macOS 12 Monterey on Unsupported Macs Thread

[maxsp97]

Did anyone try to install the software from the "Applications" folder? Beta 8 with OCLP 0.2.5, I did on my iMac 21.5 mid 2011, after created USB installer for just in case needed.
You will surprise a lot faster than from USB installer.

 

[jonnyv34]

Macbook air 2012 on MOntery Beta 8 and OCLP 0.3.0 is it possible to enable SIP and vault?

 

[vince22]

Macbook air 2012 on MOntery Beta 8 and OCLP 0.3.0 is it possible to enable SIP and vault?

HD4000 graphics acceleration requires root patching with SIP disabled otherwise very laggy system if that’s ok with you.

 

[chris1111]

Anyone needs the new theme MacDrive for Monterey 12
Download ➤ MacDrive
Enjoy
EDIT ** I have Change the badge for Metal

 

[Adamscomputerrepair]

2009 Mac Pro 5,1 here. I’ve tried everything to get Monterey on my Pro. It installs through the first restart, then says “Error verifying firmware” and makes me boot back to Catalina. What am I doing wrong guys?

 

[MacRumors3590]

2009 Mac Pro 5,1 here. I’ve tried everything to get Monterey on my Pro. It installs through the first restart, then says “Error verifying firmware” and makes me boot back to Catalina. What am I doing wrong guys?

I had the same issue and put the HD in another cMP and it went through and worked. I think it was the fact I had a different video card in the other mac pro 5,1

 

[KennyW]

Running Monterey b6 in iMac 2010 with OCLP 0.2.5 and upgraded metal AMD GPU.
However, no later beta update shown in System Update.

With OCLP 0.3.0n, direct incremental update to beta 8 was successful in ~45 min for the whole process with a few auto-restarts. No crashing or force-reboot.

And my USB3 mod still functions well. Hibernation works. Apple TV+ DRM works.

 

[Larsvonhier]

2009 Mac Pro 5,1 here. I’ve tried everything to get Monterey on my Pro. It installs through the first restart, then says “Error verifying firmware” and makes me boot back to Catalina. What am I doing wrong guys?

Try booting into the installer with OCLP 0.3.0, then revert back to 0.2.5 after you got it installed (due to some serious bugs in 0.3.0 for daily use).

 

[justperry]

Try booting into the installer with OCLP 0.3.0, then revert back to 0.2.5 after you got it installed (due to some serious bugs in 0.3.0 for daily use).

Yup, that's what I needed to do after my Mac Mini started up with a black screen after it wouldn't wake up from sleep, picking a disk from OCLP boot picker did not work.

 

[K two]

Beta 7 and 8, OCLP_025 or OCLP_030n, apps run perfectly, ONCE but will not re-launch after Mini runs for 30 minutes or so. A cascading failure. Yet, 11.6 runs without issues on any OCLP version on the same Mac. Observed on more than one machine. Not seen in Beta 6, btw. sudo purge, no help.

 

[furdi]

Hi guys! Tryed upgrading my MBP 9,2 mid 2012 non retina, from B7 to B8 using the usual OCLP 0.2.2 and USB installer but got the same 'firmware' error... Patched the system with OCLP 0.2.5 and tried the OTA upgrade and surprisingly... WORKED like a charm! Patched for HD4000 and got everything working perfect, including wifi and BT! Thank you all for pioneering and sharing on this forum helping all of us keep using our amazing machines... Have an amazing week-end!

 

[AlexSakha67]

Hello World?A quick install of macOS Monterey 12.0 Beta 8 on MacBook7,1.
1) Since 12.0 Beta 7, the update was installed 12.0 Beta 8, but after logging into the system there were constant reboots. I did not even have time to click on the mouse?
2) On MacPro3,1 downloaded 12.0 Beta 8 and created a USB stick (Nightly OpenCore Patcher (GUI), installation went fine.
3) On MacBook7,1 I also installed via USB flash drive (12.0 Beta 8), created on MacPro3,1?
4) After installing MacBook7,1 created efi again (Nightly OpenCore Patcher (TUI) 3.Post-Install Volume Patch?
5) MacBook7,1 works almost like new original Apple appliances - inside my house only?
Bottom line: Sound, Wifi, brightness, finger gestures, usb, what you need, everything works. And most importantly, the GeForce 320M is very smooth, contrast-clarity, everything works perfectly at the highest level?
Thank you with all my heart, you are the Geniuses of our WORLD✌️??
macOS 12 Monterey on Unsupported Macs ?✨OpenCore Legacy Patcher?Khronokernel,ASentientBot,DhinakG and everyone involved in the development of OCLP ??

 

[0134168]

Unable to boot an usb installer with Beta 8 and OCLP 0.3.0 Has tried everything. It worked with other beta versions on Monterey. The displays turns grey during the boot proccess, not off. I wonder if it will have something to see with the video card.

 

[alfon_sico]

I buy a Mac mini 2014 that is supported for Upgrade macOS native (before I had Mac mini 2012 and use OCPL for installations and boot Big Sur and Monterrey on it)

Well, I see the there is some things that still not supportable in Mac mini 2014 as it is sidecar and airplay on Mac

Good that I notice that OCPL has "FeatureUnlock 1.0.3 rolling (07-07-2021)" on it and enable this features

How could I install FeatureUnlock without install others features that I don't need actually or may I have to apply full OCPL 0.2.5 in my system?

