I saw on a Windows site stating as of today that the HS GM is out, and somebody else in this forum has confirmed that the Developer Beta page says it’s out too.
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macOS High Sierra (10.13) Unsupported Macs Thread
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Hello,
i have downloaded the latest patcher, used it to download high sierra.
I have a 16gb usb stick, created a GUID journaled partition, run the patcher and it takes some time but no errors.
I then reboot hold the option key down, only mouse appears but no icon for any bootable device.
Any ideas?
Have a macbook pro 5.3
thanks
EDIT: i tried also with the high sierra .dmg on goole drive linked here, same result.
i have downloaded the latest patcher, used it to download high sierra.
I have a 16gb usb stick, created a GUID journaled partition, run the patcher and it takes some time but no errors.
I then reboot hold the option key down, only mouse appears but no icon for any bootable device.
Any ideas?
Have a macbook pro 5.3
thanks
EDIT: i tried also with the high sierra .dmg on goole drive linked here, same result.
Thanks to dosdude1's patcher I was able to successfully install macOS High Sierra onto an iMac 8,1 and a Mac Pro 3,1.
On the forum I saw some discussion about Mac Pro's not booting into HS. Mine has an Nvidia 680 installed (flashed EVGA card) and booted without any problems. If I can help with anything please let me know. Cheers!
Edit: I don't own the original HD2600XT
On the forum I saw some discussion about Mac Pro's not booting into HS. Mine has an Nvidia 680 installed (flashed EVGA card) and booted without any problems. If I can help with anything please let me know. Cheers!
Edit: I don't own the original HD2600XT
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@fisty - think it's fairly safe to say that two source high sierra dmg's, same result, there's an issue either with your patcher program or the USB drive itself. Re-download the patcher tool and try a different USB drive.
It does look like the GM's out - didn't show up as an update in MAS, however (and using the dev d/l link unfortunately gives my MBP 4,1 the dialog that 10.13 isn't supported on this machine)
Making a patched installer with the GM. Hopefully it installs without issue.
Edit: Nope, it's not the GM. Bundle is 17a360a (believe that's still DP9).
It does look like the GM's out - didn't show up as an update in MAS, however (and using the dev d/l link unfortunately gives my MBP 4,1 the dialog that 10.13 isn't supported on this machine)
Making a patched installer with the GM. Hopefully it installs without issue.
Edit: Nope, it's not the GM. Bundle is 17a360a (believe that's still DP9).
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I had the same problem. I tried a different USB drive and it worked fine with the second drive.
@fisty - think it's fairly safe to say that two source high sierra dmg's, same result, there's an issue either with your patcher program or the USB drive itself. Re-download the patcher tool and try a different USB drive.
It does look like the GM's out - didn't show up as an update in MAS, however (and using the dev d/l link unfortunately gives my MBP 4,1 the dialog that 10.13 isn't supported on this machine)
Making a patched installer with the GM. Hopefully it installs without issue.
Edit: Nope, it's not the GM. Bundle is 17a360a (believe that's still DP9).
I redownloaded the patcher and used an actual HD in an USB encloser, was able to install and now running the post install scripts, wish me luck
Heh...hopefully not an old Apple 5400 spinner in a USB enclosure...that could be just a wee bit painful!!!
I have a Mac Pro 3,1 with Radeon 5770 installed that I bought from Apple a while back when they still sold them. Sierra works fine on my machine. If I'm reading everything correctly here, the 5770 will not work anymore with High Sierra? Are we seeing that flashed Nvidia cards are working fine?
haha guiltyHeh...hopefully not an old Apple 5400 spinner in a USB enclosure...that could be just a wee bit painful!!!
something weird happen though, managed to get in after the post install scripts were launched, created an account, tried to make a second "wife" and it would just hang there and wouldn't let me close system preferences
hard shutdown... rebooting in loop now hehe
well just going to reinstall it and see
thanks for help
macOS High Sierra on Unsupported Macs
For the first time since OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) in 2012, macOS Sierra (10.12) changed the official minimum requirements needed for installation, leaving many older (but still perfectly capable) Macs behind. Now macOS High Sierra (10.13) brings a new set of updates, and older Macs that can possibly run them.
