I have a MacBook Pro from mid-2014 with Sonoma 14.8.3, an Intel Quad Core i7 processor, 16 GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GT 750M graphics card. I wonder which program would make my Mac last longer if I only used the Intel iGPU. Does anyone have experience with this? Or someone have a even better lightweight Code Editor suggestion?

Hi, for some context, I'm a student who needs a new laptop just to use Word, PowerPoint, Excel, YouTube and listen to music. My budget is really really tight. There are a few listings for $200~ (MacBook 2017, MacBook Pro 2017, Macbook Air 18/19. I'm just wondering if you guys think it will suffice for my normal class stuff and if there are any issues. I'm definitely gonna use OCL

My main concern is overheating and the butterfly keyboard. is that really a huge issue. what's your experience?

I don't live in the US so anything with an M1 chip or better is out of my budget, and the reason I don't want windows is cause I had a bad experience with one.. All help is appreciated, thanks!

Have they fixed issues for the late 2015 iMac 5K?

A1224 Early 2009 black back iMac T9900 3.06Mhz CPU / 9400M non-metal onboard GPU / 8GB 1067 DDR3 RAM / Samsung EVO 250GB SSD

OCLP 2.5.0 nightly

Sequoia 15.7.7 Developer Beta

Works great except still original Airport/Bluetooth cards so no Airplay or Airdrop

OCLP Plus 3.2.1 installed over the top

Also works but …. Jerky mouse movement and no onboard sound (fair enough - it’s for MacOS Trasho 26.fkkup not Sequoia.

But…. AirPlay works on my MacBook Pro and my HomePod from her now !! Seriously WTF !! (Still no Airdrop due to current Airport/Bluetooth cards)

Added OCLP 2.5.0 nightly EFI and rebooted

Mouse glitch gone, onboard sound back AND AirPlay still working!!

My iMac is 17 years old on 10th May this year - I’m upgrading her Airport card as a birthday present to her so she can finally Airdrop and use Bluetooth 4.0

I love OCLP and how I can hybrid/frankenstein the fkk out of my Apple stuff with it x

Hello guys. Decided to keep my Mac for one more year but I'm thinking of upgrading to Sequoia to keep getting security updates.

I want to clean install Sequoia but from what I've read that would result in the loss of touchbar and touch ID. Can someone guide me in which would be the correct way to do a clean install of Sequoia and keep touchbar/touch ID support ?

Can someone explain (or point me to docs) on how to apply minor Sequoia patches using a USB thumb drive without overwriting the full OS?

Background:

I have a macbook 11,3 (late 2013 15") running OCLP. It has been sitting idle since early last year, and is currently on Sequoia 15.2.

I updated OCLP and installed the update to disk/rebooted. Mac Settings says there is an os update, but when navigating to Software Update, it just spins looking for the update update.

I've read you need to install the minor updates (in this case 15.2 -> 15.7.5) via a USB drive, but have only ever done that for a major OS upgrade. I couldn't find docs on how to do the minor update without overwriting the full OS and apps/docs.

Note: Since this machine is on it's own VLAN and used only for a 3D printer, I am not logged into icloud with my ID.

Hi all,

I have been trying to update my Nana's Macbook Pro mid 2012 13" laptop from Catalina to Sequioa with Open Core due to certain apps like chrome and video players not working anymore.

We don't have the money for a new one at this time, and the laptop is my Nana's only current entertainments and connection with the world, due to her badly breaking her leg a month ago. So any help would be amazing!

So I used the latest OCL, gave permissions for disk access etc, and it was slow going but okay up until the final step of installing the software onto the disk.

Then this message popped up about the disk being unabled to be unlocked - I've attached a photo.

Im not a particularly tech savy person, so dont want to go around trying to wrong thing.

Now when the laptop finally starts the Sequioa trees are there but its constantly freezing and needing a reboot. will only work with the USB still plugged in.

I know I'm so close to finishing this update but not sure what the fix is.

Let me know if any more info is needed,

Thanks in advance!

