I know everything is coming in to AI. I am very big on the security. Currently it seem like OSX is like becoming Windows in privacy. I am old school, where windows 95 was best and still it is in privacy as separate the OS with application from the user data. Now on top of it cloud connections with multi factor authentications. Too much of the things to handle will using computer. That why i change to OSX and now thinking to transit on Fedora or Ubuntu. But Apple echo system is holding me down.

So want to know from OCLP developer perspective on upgrading to Tahoe in future, is the OSX is getting better or more convoluted?

Example of Convoluted = As one Apple icloud account works on 2 mac, you can access other mac user folder full access, without SMB sharing but work like SMB sharing. Eventhough you do SMB Sharing on top, it doesn't override, instead it works as additional layer. There SMB Layer turn off or stay on, in both case icloud override. At least as per last check on the OSX v15.1.

I’m not an admin But STOP we all probably want Tahoe on our older Macs but right now it’s not supported it is kinda in 3.0.0 nightly but that’s not a stable version just wait until like November or December maybe even until next year I want tahoe too but just don’t only if you want to make your Mac unusable

When oclp adds support for Tahoe, would it be ok for me to put it on my iMac 18,3 performance wise, I have also wanted to try phone mirroring a would Apple Intelligence also work?

Has anybody found a fix to revert back to Sequoia and save the data? I guess I'll have to make a clean install and so on... Any help is appreciated!

I have a Mac Pro 3.1 and also have a ASUS GTX 780. I found online that it is supported in later macOS without a boot screen. Now the problem is: the GPU has 1 6pin power connector and 1 8pin. Can I use a cable like the one I’ve linked to? I won’t be using a lot of processing power. Only like to play around a bit with Xcode.

I completed installation of Sequoia on my late 2013 iMac 27". I've installed apps that work with no trouble - except for Final Cut, Motion, and Compressor, all of which were downloaded from the App Store. They all quit with the first attempted click. I've tried deleting the preferences (holding Command+Option when they are launching) and it's made no difference.

DaVinci Resolve works just fine, but I have a project to complete in FCPX, with some input from Motion.

Any ideas, anyone? I'm running out of time. Thanks for your guidance.

Anyone know if OCLP is compatible yet with 13.7.8? Last I heard, we were waiting for the KDK to be released.

If not, where I should be looking for updates?

i recently got this macbook (7,1 a1342 mid-2010) and used OCLP 2.4.1 to install monterey 12.7.4. i then updated to monterey 12.7.6 via system settings, and installed the root patches afterwards.

the machine has been upgraded to 16gb ram (not sure brand, etc) and an OWC mercury electra 3g SSD. the disc drive has also been disconnected/removed. everything else is stock.

i don't do anything with the machine aside from browse the web with firefox. thus the crash always happens while i'm using firefox. sometimes it will go several days without crashing, sometimes it will crash several times a day.

first, the system will lock up but i'll still be able to move the mouse pointer. but if i click on the trackpad the pointer turns into the rainbow wheel. shortly after that the mouse pointer will freeze and i'm unable to do anything else. interestingly, after the system completely locks up, the time in the menu bar continues to count (i have it set to show the seconds). using the force quit keyboard shortcut does nothing.

the only resolution is to hold the power button to hard power off. after rebooting it's random as to whether or not i'll get a crash report. sometimes i do, most times i don't. i'll paste the most recent crash report below-

