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macOS High Sierra (10.13) Unsupported Macs Thread

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A whole load more Macs will soon be running dosdude1's patches:

macOS 10.14 supports:

  • MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
  • MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
  • MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)
  • Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
  • iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
  • iMac Pro (2017)
  • Mac Pro (Late 2013, plus mid 2010 and mid 2012 models with recommend Metal-capable GPU)
Apple notes, however, that support for 2010 and 2012 Mac Pro models won’t be available right off the bat – instead that support will come “in an upcoming beta.”

Apple’s reasoning for dropping the older Mac devices likely relates to the Metal GPU technology, which requires more powerful graphic capabilities.

For comparison’s sake, here are the Mac variants that were supported when macOS 10.13 High Sierra was released last year:

  • Late 2009 iMac or newer
  • Late 2009 MacBook/MacBook (Retina) or newer
  • Mid-2010 MacBook Pro or newer
  • Late 2010 MacBook Air or newer
  • Mid-2010 Mac Mini or newer
  • Mid-2010 Mac Pro or newer
  • 2017 iMac Pro
 
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nekton1 said:
A whole load more Macs will soon be running dosdude1's patches:

macOS 10.14 supports:

  • MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
  • MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
  • MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)
  • Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
  • iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
  • iMac Pro (2017)
  • Mac Pro (Late 2013, plus mid 2010 and mid 2012 models with recommend Metal-capable GPU)
Apple notes, however, that support for 2010 and 2012 Mac Pro models won’t be available right off the bat – instead that support will come “in an upcoming beta.”

Apple’s reasoning for dropping the older Mac devices likely relates to the Metal GPU technology, which requires more powerful graphic capabilities.

For comparison’s sake, here are the Mac variants that were supported when macOS 10.13 High Sierra was released last year:

  • Late 2009 iMac or newer
  • Late 2009 MacBook/MacBook (Retina) or newer
  • Mid-2010 MacBook Pro or newer
  • Late 2010 MacBook Air or newer
  • Mid-2010 Mac Mini or newer
  • Mid-2010 Mac Pro or newer
  • 2017 iMac Pro
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I don't think so. To add Sierra/High Sierra support to older Macs are easy, because Apple only "blacklisted" some things (nearly all of the previous hardware devices (gpus/cpus/etc) are remain compatible with Sierra/High Sierra). But the current state is Apple removed OpenGL device support. To gain HW accelerated graphics, the GPU's are need to be updated. This only available on iMacs with MXM boards and on the Mac Pro. Because the older supported Mac Pro will the 2010's, iMacs with first generation Core i processors maybe can be working with more or less hack. But with Core2 Macs? I'm not think so.
 
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dosdude1 said:
The Recovery HD is nearly useless, especially on these unsupported machines. Anything Recovery HD can do can be done by booting off a USB installer drive. These Recovery HD updates literally do nothing but update the system version of the Recovery HD (and consequently removes the patches that makes it bootable on these unsupported systems).
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Thanks for the explanation. I just wonder, without knowing what's involved, whether a cleaner solution couldn't be implemented rather than doing something that causes the recovery HD scripts to fail. It would be nice to see the correct entries in the installation log if nothing else. Maybe (a) not downloading any Recovery HD pkgs, (b) not executing the scripts (c) nobbling the scripts so they don't do anything but appear to be successfully executed ... or something equally kludgy?
[doublepost=1528144868][/doublepost]OK, I bit the bullet and did the 10.13.5 update again using @dosdude1's patcher. Mostly OK - took about an hour or so. It worried me for a while - after the installation, and rebooting back into the installer to do the post install patch, I didn't see the "macOS Installer" in the menu bar. What I saw was "Utilities Launcher" in the menu bar with the list of utilities in the little pane in the bottom left. However, I couldn't activate the macOS Post Install from that pane. I could select it with my arrow keys, but no amount of clicking my trackpad or hitting the enter key would make it run. Wasn't sure what to do at that point so rebooted but the same thing happened again. I finally attached a mouse and was able to run the post install by double clicking the mouse. Panic over.

