iATKOS | United Kingdom

Background: Attempting to get Ventura working on old Laptop.

Used OpenCore Patcher to get Ventura successfully installed but it won't recognize the Video Card.

Attempted Post Install patches - cannot proceed because "AMFI enabled"

Attempted "csrutil disable" but nvram protection is still enabled. (see attached image)

Attempted "csrutil enable --without nvram"

Source: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/17452

Unable to change "NVRAM Protections: enabled" (see image)

Unable to disable AMFI

❓What are my next avenues to explore?

For Reference:

🔧LAPTOP FIX TO DO LIST

🎯Get Laptop functional

❗Maybe drop back to Catalina if Ventura install not successful

⭕Get Laptop Functional with Ventura

❓How to disable AMFI?

⭕️Disable AMFI

✅Wait 8 hours for FileVault to Decrypt File System

✅FileVault needs to be disabled

✅FileVault decryption estimate 3 hours

❌nvram boot-args="amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1"

❌nvram boot-args="amfi_get_out_of_my_way=0x1"

✅Command+shift+R worked to get into the proper Recovery Mode

✅Launch Terminal from the Utilities menu in Recovery Mode.

✅Run the command csrutil disable.

✅❌Not able to get into Recovery Mode

✅Command R goes to Internet Recovery Mode which is not what i want

✅️Disable SIP

Please ask any questions in the comments I've been working on this issue for a few days trying to get this Laptop working so that I can teach my 75 year old Dad how to code using ChatGPT.

Thanks for Reading!