macOS 12 Monterey on Unsupported Macs Thread

[Pri-est]

Sleep your mac at night, then come back the next day....., mine didn't wake (Display) from sleep as it many times does on Monterey, I then have to force a restart, next a black screen, almost nothing worked, even OCLP picker, downgraded to 0.2.5 and it's back to normal, so, I say it is (bugs in) OCLP.

Confirm! My CMP 2009 can't wake under MacOS 12.0 Beta 7. PowerOFF and Reset SMC need to normal boot.

 

[MacRumors3590]

B8 - OCLP 0.3.0 - SurPlus
just updated (4) cMP 5,1 and a mBP 2010 GT 330M via OTA and all went perfect!!!!
THANK YOU GUYS!!!!! ?

 

[cab_007]

I was able to do OTA for B8 even though I had post-install applied. I unpatched, rebooted and let the OTA go through perfectly fine (couple of reboots later, without holding down Option key and booting EFI). Afterwards I applied the post-install patches to return my HD4000 display. OCLP (0.2.5) Rocks!!! I'm still wary on the potential false VirusTotal flags, lol.

 

[amaze1499]

MacBook Pro 9,2 Update to 21A5534d done directly via SoftwareUpdate OTA. All automatically. Repatched with OCLP 0.2.5. No issues whatsoever. BT was enabled right from the start.

 

[Ausdauersportler]

With your instructions, I have been able to update to macOS Monterrey Beta 8 smoothly, best until now. Thank you very much. ;-)

Check and search this thread why your BIOS backup is so important and how to keep it alive and secure from becoming corrupted - there is a four NVRAM reset cure called Deep NVRAM Reset used on a regular basis. I do not own an MacPro5,1, just sending the message.

 

[K two]

??Beta 8 atop Beta 7 OTA via OCLP_030 Offline Variant, smoothest update, yet. C/P issues from b7 remain but not show stoppers. Looks good, overall.

 

[Pri-est]

Successfully Updated my CMP 2009 MacOS 12.0 Monterey from beta 7 to beta 8 by OTA update.
System volume patched for keppler GPU support.
Issues - without issues
OCLP 0.3.0 (without nvmefix kext)

 

[TigerA]

I managed to set the VMM flag in EFI/OC/config.plist and the beta-8 update showed up on my beta-6 iMac12,2 running OCLP.
For the newbies like me, you don't need any new apps to do this. All you need to do is to
1. find your EFI containing OC by typing "diskutil list" and find the right EFI disk?s1.
2. mount this EFI by typing "sudo diskutil mount disk?s1".
3. find EFI/OC/config.plist and use TextEdit to change/add the following
<key>Cpuid1Data</key>
<data>AAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAA==
</data>
<key>Cpuid1Mask</key>
<data>AAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAA==
</data>

If you can't save this file, copy to your desk first and edit there. Then copy back to the EFI/OC/ folder.
That's all. Enjoy.
Note1: My initial config.plist did not have any data in these 2 fields.
Note2: Just noticed that the latest OCLP v0.3.0 nightly build has added the fix for "Monterey T2 SMBIOS don't get OS updates without a T2 SBM", # Forces VMM patch instead.
Note3: I am pleasantly surprised that the default Photos app no longer crashes on my iMac12,2? This now is equivalent to the Big Sur compatibility. It would make me even happier if the other default apps like iMessage be fixed in the future OCLP release.
Note4: Just noticed the Security & Privacy Preference can't be opened.
Update Note4: After deleted com.apple.systempreferences....plist in /Users/yourid/Library/Preferences/ByHost/ and com.apple.preference.general.plist in /Users/yourid/Library/Preferences/ followed a reboot, the Security & Privacy Preference pane came back.
Update Note4 mark2: spoke too soon: A few minutes later, the issue came back again. It's caused by the crash of com.apple.preference.security.remoteservice. But I don't know a cure yet.
More info from the crash report:
Process: com.apple.preference.security.remoteservice [659]
Path: /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Security.prefPane/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.preference.security.remoteservice.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.preference.security.remoteservice
Identifier: com.apple.preference.security.remoteservice
Version: 1.0 (1)
Build Info: SecurityPref-510000000000000~325
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Responsible: System Preferences [638]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2021-09-30 19:34:37.0786 +1000
OS Version: macOS 12.0 (21A5534d)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Time Awake Since Boot: 130 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 2 Dispatch queue: com.apple.CoreGraphics.RemoteContexts

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000007fc06c39c18
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000007fc06c39c18
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11
Terminating Process: exc handler [659]

Latest update: finally fixed this issue by reinstall the beta 8 from an Install macOS Monterey partition (just like an external USB stick with Install macOS ...).

 

[junley4]

Successfully updated my imac 12,2 with k3100m and stock BT/Wifi from Big Sur 11.6 to Monterey Beta 8 using OCLP 0.2.5.

1. Updated via OTA then after several reboots, the machine booted to beta 8 without graphics acceleration and wifi.
2. Connected the machine via LAN
3. Ran OCLP and applied post install patch
4. Reboot
5. Enjoy!

Thanks to all the minds behind the latest release of OCLP.

 

[Larsvonhier]

Monterey beta 7 problem, not sure if it somehow relates to eGPU support fail of beta 8 also:
cMP3,1 with GT630 metal capable card works fine with OCLP 0.2.5 and 0.3.0 with beta 6 but reverts back to
unaccelerated GPU usage on beta 7. No need to say, latest DisplayPort OCLP settings ceased to work also.

