macOS 13 Ventura on Unsupported Macs Thread

[davidlv]

Hello there

Friends, please help me. I have a MacBook Pro 2012, I just updated to MacOS 13.2.1 but I can't install the graphics card and the display is unknown. What should I do ?

Of course YOU can't install a graphics card in that old laptop. Did you mean that the graphics acceleration wasn't enabled after the root patches? What version of OCLP did you use to patch the computer? As specified in the OCLP documentation, the non-metal graphics patching is a work in progress, and Ventura is much more complex than Big Sur or even Monterey. Consider installing Big Sur or Monterey instead. The display being unknown in the System Preferences is not necessarily a serious problem, as long as the machine displays correctly, but the lack of graphics acceleration is a game stopper, in my opinion. I reverted to Big Sur on my old 2011 MBP 15" and it worked well enough.
OCLP version 0.4.11 is quite enough for Monterey or Big Sur.

 

[Ehsanjj]

Of course YOU can't install a graphics card in that old laptop. Did you mean that the graphics acceleration wasn't enabled after the root patches? What version of OCLP did you use to patch the computer? As specified in the OCLP documentation, the non-metal graphics patching is a work in progress, and Ventura is much more complex than Big Sur or even Monterey. Consider installing Big Sur or Monterey instead. The display being unknown in the System Preferences is not necessarily a serious problem, as long as the machine displays correctly, but the lack of graphics acceleration is a game stopper, in my opinion. I reverted to Big Sur on my old 2011 MBP 15" and it worked well enough.
OCLP version 0.4.11 is quite enough for Monterey or Big Sur.

I don't know much about MacOS, how should I detect the OCLP version?

 

[davidlv]

I don't know much about MacOS, how should I detect the OCLP version?

Either you or someone else downloaded the OCLP application, and ran it to install Ventura on that old unsupported Mac.
So you should be able to find the app somewhere on your Mac. Look in the /your SSD name/Library/Application Support/Dortania folder, or the /Application folder. Select (one click NOT two) the OCLP app and type "Command i". That should show the OCLP version Number. For that old MBP and Ventura, you should use the latest version you can. The latest release version is 0.6.1 as of today.

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If you don't know much about the macOS, quite frankly, using Open Core Legacy Patcher is most likely well above your comfort zone. Have you carefully read the related instructions?

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[Larsvonhier]

Hello there

Friends, please help me. I have a MacBook Pro 2012, I just updated to MacOS 13.2.1 but I can't install the graphics card and the display is unknown.
What should I do ?

Install root volume patches, graphics patch included there.

 

[schlupps]

(Same system as yours) Does playing back movies in "Photos" work? That caused a "Beach Ball" on my system. (Reverted back to Monterey).

good point. just tested this and You are right: videos are neither playing in "Photos" nor in my Finders Quicklook.

 

[air.man]

good point. just tested this and You are right: videos are neither playing in "Photos" nor in my Finders Quicklook.

Mmm, in my MBP8,2 Photos works like a charm, even videos and slideshow.

 

[rbart]

Mmm, in my MBP8,2 Photos works like a charm, even videos and slideshow.

Yes, but you don't have the AMD GPU issues with HEVC hardware decoder ...
It's the main limitation for using OCLP when you have this kind of hardware

 

[Portiere]

I don't know if what I am writing will be approved by dev's.
All I have done it's on my risk and as you know i never asked help or support cause I never had issues.
First of all my main mini late 2012 has two disks the original Apple disk and a 500 gb Crucial SSD.
I always installed and updated OCLP , build and install, on Crucial SSD cause I have more than one OS.
I Update Ventura always with install pkg (full version beta or official) and launch it from a disk with enough space, Catalina, Monterey or Ventura, when installation window appears i select Ventura partition or if it is connected the external one on Elecife usbc hub.
It starts showing 58 min and with 22d68 it takes half an hour. It goes to 34 min. in 4/5 mins, then in one it goes to 28 and stays there 10 mins, then one min to 27 , then it ends.
Now it has three stages, the first fit all the bar, the second 1/3 and restarts the third finishes the work and Ventura login appears.
The only thing I have to do is launch OCLP and select Post install Root patches, that never failed.
That's wonderful cause i don't loose data and I don't need any usb installer.
If you try remember that is on your own risk.

