Why on earth did Apple put the T2 chips in the 2018-2019 MacBook Air? They would be perfectly capable of running macOS Sequoia and even possibly Tahoe but with that T2 chip so far oclp has not made it possible and we are stuck on macOS Sonoma.
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Why on earth did Apple do something as stupid as a T2 chip?
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SevenTheGamingKitty
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It's dark ages apple, what were you expecting"
what kind of answer are you looking for.
the t2 chips solved a very important encryption problem at the time.
kharys415
macrumors member
Making it more difficult to upgrade is a nice bonus for them surely, but it's not like the T2 was made solely for that. It's pretty easy to look up its actual purpose, which is security. Apple Silicon has similar stuff integrated into SoC too.
The real stupid thing about late Intel Airs is their cooling.
The real stupid thing about late Intel Airs is their cooling.
So having the additional security to prevent possibly at risk is more important than being able to run the very latest and best version of macOS which is Tahoe?
kharys415
macrumors member
Not related. T2 makes it a pain to do unofficial upgrades but it doesn't hinder performance, if Apple wanted to ship newer versions for these Macs they could regardless of the chip's presence. OCLP is a community effort that they don't care about, their idea is for you to upgrade your computer after 8~10 years.
And since the T2 chip has been out since 2018, oclp should have it patched by now
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
You mean patched to bypass the T2 or something? Given that its 2026, and its not been patched yet, I wouldn't hold your breath.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Apple is in the business of selling hardware, you're only option is to buy a new mac. If you don't want too (And I can appreciate that), then yes, you are stuck on sonoma
Oclp should patch it. Should not be that difficult. Buying a new one would mean having to actually put effort into the job
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Yes but it doesn't
OK, if its easy, then you should be able to create a oclp type solution.
Yep, no doubt.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
They'd probably like to see a more frequent upgrade, lol. They are in the business of selling hardware (and services).
kharys415
macrumors member
True, but so far they've been consistently providing 3 years of security updates for every OS release in recent years. Apps that don't rely on new features also tend to only drop support for older versions after their security update window ends, so even without OCLP Macs have a quite long life software-wise.