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Thanks a lot!
You should read a little about it.
Every drive in Mac has a hidden partition called EFI. Its utilized at boot. You can mount the EFI of your install drive through terminal. sudo diskutil list. There you see all drives. Be careful to mount the right one from your install drive / usb.
sudo diskutil mount YOURDISKNR (disk…s..)
You can find lot of this on the web
I'll read into it
 
This thread as nothing to do with OCLP everithing is in the first post
EDIT **
I have nothing against OCLP and all those who are involved in this project
The subject here is about installing macOS Monterey 12 with SIP enabled and no patches, kexts and snapshot.

If you are using OCLP, please post your comments on the subject to dedicate this effect, do not post here.
Thanks


Please Stop Spaming
 
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Well there is some progress with WEG! I managed to boot with weg boot arg: -wegswitchgpu (to disable internal GPU when external GPU is installed). Well strangely it does the exact opposite, that's why the previous -wegnoegpu didn't work. In about this Mac tab "Displays" it's detected as a 47" screen.
So it boots but Retina display is not detected it seems. The retina screen is thus detected as a 47" display. It looks just as booting safe mode display. Very small text etc. Adjusting display settings to "scaled" doesn't do anything.
Well at least I'm getting closer.
When watching a video there are horizontal artefacts. But as you have almost the same iris iGPU it must work somehow...
All media keys work except the brightness (for screen).

Any help here in the OC and WEG method?
 
Hi all :) Are your laptop successfully sleeping if you close your laptop lid and open after 2-3 hours? Maybe you have boot from apple logo after open the lid without correct sleep on Monterey?
 
Hi all :) Are your laptop successfully sleeping if you close your laptop lid and open after 2-3 hours? Maybe you have boot from apple logo after open the lid without correct sleep on Monterey?
There should not be any problem. My MBP is very cold in the morning and I presume it went to hibernation (3) overnight.

But this is something that interests me also and I will test the hibernation thing more acurately during the weekend.
 
Hi all :) Are your laptop successfully sleeping if you close your laptop lid and open after 2-3 hours? Maybe you have boot from apple logo after open the lid without correct sleep on Monterey?
*Boot* from Apple logo, or just shows the apple logo briefly as it resumes from hibernate-to-disk, which I think is correct behaviour?
 
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Watching this can help:
Ok I read this entire thread and watched this entire video twice. I got the installer for the 12.0.1 Monterey on to the USB drive but when I run the OCP, it won't find the USB drive - it only sees the main hard drive. I have a mid 2014 without any funky graphics card. I tried to go ahead and boot from the USB drive but it failed.

Do you know what I may be missing to not see the USB? I tried a few different ones - all formatted correctly.
 
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Ok I read this entire thread and watched this entire video twice. I got the installer for the 12.0.1 Monterey on to the USB drive but when I run the OCP, it won't find the USB drive - it only sees the main hard drive. I have a mid 2014 without any funky graphics card. I tried to go ahead and boot from the USB drive but it failed.

Do you know what I may be missing to not see the USB? I tried a few different ones - all formatted correctly.
Are you using my EFI on post #69 + config.plist on post #75? (you need to replace the config.plist on the EFI with the one on post #75).

I am attaching the correct EFI I've been using so you just download and use it.
Mount the EFI partition of your USB drive, delete everything that is inside, unzip the file I am attaching, there are two folders + an icon file (hidden), copy these two folders + hidden file to the EFI partition of the USB drive.

If you don't have any other graphics card, you don't need OCLP. This is OC only!!
 

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Are you using my EFI on post #69 + config.plist on post #75? (you need to replace the config.plist on the EFI with the one on post #75).

I am attaching the correct EFI I've been using so you just download and use it.
Mount the EFI partition of your USB drive, delete everything that is inside, unzip the file I am attaching, there are two folders + an icon file (hidden), copy these two folders + hidden file to the EFI partition of the USB drive.

If you don't have any other graphics card, you don't need OCLP. This is OC only!!
Ah - I read through that and didn’t think I needed that one - but I see how that makes sense - I appreciate the info, the knowledge and sharing, from not only you, but all the others. The help with things, especially the ones that don’t come intuitively is truly appreciated.

I will give this a shot today - I feel so close.
 
