installed Sonoma 14.5 with OPCL 1.5 on an imac 27" 2017 and a mac mini i7 2012. It seems to work very well
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When looking into the commits content for 1.6n, I can't see any change that could fix an issue ...
It's all about installation tools ...
Placebo effect ?
It's all about installation tools ...
Placebo effect ?
Ok. Now for sure. There will be a macOS 15 Sequoia on Unsupported Macs Thread.Will there be a macOS 15 on Unsupported Macs Thread?
Anyone installed MacOS 15 yet ? How is it ? 
It's my production macOS. I have upgraded all of my critical systems to macOS 15.Anyone installed MacOS 15 yet ? How is it ?
All in on AI under the "Apple Intelligence - AI for the rest of us" moniker. I feel old
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Based on a tweet from Mr. Macintosh it sounds like all the major updates require M Series Macs, so if that's the case, why bother with intel, when all the features people might want require a different platform.
As far as I understood, AI is available on machines using M1+. Prior to those without AI.
That's what I meant though, wasn't the main reason to upgrade to 15 for the AI features, I don't watch the keynotes anymore, but that was my whole understanding of the main set of features coming to the updates this year. So, I was simply curious, as to if the the main features aren't available on older macs, what reason would people have to upgrade, especially those on unsupported machines.
By now we know that macOS 15 will support the same Macs as macOS 14 Sonoma.
Intel Macs, however, will not have some features that will be exclusive to Macs from M1 onward.
Why install macOS Sequoia on our unsupported Macs, then, if OCLP will allow us to continue to do so?
- Perhaps to have a further improved interface.... Of course!
- To see that the Finder, which already flies with Sonoma, maybe be faster than light thanks to increasingly optimized code from AI-enhanced development and debugging tools? I would say yes, yikes!
- Do you have an improved Mail.app?... Yah!
- To manage the iPhone directly from the Mac? Certainly!
- To use a more modern Safari?... Oh Yes!
- To improve Spotlight, Siri, System settings and so on? Absolutely yes!
- Et cetera, et cetera
I look forward to the time when we will know whether OCLP 1.6.0 Nightly can work well as early as the first Sequoia Beta and for some user to post screenshots of the next working version.
Intel Macs, however, will not have some features that will be exclusive to Macs from M1 onward.
Why install macOS Sequoia on our unsupported Macs, then, if OCLP will allow us to continue to do so?
- Perhaps to have a further improved interface.... Of course!
- To see that the Finder, which already flies with Sonoma, maybe be faster than light thanks to increasingly optimized code from AI-enhanced development and debugging tools? I would say yes, yikes!
- Do you have an improved Mail.app?... Yah!
- To manage the iPhone directly from the Mac? Certainly!
- To use a more modern Safari?... Oh Yes!
- To improve Spotlight, Siri, System settings and so on? Absolutely yes!
- Et cetera, et cetera
I look forward to the time when we will know whether OCLP 1.6.0 Nightly can work well as early as the first Sequoia Beta and for some user to post screenshots of the next working version.
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Sequoia has been added to the Nightly - commit 9a2fca8By now we know that macOS 15 will support the same Macs as macOS 14 Sonoma.
Intel Macs, however, will not have some features that will be exclusive to Macs from M1 onward.
Why install macOS Sequoia on our unsupported Macs, then, if OCLP will allow us to continue to do so?
- Perhaps to have a further improved interface.... Of course!
- To see that the Finder, which already flies with Sonoma, maybe be faster than light thanks to increasingly optimized code from AI-enhanced development and debugging tools? I would say yes, yikes!
- Do you have an improved Mail.app?... Yah!
- To manage the iPhone directly from the Mac? Certainly!
- To use a more modern Safari?... Oh Yes!
- To improve Spotlight, Siri, System settings and so on? Absolutely yes!
- Et cetera, et cetera
I look forward to the time when we will know whether OCLP 1.6.0 Nightly can work well as early as the first Sequoia Beta and for some user to post screenshots of the next working version.
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Looks like a good idea to hold off installing the developer version despite being available via SoftwareUpdate?
That's the late 2012? I'd be careful with that. The developer page indicates the current beta is only available for Apple Silicon at the moment.
Use at least a different volume or external drive instead installing on top of the working system to be on the safe side. Unless you are a true hero of course.
Not a hero, just dumb, my "Apple Intelligence" is rather low. I have Catalina on a separate disc. Downloading just finished preparing says 35 minutes.That's the late 2012? I'd be careful with that. The developer page indicates the current beta is only available for Apple Silicon at the moment.
Use at least a different volume or external drive instead installing on top of the working system to be on the safe side. Unless you are a true hero of course.
I saw that iOS 18, has redesigned icons that look pretty nice. Do the updated icons carry over to macOS 15?
Imac 27, 13.2 1,5,0/Sequoia. The fastest update I have experienced, although the main screen is still white I am using Firefox for this post.
This post was a mistake when it restarted after downloading it is still on Sonoma, white desktop
This post was a mistake when it restarted after downloading it is still on Sonoma, white desktop
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post 6673 is wrong it did not work.
I will try something and then perhaps be more specific I am still on Sonoma White desktop, patcher froze, I reset pram, and will download 1.6 and see what happens.
1.6 install then patching has things back to normal, there was a macos install efi on the start up page for a while which is now gone. I still have the notice that an update to Sequoia is avaliable, but I will wait awhile.
I will try something and then perhaps be more specific I am still on Sonoma White desktop, patcher froze, I reset pram, and will download 1.6 and see what happens.
1.6 install then patching has things back to normal, there was a macos install efi on the start up page for a while which is now gone. I still have the notice that an update to Sequoia is avaliable, but I will wait awhile.
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As we thought, we have macOS for Intel a bit more. We should be happy.