Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

MP 1,1-5,1 Manually Configured OpenCore on the Mac Pro

Status
The first post of this thread is a WikiPost and can be edited by anyone with the appropiate permissions. Your edits will be public.
Are You Making fun or Fc%%ing w/ me because of my post ? I saw someone replied but it took me hrs to find Your comment. It does not answer my question. Pls let me try again. Allthough I am "Classified" as "Newbie" I might be able to help Someone as I do know more than the average Bear about CMP's....I just please would like to know is Open Core worth the effort compared to DOSDUDE1 Catalina Patch ? and Where is the Good ver. 6 or whatever ver. w/ the Clover installer I need for my MP4,1 flashed to a 5,1......Thank You..
 
Flashed GC-Titan Ridge Thunderbolt 3 PCI card
I've read conflicting information regarding the use of OpenCore and the Titan Ridge TB card on a Mac Pro 5,1. If I haven't misinterpreted the issue, it appears some folks claim that, once it's been flashed and a couple of connectors bridged together, the card works flawlessly (for instance, in Catalina) even if macOS is booted natively. Others seem to claim OpenCore is required, at least for certain features. Can anyone clarify? Is there a specific kext or a driver that should be installed somewhere on the EFI volume within the EFI folder that will allow the Titan Ridge TB card to work correctly when the computer is booted using OpenCore?
 
PeterHolbrook said:
Flashed GC-Titan Ridge Thunderbolt 3 PCI card
I've read conflicting information regarding the use of OpenCore and the Titan Ridge TB card on a Mac Pro 5,1. If I haven't misinterpreted the issue, it appears some folks claim that, once it's been flashed and a couple of connectors bridged together, the card works flawlessly (for instance, in Catalina) even if macOS is booted natively. Others seem to claim OpenCore is required, at least for certain features. Can anyone clarify? Is there a specific kext or a driver that should be installed somewhere on the EFI volume within the EFI folder that will allow the Titan Ridge TB card to work correctly when the computer is booted using OpenCore?
Click to expand...

You'll want to include the SSDT-TBOLT3.aml file, which you can find in under OC/ACPI in the EFI folder available here. Take a look at the config.plist file in that folder for how to properly configure your own installation of OpenCore. I believe that the SSDT is necessary for cold boot and hot plug functionality.

This solution is certainly an amazing achievement for the classic Mac Pro, but it's not yet flawless because it introduces the side effect that a connected USB 3.1 device will break sleep. Because of this, I recently flashed the original firmware back and disabled the SSDT. A new (commercial) solution is in the works that resolves this issue.
 
  • Like
Reactions: tsialex, h9826790 and PeterHolbrook
cdf said:
A new (commercial) solution is in the works that resolves this issue.
Click to expand...
Can you be more specific? I've noticed there's a version 2.0 of this card, which includes USB 3.2 compatibility. Is this the "commercial" solution you are talking about? If I purchase version 1.0 (with USB 3.1 capabilities), which features will be missing if I don't include anything in particular in the OpenCore configuration?
 
z0Nker said:
Put the ssd in to another computer, load windows, put the ssd back in to the PC that has non Boateable USB Flaskdisk !
Click to expand...
install normal on PC? and Put again to my MacPro?
i try metode bootcamp on other mac but not succes
 
Last edited:
PeterHolbrook said:
Can you be more specific? I've noticed there's a version 2.0 of this card, which includes USB 3.2 compatibility. Is this the "commercial" solution you are talking about?
Click to expand...

I'm talking about the firmware and SSDT solution. Have a look here.

PeterHolbrook said:
If I purchase version 1.0 (with USB 3.1 capabilities), which features will be missing if I don't include anything in particular in the OpenCore configuration?
Click to expand...

Cold boot and hot plug functionality.
 
  • Like
Reactions: octoviaa and PeterHolbrook
ahoyboyhoy said:
Similar to above, I'm having difficulty getting OC to make SATA3 SSD and HDDs attached to a SAS HBA (ATTO H608) as internal. I followed the instructions in the first post for "Making External Drives Internal" and I've got this in my config (with PCIe path specific to my HBA)
XML: 
<key>DeviceProperties</key>
<dict>
    <key>Add</key>
    <dict>
        <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
        <dict>
            <key>built-in</key>
            <data>
                AA==
            </data>
        </dict>
    </dict>
    <key>Delete</key>
    <dict/>
</dict>

Any advice? Has anyone had success with similar configuration?
Click to expand...

