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macOS High Sierra (10.13) Unsupported Macs Thread

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gages said:
OK, this is a good one. On my cloned backup 10.13, testing Time Machine, when I enter the Time Machine and try to go to a prior date, the windows are all Red!
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Radeon card? :)

I had a 5770 with this problem you describe and other graphical issues (despite the patch), eventually replaced it with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1024 MB. All is fine now ...
 
coasterOneEightThree said:
Radeon card? :)

I had a 5770 with this problem you describe and other graphical issues (despite the patch), eventually replaced it with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1024 MB. All is fine now ...
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Ya, Radeon 5770

Not sure it is worth spending the $$$ for a new video card on a 9 year old machine......

On the GTX 285, are the PC and Mac versions of the card different and need the specific Mac unit to work in a MacPro 3,1?
 
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Updated my iMac 9,1 last night to 13.3 and now every time it wakes from sleep, or even when trying to switch users in the lock screen, screen just goes blank (black). I can tell it's running and even the screen backlight is on but nothing else. I have to hold the power button down to force shutdown and reboot, then its ok. But this repeats after another wake from sleep.

Any idea what's causing this or perhaps how to fix it? Never ran into this issue before.
 
I just finished reinstalling macos 10.13.3 and WindowServer is still crashing and that is causing my mac (specs in sig) to freeze uncontrollably.

[ERROR] - Unknown CGXDisplayDevice: 0x41dc9d00

Is anyone else experiencing this? I searched google and the only hits I got were related to bartender app which I am not using.

Edit: more logs

Code: 
Date/Time:       2018-01-24 20:07:29.211713 +0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.13.3 (Build 17D47)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version:  19

Command:         WindowServer
Path:            /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowServer
Version:         ??? (???)
Parent:          launchd [1]
PID:             193

Event:           wakeups
Wakeups:         45001 wakeups over the last 258 seconds (175 wakeups per second average), exceeding limit of 150 wakeups per second over 300 seconds
Action taken:    none
Duration:        257.80s
Steps:           196

Hardware model:  MacPro3,1
Active cpus:     8

Help!
 
Hi all.
I have a MacBook Pro 15", model 5.1 (MC026LL/A) with a Samsung 840 Evo 256GB SSD. The AirportExtreme has device number 0x14E4, 0x8D. Had (and still have as spare) a Transcend SSD370 (512GB) SSD before, with El Capitan fully updated.

Installed High Sierra in a APFS volume and applied all the patches including 10.13.3. No major problems, everything seems to be working ok with only 2 minor issues:
  • Sometimes corrupted video with Firefox 57.0.4 and 58 (eg, YouTube or Imgur GIFv). Sound isn't affected. If I fully reload page it will sometimes start playing ok, sometimes not. No problems with Safari. Using low power chipset GPU (Nvidia 9400). Haven't tried it with discrete Nvidia 9600GT.
  • My old Speedlink SL-6376-SSV Saphyr Bluetooth mouse that works perfectly with El Capitan doesn't work with High Sierra. Is recognized but won't move pointer. Probably very old BT version, not supported anymore?
Have another BT mouse that works fine, a Lifetech Link Mouse (LFMOU029). Apple Keyboard (A1314) and Magic Trackpad (A1339) work fine.

Using it with a LG 25UM55-P UltraWide display, through a MiniDVI to DisplayPort cable, displays full resolution (2560x1080) perfectly.

Great job!!! Thank you very much!!! :)

Edit: viewing YouTube videos with Firefox sometimes freezes the image, progress bar and sound aren't affected. After a few seconds unfreezes and continues at present time.

Edit 2: Ok, after testing, found out that the freezing happens with 1080p60 and 720p60 videos. Other framerates are fine. Disabling Hardware Acceleration in Firefox has no effect.

Edit 3: Solved the problem. Type 'about:config' in the URL box, accept responsibility by clicking button, and search for 'media.mediasource'. There will be 4 results, they should be all as 'True'. In my case, 'media.mediasource.webm.enabled' was 'False'. After changing it to 'True', 1080p60 and 720p60 content won't freeze anymore (some jitter but acceptable).

Edit 4: Seems that the previous edit fix also solved the corrupted video problem in Firefox, yay!!!
 
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W1SS said:
I just finished reinstalling macos 10.13.3 and WindowServer is still crashing and that is causing my mac (specs in sig) to freeze uncontrollably.

[ERROR] - Unknown CGXDisplayDevice: 0x41dc9d00

Is anyone else experiencing this? I searched google and the only hits I got were related to bartender app which I am not using.

Edit: more logs

Code: 
Date/Time:       2018-01-24 20:07:29.211713 +0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.13.3 (Build 17D47)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version:  19

Command:         WindowServer
Path:            /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowServer
Version:         ??? (???)
Parent:          launchd [1]
PID:             193

Event:           wakeups
Wakeups:         45001 wakeups over the last 258 seconds (175 wakeups per second average), exceeding limit of 150 wakeups per second over 300 seconds
Action taken:    none
Duration:        257.80s
Steps:           196

Hardware model:  MacPro3,1
Active cpus:     8

Help!
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Do you have a newer AMD video card installed? If so, you'll need to re-run the post-install patch to install the AMD Video Card Patch.
 
dosdude1 said:
Do you have a newer AMD video card installed? If so, you'll need to re-run the post-install patch to install the AMD Video Card Patch.
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Nope. I have a 680 GTX that I procured from MVC and it was working fine under 10.13/.1/.2 .. I also loaded Windows 10 just now to make sure the card is running fine and it is.

