Sonoma on M4

[John Malkovich]

This is a genuine question: is it possible to install Sonoma on M4 machine with the aid of Legacy Patcher? Going from Sonoma to Sequoia seems to be the only way for iMessages and FaceTime to log in and actually work.
Thanks in advance.

 

[rm5]

No, you can't. It's a bit stupid. Apple has special builds of Sequoia that came on the M4 machines, and thus, you can't downgrade them.

 

[rm5]

Going from Sonoma to Sequoia seems to be the only way for iMessages and FaceTime to log in and actually work.

Also, could you provide more detail on this? I'm not tracking. iMessage and FaceTime work perfectly on older macOS versions.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Use Parallels, I guess. Otherwise no, the earliest supported version is what it shipped with.

 

[John Malkovich]

Thanks, not stupid actually. The context: login to iMessages or DaceTime on cleanly installed Sequoia is a problem for many users. Upgrading from Sonoma to Sequoia avoids that problem.

 

[Ray2]

Thanks, not stupid actually. The context: login to iMessages or DaceTime on cleanly installed Sequoia is a problem for many users. Upgrading from Sonoma to Sequoia avoids that problem.

I think/hope the stupid was directed at Apple.

 

[Hawk108]

No Sonoma can run on apple silicon (that includes M4 lmao) I have a separate partition with macOS Sonoma as a matter of a fact! I am using the m3 map. If you want to install it as a separate partition, you must partition your disk, and get the Sonoma installer (https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-sonoma-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple/) then choose the new partition as the install location! After that all you have to do to go to the new Sonoma install shut the MacBook down, and hold power until it says "Loading startup options!" For a Clean install... Use a SD card. Make sure you have the installer in the applications folder on your Mac. Use this code and swap the paths accordingly:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
You can also see the instructions on this link: https://support.apple.com/en-mz/101578
Once it's done running the command in terminal, power the Mac down, and boot into the installer. Follow the steps and that's it!

 

[chrfr]

No Sonoma can run on apple silicon (that includes M4 lmao) I have a separate partition with macOS Sonoma as a matter of a fact! I am using the m3 map. If you want to install it as a separate partition, you must partition your disk, and get the Sonoma installer (https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-sonoma-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple/) then choose the new partition as the install location! After that all you have to do to go to the new Sonoma install shut the MacBook down, and hold power until it says "Loading startup options!" For a Clean install... Use a SD card. Make sure you have the installer in the applications folder on your Mac. Use this code and swap the paths accordingly:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
You can also see the instructions on this link: https://support.apple.com/en-mz/101578
Once it's done running the command in terminal, power the Mac down, and boot into the installer. Follow the steps and that's it!

None of this will work on an M4 Mac. The M4 Macs require 15.0 or later and there is no way around that.