macOS 11 Big Sur on Unsupported Macs Thread

[MacHacJac]

UPDATE #7 on my patcher:
-I've been POUNDED with DMs and it is nearly unanimous: wait longer for a better patcher. I personally agree too

-I'm continuing to work on the patcher apps, as well as my website. Soon I might start the post-install section.
-I'm studying dosdude1's work to see how the patch updater works. I'm still a little in the fog with it, but there is a possibility that I'll have a patch updater made.

-Unfortunately for my work, it's that time of year. I'm starting school on Sept. 8th, and will have to slow down my work on the patcher to accommodate for schoolwork. Don't worry, though, I'll still have loads done!

-I would like to thank everyone here who has contributed to the cause. Despite these unprecedented times, many individuals here chose to still work on getting macOS on unsupported Macs. I applaud all of these people. My patcher wouldn't have been possible without them.

EDIT: As of this post, I'm changing my name to MacHacJac, my profile for my patcher, once MacRumors gets back to my request. My discord username will also change from MacStory4 to MacHacJac.


Cheers.

 

[Joonyv]

I ran the unpatch.sh in 0.0.19 using the usb installer I already had with 0.1.0 after that I repatched it with micropatcher.sh, rebooted to the usb installer, ran the setvar script and then the kext script without rebooting between them. Reboot and, hopefully, all will be working

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I get an error on my MacBook Air 2012 “could not find kernel mach-o kmutil failed” this while trying the Kext script. Any ideas please?

 

[thatsmeonlyme]

I get an error on my MacBook Air 2012 “could not find kernel mach-o kmutil failed” this while trying the Kext script. Any ideasi
I get an error on my MacBook Air 2012 “could not find kernel mach-o kmutil failed” this while trying the Kext script. Any ideas please?



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[Joonyv]

I ran the patch over PB2 just to repair the handoff problem.

Did you reinstall the OS? I’m running the patch and getting an error.

 

[LuisN]

Did you reinstall the OS? I’m running the patch and getting an error.

Nope. I got some error(s) when applying the patches but it worked after rebooting. I was already running PB2 without continuity

 

[thatsmeonlyme]

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[thatsmeonlyme]

Did you reinstall the OS? I’m running the patch and getting an error.

see my post 3565 and act as described and install from usb. Allthough I have tested only with MBP MID 2012 non Retina. Just check compatibility of your machine. Caution : you need micropatcher V 0..0.19.

 

[MacPeet]

Today I also did the update from DP4 to DP5 on my MacPro3,1.
Everything works as always:
- cmd-s / exit for keyboard
- AppleHDA changed (no Snapshot PrelinkedKernel, only KC), audio works with DP5
- WLAN still native
- AirDrop here no problems with DP5

 

[Marc Berner]

Need help... Micropatcher does not work. Running Big Sur Beta 4

 

[nandor690]

Should be expecting macOS Big Sur beta 6 anytime now as iOS 14 beta 6 just dropped

 

[LuisN]

Need help... Micropatcher does not work. Running Big Sur Beta 4

Did you create a bootable usb installer first? It seems it is trying to patch an empty usb disk

 

[thatsmeonlyme]

Need help... Micropatcher does not work. Running Big Sur Beta 4

see my post 3565

 

[Marc Berner]

Did you create a bootable usb installer first? It seems it is trying to patch an empty usb disk

THX, just created a new one and it works.

 

[David Alejandro Rachè]

Big sur beta 5 on my RMBP late 2012, everything works with micropatcher although it tends to get really hot.

 

[Ausdauersportler]

Big sur beta 5 on my RMBP late 2012, everything works with micropatcher although it tends to get really hot.

Install Macs Fan Control to ramp up the fans, otherwise you may kill some components on the long run...after every new OS installation spotlight starts to index the disk, again. The causes the CPU and disk to get hot...

 

[bogdanf]

Today I also did the update from DP4 to DP5 on my MacPro3,1.
Everything works as always:

Fantastic, finally someone with a MacPro 3,1 install. What was the procedure you followed, any walkthrough available by any chance ?

 

[LuisN]

Fantastic, finally someone with a MacPro 3,1 install. What was the procedure you followed, any walkthrough available by any chance ?

I'd also like to know. Can't make the installer boot in mine

 

[Ghostrider66]

i cannot get to run the /Volumes/ Image\ Volume/set-vars.sh in terminal after booting to usb.
keep getting no such file or directory

 

[Ghostrider66]

i cannot get to run the /Volumes/ Image\ Volume/set-vars.sh in terminal after booting to usb.
keep getting no such file or directory

Sorted. Panic Over

 

[Frankie.S]

I got Big Sur installed on my Late 2012 Mac Mini. I used the A1425 guide. Everything seems to work except for wifi.

Why would you be installing Catalina Beta when this is Big Sur Beta?

I think Catalina was a typo. I get the same prompt when installing Big Sur Beta 4.

 

[MacHacJac]

Should be expecting macOS Big Sur beta 6 anytime now as iOS 14 beta 6 just dropped

Nah, wouldn't get my hopes up. Beta 5 just barely came out a few days ago.

 

[MacHacJac]

UPDATE #8 on my patcher:
I know this is probably getting annoying, but I want to keep everyone posted on my updates.

-I realized AppleScript is not too good for my purpose. I think I'll make it, but put more focus on my Xcode app as AppleScript is really limited.
-Fixed s'more buggers. Nothing special. Finally starting to actually integrate the patcher into the app (yay!).
-I had a HUGE realization: SwiftUI is only supported on Catalina, but I want my patcher to work for many of the modern OS's (I was thinking through Yosemite). Sooooooo... I'm gonna use UIKit, which I know almost nothing about. Fortunately, though, I don't have to start over, as I didn't do too much UI yet.
-I heard back from a MacRumors staff member: VERY pleasant experience. He was very kind and will let me change my name from MacStory3 to MacHacJac. Should happen soon!

 

[Glenn P Kaufman]

Thanks to all the contributors here for their hard work!!! It's a work in progress, but at least most is working now. Mid 2011 iMac. Swapped out the Radeon 6790 for Quadro k2100m.

 

[Lars B.]

UPDATE #8 on my patcher:
-I had a HUGE realization: SwiftUI is only supported on Catalina, but I want my patcher to work for many of the modern OS's (I was thinking through Yosemite). Sooooooo... I'm gonna use UIKit, which I know almost nothing about. Fortunately, though, I don't have to start over, as I didn't do too much UI yet.

UIKit is available in Mojave and Catalina (and Big Sur) only. If you want to go back to earlier versions of macOS, you need to use AppKit instead.