I grabbed a 2017 13" MacBook Air (8GB/128GB) out of the electronics recycling bin. It was in really good shape, other than the batter is up over 1500 cycles at this point. Catalina installed fine, but I wanted to try playing with OpenCore, so I upgraded it to Sonoma. The install went smoothly (although every time I use the OpenCore patcher, I wish there was a bit more explanation as to what each step is doing). There's some interesting stuff going on in there, and it would be nice to have a presentation on it, really.
Overall, it's doing great! Bluetooth/WiFi work fine (I'm typing this on a BlueTooth keyboard), the ThunderBolt 2 is outputting video right now, and everything is stable.
I've only been running it for a day at this point, so this might be a bit of a premature celebration, but as a headless Mac in my shop downstairs that is running a still-supported OS, it's humming along nicely.
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⚠️ WARNING:
Installing macOS Tahoe on unsupported hardware is NOT supported by the OpenCore Legacy Patcher developers. Please be aware that numerous users have attempted installation, often resulting in serious issues including hardware malfunctions and complete data loss.
Also understand that OCLP supports over 83 Mac models! Just because it "worked" on one, does not mean it will not cause major issues on your device.
NOTE: You might have seen a new piece of software called OCLP-Mod. The OCLP developers do NOT recommend using any modification of the genuine OCLP software. Keep in mind, anyone is able to make a fork of OCLP (a fork is a modification of the original project). No other software is checked and verified safe or actually working on all 83 Mac models.
In closing, please only use the genuine version of OCLP. Do not install Tahoe until a fully compatible public version of OCLP is released. Thanks!
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