macOS 15 Sequoia on Unsupported Macs Thread

[K two]

OCLP 1.6 nightly link please​

From the developers on Discord - Currently, OCLP does not have any kind of support for Sequoia. Developers are making their best efforts in order to add support, but it may take months or even years for something usable to be produced. Please do not install Sequoia at this time and please do not bother developers with questions or ETAs regarding Sequoia development. 🤫

 

[Heindijs]

From the developers on Discord - Currently, OCLP does not have any kind of support for Sequoia. Developers are making their best efforts in order to add support, but it may take months or even years for something usable to be produced. Please do not install Sequoia at this time and please do not bother developers with questions or ETAs regarding Sequoia development. 🤫

I wouldn't imagine it taking years lol. I'm guessing that OCLP will be ready by the public release of Sequoia in October.

 

[Lucky736]

From the developers on Discord - Currently, OCLP does not have any kind of support for Sequoia. Developers are making their best efforts in order to add support, but it may take months or even years for something usable to be produced. Please do not install Sequoia at this time and please do not bother developers with questions or ETAs regarding Sequoia development. 🤫

So you think this week?

Thank You for all of the work being put in. For some it is a necessity, for some a novelty to load the latest OS onto older machines, and everything in between. Whatever it may be there are a group of developers who continue to use their own time working to make these things happen and I, along with many, Thank You again.

 

[K two]

I wouldn't imagine it taking years lol. I'm guessing that OCLP will be ready by the public release of Sequoia in October.

🤷‍♂️

 

[K two]

Sequoia beta 1 on a supported Mac. Migation runs exactly like unsupported Sonoma.

 

[sinbad21]

Sequoia beta 1 on my MacBook Pro. Finally ! Patch fails, no wifi but ethernet OK.

 

[Sven G]

Looks quite like it. In fact, it seems to be so small, I couldn’t even be bothered going through all the hassle of walking the beta road till autumn.

I’m going on a limb here, It could be very likely, OCLP development will remain until Apple officially drops the Intel support in MacOS. Whether it’s worth upgrading is written on a different sheet of paper.

Sequoia = “High Sonoma” (only an incremental upgrade)…

 

[Sven G]

Yesterday, BTW, I tried to encrypt my Sequoia drive with FileVault: the encryption went well; but on subsequent reboots, after entering the password, it slowly booted - with double progress bars (one smaller one, too) - to a grey screen, with both username and password fields: and the password was not accepted! So, currently, it’s probably not a good idea to apply FileVault to Sequoia Beta 1. I then erased the external drive: better to wait for initial OCLP support, in order to test Sequoia…

 

[Ma2thias]

i Have to delete this post, Sry

 

[amaze1499]

Link for OCLP 1.&nightly:

• https://nightly.link/dortania/OpenC...uild-app-wxpython/main/AutoPkg-Assets.pkg.zip
• https://nightly.link/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/actions/runs/9535766538/AutoPkg-Assets.pkg.zip
• https://nightly.link/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/actions/artifacts/1606042026.zip
• Ephemeral direct download link (expires in <1 minute)

Please remove this post.

 

[K two]

@Ma2thias. Apparently you hold no respect for the OCLP developers who have requested the info in your post not be disclosed. Please take it down!!

 

[MacinMan]

I didn't say anything because I couldn't remember if they were one of the devs, the name looked familiar and I know the devs have occasionally posted here.

 

[jgleigh]

I didn't say anything because I couldn't remember if they were one of the devs, the name looked familiar and I know the devs have occasionally posted here.

The account has only one post...probably a throwaway account.

 

[Ma2thias]

Please remove this post.

Not working on Ma´Imac 2015 no WLAN

 

[Mark1966]

Please remove this post.

Why do you tell one to delete his post with a Quote which will have the original post in your post ???

Please delete your Post or "EDIT YOUR POST" to make the other Deletion effective.

Otherwise this makes no Sense !!!!!

Hello

 

[woefi]

Please remove this post.

Hehe. please edit the quote out if you really want to remove it...

