Yes, use OpenCore Legacy Patcher, your hardware is fully compatible and capable through OpenCore.
For graphics acceleration on Monterey patch-root after installation, Big Sur doesn't need patch-root, just OpenCore.
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macOS 12 Monterey on Unsupported Macs Thread
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For graphics acceleration on Monterey patch-root after installation, Big Sur doesn't need patch-root, just OpenCore.
Caution. Currently, 12.5 and OCLP (current 0.4.8 and older versions!) do not work properly with Kepler GPUs like the GT630 and 640M/650M. Once you patch for acceleration, you'll be stuck in a login-loop.
This has been reported here now for a couple of times, and the last known version of Monterey without that flaw was 12.5 beta 2 (or 3). Beta 4, 5 and RC are affected.
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Experience a bug on 12.5 rc only on trying to maximise photos window . Causes it to log me out anyone else had this issue? Who has installed it. Only a issue on photos app.
Update: now realise it’s when using a NVIDIA card is the reason for this crash.
Update: now realise it’s when using a NVIDIA card is the reason for this crash.
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Now released OCLP 0.4.8
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It sounded like this part from the changelog could be it:
- Fix AppleGVA regression introduced in 0.4.6
- Applicable for Ivy Bridge-only systems
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Has anyone else tested this? I just talked with khronokernel and nothing was added in 0.4.8 to address this issue. 12.5 might be dropping today 7/18!
Just break into the Apple Spaceship and steal one of the iPads with an experimental MacOS build on it.
Installed 0.4.8 on an iMac 13,1 at around 07:00 UTC. The boot loop problem has not been corrected.
Perhaps it’s bad luck, but for the moment it can’t be recommended.
Yes, I know Apple had MacOS running on Intel even back in 1992. Yes, I know you can shoehorn anything to anything, especially if it works in same hardware architecture. Point is, aside from top of the line iPad Pros, this does not make any sense.
Does this kepler issue with Monterey 12.5 apply only to macbook pros, or does it apply to any mac that has a kepler card?
For example will my iMac 2011 with nvidia K2100m suffer from bootloops if I update to 12.5 and apply the GPU patches?
For example will my iMac 2011 with nvidia K2100m suffer from bootloops if I update to 12.5 and apply the GPU patches?
It seems to apply to all Kepler-equipped Macs, as reports came in from iMac13,1 users and also Mac Pro (3,1 to 5,1).
Better wait for confirmation of one of the devs that they started working on it and there is at least a nightly of OCLP that adresses this...
Minor correction. It´s not about bootloops but login-loops. A big difference for debugging...
Also: Up to 12.5 beta 2 it´s all ok, problem started with beta 3 or 4 and persists in the RC.
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worth a try, I had issues on Intel HD Graphics 4000 with Monterey 12.5 RC, and I was only able to solve the acceleration by patch-rooting through OCLP 0.4.5. I left auto login before so I don't have any login looping issues (this I recommend doing first).
But weren't we initially talking about Kepler's, not Intel's?
I guess we´re talking about two different problems:
You have solved your intel HD4000 related issues (probably OCLP not able to link kernel correctly any more on more recent versions) whereas the Nvidia Kepler (GT630/640M/650M and others) problem is a completely unsolved one.
(To make sure I just patched 12.5RC for Kepler with OCLP 0.4.5 and had the same login loop again on my Mac Pro 5,1).
As written before.
0.4.8 does not help, as also would have been expected: The devs neither acknowledged the issue nor have they documented such a remedy in the changelog of 0.4.8.
Folks, stop guessing and wishful thinking. Kepler for metal is a dead end right now...
Thank you for testing this. I was hoping we could get some testing from 9,1 10,1 and 11,3 owners.
regardless of architecture, the patch-root was not working on Monterey 12.5 RC with the latest versions, I asked to test on OCLP 0.4.5 because this is the only one that managed to recreate the preboot on my Air, I believe others that depend on the rebuild preboot cache should solve using this OCLP 0.4.5, if you see the documentation, you can see that they changed a lot in the patch-root in this version, making it more robust, but in OCLP 0.4.7 some changes were made, and it is not effective with the Monterey 12.5 RC. Thank you so much for trying and reporting the bug.