macOS 12 Monterey on Unsupported Macs Thread

[Steven*]

Check this page:

Create a disk set using Disk Utility on Mac

Use Disk Utility on your Mac to create a RAID set to optimize storage performance and protect your data.

support.apple.com

Try to setup your disks using the disk utility from the installer as described above and go ahead.

BTW: I cannot see an advantage in using a software RAID0 on two SSDs within a MacBookPro - it is not server. You may see some artificial high benchmarks when write data from memory to SSD but this is all. SSDs where build to get high IOPS, not to stream data to or from disks.

Thank you. I guess you're right about the usefulness (or uselessness) of a RAID 0 in a MacBook . I use this setup with Mojave, but was never able to upgrade to Catalina (there seems to be a way, however). So I was wondering if the OCLP workaround would change anything about that. Anyway, I might just destroy the RAID and continue with one Angelbird SSD to boot from + one HDD for extra storage.

 

[surfnode]

Install the root patches, Step #3 and WI-FI returns.

Yeah, I did the post install volume patches. I was reading one of the nightly builds is more up to date and that may fix it

 

[K two]

Im using chrome and works fine but the point is to report these bugs to the great developers of OCLP and hope they can pin point the problem and get a fix for it.
and just want say thank you for the hard work that these guys are doing so we can keep our old Mac alive

Dortania is well-aware of these bugs and works hard to fix any OCLP-related bugs. Apple's bugs can only be worked-around, our job.

 

[iMac27mid2011]

Hey everyone. Thanks for all the amazing work. I'm new to upgrades, and am trying to absorb everything here. I have a question that I can't seem to find detail on:

My Setup: I have a mid-2011 27" iMac. I already upgraded to a 1TB SSD, which made a huge difference. I just bought an AMD WX4150 and an i7-2600 (upgrade happening this weekend... fingers crossed!). I'm hoping to install Monterey when all is completed using OCLP.

The Situation: I am considering upgrading my bluetooth so I can use Airpod Pros and also potentially use Universal control when available.

My Question: If I install Monterey using OCLP after doing the above upgrades, then upgrade my bluetooth, will I need to do a fresh install of Monterey using OCLP to get rid of any bluetooth patches?

Thanks everyone!

 

[Ausdauersportler]

Hey everyone. Thanks for all the amazing work. I'm new to upgrades, and am trying to absorb everything here. I have a question that I can't seem to find detail on:

My Setup: I have a mid-2011 27" iMac. I already upgraded to a 1TB SSD, which made a huge difference. I just bought an AMD WX4150 and an i7-2600 (upgrade happening this weekend... fingers crossed!). I'm hoping to install Monterey when all is completed using OCLP.

The Situation: I am considering upgrading my bluetooth so I can use Airpod Pros and also potentially use Universal control when available.

My Question: If I install Monterey using OCLP after doing the above upgrades, then upgrade my bluetooth, will I need to do a fresh install of Monterey using OCLP to get rid of any bluetooth patches?

Thanks everyone!

Please stop double posting! Check the forum rules ....

 

[weckart]

I am in the same boat. I decided not to go past 11.6.1 on either of my 2012's. You can always dual boot and try it out and see if its worth it to deal with the system patch at every update. For me the ease of OCLP and 11.x was just the auto update and its like a supported Mac. I found 11.x to be very stable and fast on both machines. Apple should have supported the 2012's one more OS. Alas, they didn't and here we are tho..

I just installed OCLP and upgraded to 12.01 on my 2012 via Software Update unattended. No extra steps needed. It seems to work fine EXCEPT sleep is broken, which is a pity. The three finger salute does nothing and invoking sleep from the Apple menu just leaves me with a black screen and an active cursor on top. Moving the cursor gives me the lock screen so at least it doesn't crash or freeze. I have SSDs installed so shutting down isn't quite the pain it otherwise would be but hopefully, this is a temporary gltich.

 

[K two]

I just installed OCLP and upgraded to 12.01 on my 2012 via Software Update unattended. No extra steps needed. It seems to work fine EXCEPT sleep is broken, which is a pity. The three finger salute does nothing and invoking sleep from the Apple menu just leaves me with a black screen and an active cursor on top. Moving the cursor gives me the lock screen so at least it doesn't crash or freeze. I have SSDs installed so shutting down isn't quite the pain it otherwise would be but hopefully, this is a temporary gltich.

