macOS Tahoe 26 on Unsupported Macs Discussion

[Lincoln84]

Will try to install on a 2019 macbook pro 13. Hopefully not any problems because the 16 from 2019 is officially supported. But man this installer is large for tahoe, over 20+gb trough oclp. So anybody who wants to try, you have to have atleast a 32gb usb stick.

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?

 

[Lincoln84]

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?

 

[deeveedee]

@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.

 

[Lincoln84]

@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.

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.