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macOS 14 Sonoma on Unsupported Macs Thread
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Apple released macOS 14 RC2 (23A344) to developers
Updated to latest Sonoma RC came in at around 500mb after reverting patches , update went ok main issue I’ve found so far is photos crashed on first launch opened successfully second time , clicking memories in photos will crash , crash report for MTLCompilerService , first crash is metalrenderer.
Update : crash for me seems to using intel iris pro changing the automatic graphics switching to off will resolve this issue or using gswitch to use nvidia instead of the intel .
Update : crash for me seems to using intel iris pro changing the automatic graphics switching to off will resolve this issue or using gswitch to use nvidia instead of the intel .
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Yeah, I put a Mercury SSD in it a long time ago, one of the best decisions I made. The only issue I have is waking from sleep. After entering the password at the lock screen, it takes probably over a minute before I see the desktop. I haven't beat up the install too much; that's the only glaring thing I see so far.
OTA update to RC2 went fine on MacMini 7,1 (2014) and no problems with Photos crash
Open the terminal app and run
pmset -g
to see the current hibernation mode,
probably "3" now.
You might try the following; Hibernation mode 3 writes to the sleepimage (same size as the amount of RAM installed)
and your SSD may have issues reading that info, causing the delay. Hibernation mode 0 only writes info to the RAM, so it can be instantly accessed. You can always revert to mode 3 if you like. I have used mode 0 for years with both laptops and desktop machines, zero issues.
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage
--Ignore any message saying there is no such file
Create a blanked zero-byte file so the OS cannot rewrite the file:
sudo touch /var/vm/sleepimage
Make file immutable:
(sudo chflags nouchg ... to revert)
sudo chflags uchg /var/vm/sleepimage
The sleep image file is actually in /private/var/vm/ but /var/vm/ is a symbolic link to that location.
And... Just to bring closure to this, after spending a whole week trying to find the cause of it, and not getting any closer to solving it...
I have just upgraded to Sonoma RC2 and the issue is fixed 😲
Well, never look a gifted horse in the mouth, but it's nice to see Apple fixing issues on unsupported machines 🤣 (sarcasm)
Anyway, it's fixed and everything is working fine so I think it's better for me to just forget about it (at least for the time being)
The Blender issue also happens on Monterey which is natively supported by this iMac. I had the issue too after updating Blender, so I doubt it's OCLP related since it happened on a officially supported OS as well.
Can you - or anyone - post when you see the Public Beta available? I have a friend who relies on that.
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Have no photo crash using Gswitch and forcing Nvidia GT 750m to be used can use memories, crashing when on automatic switching same as widgets for me . Maybe just need to do a full install instead if the OTA just crashing when using the intel iris pro for me.
Mac Pro 5,1
OCLP nightly 19-Sep-2023
Sonoma Dev 7 Pub 5
RX560 4GB
Got it booting but got a black screen after the GPU driver kicks in
Can access the machine via screen sharing, no display detected.
tried minimal and moderate spoofing.
Are there some additional boot-arguments to set?
The disk works and has picture if booted on another machine with a RX580.
OCLP nightly 19-Sep-2023
Sonoma Dev 7 Pub 5
RX560 4GB
Got it booting but got a black screen after the GPU driver kicks in
Can access the machine via screen sharing, no display detected.
tried minimal and moderate spoofing.
Are there some additional boot-arguments to set?
The disk works and has picture if booted on another machine with a RX580.
Hello Dev Team, I found a few bugs with mbp 14.3 with the latest oclp 0.6.9 nightly for sonoma. With a clean install, the touch bar and Touch ID do not work after installation. When updating from macOS 13.5.2 to Macos 14.0 RC2, the touch bar still works but Touch ID still doesn't work. Not that it's important or necessary, but it would be nice if the problem could be solved before the public version will be Released. Thank you in advance! A perfect job so far dev's....
my iMac8.1 - 6GB RAM, sonoma rc2 works fine. web browsing, office, movies are enough for me.
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Very nice to keep something that is fully functional out of the landfill. I think Apple only puts up with OCLP to keep us from putting Linux on old Macs, or throwing them into the landfills. It is really to their advantage to be known as a company that truly cares about the environment. Putting up with OCLP (I guess) is their way of doing just that. (At least that is what I hope their motivation is.)
Touch bar works normally on my MacBookPro14,3. It has worked since the first nightly version that I installed (before they filled the Radeon problems).
Maybe your problem is related to something else (hardware)?
Just posting in case there's still a concern about how slowly the Devs are moving
Conclusion:
By researching the issues I was having, I concluded that lowering FeatureUnlock from Enable to Partial solved all the problems.
My old installation is now up and running without any issues since the beginning of the week.
Cheers.
Thank you for this update. Tried on my MBP14,3 as well and it’s working great (except for Touch ID, which I knew wouldn’t work…) thank you again OCLP team!Everything working smoothly on MacBookPro14,3 after latest nightly update:
- Resume from sleeps works!!
- Radeon Pro 555 works and is no longer detected as Polaris. All things related to it work amazingly well (external display and change between graphic chipsets!)
On my Mac Pro 2010 with flashed RX-580 and a fast PCiE M2 system disk, I have never been able to get Ventura or Sonoma to update correctly after removing root patches. The update downloads and then fails. I have to do a complete install.
I use OCLP 0.6.8 for Ventura and nightly builds 0.6.9 for Sonoma.
The install/upgrade takes up to 8 hours for some reason. I just let it run overnight. The Mac Pro keeps the room warm.
I use OCLP 0.6.8 for Ventura and nightly builds 0.6.9 for Sonoma.
The install/upgrade takes up to 8 hours for some reason. I just let it run overnight. The Mac Pro keeps the room warm.
If it's any consolation, it could be worse. I always need to apply the full upgrade to my MBP6,2, since the incremental upgrades don't work for me, either. The reason for this was explained in an earlier post. Since upgrade times depend heavily on your Internet download speed, do what you can to speed up your connection and if you're performing the upgrade over Wi-Fi, add a wired Ethernet connection during the upgrade.
Wow! The last nightly solved my problem with Mail not showing text messages. Now only the bluetooth miss to have a full working Sonoma on my MBP8,2. The problem is known but I'm sure that the DreamTeam will find the solution. Thanks a lot Devs !!
Unattended upgrade from Sonoma 14.0 RC1 -> RC2 proceeded without issues on my MBP6,2 (non-metal Nvidia Tesla) patched with OCLP 0.6.9 sonoma-development nightly. Awesome job, Devs!