Redo Step#3.? Shut-down the Mac wait 30 seconds, re-start w/<option/alt> key, when the OCLP icon appears press <control> until the subicon becomes circular then ENTER, everything within hardware limits should now work. ?

 

[TigerA]

slightly off topic:

So you have a 27 iMac10,1 late 2009 - so adding a metal card might work. Try a K610M or (red) Dell M5100 - would be really interested in results

Thanks for your encouragement ? it‘s a 21.5” late-2009 iMac which has the onboard graphics chip.
I do have another 27” 2011 iMac for which I’ve ordered a K3100M card and eagerly waiting for the arrival?
wish me luck ???

 

[chucker23n1]

I'm on a MacBookPro11,2, but don't have a USB stick handy. Some of the OpenCore docs seem to mention using an internal drive; is it feasible to patch Monterey without the aid of an external disk? For example, if I shrink the APFS container to add a FAT32 partition afterwards?

 

[TigerA]

I'm on a MacBookPro11,2, but don't have a USB stick handy. Some of the OpenCore docs seem to mention using an internal drive; is it feasible to patch Monterey without the aid of an external disk? For example, if I shrink the APFS container to add a FAT32 partition afterwards?

It may be possible. Make sure you shrink the existing partition and create a new 16GB FAT32 partition (not container) for installing the Monterey installation media. You can also just install the OCLP to your internal EFI (a 209.7MB volume at the 1st of your disk partition & volume, normally shown as disk0s1) and use OTA update to install Monterey. In this case, you don't need to modify any partition.

 

[TigerA]

Thank you. I guess you're right about the usefulness (or uselessness) of a RAID 0 in a MacBook . I use this setup with Mojave, but was never able to upgrade to Catalina (there seems to be a way, however). So I was wondering if the OCLP workaround would change anything about that. Anyway, I might just destroy the RAID and continue with one Angelbird SSD to boot from + one HDD for extra storage.

If you really want to see just "one" disk instead of 2, why not use macOS FusionDrive function for which I am using right now for my 21.5" late-2009 iMac with the original 500GB HDD and a Samsung 500GB SSD installed in the previous CDROM bay, which forms a 1TB single FusionDrive. Right now I am running this iMac with Catalina and writing this post at this very moment. The only downside of the Fusion Drive is that you don't have control of file allocation and may not be a good idea installing multiple macOS onto the same FD...

 

[Jack Neill]

Check this page:

Create a disk set using Disk Utility on Mac

Use Disk Utility on your Mac to create a RAID set to optimize storage performance and protect your data.

support.apple.com

Try to setup your disks using the disk utility from the installer as described above and go ahead.

BTW: I cannot see an advantage in using a software RAID0 on two SSDs within a MacBookPro - it is not server. You may see some artificial high benchmark results when writing data from memory to SSD but this is all. SSDs where build to get high IOPS, not to stream data to or from disks.

I would say it depends on the machine, my MB 7,1 for instance benefits greatly from a Raid 0 in R/W's.

 

[Ausdauersportler]

I'm on a MacBookPro11,2, but don't have a USB stick handy. Some of the OpenCore docs seem to mention using an internal drive; is it feasible to patch Monterey without the aid of an external disk? For example, if I shrink the APFS container to add a FAT32 partition afterwards?

Hmm, you may install OpenCore through OCLP onto the (still existing but invisible) EFI partition of your current internal disk, reboot through OpenCore into your current macOS version and try a software update...
You may backup your data using TM or other tools before starting the update.

 

[Ausdauersportler]

I would say it depends on the machine, my MB 7,1 for instance benefits greatly from a Raid 0 in R/W's.

I know, this is slightly off topic:

Have you a specific use case where you benefit from reducing the MTBF of your data/system partitions and enhancing the theoretical write/read rate.

Have you any measurements about the benefits? Can you describe the particular setup, i.e where do the data comes from before written to disk or where does the data go after read from disk?

 

[Jack Neill]

I know, this is slightly off topic:

Have you a specific use case where you benefit from reducing the MTBF of your data/system partitions and enhancing the theoretical write/read rate.

Have you any measurements about the benefits? Can you describe the particular setup, i.e where do the data comes from before written to disk or where does the data go after read from disk?

No idea. I just feel like it's faster, especially moving files over Ethernet. Plus I had 2 512's laying around and now it has a 1TB drive. I don't care about data loss, it's not a mission critical machine.

