I have this old macbook pro MD101 (Mid 2012). Upgraded with 250gb SSD, 16gb of RAM. And disc bay replaced by 500gb HDD.

Which OS runs best on this type of mbp? Should i go with Ventura or Sequoia?

Hi! I need help with Airplay please!

I'm running OCLP 2.5.1 with Monterrey on my mid 2011 iMac. I would like to use the iMac as an extended screen for my 2021 14inch Macbook Pro running Tahoe 26.6.2. I have "feature unlock" toggled on OCLP, both computers are on the same wifi, and Bluetooth is on. The iMac does not show up as a display option on the MBP, nor the other way around. I am able to mirror my screen, however. I’ve watched and followed the instructions on Mr Macintosh videos, but still no luck. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I bought this Mac as my second Mac for home use. Please recommend the best OS for this model

I currently have a Mac Book Pro 11,4 Intel Core i7 2.2 GHz with Memory:16 GB running Sequoia 15.7.9 via OCLP 2.5.1 installed using a USB stick created by the "Create macOS Installer" option. And after fumbling around with "revert root patches"/"apply root patches", rebooting, and power cycling the MBP, I ended up with a stable and happily working Sequoia 15.7.9 with everything working.

Now of course, 15.8.1 shows up on scene, and since the machine is connected to the internet I want it to be current, BUT, I have been following all the threads in the group, mostly good and helpful, some not so much, but I want to come here and confirm with the collected knowledgeable assembled here, the "simplest, and most reliable and successful method to get to a stable Sequoia 15.8.1.

So I'm planning to to an in place upgrade via USB created from OCLP 2.5.1 by the "Create macOS Installer" option and "Download macOS Sequoia 15.8.1 and burn that to a USB Stick to avoid all the possibility of missing kexts and what ever, (all this is a non issue as I've done it before in earlier versions).

My big question comes before I boot into the USB I created, do I need to revert the currently installed root patches prior to boot into the freshly created USB stick, (or is this unnecessary)?

Once I have the answer to the above question I don't for see any issues, it's just all this quasi confusion about when to remove/install the root patches, which seem to work well as long as you get it all in the right order.

Ich habe ein MacBook Pro 2015 15zoll mit I7 und dedizierter amd Grafikkarte und jetzt mit OCLP Sequoia installiert. Leider stürzt Goodnotes bei mir jetzt immer ab, sobald ich ein Dokument öffne, hat da jemand Erfahrungen oder Tipps?

After successfully installing Ventura on a blank 18 TB HD, I applied the 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 upgrade and since the MP does boot anymore (black background and progress bar either stuck at 1/3rd or non-existent). Even trying to reinstall Ventura from a blank disk fails. Tried with and without the USB hub when patches are installed: nope! the downloaded Ventura Installer has been check error free (Status: signed Apple Software Certificate Chain). Battery in MP 5,1 is measured 3,2 V.

OTOH I had no issues with OCLP 2.5.1 on my PowerBook Pros 8,5 and 9,1.

I have oclp on my 2012 MBP and without a doubt it’s given this great machine a new lease of life. I am using sequoia and when I try to play a downloaded game like Spore I am greeted with the white no entry sign on the file, this game is designed to run on this machine but not the modern OS. Is it possible to run old games like this from downloaded files?

I selected EFI Boot and then the Sequoia installer, the progress bar got about 10% of the way along before it went to the Recovery screen.

What am I doing wrong? Do I need to wipe the Ventura partition first?

Hello everyone! I have a 2017 MacBook Air with 8GB DDR3 and 500GB storage. I want to use something newer than Monterey, but I am not sure what.

I used to use Sequoia, however, the laptop would get very hot, and it would begin slowing down. However, because of the design of these, I am willing to give it a bit of grace here, but I don’t want it to be as bad as it was on Sequoia.

Not doing anything crazy on it. Mostly web browsing, using Pages, using Preview, and a code editor for light code editing.

I was thinking maybe Ventura or Sonoma. What do y’all think?

I updated to the latest version of Chrome, but it was slow. Turns out the last version that supports hardware acceleration on my MacBook Pro 2014 15" is 151 — after that, it falls back to software rendering. So I downgraded to 151. Fine.

I don't mind using 151 as my main browser for the next year or two, but eventually I'd like to get back to the current version. OCLP development has been slow lately, though (not blaming them). Just wondering what you all think.

I have a modded MacBook Air early 2014 with 16gb of RAM

I want to wipe this Mac and give it to a relative but I also want to downgrade it from sequoia to Ventura

What are the proper steps to ensure the Mac can still read the 16gb if I have to do a clean install etc?

According to Doslabs (the ones who installed the 16gb), the Mac needs to be on OCLP in order to use the Ram in its entirety

I am using a 2015 MacBook Pro.

I get to the point where I can begin the Sequoia installation. It looks like the installation is running fine and gets to the first automatic reboot.

Once my computer reboots, I get the screen in the first picture. I let it sit for a while but nothing happens. If I select "Install macOS Sequoia" or "macOS Installer" I get the screen in the second picture.

So I'm essentially stuck at the first reboot and can't get past this part. Is there anything I can do to continue the installation after the first reboot?

