Does that mean that I can expect some performance improvements with 10.15.4? I am on 10.15.2 on my MBP 4,1 now (dosdude patch), quite well and without issues. But if there will be improvements I may decide to push forward to the newer version, so what upgrade method will be necessary to use?
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Does that mean that I can expect some performance improvements with 10.15.4? I am on 10.15.2 on my MBP 4,1 now (dosdude patch), quite well and without issues. But if there will be improvements I may decide to push forward to the newer version, so what upgrade method will be necessary to use?
First, if you have 10.15.2 with graphics card patches for your MBP4,1 you should run with full accel already. No change here with an update to 10.15.4. Improvements are more in the field of bug fixes, better hand-off functionality (at least if you have exchanged the old wifi card with a newer one), extended alternative input methods (i.e. camera based mouse pointer movement). Simply put, no disadvantages, a couple of improvements. Once 10.5.4 is out in a final release, it should be a no-brainer ;-)
Until then, you need a APFS capable (patched) boot ROM to update from .2 or .4 - and the two scripts that make the update appear at all in system settings and let the computer boot the 2nd installer stage. Without this, you´d end up with the existing installation untouched.
it will work with catalina
yes it will work with catalina, no cloning needed, use terminal to create a raid, create a gpt and format it APFS, install Catalina right the very end of installation, you get "bless" error, move or rename bootcaches.plist to bootcaches.bak before rebooting, installation will finish, same procedure after applying updates rename bootcaches.plist. good luck.
You dont need an audio patch for 5.1, you can just get it away the easy way by re installing the complete system over it.
After all you dont need a single patch for Catalina for 5.1, except the unsupported nvram argument.
sudo nvram boot-args="-no_compat_check"
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Hello Friends,
there are two months that I am using my Mac 3,1 with Catalina thanks to your wonderful work, absolutely without any problem.
Today I had a doubt: how did I left the SIP? I checked and I am getting the following messages:
But again from Catalina I get the same messages list.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
there are two months that I am using my Mac 3,1 with Catalina thanks to your wonderful work, absolutely without any problem.
Today I had a doubt: how did I left the SIP? I checked and I am getting the following messages:
- Apple Internal: disabled
- Kext Signing: disabled
- Filesystem Protections: disabled
- Debugging Restrictions: disabled
- DTrace Restrictions: disabled
- NVRAM Protections: disabled
- BaseSystem Verification: disabled
But again from Catalina I get the same messages list.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
That is normal to see that when the SIP is disabled and it needs to be kept disabled others the patches could fail
Mere 30s of searching brought me to this thread here on MR, covering non-Apple machines running macOS, aka hackintoshes.
I´ve once had accounts on several of the mentioned non-MR forums, but since approx. 93% of all my machines are (old, vintage, obsolete) Apple, I have not actively used them for a couple of years now.
I also closed my account on MacTechNews recently due to imho unbearable intolerance to non-mainstream ideas encountered there.
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No, I use the line out - no HDMI audio.
So you're saying that instead of updating from 10.15.2 to 10.15.3 I should have done a complete reinstall? Updating to .3 is what got me to this point where the audio wouldn't work and I'm just trying suggestions that might help since "line out" audio just simply was no longer recognized after the .3 update.
Did Apple do something funky with the .3 update where they only now support HDMI and DisplayPort audio?
Hi everyone!
I release my cosmetic enhancement for the window (frame view) and popover corners that have been updated for the Metal.
The correction of the mask corners will not be perfectly rounded like the High Sierra. But, the windows and popovers will be shown correctly with the shadow. The visual experience will be much more pleasant.
(download link)
Details are described in the file Readme. (Here)
Below, a comparison between High Sierra, Catalina/Mojave (unsupported) and the fix.
![CornerFixDiff.png]( "CornerFixDiff.png")
![CornerFix.png]( "CornerFix.png")
I did my best. Apologize for not being better.
I release my cosmetic enhancement for the window (frame view) and popover corners that have been updated for the Metal.
The correction of the mask corners will not be perfectly rounded like the High Sierra. But, the windows and popovers will be shown correctly with the shadow. The visual experience will be much more pleasant.
(download link)
Details are described in the file Readme. (Here)
Below, a comparison between High Sierra, Catalina/Mojave (unsupported) and the fix.
I did my best. Apologize for not being better.
looking awesome Thank youHi everyone!
I release my cosmetic enhancement for the window (frame view) and popover corners that have been updated for the Metal.
The correction of the mask corners will not be perfectly rounded like the High Sierra. But, the windows and popovers will be shown correctly with the shadow. The visual experience will be much more pleasant.
(download link)
Details are described in the file Readme. (Here)
Below, a comparison between High Sierra, Catalina/Mojave (unsupported) and the fix.
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I did my best. Apologize for not being better.
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Sweet, @fabioroberto !
Seems also to work on 10.15.2 ;-)
Thanks so much!
edit: Tested and works on 10.15.4b1 as well.
Seems also to work on 10.15.2 ;-)
Thanks so much!
edit: Tested and works on 10.15.4b1 as well.
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no no no
you dont need legacy audio patch for a Mac Pro 4.1 and 5.1
you need legacy audio patch just for a Mac Pro 3.1
no Idea what happens with a 4.1/5.1 and legacy audio patch - maybe no sound should be logical
Hello!
How can I install latest patch? On my iMac mid 2011 21,5inch I have Catalina 10.15.2 but on my Macbook Air 2019 I have 10.15.3. What's up wtih that and how can I fix it?
How can I install latest patch? On my iMac mid 2011 21,5inch I have Catalina 10.15.2 but on my Macbook Air 2019 I have 10.15.3. What's up wtih that and how can I fix it?
If you are talking about the new cosmetic patch click on the download link post 8587 go to downloads folder unzip it the double click on the Catalina Icon and follow the instructions
You're a legend. I'm gonna try this right now.
UPD: Working flawlessly. Finally those annoying white corners in spotlight window are gone. Thank you.
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I need help here.
Did it, using terminal but same result when choosing install macos again...
I upgraded my 2011 mbp to a 500gb SSD and 16gb of ram and this thing runs like a brand new computer!
No, I am talking about normal Apple system updates. I don't know if each Mac OS computers have the same versions of MacOS or if there are some instances in which only particular devices (like laptops) receives them. Anyways, I want to know if DosDude's Catalina is able to be updated with Apple Catalina Updates or I am stuck with the version of Catalina which I used to create bootable usb to install it in the first place.
My understanding is as follows; other more knowledgable members may well clarify the situation:
10.15.3 is the latest public version of Catalina, and is available to all Macs which support Catalina whether laptops or desktops. On an unsupported Mac where an earlier version of Catalina has been installed using Dosdude1's admirable Patcher, you will not see the updates to Catalina in the System Preferences - Software Update, as these have been disabled by the patcher. You can however update to the latest version of Catalina by running the latest Patcher tool again and downloading the latest Catalina from within the Patcher, just as you did the first time. Your data and applications will remain intact.
Thank you for your response. I will try that. If I encounter any difficulties I let you know again. Thank You very much!