So i ran into the gray screen with mouse, and nothing happens after that. Using the latest oclp version. Has anybody managed to get Tahoe running on a 2019 MacBook Pro 13?
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So i ran into the gray screen with mouse, and nothing happens after that. Using the latest oclp version. Has anybody managed to get Tahoe running on a 2019 MacBook Pro 13?
Or should I just retire this machine and get a used m1-m2 pro to save nerves?
@Lincoln84 There is no 'official' OCLP support for Tahoe. It would be premature to abandon hope (my opinion).
EDIT: Given my positions on computer security, I should clarify... it is my hope that later model Macs like MacMini8,1 will be able to run Tahoe without disabling SIP and without breaking the APFS seal (no root patches). This of course is contingent on T2 not being a problem.
EDIT: Given my positions on computer security, I should clarify... it is my hope that later model Macs like MacMini8,1 will be able to run Tahoe without disabling SIP and without breaking the APFS seal (no root patches). This of course is contingent on T2 not being a problem.
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Thing that worries me most is the fact that the MacBook airs with t2 were not able to be patched in the end, and the chip is the same for the pro models. If I am not mistaken Tahoe is the first macos that dropped the t2 macs except the air. Older macs without the t2 seem fine using the current oclp patcher for Tahoe.
Your laptop is a 13-inch. I think you should get a used M1/M2. The 13-inch M1 is a great machine.
If it was that simple, don't you think that there would already be reports of Tahoe working on MacMini's 2018? Genuinely asking...
So simple that someone could have already tested and posted results.
The operative word in my previous post is 'tried.' I'm just saying I'd like to hear test results from someone who knows enough to test.
EDIT: I couldn't find the earlier post, but someone said the MacMini8,1 boots Open Core which would be necessary if USB mapping is required. Again, I'd just like to see someone's test results.
EDIT2: This suggests that MBP15,2, MBP16,2 and MM8,1 do not exhibit the T2 issue with Open Core
The operative word in my previous post is 'tried.' I'm just saying I'd like to hear test results from someone who knows enough to test.
EDIT: I couldn't find the earlier post, but someone said the MacMini8,1 boots Open Core which would be necessary if USB mapping is required. Again, I'd just like to see someone's test results.
EDIT2: This suggests that MBP15,2, MBP16,2 and MM8,1 do not exhibit the T2 issue with Open Core
- MacBookPro15,2, MacBookPro16,2 and Macmini8,1 do not exhibit these issues in local testing
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The Tahoe installer d-load is 17gb, pretty close to what Sequoia is.
There is little progress, too much effort to be the latest supported OS
@Lincoln84 I updated my previous post to show that (if I understood correctly) the MBP15,2 boots Open Core. If that's correct, you should be able to boot with an Open Core EFI based on OC 1.0.5 that maps USB ports for Tahoe and skips board ID check. Well worth the experiment if you know what you're doing.
Apple is struggling to make Tahoe work on all supported Macs:
eclecticlight.co
macOS 26.0 Tahoe build 25A354 is incompatible with Mac Studio M3 Ultra
If you have a Mac Studio M3 Ultra and want to upgrade it to run macOS 26.0 Tahoe, then I’m afraid you’re going to have wait for Apple to build a new release that will install on your Ma…
eclecticlight.co
Typical... If I'm not mistaken, this has always happened with all newly released versions, from MacOS X onwards. A fairly recent version of macOS (I can't remember if it was Monterey or Ventura) even crashed many MacBooks, requiring the firmware to be reinstalled. But in the meantime, the unfortunate victims were left frightened, and newbies in particular were unable to fix the problem themselves.Apple is struggling to make Tahoe work on all supported Macs:
macOS 26.0 Tahoe build 25A354 is incompatible with Mac Studio M3 Ultra
If you have a Mac Studio M3 Ultra and want to upgrade it to run macOS 26.0 Tahoe, then I’m afraid you’re going to have wait for Apple to build a new release that will install on your Ma…
That's why almost all of us always wait for a corrective build to be released after the .0 version, and the more cautious among us aren't satisfied with .01 builds, etc., but wait at least for .1 or .3. Finally, the wisest and most mature among us, who don't chase after external novelties because they work very well with Sequoia or Sonoma, wait at least for the .4 build before deciding to update.
They know how to overcome the almost childish frenzy of those who demand a new toy... And sometimes I too have fallen into this trap
On MBP11,1 that happened with the 1st version of Big Sur, the last Apple-supported OS for that machine. But I waited for a later version fortunately (wasn't my own Mac at the time).