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How to install macOS Monterey on a MacBook Pro retina late 2013
Without patcher, without any kexts files. Genuine macOS booting with OpenCore SIP activate
Probably work on other Mac? Please confirm this solution if its work for you
Confirm Works MacBook 11.1
Confirm works on MacBook Pro (Mid 2014)
If you are using OCLP, please post your comments on the subject to dedicate this effect, do not post here.
Thanks


Download files ➤ EFI Monterey 12
Credit: Acidanthera

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Create install Media of Monterey put the EFI folder on EFI Partition of USB installer then boot from option select EFI USB install Media on the OpenCore menue Icons, select ClearNvram
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and Reboot the system ➣ TAB
Reboot
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Reboot again Option EFI USB install Media select Install macOS Monterey
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Formate the Disk then Install macOS

Reboot again Option EFI USB install Media, select macOS Installer then complet Installation
NOTE : You have to boot multiple time on macOS Installer.


Reboot again Option EFI USB install Media, select your Disk to complete installation
You have to boot twice on the disk to complet

Post Install ⬇︎
Mount the EFI Partition of the SSD then put the EFI Folder then unplug USB Install media


Done! Enjoy.
After everything is finished, you can remove the -v in the config.plist to have the apple at boot.

- Looking for other OpenCore boot theme ➤ My-Simple-OC-Themes

My boot disk

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Desktop Monterey
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HWMonitor
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If you want make your own EFI OC I strongly advise you to compile OpenCore from source here ☞ OpenCorePKG

and use the output files in OpenCorePkg ➤ / Binaries ➤ / OpenCore-0.7.xx-RELEASE.zip unzip the file and everything is there : DOC , EFI , Utilities
Read the DOC You don't need nothing else
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I updated my mbp mid 2014 15 inch to macos 12.1 from 12.0 beta 6, i turned on verbose to see why it is freezing, it gets stuck on the apple logo with the bar not moving and the logo is twice as small as it should be, im guessing it is a graphic issue within the OC and the driver, anyone that can help me out would be greatly appreciated.
 
I updated my mbp mid 2014 15 inch to macos 12.1 from 12.0 beta 6, i turned on verbose to see why it is freezing, it gets stuck on the apple logo with the bar not moving and the logo is twice as small as it should be, im guessing it is a graphic issue within the OC and the driver, anyone that can help me out would be greatly appreciated.
1- Did you do the Firmware update by installing 11.6.1?
2- Are you using any GPU other than the Intel Iris Pro Graphics?
3- Why from 12.0B6 to12.1?

Unless you really need that, stay at a release version (12.0.1) and use my EFI partition above (#142).
 
I updated my mbp mid 2014 15 inch to macos 12.1 from 12.0 beta 6, i turned on verbose to see why it is freezing, it gets stuck on the apple logo with the bar not moving and the logo is twice as small as it should be, im guessing it is a graphic issue within the OC and the driver, anyone that can help me out would be greatly appreciated.

You surely did not install macOS Beta by following the guide here from the first page because you seem to have a Dual GPU and this problem would have appeared already. So I advise you to use the Guide that you have used before.

Also understand that this is not a problem with OpenCore and drivers because there are no drivers in OpenCore with my Guide.
 
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@chris1111 Running the macOS 12 Final Version I experience with your latest create. app V3 I'm getting:

mkdir: /Applications/Install macOS Monterey beta.app/Contents: No such file or directory as it is the final version what do you recommend: Late 2013 Macbook pro 15 inch
Model Identifier: MacBookPro 11,3
 
@chris1111 Running the macOS 12 Final Version I experience with your latest create. app V3 I'm getting:

mkdir: /Applications/Install macOS Monterey beta.app/Contents: No such file or directory as it is the final version what do you recommend: Late 2013 Macbook pro 15 inch
Model Identifier: MacBookPro 11,3
macOS 12 Final Release not need any such script

which latest V3 app are you talking about
Anyway this is not in the guide here, please follow the guide in the first page
 
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Since installing the beta on my MPB 11,1 and on to the full release I’ve gotten some visual artifacts in the dock. Anyone else? Maybe they’re there anyway.
 
1- Did you do the Firmware update by installing 11.6.1?
2- Are you using any GPU other than the Intel Iris Pro Graphics?
3- Why from 12.0B6 to12.1?

Unless you really need that, stay at a release version (12.0.1) and use my EFI partition above (#142).
1- im not really sure if it did.
2- no i use the intel iris pro.
3-just to update more than anything to see if it would work and to get out of the beta version.
 
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