 

[OKonnel]

Allow me a little rebuke, kindly, for those users who insist on downloading and installing the macOS Sequoia Beta, without being Developers, and thus have to test their applications for the next Operating System, and without even knowing OCLP and all its functions.

What to do with a Beta that, especially at the beginning, is very rough? Furthermore, from Big Sur onwards, Apple began to randomly add and remove functions and more during the Beta versions... In other words, it is no longer like the old days, when the System became more and more stable as the number of Beta versions progressed. Therefore, there is just a big waste of time associated to many risks.

Moreover, Apple's official system for macOS is still Sonoma, which for many of us, thanks to OCLP, works the same as on supported Macs. So feel actual and don't go looking for trouble, perhaps with the unpredictable risk of losing your most important data while hacking trying to get who knows what...

If, on the other hand, you are curious to see Sequoia at work, there are Apple's videos with the new features which mainly concern the new Silicon Macs and not ours.
For our Macs, in fact, but also for many newer Macs, macOS Sequoia doesn't offer much more than Sonoma, and the friend @Sven G rightly called Sequoia an High Sonoma

 

[deeveedee]

Am I the only one who feels more compelled to do something when I'm told "no!"? With so many safe ways to experiment without risk to systems and data, let it be. I'm glad I tried Sequoia before the gods approved it and didn't really become motivated until I was basically told I was an idiot if I wanted to try it.

My advice? Test to your heart's content and to the limits of your own risk tolerance. Keep multiple safety nets if you need to protect anything and if you screw up, own it and don't complain about it.

EDIT: ... and if you care what others think, don't post an announcement that you're testing Sequoia.

 

[Sven G]

Until root patching will become available also for Sequoia, the best way to explore the new macOS is in a virtual machine: it works both in Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion (but probably not in VirtualBox or UTM), albeit without graphics acceleration (paravirtualized graphics probably won’t work, so you’ll be stuck with the classic, non-accelerated Parallels or VMware video driver); installation in Parallels is straightforward (everything works, also the automatic installation media creation from the macOS installer app), while in Fusion you must create the installation media manually (the built-in method is still broken, for the more recent macOSes). So, the result will be a quite usable, albeit a little slow Sequoia VM, which can also be updated internally as new betas are published by Apple.

(In Parallels, after installing the Tools in the VM, the paravirtualized, accelerated driver will be used: if it doesn't work, the VM will boot to a black screen or halt during boot; if so, just shut it down (even forcedly, if it’s stuck), and then issue this command in the host Mac’s Terminal: prlctl set <VM_NAME> --video-adapter-type parallels; and then it should boot and run correctly: but of course with non-accelerated graphics.)

 

[Sven G]

… Two recent links:

Preview macOS Sequoia 15 with Parallels Desktop – The Ultimate Convenience for Tech Enthusiasts and Developers! | Parallels Blog

Parallels Desktop offers the most convenient way to preview macOS Sequoia 15 in a virtual machine. Preview macOS Sequoia 15 with this step-by-step guide.

www.parallels.com

Sequoia as VM on an Intel Mac | Fusion

Host: 2019 iMac with macOS 14.5 and Fusion 13.5.2.Attempting to install macOS 15 Sequoia as a virtual machine.Progress:Create Sequoia ISO, boot it as a CD and i

community.broadcom.com

… the first one for Apple silicon Macs, but as said before it works also for our old Intel ones (for which it isn’t necessary to install the beta Xcode, and of course you must download the traditional macOS installer package, not the IPSW file; for example, from Mr Macintosh: https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-sequoia-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple); and the second one illustrating some of the graphical problems with Fusion (which, as also said below, supports macOS VMs only on Intel).

So, currently, it is much easier to virtualize Sequoia (which, even if installed natively and booted through OCLP, would anyway be without root patches: rather useless)…

 

[MacinMan]

… Two recent links:

Preview macOS Sequoia 15 with Parallels Desktop – The Ultimate Convenience for Tech Enthusiasts and Developers! | Parallels Blog

Parallels Desktop offers the most convenient way to preview macOS Sequoia 15 in a virtual machine. Preview macOS Sequoia 15 with this step-by-step guide.

www.parallels.com

Sequoia as VM on an Intel Mac | Fusion

Host: 2019 iMac with macOS 14.5 and Fusion 13.5.2.Attempting to install macOS 15 Sequoia as a virtual machine.Progress:Create Sequoia ISO, boot it as a CD and i

community.broadcom.com

… the first one for Apple silicon Macs, but as said before it works also for our old Intel ones (for which you must download the traditional macOS installer package, not the IPSW file; for example, from Mr Macintosh: https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-sequoia-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple); and the second one illustrating some of the graphical problems with Fusion.

