thank you...simply thank you! After reading this I have upgraded several discarded macs. Then was able to gift them to single moms with kids who need them for school.
@memorexmemories48212 жыл бұрын
You’re a hero man! Reading this made me smile 😃
@erwinsmith19902 жыл бұрын
This comment is a bit weird
@josephdragan77342 жыл бұрын
@Chris hmm sorry to hear you're running into that issue. I have not had that experience with either 2007 or 2009 iMacs. They upgrade normally. I will contact you if I can think of any reason that explains your experience
@heartmommyinpa2 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome. I’m saving up for one for my daughter for school. Which model do you recommend?
@dp62242 жыл бұрын
I hope they honored you 😂🙈
@xanderdom4 жыл бұрын
Single-handedly raising resale value for old Macs. This dude right here is a legend.
@mdouglaswray4 жыл бұрын
^^^
@CarLoverPhotography4 жыл бұрын
Fr
@xanderdom4 жыл бұрын
@@raewilliams694 Follow his tutorial carefully. Cross check your Mac's compatibility before doing anything. Can't go wrong man, he's made it all pretty clear.
@raewilliams6944 жыл бұрын
Pivital oh nice ok I’m trying to order the 2009 n do it I had mess up n got a 2007 MacBook
@kiaramiren4 жыл бұрын
When I open Disk Utility, all I see is Internal> Macintosh HD and External> Cat Installer. No El Capitan. What do I do??? Please help, need to use my laptop ASAP!
@uhlersoth99 Жыл бұрын
I love the fact he doesn't have his face all over the screen. Just the facts of doing the job. The way it's supposed to be. He is not saying hey look at me everybody. Perfect voice and explanations.
@Scanito2 жыл бұрын
Hey Dosdude1, just wanted to thank you for your extremely brilliant and professional work creating and delivering for free this macOS Catalina Patcher. Let me tell you I waisted a lot of time trying to install Catalina on my MacBook Pro mid 2010 (7,1) using Open Core Legacy Patcher (OCLP), but it is extremely slow and unstable compared with your solution. You are allowing lots of people to continue using their old Macbooks without wasting money and resources that not everyone is able to afford, and that's a noble labor! Thank you again.
@DialloMoore5034 ай бұрын
Hi. I followed all steps and it says that the installation was successful. But after I restarted it, it shows that it’s still on the old operating system.
@muziklife61082 ай бұрын
@@DialloMoore503 But there is clear installation in the video.
@Cesar-pq2ck3 жыл бұрын
Collin. You should have gotten the Nobel Peace Prize by now for your work; because you're keeping us sane in not having to dish out money for a new Mac and you're helping conserve the environment by allowing us to recycle old Macs. I'm applying this video to my 2008 MacBook 13" and already own a 2010 and 2012 Mac Pro with the latest OS as well as a 2012 MacMini. Thanks for your work!
@rafaelflores5672 Жыл бұрын
did your mac had trouble with sleep/wake?
@creedclark6624 Жыл бұрын
Does you 2010 mac with this patcher Catalina allow you to download apps such as the Brave Browser and Steam and when you try and use them they function and boot up?
@instamatics Жыл бұрын
@@creedclark6624 its literally the best. the os is a little old now but it still works perfectly, albeit a lil slow
@creedclark6624 Жыл бұрын
@@instamatics i cant get Steam or Brave browser, not even Virtual Box will load
@instamatics Жыл бұрын
@@creedclark6624 whatre using? im using my late 09 21 inch base model imac thats never been cleaned inside and it works fine
@justgivemethetruth3 жыл бұрын
5:54 - Start Procedure 5:57 - Download a copy of the Mac Catalina Installer Patch 6:37 - Open the downloaded DMG file 6:46 - Once DMG is mounted, right-click and open the file 7:14 - Once you are in the MacOS Catalina Patcher App, select continue 7:26 - Select or download a copy of the official Apple Catalina Installer App. 7GB download. 8:30 - Download of Apple Catalina Installer App succeeded, 3 choices 1 - In place install w/o external disk to be used 3 - ISO image to burn to a DVD or install in a virtual machine 9:05 - * Recommended to use bootable installer method ( highly recommended ) 9:37 - Use Disk Utility to format the USB drive 10:08 - First select the volume/partition to be used as the external installer 10:19 - Select erase and select Mac OS Extended ( journaled ) format, and give it a name ( You cannot format a USB drive as APFS for the external installer ) 10:55 - Select "create a bootable installer", selection #2 from above 11:00 - Now you are presented with a list of all the connected disks Select the volume just created, and click start 12:03 - When drive creation succeeds, restart the machine and boot off the USB drive 12:25 - Hold down the option key while machine reboots to select the installer drive to boot from 13:09 - When machine boots, open up Disk Utility and format target drive as APFS 1 - Unmount the drive 2 - Selected Edit from the menu, and choose "Convert to APFS" * * ( Catalina needs APFS in order to install ) 14:45 - When target drive APFS format is done, select "Reinstall MacOS" 15:04 - The Apple Catalina installer will start - follow the prompts through the install process 15:15 - In the Mac Catalina Installer, select your APFS target disk for install 15:32 - Once the installation preparation phase is done, the machine will reboot into a second installation phase where the installation will complete 16:00 - After the second installation phase completes, the system will reboot 16:15 - Note - a machine that does not natively support booting from APFS volumes will present a text port window. 16:40 - After reboot, the rest of the installation process will complete ( takes a long time ) 17:26 - Post-install patches are applied automatically. Note - the post install patches can be applied manually, but it is unnecessary since the installer does it automatically. 18:37 - When machine does final reboot, hold down the option key and boot from the newly installed target drive 19:15 - OPTIONAL manual application of post-install patches by booting off the USB installer drive and select the MacOS Post Install selection. 19:36 - List of all Post-Install patches and selection boxes. Will select the most recently installed Catalina installed volume to apply to, but you can change the Post-Install patch volume target manually. The apply patches. 20:57 - If there are problems after the Post-Install Manual patching, you can select Force Cache Rebuild option before clicking reboot 21:18 - Restart the machine, it should boot naturally into Catalina 21:55 - The system will do the text-port scroll when it boots a machine that does not natively support Catalina 22:22 - Enter first time setup 22:45 - The Patch Updater window will start 23:21 - About This Mac will show the machine running MacOS Catalina 24:50 - Showing Light-Mode anomalies with non-Metal video cards. Patches to get around this may be available in the future.
