macOS 13 Ventura on Unsupported Macs Thread

[5tracks]

Updated Ventura 13.0 to 13.0.1:

Disclaimer: This is NOT the recommended method to update! You should do it by creating a USB installer instead!
1- Using OCLP 0.5.1, I reverted Root Patches
2- Booted in Safe Mode pressing shift
3- Did OTA (around 495MB download) update
4- Re-patch using OCLP 0.5.1

Everything looks good so far.

I usually revert root patches to make the download size smaller, then reboot, normally, update OTA, then re-patch.

This time, going from 13.0 to 13.0.1
I receive a message saying “failed to prepare update. Please try again“

 

[DragenFi]

I have found an issue on my MBP 2012, after doing a fresh install of Ventura, right clicking on the menu bar doesn’t work and notification center crashes when I try to open it, I have a clip of this happening if it is useful?

I have tried 2 different usb installers and fresh installed Ventura 3 times but after each install the issues remain. I noticed on the GitHub page that news was causing issues but I haven’t heard of the issue I am having; does any other 9.2 user have the same issue?

I am going to go back and do a fresh Monterey install and wait for a bit before trying again but I wanted to flag this in case it’s a new bug?

 

[Lgga74]

I have found an issue on my MBP 2012, after doing a fresh install of Ventura, right clicking on the menu bar doesn’t work and notification center crashes when I try to open it, I have a clip of this happening if it is useful?

I have tried 2 different usb installers and fresh installed Ventura 3 times but after each install the issues remain. I noticed on the GitHub page that news was causing issues but I haven’t heard of the issue I am having; does any other 9.2 user have the same issue?

I am going to go back and do a fresh Monterey install and wait for a bit before trying again but I wanted to flag this in case it’s a new bug?

Airdrop don't work on the same system two

 

[ElSooz]

I noticed my 2014 MBP had two screws pop off the bottom because of swelling. I opened it up and oh boy, half the cells were puffy.

I disconnected it and removed the battery (Apple stores will take them to recycle).

I ran Geekbench 5 with the battery out and here are comparison scores. The 1st is with battery out, and 3 and 4 are battery in. The system is usable but noticeably crippled. Apple does this because the battery is used for any power demands over what the PSU can supply.

If you rather do it yourself, a battery and tools are less the $100. I'm waiting on a battery delivery now.

I did this myself on a late 2013 MBP using an OWC replacement. To get the old battery out you have to literally gut the entire machine with a dozen or more tiny connectors. Great video (thanks OWC) but it is no trivial install. The good news: the OWC battery is very accessible, so your NEXT battery replacement in 2029 will be easy! ;-)

 

[5tracks]

Additionally, the issue with the system freezing/hanging after being left idle is starting to become a problem. I was downloading a large file and went to grab some dinner. When I came back the system was frozen; After hard-rebooting, my download started over from zero. 😕

 

[dictoresno]

I just started to notice my TV app on my late 2015 iMac isn't working right. when I play a movie, it begins to play the audio but the screen never shows the movie in a pop up window. also starting to get alot of system lag and beachballing. when I open the tv app and then activity monitor, I can see the tv app process change to not responding while the movie audio is playing. safari also is having issues loading video content, I get an error when a video tries to play. YouTube videos worked perfectly up till today. also VLC player can play videos just fine.

on a side note, I had to reboot earlier because certain keystrokes like hitting the delete button and enter key were making safari and the notes app force close. anyone else having tv app playback issues?

EDIT: I see the nightly 0.5.2 build has an updated root patch for my Broadwell graphics card. I'll give that a try also.

 

[k.alexander]

Additionally, the issue with the system freezing/hanging after being left idle is starting to become a problem. I was downloading a large file and went to grab some dinner. When I came back the system was frozen; After hard-rebooting, my download started over from zero. 😕

See my comment a few pages ago with a link to OCLP 0.5.2 nightly that solves this problem.

 

[RichardC300]

Successful OTA update to 13.0.1 on a MacBookPro13,1.

 

[Lgga74]

I usually revert root patches to make the download size smaller, then reboot, normally, update OTA, then re-patch.

This time, going from 13.0 to 13.0.1
I receive a message saying “failed to prepare update. Please try again“

MacBook Pro 9.2 OPCLP 0.5.1 and on 0.5.2
got the same error done with out the re-patch:

and OCLP 0.5.2
Well I just download all 12 GB and works the update !!
its gone take some time so be patience on it

 

[binarysmurf]

Updated Ventura 13.0 to 13.0.1:

Disclaimer: This is NOT the recommended method to update! You should do it by creating a USB installer instead!
1- Using OCLP 0.5.1, I reverted Root Patches
2- Booted in Safe Mode pressing shift
3- Did OTA (around 495MB download) update
4- Re-patch using OCLP 0.5.1

Everything looks good so far.

Thanks for this. I'm looking at doing exactly this.

 

[dictoresno]

I just started to notice my TV app on my late 2015 iMac isn't working right. when I play a movie, it begins to play the audio but the screen never shows the movie in a pop up window. also starting to get alot of system lag and beachballing. when I open the tv app and then activity monitor, I can see the tv app process change to not responding while the movie audio is playing. safari also is having issues loading video content, I get an error when a video tries to play. YouTube videos worked perfectly up till today. also VLC player can play videos just fine.

on a side note, I had to reboot earlier because certain keystrokes like hitting the delete button and enter key were making safari and the notes app force close. anyone else having tv app playback issues?

EDIT: I see the nightly 0.5.2 build has an updated root patch for my Broadwell graphics card. I'll give that a try also.

an update to 13.0.1 OTA and then repatching with 0.5.2 seems to have fixed every one of the issues.