Went back to beta 6 for now.

Any success stories here or what to observe to get this running with metal support?
Does beta 8 behave better in this context?

 

[Tockman]

but reverts back to
unaccelerated GPU usage on beta 7

Did you apply post-install patches?

 

[Larsvonhier]

Did you apply post-install patches?

None needed, it´s a metal capable GPU (just edited out the wrong "X" from my prev. post) and worked until beta 6. Just the usual OCLP settings for booting applied, as always.
Or did I miss some changes from b6 to b7 here ?

 

[Ausdauersportler]

None needed, it´s a metal capable GPU (just edited out the wrong "X" from my prev. post) and worked until beta 6. Just the usual OCLP settings for booting applied, as always.
Or did I miss some changes from b6 to b7 here ?

B7 dropped Kepler support, that is the change you missed

OCLP 0.25 and later has added Kepler patch support.

 

[Larsvonhier]

B7 dropped Kepler support, that is the change you missed

OCLP 0.25 and later has added Kepler patch support.

Ah, I see. Thanks!
So on systems that need Kepler-re-enabling the OCLP >= 0.2.5 will have an additional root volume patch for it?
Will it re-enable metal API usage or fall back to OpenGL then? (And I´d guess b8 acts the same way?)

 

[Tockman]

Ah, I see. Thanks!

You could read it on some of 10 last pages.

 

[Larsvonhier]

You could read it on some of 10 last pages.

That requires that "Kepler" and GT630 rang a bell with me... ;-)
I assumed it would not apply for this card and was just happy to see DP monitor output fixed and latebloom made obsolete. That´s what I took away reading the previous 10 pages.
So thanks again. Hint appreciated!

 

[0134168]

I've installed OpenCore Legacy and I'm on Big Sur 11.6 right now. Will I be able to directly update to Monterey from System Settings or do I need to install it only via USB, formatting my drive? Thanks!

If you make it via USB installer, you DON´T have to format the drive. It will be updated to Monterey with all your files ans settings intact.

 

[edzuper]

I have a iMac 27 Late 2013 running Monterey Beta 6 installed with Ben Sova Mini Patcher 0.1.1 but updating to latest Beta 8 is getting a Firmware error during installation. I've tried deleting - reinstalling - creating the usb installer over again and nothing works. Is it possible to update to Beta 8 using OCL without losing data ? Do I have to reinstall the current Beta 6 with OCL before updating to Beta 8 ?

 

[Ausdauersportler]

I have a iMac 27 Late 2013 running Monterey Beta 6 installed with Ben Sova Mini Patcher 0.1.1 but updating to latest Beta 8 is getting a Firmware error during installation. I've tried deleting - reinstalling - creating the usb installer over again and nothing works. Is it possible to update to Beta 8 using OCL without losing data ? Do I have to reinstall the current Beta 6 with OCL before updating to Beta 8 ?

Do you have a working installation, or not?

You may install the latest nightly build of OCLP (it replaces the EFI of the micropatcher base with the OpenCore), start your working Monterey and use the Apple software update from system preference to update.

Just keep a few things in mind:
- B7 and later broke Nvidia Kepler support and you need to use OCLP post install patching, now!
- There is a new firmware check within the installer which needs OCLP latest to get around.
- Have a backup in case you break everything.
- The B7 full installer is broken and unusable. Needs fixing in case you want it to use.

You can also download and build a stock B8 full installer following the OCLP docs.

 

[edzuper]

Do you have a working installation, or not?

You may install the latest nightly build of OCLP (it replaces the EFI of the micropatcher base with the OpenCore), start your working Monterey and use the Apple software update from system preference to update.

Just keep a few things in mind:
- B7 and later broke Nvidia Kepler support and you need to use OCLP post install patching, now!
- There is a new firmware check within the installer which needs OCLP latest to get around.
- Have a backup in case you break everything.
- The B7 full installer is broken and unusable. Needs fixing in case you want it to use.

You can also download and build a stock B8 full installer following the OCLP docs.

Ok, but reading the OCL instructions first I have to reinstall the same Monterey Beta 6 with OCL before updating to Beta 8, that's correct ? About the post install patching, yes my iMac has an NVidia GT755 ( screenshot attached ) Appreciate your help

 

[K two]

AHOY! Beta 8 fixes the Beta 7 InstallAssistant>createinstallmedia wahoo.

 

[alexcorpse]

I have problems update beta 8 reboot with msu 1013 unable to load context option into context

 

[justperry]

??Beta 8 atop Beta 7 OTA via OCLP_030 Offline Variant, smoothest update, yet. C/P issues from b7 remain but not show stoppers. Looks good, overall.

Seems like you haven't been using OS X(macOS) for a long time, there used to be a time when updating needed 1 restart only, one could update when the computer was still in use, then when it was finished you decided to restart or not, that only took a few minutes.

 

[justperry]

I have problems update beta 8 reboot with msu 1013 unable to load context option into context

Erm...what....


No really, what is that cryptic language you use.

 

[K two]

Seems like you haven't been using OS X(macOS) for a long time, there used to be a time when updating needed 1 restart only, one could update when the computer was still in use, then when it was finished you decided to restart or not, that only took a few minutes.

• Finder 5.3, System 3.2 ? Running an Unsupported Mac teaches patience and tolerance. ?