- MacBook (late 2009 or later)
- iMac (late 2009 or later)
- MacBook Air (2010 or later)
- MacBook Pro (2010 or later)
- Mac mini (2010 or later)
- Mac Pro (2010 or later)
Note this space!
Preliminary Tested Models List:
MacBookPro5,5 (13-inch Mid 2009) - No issues
MacBookPro5,3 (15-inch Mid 2009) - No issues
MacBookPro5,1 (15-inch Late 2008) - No issues
MacPro3,1 (Early 2008) - No issues
iMac7,1 (Mid 2007 W/BCM94360CAX and SSE4 supported T9300) - Screen brightness not controllable (NightShift works with modified CoreBrightness.frameworks)
iMac9,1 (Early 2009) - Missing Screen Brightness Controls (buttons don't work either)
MacBook5,2 (Early [Mid] 2009 MacBook) - Screen brightness not controllable (buttons don't work either), volume buttons do not work, same trackpad detected as USB mouse issue
Known Patching Methods:
Automatic tools that can be used to install macOS High Sierra onto an unsupported Mac.
Using @dosdude1's Patcher Tool:
Main Page/Instructions: macOS High Sierra Patcher Tool for Unsupported Macs
Download: [Direct Download]
I hope it works on my mac MacBookAir4,2 (13-inch Mid 2011)
That's a natively supported machine. It'll work just fine as stock, you don't need to use this patch.
Sleep/wake works fine on all the unsupported machines I've tested (iMac 8,1, MBP 5,2, MBP 5,5, MBP 5,1, MBP 4,1, iMac 9,1), so perhaps it could be because you're running the OS from a USB drive? macOS is not designed to run off USB devices.
Because the Mac Pro 3,1 and 4,1/5,1 are completely different hardware. The 4,1 and 5,1 are practically exactly the same hardware-wise, which is why you can flash a 4,1 to 5,1. Same story with the Mac Pro 1,1 and 2,1. Just look at the internals of a 3,1 compared to a 4,1/5,1 and you can see a massive difference.
Thank you for the reply but I found <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202796> where Apple explicitly describes the installation of macOS from external thumb drive. So this is astonishing me.
High Sierra GM is now out (on the Dev portal). Can't get to my hackintosh to download the GM image yet as my son is playing a game in Windows.
I assume like past releases there wont be an upgrade from the betas to GM, and it will require an "upgrade" install from the USB stick.
I assume like past releases there wont be an upgrade from the betas to GM, and it will require an "upgrade" install from the USB stick.
Sleep / wake works fine for me on my MBP5,5. However, I have HS installed on the internal SSD.
Keyword: INSTALLING from a USB drive TO an internal hard disk/SSD. NOT RUNNING the OS from one.
The text of the Apple-support-document starts with
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How to set up and use an external Mac startup disk
If you install the Mac operating system on an external hard drive, thumb drive, or other storage device, your Mac can start up from that device instead of your built-in startup disk.
"
Am I completely wrong?
While it may work, it may not. You're adding a bunch of new variables here that can futz things up. For example, one thumb drive I had won't even boot High Sierra at all. A second one I tried works fine though.The text of the Apple-support-document starts with
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How to set up and use an external Mac startup disk
If you install the Mac operating system on an external hard drive, thumb drive, or other storage device, your Mac can start up from that device instead of your built-in startup disk.
"
Am I completely wrong?
The bottom line is I don't think you can assess fully if it's just High Sierra that is causing you problems unless you've installed it on your internal drive. However, I have had success installing High Sierra (not using this patch) on an external hard drive that is externally powered complete with sleep/wake functionality. I haven't tried on a bus-powered external SSD yet though.