macOS 12 Monterey on Unsupported Macs Thread

[dadiy]

Anyone running Ventura 13.3.1 on a MacBookPro13,3. Currently on 13.2.1 and things seem stable just not sure if it's safe to upgrade.

 

[Pablo Wannafly]

thanks @m4v3r1ck, just tried with the same results. 😖
Tried Camo too that instantly crashes.

Everything works fine on my system apart the apps related to the webcam's phone.
Maybe updating to 12.6.5?
Or downgrading to OCLP 0.4.11? Should it work with monterey 12.6.2?

 

[Pablo Wannafly]

@Wickintime could they be locked?

just found this terminal command to unlock the icons:
defaults write com.apple.Dock contents-immutable -bool false; killall Dock

and this to lock them again:
defaults write com.apple.Dock contents-immutable -bool true; killall Dock

 

[Wickintime]

Ah, now that looks interesting, I'll let you know!

 

[jotzet]

Hello,

When I do the Root Patches using 0.6.5 I receive this on my MacBookAir4,2


Any clues?
Thank you,
J

 

[mwidjaya]

When I do the Root Patches using 0.6.5 I receive this on my MacBookAir4,2

Kexts.

 

[trifero]

@Pablo Wannafly Perhaps this might be a direction for you to investigate as well.

I am on macOS Monterey 12.6.5 (21G531) and updated - unnecessary - all the way up to OCLP 0.6.4. Some apps were opening and crashing instantly. Obvious not a great match. Was advised by MR member to revert back to OCLP 0.5.0 for my Mac Pro 5.1 (mid-2012) on Monterey, because further updates of OCLP was not useful or even getting things worse.
Major apps are back up-and-running.

Hopes this helps. Cheers

I´m on OCLP 0.6.3 and my Mac Pro 5,1 runs simply perfect.

 

[jotzet]

Kexts.

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Bam, this did the trick! Thanks a bunch!

 

[SPJones]

I thought about posting this in the MacOS Apps forum, but because I'm running Monterey using OCLP, thought I'd try here first.

Since I installed Monterey on my late 2013 iMac, Safari has stopped being functional. I get the 'a problem repeatedly occurred' message on every site I navigate to. A google search suggests disabling Java Script via the Developer menu, which I did. However, that leaves certain bits of certain sites unusable. I've also tried cache clearing.

Does anyone have any other suggestions or has anyone else encountered a similar issue?

Mac 21.5-inch Late 2013
Monterey 12.6.3
Safari 16.4.1

 

[RoboPapa]

Kexts.

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Hi, and thanks for this.

Option one does not work for me.
Option two, I do not have the /Library/Developer/KDKs folder.
Option Three I get an error bless: unrecognised option`--bootefi--last-sealed-snapshot'

Please advise?

 

[Ventola]

Unable to do post install root patch on OCLP 0.6.5 (no issue on 0.6.4), does anyone have any idea what's the error about?

 

[TimmuJapan]

I thought about posting this in the MacOS Apps forum, but because I'm running Monterey using OCLP, thought I'd try here first.

Since I installed Monterey on my late 2013 iMac, Safari has stopped being functional. I get the 'a problem repeatedly occurred' message on every site I navigate to. A google search suggests disabling Java Script via the Developer menu, which I did. However, that leaves certain bits of certain sites unusable. I've also tried cache clearing.

Does anyone have any other suggestions or has anyone else encountered a similar issue?

Mac 21.5-inch Late 2013
Monterey 12.6.3
Safari 16.4.1

I had this same problem once on a 2012 mbp running supported Catalina.
First, everytime that problem came up, I had to restart the machine, and that would temporarily fix the problem.

Finally, I reinstalled macOS, and it solved the problem more permanently.

 

[SPJones]

I had this same problem once on a 2012 mbp running supported Catalina.
First, everytime that problem came up, I had to restart the machine, and that would temporarily fix the problem.

Finally, I reinstalled macOS, and it solved the problem more permanently.

Thanks Timmu. There's no change when rebooting. I think it's going to be another fresh install using OCLP

 

[Omega Mac]

On OCLP 0.6.5 | Monterey 12.6.5 but I'm seeing a 12.6.6 in the updates pref, can't find info on 12.6.6 in dev account, notes only go up to 12.6.5 - This is the security note https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201222

First time on OCLP macOS and I assume you can not run updates as normal via the usual for the OS

Prefernces > Software Update

Can anyone confirm?

Also what about Safari etc. can those update be run as normal?

 

[Omega Mac]

Did anyone have issue updating Xcode.app ?

Scratch that found the download link for 12.5

 

[deeveedee]

Kexts.

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Thank you for posting this. I've reported issues with post-install patching in the Ventura thread and this is the first I'm seeing these recommendations. Prior to seeing this, I first attempted "Revert Root Patches" (OCLP > Post Install Root Patch > Revert Root Patches) and if that didn't work, I performed a clean macOS install to a new APFS Volume and then Migrated my data/apps from the old volume.

Where did you find this?

 

[MacRalf]

On OCLP 0.6.5 | Monterey 12.6.5 but I'm seeing a 12.6.6 in the updates pref, can't find info on 12.6.6 in dev account, notes only go up to 12.6.5 - This is the security note https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201222

First time on OCLP macOS and I assume you can not run updates as normal via the usual for the OS

Prefernces > Software Update

Can anyone confirm?

Also what about Safari etc. can those update be run as normal?

You can perform the macOS and Safari updates just as usual. You only need to run Post Install Root Patch in the OpenCore Legacy Patcher app after every update.

