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I am going to re-run the post-install patcher and I have a mid-2009 MBP, 5,2. Can someone please tell me if I need to select the Ambient Light Sensor patch?

Thank you!
 
ac2334 said:
I am going to re-run the post-install patcher and I have a mid-2009 MBP, 5,2. Can someone please tell me if I need to select the Ambient Light Sensor patch?

Thank you!
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You shouldn't need it, I believe it is only necessary for the MacBookPro4,1.
 
I just installed Sierra to a late 2009 Mac mini. WiFi is not working, which isn't a big deal, but the wired network is occasionally dropping connection. Anyone have an idea what I can do to fix this? Otherwise, everything is running well.
 
As I was trying to boot from the USB drive, it has been stuck on the boot screen for the past hour. The progress line is all the way to the end, but it isn't moving past the boot screen.
 

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The MacBook5,2 trackpad issue is strange - double tapping seems to behave as a tap-and-hold, but a single tap has no effect and two-finger tap for right-click also fails as already noted. The Hackintosh forums had notes on deleting keys from the trackpad prefpane Info.plist but the same keys don't exist on Sierra.

Unfortunately this is a deal-breaker for me, I use tap-to-click and two-finger-tap-right-click constantly so looks like I'll be going back to El Capitan.

It'd be nice if the first post could be updated to advise users of the problems on the Macbook5,2:

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I tried installing Sierra to my Early 2008 Mac Pro using the patch tool and instructions in this thread, but didn't get very far. The download and patch process went fine, the usb drive got created fine and looks good, and I was able to boot into it. However, upon booting,I got the white screen with the apple logo, and the progress bar beneath it, and after maybe a quarter of the progress bar had completed, something crashed and the machine rebooted. I have two monitors, and unplugging one of them makes it so that a screen of what looks like a core dump flashes for a few milliseconds before it reboots. The only thing I have been able to read that might be relevant is "Thread 2 crashed".

My Mac Pro has upgraded Wi-Fi/Bluetooth ("Airport Extreme", handoff works in El Capitan) and an upgraded video card (AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072 MB, according to "About this Mac"). I have plenty of memory (32 GB) and plenty of drive space. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot what might be going on?
 
Having a very strange issue on my 2008 iMac 24". It has been upgraded to the 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo.

When adjusting the system volume, the volume is actually stuck where it's at, which is very loud (probably max). I can slide the slider or press the volume keys all I want and it will still be at the same, loud volume. Adjusting music volume through iTunes works, but system volume remains put. Also, when audio of any type is played, whether I play a song, a game or a video, there's a distinct ticking noise in the background (sort of like a metronome). I tried a PRAM reset and I tried unplugging the iMac for a good 30 seconds or so. With the PRAM reset, the first boot chime was quiet, then the 2nd one was a lot louder, so I thought that fixed it but nope.

It also of course has no WiFi due to the card but I ordered an Atheros card for it and my 2008 Mac Pro (which hasn't successfully even let me install Sierra yet even with the patched installer; it just hangs).

Any other suggestions?
 
Spink10 said:
Hmm...help!

1. Downloaded macOS Sierra from my 2013 rMBP
2. Downloaded macOS Sierra Patcher-2 from dosdude1
3. Used Patcher-2 tool to create bootable USB of macOS Sierra
4. Went to install...started in install and now receive the following message...
macOS could not be installed on your computer
No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

Any ideas?

Mid 2009 MacBook 5,1 - had previously beta version from several months ago.

EDIT: Just noticed - there is a Patcher-3 ... maybe that is my problem...didnt fix it :(

@dosdude1 any thoughts?
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Help! Anyone :)
 
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Help! Anyone :)
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Try downloading the patch again and making a new drive... I can't see why it wouldn't work (unless you're trying an upgrade-install--In that case, I'd try doing a clean install on a blank partition).
 
dosdude1 said:
Try downloading the patch again and making a new drive... I can't see why it wouldn't work (unless you're trying an upgrade-install--In that case, I'd try doing a clean install on a blank partition).
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Clean install. Okay. I will try a new USB drive as well. When I am done making the boot USB drive it has two partition is that correct?
 
Hey guys, thanks for the awesome work. I run macOS Sierra on my macbook pro 4.1 and my wireless card doesn't work. Is there a workaround to make it work ?
 
Has anyone experienced any performance improvement with 10.12 on older Macs with HDDs?
 
If someone wants to, it's possible to upgrade to the 10.12.1 normally. Everything is working fine.
 

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dosdude1 said:
Try downloading the patch again and making a new drive... I can't see why it wouldn't work (unless you're trying an upgrade-install--In that case, I'd try doing a clean install on a blank partition).
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Is an upgrade install not possible using this method?
I successfully created and booted from a USB install drive and the installation started.
About 4 minutes into the install an error message appeared saying that it could not be installed on this computer.
The aborted install had messed up my hard drive with half an install resulting in my computer not being able to boot from its own drive.
I had of course backed up - so nothing lost!
I would like to do an upgrade install if possible - any clues.
MacBook Pro 2009 5.3

Many thanks

Adam
 
nikhilc said:
The MacBook5,2 trackpad issue is strange - double tapping seems to behave as a tap-and-hold, but a single tap has no effect and two-finger tap for right-click also fails as already noted. The Hackintosh forums had notes on deleting keys from the trackpad prefpane Info.plist but the same keys don't exist on Sierra.

Unfortunately this is a deal-breaker for me, I use tap-to-click and two-finger-tap-right-click constantly so looks like I'll be going back to El Capitan.

It'd be nice if the first post could be updated to advise users of the problems on the Macbook5,2:

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And add info that in Macbook pro 5,2 17" early 2009 everything works perfect
 
Thanks very much dosdude1 for hard work, my MacBook Pro 5.1 (late 2008) just work )

After install sierra, trackpad not working corectly (one finger taps, two finger taps-context menu), i connect my wired mouse and clicking some time with mouse some time with trackpad: left click, right click, check uncheck options on trackpad settings and... trackpad started working corectly
 
In case something goes wrong with sierra or it's not working as supposed to, is it possible to downgrade or a clean install should be performed of the previous system?
 
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