2011 MBPs working with Mojave?

[ZombiePhysicist]

Hi All. I was wondering if anyone has gotten their technically not supported MBPs working with mojave, and if so how?

It makes no sense to me how a 2011 MBP with a discrete video card isn't supported while a 2012 macbook air with integrated video card is supported by mojave.

My thinking is if you just pull your hard drive from your MBP and install mojave on that pulled drive on a supported mac, and then brain transplant that drive back into the MBP, and try and boot it from a 2011 MBP with discrete video card, it might just boot/work. Has anyone tried this?

 

[Mac-key]

There's already a video on youtube showing you how to install Mojave on unsupported Mac's. He's actually running it on a 2008 model. I used the same person's tutorial when installing High Sierra on my mid-2009 MBP - an "unsupported Mac"

 

[ZombiePhysicist]

I'm hoping not to use a patch. I don't trust 3rd party software like this. For all I know you're installing some Russian/Chinese mining farm software straight into the kernel.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great this exists. I think this is the patch here: http://dosdude1.com/mojave/

Just for a work machine, I don't trust it.

It's frustrating, I can afford to get the current 2018 MBP, but i just cannot bring myself to spend that much money for something that doesn't have expandable storage. It's just a deal breaker for me. Not only are 4tb SSDs down to around $900 currently, but you can drop a 7.5TB SSD (pricey but possible) in my 2011 machine, where as the 2018 is just useless once you run out of space (at least for my purposes).

 

[ElectronGuru]

We do get you but also keep in mind, there are slow ssd and fast ssd and apple is only selling the fast kind so it costs more per gb. Having now two Macs with fast ssd, I think it’s worth it. You can always connect a slow ssd externally, for storage.

 

[ZombiePhysicist]

The cost of the chips on the SSD are roughly the same. It is slowed down by the SATA connector. So while it's true that it's faster, it's cost being obscene is not as much a speed thing as it is a gouging thing. And while I do like faster SSDs, most of the positive effect is the reduced latency and not the bandwidth (although I love the extra speed the bandwidth gives). And in any case, apple could have used some PCI connector variant and maintained the speed. They didn't do this because they have become completely out of touch with the pro/enthusiast market that made their existence possible in the first place, IMO.