 

[TigerA]

Installed OCLP V062N 13.2.1 to an iMac12,2 with upgraded K3100 on an external NVMe SSD via USB port. The installation was absolutely fluent without any manual input. The OCLP generated installation USB even installed all the root patches automatically before booting into Ventura OS (before showing Ventura screen).
Everything seems good so far except the WiFi Setting panel, which shows a black screen. I saw someone has reported this issue on page 137 and associated work-around. I can blind clicking the black screen. I even tried changing the display profile to "unknown monitor" which did not make any difference.

 

[pwillis]

No matter how many times that I'm prompted by the OCLP window and do what it's suggesting, it keeps coming back asking to do the same thing. What am I missing here?

 

[TigerA]

No matter how many times that I'm prompted by the OCLP window and do what it's suggesting, it keeps coming back asking to do the same thing. What am I missing here?

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Have all these 3 patches installed successfully? You can view the results in the root patch window before restarting your Mac.

 

[Dilli]

Installed OCLP V062N 13.2.1 to an iMac12,2 with upgraded K3100 on an external NVMe SSD via USB port. The installation was absolutely fluent without any manual input. The OCLP generated installation USB even installed all the root patches automatically before booting into Ventura OS (before showing Ventura screen).
Everything seems good so far except the WiFi Setting panel, which shows a black screen. I saw someone has reported this issue on page 137 and associated work-around. I can blind clicking the black screen. I even tried changing the display profile to "unknown monitor" which did not make any difference.

The OCLP troubleshoot for Ventura clearly mentions Wifi/BT hardware of iMac 12,2 is no more supported. You need to upgrade BT/WiFi to 4.0/802.11 a/b/g/n/ac in order to have working Ventura system. You need a BCM94360 or BCM943602 compatible card, there are no other options.
Otherwise no WiFi support!So if someone has made it work thats really good but make sure you can follow those steps to get it working. All the best. ✌️

 

[Dilli]

No matter how many times that I'm prompted by the OCLP window and do what it's suggesting, it keeps coming back asking to do the same thing. What am I missing here?

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With OCLP 0.61 it auto detects your machine make and installs post install root patches after your machine boots. So it seems your patches didnot apply.

 

[davidlv]

With OCLP 0.61 it auto detects your machine make and installs post install root patches after your machine boots. So it seems your patches didnot apply.

That is exactly what I said to him in a prior post. I think he should try the nightly version, as the dev has made a lot of good progress with the latest versions. If that latest nightly does not work well enough, then he should give up on Ventura and install Monterey or even Big Sur, both of which still get some of the important security patches.

 

[Jlsteed]

Can you boot off of the USB?

I ended up building a usb installer from OCLP and reinstalled 13.2.1
It worked, however, dual display seems to be the problem. I can only run the MacMini with a single HDMI. Using the Mini Display port for 2nd display causes the login to hang. Hopefully the next round of patches may settle this if it's being widely reported or recognised by the wizards of the OCLP dev team.

 

[deeveedee]

I can only run the MacMini with a single HDMI.

I'm not familiar with the EFI that OCLP generates for your MacMini, so forgive my ignorance. Does your Open Core config.plist inject WhateverGreen.kext? If so, does your OpenCore config.plist include boot-arg igfxagdc=0 (or DeviceProperty disable-agdc)? If OCLP does include WhateverGreen.kext in your OpenCore EFI, then including the boot-arg or DeviceProperty (you only need one of the two) may resolve your multi-display issue.

EDIT: I quickly generated the EFI for your MacMini7,1 and don't see WhateverGreen.kext in the EFI. If you're adventurous, you may want to install WhateverGreen.kext in your EFI/OC/Kexts folder, add WhateverGreen.kext to Kernel > Add in your config.plist and add igfxagdc=0 boot-arg in your config.plist.