 

[Pablo Wannafly]

@Pablo Wannafly Perhaps this might be a direction for you to investigate as well.

I am on macOS Monterey 12.6.5 (21G531) and updated - unnecessary - all the way up to OCLP 0.6.4. Some apps were opening and crashing instantly. Obvious not a great match. Was advised by MR member to revert back to OCLP 0.5.0 for my Mac Pro 5.1 (mid-2012) on Monterey, because further updates of OCLP was not useful or even getting things worse.
Major apps are back up-and-running.

Hopes this helps. Cheers

Nothing, back to OCLP 0.4.11 with no results.
The app still crashes trying to connect to the phone and Camo crashes on startup.

Any other idea? Maybe a Monterey clean installation could solve it?

 

[ivansebastiant]

hi please help. i cannot use my camera or my mic for google meet via safari or chrome. what should i do. imac 2011 27 inch gpu upgrade.

already using tccplus wrapper hotfix
but it doesnt fix permission

 

[Ricophil]

I just installed OCLP 0.6.5 On a 2008 mac pro running Monterey. i tried installing root patch but it gives me this failure message, " FAIL TO BUILD RELEASE COLLECTION: UNABLE TO RESOLVE DEPENDENCIES: 'COM.APPLE.DRIVER.USB.APPLEUSBHOSTPLATFORMPROPERTIES' NAMES A DEPENDENCY ON 'COM.APPLE.DRIVER.APPLEUSBHOSTMERGEPROPERTIES; WHICH WAS NOT FOUND. PLEASE REBOOT THE MACHINE TO AVOID POTENTIAL ISSUES RERUNNING THE PATCHER. your help would be greatly appreciated in resolving that issue.

 

[RoboPapa]

Hello,

When I do the Root Patches using 0.6.5 I receive this on my MacBookAir4,2

View attachment 2197685
Any clues?
Thank you,

Hi, Did you find a solution to this as I have the same issue?

 

[davidlv]

I just installed OCLP 0.6.5 On a 2008 mac pro running Monterey. i tried installing root patch but it gives me this failure message, " FAIL TO BUILD RELEASE COLLECTION: UNABLE TO RESOLVE DEPENDENCIES: 'COM.APPLE.DRIVER.USB.APPLEUSBHOSTPLATFORMPROPERTIES' NAMES A DEPENDENCY ON 'COM.APPLE.DRIVER.APPLEUSBHOSTMERGEPROPERTIES; WHICH WAS NOT FOUND. PLEASE REBOOT THE MACHINE TO AVOID POTENTIAL ISSUES RERUNNING THE PATCHER. your help would be greatly appreciated in resolving that issue.

I had a similar case, solved by:
1. use MountEFI (available on Github) to mount the EFI partition, and
2. erase everything in that partition, then
3. reboot and reset the NVRAM (hold down Command + Option+r+p keys at startup until you hear 2 bongs)
4. rerun the OCLP build and Install, write to the startup disk, reboot, and
5. rerun the post install root patches.
There is no need or benefit in using OCLP later than 0.6.1, and 0.4.11 may be best for Monterey.
I suggest trying 0.4.11 first. <https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/releases>

 

[maccoops]

Leaving High Sierra behind you left also some features only supported on more recent macOS versions by different hardware, like AirDrop & UC (needs BT/WiFi upgrade), AirPlay (needs different dGPU or better metal iGPU), Metal (needs metal dGPU), etc.

There are some third party software products offering similar features without hardware upgrades, free teleport for UC etc. The big search machine is your best friend here.

P.S.:
AirPlay to AppleTV remains broken even with an updated dGPU on Monterey as far as I can tell. Worked with all new AMD dGPU until Catalina.

About the dGPU change check the link in my signature.

I have installed a Metal GPU (AMD 5100M) on my iMac 12,2 mid 2011 and can confirm that at least audio airplay is broken on Monterey :-(

Will be going to back to Big Sur and trying my luck there.

 

[m4v3r1ck]

I had a similar case, solved by:
1. use MountEFI (available on Github) to mount the EFI partition, and
2. erase everything in that partition, then
3. reboot and reset the NVRAM (hold down Command + Option+r+p keys at startup until you hear 2 bongs)
4. rerun the OCLP build and Install, write to the startup disk, reboot, and
5. rerun the post install root patches.
There is no need or benefit in using OCLP later than 0.6.1, and 0.4.11 may be best for Monterey.
I suggest trying 0.4.11 first. <https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/releases>

I found out the hard way - apps not playing well / at all - that this is the recommended strategy. OCLP 0.5.0 is my sweetspot.

 

[deeveedee]

While Monterey is still my preferred macOS on my MBP6,2, I am booting Big Sur, Monterey and Ventura with the same OCLP-065 EFI (which I upgraded to OC 0.9.2) and patching all with the same OCLP-065 root patches. I choose to maintain OCLP-consistency across macOS versions to preserve my sanity and this strategy is working well for me. Based on comments in this thread, it appears that I'm lucky and that this single-OCLP strategy may not work for other SMBIOS models.

EDIT: In a separate test volume, I am testing Ventura 13.4 with OCLP 0.6.6n (17 May 2023) and it is working well. So far, the only OCLP 0.6.6 EFI change for my MBP6,2 is the change of OCLP-Version from 0.6.5 to 0.6.6 in the config.plist, so I'll be able to use my current EFI (which has already been upgraded to OC 0.9.2 with the latest Acidanthera kexts and already has OCLP-Version = 0.6.6). To upgrade to OCLP 0.6.6 when it is officially released, I will only need to apply OCLP 0.6.6 post-install patches to each macOS.