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On my working Seq volume, I checked to see if any Dev updates were available for T26 and the same 16.92 T26 is still there. The new thing is an interesting small screen showing many of the new features of T26. I then switched software update back to Seq Devb.
My current conclusion with Tahoe26 on my late 2013 iMac (27-inch) is that I'll probably stick with Sequoia 15.7, which is fully functional, even with my Nvidia Kepler graphics card.
Tahoe26 runs everything except for the lack of graphics support, which will probably never happen again, since the most important person has now left for Apple.
Someone in a forum wrote that you should use Linux "Elementary OS 8.0.1" on older Macs, for example. I installed it on an SSD I had lying around, and it's a total disaster!!!
It's not at all comparable to macOS in terms of interfaces: no desktop icons, you can't create shortcuts on the desktop, etc. Apparently, the developers are still boasting about the minimalist nature of this OS.
Then I tried Linux Mint Conomma (or something similar), YES it's ok, you could use it as an alternative to macOS.
Tahoe26 runs everything except for the lack of graphics support, which will probably never happen again, since the most important person has now left for Apple.
Someone in a forum wrote that you should use Linux "Elementary OS 8.0.1" on older Macs, for example. I installed it on an SSD I had lying around, and it's a total disaster!!!
It's not at all comparable to macOS in terms of interfaces: no desktop icons, you can't create shortcuts on the desktop, etc. Apparently, the developers are still boasting about the minimalist nature of this OS.
Then I tried Linux Mint Conomma (or something similar), YES it's ok, you could use it as an alternative to macOS.
You and your brother, AlfredoM, are consistent. The Devs will deliver graphics patches for your Mac. Choose optimism.
gotta have faith, gotta have faith
Gotta have faith, gotta have faith
OCLP.
mind you my MacBook Pro 2014 hasn’t suddenly become useless over night because it doesn’t support Tahoe it’s still does the job just fine and with the new battery is portable again. Woop. One year of unsupported support with OCLP on a newer macOS would have been more than I could have managed 5 unsupported operating systems is amazing (probably more for other users on older macs) .
It's Linux Mint Cinnamon, but users won't hold that against you 😉
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Has there been any sort of communication from the devs since WWDC about Tahoe support? I checked out the Discord server last week and there wasn't anything on there. Seems like it's different this year with khronokernel being gone from the project.
There is this post on the Dortania Github page, prospecting OCLP Tahoe support for the upcoming winter.
Sure enough I would like to see esp. my iMac 27" 2011 machines running Tahoe at some point, but for the moment I am quite satisfied with how well and stable Sequoia 15.7 is performing with OCLP.
Sure enough I would like to see esp. my iMac 27" 2011 machines running Tahoe at some point, but for the moment I am quite satisfied with how well and stable Sequoia 15.7 is performing with OCLP.
tbh, next macOS will ditch support for any intel machine. Even OCLP will be very hard to make good compatibility for them. Time to leave the old mbp with the best (but not latest) version it can run and look for M series replacement. If possible, hang on with the old mbp for a little while and wait for the M5 comes out in the near future. Then either get the best new M5 or get anything >=M2 after the M5 released will be a good deal. Try to avoid M1 as it's the first gen of M series and it could miss a lot of things that Apple wants to have so the EOF support of future macOS for M1 could be closer than you think.
Hi!
Question concerning the compatibility of Tahoe with earlier Intel CPU iMacs:
I am running Ventura on iMac 2009 27" i5 32GB (upgrade to metal GPU). It makes the job very well and I can use almost all design and common app smoothly. Is it worth for me to test Tahoe? Did my Intel i5 first generation will support the load running applications?
Question concerning the compatibility of Tahoe with earlier Intel CPU iMacs:
I am running Ventura on iMac 2009 27" i5 32GB (upgrade to metal GPU). It makes the job very well and I can use almost all design and common app smoothly. Is it worth for me to test Tahoe? Did my Intel i5 first generation will support the load running applications?
I'd recommend an update to Sonoma, which is still running well on my AMD GPU upgraded late 2009 iMac. I'll evaluate the next step at the end of support for Sonoma.
I had skipped Ventura completely (the first OS version since High Sierra which I didn't use during its last year of support) because Safari had graphics issues on my machine, making it unusable.
In case you have an Nvidia graphics card installed you might as well update to Sequoia (I think), but Tahoe is definitely not ready for use yet on our old machines.
It will happen someday. Keep looking at Tahoe-Info and Announcements channel to see if it gets supported by oclp
