macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread

[trifero]

I have used Brightness Slider in the past but now use Monitor Control:

See this thread:

Easily control external display brightness using MonitorControl

I have been using this app for about a week now. As with you, I stumbled upon it. I have been using Brightness Slider, that app has not been updated for five years. MonitorControl doesn't do any more than Brightness Slider did, but it's being supported so I will be switching. I have an LG...

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Available here:

GitHub - MonitorControl/MonitorControl: 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs. - MonitorControl/Moni...

github.com

Lou

Does it work with the internal display?

 

[trifero]

Well, I tried MonitorControl. It doesn´t work with macbook Pro 11, discrete GPU disabled.

 

[mistermacs]

iMac 2007 and iMac 2008 - Apple Broadcom BCM94360CD - 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with Bluetooth 4.0 | www.osxwifi.com | Native Support for Apple Broadcom BCM94360CD and BCM943602CDP for PC | HACKINTOSH | Mac Pro | iMac

iMac 2007 and iMac 2008 - Apple Broadcom BCM94360CD - 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with Bluetooth 4.0

www.osxwifi.com

thank you! this is a lifesaver. i was about 20 pages deep into the a thread search and not getting anywhere haha.

really appreciate this.

 

[jackoverfull]

I noticed I didn't get any security updates lately. Sierra is only 3 years old, shouldn't OS be supported at least 5 year?

Microsoft supports Windows up to 10 years!

hi all,

i've read through a few pages of this thread, but was hoping you wouldn't mind clarifying something for me. i've upgraded my iMac 2008 early 20" to sierra using dosdude's amazing patch, and of course, lost wifi

i've been trying to locate the correct wifi card online; either Atheros AR5BXB112 or BCM4322, but i keep finding ones for half minis. i'm not particularly techy...is that for laptop? most of these are overseas purchases with high international shipping so i don't want to accidentally purchase something i can't use.

are there alternative cards i could also use that you'd recommend?

thanks in advance, guys

Since it’s an iMac I would just buy a WiFi repeater or router, connect it to my network and then to the iMac via Ethernet. Much easier and probably cheaper too.

 

[howiest]

hi all,

i've read through a few pages of this thread, but was hoping you wouldn't mind clarifying something for me. i've upgraded my iMac 2008 early 20" to sierra using dosdude's amazing patch, and of course, lost wifi

i've been trying to locate the correct wifi card online; either Atheros AR5BXB112 or BCM4322, but i keep finding ones for half minis. i'm not particularly techy...is that for laptop? most of these are overseas purchases with high international shipping so i don't want to accidentally purchase something i can't use.

are there alternative cards i could also use that you'd recommend?

thanks in advance, guys

If possible just run an ethernet cable from your router to your iMac and save the cost & hassle of changing out the wi-fi card. Better network performance and you'll save money too.

I installed a compatible wi-fi card in my MacPro (running Mojave) but I connect via ethernet and my speed tests are excellent. Why use wi-fi on desktop machines if you don't have to?

I realize it depends on the logistics of your dwelling (I live in a 2 bedroom condo so it was easy) but wired ethernet is far superior to wi-fi if you can arrange it.

 

[mistermacs]

@howiest and @jackoverfull thanks for the suggestions. i wasn't too worried about the installation, but the price and shipping made me a little hesitant

i did run my imac to ethernet plugged into my laptop (running off wifi) to test it and the wifi was patchy (australian broadband and wifi is not exactly world standard) but worked more or less. my 5g modem is on the other side of the house so i can't run directly from that, but a wifi repeater would be a great solution.

thanks again!

 

[MacBH928]

hi all,

i've read through a few pages of this thread, but was hoping you wouldn't mind clarifying something for me. i've upgraded my iMac 2008 early 20" to sierra using dosdude's amazing patch, and of course, lost wifi

i've been trying to locate the correct wifi card online; either Atheros AR5BXB112 or BCM4322, but i keep finding ones for half minis. i'm not particularly techy...is that for laptop? most of these are overseas purchases with high international shipping so i don't want to accidentally purchase something i can't use.

are there alternative cards i could also use that you'd recommend?

thanks in advance, guys

You can use powerline, (router->ethernet-> electricity) then where you imac is (electricity->ethernet->imac). Go amazon.com and search for Powerline.
You can also use something like this which basically takes a wireless signal and convert it to ethernet signal. Note I did not use so I can't recommend it and I am not sure if it will work with your mac.

