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macOS 12 Monterey on Unsupported Macs Thread
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Hello, I'm new to this forum and I need some help getting started with OCLP. It was recommended to me for my late 2013 iMac that I can't update past Catalina. I found the Mr. Macintosh videos but I need help where to get started because there are so many and I'm a newbie. This is the one I was going to start with...
(The reason I need to update my OS is so that I can update XCode which I use to build an open source app for a closed-loop insulin delivery system with the help of a DIY community.)
Monterey on Unsupported Mac [2008-2014] OpenCore Legacy Patcher!!!
(The reason I need to update my OS is so that I can update XCode which I use to build an open source app for a closed-loop insulin delivery system with the help of a DIY community.)
Here's a good place to start, read through a few pages to understand the OCLP installation workflow: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/START.html
I have tried to install Monterey on my MacBook Pro 2014 with Open Legacy Patcher without any success.
Model: MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core i7" 2.5GHz Mid-2014 (DG) GeForce GT 750M
At first, I had ended up with Apple Logo and progress bar where one can hear voiceover at the back.
Figured out Nvidia GT750 GPU not yet supported. Installed Monterey again but this time by booting into Safe Mode I was able to finish the installation.
By that time, I had some doubts wanting Monterey. The whole system was lagging, the display resolution went berserk.
I have done root patching then I gave up. Nothing was running smoothly.
Maybe I have done something wrong, or did not follow the instruction, or both. At the end, I decided to go back to Big Sur.
I shared my experience for others to learn from it. Maybe do not give up early as I did.
Thank you to the Open Legacy Team for all the hard work. Hopefully new release will come soon which will address the issues I faced. Thank you everyone.
Model: MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core i7" 2.5GHz Mid-2014 (DG) GeForce GT 750M
At first, I had ended up with Apple Logo and progress bar where one can hear voiceover at the back.
Figured out Nvidia GT750 GPU not yet supported. Installed Monterey again but this time by booting into Safe Mode I was able to finish the installation.
By that time, I had some doubts wanting Monterey. The whole system was lagging, the display resolution went berserk.
I have done root patching then I gave up. Nothing was running smoothly.
Maybe I have done something wrong, or did not follow the instruction, or both. At the end, I decided to go back to Big Sur.
I shared my experience for others to learn from it. Maybe do not give up early as I did.
Thank you to the Open Legacy Team for all the hard work. Hopefully new release will come soon which will address the issues I faced. Thank you everyone.
Hi using same model and OCLP 0.4.1 you will have to use safe mode when installing Monterey everytime to patch the graphics but it runs perfectly on my machine .
Maybe search for a help video (some great videos on using OCLP) and try again also you could try downloading first version of Monterey as was a easier install than having to root patch graphics just to get started.
Was running perfect in the same model, though I don´t have it now. The trick is install only post patrches in safe mode, booting from USB, NOT the whole OCLP. Once patched, start normal mode and run OCLP, not the post install patches. Install OCLP in safe mode is not posible.
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Update to 12.2RC atop 12.1 OTA via OCLP_041TUI offline variant - everything intact. Runs as expected.
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The Dreaded $50 Mini strikes, again.?
I have the same Mini. Did you install blur beta? I thought I did, but I still get the same graphics glitches.
No, what graphics glitches? ?♂️
Additional:
During 12.0b6 this script was run but not since.?♂️
Code:
defaults write -g ASB_BlurBeta -bool true
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Did you not have to do the post-install graphics patch with the latest Monterey beta and 0.4.1? When I noticed the update available, I decided to forego the uninstall patch route and take OTA which ended up being ~12G (vs. 1-3G previously) and I still had to apply the post install patch in order to get my HD4000 builtin graphics available.
Happy camper here. No entitlements whatsoever ;-)
Running OCLP on a few Macs and currently investigating a slow boot on a MacBook Pro retina mid 2012. A1398.
It has a cheap-ish generic Chinese 1TB SSD that works great with Monterey 12.1 and OCLP 0.4.1 once boot is done.
Boots every time but takes several minutes at boot every time. Multiboot Win 10 under OCLP on same machine takes 30 secs. It looks to me like an Apple problem which is the same as the one for external SSD:s that is reasonably well reported.
No big deal and can certainly live with it but if someone has a tweak in OCLP for this I would be all ears.
.. and best wishes for 2022. Be safe, be well!
Running OCLP on a few Macs and currently investigating a slow boot on a MacBook Pro retina mid 2012. A1398.
It has a cheap-ish generic Chinese 1TB SSD that works great with Monterey 12.1 and OCLP 0.4.1 once boot is done.