 

[antifocus]

On the system freezing being left idle issue,

I have the late 2012 13" MBP, so it's the affected system with IVB chip.
My computer would hang up at the login screen from overnight sleep maybe once every two days, on shorter idle like 1 hour, it was fine.

Then I reinstall the OS from scratch a week ago, and hadn't experienced any issue. That was on OCLP 0.5.1, I updated to OCLP 0.5.2 nightly just to be safe yesterday and the system also been fine.

 

[MP39]

Great to hear, but does Wlan work for you ?
On my Mac Pro 3,1 Ventura is working execpt Wlan ...
OC 0.5.1 does not support Mac Pros 3.1 to 5.1 yet.

No on built-in. If you have upgraded your WiFi/BT since, possibly. For example, I had a PCI card with 802.11ac installed in the 3,1 and it worked no problem. I have since removed it and just left ethernet connected since I mainly use it as a home server. Related, I have noticed some strange behavior with Content Caching. It states Starting up...sometimes it will turn on, and then it goes straight into Shutting Down... Still troubleshooting this but so far no luck.

 

[MP39]

Additionally, the issue with the system freezing/hanging after being left idle is starting to become a problem. I was downloading a large file and went to grab some dinner. When I came back the system was frozen; After hard-rebooting, my download started over from zero. 😕

I noticed this happening occasionally on my MP5,1 too under OC 0.5.1. I was wondering if it was because I was running multiple apps, a PCI device, or something else. I was still exploring myself to see if it was a local issue. I wonder if anyone else is experiencing periodic freezing and if so, what they are doing when it happens and if it is only affecting specific models?

 

[macsba]

Updated Ventura 13.0 to 13.0.1:

Disclaimer: This is NOT the recommended method to update! You should do it by creating a USB installer instead!
1- Using OCLP 0.5.1, I reverted Root Patches
2- Booted in Safe Mode pressing shift
3- Did OTA (around 495MB download) update
4- Re-patch using OCLP 0.5.1

Everything looks good so far.

Yep, worked perfectly. Lots of reboots between steps 3 and 4.

I have the MacBook Pro 15 inch 2015.

 

[MP39]

I noticed this happening occasionally on my MP5,1 too under OC 0.5.1. I was wondering if it was because I was running multiple apps, a PCI device, or something else. I was still exploring myself to see if it was a local issue. I wonder if anyone else is experiencing periodic freezing and if so, what they are doing when it happens and if it is only affecting specific models?

Just saw note on freezing and new OC 0.5.2. Will apply this and this should fix.

 

[coolio2004]

Thanks for this. I'm looking at doing exactly this.

I never had to go in save mode doing a small OTA update. Yes. revert root patch is a must.

 

[B/D]

I have a Late 2012 Imac with Ventura, installed with OCLP. Everything worked perfectly, I even upgraded from Catalina without losing any files. Yesterday, I downloaded (natively, via system preferences), the 13.0.1 update (well, the full installer), and it downloaded, rebooted, and apparently installed... but when the system came back up, it still said an update was available (13.0.1), and the system appears to still be on Ventura 13.0.

What happened?.

I am not sure what I should do now.

 

[coolio2004]

I have a Late 2012 Imac with Ventura, installed with OCLP. Everything worked perfectly, I even upgraded from Catalina without losing any files. Yesterday, I downloaded (natively, via system preferences), the 13.0.1 update (well, the full installer), and it downloaded, rebooted, and apparently installed... but when the system came back up, it still said an update was available (13.0.1), and the system appears to still be on Ventura 13.0.

What happened?.

I am not sure what I should do now.

Did you choose the installer partition after the restart?

 

[B/D]

Did you choose the installer partition after the restart?

Ah, true, there were two icons after one specific reboot. I selected the second one, with the icon of a mechanical hard drive. After that, it continued, and said that several minutes were remaining.

 

[coolio2004]

Ah, true, there were two icons after one specific reboot. I selected the second one, with the icon of a mechanical hard drive. After that, it continued, and said that several minutes were remaining.

You must choose installer partition after every restart. When install process has finished there is only one icon (your hard disk) and choose this.

 

[Larsvonhier]

OTA (!) update of 13.1 beta 1 to beta 2 worked on my MacBook 8,1 (12" 2015). Intel HD 5300 accel also after root-volume patch.

 

[B/D]

@coolio2004. Thank you so much!. Redownloaded the whole 12GB from system preferences again. Machine rebooted.

Progress bar. Rebooted again. At this point, two icons appeared, one that said "Macintosh HD" and one that said "Mac OS installer". By default "Macintosh HD" was selected, so I quickly changed it to the other one with the keyboard arrows (this is what I must have missed the first time). Machine rebooted again, progress bar, a few minutes of waiting, rebooted again.

I am now of 13.0.1. Everything worked (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), except for graphics acceleration. Downloaded OCLP 0.5.1 (latest stable version), run root patches, found that one was available for my graphics card.


Rebooted, and now I have full graphics acceleration.

Phew!.

The whole process took a long time, but I am fully updated now.

Excuse my English.

 

[Vado]

Just trying to figure out the best way to apply the 13.0.1 update to my iMac 14,2 (Late 2013).

I'm seeing conflicting ways of applying the update. Can I simply just apply the OTA update without it breaking my install?

 

[5tracks]

See my comment a few pages ago with a link to OCLP 0.5.2 nightly that solves this problem.

I’m already using the nightly 0.5.2. Definitely doesn’t solve the problem for me.