Sonoma iMac 2017 vs iMac Pro

[macrumor2018]

Is there a technical reason MacOS Sonoma supports the 2017 iMac Pros but not the regular 2017 iMacs?

 

[Bigwaff]

No.. other than Apple chooses not to. That is why this project exists.

OpenCore Legacy Patcher

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[bogdanw]

Is there a technical reason MacOS Sonoma supports the 2017 iMac Pros but not the regular 2017 iMacs?

There are big differences between 2017 iMac and iMac Pro:
- Intel “Kaby Lake” vs. Intel Xeon
- Radeon Pro 575/580 vs. Radeon Pro Vega 56
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/...7-inch-aluminum-retina-5k-mid-2017-specs.html
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/...ht-core-3.2-xeon-27-inch-late-2017-specs.html

No.. other than Apple chooses not to. That is why this project exists.
dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

Too bad that project keeps the modifications secret and doesn’t explain why all these kext would be needed to make Sonoma work on a 2017 iMac:
AirportBrcmFixup.kext
AMFIPass.kext
AutoPkgInstaller.kext
CSLVFixup.kext
ECM-Override.kext
FeatureUnlock.kext
IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext
IOS3XeFamily.kext
IOSkywalkFamily.kext
Lilu.kext
RestrictEvents.kext
RSRHelper.kext

 

[Bigwaff]

Too bad that project keeps the modifications secret

The project is open source.

Explaining the patches in OpenCore Legacy Patcher | OpenCore Legacy Patcher

 

[bogdanw]

The project is open source.
dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/PATCHEXPLAIN.html#opencore-settings[/URL]

Where is the code for AMFIPass?

 

[macrumor2018]

Could the issue be with products that originally shipped with macOS Sierra or earlier? iMac Pro and the 2018 Macs came with High Sierra or Mojave and never ran Sierra. I remember something similar happened in 2016 with Sierra. Macs capable of running OSX 10.5 or earlier were dropped. Thoughts?

 

[gilby101]

Is there a technical reason MacOS Sonoma supports the 2017 iMac Pros but not the regular 2017 iMacs?

As well as technical differences (processor, GPU, etc.), they had very different lifetimes. The iMac Pro was still being sold long after that iMac - this likely influenced the end of macOS support for each.

 

[Bigwaff]

Where is the code for AMFIPass?

Can't tell if you trollin' ... At risk of splitting hairs, AMFIPass is a separate project... probably for a good reason. Why don't you ask dhinakg yourself?

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