Another "interesting" point in the post install patch selection window, where you choose which volume you want to patch. My laptop's drive is called Macintosh HD, but I also have a partition called Macintosh HD on my USB drive that I install from which was obviously mounted at the time. In the pull-down menu, it lists (amongst others) a Macintosh HD and a Macintosh HD 1. I guessed I needed the one without the 1 appended and was correct. Is there a way to tell which Macintosh HD is which?
 
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Has anyone installed the latest 10.13.5 on a MacPro3,1 with the
stock ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphic card? If so, please share the experience
on how to do it, full install (using dosdude1 patch) or a system upgrade?
 
Kevbasscat said:
@Czo Are they only allowing Open Gl 4.1 and Open CL 1.2?
Why don’t you think the Core 2 processors won’t work?
Is that end for my 9.1 iMac?
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Only Metal will be supported/allowed. So, to boot accelerated UI, Metal will be required now. Core 2 is 50-50, because noone tested it with nVidia Metal compatible card and with a Core 2 based Mac Pro. (Why Mac Pro? No Mac build with Core 2 and Metal compatible nVidia; Why nVidia? With HS, some ATI/Radeon drivers requires CPU instruction that are missing from Core2 and introduced with Nehalem (first gen Core i)).
 
Maybe it's a stupid question but ... here it is:

Which update route from 10.13.4 to 10.13.5 is better:
- Update from AppStore and then re-apply patches
- Full install with dosdude tool (.5 installed over .4)

Thank you

MPC 3.1 with Radeon R9 280x (needs ATI patch)
 
mumux said:
Maybe it's a stupid question but ... here it is:

Which update route from 10.13.4 to 10.13.5 is better:
- Update from AppStore and then re-apply patches
- Full install with dosdude tool (.5 installed over .4)

Thank you

MPC 3.1 with Radeon R9 280x (needs ATI patch)
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I recommend the full install with dosdude tool (.5 installed over .4), you keep all your documents etc. in place it is an update not a clean install and so this is Best way to go. This way I did not encounter any error during installation. My Mac runs like a charm.
-You still probably have to reapply 1 or 2 patches via Patch updater.
 
Czo said:
Only Metal will be supported/allowed. So, to boot accelerated UI, Metal will be required now. Core 2 is 50-50, because noone tested it with nVidia Metal compatible card and with a Core 2 based Mac Pro. (Why Mac Pro? No Mac build with Core 2 and Metal compatible nVidia; Why nVidia? With HS, some ATI/Radeon drivers requires CPU instruction that are missing from Core2 and introduced with Nehalem (first gen Core i)).
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Well, I can’t fault Apple for progress. I just wish they’d get off their a***s and supported Pro Apps again. I had not said one bad word about Apple in 19 years, but that streak is over. I wanted to hold out as long as I could to protest, their cold feel to customers who have been faithful to them, all we ask is they be faithful to us, that’s fair. I don’t see why they don’t allow both GPU’s work. Compatibility is possible if your motivated. But I have nVidia 9400.
Thank you.

Edit 1. This is long but complete. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202823 Here is the list of approved and una pproved MAcs. Says mine is dtill capable to me, but you tell me. iMac 9.1 nVidia 9400.

The tables below list the OpenCL and OpenGL versions that Mac computers support.

Each GPU's hardware capabilities determine the version of OpenCL or OpenGL that's supported. Some GPUs don't support OpenCL and are noted with an "N/A." Some applications might have specific version requirements.

iMac
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007) ATI Radeon HD 2400
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 3.3 N/A
iMac (24-inch, Mid 2007) ATI Radeon HD 2400
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 3.3 N/A
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro

3.3

N/A

iMac (24-inch, Early 2008)

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

3.3

1.0

iMac (Early 2009) ATI Radeon HD 4850 3.3 1.0
iMac (20-inch, Early 2009) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 3.3 1.0
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 3.3 1.0
iMac (20-inch, Late 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

iMac (21-inch, Late 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
ATI Radeon HD 4670

