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Title: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: jchuzi on October 03, 2023, 08:10:28 AM

According to macOS Sonoma can be installed on 83 unsupported Macs with this tool (https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/02/macos-sonoma-can-be-installed-on-83-unsupported-macs-with-this-tool) I can use Sonoma on my (now obsolete) iMac. I'm sure that I won't do it because I can't assume that it will cause more trouble than it's worth. Comments?

Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 03, 2023, 08:27:55 AM

“Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!” — Robot

“The impossible happens all the time, you just have to believe it can."

Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: krissel on October 03, 2023, 11:41:23 PM

I used a patcher years ago to run a non-supported MacOS on an older MBP and it worked well except for the fact that it could not run any new security updates without totally reinstalling from scratch.


I don't know if this patcher has the same limitation but of course there are features that will not work due to the limitations of the hardware on older Macs. I would try it on a Mac that is not necessarily my main machine so if things go belly-up then no big deal. Of course a full backup would be my first move.


More details: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/ (https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/)

Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 06, 2023, 09:13:34 AM

And you want to update  your System why?! :doh:

Quote from: Trains.com

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Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: Larry on October 10, 2023, 01:59:06 AM

Fortunately on my 2017 Macbook Air it doesn't work, but on my ipad it does, and im my opinion all of these tweaks, updates are just gimmicks, aren't they?

Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 10, 2023, 11:10:17 AM

 :WOW: HERESY!! :wallbash:

Obviously you have know idea how hard it is to fixx erers!!! Problems in Cheetah have been completely eliminated, except for the speling.

Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: krissel on October 10, 2023, 09:09:34 PM

 :D

Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: jchuzi on October 11, 2023, 01:47:05 PM

Here's a reason (maybe) to update the OS: I subscribe to MS Office 365 and the latest update to those apps requires OS 12 or later. This is not a big deal to me because I only use MS Word and it does what I want. Still, this is annoying.

Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 11, 2023, 10:04:41 PM

"...this is annoying..."

:Thinking: Are you complaining about M$ or Apple? :dntknw:

Title: Re: Sonoma on older Macs
Post by: jchuzi on October 12, 2023, 07:13:03 AM

I could complain about both MS and Apple but MS is the more obvious target. Apple users LOVE to bash MS. It's what we live for.   :D