So I've recently installed macOS Sequoia on a MacBook pro 2017 13 inch with touchbar, and it works wonderfully, however I am unable to use any captive portal protected wifi networks (tested with NS free wifi in the train) on my phone it connects, prompts me to accept the agreement and then it works, but on my Mac it just connects without even giving me the option to open the captive portal and so I never end up having wifi access, despite it showing connected. Additionally it safari it specifically says "this mac is not connected to wifi" and Firefox says to check my internet connection

I recently had fibre installed to the house and network speeds, though better than ADSL on the iMac, are poor. Wifi speeds are about 1/5 of an iPad used in front of the iMac (55 Mbps vs 280 Mbps), interestingly powerline ethernet is exactly the same 55 speed, I would expect it to be slower than wifi.

Support for the Broadcom hardware in the iMac was ceased in Sonoma and OCLP added support back and so I am guessing that it is what it is and I cannot expect any further improvements in Sonoma/OCLP.

I have redone root patches, changed the country code and reset my router, none of which had any effect and I cannot see any networking tweaks in the OCLP configuration dialogues.

Is the situation any different in Sequoia? I have been holding back on Sequoia as I read mixed reports about its performance on 2013 iMacs and apart from network speed, Sonoma is fine.

Anyone on a 14,2 iMac who can share their network experience?

Hello everyone,

I recently got a 2011 27" iMac from my cousin and I'm trying to see how current I can take it. I've managed to get Sequoia running via OCLP, but it's feeling pretty sluggish at times, not sure if it was due to waking the iMac from sleep/hibernation.

Specs:

• CPU: 3.4 GHz Quad-Core i7
• RAM: 24 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
• Storage: Stock HDD

I'm a bit worried about the GPU since I've had a 2011 MacBook Pro die on me before and I've read that Macs of a similar vintage do have faulty GPUs. Is the current lag because of the non-Metal graphics, or is the spinning HDD the main culprit? Would install a basic SSD see significant performance increases? If so, how hard is the replacement? I've seen a few videos and it does not seem too difficult, but I've never done surgery on an iMac before.

Two quick questions:

Is it easier to swap the main HDD for an SSD, or just use an adapter and replace the DVD drive bay?

Should I be worried about the 6970M failing under the stress of a newer OS?

Would love to hear from anyone still using these or any recommendations!

im trying to install hackintosh for macos tahoe 26 on an intel i3-10100 with uhd 630 i GPU (its supported according to opencore simplify script)

I'm using the opencore method, i made the efi and the bootable drive, made it to the main installer where i formatted the drive I'm installing to and began the installation

now in my boot menu, the macos drive shows up as bootable but when i boot to it i get some verbose and end up at either a black screen with a cursor but no other output or the output to the monitor is fully gone even tho the system is on

I'm installing Sequoia on my macbook pro and after the second rebbot I got the "file system verify or repair failed (-69845)" error. How do I fix it?

As per title I wonder if current minor update for Sonoma 14.8.5 and future ones are supported by OCLP 2.4.1

I am currently on 14.8.4 on a macbook air 11 2015 and 14.8.3 on macpro 6.1, can i install the latest update or is better to wait a newer OCLP version?

Many thanks!

Today, Apple rejected my app update developed on xcode 16 on Macbook Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015 running MacOS Sonoma 14.5. After April 28 apps has to be developed on Xcode 26 which requires: macOS Sequoia 15.6+ (or newer).

Unresolved Issues
Your app version was rejected and no other items submitted can be accepted or approved.

Now, Anyone here running Xcode 26 on macOS Sequoia 15.6+ on mid 2015 macbook? Not ready to buy macbook and might go to xcode cloud or rent a Cloud remote Mac ..

I tried to install sequoia on a mid-2014 Mac mini about a year ago and it was a brutal experience. The machine just couldn’t handle it, and it was incredibly slow. So looking for advice on what to do with an older machine.

Right now I have macos 15.7.5 installed through OCLP. When 15.7.6 comes out, can I install it directly from System Services, or do I need to create another USB installation disk?

So I'm currently on a 2011, 27-inch iMac that is running macOS Monterey 12.7.6 using OCLP.

I have a update in the settings app for MacOS Tahoe 26.4.1 - but I know I shouldn't update straight from the settings app.

I was wondering what's the version I should go up to on this iMac - and how to go about updating to it without losing my data and files as well, thanks.

A friend of mine bought this MBP mid-2012, I ugraded the RAM to 8GB and everything worked fine... until two days ago when he clicked UPDATE TO TAHOE from the system settings.

I am currently trying to reinstall, actually install Sequoia since it is a supported OS but it is currently stuck on the apple logo.

Any idea how to fix that? yes, i have formatted the drive before.