After digging into this further, it appears that OC is not loading kexts at all when boot disk is attached to this SAS HBA. Oddly enough, OC installed to a disk on this SAS HBA works fine and if you boot to a disk connected via USB (from OC boot picker on SAS HBA), kexts are loaded just fine. Any recommendations for further troubleshooting?
 
eikic1 said:
how to install Windows ??
i try follow 1st pgae, buat Flasdisk dont bootable.
have simple sollution??
Click to expand...
This is my procedure, combined from other posts in these forums, sorry no time to format from Markdown code:

Code: 
## OS Install

Download the [Windows 10 iso](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO) and install [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org). Reboot into Recovery:

```sh
sudo nvram "recovery-boot-mode=unused"
sudo reboot recovery
```

In Recovery, open a terminal and disable SIP:

```sh
csrutil disable
reboot
```

Create a VMDK linked to the unmounted physical disk where Windows will be installed:

```sh
sudo -i
sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /opt/disk.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0
```

Create a Windows 10 WM without a virtual hard disk:

```sh
sudo VirtualBox
```

Go to Settings > System and enable EFI
Go to Storage, add the disk.vmdk and Windows 10 iso
Install the OS through VirtualBox and at restart, shutdown the VM

Continue installation on Mac.

## Drivers

Install 7zip and [Brigadier](https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier), then download the drivers:

```
brigadier -m iMacPro1,1
```

Open Device Manager and manually install the drivers for all unknown devices, from `/$WinPEDriver$` directory.
To fix the Magic Mouse scrolling, right click on `/$WinPEDriver$/AppleWirelessMouse/AppleWirelessMouse.inf` and install the drivers.
 
Last edited:
TECK said:
This is my procedure, combined from other posts in these forums, sorry no time to format from Markdown code:

Code: 
## OS Install

Download the [Windows 10 iso](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO) and install [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org). Reboot into Recovery:

```sh
sudo nvram "recovery-boot-mode=unused"
sudo reboot recovery
```

In Recovery, open a terminal and disable SIP:

```sh
csrutil disable
reboot
```

Create a VMDK linked to the unmounted physical disk where Windows will be installed:

```sh
sudo -i
sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /opt/disk.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0
```

Create a Windows 10 WM without a virtual hard disk:

```sh
sudo VirtualBox
```

Go to Settings > System and enable EFI
Go to Storage, add the disk.vmdk and Windows 10 iso
Install the OS through VirtualBox and at restart, shutdown the VM

Continue installation on Mac.

## Drivers

Install 7zip and [Brigadier](https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier), then download the drivers:

```
brigadier -m iMacPro1,1
```

Open Device Manager and manually install the drivers for all unknown devices, from `/$WinPEDriver$` directory.
To fix the Magic Mouse scrolling, right click on `/$WinPEDriver$/AppleWirelessMouse/AppleWirelessMouse.inf` and install the drivers.
Click to expand...
Thanks so much brother
i will try it
 
eikic1 said:
how to install Windows ??
i try follow 1st pgae, buat Flasdisk dont bootable.
have simple sollution??
Click to expand...
Try this:
forums.macrumors.com

Rufus to Install Windows 10 (EFI) on cMacPro Opencore with BootPicker

I have been trying in last few days several options to install Windows 10 in my cMP 5,1 after installing Catalina via Opencore using the excellent wiki here. I tried and failed using VirtualBox VM or Bootcamp adaptations. This is useful if you have no Mac EFI Boot because you use a generic...
forums.macrumors.com forums.macrumors.com
 
opencore-version REL-061-2020-08-14
Everything is very responsive now in BigSur. All applications which previously did not load now work as designed. It is now usable.
 
  • Like
Reactions: TECK and 205Maxi
So, after messing around with opencore for some time, I started thinking about the steps and came to a conclusion that I shouldn't need to have a Mojave installation to do this thing. I got my handy flash drive and set it up as a Catalina installer. I keep my open core EFI folder on a separate small ssd with nothing else on it. I made sure the VMM flag and "no_compat_check" were in place and went to work performing a vanilla installation straight from boot installer to NVME through the open core environment.

Well, it worked. Installed with no problem through all three phases (including time machine backup restoration). It's nice to know that a straight installation is possible this way.

I'll now wait to see what is possible with Big Sur when it becomes mainstream. It's time to enjoy my media center and stop screwing with it. Since I had not heard of anyone trying this I figured what the hell. It's good to know that all the steps aren't necessary. As long as you have a blessed EFI to work with... it's all good.
 
