macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread

[adamrickets]

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

Hi could anybody tell me if an upgrade install is possible or does this only work for a clean install.
Many thanks

 

[dosdude1]

Hi could anybody tell me if an upgrade install is possible or does this only work for a clean install.
Many thanks

You can do an upgrade install. The process is described on my webpage.

 

[hadnet]

Here are mine

It's identical to mine. Same info. So it is a problem with the patcher, something is missing..

@aquaticflow Did you do a NVRAM in your MBP 09 to see if your Camera Section (System Report) is showing something?

 

[morooster]

Bump. Is there any way to tell what is causing the crash? A log file or something? I never even get to the installer at all -- just boot from the patched install drive, see the apple logo, wait a bit for a partial progress bar, then crash, reboot, and repeat. Happens every time. Could it be my video card? If so, is there anything I can do about it? It works fine (great, in fact) under El Capitan. The original card that came in it is dead, so swapping back to stock isn't really an option.

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?

 

[westwon]

I have the same problem with iSight just showing a black image on a MacBookPro5,3. I observed something interesting though.

I tried to use the camera in Windows 10 using Parallells. It didn't work in Windows, but when I exited the virtual machine the camera lit up in macOS with the camera image being displayed in FaceTime etc.

I think the camera drivers are OK, it's just that it isn't being initialised properly by the OS.

 

[Guido D'Amore]

Is it possible that the iSight malfunction that afflicts some of your Mac is a bug of macOS?

 

[pkouame]

@dosdude1 Look at this:

Ah!

Got that a few times too. There's definitely something screwy going on with your kexts.

Here's how I usually rebuild my kext cache.
CAVEAT: No guarantees it will solve your video issues, but this worked for my keyboard and trackpad ones.
CAVEAT: As always, your mileage may vary, and always make sure you have a good backup!
CAVEAT: don't attempt this if you're not comfortable with the command line.

- Boot in recovery or an external drive
- go to your boot disk's /Volumes/your-Sierra-boot-disk/System/Library folder - where the Extensions Kernels and PrelinkedKernels folders exist

$cd /Volumes/name-of-your-Sierra-boot-disk/System/Library

NOTE: MAKE SURE you are in the right place. There is a difference between /Volumes/xxx and /xxx

- rename your prelinkedkernel :

$mv ./PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel ./PrelinkedKernels/saved-prelinkedkernel

- touch your Extensions folder (yes touch it! it forces a rebuild )

$touch ./Extensions

- rebuild kextcache

$kextcache -u /Volumes/name-of-your-Sierra-boot-disk

- reboot

@dosdude1 Does your "force cache rebuild" essentially do the same thing?

As always, Google is your friend...

 

[albacore]

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.

filevault may be the problem
suggest decrypting and try again

 

[pkouame]

Is it possible that the iSight malfunction that afflicts some of your Mac is a bug of macOS?

Don't think so. Have it working on laptops and pro 3,1 with original external iSight.
I would add, Apple doesn't support our systems anymore, meaning they don't test Sierra+ against our baseline configurations. We are on our own. Over time a lot will break...to be expected.

 

[aquaticflow]

It's identical to mine. Same info. So it is a problem with the patcher, something is missing..

@aquaticflow Did you do a NVRAM in your MBP 09 to see if your Camera Section (System Report) is showing something?

Tried the reset, and it doesn't show up for me.

 

[hadnet]

Ah!

Got that a few times too. There's definitely something screwy going on with your kexts.

Here's how I usually rebuild my kext cache.
CAVEAT: No guarantees it will solve your video issues, but this worked for my keyboard and trackpad ones.
CAVEAT: As always, your mileage may vary, and always make sure you have a good backup!
CAVEAT: don't attempt this if you're not comfortable with the command line.

- Boot in recovery or an external drive
- go to your boot disk's /Volumes/your-Sierra-boot-disk/System/Library folder - where the Extensions Kernels and PrelinkedKernels folders exist

$cd /Volumes/name-of-your-Sierra-boot-disk/System/Library

NOTE: MAKE SURE you are in the right place. There is a difference between /Volumes/xxx and /xxx

- rename your prelinkedkernel :

$mv ./PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel ./PrelinkedKernels/saved-prelinkedkernel

- touch your Extensions folder (yes touch it! it forces a rebuild )

$touch ./Extensions

- rebuild kextcache

$kextcache -u /Volumes/name-of-your-Sierra-boot-disk

- reboot

@dosdude1 Does your "force cache rebuild" essentially do the same thing?

