macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread

[Ubikmaior]

Hi everyone guys! I would thank you all of you because I found this thread very useful for installing Sierra on my MacBook 5.1 with 8 gb ram and a ssd HD. Contrarily to some things read on the forum I haven! Found any kind of problem with my wifi card: it works like a charm!

 

[ferretex]

Hi everyone guys! I would thank you all of you because I found this thread very useful for installing Sierra on my MacBook 5.1 with 8 gb ram and a ssd HD. Contrarily to some things read on the forum I haven! Found any kind of problem with my wifi card: it works like a charm!

Same computer as you with same specs. Works WAY better than El Capitan. Shame on you APPLE! Thank you SO MUCH DOSDUDE1. On the other hand my early 2008 iMac has no wifi...(anyway I only use the ethernet card)

 

[filipe.esposito]

new update???

Beta, just for developers for now. There will probably be a Public Beta soon.

 

[svkrzn]

When trying to install on the screen where it asks where to install, only usb is shown, not the main ssd drive. I'm installing over el capitan, not a clean install.

 

[Ubikmaior]

Here we are:

 

[tahitibub]

DownloadSierra now includes "Reboot to Authorize" (experimental), which can be used to boot your Mac as a newer model (using Clover at the moment) in order to add Sierra into your Apple ID's Purchased list.

Hi,

I could dowload MasOS Sierra thanks to this software and the "Reboot to Authorize" function.

However, now my iMac is always booting using Clover and I'd like to uninstall this bootloader.

Could you help me to do so ?

Regards.

 

[axd1152]

Hello,

I have 5.1 late 2008 macbook with bootcamp installed on it running El Captain.

If I install Sierra formatting my current MacOS partition, will my bootcamp work? Or should I install without formatting MacOS partition? Or will I have to reinstall my windows anyways?

Thank you.

 

[AMouseCowHerd]

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.

Looking at iFixit, the 2007 iMacs have an audio board numbered 820-2364-A. I've not looked at 2008 iMacs but as they are similar to 2007 iMacs maybe this is also true, but this needs confirming by someone. A teardown of a 2009 iMac shows the audio board number is 820-2299-A (different) and maybe Sierra, not targeted at earlier iMacs, doesn't drive audio in the same way any more. At the moment there isn't any fix.

Maybe the right kext copied from El Capitan to Sierra would work?

 

[tarasis]

Just installed the Store release on my MacBook Pro 5,5 (Mid 2009 13" MacBook Pro). Everything seemingly working so far. I did disable the Beta updates as I was unsure they'd work, but I see above that I should be okay.

 

[svkrzn]

Hi dosdude1, i have a error when i start the installation "operation not permitted "

What the problem for you ? Thanks for your help

Edit : translation :
the operation could not be completed . Operation not permitted. exit the installer to restart your computer and try again

Edit 2 : on MacBook late 2008 with ssd and 5go ram

That's what happened to me now. MBP 5.3...

 

[Jeantro]

Thank you all for this job

I installed on my Macbook pro mid-2009 with 8go ram all work perfect

just a little question when the update come for Sierra is it possible to do it directly ?

 

[ddigitaldnr]

All installed ok on my iMac 9,1 Early 09 iMac users be aware the installer will silent reboot when finished, use a wired keyboard and use option or the alt key on a PC keyboard to select the USB key again and do the post install patching. Do not let the machine try to reboot to your boot drive without doing this or your PRAM will be borked and the machine will become unbootable and your have to reset it before doing the post install patches.

 

[svkrzn]

Should have stayed with el capitan. Sierra setup did not complete but created a recovery partition which does not work. The pendrive with my el capitan I installed it from could not be installed because apparently the installation has been tampered. Now back installing Snow Leopard from a CD.

 

[pkouame]

Should have stayed with el capitan. Sierra setup did not complete but created a recovery partition which does not work. The pendrive with my el capitan I installed it from could not be installed because apparently the installation has been tampered. Now back installing Snow Leopard from a CD.

Hugh?!
2000+ posts and I haven't heard of one brick yet.
You might consider being a tad more expressive about your issues. There are plenty of people here to help, but you don't give us much to go on. Just saying....

 

[Dalto11]

So I partitioned off and installed Sierra using the patcher tool method. My MacBook 5,2 did fine on install. I have NO wireless though? And I can't right click with my track pad. Is this normal?

