My mac works perfect.just upgrade your iMac's GPU.
just a little while back an bootscreen EFI mod is also released, and works great
I've so far upgraded two iMac's and applied the EFI mod to hem, and Mojave/Catalina works fine now..
Check out this thread :
2011 iMac Graphics Card Upgrade
iMac 2009 to 2011 MXM3 graphics card upgrade (Lastest update 10/13/2023 - this is the official documentation page - you found it finally!) This is the single and only documentation post. During the last years we constantly updated this post to reflect the lastet development of vBIOS and OCLP...forums.macrumors.com
I still hope one day, HD3000 kexts are put back into the Mojave/Catalina patchers to get sleep mode working again, and I think also Airplay mirroring require them for these 2011 iMac's..
Also by default disabling legacy graphics patch on the Mojave patcher from dosdude1, like it is now with Catalina patcher would be great if made possible !
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So it´s not the HD3000 to blame.could be, but you are not using a 2011 iMac
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Hello,
I recently installed 10.15 onto my mbp 5,5 (mid-2009) and everything is working alright!
Back in the Mojave days, I used @dosdude1’s APFS Boot Rom Patcher so that my machine can natively boot APFS without the patch. However, now that patches are automatic through the installer, it automatically installs the APFS patch which runs the black and yellow lines of code before booting into any APFS drive.
Is there any way to uninstall this patch since I natively boot APFS now?
I recently installed 10.15 onto my mbp 5,5 (mid-2009) and everything is working alright!
Back in the Mojave days, I used @dosdude1’s APFS Boot Rom Patcher so that my machine can natively boot APFS without the patch. However, now that patches are automatic through the installer, it automatically installs the APFS patch which runs the black and yellow lines of code before booting into any APFS drive.
Is there any way to uninstall this patch since I natively boot APFS now?
Yeah, all you really need to do is set your Startup Disk in System Preferences. If you want to completely get rid of the files, you can mount your ESP, and remove the EFI/BOOT directory.
I can confirm this works from Catalina B8. Had to use these commands to get continuity fully working in my cMP5.1 but strangely my cMP3.1 works OOB with no further actions required. Both using BCM94360CD! Few extra steps when using Catalina.
1. SIP disabled
2. Mount system drive otherwise you cannot make any changes (do not know how long we will be able to do this)
sudo mount -uw /
3. Run these to add cMP5.1 "True" for continuity to work:
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set:Mac-F221BEC8:ContinuitySupport true" "/System/Library/Frameworks/IOBluetooth.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SystemParameters.plist"
sudo -E perl -pi -e "s/\Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86/\Mac-F221BEC8\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0/" /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcm4360.kext/Contents/MacOS/AirPortBrcm4360
4. Kext Cache:
sudo touch /Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -i /
Restart and all should now work fully. You can enable SIP if you want to.
If I use the following terminal command
sudo mount -uw /
Can I amend system files
of does it remain read only ????
sudo mount -uw /
Can I amend system files
of does it remain read only ????
That’s great news, I can start having a mess with some files
Collin, Thanks for the work on keeping these older Macs going. I hope most people who use your work would donate, as a way to say thank you. How do system updates work with this patcher? Security updates? Do we just reinstall as upgrade every time a new version is released or can we allow the regular upgrades through Mac to take place? In Mojave, I remember I could not allow regular updates.
So far for me, everything in this Beta works as it should in this Beta, according to official Mac released Beta's for supported machines. This includes the lag in preferences, night shift not working, and the auto dark mode switcher also not working.
Thanks for your hard work!
The most robust way to upgrade from one point release to the next is to recreate the usb installer from the most current Catalina Patcher and just do an upgrade install. This approach is bullet-proof through the final supplemental update releases (which get revised full installers). The later security updates can be a mixed bag. If they touch the recovery partition or provide firmware updates, the installer package will have to be hand patched and rebuilt.
A quick thanks (and donation) to Dosdude for adding the install option to not autopatch.
The patch works beautifully now for folks like me who swapped out their iMac graphics card.
The patch works beautifully now for folks like me who swapped out their iMac graphics card.
Hi Dos...Beta 9 just came out 2 hours ago...Is it ready for the Catalina patcher?..Just being safe..?
I haven't had a chance to test it yet, will be doing so in a little bit here.
DP 9 is out. PB 8 is not out yet, I see. Has anyone managed to get DP9 or pb 8? I assume dosude1 app and macOS Downloader need to be updated. Right?
Update has just been released for Catalina Patcher. It will be able to download the installer, and create a usable installer for you with DP9. If you're creating the drive using DP8, you'll have to apply this patch to Catalina Patcher to bypass an error only present in Catalina DP8: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...supported-macs.2183772/page-176#post-27741278
I usually copy and keep your download and patch Catalina app outside the DMG into a folder on my secondary, ATA HFS+ hard drive and run it from there. If I do the same now and run the script into Terminal, it should ok? Or I need to keep the app into a certain location on the main APFS hard drive, where macOS is installed? Do I need to run it as sudo?
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Did successfully install Cat Dev beta 9 using an older cat patcher using the install to this machine method and applying the post install patches BlueSky also working
Yeah, that's fine. Should not need to run it as sudo, all it's doing is patching the "patcherd" binary in Catalina Patcher.
The Catalina install app needs to be in a certain place?
Yes if you have the instal Catalina Beta app in applications and then make a patcher after you install the beta it gets erased from the application folder so I leave it it the downloads folder the only time I move it is to check to see if I have downloaded the current version
No problems with Catalina Patcher 1.1.2 creating a usable usb patcher from 15.0.30 under Mojave. Installs and runs fine on a MacPro 3,1 with GTX 680.
Public Beta 8 was released, I am downloading something that has about 5 gb. Is this the install app or do I need to download it using the dosdude1 app? The dosdude1 app has about 8 gb to download. DP8/PB7 was the first Catalina version I have successfully installed, so I do not know if this works?