As always, Google is your friend...

Tried this but doesnt work at all. There is something missing in this Sierra patcher. Com'on, guys, I dont believe that iSight camera cannot work properly on Sierra. All is just working nicely, except for this annoying issue. My keyboard and trackpad were not working and "force cache.." solved that. With iSight must be the same thing. We have to be able to fix this!

 

[pkouame]

Tried this but doesnt work at all. There is something missing in this Sierra patcher. Com'on, guys, I dont believe that iSight camera cannot work properly on Sierra. All is just working nicely, except for this annoying issue. My keyboard and trackpad were not working and "force cache.." solved that. With iSight must be the same thing. We have to be able to fix this!

Hard to fix remotely since I for one can't reproduce this on my matching system.
So as a sanity check...
- you downloaded Sierra from where and how?
- did you upgrade or install on a clean partition?
- if in place, what was your previous OS and was iSight working fine then?
- you post-installed with @dosdude1's force rebuild and it fixed keyboard and trackpad?
- did you replace any kexts yourself?
- you ran a disk utility repair/system check?
- you reset SMC? if so how? (there are different procedures per system)
- you reset PRAM? if so how?
- are all your other devices working properly wifi, bluetooth, display?
- are all your ports working properly ? especially USB.
- do you have a working Sierra recovery partition?
- have you rebooted into macOS Safe Mode?
- have you rebooted into macOS single user Mode? if so did you spot any errors?
- do you a have working El Capitan partition or on an external device you can reboot your system with?

You may have already answered these, but a checklist always helps...

 

[hadnet]

@dosdude1 any thoughts on this:

Hard to fix remotely since I for one can't reproduce this on my matching system.
So as a sanity check...
- you downloaded Sierra from where and how?
Using download Sierra tool from @dosdude1

- did you upgrade or install on a clean partition?
Upgrade

- if in place, what was your previous OS and was iSight working fine then?
El Cap 10.11.6

- you post-installed with @dosdude1's force rebuild and it fixed keyboard and trackpad?
At the first time, I don't selected that option, but when in the log screen I realize that keyboard an trackpad were not working, boot it again, go to Post Install and this time selected "force ..". After this, keyboard and trackpad were working perfectly

- did you replace any kexts yourself?
Yes, tried the El Cap AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext from @dosdude1

- you ran a disk utility repair/system check?
No

- you reset SMC? if so how? (there are different procedures per system)
No

- you reset PRAM? if so how?
Yes, following this steps

1. Shut down your Mac.
2. Command (⌘), Option, P, and R.
3. Turn on your Mac.
4. Press and hold Command-Option-P-R keys immediately after hear the startup sound.
5. Hold keys until the computer restarts and hear the startup sound for a second time
6. Release the keys.

- are all your other devices working properly wifi, bluetooth, display?
Yes

- are all your ports working properly ? especially USB.
All working nicely

- do you have a working Sierra recovery partition?
No

- have you rebooted into macOS Safe Mode?
No

- have you rebooted into macOS single user Mode? if so did you spot any errors?
No

- do you a have working El Capitan partition or on an external device you can reboot your system with?
No (I have a iMAC mid 2011 with Mac OS Sierra installed)

You may have already answered these, but a checklist always helps...

 

[dosdude1]

@dosdude1 any thoughts on this:

You have SIP enabled. Boot into the Recovery partition or your macOS Sierra Installer USB drive, open Terminal, and run "csrutil disable".

 

[waveman]

Hi there

I used dosdude1 app to download Sierra and move it to USB stick. I went through the Sierra installation without problems, and applied the patch after that with the option to rebuild caches selected. Maybe that was the mistake a made because my system is not booting up. The progress bar moves very slowly and then I get kernel panic.

Could you please help me? I didn't expect that at all.

Thank you!

 

[foxlet]

@dosdude1 any thoughts on this:

Did you check your boot flags to make sure that unsigned kernel extensions are loaded (Located in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration)? A working example is attached.

 

[dosdude1]

Hi there

I used dosdude1 app to download Sierra and move it to USB stick. I went through the Sierra installation without problems, and applied the patch after that with the option to rebuild caches selected. Maybe that was the mistake a made because my system is not booting up. The progress bar moves very slowly and then I get kernel panic.

Could you please help me? I didn't expect that at all.

Thank you!

I'd just try re-installing, and not selecting that option in the post-install tool.