Reading through that post. suggests that for Mac users, it's better to switch to Parallels desktop for macOS VMs, as VMware isn't a guarantee reliable supported platform going forward.

 

[MacinMan]

@Sven G It's a bit ironic we're talking about VMware, macOS, and open core and the graphics issues that come with it. I found out when I initially installed VMware Workstation on my Linux dual boot they don't support AMD GPUs under Linux for graphics acceleration. Just though I'd throw that out there because I was hoping switching to a different platform would solve the issues with Open core, and VMs. The issue it did solve is, the OS i wanted as a guest works great as the host, but VMWare on that platform doesn't have great support either. I found the Heroic game launcher for macOS and it will install the windows versions of the games in wine-crossover, but I had asked if anyone had any experience with wine on a patched mac a while back regarding graphics issues. I have a Sonoma installer made with open core 1.5, but I was waiting to see if anyone could tell me my alternative to a VM would work under open core, so I don't break my stable system and waste time having to fix it.

 

[OKonnel]

Am I the only one who feels more compelled to do something when I'm told "no!"? With so many safe ways to experiment without risk to systems and data, let it be. I'm glad I tried Sequoia before the gods approved it and didn't really become motivated until I was basically told I was an idiot if I wanted to try it.
My advice? Test to your heart's content and to the limits of your own risk tolerance. Keep multiple safety nets if you need to protect anything and if you screw up, own it and don't complain about it.
EDIT: ... and if you care what others think, don't post an announcement that you're testing Sequoia.

Hi @deeveedee . I fully agree with your idea of freedom... and my warning is not intended to discourage or limit at people who, like you, know what they are doing and are perfectly aware...
But for years, with Big Sur and then the other Systems to follow, we have always found ourselves faced with friends who act on the wave of enthusiasm and without a vague idea; so, many times, the Forum ends up getting clogged up to help people that has caused problems with their Mac and even if they get help they understand with great difficulty or not at all.
In any case I didn't want to humiliate or offend anyone! I only communicated my perception of the uselessness of pre-installing Systems still in the initial Beta stages. But, I repeat, without claiming to impose anything and hoping to be taken seriously only by those who do not act with a minimum of awareness.

 

[MacinMan]

Hi @deeveedee . I fully agree with your idea of freedom... and my warning is not intended to discourage or limit at people who, like you, know what they are doing and are perfectly aware...
But for years, with Big Sur and then the other Systems to follow, we have always found ourselves faced with friends who act on the wave of enthusiasm and without a vague idea; so, many times, the Forum ends up getting clogged up to help people that has caused problems with their Mac and even if they get help they understand with great difficulty or not at all.
In any case I didn't want to humiliate or offend anyone! I only communicated my perception of the uselessness of pre-installing Systems still in the initial Beta stages. But, I repeat, without claiming to impose anything and hoping to be taken seriously only by those who do not act with a minimum of awareness.

That's why I usually ask questions about something I'm considering doing, especially in a situation like this where it's not officially supported to see if someone else has already tried it, and if it doesn't work, save myself unnecessary time recovering from it. I just realized i'm talking on the macos 15 thread too and asking about macos 14. Either way,it probably doesn't matter since what i'm asking about involves an unsupported version of macos.

 

[deeveedee]

But, I repeat, without claiming to impose anything and hoping to be taken seriously only by those who do not act with a minimum of awareness.

Wholeheartedly agree. It's ok to generate awareness and then allow people to make their own decisions. On that note, someone should think about creating a thread with the potential consequences of running unsupported versions of macOS after disabling SIP, disabling Secure Boot, breaking the APFS seal and injecting an old version of the Wi-Fi framework.