 

[jjf825]

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.

Any ideas on this? I tried re-downloading the file and trying the process again...same thing happened. I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro.

 

[Stratus Fear]

Maybe the right kext copied from El Capitan to Sierra would work?

It does. Copying IOAudioFamily.kext and AppleHDA.kext from El Capitan works.

 

[evil-hao]

So I partitioned off and installed Sierra using the patcher tool method. My MacBook 5,2 did fine on install. I have NO wireless though? And I can't right click with my track pad. Is this normal?

I have exact same problem ! No right click and no wireless...Wireless should be easy to fix. Come on guys, please fix the wireless BCM4321 !

 

[svkrzn]

Hugh?!
2000+ posts and I haven't heard of one brick yet.
You might consider being a tad more expressive about your issues. There are plenty of people here to help, but you don't give us much to go on. Just saying....

I never said it was bricked. The problem I had has happened already to other people who ended up reinstalling from scratch. In my case from scratch means snow leopard

 

[pkouame]

All installed ok on my iMac 9,1 Early 09 iMac users be aware the installer will silent reboot when finished, use a wired keyboard and use option or the alt key on a PC keyboard to select the USB key again and do the post install patching. Do not let the machine try to reboot to your boot drive without doing this or your PRAM will be borked and the machine will become unbootable and your have to reset it before doing the post install patches.

What do you mean by PRAM "borked" ?
In my experience(s) ...
- install from patched Sierra USB stick/key or whatever
- get a cup of joe and chill
- system is usually shut down when it's done or
- system attempts to boot from un-post-installed partition
- your mileage may vary but it's still all good
- option reboot to USB stick/key
- post install the right partition (follow visual instructions)
- reboot
- get another cup of joe
- rinse and repeat if necessary
- voila!

 

[Abby_CZ]

Hi, is chance to work unsupported wifi with kext from El Capitan? Or is only one way - change to supported card? And this second question, what is supported card for MacBook Pro Early 2008 and Mac Mini Late 2009? Ideally cheaper than 70 € Thank you.

 

[Jeantro]

I rest my question

when the update come for Sierra is it possible to do it directly or I must re-patch it ?

 

[raiko]

First of all - thanks, dosdude1, for your amazing work! I've been following the thread as a reader right from the start.

I'm currently trying to update a MacBook Pro 5,5 (mid 2009, 2,53 GHz C2D, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD) from El Capitan 10.11.6 to macOS Sierra 10.12 using your latest version of the patcher tool. I have successfully downloaded Sierra using the tool and created the bootable usb drive.

However, when booting from the usb drive, I cannot select my El-Capitan-partition as an installation target. It doesn't show up on the selection screen. When booted from the usb drive, disk utility shows the internal drive as "unformatted" (which it is not; I can easily reboot and boot off of it). When booted in El Capitan, disk utility properly identifies the drive as having a GUID partition map and only one partition (Macintosh HD as a "Logical Volume Mac OS X Extended").

Any idea what's going on? The drive is encrypted with file vault, may that be the problem? (I thought that was a problem of previous Sierra-versions and fixed in the final release?)

For those of you trying to update over a FileVault encrypted disk, there's a way. You can unlock and mount your FV disk using "diskutil cs unlockVolume XXX" with X being your Logical Volume unique ID. I was confused at this at first because running "diskutil cs list" on the installer's terminal to retrieve my lvUUID does't show the full regular output which includes de needed lvUUID. Not sure if it's a bug there or just intended, but "cs list" only listed Logical Volume Group and Logical Volume Family there.
What I did was boot back into my normal install, ran "diskutil cs list" there, noted down the big string after "Logical Volume" (last one, not Group/Family), opened installer/Terminal, tried running "diskutil cs unlockVolume" again with my noted down ID and it worked, the disk was unlocked and now shows up in the install list.

 

[Dalto11]

I have exact same problem ! No right click and no wireless...Wireless should be easy to fix. Come on guys, please fix the wireless BCM4321 !

A1181 right? See mine I bought secondhand and put a new 5,2 logic board in it. The wifi card is from a 2007 4,1 model and my keyboard is even older. Maybe that's the issue? I'm not even sure.

 

[d4gli]

What can we expect for longtime support within upcoming updates including security fixes? Will we possible to use directly from app store? Will we need 3rd party tools like dodudes tools for DP patches?