Open core legacy patcher mac os monterey

# Download and build macOS Installers

This doc is centered around downloading and writing the macOS installer to a USB. If you’re already familiar with how to do this, you can skip.

• Note: 16GB+ USB will be required for the installer

# Downloading

The simplest way to download macOS installs would be to use installinstallmacos:

• Note: On El Capitan (10.11) and older, you’ll need to specify a catalog at the end of the command:

As you can see, we get a nice list of macOS installers. If you need a particular versions of macOS, you can select it by typing the number next to it. For this example we’ll choose 10:

This is going to take a while as we’re downloading the entire 12GB+ macOS installer.

Once finished, you’ll find in your

/macOS-Installer/ folder a DMG containing the macOS Installer, called Install_macOS_11.1-20C69.dmg for example. Mount it and you’ll find the installer application.

• Note: We recommend to move the Install macOS.app into the /Applications folder, as we’ll be executing commands from there.
• Note 2: Running Cmd+Shift+G in Finder will allow you to easily jump to

# Building

Now we’ll be formatting the USB to prep for both the macOS installer and OpenCore. We’ll want to use macOS Extended (HFS+) with a GUID partition map(Using GUID is important for the patcher). This will create two partitions: the main MyVolume and a second called EFI which is used as a boot partition where your Mac’s firmware will check for boot files. EFI partitions will be hidden by default, so don’t worry if you don’t immediately see them.

• Note: By default, Disk Utility only shows partitions – press Cmd/Win+2 to show all devices (alternatively you can press the View button)

Next run the createinstallmedia command provided by Apple

(opens new window) . Note that the command is made for USB’s formatted with the name MyVolume :

• Note: You can also replace the createinstallmedia path with that of where your installer’s located (same idea with the drive name).

# Once finished, head to Building and installing OpenCore

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# Building and installing OpenCore

Now that we have a macOS installer, lets now build our OpenCore configuration!

First Download the latest release:

Next, run the OpenCore-Patcher.app :

From here you have a couple important options:

• Build OpenCore
• Install OpenCore to USB/internal drive
• Change Model
• Patcher Settings

If you’re patching for a different machine than you’re running, please select «Change Model» and enter the updated SMBIOS. For more advanced users, you may also tweak the patcher’s build settings via «Patcher Settings»

Now lets enter «Build OpenCore»:

The process should be quite quick to build, once finished you’ll be plopped back to the main menu.

Next lets run Install OpenCore to USB/internal drive :

Select Drive	Select EFI/FAT32 Partition

• If you have issues, please ensure you install OpenCore onto a FAT32 partition to ensure your Mac is able to boot it. You will need to format your drive as GUID/GPT in Disk Utility

# Once finished, head to Booting OpenCore and macOS

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How to install macOS Monterey on an old unsupported Mac

Last Updated on Sep 21, 2021

Are you looking for ways to Download the macOS Monterey Installer Without the Mac App Store? Are you willing to Install macOS Monterey on your Mac, MacBook [M1 or Intel]? Update macOS Monterey on unsupported Mac? Here’s the guide on installing macOS Monterey on an old, unsupported Mac or MacBook using Patch. Like every year following the tradition, Apple releases the new macOS update with macOS Monterey and is coming soon. And unfortunately, this time, too, few Mac machines wouldn’t be getting the latest macOS update officially. But there is nothing to worry about; with the below-mentioned hack, you can install macOS Monterey on an old, unsupported Mac, MacBook. Unfortunately, the macOS Updates doesn’t make available due to the lack of hardware and component; the new features need the latest hardware and components to work flawlessly.

we are happy to help you, submit this Form, if your solution is not covered in this article.

Since you’re installing macOS Monterey on an unsupported Mac using Open core-Legacy-Patcher, not all the features will work, but you can still have an adventure with the latest update. Here’s how to install macOS Monterey on an unsupported Mac.

Note: The procedure we’ve mentioned to install macOS in an unsupported Mac worked last year when we tried to install the macOS Big Sur in an unsupported Mac.

How to Install macOS Monterey in an Old Unsupported Mac?

List of MacOS Monterey Compatible Mac, MacBook

This year, Apple might leave the 2013 Mac MacBook for the macOS 12 Monterey Update. So here’s a list of all devices compatible with macOS Monterey.

All M1 Mac, MacBook models are Officially Supported with Latest macOS Monterey

1. Mac Pro (2014 or later)
2. Mac mini (2014 or later)
3. MacBook (2015 or later)
4. iMac Pro (2017 or later)
5. MacBook Pro (2014 or later)
6. iMac (2014 or later)
7. MacBook Air (2014 or later)

Can I install macOS 12 Monterey on an old, unsupported Mac?

Yes, You can do it using the macOS Monterey patcher tool. Use OCLP 0.1.6 a macOS Monterey beta full install. But there is no straightforward way to install the macOS Monterey in incompatible Mac because your Mac wouldn’t be receiving the software update directly in the Mac App Store or Software Update section of System Preferences.