3.3

1.0

iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) ATI Radeon HD 4670
ATI Radeon HD 4850 3.3 1.0
iMac (21-inch, Mid 2010)
ATI Radeon HD 4670
ATI Radeon HD 5670

3.3

1.0

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
ATI Radeon HD 5670
ATI Radeon HD 5750

4.1

1.2

iMac (21-inch, Mid 2011)
ATI Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Radeon HD 6770M

4.1

1.2

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
ATI Radeon HD 6770M
ATI Radeon HD 6970M

4.1

1.2

iMac (21-inch, Late 2011) ATI Radeon HD 6750M 4.1 1.2
iMac (21-inch, Late 2012) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 4.1 1.2
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
NVIDIA GeForce GT 680M 4.1 1.2
iMac (21-inch, Early 2013)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

4.1

1.2

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) NVIDIA Geforce GT 750M
Intel Iris Pro 4.1 1.2
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) NVIDIA Geforce GT 755M
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 775M
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 780M 4.1 1.2
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014)

Intel HD 5000 Graphics 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) AMD M290
AMD M295
AMD Radeon R9 M290
AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) AMD Radeon R9 M290 4.1 1.2
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015) Intel HD Graphics 6000
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015) Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) AMD Radeon R9 M380
AMD Radeon R9 M390
AMD Radeon R9 M395
AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4.1 1.2
iMac (21.5-inch, 2017) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) Radeon Pro 555
Radeon Pro 560 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017) Radeon Pro 570
Radeon Pro 575
Radeon Pro 580 4.1 1.2
iMac Pro
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

iMac Pro (2017) Radeon Pro Vega 56
Radeon Pro Vega 65 4.1 1.2
Mac mini
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

Mac mini (Early 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

Mac mini (Early 2010) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 3.3 1.0
Mac mini (Mid 2011) AMD Radeon HD 6630 4.1 1.2
Mac mini (Mid 2011) Intel HD 3000 3.3 N/A
Mac mini (Mid 2012) Intel HD 4000 4.1 1.2
Mac mini (Late 2014)

Intel HD 5000 Graphics

4.1 1.2
Mac mini (Late 2014)
Intel Iris Graphics

4.1 1.2

Mac Pro
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

Mac Pro (Early 2008) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 3.3 1.0
Mac Pro (Early 2009) NVIDIA Geforce GTX 285
NVIDIA Geforce Quadro FX 4800
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
ATI Radeon HD 4870 3.3 1.0
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
ATI Radeon HD 5770
ATI Radeon HD 5870

4.1

1.2

Mac Pro (Mid 2012) ATI Radeon HD 5770
ATI Radeon HD 5870 4.1 1.2
Mac Pro (Late 2013) AMD FirePro D300
AMD FirePro D500
AMD FirePro D700 4.1 1.2

MacBook Pro
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2007)
NVIDIA Geforce 8600 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2007) NVIDIA Geforce 8600 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008) NVIDIA Geforce 8600 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008) NVIDIA Geforce 8600 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M
3.3

1.0

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)

NVIDIA Geforce GT 320M 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
NVIDIA Geforce GT 330M 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) NVIDIA Geforce GT 330M 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) Intel HD Graphics 3000 3.3 N/A
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)

ATI Radeon HD 6490M
ATI Radeon HD 6750M

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011) ATI Radeon HD 6750M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) Intel HD Graphics 3000 3.3 N/A
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) ATI Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Radeon HD 6770M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011)
ATI Radeon HD 6770M

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)

Intel Iris Graphics

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Intel Iris Pro Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) Intel Iris Graphics 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Intel Iris Pro Graphics
NVIDIA Geforce GT 750M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) Intel Iris Graphics 6100 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) AMD Radeon R9 M370X 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) Intel Iris Graphics 540 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) Intel Iris Graphics 550 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) Intel HD Graphics 530
Radeon Pro 450 2GB VRAM
Radeon Pro 455 2GB VRAM
Radeon Pro 460 4GB VRAM 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) Intel HD Graphics 630
Radeon Pro 555 2GB VRAM
Radeon Pro 560 4GB VRAM 4.1 1.2

