macOS 14 Sonoma on Unsupported Macs Thread

[Sven G]

First kernel panic ever with Sonoma beta 5 and OCLP 0.6.9n (the first KDK-less one, with 66 commits ahead of main), on MBP11,3: Photos freezes, with distorted colours (mainly green and pink) in some or all of the image previews; and also FaceTime previously crashed in a similar way (Nvidia Kepler graphics-related, perhaps? there’s a com.apple.GeForce item in the panic log, among others)…

 

[Marfan-58]

Dear @Marfan-58 you are an Angel
Thanks for good news!

But do Continuity Camera, Live Text, Remove Background and Stage Manager also work well?

Unfortunately in this period I'm busy with a transfer and I won't have time to rehearse; but it consoles me a lot to follow the Forum and update myself, waiting for the official version to come out. At that time, time available or not, I will do my best to install Sonoma provided that Apple, in the meantime, has not modified and blocked the new System, nullifying the work that the OCLP Developers have done so far…

Until then, I'd say I should stick with macOS 13.2.1 with which my 2013 iMac 14,2 runs just fine and almost as good as the 2020 Intel iMacs.

Hi OKonnel. Just done a quick check of my Sonoma install and I can confirm that Continuity Camera, Live Text, Background Removal and Stage Manager are all working fine.
I also checked my 13.5.1 system and these features all work here as well. Maybe give the latest release a try?
I should add that both systems are booting and patched using OCLP 0.6.9n Sonoma branch.

 

[Sven G]

First kernel panic ever with Sonoma beta 5 and OCLP 0.6.9n (the first KDK-less one, with 66 commits ahead of main), on MBP11,3: Photos freezes, with distorted colours (mainly green and pink) in some or all of the image previews; and also FaceTime previously crashed in a similar way (Nvidia Kepler graphics-related, perhaps? there’s a com.apple.GeForce item in the panic log, among others)…

Immediately solved, in the latest Sonoma 0.6.9 nightly (which also has a new, cool GUI for the built-in macOS downloader), with this commit:

Ensure patched GeForce kext is used for Sonoma · dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher@e800612

**WARNING: users with Nvidia Kepler GPUs to revert root patches before patching.

github.com

Thanks again to the devs…

 

[hyperions]

in the latest updates of OCLP sonoma development (from August 18 onwards), on imac 12.1, the installation/update of opencore basically doesn't go ahead after having just started, as in the image, it crashes... you have to install opencore (always the sonoma development version) from the main partition with Ventura by selecting the efi partition of Sonoma

 

[amaze1499]

Quick report as FYI:

I am using Sonoma public beta as a daily driver since a couple of days now, mainly with stock apps. Can't report any issues, but a few minor ones: Some widgets won't display content as expected. Sometimes Safari seems to freeze trying to scroll on one particular webpage, while it works in another tab without any issues. Other than that, even SSD speed is a bit higher than it was in Ventura.

 

[vince22]

in the latest updates of OCLP sonoma development (from August 18 onwards), on imac 12.1, the installation/update of opencore basically doesn't go ahead after having just started, as in the image, it crashes... you have to install opencore (always the sonoma development version) from the main partition with Ventura by selecting the efi partition of Sonoma

i have the same issue with my 2015 MBP (12,1) its working fine with 2012 MBP (9,2).

Update: got it fixed by using latest Sonoma nightly. Thanks Devs.

 

[thegdn]

to the Devs...
you are Fantastic!
Thanks muchly... again!

 

[mikiotty]

to the Devs...
you are Fantastic!
Thanks muchly... again!

Are you using that as your main machine? How’s it going?

 

[hyperions]

i have the same issue with my 2015 MBP (12,1) its working fine with 2012 MBP (9,2).

Update: got it fixed by using latest Sonoma nightly. Thanks Devs.

not for me, iMac 12,1 (latest is 21 august 03:47)...

 

[amaze1499]

Does someone has a suggestion how to fix this:

 

[houser]

Does someone has a suggestion how to fix this:

The empty widgets and the frozen screensavers are known bugs in Sonoma beta5 regardless of OCLP.
Work in Progress.

 

[thegdn]

Are you using that as your main machine? How’s it going?

it is going well...
although as a main machine... just one of them.
3 mbp, xserve, mp, mini. and I use them all. constantly.

 

[K two]

Beta6 is out.

 

[macinfo]

Apple seeded macOS 14 Beta 6 (23A5328b) to developers

 

[amaze1499]

The empty widgets and the frozen screensavers are known bugs in Sonoma beta5 regardless of OCLP.
Work in Progress.

It's the same issue since Ventura on this machine. Not a problem, I was just wondering whether there is a quick fix. Let's see what beta 6 does in this case.

 

[TOM1211]

Updated to beta 6 removing patches about 1.54gb download. Rebooted got stuck at the login screen (I think due to having the Sonoma wallpaper download) forced restart, patch running as good as beta 5 no widget issues or screensaver issues on mid 2014 MacBook Pro using latest OCLP nightly work without KDK. Excellent work by the Devs holding up in beta 6.

 

[Enricote]

Updated to beta 6 removing patches about 1.54gb download. Rebooted got stuck at the login screen (I think due to having the Sonoma wallpaper download) forced restart, patch running as good as beta 5 no widget issues or screensaver issues on mid 2014 MacBook Pro using latest OCLP nightly work without KDK. Excellent work by the Devs holding up in beta 6.

Same experience in my cMacPro 4,1>5.1 upgraded via OTA.
Beta 5 OCLP Old patch seems to work for Beta 6
No problem with widgets here
Great!

 

[stphammond]

Sonoma Beta 6 installed just fine on my MBP12,1. After applying the root patches though, I am stuck at this screen. What’s interesting here is it is booted up all the way and working in the background, just nothing on the display other than this.

 

[amaze1499]

Sonoma Beta 6 installed just fine on my MBP12,1. After applying the root patches though, I am stuck at this screen.

Just to check: did you use the oclp 0.6.9 nightly sonoma version to patch?

 

[stphammond]

Just to check: did you use the oclp 0.6.9 nightly sonoma version to patch?

Yes, running the latest version of OCLP 0.6.9n

 

[norm2816]

Yes, running the latest version of OCLP 0.6.9n

happened to me on Beta 5 but after a reboot it finished all the way through.

 

[coolio2004]

Update on Beta6 went fine on my MBA7,2. Before I start the post patches I use the latest KDK from developer page.

 

[amaze1499]

Yes, running the latest version of OCLP 0.6.9n

I mean the 0.6.9 nightly sonoma version to be found in the sonoma branch somewhere. I preciously downloaded the latest version from frontpage which did not work in my case and caused the same „stuck in boot issue“

 

[vince22]

Sonoma Beta 6 installed just fine on my MBP12,1. After applying the root patches though, I am stuck at this screen. What’s interesting here is it is booted up all the way and working in the background, just nothing on the display other than this.

it might be just a glitch, its working fine here other than a lag loading new wallpaper, not a fan of it really.

 

[hvds]

Updated MBP5,2 to 14.0b5 (23A5312d), from USB installer, using OCLP sonoma-branch from 1Aug. Working fine as 14.0b4v2 did.

MBP5,2: updated OTA to 14.0 public b4 (developer b6). Using latest (23Aug) OCLP sonoma branch, patcher support pkg now at 1.2.7. Fine as before.