macOS 14 Sonoma on Unsupported Macs Thread

[Kevo]

A couple of you - @JedNZ and @RumorChaser - have said this past week that you backed out the root patches before going OTA to 14.7.6. What is the reasoning, is this common knowledge? I’ve never heard about it before today.

Some have noticed that the OTA update is more reliable when you are running without the root patches. I've noticed in the past that it can take multiple attempts to get an OTA to start or complete when running with the root patches. On my current setup with Sequoia and the past couple of revisions of OCLP it seems to work fairly well to just run with the root patches.

I think results also vary with the particular hardware you have.This is probably one of those things where you should use whatever method works best for you. Some people always make a USB installer and update that way to avoid the OTA updates entirely. I have used that method myself in the past when I was having issues with the OTA update. USB installer is probably the safest way to go.

 

[Riot Nrrrd]

@Kevo Good advice. I’ve tended to only make USB stick OCLP installers when going to a new major OS release, and do the Software Update OTAs for the point upgrades. I’ll try the root patches back-out trick before going to Sonoma 14.7.6.

 

[JedNZ]

A couple of you - @JedNZ and @RumorChaser - have said this past week that you backed out the root patches before going OTA to 14.7.6. What is the reasoning, is this common knowledge? I’ve never heard about it before today.

I update via a USB stick (not OTA). But I’ve read somewhere from others who recommend reverting Root Patches because it generally increases success. Previously I had an OTA update completely stuff my system so I’ve gone the longer but safer route ever since. YMMV of course.