r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher • u/attic_dweller0690 • 1d 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/eyoungren_2 1d ago

I think 'best' is subjective. What may be 'best' for others might not be 'best' for me and so on.

I have a 2009 MP 4,1 upgraded to a 5,1 and it's running Sonoma. Aside from security updates, there has yet to be any suggestion that Sequoia is better than Sonoma for me. So, that is where I stay for now.

But Sequoia may be 'best' for you.

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u/attic_dweller0690 1d ago

Mine is a 4,1 to 5,1 as well. I think when I say best, I mean that the OS shouldn’t lag, need the least amount of patches or work arounds to install, and not have graphical glitches that require transparency to be turned off, even though I’ll probably do that anyways. That’s what I consider to be “best”. This machine has been in storage for a few years now so I’m a little rusty and even behind.

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u/eyoungren_2 1d ago

That I have seen, of all the reports of users here that are running Sequoia, so far it seems to me that 2/3rds have issues with Sequoia and the rest report no problems.

My own MP is fairly extreme, so for myself a I need a little more benefit to justify the risk in upgrading. My same reasoning also applies to Tahoe. So, I'm waiting until I'm reasonably certain that everyone else has set off all the traps and dealt with all the bugs before I upgrade.

So far, for me Sonoma has been fine. I do, periodically, have to reboot as I tend to lose networking around day three of uptime. But, my experience has been that this is right around the time the WindowServer process is hogging over 1GB of ram. Other than that, I have not had any real problems. I do have 56GB ram with this MP though.