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff8006d5a99f): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from logd in 120 seconds service returned not alive with context : unresponsive dispatch queue(s): com.apple.firehose.io-wl service: logd, total successful checkins since wake (810 seconds ago): 70, last successful checkin: 120 seconds ago service: opendirectoryd, total successful checkins since wake (810 seconds ago): 82, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago Panicked task 0xffffff96e0251380: 4 threads: pid 91: watchdogd Backtrace (CPU 1), panicked thread: 0xffffffa544e33aa0, Frame : Return Address 0xffffffbdc586b690 : 0xffffff8003879a3d mach_kernel : _handle_debugger_trap + 0x41d 0xffffffbdc586b6e0 : 0xffffff80039dcd26 mach_kernel : _kdp_i386_trap + 0x116 0xffffffbdc586b720 : 0xffffff80039cc093 mach_kernel : _kernel_trap + 0x4d3 0xffffffbdc586b770 : 0xffffff8003819a90 mach_kernel : _return_from_trap + 0xe0 0xffffffbdc586b790 : 0xffffff8003879e0d mach_kernel : _DebuggerTrapWithState + 0xad 0xffffffbdc586b8b0 : 0xffffff80038795c6 mach_kernel : _panic_trap_to_debugger + 0x2b6 0xffffffbdc586b910 : 0xffffff8004114b33 mach_kernel : _panic_with_options + 0x89 0xffffffbdc586ba00 : 0xffffff8006d5a99f com.apple.driver.watchdog : __ZN10IOWatchdog14userspacePanicEP8OSObjectPvP25IOExternalMethodArguments.cold.1 + 0x27 0xffffffbdc586ba10 : 0xffffff8006d5a5f2 com.apple.driver.watchdog : __ZN10IOWatchdog35userspaceDisableUserspaceMonitoringEP8OSObjectPvP25IOExternalMethodArguments 0xffffffbdc586ba30 : 0xffffff8006d59971 com.apple.driver.watchdog : __ZN20IOWatchdogUserClient14externalMethodEjP25IOExternalMethodArgumentsP24IOExternalMethodDispatchP8OSObjectPv + 0x7f 0xffffffbdc586bb60 : 0xffffff800408323c mach_kernel : _is_io_connect_method + 0x42c 0xffffffbdc586bcc0 : 0xffffff8003982a46 mach_kernel : _iokit_server_routine + 0x4f56 0xffffffbdc586bdd0 : 0xffffff80038544cb mach_kernel : _ipc_kmsg_send + 0x46b 0xffffffbdc586be60 : 0xffffff800386ae49 mach_kernel : _mach_msg_overwrite_trap + 0x2c9 0xffffffbdc586bef0 : 0xffffff80039aed5a mach_kernel : _mach_call_munger64 + 0x1ea 0xffffffbdc586bfa0 : 0xffffff800381a276 mach_kernel : _hndl_mach_scall64 + 0x16 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.driver.watchdog(1.0)[F0AE4794-0AD0-3919-ABFE-101DD2816E55]@0xffffff8006d58000->0xffffff8006d5afff Process name corresponding to current thread (0xffffffa544e33aa0): watchdogd Boot args: keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 -lilubetaall -btlfxallowanyaddr ipc_control_port_options=0 -nokcmismatchpanic Mac OS version: 21H1320 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Mon Jun 24 00:56:10 PDT 2024; root:xnu-8020.240.18.709.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: AAF3C70C-3331-335A-96FB-D338CFE178F0 KernelCache slide: 0x0000000003600000 KernelCache base: 0xffffff8003800000 Kernel slide: 0x0000000003610000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff8003810000 __HIB text base: 0xffffff8003700000 System model name: MacBook7,1 (Mac-F22C89C8) System shutdown begun: NO Panic diags file available: YES (0x0) Hibernation exit count: 8 System uptime in nanoseconds: 35556507141498 Last Sleep: absolute base_tsc base_nano Uptime : 0x00002056a4fa5303 Sleep : 0x00001f96866873af 0x00000653942f3e11 0x00001f9697211cbf Wake : 0x00001f99b835000b 0x0000000070cba578 0x00001f99b0b518f4 Compressor Info: 0% of compressed pages limit (OK) and 0% of segments limit (OK) with 0 swapfiles and OK swap space Zone info: Zone map: 0xffffff90781a8000 - 0xffffffb0781a8000 . PGZ : 0xff& 

is that useful for anyone to help diagnose the cause for the crashes? i'm hoping it's software related but i realize that it could definitely be hardware as this machine is 15 years old.

i've tested the ram with memtest86 bootable usb and there were no errors. i also booted into the apple diagnostics testing (press "D" while booting) and those tests didn't return any errors either. using disk utility and trying "first aid" doesn't show any errors. i'm not sure what else to test/how to test anything else.

thanks for any help or suggestions!

Hi everyone, just found this was an option to keep utilising my Mac.

I have a MacBookPro11,1 13 inch(late 2013), 1TB, 16GB RAM , intel Core i7, GPU Intel Iris (yes I just dumped all info I thought it could be useful).

As you can see, I do not have a lot of knowledge regarding hardware and software, but I believe I will manage all the installation. Question is, from my debating with chat gpt, my conclusion was to install Ventura, as this being the sweet spot. What would you recommend, idk, any tips from previous attempts, anything. I had a doubt regarding if I would have to keep the USB, or if I could do this with an external hard drive.

