After the system hangs at 40% and you hear the voice over. reboot, hold the shift key when selecting EFI, hold this until it boots into macOS Monterey. Start OpenCore Patcher and select Post-Install Volume Patch. Reboot and your fine.
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After the system hangs at 40% and you hear the voice over. reboot, hold the shift key when selecting EFI, hold this until it boots into macOS Monterey. Start OpenCore Patcher and select Post-Install Volume Patch. Reboot and your fine.
I've yet to understand if I need to apply the OCLP Post-Install Patch on my 2013 MacBook Air with an Intel HD 5000. Everything seems to work ok, apart from some little graphical glitches around some edges (like others already mentioned) and the disk1s5 mismatch error that happened to me twice already after some time (had to reboot to get macOS fully working again). Do I need to do something else? Thanks a lot guys.
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Have you checked out the new thread?: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/monterand-probably-the-start-of-an-ongoing-saga.2320479/
Yes, just create and use an USB installer using the InstallAssitant.pkg as described in the OCLP documentation and on the very first post of this thread. And use the latest nightly build in case you try to install 12.1 beta.
Apple created so many road blocks lately, the course of action is: Always use the latest OCLP before installing a new version of Monterey. Otherwise you may experience failures.
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Without knowing the details about your MBP, you have two options:
1- Upgrade to 11.6.1 so you have the BootRom updated + use OCLP + do an OTA upgrade to Monterey
2- Upgrade to 11.6.1 + read the following thread and see if it applies to you: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/install-macos-monterey-12-macbook-pro-retina-late-2013.2307146
Hi, I installed Monterey on a Late 2013 13" MBP with OCLP 0.3.1, and everything is working fine and faster than Big Sur, which is great. However, today and yesterday, after I left the MBP sleeping overnight, it rebooted when I opened the lid again. This did not happen on shorter sleep periods so far.
Is there any setting or something I can try to fix this? I really didn't want to go back to Big Sur but it would also be bad for my workflow to reboot every day.
Is there any setting or something I can try to fix this? I really didn't want to go back to Big Sur but it would also be bad for my workflow to reboot every day.
So is there a patch for the HD4000 graphics card for Unsupported MBP's like my Mid-2012 A1278 for macOS Monterey? Or should I just stay with Big Sur 11.6.1? And how is the performance of Monterey vs. Big Sur on Unsupported machines been since the official release?
At this writing the OCLP version compatible w/12.1b is not in MAIN nightly distro but can be acquired, here: https://nightly.link/dortania/OpenC...build-app/rdrand/OpenCore-Patcher-TUI.app.zip and it works!!
I still have the Safari freezing, on 12.0.1 and 12.1b, with oclp 031 and 032 nighlies. Similar MBP as yours.
Using Firefox for now.
no issue on my 5,1 macs but on my MBP 2010 the scroll bar wouldn't work every great once in a while.
No biggie!
(simply restart safari)
simply go right over the top with the monterey update by either clicking "Install Monterey beta" or using the update feature or making a USB installer.
IT will not erase you data but make a BACKUP first!!!!!!!!!!!!!
for what reason do you want to do that? It seems to be working as good as 12.0.1?
Did you run the patch after installing?
And what @borp99 said:
MonteRand (probably the start of an ongoing saga)
EDIT (20dec21): It appears that only 12.1b1 requires MonteRand - subsequent betas and the 12.1 released version do not seem to have the RDRAND problem addressed by MonteRand. Also, it appears that the 12.1 released (non-beta) version does not require SurPlus, either. Yesterday, Monterey 12.1b1...
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See if any cMP brag screens show up? On this primitive Mini3,1 12.1b now appears more robust than 12.0.1.
thanks now i download oclp nightly 3.2 and then i try the update .... fingers crossed ..... ah since i install it as an update before i update oclp right?See if any cMP brag screens show up? On this primitive Mini3,1 12.1b now appears more robust than 12.0.1.
i installed Monterey on my old iMac 9,1 .A big THANK YOU to all Coders who put their brain power into it!
OK no gpu acceleration what was to be expected. But to play around a bit with it its good enough . Is there a way to edit the config.plist without the proper tree editor? It doesn't show anything but black. I could fix BT and WIFI if I could edit the config.
OK no gpu acceleration what was to be expected. But to play around a bit with it its good enough . Is there a way to edit the config.plist without the proper tree editor? It doesn't show anything but black. I could fix BT and WIFI if I could edit the config.
You need to use OpenCore of some type. Here is a couple of great threads to start from:
OpenCore on the Mac Pro
This guide explains how to use the excellent OpenCore boot loader to install, run, and update the latest version of macOS on the MacPro5,1, resulting in a clean, unaltered operating system just like on a supported Mac.
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OCLP and other OpenCore Packages/Managers
(I see a lot of talk but no action, so I'll take the plunge, even though I'll have little to contribute to this thread going forward.) OpenCore (code here, documentation here) is a boot loader; if you're not already familiar with it, here's an overview. If you are an advanced user or have...
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Use this for 12.1b: https://nightly.link/dortania/OpenC...build-app/rdrand/OpenCore-Patcher-TUI.app.zip because it works.
Do steps #1 and 2, shut-down> re-start <option/alt,> get OC boot-picker <control>select OCLP icon, when circular select ENTER, OCLP will now boot the selection from Startup Disk CP. macOS 12.1b should now be ready in S/W Update CP. It installed smoothly w/o intervention.
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Thank's yes i downloaded this version of oclp fingers crossed.....