Fortunately, developers have built a micropatcher to let install the macOS Monterey even on an unsupported Mac. If you’re willing to take a risk and want the taste of the new MacOS Monterey, proceed with the below steps [in Two Different Methods].

Method 1:- Monterey on unsupported mac Install With Beta Installer & Patch

This Method is Easy compare to Second Method, So Here are the Pre-requirements before you move to the steps given here.

• Download Opencore-Patcher from here, Find the Latest Updated Version. from here.

• Download MacOS Monterey Install Assistant PKG file from apple server. About 12 Gb Download file you have to download on your System to Make a Bootable drive [16 to 32+ GBs Drive] on Mac. If the download doesn’t start then Copy the link and enter in New Tab, Hit Return to Download file in Browser.

1. Make a Bootable Drive
2. Copy the Installation file to the patcher on MacOS.

Method 2

1. macOS Monterey PKG installer:- https://developer.apple.com/download/, Login with your developer account and Download DMG file.
2. macOS Monterey PKG installer Patch:- https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/really-simple-installer-hack-zip.926156/ Download Developer Patch

Step 1: Create a New Folder to Prepare a setup folder. Move Monterey PKG installer & Monterey PKG installer Patch.

Step 2: Extract Patch Zip file, By right-click on it > Open.

Step 3: Folder is Extracted.

Step 4: First, find the Monterey PKG installer [.dmg] file and double click to open it. Right-click and copy Betaaccessutility.pkg file.

Step 5: Paste in your Folder. Then, Run the installAssistant.pkg file in the folder. Double click on the setup folder.

Step 6: Follow on-screen instructions to Download the MacOS Monterey Setup file on your Mac.

Step 7: Once the Setup is complete, Put your Mac in Recovery mode to run the installation; here’s a way to put your Mac [M1 or intel] in Recovery mode.

• M1 Mac: Shut down your Mac and Turn on after 20 seconds, Next, Press and Hold on the Power button (Touch ID) only until you see Startup Volume and Options [Gear icon], Click on Options – Gear icon and From the top Mac menu, Utilities > Terminal. and Run the Below command,
• Intel Mac:- Shut down your Mac and Turn it on after 20 seconds, press and hold the Command + R key from Keyboard, until your Mac sees the Startup Volumes screen. Now, from the top Mac menu, Utilities > Terminal

Copy the below command and hit the Return to run; now, Enter your Mac login password to verify.

Now, Copy the below command and paste it to the terminal, Hit Return to run the command,

Now, Restart your Mac from Menu.

Step 8:- Go to Launchpad, find the Setup folder, click on it to run, and Start macOS Setup with on-screen instructions.

If this solution does not install macOS Monterey on an incompatible Mac, try the following alternate method.

macOS Monterey install issues

I tried booting into the installer on my MacBook Pro 16inch with the OCLP, but it seems to hang at the Apple Logo or restarts after a bit of time. You can get here Solution on macOS Monterey Won’t install on your Mac machine.

macOS Monterey Nvidia drivers

Users will feel wonder if Nvidia-based Mac’s work (can be hacked back inside macOS Monterey) with macOS Monterey. a lot of uses are afraid the whole Nvidia drivers are stripped out now.

Method 3:-

How to Install macOS Monterey in an Old Unsupported Mac?

Not all Mac supports the Patchers; therefore, make sure your Mac is compatible to run the macOS Monterey patcher; you can get an answer from the given link.

1. You’ll still need the latest software update installer file of macOS Monterey. It is available on the Mac, MacBook which is compatible with macOS Monterey, or you could download it from the Mac App Store.
2. Get the macOS Monterey Installer File in the bootable drive. Refer to the detailed article on how to create a bootable drive. Once the bootable drive is ready, jump to the next step.
3. Now it’s time to download the macOS Patcher that will make macOS Monterey think that your Mac is compatible with the latest macOS Monterey version, and it will be easy for you to install.
4. Once the patcher file is downloaded on Mac, unzip and find the “micropatcher.sh”.
5. Open Terminal App on your Mac.
6. Drag the micropatcher.sh file into Terminal.
7. After that, run the command.
8. Next, install the macOS using a bootable drive that you’ve earlier prepared.
9. You might have to follow few more steps once the installation is completed. Refer to the micropatcher for more instructions.

Once the Mac is ready with the USB, open the Terminal App and enter “/ Volumes / Image \ Volume / set-vars.sh” command. It is a part of micropatcher, helping the Mac understanding settings for booting and managing system files.

Conclusion:-

It might be the above methods are not working, then wait for more time until you found the Updated version of macOS Monterey Patch. That’s unstable in the first release. We are trying hard to fix your Problem on install macOS Monterey on an Unsupported mac .

Stay updated with us! Visit again, we will inform you of the new update. So, Bookmark this page.