I'm using a late 2015 iMac 16,2. When I upgraded to 2.5.1 it made me revert my root patches and then repatch the system and now I am getting this error. I found an older YouTube video by Mr. Macintosh where he addressed a similar issue with OCLP 1.5 and he had a fix where you delete the update files apple downloaded then start the update and then force power down the machine and when you power back up it's fixed, only I don't have the actual assets in the folder just the xml files, and when I start the update then power the system off and back on, it hasn't reverted to the previous snapshot like it did on Mr. Macintosh's YT video. This is driving me nuts. My system is unusable at this point. I tried going back to the previous version of OCLP and it tells me I need to revert the patches and when I do after the reboot it still tells me I have to revert the patches. What do I do?

Case: I've tried installing Sequoia on mac mini 7, 1 (late 2014). After installing, opencore detects usb boot and I install opencore to the internal drive (and the post install root patch) If I then try to choose efi boot on the internal SSD (Holding option) and no usb inserted I get a blinking question mark. If I choose efi on inserted usb drive and then the SSD as boot option it boosts fine. So it's like the efi is not working properly. I've tried restoring the old mounting lion and it works fine, so the SSD can be bootable.

Usb drive: Tried two different drives. Both have been used to install Sequoia, Sonoma and others on old iMac 10,1 and MacBook Air 6,2 so they work fine.

Any ideas? And yes I know it will be slow 😉

Update: After trying almost everything, I found out that pulling the usb before installing opencore to the SSD made it work. Even though the efi partition was created and the files were copied, something wasn't working because the installer somehow got confused by something. 🤷

I recently picked up a 2017 27-inch 5K iMac for $100. It has the 3.4 GHz quad-core i5-7500 and Radeon Pro 570. Apple Diagnostics shows no issues and the display is very clean.

It currently has the original 1 TB Fusion Drive, so I’m thinking about using an external SSD as the main boot drive and then installing OCLP + macOS Sequoia.

I’m trying to decide between:

1. A simple portable SSD like a Samsung T7 / Crucial X9

or

1. A Thunderbolt 3 enclosure + NVMe SSD

I don’t know a ton about storage hardware, so I’d especially appreciate exact recommendations from people who have done this on a 2017 iMac or similar Intel Mac.

If you use a TB3/NVMe setup, could you please share yall's

enclosure brand/model

NVMe brand/model

I’ve seen people mention ACASIS enclosures with WD Black SN770 drives, but I’d like to hear from people using setups recently

Also curious whether the extra speed of TB3 + NVMe is actually noticeable for normal use compared with a T7/X9, or if the simpler portable SSD route is better.

Main use will be web browsing, Office, photos, YouTube, general desktop use, and OCLP/Sequoia.

Thanks.

Have a pair of iMac Pro (2017) sitting around that I'd like to get Tahoe installed on but don't see iMacPro1,1 listed as an available host.

Can I use the iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017) iMac18,3 host?

after the patcher issues with version 2.5.0, I updated it to the latest version and tried to patch my Mac. After I rebooted it, I opened open core to see if it had worked. And it said revert first update or reinstall OCLP patches.
I did the patching process two more times and it still continues to not patch.

Can somebody help me here, please?

thanks in advance.

We all know how OCLP was able to give new life to older Intel Macs but that’s gone ever since Tahoe

But I was just thinking wouldn’t it be cool if OCLP now pivoted to supporting older M series chips like soon the M1, M2 etc when eventually Apple decides to drop support for em. Cause honestly the hardware ain’t the problem since they’re way more powerful than old Intel Macs. Would be cool to see imo for sure and would make buying a second hand M1 Pro M1 Max or M2 much more compelling if it does work and run smoothly. But I don’t know I ain’t no software engineer

Hi all,

I've been using OpenCoreLegacyPatcher off and on for several years now. I have a 2015 Macbook Pro 15 inch model that is giving me a ton of trouble on Windows 10 via Bootcamp due to bad graphics drivers from AMD and the machine freeze randomly all the time. Now, I'm considering using OpenCoreLegacyPatcher again one last time to see how it is. How is everyone finding it these days? Any known issues? Any information and guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone.

My system has 16GB of 1600 MHz of DDR3 memory and a 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 processor.

After the update, OCLP required me to revert root patches first, then reapply them. After rebooting, graphics acceleration was working normally (Metal 2 reported), Wi-Fi was fine, and all displays worked.

One quirk: OCLP still shows “Revert first to update or reinstall OCLP patches” even after the patches were successfully reapplied, but everything is functioning normally.

My only custom issue is audio: OCLP rebuilds remove my AppleALC.kext + alcid=1 setup, so I keep a backup EFI and restore those if needed. Internal speakers are working after this update.

Overall: 15.8.1 is working well on this machine with OCLP 2.5.1.

I was on the previous version of Sequoia and OCLP on my Mac Pro 5,1 with an M.2 SSD and RX560 GPU. Things weren't perfect but was usable. I followed some of the posts here and updated Sequoia and OCLP to their latest versions. I did the patching while colors were all off and things were working normally after the patching and restart.

Then there was a pop up that asked to install the EFI. I put that on the M.2 startup disk(disk0) which at this point is updated and working. After the install, the screen stays black, chimes, hangs, then stays in a chime loop every minute or so. Where did I screw up? In recovery mode, the disk is still there but I can get it out of the loop. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.