The bootableUSB has been created on my MBP 2015.

Hello everyone ,I really need some help with my 12" MacBook Retina. I installed macOS Sonoma on it and everything works perfectly.

The issue is that I also had Windows 10 installed in dual boot. While trying to remove Windows 10, I accidentally deleted the OpenCore EFI partition.

Now I no longer have my bootable USB drive to start macOS properly and restore the bootloader. Unfortunately, I also don’t have a second Mac available to recreate a USB installer or rebuild it.

Would anyone with a similar 12" MacBook Retina setup be able to share a compatible OpenCore EFI folder, or explain how I could recreate it easily?

It would really help me a lot. Thank you so much in advance for any help 🙏

Found it for just 50€, no hard drive tho but I have a spare SSD, not sure how much RAM it has.

I just need one for basic tasks, don’t care too much about battery life. How does sequoia (latest compatible version AFAIK) run on it? Any major bugs?

IMac 17,1 32GB i5 3.3 GHz

OCLP 2.4.1 MacOS 14.8.5 (23J423)

OCLP 2.4.1 MacOS 12.7.6

ORICO 2TB External SSD

Trying to use a TP-Link USB Bluetooth Adapter (UB400) instead of the built in Broadcom chip which seems to be acting up even before my OCLP experiments. Any body have any tips or working strategies?

Hi, I have a pair (2010/2012) of 5,1 mac pros and a 2012 15" non retina, mid 2012 Macbook Pro (the "Stealth" one with nvda gpu, max ram and ssd) all seamlessly running Ventura via OCLP. I use them all for trading, with the 2012 everyday as my main computer, and will soon need to upgrade because Schwab TOS is beginning to nag me for an update. My main concern is stability and speed and am wondering if I should upgrade to Sonaoma first, or go straight to Sequoia. I don't use any AVX dependent software and will have both of the 5,1's using the Radeon 580 8gb gpus, and also will be installing identical pci cards in lane 2 with a 1 tb nvme drive as boot before attempting the upgrade. Latest firmware and enable GOP on both and lots of misc sata drives, SSD and spinning, to swap between them. Both machines have dual cpu with 128 gb ram on main one and 24-48 gb on backup. Along with upgrade route advice, I would love any input/caveats/warnings before moving ahead,,, At the moment i am rock solid, fast, and compatible with over 100 tabs running in Chrome within ten windows including 40 continuously updating TradingView charts, youtube streaming, with my main, 1 of 3 monitors devoted to the my trading platform TOS, updating continuously without any lag or hiccups,,, would very much like to maintain this performance in Sequoia,,, am I dreaming?

I have Sequoia already installed and it runs great, but I noticed I can't do airplay etc. After some research, I found that was because I installed it without clicking "FeatureUnlocked" prior to installation.

I can't find much info on how the machine runs with that enabled. Has anyone installed Sequoia on a 2013 MacPro with "FeatureEnabled" included, and if so, how did it run?

I'm trying to install macOS Tahoe with OCLP-Plus 3.2.0, but when I select my language for Recovery, Recovery doesn't respond, so when I enable VoiceOver with the Triple-Power Button method, and hit the "X" to disable it, it shows me a gray screen showing the Apple Logo and "Language Chooser" on the top-left corner of my Mac. And when I try clicking one, it shows me the Beach Ball Of Death. Doesn't stop. Does anyone know a fix to this? Please let me know. I'm trying various fix methods, like resetting NVRAM with sudo nvram-c, and recreating the Installer within also rebuilding the EFI Partition.

I'm really curious what you guys use your machines for. Maybe I can get a few ideas for what to do with all my old Intel Macs too?

For me, I just use them for email, slack, teams, and other communication channels for clients and sometimes Google Drive. That's it.

The only reason I need OCLP is because Slack has a limit to how many months they support an OS. I think I can push it farther with using Slack on FireFox.

So yeah the deciding factor for me is Slack support.

Sorry if this has been posted a thousand times mods.

when i try to download the macos it will download all the way to finish then cuts and says is internet twice, downloaded through the link but is not working any links to get the sequoia to help me do a bootable usb.. thank you in advance

MacBook Pro 2017 13 inch

2.5 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 1536 MB
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

i use my macbook for mainstage and logic and ableton and stuff

I know I shouldn’t have updated but I did.

Anyone knows where I can find 10.4.13?