 

[Ausdauersportler]

I buy a Mac mini 2014 that is supported for Upgrade macOS native (before I had Mac mini 2012 and use OCPL for installations and boot Big Sur and Monterrey on it)

Well, I see the there is some things that still not supportable in Mac mini 2014 as it is sidecar and airplay on Mac

Good that I notice that OCPL has "FeatureUnlock 1.0.3 rolling (07-07-2021)" on it and enable this features

How could I install FeatureUnlock without install others features that I don't need actually or may I have to apply full OCPL 0.2.5 in my system?

Check the TUI patcher options, there is a setting to allow installation on still supported systems especially to use FeatureUnlock.
Check your config.plist what else will be installed that way.

 

[alfon_sico]

Check the TUI patcher options, there is a setting to allow installation on still supported systems especially to use FeatureUnlock.
Check your config.plist what else will be installed that way.

Sounds great
I load TUI version but I’m not sure how choose the options very well
I appreciate if you could write down a more detailed process
I can’t figure out the things to plug on/off and the process to choose the supported model

 

[Ausdauersportler]

Sounds great
I load TUI version but I’m not sure how choose the options very well
I appreciate if you could write down a more detailed process
I can’t figure out the things to plug on/off and the process to choose the supported model

start TUI

5
8
y
q
1
2
q

do not mess with the order

 

[mikew67]

MBP10,1, macOS Monterey Dev beta 8, full install, OCLP 2.5-TI app (and 3.0, too, run from command line), default settings ==> bootable Monterey, but:

• white Apple logo & thermometer pop to shrunken size at last stage of boot,
• internal Retina display is running at "full" resolution, I.e., 2880x1920 (IIRC), with all Finder icons, menu items, etc. at tiny, shrunken size,
• Sys. Prefs. Displays for Retina display doesn't respond to Scaled mode, no other resolutions shown.
• Externally-connected display, on HDMI port, doesn't light up and is not shown in Sys. Prefs. Displays either.
• Haven't seen this with earlier betas.

Anyone else see this? Recommendations? Non-default OCLP settings to use?

TIA,

Mike

 

[nekton1]

MBP10,1, macOS Monterey Dev beta 8, full install, OCLP 2.5-TI app (and 3.0, too, run from command line), default settings ==> bootable Monterey, but:

• white Apple logo & thermometer pop to shrunken size at last stage of boot,
• internal Retina display is running at "full" resolution, I.e., 2880x1920 (IIRC), with all Finder icons, menu items, etc. at tiny, shrunken size,
• Sys. Prefs. Displays for Retina display doesn't respond to Scaled mode, no other resolutions shown.
• Externally-connected display, on HDMI port, doesn't light up and is not shown in Sys. Prefs. Displays either.
• Haven't seen this with earlier betas.

Anyone else see this? Recommendations? Non-default OCLP settings to use?

TIA,

Mike

Monty beta 8 has "issues" with TB and DP external displays on some supported (and unsupported?) Macs. It's a beta 8 bug and possibly not an OCLP issue. Solution is to roll back to beta 6 from USB installer or wait until beta 9 when Apple might fix it.

 

[K two]

Unable to boot an usb installer with Beta 8 and OCLP 0.3.0 Has tried everything. It worked with other beta versions on Monterey. The displays turns grey during the boot proccess, not off. I wonder if it will have something to see with the video card.

Beta 8 seems to be problematic for numerous reasons. Beta 6 is solid. ?

 

[0134168]

Beta 8 seems to be problematic for numerous reasons. Beta 6 is solid. 👍

Thank you so much. I guessed so, as you can read, i have two DP displays. Well see what happens...

 

[LuisN]

MBP10,1, macOS Monterey Dev beta 8, full install, OCLP 2.5-TI app (and 3.0, too, run from command line), default settings ==> bootable Monterey, but:

• white Apple logo & thermometer pop to shrunken size at last stage of boot,
• internal Retina display is running at "full" resolution, I.e., 2880x1920 (IIRC), with all Finder icons, menu items, etc. at tiny, shrunken size,
• Sys. Prefs. Displays for Retina display doesn't respond to Scaled mode, no other resolutions shown.
• Externally-connected display, on HDMI port, doesn't light up and is not shown in Sys. Prefs. Displays either.
• Haven't seen this with earlier betas.

Anyone else see this? Recommendations? Non-default OCLP settings to use?

TIA,

Mike

Just apply post install patches to install Nvidia and intel kexts

 

[alfon_sico]

Thank you very much, I got first part but not sure in advance 1 - enter - 2 if I might "turn off" some others preferences to avoid "EFI" patch: "Show Picker Mode" or "Set Tera Scale 2 Accel"

To be sure, this patch install in EFI as you are unsupported machine or not. Is that means that I need to boot from EFI patched select or I can boot from regular selection in boot menu?

 

[GSXB]

I had the same issue and put the HD in another cMP and it went through and worked. I think it was the fact I had a different video card in the other mac pro 5,1

Open the config and turn on the VMM flag

 

[TigerA]

Thank you very much, I got first part but not sure in advance 1 - enter - 2 if I might "turn off" some others preferences to avoid "EFI" patch: "Show Picker Mode" or "Set Tera Scale 2 Accel"

To be sure, this patch install in EFI as you are unsupported machine or not. Is that means that I need to boot from EFI patched select or I can boot from regular selection in boot menu?

After select option "2. Install OpenCore to USB/internal drive"
select 1 as EFI is always at the beginning of the selected drive
Then Quit.
Reboot and hold down the Alt / Option key
Select the EFI boot icon, hit Enter or double click
Select Install macOS Monterey (if you have not installed)
..........................

Please have a read of this guide. It has all the information you need and want.
Also have a look of this installation guide.

For the first time using OCLP, don't worry about all the advanced options. Just go with the flow and see what happens....
Besides, it would be a great help if you can add your system specs in your signature.