 

[Ausdauersportler]

No idea. I just feel like it's faster, especially moving files over Ethernet. Plus I had 2 512's laying around and now it has a 1TB drive. I don't care about data loss, it's not a mission critical machine.

Measure it!
You need to have 10GE connection (1000MB/s) do max out your RAID0 setup (theoretical peak 2x 500MB/s).

 

[Jack Neill]

Measure it!
You need to have 10GE connection (1000MB/s) do max out your RAID0 setup (theoretical peak 2x 500MB/s).

The 7,1's are only SATA 2 so it won't reach 2x 500MB/s. With a RAID 0 it gets about 450ish.

 

[weckart]

Redo Step#3.? Shut-down the Mac wait 30 seconds, re-start w/<option/alt> key, when the OCLP icon appears press <control> until the subicon becomes circular then ENTER, everything within hardware limits should now work. ?

Gave that a go. Didn't do a thing. Sleep still broken.

 

[K two]

Gave that a go. Didn't do a thing. Sleep still broken.

Now that OCLP is correctly installed, would suggest SMC reset. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 ?

 

[webg3]

Check this page:

Create a disk set using Disk Utility on Mac

Use Disk Utility on your Mac to create a RAID set to optimize storage performance and protect your data.

support.apple.com

Try to setup your disks using the disk utility from the installer as described above and go ahead.

BTW: I cannot see an advantage in using a software RAID0 on two SSDs within a MacBookPro - it is not server. You may see some artificial high benchmark results when writing data from memory to SSD but this is all. SSDs where build to get high IOPS, not to stream data to or from disks.

If you used RAID-0 you'd know it's an advantage, everything opens faster when it's in RAID-0, referring to macOS Catalina, it is possible to install and update but the installer must be prepared with micropatcher, even you can install macOS Big Sur in RAID-0 using the old micropatcher, as it creates a layer that is able to skip the check and install to disk.

 

[sirfrancisdrake]

Hi guys! Many many thanks to all the people that work/worked/works on OCLP, what an amazing tool!
I've installed Monterey 12.0.1 flawlessly on my MacBookPro10,1 and I'm so happy about it!
Now, just a quick question: on the OCLP there's a mention here: Enabling SIP about the fact that I could be able to enable SIP on my MBP; BUT: when I tried to do it (of course using OCLP), on restar I wasn't able to boot correctly unless using my trusty USB key using that EFI and then rebuilding OCLP with SIP disable (as a default).
1) Am I missing something about doing it correctly?
2) Maybe I had to do a NVRAM reset immediately on reboot using the script built in (the one who appears pressing spacebar)?
3) Does the disable SIP have an impact on the native OS updates?
Many thanks! And sorry in advance if maybe some of my 3 question may resemble stupid or already asked

 

[Hakkond]

Hello. Installed Monterey on MacMini 4,1. Wifi, graphics have, sound not have. How fix it?
Reinstall not fixed. USB sound card works.
Kext install HDA and Alc not work...

 

[hvds]

I'm on 12.1b1 on an MBP5,2. Installed from full installer with OCLP 0.3.2 rdrand branch as of yesterday.

Mail (as came with 12.1b1) keeps crashing with the same message as you had (log attached). I tried to rebuild or clear the Mail index with Onyx (Monterey version available since a few days), but didn't help.

Browsers: previous Firefox version 93.0 crashed occasionally in 12.1b1. Installed the latest 94.0.1 today which seems stable so far. I'm using it since Safari still freezes and then needs restarting.

Mail 15.0 is stable now.

Maybe it needed an additional cold reboot after applying the Onyx index clearing.
I had also tried Mail 14.0 from Big Sur which couldn't run because of a missing symbol.

One of the two may have helped, anyway Mail is running well now since almost 24h. Fingers crossed...

 

[amaze1499]

After a few days/weeks with 12.0.1: Everything is running fine except for Safari, which is acting up. Stops loading pages or content, only loads it half, buttons not clickable. That browser is not ready for prime time at all. No issues with Firefox on the other hand.

 

[Synchro]

I'm having a weird Monterey upgrade issue on my Mac Pro 5,1 with Martin Lo's 0.7.5 OC package. I'm running 11.6, the update package appears in system prefs, it downloaded successfully, runs the upgrade process then reboots with no errors or problems, but I find myself back in 11.6 exactly as if the update had never happened. Did I miss something?