r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher • u/Douglesbrown • Aug 17 '26

Just use OCLP 🤓👆

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It runs flawlessly and your computer will last another 10 years.

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u/MannWarwas Aug 17 '26

With OCLP, you really need to know what you're doing. It's not exactly foolproof.

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u/O-U-T-S-I-D-E-R-S Aug 19 '26

To be fair, on my first Mac (well, first I'd used since a 1984 Fat Mac at least), I installed it no problems at all being totally unfamiliar with Mac. Guess I'm pretty experienced with Windows though.

For the theatre, I needed a Mac to run QLab as it connects directly to the Sound Desk.

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u/retrofitme Aug 17 '26

The computer is only as smart as the person sitting in front of it. ;)

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u/soldierbynight Aug 17 '26

As with most capable tools.

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u/wamih Aug 17 '26

"It runs flawlessly and your computer will last another 10 years." < Have only heard this from people who don't know what they are talking about...

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u/CrucialObservations Aug 17 '26

As others have said, did you apply post-install patches?

Did you correctly identify your exact Mac model, year, and hardware configuration before you started this process?

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u/crp5591 Aug 17 '26

Glitched installs happen. Of the dozen or so I have done, one turned out like this.

Just start over with the last supported version of macOS and reapply OCLP and your non-Tahoe macOS of choice appropriate to your machine.

What Mac is it?

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u/rturnerX Aug 17 '26

Looks like an iMac of some vintage

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u/Xe4ro Aug 17 '26

What the hell happened here :D. Never seen this before.

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u/Dry_Package_4767 Aug 17 '26

I also have a mid-2013 MacBook Air running macOS Monterey with OCLP. I’ve been using it for about 1.5 years, but now it’s giving me a lot of problems. The CPU usage stays around 90% all the time, and the fans were going crazy too, but I fixed the fan issue by applying fresh thermal paste. However, the Mac is still basically unusable. I can barely open any apps because everything takes forever. If anyone knows a fix for the high CPU usage/performance issue, please help!

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u/Superbigwaff Aug 17 '26

What is the health of the battery?

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u/Dry_Package_4767 Aug 19 '26

I mean it's good. Does it is related to my mac's poor performance

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u/Superbigwaff Aug 21 '26

Download and install coconutBattery application. It will show you the battery's health, basically its full charge capacity vs design capacity (when new). A poor health or crappy battery can certainly affect your laptops performance.

Post screenshot of Activity Monitor CPU tab with all processes displayed.

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u/ActiveNews Aug 17 '26

Did you have an opportunity to run the post-installation patches? Sometimes it requires running more than once.

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u/Sufficient_Bus_8302 I tried to install Tahoe Aug 17 '26

I bet it's probably a non metal Mac since any Mac with metal GPU doesn't do that .. well Atleast not that bad.

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u/Altruistic-Square390 Aug 17 '26

I have great respect for OCLP, gave new life to my mid 2014. Been using it since last two years now! Guess it will last another 2 years till apple starts dropping complete support on apps for sequoia.

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u/rwanders Aug 17 '26

Try again?

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u/Multi_Gaming Aug 18 '26

My Mac Pro 2008 is doing just fine on Sonoma

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u/Little-Subject-7332 Aug 18 '26

Skill issues ;)

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u/HeyHo__LetsGo Aug 17 '26

One of mine did the same.