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# Working Around Legacy Acceleration Issues

The below page is for users experiencing issues with their overall usage of macOS Big Sur and the Legacy Graphics Acceleration patches. Note that the following GPUs currently do not have acceleration support in Big Sur:

• Intel 3rd and 4th Gen — GMA series

For those unfamiliar with what is considered a non-Metal GPU, see below chart:

macOS GPU Chart

Graphics Vendor	Architecture	Series	Supports Metal
ATI	TeraScale 1	HD2000 — HD4000	No
	TeraScale 2	HD5000 — HD6000
AMD	GCN (and newer)	HD7000+	Yes
Nvidia	Tesla	8000GT — GT300	No
	Fermi	GT400 — GT500
	Kepler	GT600 — GT700	Yes
Intel	GMA	GMA900 — GMA3000	No
	Iron Lake	HD series
	Sandy Bridge	HD3000
	Ivy Bridge (and newer)	HD4000	Yes

Additionally we currently do not have macOS Monterey acceleration patches for non-Metal Macs. We recommend users either upgrade their Macs with a Metal GPU or remain on Big Sur until further development

Why there’s no non-Metal patches for Monterey

With macOS Monterey, please understand our current legacy acceleration patch sets are no longer functional. As of right now, only basic framebuffer and brightness control may be achieved, however proper animations and hardware acceleration is not available.

This is due to numerous changes with Skylight and other macOS frameworks relying more and more on Metal functions and thus making it even more difficult to re-add legacy OpenGL support.

When can we expect acceleration support

For the time being, please understand we cannot predict when there will be patch sets ready. Note that it took over 300 days from Big Sur’s unveiling to achieve public acceleration for non-Metal GPUs. And with TeraScale 2 acceleration, this took almost 3 years to achieve public acceleration.

So please be patient as developers are hard at work, however please expect no acceleration support in Monterey until next year at the minimum if not even later.

# Downloading older non-Metal Apps

Many Apple apps now have direct reliance on Metal for proper functioning, however legacy builds of these apps still do work in Big Sur. See below for archive of many apps such as Pages, iMovie, GarageBand.

Note: This archive assumes that you own these copies of these apps through the Mac App Store, Dortania does not condone piracy

# Unable to run Zoom

Currently Zoom relies partially on Metal and so needs a small binary patch. Dosdude1 has provided a nice script for this:

# Unable to grant special permissions to apps (ie. Camera Access to Zoom)

With version 0.2.5, this issue should be full resolved

0.2.4 and older Work-Around

Due to the usage of amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1 , macOS will fail to prompt users for special permissions upon application start as well as omit the entires in System Preferences. To work around this, we recommend users install tccplus

Example usage with Discord and microphone permissions:

For those who may experience issues with tccplus , you can manually patch com.apple.TCC to add permissions:

# Keyboard Backlight broken

Due to forcing hidd into spinning up with the fallback mode enabled, this can break the OS’s recognition of backlight keyboards. Thankfully the drivers themselves still do operate so applications such as LabTick

(opens new window) are able to set the brightness manually.

# Photos and Maps Apps Heavily Distorted

Due to the Metal Backend, the enhanced color output of these apps seems to heavily break overall UI usage. To work around this, users reported

(opens new window) forcing the color output of their monitor from Billions to Millions of colors helped greatly. Apps easily allowing this customization are SwitchResX

# Cannot press «Done» when editing a Sidebar Widget

To work around this, simply press Tab to hover over and press spacebar to simulate a click.

# Wake from sleep heavily distorted on AMD/ATI in macOS 11.3 and newer

Unfortunately a very well known issue the community is investigating, current known solution is to simply downgrade to 11.2.3 or older until a proper fix can be found. Additionally logging out and logging in can resolve the issue without requiring a reboot

• Note, this issue should be exclusive to TeraScale 1 GPUs (ie. HD2000-4000). TeraScale 2 GPUs should not exhibit this issue

In the event Apple removes 11.2.3 from their catalogue, we’ve provided a mirror below:

# Unable to switch GPUs on 2011 15″ and 17″ MacBook Pros

Currently OpenCore Legacy Patcher, GPU switching between the iGPU and dGPU is broken. The simplest way to set a specific GPU is to disable the dGPU when you wish to remain on the more power efficient iGPU.

The best way to achieve this is to boot Recovery (or Single User Mode if the dGPU refuses to function at all) and run the following command:

This will disable the dGPU and allow the iGPU to function in Big Sur. Note that external display outputs are directly routed to the dGPU and therefore can no longer be used. Solutions such as a DisplayLink Adapters

(opens new window) can work around this limitation in theory. However, currently the proprietary DisplayLink driver refuses to function on legacy-patched systems, either resulting in a windowserver crash loop or no output at all.

# Erratic Colours on ATI TeraScale 2 GPUs (HD5000/HD6000)

Due to an odd bug with ATI’s TeraScale 2 GPUs, many users will experience erratic/strobing colours once finished installing and rebooting into the accelerated patches. The issue stems from an incorrect assumption in the GPU drivers where it will enforce the Billion Colour space on your display. To fix, simply force your Display into a lower color depth such as a Million Colours.

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