Perhaps given the current state of this thread, a new topic could be introduced? "MacOS Tahoe 26 on Hackintosh Discussion." Just a thought? 🤷♂️
Don't tell anyone, but the techniques used to extend the life of real Macs are hackintosh techniques.Perhaps given the current state of this thread, a new topic could be introduced? "MacOS Tahoe 26 on Hackintosh Discussion." Just a thought? 🤷♂️
bless --mount /Volumes/TahoeBeta --bootefi --last-sealed-snapshot
I have compiled myself, bypassing "Unsupported Host OS", "TeamID" and "No certificates" with my rudimentary skills and I had the same result.......@StefanAM I am old, but very unworthy of any bows. 🤣
Very OT - I modified OCLP 2.4.0 and was able to use it to complete the post-install patch application process in Tahoe Beta. No surprise, but UniversalBinaries.dmg needs to be updated for Tahoe. No harm done. I reverted post-install patches in Tahoe Recovery with
to restore a "working" Tahoe Beta volume which now boots and logs in completely without non-metal graphics acceleration.Code:bless --mount /Volumes/TahoeBeta --bootefi --last-sealed-snapshot
Please let me apologize to those who would have preferred that I wait patiently for the release of the next OCLP before experimenting with Tahoe Beta. It's just not my nature to wait without trying. I couldn't help myself and quite honestly, I thoroughly enjoyed the adventure.
Tahoe Beta About This Mac: MBP6,2
for Hackintosh is a existing Forum insanelymac.comPerhaps given the current state of this thread, a new topic could be introduced? "MacOS Tahoe 26 on Hackintosh Discussion." Just a thought? 🤷♂️
work this with my iMac late 2013 (27 Inch) ?I have compiled myself, bypassing "Unsupported Host OS", "TeamID" and "No certificates" with my rudimentary skills and I had the same result.......
My good friend, how did you manage that? Your solution is simply brilliant.@StefanAM I am old, but very unworthy of any bows. 🤣
Very OT - I modified OCLP 2.4.0 and was able to use it to complete the post-install patch application process in Tahoe Beta. No surprise, but UniversalBinaries.dmg needs to be updated for Tahoe. No harm done. I reverted post-install patches in Tahoe Recovery with
to restore a "working" Tahoe Beta volume which now boots and logs in completely without non-metal graphics acceleration.Code:bless --mount /Volumes/TahoeBeta --bootefi --last-sealed-snapshot
Please let me apologize to those who would have preferred that I wait patiently for the release of the next OCLP before experimenting with Tahoe Beta. It's just not my nature to wait without trying. I couldn't help myself and quite honestly, I thoroughly enjoyed the adventure.
Tahoe Beta About This Mac: MBP6,2
Great effort! Thank you!@Oxygen-X1 I only confirmed that we need to wait for the updated OCLP from the Devs. My experiment ended with non-working Tahoe that required me to revert the patches. The good thing is that Tahoe fully boots and I can log-in, but I have unaccelerated non-metal graphics and no wi-fi. I'll only need to apply the post-install patches when OCLP is updated. I don't want to get ahead of or speak for anyone, but what I observed gives me a lot of confidence that OCLP will support Tahoe.
While I was exploring OCLP to make the required changes for Tahoe, my admiration for the Devs increased significantly. OCLP is a technological marvel and a work of art.
Here is the official word from Dortania on Tahoe support - No ETAs for Tahoe support. Don't ask, don't try installing it. If you try installing it, we won't help you. And this from the boss
https://khronokernel.com/macos/2025/06/20/OCLP-RETROSPECTIVE.html - is worth the read.![]()
Your answer is in your question. Many people with old computers that work ok don't want to be forced to upgrade or can not afford it. It is a combo of the Apple bottom line and their own standards for acceptable snappy performance, the usual US vulture capitalism and market research. The apple silicon Macs are very nice and quiet and do hard processes with passive cooling that are unthinkable on Intel. Ah well. Not hard to figure out their switch from Intel when you have heard the singing of the fans from your old Macs for long enoughI still cannot work out why Apple will NOT support earlier machines: after all, I, for one, running a 2018 Mac Mini do simply NOT have the money to buy something newer.
Good news. You don’t have to buy a new computer. Your 2018 mini will work just fine this year. And next year. And the next. In late 2027, you probably won’t get new security updates.I still cannot work out why Apple will NOT support earlier machines: after all, I, for one, running a 2018 Mac Mini do simply NOT have the money to buy something newer, and unlikely to in the next 2-3 years. By then I might be so effed-off with Apple I'll default to my "second love": Xubuntu, on one of several perfectly capable, far cheaper machines I have lying around the place winking at me. Now, were Apple to let me bung "Tahoe', "Vegas', and "Whatever-that-funny-area-in-America-where-the-aliens-land" I might feel more PRO investing in a newere Mac when I have the money rather than a nice wodd-turning lathes and/or a set of semi-decent golf clubs.
I don't understand this animosity towards the OLCP developer. It's a strange reaction to say the least. These people give a lot of their time and energy to keep our unsupported Macs alive with the latest macOS releases. They don't HAVE to do it. We should all be grateful instead and thank them for their amazing efforts. Meanwhile OCLP isn't going anywhere, and while I'm looking forward to having Tahoe on my 2013 Mac Pro, at the end of the day there is no urgency, Sequoia runs flawlessly thanks to the team's outstanding work.
Heartfelt thank you for his work and I wish him nothing but the best for the future and his new endeavours.
There is no 2020 iMac with Fusion Drive, all 2020 iMacs have a T2 chip.I think you get it opposite, I think the challenge this year will getting it run on all T2 Macs. The 2018 MacBook Air has T2 and OCLP isn't support this version.
The 2020 iMac with Fusion Drive does not have T2 security chip, so the T2 security chip isn't the hardline system requirement for macOS Tahoe. Therefore, I think all the dropped Mac, which all have T2 chip wouldn't be patched to run macOS 26 anytime soon.