 

[waveman]

I'd just try re-installing, and not selecting that option in the post-install tool.

I already tried that but it didn't help. I installed it as an update from El Cap, not a clean install...

 

[thewebgal]

No way i am going to pay those money for a wifi card, it's too expensive ! Sorry need to find a cheaper alternative !

Then you won't like what I bought for my late 2009 macPro (tower) either

Description: Mac Pro 2009 (4,1) and Mac Pro 2010-2012 (5,1) -
Apple Broadcom Bcm94360cd - 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC + Bluetooth 4.0, Item #: BAEC_2FT
Quan 1 - Unit price: $119.98 USD
Shipping and handling: $6.99 USD
Total: $126.97 USD

but everything works FLAWLESSLY now ...

See osxwifi.com

About this Mac reports -
Software Versions:
CoreWLAN: 11.0 (1200.22)
CoreWLANKit: 12.0 (1200.22)
Menu Extra: 12.0 (1200.27)
System Information: 12.0 (1200.3)
IO80211 Family: 12.0 (1200.12.2)
Diagnostics: 7.0 (700.5)
AirPort Utility: 6.3.7 (637.5)
Interfaces:
en2:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x111)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.170.1.1a2)
MAC Address: ac:29:3a:9b:96:f9
Locale: RoW
Country Code: US
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless: Supported
AirDrop: Supported
AirDrop Channel: 149
Auto Unlock: Supported
Status: Connected

 

[hadnet]

Did you check your boot flags to make sure that unsigned kernel extensions are loaded (Located in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration)? A working example is attached.

My file just has "-no_compat_check". How can I add the "kext-dev-mode=1 mbasd=1"? This would make iSight works properly?
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You have SIP enabled. Boot into the Recovery partition or your macOS Sierra Installer USB drive, open Terminal, and run "csrutil disable".

The result after doing "csrutil disable":

 

[foxlet]

My file just has "-no_compat_check". How can I add the "kext-dev-mode=1 mbasd=1"? This would make iSight works properly?
[doublepost=1474582368][/doublepost]

The result after doing "csrutil disable":

You didn't give the kernel extension proper permissions either, you have to assign proper flags (chmod 755) and change the owner to root (chown 0:0)

 

[pkouame]

Then you won't like what I bought for my late 2009 macPro (tower) either
but everything works FLAWLESSLY now ...

See osxwifi.com

About this Mac reports -
Software Versions:
CoreWLAN: 11.0 (1200.22)
CoreWLANKit: 12.0 (1200.22)
Menu Extra: 12.0 (1200.27)
System Information: 12.0 (1200.3)
IO80211 Family: 12.0 (1200.12.2)
Diagnostics: 7.0 (700.5)
AirPort Utility: 6.3.7 (637.5)
Interfaces:
en2:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x111)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.170.1.1a2)
MAC Address: ac:29:3a:9b:96:f9
Locale: RoW
Country Code: US
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless: Supported
AirDrop: Supported
AirDrop Channel: 149
Auto Unlock: Supported
Status: Connected

Like your hardware Curious, what's wifi performance like? My Broadcom bcm94360cd just arrived from osxwifi.

 

[hadnet]

When I tried open Xcode this message show up:
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You didn't give the kernel extension proper permissions either, you have to assign proper flags (chmod 755) and change the owner to root (chown 0:0)

Do I need to do that on Boot.plist file?

 

[morooster]

Ok for the benefit of anyone else who runs into this... I figured it out. It was indeed he video card. I don't recall installing any drivers for it, but maybe I did. I just copied everything that had "Radeon" in the name from /System/Library/Extensions on my working El Capitan to he corresponding folder on the USB stick that the patch utility created. It is currently installing. Yay!

By the way, I intend to use that donate button on dosdude1's page to show my appreciation for this utility, and encourage others to do the same.

Bump. Is there any way to tell what is causing the crash? A log file or something? I never even get to the installer at all -- just boot from the patched install drive, see the apple logo, wait a bit for a partial progress bar, then crash, reboot, and repeat. Happens every time. Could it be my video card? If so, is there anything I can do about it? It works fine (great, in fact) under El Capitan. The original card that came in it is dead, so swapping back to stock isn't really an option.

 

[quillo]

Can someone help me, I used dosdudes patch tool to download sierra then put it on a flashdrive with the same tool and everytime I boot from it I get a probationary sign. I have a macbook mid 2009. Help Please!