Night Shift
I'm not sure if OpenCore/iMac Pro spoofing may be responsible for this, but I've noticed that after "natively" applying the 10.15.6 Supplmental Update, Night Shift is still theoretically available in the relevant System Preferences/Display tab, but it doesn't seem to work at all (for instance, it doesn't appear on Notification Center. Is there a way to actually make it work? I know dosdude1's Catalina patcher includes a post-install feature that should automatically re-apply all necessary patches, including the Night Shift one, but, if it is was applied (and I think it was), it didn't work. Is there a way to manually re-apply it?

EDIT: My bad, I had neglected rebooting after the Night Shift Patch was automatically reapplied. Everything's great now!
 
Last edited:
PeterHolbrook said:
Night Shift
I'm not sure if OpenCore/iMac Pro spoofing may be responsible for this, but I've noticed that after "natively" applying the 10.15.6 Supplmental Update, Night Shift is still theoretically available in the relevant System Preferences/Display tab, but it doesn't seem to work at all (for instance, it doesn't appear on Notification Center. Is there a way to actually make it work? I know dosdude1's Catalina patcher includes a post-install feature that should automatically re-apply all necessary patches, including the Night Shift one, but, if it is was applied (and I think it was), it didn't work. Is there a way to manually re-apply it?
Click to expand...
His installation puts a Patch Updater tool in system preferences. You may want to check there or if not query under the Installing Catalina on an unsupported Mac thread in the Mac Pro forum.
 
  • Like
Reactions: PeterHolbrook
PeterHolbrook said:
Night Shift
I'm not sure if OpenCore/iMac Pro spoofing may be responsible for this, but I've noticed that after "natively" applying the 10.15.6 Supplmental Update, Night Shift is still theoretically available in the relevant System Preferences/Display tab, but it doesn't seem to work at all (for instance, it doesn't appear on Notification Center. Is there a way to actually make it work? I know dosdude1's Catalina patcher includes a post-install feature that should automatically re-apply all necessary patches, including the Night Shift one, but, if it is was applied (and I think it was), it didn't work. Is there a way to manually re-apply it?
Click to expand...

Are you mixing OpenCore with a patched installation? This is really not recommended on a Mac Pro 5,1 with compatible hardware. You should review the wiki and consider installing cleanly. The wiki also explains how to enable Night Shift.
 
cdf said:
Are you mixing OpenCore with a patched installation? This is really not recommended on a Mac Pro 5,1 with compatible hardware. You should review the wiki and consider installing cleanly. The wiki also explains how to enable Night Shift.
Click to expand...
Hey, I simply applied OpenCore to my existing Catalina install, which I effected months ago using Catalina Patcher. In my case (a Mac Pro 5,1), it simply inserted the "no-compatibilty check" in NVRAM and patched Night Shift. It all works great. And, if I so wish, I can also boot Catalina without OpenCore, without modifying the EFI volume or its contents.
 
startergo said:
opencore-version REL-061-2020-08-14
Everything is very responsive now in BigSur. All applications which previously did not load now work as designed. It is now usable.
Click to expand...
I relate to what's been said. I have the 8/15 release and it is super reactive and apps open faster than before. I do not know how long it took you to get on the desktop but my boot load took longer than usual. Anything I can do actually to make it go faster? Any idea?

Thank you.
 
205Maxi said:
Anything I can do actually to make it go faster? Any idea?
Click to expand...
For fastest boot there are many factors. For instance booting to OC picker screen depends mostly on type of OC i.e. RELEASE or DEBUG where release is faster. Also it matters how much RAM you have installed and how many hard drives with different partitions. I normally boot in verbose mode so if there is a hang for whatever reason I see what is causing it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: JedNZ
startergo said:
For fastest boot there are many factors. For instance booting to OC picker screen depends mostly on type of OC i.e. RELEASE or DEBUG where release is faster. Also it matters how much RAM you have installed and how many hard drives with different partitions. I normally boot in verbose mode so if there is a hang for whatever reason I see what is causing it.
Click to expand...
That is correct with 128GB of RAM, and NVMe's everywhere...
 
startergo said:
So it is still doing it. I can't stress this enough. Guys don't use Clover with cMP5,1. It is designed for PC's. Opencore on the other hand is designed for both PC's and real Macs. You may easily brick your firmware with Clover. Don't use it on cMP5,1.
Click to expand...

I'm confused by this. I'm assuming there is a difference between the "Clover" mentioned here and the "Clover Configurator" shown in this popular how-to install OpenCore vid from Martin Lo, (i.e. they are different pieces of software entirely yes?)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back