MacBook
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

MacBook (Early 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

MacBook (Mid 2010)

NVIDIA GeForce 320M

3.3

1.0
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015) Intel HD Graphics 5300 4.1 1.2
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016) Intel HD Graphics 515 4.1 1.2
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017) Intel HD Graphics 615 4.1 1.2
MacBook Air
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

MacBook Air (Mid 2009)

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

MacBook Air (Late 2010)

NVIDIA GeForce 320M

3.3

1.0

MacBook Air (Mid 2011)

Intel HD Graphics 3000

3.3

N/A

MacBook Air (Mid 2012)
Intel HD Graphics 4000

4.1

1.2

MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
Intel HD Graphics 5000

4.1

1.2

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) Intel HD Graphics 5000 4.1 1.2
MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
Intel HD Graphics 6000 4.1 1.2
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015) Intel HD Graphics 6000 4.1 1.2
MacBook Air (13-inch, 2016) Intel HD Graphics 6000 4.1 1.2

The tables below list the OpenCL and OpenGL versions that Mac computers support.

Each GPU's hardware capabilities determine the version of OpenCL or OpenGL that's supported. Some GPUs don't support OpenCL and are noted with an "N/A." Some applications might have specific version requirements.

iMac
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007) ATI Radeon HD 2400
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 3.3 N/A
iMac (24-inch, Mid 2007) ATI Radeon HD 2400
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 3.3 N/A
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro

3.3

N/A

iMac (24-inch, Early 2008)

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

3.3

1.0

iMac (Early 2009) ATI Radeon HD 4850 3.3 1.0
iMac (20-inch, Early 2009) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 3.3 1.0
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 3.3 1.0
iMac (20-inch, Late 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

iMac (21-inch, Late 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
ATI Radeon HD 4670

3.3

1.0

iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) ATI Radeon HD 4670
ATI Radeon HD 4850 3.3 1.0
iMac (21-inch, Mid 2010)
ATI Radeon HD 4670
ATI Radeon HD 5670

3.3

1.0

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
ATI Radeon HD 5670
ATI Radeon HD 5750

4.1

1.2

iMac (21-inch, Mid 2011)
ATI Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Radeon HD 6770M

4.1

1.2

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
ATI Radeon HD 6770M
ATI Radeon HD 6970M

4.1

1.2

iMac (21-inch, Late 2011) ATI Radeon HD 6750M 4.1 1.2
iMac (21-inch, Late 2012) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 4.1 1.2
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
NVIDIA GeForce GT 680M 4.1 1.2
iMac (21-inch, Early 2013)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

4.1

1.2

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) NVIDIA Geforce GT 750M
Intel Iris Pro 4.1 1.2
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) NVIDIA Geforce GT 755M
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 775M
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 780M 4.1 1.2
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014)

Intel HD 5000 Graphics 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) AMD M290
AMD M295
AMD Radeon R9 M290
AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) AMD Radeon R9 M290 4.1 1.2
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015) Intel HD Graphics 6000
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015) Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) AMD Radeon R9 M380
AMD Radeon R9 M390
AMD Radeon R9 M395
AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4.1 1.2
iMac (21.5-inch, 2017) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) Radeon Pro 555
Radeon Pro 560 4.1 1.2
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017) Radeon Pro 570
Radeon Pro 575
Radeon Pro 580 4.1 1.2
iMac Pro
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

iMac Pro (2017) Radeon Pro Vega 56
Radeon Pro Vega 65 4.1 1.2
Mac mini
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

Mac mini (Early 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

Mac mini (Early 2010) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 3.3 1.0
Mac mini (Mid 2011) AMD Radeon HD 6630 4.1 1.2
Mac mini (Mid 2011) Intel HD 3000 3.3 N/A
Mac mini (Mid 2012) Intel HD 4000 4.1 1.2
Mac mini (Late 2014)