Other things I tried -

1. Fresh install - with and without restoration | same issue
2. Booted into recovery to test gui | no issue
3. Tested with peripherals connected/disconnected | same issue
4. PRAM and SMC reset | same issue
5. Uninstalled Nvidia web driver | same issue
6. Uninstalled Cuda drivers | same issue
7. Created new user account | same issue
8. Ran onyx | same issue

I wonder what could be causing this failure in WindowSystem. Diagnosticd service is consuming a lot of cpu time.
 
@dosdude1

So now, next failure: the installation won’t complete. I tried it 10 times. It says around 18 minutes and when it comes to 15 it stops.
 
hi, I would like to upgrade the video card for best performance in High Sierra on my Mac Pro 3.1. My current video card is an ATI RAEDON HD 5750. I use archicad, cinema 4d, maxwell render and final cut pro X for videos.

any suggestions? I would like to spend around 200 $/€
thank you so much
 
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@dosdude1

„macOS couldn‘t be installed on your computer
Request failed to initalize

Quit the installation program to do a restart and try again“

The Post Install should come after the procedure.
 
TeaOem said:
@dosdude1

„macOS couldn‘t be installed on your computer
Request failed to initalize

Quit the installation program to do a restart and try again“

The Post Install should come after the procedure.
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It happened to me too. I restarted from USB, launched Disk Utility, cleared all the disk and formated it again. I think the installer doesn't like already occupied partitions.
 
TeaOem said:
@dosdude1

„macOS couldn‘t be installed on your computer
Request failed to initalize

Quit the installation program to do a restart and try again“

The Post Install should come after the procedure.
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If @rpa solution doesn't work for you try checking your mac's time and date. I ran into the exact same issue and it was because my CMOS batt failed causing my date to revert to 1970 or something.

You can set it while in recovery via terminal.
 
Hello, @dosdude1 - I have a Mac Pro 3 1 which works fantastic with the patching program. However each time I perform an update (10.13.1 > x.2 > x.3) I have to run-run the post install process.

If I do the standard update through the app store I get a WSOD (White screen of death), but after booting to the recovery tool and re-running the patch everything works perfectly.

Is there something I've missed why this would happen?
 
orange-roma said:
hi, I would like to upgrade the video card for best performance in High Sierra on my Mac Pro 3.1. My current video card is an ATI RAEDON HD 5750. I use archicad, cinema 4d, maxwell render and final cut pro X for videos.

any suggestions? I would like to spend around 200 $/€
thank you so much
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You can get a cheap GTX 570 video card Here:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Apple-M...286771?hash=item3d55c9b233:g:O0IAAOSwevlaLDUW

Not that you need it, but the latest nvidia Driver Here:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/129756/en-us
 
orange-roma said:
hi, I would like to upgrade the video card for best performance in High Sierra on my Mac Pro 3.1. My current video card is an ATI RAEDON HD 5750. I use archicad, cinema 4d, maxwell render and final cut pro X for videos.

any suggestions? I would like to spend around 200 $/€
thank you so much
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On my MacPro 3.1 I put a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 Go. It costs around 200 € and its working perfect under High Sierra
with FinalCut Pro X and with Dosdude's patches. NDivia specific drivers are not installed as the generic Apple ones are OK.
 
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Blackriton said:
On my MacPro 3.1 I put a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 Go. It costs around 200 € and its working perfect under High Sierra
with FinalCut Pro X and with Dosdude's patches. NDivia specific drivers are not installed as the generic Apple ones are OK.
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Ok found a good price on a GTX 285 for Mac and ordered the power cables. Anything special on install other than put it in and power it up?
 
gages said:
Ok found a good price on a GTX 285 for Mac and ordered the power cables. Anything special on install other than put it in and power it up?
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Nothing special and no Nvidia drivers install. All is working smooth after card install and powering on. Cables where furnished with the card I didn't had to buy them separetely.
 
coasterOneEightThree said:
I installed the Mac drivers from NVIDIA before, but the card works with High Sierra's own drivers, too ...

EDIT: Oh, and @dosdude1's advice is also important ...
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When do you run the AMD GPU uninstall, after booting w/ the new card?
[doublepost=1516891230][/doublepost]BTW, when I went back to my cloned drive I went from AFPS to HFS+. Faster boot, better Time Machine performance, and better overall performance.
 
@dosdude1 Issue resolved.

It was a faulty USB drive that was causing failures due to corrupted files being installed (clean install - partly usable) together with a time machine backup that had traces of files from 10.13.2 beta that were carried over to 10.13.3 (clean install + restoration - totally unusable).

I started with a clean install from a new USB drive and manually restored applications + data then wiped the time machine stor so I have clean backups.

Thanks for chiming on my issue.
 
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