macOS 15 Sequoia on Unsupported Macs Thread

[deeveedee]

Sequoia 15.4 Beta (Build 24E5206s) out - all of 15.44 Gb! No, I am not about to install it. Just for everyone's info.
EDIT. My M1 MBA requires the full 15 Gb download also.

My MacMini8,1 (not using OCLP) downloaded and installed the incremental (3.22GB) update for 15.4 Beta. Could it be that the initial Apple post had a flaw that was fixed?

 

[rehkram]

My MacMini8,1 (not using OCLP) downloaded and installed the incremental (3.22GB) update for 15.4 Beta. Could it be that the initial Apple post had a flaw that was fixed?

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Interesting... what build number do you have?

 

[deeveedee]

@rehkram See Here

 

[macpro_mid2014]

Testing Sequoia 15.4 Beta 1 on my MBP11,2:
Booting in Safe Mode works after update, but after applying root patches logging screen progress bar is stuck almost half way. Keyboard still active, but no luck getting to the desktop.
Thank you!

 

[cewatts]

Testing Sequoia 15.4 Beta 1 on my MBP11,2:
Booting in Safe Mode works after update, but after applying root patches logging screen progress bar is stuck almost half way. Keyboard still active, but no luck getting to the desktop.
Thank you!

Same behavior on a Mid-2015 15" MBP 11,4.

 

[s3eker]

guys, I have problem with my 2011 27 inch imac. wifi hardware not showing on system report, so I use TP Link WN725N wifi dongle. but not working too. signal keeps disconnecting. I use Big sur wireless USB adapter V18 from chris1111. I tested on my 2013 macbook pro with sequoia it's working fine. is it logic board issue? what confusing me is why is that affect usb wifi dongle

 

[amaze1499]

I am installing it right now, we will see how it goes.

A true pioneer…

 

[TOM1211]

interested to see when 15.4 releases if it will force people in the uk to switch off advanced data protection? assuming it works on a OCLP machine anyway correctly but they also might be able to remove it remotely I suppose. Anyway holding fire on updating my phone and Mac to see how it plays out. (Also posts above say 15.4 doesn’t work to boot lol) .

 

[amaze1499]

I just want to crosscheck with you guys, have you seen these two bugs with OCLP as well:

1. Spotlightserver disabled after each reboot. Reproducible.
2. Dictation results in an endless "Yago, Riegel..." response. Reproducible.

As for the issue with Spotlight, i can manually fix it after reboot like this:

% sudo launchctl bootstrap system /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error

% sudo mdutil -E /
sudo mdutil -i on /

Spotlight server is disabled.
Spotlight server is disabled.

% sudo launchctl bootstrap system /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

% sudo mdutil -E /
% sudo mdutil -i on /

/:
Indexing enabled.
/:
Indexing enabled.

As for the issue with dictation, i have not found any viable solution yet. Anyone?

 

[houser]

I just want to crosscheck with you guys, have you seen these two bugs with OCLP as well:

1. Spotlightserver disabled after each reboot. Reproducible.
2. Dictation results in an endless "Yago, Riegel..." response. Reproducible.

As for the issue with Spotlight, i can manually fix it after reboot like this:

% sudo launchctl bootstrap system /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error

% sudo mdutil -E /
sudo mdutil -i on /

Spotlight server is disabled.
Spotlight server is disabled.

% sudo launchctl bootstrap system /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

% sudo mdutil -E /
% sudo mdutil -i on /

/:
Indexing enabled.
/:
Indexing enabled.

As for the issue with dictation, i have not found any viable solution yet. Anyone?

Good find and I do see the same. Could you clarify your fix when you have a sec?
What are your steps to start spotlight when off. I get "Indexing and searching disabled." when
attempting to use your commands.

 

[amaze1499]

Good find and I do see the same. Could you clarify your fix when you have a sec?
What are your steps to start spotlight when off. I get "Indexing and searching disabled." when
attempting to use your commands.

I ran exactly same commands again and funnyly enough after the second time it worked