Intel HD 5000 Graphics

4.1 1.2
Mac mini (Late 2014)
Intel Iris Graphics

4.1 1.2

Mac Pro
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

Mac Pro (Early 2008) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 3.3 1.0
Mac Pro (Early 2009) NVIDIA Geforce GTX 285
NVIDIA Geforce Quadro FX 4800
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
ATI Radeon HD 4870 3.3 1.0
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
ATI Radeon HD 5770
ATI Radeon HD 5870

4.1

1.2

Mac Pro (Mid 2012) ATI Radeon HD 5770
ATI Radeon HD 5870 4.1 1.2
Mac Pro (Late 2013) AMD FirePro D300
AMD FirePro D500
AMD FirePro D700 4.1 1.2

MacBook Pro
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2007)
NVIDIA Geforce 8600 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2007) NVIDIA Geforce 8600 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008) NVIDIA Geforce 8600 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008) NVIDIA Geforce 8600 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M
3.3

1.0

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)

NVIDIA Geforce GT 320M 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
NVIDIA Geforce GT 330M 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) NVIDIA Geforce GT 330M 3.3 1.0
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) Intel HD Graphics 3000 3.3 N/A
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)

ATI Radeon HD 6490M
ATI Radeon HD 6750M

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011) ATI Radeon HD 6750M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) Intel HD Graphics 3000 3.3 N/A
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) ATI Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Radeon HD 6770M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011)
ATI Radeon HD 6770M

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)

Intel Iris Graphics

4.1

1.2

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Intel Iris Pro Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) Intel Iris Graphics 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Intel Iris Pro Graphics
NVIDIA Geforce GT 750M 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) Intel Iris Graphics 6100 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) AMD Radeon R9 M370X 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) Intel Iris Graphics 540 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) Intel Iris Graphics 550 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) Intel HD Graphics 530
Radeon Pro 450 2GB VRAM
Radeon Pro 455 2GB VRAM
Radeon Pro 460 4GB VRAM 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 4.1 1.2
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) Intel HD Graphics 630
Radeon Pro 555 2GB VRAM
Radeon Pro 560 4GB VRAM 4.1 1.2

MacBook
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

MacBook (Early 2009)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

MacBook (Mid 2010)

NVIDIA GeForce 320M

3.3

1.0
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015) Intel HD Graphics 5300 4.1 1.2
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016) Intel HD Graphics 515 4.1 1.2
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017) Intel HD Graphics 615 4.1 1.2
MacBook Air
Model

GPU

OpenGL

OpenCL

MacBook Air (Mid 2009)

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

3.3

1.0

MacBook Air (Late 2010)

NVIDIA GeForce 320M

3.3

1.0

MacBook Air (Mid 2011)

Intel HD Graphics 3000

3.3

N/A

MacBook Air (Mid 2012)
Intel HD Graphics 4000

4.1

1.2

MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
Intel HD Graphics 5000

4.1

1.2

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) Intel HD Graphics 5000 4.1 1.2
MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
Intel HD Graphics 6000 4.1 1.2
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015) Intel HD Graphics 6000 4.1 1.2
MacBook Air (13-inch, 2016) Intel HD Graphics 6000 4.1 1.2
 
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I know which mac support which version of OpenGL and/or OpenCL, but Apple made a clear decision about it when introduced Metal on desktop platform many years ago. They did not upgrade OpenGL to above version 4.1 (Radeon HD6000 series support OpenGL 4.5 under Windows). They want to use Metal instead of OpenGL and to use Metal Compute Shaders instead of OpenCL. Mojave still had a layer to run OpenGL/OpenCL things but this is the last release to support it. Next version can't run 32 bit apps and can't run anything with OpenGL or OpenCL.
 
Czo said:
I know which mac support which version of OpenGL and/or OpenCL, but Apple made a clear decision about it when introduced Metal on desktop platform many years ago. They did not upgrade OpenGL to above version 4.1 (Radeon HD6000 series support OpenGL 4.5 under Windows). They want to use Metal instead of OpenGL and to use Metal Compute Shaders instead of OpenCL. Mojave still had a layer to run OpenGL/OpenCL things but this is the last release to support it. Next version can't run 32 bit apps and can't run anything with OpenGL or OpenCL.
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Thank you for helping me understand. SO 50-50? I’ll take that chance.
Thank you, oh smart one, lol. Many fruitful fruits along your way,
Grasshopper.
 
