Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

macOS 12 Monterey on Unsupported Macs Thread

Status
The first post of this thread is a WikiPost and can be edited by anyone with the appropiate permissions. Your edits will be public.
ok, next question while my MacBook updates OTA, I have an iMac 12,1 with metal card. On here I see lots bout wifi/bt not working now but on the OCLP site it only mentions requirement of the metal card. are the wifi/bt issues resolved?

Thanks
 
KernkraftX360 said:
Can you share which method you use? Do you use OCLP 0.0.31? That's a GPU official Mac EFI right? My GTX640 used to work under High Sierra and Catalina, but seems like not anymore since I've gotten a black screen during boot even after the Volume Patch.
Click to expand...
This was a clean install on a clean ssd. For this created my usb used OCLP .31 for EFI. After install installed to local EFI. Rebooted and then post install patch.
The screenshot is before post install patch. Explains the discolor on left column.
Wi-Fi totally works, but no luck with Bluetooth. It is not important to me at the moment.
Good luck and hope it works out.
 
Will unsupported devices running Monterey receive OTA updates? If so, can I install them without killing everything? Many thanks and kind regards
 
offthehook said:
Will unsupported devices running Monterey receive OTA updates? If so, can I install them without killing everything? Many thanks and kind regards
Click to expand...
Yes, you will receive updates. If you need system volume patches (e.g. for HD4000 graphics, etc.) then you would not get incremental (~2.5GB) updates, but you will still get full (~12.5GB) updates, and you will have to re-patch after each update (it will run, but run slow, until re-patched).

Can you install each update without killing everything? Not always! https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/monterand-probably-the-start-of-an-ongoing-saga.2320479/

If you don't want to be on (and sometimes possibly over) the bleeding edge, you can just wait a minute until each update is reported as still okay for your system on this thread.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Ausdauersportler and iMac-iPad
Bmju said:
Yes, you will receive updates. If you need system volume patches (e.g. for HD4000 graphics, etc.) then you would not get incremental (~2.5GB) updates, but you will still get full (~12.5GB) updates, and you will have to re-patch after each update (it will run, but run slow, until re-patched).

Can you install each update without killing everything? Not always! https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/monterand-probably-the-start-of-an-ongoing-saga.2320479/

If you don't want to be on (and sometimes possibly over) the bleeding edge, you can just wait a minute until each update is reported as still okay for your system on this thread.
Click to expand...
Thanks :)
 
Hi on my 2015 MacBook I’ve booted big sur oclp - it downloads the uodate and gets to 52minutes remaining then says ‘an error occurred while preparing’

Any ideas tried a few times…
 
  • Like
Reactions: Ausdauersportler, hvds, iMac-iPad and 2 others
Danwilderspin said:
Hi on my 2015 MacBook I’ve booted big sur oclp - it downloads the uodate and gets to 52minutes remaining then says ‘an error occurred while preparing’

Any ideas tried a few times…
Click to expand...
I have to ask, this is a supported Mac for Big Sur, right? (At least according to Apple's own page, and the first page of this thread...) (As for the actual problem, I've never got it, so apart from Google... all I can add is to confirm that it definitely should work fine, even if you are using OC on a supported Mac. )

EDIT: Ah, I only just spotted you posted this on the Monterey thread, so you are just asking about updating from Big Sur to Monterey! Doh! Sorry, ignore me. :)
 
Last edited:
@Ausdauersportler that did the trick thanks!

I'm trying to do the install on my macbook pro 15"retina (macbookpro11,3) That was ok till Big Sur.
The install looks ok, till it's nearly finished. It stops at the black screen with the Apple logo en the progressbar at 40% Then a voiceover voice is heart (?!)

Anyone with the same issue?
 
  • Like
Reactions: zekesc
I'm writing this response hoping someone can help with Monterey 12.0.1. I have installed Monterey on my mid-2014 MacBook Pro 11,3 - 2.8 GHz, i7 retina duel graphic card. On the final process, my mbp hangs on to boot up. I can log into Monterey only in safe boot mode. Once login, I finish the setup. I then reboot back into Monterey, I enter my login password, but it still hangs.
 