 

[arukhlev]

Good afternoon. Installed Ventura on iMac 14.2. Everything works well, but I can’t install OpenCore on the built-in disk to boot without USB. It is constantly suggested to install on the built-in disk - I constantly install it - as a result, it doesn’t boot without USB. OCLP 0.6.1.

 

[deeveedee]

Good afternoon. Installed Ventura on iMac 14.2. Everything works well, but I can’t install OpenCore on the built-in disk to boot without USB. It is constantly suggested to install on the built-in disk - I constantly install it - as a result, it doesn’t boot without USB. OCLP 0.6.1.

I don't fully understand your question, so forgive what may be my misunderstanding. When you run OCLP and select "Build and Install OpenCore," you should see a prompt like this:

Are you seeing your internal disk in the list? Are you selecting the correct disk? If you don't see your desired disk, do you see and understand the "Missing disks?" explanation in the prompt?

 

[arukhlev]

I see my internal drive and install OCLP on it. I pull out USB - I reboot - without USB it is not loaded. There is no EFI folder.
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[pwillis]

That is exactly what I said to him in a prior post. I think he should try the nightly version, as the dev has made a lot of good progress with the latest versions. If that latest nightly does not work well enough, then he should give up on Ventura and install Monterey or even Big Sur, both of which still get some of the important security patches.

I'm going to try installing Monterey. I think I've exhausted my options with Ventura
Thanks you for all of your input and suggestions so far!! Greatly appreciated!

 

[davidlv]

I don't fully understand your question, so forgive what may be my misunderstanding. When you run OCLP and select "Build and Install OpenCore," you should see a prompt like this:

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Are you seeing your internal disk in the list? Are you selecting the correct disk? If you don't see your desired disk, do you see and understand the "Missing disks?" explanation in the prompt?

In addition, when you select your internal disk, you should click once on that disk's button, for ex. the blue button in the picture above. Then it should show the EFI partition on the disk you just selected, and you have to click on that button too. So that's 2 buttons to select your internal disk. Then the OCLP should prompt you for typing your admin password.
Did you do that? The fact that OCLP keeps prompting for a disk selection indicates that you didn't do exactly that. So what did you do?
Edit: Just saw your 2 pictures. Did you click on the blue button saying disk0s1-EFI-209.7MB ? or did you just hit the Return button. Try clicking on that second button!

 

[Ehsanjj]

Install root volume patches, graphics patch included there.

Thanks, my problem is solved👍👍👍

 

[davidlv]

I'm going to try installing Monterey. I think I've exhausted my options with Ventura
Thanks you for all of your input and suggestions so far!! Greatly appreciated!

For the most part, Monterey is almost as good as Ventura in actual use. Depends on the hardware of course. Download the latest version from:

macOS 12 Monterey Full Installer Database. Download Directly from Apple!

Download macOS Monterey full installer with one click straight from Apple! Every version of Monterey Beta & Final available all in one place!!

mrmacintosh.com

 

[arukhlev]

In addition, when you select your internal disk, you should click once on that disk's button, for ex. the blue button in the picture above. Then it should show the EFI partition on the disk you just selected, and you have to click on that button too. So that's 2 buttons to select your internal disk. Then the OCLP should prompt you for typing your admin password.
Did you do that? The fact that OCLP keeps prompting for a disk selection indicates that you didn't do exactly that. So what did you do?

After I remove the USB and restart the computer. When loading, I hold the button to select the boot - only the Macintosh disk is on the screen for selection/
I install not on Flash

 

[mikelets456]

For the most part, Monterey is almost as good as Ventura in actual use. Depends on the hardware of course. Download the latest version from:

macOS 12 Monterey Full Installer Database. Download Directly from Apple!

Download macOS Monterey full installer with one click straight from Apple! Every version of Monterey Beta & Final available all in one place!!

mrmacintosh.com

I believe the only option will be to completely erase the HDD. Also, could you use a 13.1 Time Machine back up on a a 12.X install?