macOS 14 Sonoma on Unsupported Macs Thread

[houser]

The live screensavers are working great on my machine!

Yes it works great here too, but taxes the old Macs pretty well. If your fans are not running, then by all means keep going. There was cut off point for real H265 support on the old Macs somewhere around there and maybe you are on the good side

 

[Flyview]

Yes it works great here too, but taxes the old Macs pretty well. If your fans are not running, then by all means keep going. There was cut off point for real H265 support on the old Macs somewhere around there and maybe you are on the good side

Yea it definitely pulls some power! I only turn it on sometimes with a screen corner shortcut when I want to relax lol.

 

[OKonnel]

UPDATED WITHOUT PROBLEMS
iMac 14.2 (27-inch, late 2013)
macOS Sonoma from 14.5 to 14.6

This time I decided to use an USB installation key created directly with OCLP 1.6.0 Nightly.

Upon restarting the Mac, I first pressed the Option key to activate OCLP's EFI BOOT and immediately afterwards I selected the USB installation key and started it.

Eventually the Mac found itself updated.
It was easy and fun.

Warning for Newbies.
Anyone using FileVault must be prepared to enter the password when the installer prompts for it.
If we left the Mac alone and then at some point in the installation it shut down, after turning it back on we must select the macOS installation disk and enter the FileVault password. After that the installation will proceed without any further password prompts.

 

[mbardi]

Sounds like a hibernation issue?
You could try setting this in OCLP and rebuild the EFI: advanced/hibernation work-around
Note: This may break booting from external drives.

Or experiment in your terminal with man pmset:

man pmset

sudo pmset restoredefaults
sudo pmset -a displaysleep 3
sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0
sudo pmset -a powernap 0
sudo pmset -a standby 0
sudo pmset -a proximitywake 0
sudo pmset -a tcpkeepalive 0
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
sudo pmset -a disksleep 3
sudo pmset -a sleep 5

Thanks @houser. I don't think it's is a hibernate/pm issue. I will give it a go though. Although it has crashed when left running overnight. The reason being most of the time it crashes is while I'm using it. I'm running the 5K Retinal iMAC display and an external 32" Dell monitor at 4K. I suspect it has something to do with the AMD Radeon X4000 drivers and the Open Core Legacy Patcher changes.

 

[Richy85]

Update mac mini 2012 and imac 2017 whitout problems

 

[Perezx]

Sonoma successfully installed and running on MBP 8.2 (late 2011) with 8 Gb RAM 240 Gb SSD.
Camera, BT, WiFi - all seem to be okay.
Laptop didnt want to boot up (black screen) until I applied NVRam "gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00" trick.

 

[amaze1499]

Just sharing the experience: Ran 14.6 as OTA. When state was in "preparing 35min left" i had to leave, did close the lid and left the 9,2 overnight like that. This morning the system presents itself as 23G80. This was unexpected. Ran the 1.6.0n patches. Everything feels solid. No hickups whatsoever. Anyone else had seen this before?

 

[DCBassman]

iMac 12,1 mid 2011: start the update, trigger OCLP to wake up and sort out the new KDK download and install. Kill the update while that finishes. Once done, restart the update download, and go and make a cup of tea...or maybe a three-course meal!
Decide to upgrade the MBP 8,2 early 2011 at the same point, from a patched Catalina install. Then do the same 14.5 to 14.6 upgrade and see wot appenz...

 

[trifero]

Sonoma successfully installed and running on MBP 8.2 (late 2011) with 8 Gb RAM 240 Gb SSD.
Camera, BT, WiFi - all seem to be okay.
Laptop didnt want to boot up (black screen) until I applied NVRam "gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00" trick.
View attachment 2401797

Nice!

 

[trifero]

Just sharing the experience: Ran 14.6 as OTA. When state was in "preparing 35min left" i had to leave, did close the lid and left the 9,2 overnight like that. This morning the system presents itself as 23G80. This was unexpected. Ran the 1.6.0n patches. Everything feels solid. No hickups whatsoever. Anyone else had seen this before?

Why unexpected? Power Nap.

 

[DCBassman]

iMac 12,1 mid 2011: start the update, trigger OCLP to wake up and sort out the new KDK download and install. Kill the update while that finishes. Once done, restart the update download, and go and make a cup of tea...or maybe a three-course meal!
Decide to upgrade the MBP 8,2 early 2011 at the same point, from a patched Catalina install. Then do the same 14.5 to 14.6 upgrade and see wot appenz...

iMac all OCLP'd and KDK'd and working just fine. MBP still downloading update. Used the iMac to create an up-to-date Sonoma USB installer, which I will now apply to the late 2011 MBP, once I've upgraded to 16GB RAM.

 

[olrik77]

Hello,

Is it possible to install Sonoma with OCLP over Ventura without deleting anything ?

note : MacBook 10,1 running Ventura latest version.

Many thanks in advance,

Serviteur,

 

[houser]

Hello,

Is it possible to install Sonoma with OCLP over Ventura without deleting anything ?

note : MacBook 10,1 running Ventura latest version.

Many thanks in advance,

Serviteur,

I have done it a few times without issues on my 10,1. Not using any specialist esoterical apps these days though.. Backups are always good if you need to go back 😏

 

[olrik77]

I have done it a few times without issues on my 10,1. Not using any specialist esoterical apps these days though.. Backups are always good if you need to go back 😏

Thanks !

You just boot on the USB disk and select the EFI-Boot ?

