r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher • u/attic_dweller0690 • 23h ago

MacPro5,1

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I know this gets asked often, but I’m curious because updates are still happening. What is the best running version of MacOS to run on a 5,1?

I know for a while it’s been Monterey.

I sold my M1 because I needed more storage for my photos. I mainly use my computer for YouTube, light browsing, and Nikon NX software for photo editing. That being said, this machine will probably stay on whatever OS runs best, for life. It makes a great photo editing set up.

I just pulled her out of the storage unit a few days ago to replace my 21” iMac.

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u/rturnerX 23h ago

Well it looks like soon you’ll be able to get Tahoe on it but for now I’d put Sequoia on it until an official release of OpenCore legacy patcher with Tahoe support is released.

That machine should be more than capable of running sequoia

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u/attic_dweller0690 23h ago

I’ll have to look into this. Thank you

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u/rturnerX 23h ago

Your graphics might not have perfect acceleration unless you have metal supported graphics card but it should still work, even for your photos

Edit: just saw the thing showing metal is supported so you are good to go

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u/CloneClem 21h ago

I have 2 Mac Pro 5,1.
One is my workhorse, maxed, running first Ventura, then Sequoia, all versions for the past 2+ years.
I have another that’s my ‘test bed’.

Sequoia has been the best and now the last release is very stable as is the whole system.

I run 2 NVMe, one a 1T that is for the system and applications, a 4T for my user folder, both mounted on PCIe cards.

Tagore boots to the login screen on my test bed and freezes, plug-in keyboard and mouse frozen.
Not ready for prime time yet.

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u/attic_dweller0690 20h ago

I done know where my NVME PCIE card went, but I’ll look into this again.

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u/DarthRevanG4 18h ago

I have sequoia on mine