black (but lit) screen?

 

[dosdude1]

Dear community. I am hitting a wall on my cMP.

Hardware:
cMP 5,1 with RX580 GPU

Steps Taken:
Boot into recovery -> terminal (and run)
sudo nvram boot-args="-no_compat_check"

Download latest dosdude1 macOS Catalina Patcher Current Version: 1.0b3
Download latest Catalina beta and create bootable USB drive

Reboot to USB drive via System Preferences -> Startup Disk

Only get black (but lit) screen?

You need an EFI-flashed or stock Apple video card to perform the installation at this time. This will be rectified with later versions of the Catalina Patcher, once I implement full automation.