Thanks in advance!

Apple today released multiple security updates for macOS:

• Tahoe 26.0.1 (25A354) NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OCLP!
• Sequoia 15.7.1 (24G231)
• Sonoma 14.8.1 (23J30)

!!!IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Be sure to DISABLE automatic software updates!

The current version of OpenCore Legacy Patcher = 2.4.1

KDK Status = Waiting

MetalLibSupportpkg Status = Waiting

OCLP 2.4.1 & Sequoia 15.7.1 Testing = In progress

I will be posting any information that I find when it comes to OCLP and the latest updates.

Please post your install experiences below >

Used OCLP with no issues for months. Ran the patcher and Mac went to update (ugh I know). Now stuck on the Apple logo update bar at 1/3 progress. I’ve re-booted with the original USB and also tried to boot normally. Not sure what steps to take here.

Hi all, I have a probably dumb question.

My Macbook pro A1502 early 2015 (i5 2.7 GHz, 8/256) runs smoothly with Monterey, but there are few apps I cannot install because they ask me for the 13.0 version.

I want to install Ventura and I'm reading the official installation guide (Booting OpenCore and macOS | OpenCore Legacy Patcher) and my only doubt is whether this procedure is a clean installation (wipes everything) or not.

In case hox can I save everything from my mac? Is Time Machine enough?

PS: sorry for my English, I'm not native

I just have to make this post.

"I wanna upgrade to Sonoma, will it work with these specs?"

Normal post. And then theres always these people: "Upgrade to Mojave, runs best". Of course Mojave is gonna run best, since its the oldest version people still use, anything below that is literally dead AFAIK. They want to know if they can run this and this version, not if they can run Mojave. It's not that hard to understand.

P.S.: MacOS Mojave is not an upgrade if they're not below that version :)

So, I internet installed yomsemite and with great effort got high sierra on here this old MacBook. However when trying to build the installer I’m getting errors. Using an existing Mac installer. It never even writes a bite to the disk on key. Failed to prepare resources, cannot continue. Any suggestions?

🖥️ Situation

Mac: iMac 2017 (Intel)

Goal: Install macOS Sonoma using OpenCore Legacy Patcher (OCLP).

USB: 64 GB, successfully created with createinstallmedia → Install macOS Sonoma volume shows up and works fine.

✅ What works

I can create the Sonoma installer on the USB (disk2s2 = Install macOS Sonoma).

OCLP runs “Build and Install OpenCore” without errors.

The USB’s EFI partition mounts (disk2s1), and I can access it.

❌ The problem

The EFI partition is empty or missing the OC folder.

No BOOTx64.efi or OC/OpenCore.efi is copied.

So when I reboot and press Option (⌥), my iMac only shows the internal drives (Macintosh HD, MacSSD), never EFI Boot.

Sometimes I just get a gray screen when it tries to boot from USB.

I’ve tried creating the folder manually and renaming OpenCore.efi → BOOTx64.efi, but OCLP doesn’t seem to generate the complete EFI anywhere on my system.

🔎 What I’ve checked

diskutil list → USB detected as /dev/disk2, EFI partition = disk2s1.

Mounted EFI:

sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk2s1

ls -R /Volumes/EFI

→ only shows empty BOOT folder, no OC or other files.

Tried searching for an EFI folder OCLP might have generated in ~/Desktop, ~/Library, or /Applications/OpenCore-Patcher.app → nothing found.

❓ Question

How can I force OCLP to actually copy the full EFI folder (with OC + BOOT) to my USB’s EFI partition?

Or: is there a safe prebuilt EFI package for iMac 2017 + Sonoma that I can copy manually to the USB?

Hello all.

I intend to dual boot Linux Mint and Windows 7 on my very old MacBook Pro 4.1 (Early 2008) and it's been a journey.

I managed to get Linux to work (overriding Grub bootloader in config plist file), but I can no longer get into Windows 7 via Opencore, it shows the message "Missing Operating System". So I followed this guide and I successfully installed rEFInd and got it to show Windows on their boot menu. Thing is that now it just shows a blank screen.

I REALLY don't want to reinstall Windows again. What should I do?

Thanks in advance for your answer!