Boots every time but takes several minutes at boot every time. Multiboot Win 10 under OCLP on same machine takes 30 secs. It looks to me like an Apple problem which is the same as the one for external SSD:s that is reasonably well reported.
No big deal and can certainly live with it but if someone has a tweak in OCLP for this I would be all ears.
.. and best wishes for 2022. Be safe, be well!
Hash mismatch is gone in 12.1 (21C52)
mds not longer appears in crash reports at every turn on. I stayed in this version for a while and can confirm that no matters how long the mac has been on, it doesn't appear anymore. At least in the Macbook pro 13' 2014
mds not longer appears in crash reports at every turn on. I stayed in this version for a while and can confirm that no matters how long the mac has been on, it doesn't appear anymore. At least in the Macbook pro 13' 2014
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Suggest this gets posted to Discord? Recent discussions there. ?
Need more info? OCLP version, more detail about install and result.
If OCLP is correctly installed an OTA update install should proceed to completion, unattended. Then if root patches are required, they can be installed. ?
I updated OCLP on both drives to 0.4.1 and did not upgrade macOS; I'm sticking with what I've got until the 12.2 public release drops. Was just getting prepared. I did not have to rerun post install patches for that; probably/maybe will have to redo post install patching when I go to 12.2 public.
The current 12.2 is a Release Candidate(RC). Build 21D48
New product in asset audience(s)!
macOS122RC: macOS Monterey 12.2
Version 12.2 added January 19, 2022 6:00 PM
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I figured it out soon after I posted (but lost my internet connection for awhile). I just ran the GUI version, selected Beta Blur, logged out and back in, and all is good now
Great to know. That option is not in the TUI version.?I figured it out soon after I posted (but lost my internet connection for awhile). I just ran the GUI version, selected Beta Blur, logged out and back in, and all is good now
I had successfully upgraded a 2.5 GHz MacBook Pro 11,2 to Big Sur 11.6.2 using OCLP 0.4.1, but then for some reason it refused to 'see' the Monterey upgrade in System Preferences until I enabled minimal spoofing in the SMBIOS spoof level menu.
Rebuilt, rebooted with minimal spoofing and now Monterey is an upgrade choice. As others have stated, I'll wait for Apple to release 12.2 so I can get the more secure Safari.
Rebuilt, rebooted with minimal spoofing and now Monterey is an upgrade choice. As others have stated, I'll wait for Apple to release 12.2 so I can get the more secure Safari.
2011 iMac (NVIDIA QUADRO K1100M N15P-Q1 2GB GPU) updated (clean OpenCore install ) Big Sur - > Monterey.
Everything seems to work ok.
Next I will install Monterey in my MacMini 2012 server.
Anyone has test Opendirectory etc. in unsupported Mac?
- screen share not work? I only see black screen?
EDIT: solved
Turn all the screen sharing settings off
Restart Mac
Turn all the screen sharing settings on
Now it works again
Everything seems to work ok.
Next I will install Monterey in my MacMini 2012 server.
Anyone has test Opendirectory etc. in unsupported Mac?
- screen share not work? I only see black screen?
EDIT: solved
Turn all the screen sharing settings off
Restart Mac
Turn all the screen sharing settings on
Now it works again
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Hi All,
I have had a look on the first page, it's something I've thought about for while, but cannot find the answer.
Is it possible to use RAID 0 with OCLP on Monterey. Currently I'm running the latest OS Monterey via OCLP v0.4.1 on my 2011 A1312 iMac 27 inch i7-2600 3.4Ghz, 32GB Ram and AMD WX4130 GPU.
I've the guides on how do the hardware changes inside such as the wiring etc for my iMac, however I wanted to knows if it will work on Monterey. I have 2x Samsung 860 EVO SSDs by the way.
Thanks all.
I have had a look on the first page, it's something I've thought about for while, but cannot find the answer.
Is it possible to use RAID 0 with OCLP on Monterey. Currently I'm running the latest OS Monterey via OCLP v0.4.1 on my 2011 A1312 iMac 27 inch i7-2600 3.4Ghz, 32GB Ram and AMD WX4130 GPU.
I've the guides on how do the hardware changes inside such as the wiring etc for my iMac, however I wanted to knows if it will work on Monterey. I have 2x Samsung 860 EVO SSDs by the way.
Thanks all.
I would start by copying the EFI folder into the unit RAID-0; Unfortunately I don't have a model for RAID-0 anymore, this is something really fun and cool to play with.
Thanks, just looking at ways to get more fast read / write speeds.
I am also looking at the Thunderbolt - Thunderbolt 3 Apple adapter then using an external NVME SDD to boot OSX off there, apparently I should get double speeds.