 

[mistermacs]

i didn't even know powerlines were a thing. the things i'm learning here. i'm ging to test out the circuits in the apartment to make sure the powerpoints in the different rooms are on the same leg. but that's a great suggestion

 

[dimka4996]

Hi! Tried run patcher on el capitan and have issues with two installers of sierra, I've downloaded 10.12.4 and 10.12.6 and both gives me in log errors "no such file or directory" on stage "coping and patching files", what I've done wrong? Help please

I've tried to change USB drives, make this on partition on internal hdd.

P.s. sorry for mistakes, I'm from Ukraine and English is not my native language

 

[Alex5580]

I tried running the installer I keep getting this

 

[CoastalOR]

I tried running the installer I keep getting this

Sierra can not be installed.

 

[Alex5580]

Sierra can not be installed.

I understand that, but my Mac is part of the macs the patcher is suppose to work with it.

 

[mac_early2008_8.1_2210]

When you get the message: Sierra can not be installed
from the usb run terminal with original date of release macos sierra:
Open terminal from usb and add CORRECT DATE:

date -u 0921000016

release dates: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Sierra#Release_history>

first release date:

10.12 16A323 September 20, 2016

then restart, check date again in terminal if it still the older date you entered, now installer is working.

Format for date:

MMDDHHMMYYYY

[OS X 10.11 El Capitan]
# date -u 1001000015

[macOS 10.12 Sierra]
# date -u 0921000016

[macOS 10.13 High Sierra]
# date -u 0925000017

[macOS 10.14 Mojave]
# date -u 0925000018

 

[capehack]

Problem. - I was trying to load new version of H&R BLOCK

 

[GustyWinds]

As has been mentioned above Apple only keeps the latest / last versions of their OS's available
for download.
So for Sierra that would be 10.12.6. this can be downloaded from this link,

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support

Download and install current or previous versions of the Mac operating system on compatible Mac computers.

support.apple.com

In a moment of ever increasing stupidity Apple decided a better way than downloading the install app
directly to the Applications folder would be to have InstallOS.dmg download to your Downloads folder.
You then open this to InstallOS.pkg, here is the even more stupid part the next bit can only be
done on a mac that is capable of running macOS Sierra, any mac that came pre-installed with a later OS
will refuse to to do this.

Open InstallOS.pkg and an installation window will open, this does not install macOS Sierra but creates
Install macOS Sierra.app in the Application folder, which you can then use to create the bootable USB with
Dosdudes patcher. So you need to borrow a mac that can run Sierra, a mac that is capable of running Sierra
includes macs that have been upgraded to newer OS's. This does not include macs that have been hacked to
run Sierra or other. Has to be an officially supported mac.

Has anyone figured this out yet? I'm stuck at not being able to do anything with the InstallOS.pkg file. Are there workarounds that don't involve using a separate compatible mac to create the app file? I'm working with an iMac9,1

 

[guilhrmew]

Hi, in order to make the bootable usb flash drive from a macbook late 2008 (5,1), does anyone know if it's mandatory for me to have and copy of Sierra Developer Preview? Or it could be done with a DMG from official Sierra release?
I tried to do this with 2 Sierra Developer Preview copies, one that I got from Piratebay and other from another website... Both of them returned "This is not a valid copy of Sierra..."

If anybody could help me with that, I'd be very much appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[jackoverfull]

You don’t need any DP, you can do everything with official releases.

 

[guilhrmew]

You don’t need any DP, you can do everything with official releases.

oh, thought I'd need DP... But when I download Sierra DMG from Apple, I canno't install the "InstallOS.pkg" on El Capitan, so I can't really use the DosDude Sierra patch with this DMG file, right? What should I do in this case?

 

[mac_early2008_8.1_2210]

sorry

 

[jowaju]

Has anyone figured this out yet? I'm stuck at not being able to do anything with the InstallOS.pkg file. Are there workarounds that don't involve using a separate compatible mac to create the app file? I'm working with an iMac9,1

Have you tried extracting the file you need with Pacifist? It's free and doesn't care what model you are using.