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hello, first a praise to the developer! good job. Today I tried to patch my MacBook 5.1 from El Capitan on high Sierra. Unfortunately, it does not work. I did everything according to instructions. If I want to boot from the usb stick, after a few seconds only a crossed out stroke comes. what could it be?
 
dosdude1,
I've run into a possible issue when building a USB installer for 10.13.5 using MacOS High Sierra patcher 2.6.2 for a boot-rom patched MacPro 3,1.
When I boot the 3,1 with the resultant built USB stick (called USB Installer), I see the first EFI screen shown below. As you see, there is no USB installer icon, just three EFI boots and two disks (Test 3 and Test4). None of these three EFI boot icons launch the OS install screen. At first I thought it was the USB build and rebuilt it two or three times with no success and then I tried another USB stick with the same fail result.
To check what was going on, I put the built USB Installer in a supported Mac and booted with Option pressed, resulting in the second boot screen where USB Installer shows correctly.
In fact, I was able to then attach the Test3 external SSD removed from the MacPro3,1 and containing 10.13.4 to the supported mac, install 10.13.5 on it and run the post install patch before moving the SSD back to the Mac Pro 3,1 where it boots successfully.
But the question is why the USB Installer stick cannot be used to install 10.13.5 directly on the MP3,1 because the correct USB Installer icon never shows.
Any ideas why this is happening?

Screen on MP3,1 when booted from USB Installer—I think the EFI Boot to the left of Test4 is from the built USB Installer but it does not start the Mac OS Install screen
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Screen on supported MacBookPro when booted from same built USB Installer—successfully installed 10.13.5 on Test3 containing 10.13.4 and patched with post-install to produce a disk booting 10.13.5 on MP3,1
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Attempted to do a fresh install of 10.13.5 onto a MacPro 3,1. Image was downloaded using the High Sierra patcher and then used the patcher to put it on a USB flash drive. Flash drive booted successfully into the installer, but the installation eventually crapped out with the following message:

"macOS could not be installed on your computer. No packages were eligible for install."

Wat do?

EDIT: Derp. The clock needed to be set.
 
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Was this a dosdude1 boot-rom patched MP3,1 adding APFS support into the boot-rom firmware, or is it still using the original 3,1 boot rom?

XStylus said:
Attempted to do a fresh install of 10.13.5 onto a MacPro 3,1. Image was downloaded using the High Sierra patcher and then used the patcher to put it on a USB flash drive. Flash drive booted successfully into the installer, but the installation eventually crapped out with the following message:

"macOS could not be installed on your computer. No packages were eligible for install."

Wat do?

EDIT: Derp. The clock needed to be set.
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10.13.4 with MacPro3,1: The USB installer will not install 10.13.5 even with over 400GB in the hard drive. Am I missing something.
 
nekton1 said:
Was this a dosdude1 boot-rom patched MP3,1 adding APFS support into the boot-rom firmware, or is it still using the original 3,1 boot rom?
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Original boot rom. Also, boot drive is formatted HFS, not APFS.

In any case, it's up and running now.
 
@dosdude1
can u help me?
first a praise to the developer! good job. Today I tried to patch my MacBook 5.1 from El Capitan on high Sierra. Unfortunately, it does not work. I did everything according to instructions. If I want to boot from the usb stick, after a few seconds only a crossed out stroke comes. what could it be?
 
amnesia106 said:
@dosdude1
can u help me?
first a praise to the developer! good job. Today I tried to patch my MacBook 5.1 from El Capitan on high Sierra. Unfortunately, it does not work. I did everything according to instructions. If I want to boot from the usb stick, after a few seconds only a crossed out stroke comes. what could it be?
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Are you using the latest High Sierra Installer? If so, try a different USB drive.
 
With another stick, the boot has worked. Unfortunately, the installation failed. I tried an upgrade. did not work. ssd formatted, reinstalled. failed.
 
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