Last edited:
Hello everyone, please tell me. I installed macOS Monterey on my iMac 27 (late 2013) using the Open-Core Patcher method. Then I installed Patch System Volume. Everything started working well, but Photoshop gives an OpenCL unavailable error before launching. I also saw small artifacts in the system interface. Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
 

Attachments

  • 1635523725176.png
    1635523725176.png
    60.4 KB · Views: 95
  • 1635446259600.png
    1635446259600.png
    41.6 KB · Views: 88
  • 1635446853574.png
    1635446853574.png
    30.7 KB · Views: 90
  • Like
Reactions: thienluong89
ashtown said:
Hello everyone, please tell me. I installed macOS Monterey on my iMac 27 (late 2013) using the Open-Core Patcher method. Then I installed Patch System Volume. Everything started working well, but Photoshop gives an OpenCL unavailable error before launching. I also saw small artifacts in the system interface. Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
Click to expand...
Im having the same graphics glitch as You, but it seems to appear also in Finder list view. Cant test photoshop though.
Im using MBP 2014, 13in Retina (11,1)
 
  • Like
Reactions: thienluong89
mwidjaya said:
How much free disk space?

Needs a lot ~35GB.

If you can't free up the needed space, use USB installer instead.
Click to expand...
Ok loads further now thanks...

it runs through everything gets to less than a minute and says time to reboot... reboots (with oclp usb in still) but just boots back into Big Sur? done this twice? any ideas?
 
Marty56 said:
Question.
I have a MacBook Air 2013 and have installed OCLP on my EFI SSD.
After reboot Systemreference and Software Update still only show Big Sur 16.1 but no Upgrade to Monterey.

It is correct that for an OS Update I have to create a USB Stick and boot from this stick by the OCLP boot loader?
Click to expand...
did you resolve this I have the same issue
 
jag5cof said:
I'm writing this response hoping someone can help with Monterey 12.0.1. I have installed Monterey on my mid-2014 MacBook Pro 11,3 - 2.8 GHz, i7 retina duel graphic card. On the final process, my mbp hangs on to boot up. I can log into Monterey only in safe boot mode. Once login, I finish the setup. I then reboot back into Monterey, I enter my login password, but it still hangs.
Click to expand...

Also have a mid 2014 my experience was if it hangs on login it still isn’t patched correctly with opencore (again I’m not a expert but my experience) running opencore Kepler patch in safe mode rebooting and logging in fixes this issue for me .
 
TigerA said:
1. run OCLP select #1 and #2, pick a disk and select #1 for rebuilding EFI, then reboot with newly build EFI, then pick the macOS.
2. run OCLP again, select #3. if still failed SIP, have a look of #2,502.

Note:
1. As you can see in your photo, you can't use csrutil disable command when using OCLP.
2. And you have to always boot up your Mac with OCLP EFI (either on your internal SSD/HDD or external one). Ideally you want to have the OCLP EFI on your internal SSD/HDD and auto select by holding Ctrl key then select the EFI, and subsequently do the same for your macOS. After you've done this once, your system will pick the right EFI and macOS automatically ever after.
3. Try OCLP v0.3.2 Nightly (TUI version) ....
Click to expand...
Thanks for the suggestion.
I finally downloaded the 12.0.1 version, made a boot usb, and patched it with the latest OCLP and reinstalled the whole macos. after that OCLP managed to patch it post-install, everything is working fine now. Thank you for the help
 
  • Like
Reactions: TigerA
Danwilderspin said:
it runs through everything gets to less than a minute and says time to reboot... reboots (with oclp usb in still) but just boots back into Big Sur? done this twice? any ideas?
Click to expand...

You have missed a step somewhere...

- Think you should follow the OCLP guide step by step; read the guide thoroughly!!!

- Including using the USB installer (Monterey) that doubles up as OCLP EFI

PS - If you don't understand what to do, just stop. This stuff is not meant for you.
 
Last edited:
mwidjaya said:
You have missed a step somewhere...

- Think you should follow the OCLP guide step by step; read the guide thoroughly!!!

- Including using the USB installer (Monterey) that doubles up as OCLP EFI

PS - If you don't understand what to do, just stop. This stuff is not meant for you.
Click to expand...
I have done this from scratch on an iMac 12,1 so know what I'm doing its the upgrade element im struggling with. I have only put oclp on the usb not the installer as this is ota...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back