Serviteur,

 

[houser]

Follow the instructions in this thread. In short: download and install OCLP 1.5 and build to your EFI.
Then either make a Ventura USB stick and install from that or upgrade OTA from software update. .
oh.and did I mention backups are always good

 

[Flyview]

Alright I'm seeing a very strange issue, not sure if it's new.

Machine:
Late 2013 15" Macbook Pro with dedicated graphics.

Software:
OCLP Sonoma

If I let the computer sit plugged in with the screen on, after about 5 minutes it starts using up a lot of power from the dedicated GPU (I can see it in iStatMenus). As soon as I move the mouse, it goes away and the dedicated GPU turns off. This also happens if I turn the screen off (corner shortcut) immediately. I can also see VTDecoderXPCService running in Activity Monitor when this happens. It's as if the live screensaver is running, but that's set to never!

Steps to reproduce:
1) Make sure laptop is plugged in
2) Turn screen off with "hot corner" shortcut
3) Computer gets hot from using ~5A from the dedicated GPU

I believe this also happens if I close the lid, since I first noticed the computer was getting hot just sitting there closed but charging. I have "Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off" enabled.

What the hell?

 

[olrik77]

Follow the instructions in this thread. In short: download and install OCLP 1.5 and build to your EFI.
Then either make a Ventura USB stick and install from that or upgrade OTA from software update. .
oh.and did I mention backups are always good

Done !
But I have a few questions :

- On startup, I see the boot picker but I had disable it ?
- On session startup : "you shut down your computer because of a problem..." ?

Many thanks,

Serviteur,

 

[houser]

- On startup, I see the boot picker but I had disable it ?
- On session startup : "you shut down your computer because of a problem..." ?

Most questions have already been asked and can be found by searching this thread.

1. You can set a lot of stuff in OCLP settings, including bootpicker. It needs a rebuild to EFi partition and a restart to take effect. Remember to check this option every time you build the OpenCore EFI. OCLP always starts with default settings. (thanks @makra)
2. regarding "you shut down your computer,," has nothing to do with OCLP, link from earlier in this thread here

 

[makra]

Most questions have already been asked and can be found by searching this thread.

1. You can set a lot of stuff in OCLP settings, including bootpicker. It needs a rebuild to EFi partition and a restart to take effect.

@olrik77 : Remember to check this option every time you build the OpenCore EFI. OCLP always starts with default settings.

 

[olrik77]

Many thanks for your replies.

- "you shut down your computer because of a problem..." : issue fixed by running Onyx.

- I'm working on the boot picker !

Serviteur,

 

[olrik77]

Thanks again to @houser and @makra !

Issues fixed...and a MacBook 10,1 (very great stuff) running fine on Sonoma !

Now, what about automatic update : enable or disable ? what is your feeling ?

Serviteur,

 

[houser]

Thanks again to @houser and @makra !

Issues fixed...and a MacBook 10,1 (very great stuff) running fine on Sonoma !

Now, what about automatic update : enable or disable ? what is your feeling ?

it is also in this thread if you do a search
People have different strategies with this. Mine is to have all automatic downloads switched off and do it manually as especially the Rapid Security Responses (whatever that is in French) appear to have caused issues for some users here. Good luck.

 

[alexjohnson]

I'm coming up against a completely reproducible bug on Sonoma 14.6, OCLP 1.5. This is a Mac mini late 2012 that I use as a media server, although it's really a redundant backup to a Mac mini M1 I bought to replace it.

Sonoma 14.5 on OCLP 1.4.3 was actually very unstable for me: frequent kernel panics. 14.6 on OCLP 1.5 seems a lot better, in every respect but one: the TV app. I'm getting a crash when I click on any of the options in the Library. As I say, this is connected to my TV, so in many ways it is what the Mac is for… The beginning of the error is also screenshot. I've deleted the preferences and started again with a new library. With new preferences, the Apple TV and TV+ options are fine. It's the Library options that cause a near-immediate crash. I thought maybe one file might be corrupted, so removed all the contents, with the idea to add them back one time. It doesn't matter: it still crashes, even with an empty library. Interestingly, even going to home sharing to the Mac mini M1 (with the idea to reimport) also causes an immediate crash. I try to keep the Mac mini M1 file for-file-identical, including not running beta software on it so I could restore from its backup to the Mac mini late 2012. Its TV.app is working perfectly, with the same files. (incidentally, almost all are old or very old BBC shows or other video I've edited or clipped up: it's not some wrong-side-of-the-tracks .mkv! No judgment: I'm just saying I don't think this is virus or malware related, for troubleshooting purposes.)

Anyone run into this? All Google detailed specific searches are bad now as I'm sure we all know, but the most relevant thread seems to be this one on Reddit, though it's about Monterey. The problem is exactly mine though. If I read it right, the OP had Apple replace his hardware! Not exactly an option with a 2012 Frankenmac… The only other point of difference that I can see is I am running OCLP, which is why I'm posting here in case one of you guys thinks I've overlooked something.

Thanks!

 

[mikezang]

I use OTA to update mac mini 2009 Late from 14.4.1 to 14.6, the "About 35 minites remaining..." showing after downloaded KDK 23G80, how long do I have to wait?

 

[PropClear]

I use OTA to update mac mini 2009 Late from 14.4.1 to 14.6, the "About 35 minites remaining..." showing after downloaded KDK 23G80, how long do I have to wait?

Wait, it will work if everything else is ok ;-) in my longest case it was nearly 65min! Never aborted it, but it shoult also be safe to abort, and start over again... Good luck.