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macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread

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Sedulous said:
I am aware that it has to be checked for malicious intent. I am sure the legacyUSB.kext would be ok.
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no, it wouldn't. most of its code is copied and pasted from Apple's El Capitan IOUSBFamily, which is copyrighted. Also, as the developer, I would like to be in control of who signs my own kext.
 
parrotgeek1 said:
no, it wouldn't. most of its code is copied and pasted from Apple's El Capitan IOUSBFamily, which is copyrighted. Also, as the developer, I would like to be in control of who signs my own kext.
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Really? So you prefer this ongoing battle with SIP because you don't like the idea of someone else getting Apple to sign the USB kext? There is nothing in Apple's guidelines that suggest getting it signed would be an issue. At worst, Apple could decline.
 
Sedulous said:
Really? So you prefer this ongoing battle with SIP because you don't like the idea of someone else getting Apple to sign the USB kext? There is nothing in Apple's guidelines that suggest getting it signed would be an issue. At worst, Apple could decline.
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Alright. You can try it.

This whole thing is really weird to me because I have NEVER had SIP re-enable itself on any of my 3 computers. How is this happening to people?
 
i was wondering if there is a fix for the wifi on macbook 5,2 mid 2009 download is slow...i have the latest build...i saw different solutions but i dont know what one has actually worked
 
parrotgeek1 said:
Alright. You can try it.

This whole thing is really weird to me because I have NEVER had SIP re-enable itself on any of my 3 computers. How is this happening to people?
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I do not know either. But it seems to be a problem. I actually run sip enabled except for kext.

It is annoying that Apple seems to actively prevent machines capable of running (and often beneficially) macOS updates.
 
Sedulous said:
I do not know either. But it seems to be a problem. I actually run sip enabled except for kext.

It is annoying that Apple seems to actively prevent machines capable of running (and often beneficially) macOS updates.
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SIP also prevents VMM injection to CPU flags, that is neccessary to enable software updates
 
zrw2011 said:
i was wondering if there is a fix for the wifi on macbook 5,2 mid 2009 download is slow...i have the latest build...i saw different solutions but i dont know what one has actually worked
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Did you use iperf to test your wifi transfer rates? The 5,2 I have here is getting about 218Mb/s on the 5GHz channel and 92Mb/s on the 2.4GHz channel. (with the system stating connection rates of 300 and 145 respectively).
 
fischersd said:
Did you use iperf to test your wifi transfer rates? The 5,2 I have here is getting about 218Mb/s on the 5GHz channel and 92Mb/s on the 2.4GHz channel. (with the system stating connection rates of 300 and 145 respectively).
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no i should try it is it an app?
 
Ok so now with the latest dev beta available a couple of days ago I cannot get it to appear in the App Store Updates.
I used CZO's patch last time and it was fine, but now I see that SIP is enabled, so went to start from my recovery partition but I now get the 'no system folder' sign so unable to boot to recovery partition in order to disable SIP.
So what next?
 
L Caputo said:
Ok so now with the latest dev beta available a couple of days ago I cannot get it to appear in the App Store Updates.
I used CZO's patch last time and it was fine, but now I see that SIP is enabled, so went to start from my recovery partition but I now get the 'no system folder' sign so unable to boot to recovery partition in order to disable SIP.
So what next?
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Why did you enable SIP? Recovery only works if you patched it.
 
Well i am surprised that SIP was enabled, i could not have downloaded previous beta updates had it been enabled so i don't understand why its status had changed.
The recovery partition was patched when i first installed Sierra months ago.
 
L Caputo said:
Well i am surprised that SIP was enabled, i could not have downloaded previous beta updates had it been enabled so i don't understand why its status had changed.
The recovery partition was patched when i first installed Sierra months ago.
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Do you still have one of dosdude1's usb installers kicking around? Re-patch your recovery partition.
(always a good idea to keep one of those available).
 
L Caputo said:
Ok so now with the latest dev beta available a couple of days ago I cannot get it to appear in the App Store Updates.
I used CZO's patch last time and it was fine, but now I see that SIP is enabled, so went to start from my recovery partition but I now get the 'no system folder' sign so unable to boot to recovery partition in order to disable SIP.
So what next?
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I am fairly sure this issue has been covered in this thread. Easiest way is to boot from your patched USB Sierra installer and run the post-install tool again.
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Czo said:
SIP also prevents VMM injection to CPU flags, that is neccessary to enable software updates
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I assume you are talking about your software update patch? I do not use it currently but might switch. Thanks for the warning!
 
fischersd said:
Do you still have one of dosdude1's usb installers kicking around? Re-patch your recovery partition.
(always a good idea to keep one of those available).
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Yeah rebooted to original install usb, repatched recovery partition, booted to recovery partition, disabled SIP, booted back to Sierra, still no updates available through App Store.
 
Just a quick question, I have a Macbook Pro 5,5 still running OS 10.8.5 and I got a message that Firefox was ending support, so I thought I'd look into an upgrade.
It's been a year or so, so I thought I'd check to see if there were any problems running Sierra on MBP 5,5 late 2009 model?

Thanks.
 
Two Mac Late 2009 Minis... All Go 100% Sierra
Now working on my exact same third Late 2009 Mac Mini and I am getting an error at install stage, from v4.2.3 created patch tool.
Error log attached.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong, please?

....yes, confirmed SIP is disable several times
 

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L Caputo said:
Yeah rebooted to original install usb, repatched recovery partition, booted to recovery partition, disabled SIP, booted back to Sierra, still no updates available through App Store.
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Have you used something to enable unsupported computer to receive updates? I think easiest method is now the patch by czo. I don't know how it works so it may not have surivived when SIP was re-enabled.
 
Sedulous said:
Have you used something to enable unsupported computer to receive updates? I think easiest method is now the patch by czo. I don't know how it works so it may not have surivived when SIP was re-enabled.
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used AUS enabler for updates to 10.12.4 and 10.12.4.1 developer betas, then used czo update patch for 10.12.4.2.
all worked fine, now cannot get anywhere with 10.12.4.3 dev beta.
 
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