@joshyi5893 жыл бұрын
justgivemethetruth thanks!!!!!
@miraclemiracle92893 жыл бұрын
Gracias
@wandful2 жыл бұрын
Tq..can someone pin this comment
@egehvictor53806 ай бұрын
after installing and converting to apfs, the apple logo line reached full bar but was stuck there. Any fix ?
@justgivemethetruth6 ай бұрын
@@egehvictor5380 Sorry, I did not make the video. Ask the creator, DosDude. If I had to guess I's say let it sit there for a day to make sure it is not doing anything. Or try rebooting and doing it over carefully re-reading the instructions. I am not sure if this is relevant to the latest MacOS?
@albertogarcia1386 Жыл бұрын
Many Thanks for doing this and help the people that can not afford a new Mac. On the other hand, you are also helping to fight the planned obsolescence. Very well explained, the edited video clear like water. Just a remarkable job!!! Thanks again.
@Dimplesapplepie11 ай бұрын
First and foremost, a trillion thanks for the extraordinary guidance-truly, you've worked wonders. Managing to upgrade to Catalina on my vintage Mac Pro 5.1 was nothing short of a revelation. I've yet to encounter a single hiccup; it's smooth sailing all the way and astoundingly, it's outperforming High Sierra. Monumental kudos to you for that! The tutorial you provided was nothing short of a masterclass. One attempt was all it took to get everything in order. It’s absurd how Apple overlooks the potential of older models when, clearly, these systems are perfectly capable of running more modern software. As someone knee-deep in 3D modeling and web development, I can definitively say their 'incompatibility' claim holds no water. So, really, an ocean of gratitude for dispelling that myth and for making my work and life remarkably easier and better.
@JeanPierreBro4 жыл бұрын
This man is doing more for the environment than Apple itself! I was about to sell my iMac 2011 and buy a newer model. But now I'm going to stick onto it for a little longer
@Marksm504 жыл бұрын
does it run well on your 2011? thinking of updating
@JeanPierreBro4 жыл бұрын
@Mark Baskett I haven't updated it yet since I have no throwaway USB laying around. I'll be getting one this week and will be updating this weekend. I'll keep you posted!
@Marksm504 жыл бұрын
@@JeanPierreBro ahhh right. I do have a throw away usb so might get started!
@JeanPierreBro4 жыл бұрын
@Mark Baskett hell yeah, I think you should give it a shot. Dosdude seems to have covered the most common issues
@HotNHorny4 жыл бұрын
nt issue with my 2009 is the battery is legit full dead. But it was slowing down even with SSD. So I’m process of installing this rn since I wanted a fresh install for porn.
@dustinschings70424 жыл бұрын
DOSDude keeping old Macs alive again! Thanks man!
@IwatchYuTup4 жыл бұрын
He is like a Robin hood haha
@zarishawan9237 Жыл бұрын
Incredible. Hats off this guy who's saved lives of many. I got screwed up when El Capitan was not meeting up with the latest requirements. You're a life saver. Loads of appreciation 👏
@haraldmuethel7546 Жыл бұрын
At this time, 2022 Dec., High Sierra to me is the most reliable OS on my MBP5,1. Although it is worth trying newer OSes. Servus
@topviralclips_x2 жыл бұрын
Did this on a mid 2011 mac mini and worked perfectly! The performance is actually smoother than on high sierra so couldnt be happier!
@TechLoverforever313 Жыл бұрын
No Issue ?
@meditationwithcats87174 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dosdude1! Guys, please consider donating to his efforts if his tools and tutorial have helped breathe new life to your old macs.
@DanaTheInsane4 жыл бұрын
Meditation with Cats Believe me I’ll be happy to pay him something next month the guy deserves it oh boy does he deserve it.
@davidthomas69494 жыл бұрын
Can someone get a hold of dosdude? It hasn't been updated since 2019. Also, if I could donate I would. Trust.
@produtorarealsucesso5723 жыл бұрын
i finished all, but not have video on my system, he starts but not show video after all
@I_Realism_3 жыл бұрын
@Papas Heaven hai bro is it working ?
@macdaddyo9983 жыл бұрын
I cannot express my thanks enough to equal the value of what you have done for me and my 2010 Mac Pro 12 core, and how you, *alone*, have preserved and extended my significant investment in Apple hardware and Pro software that Apple has deliberately abandoned, and painted me into a "can't get there from here" corner under Mojave. Bless you, sir; and all your works.
@garytajah55532 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles, a quick question for you, if you use “Logic Pro X” or “Devinci Resolve” do these applications open and work correctly?
@motomuso2 жыл бұрын
@@garytajah5553 I have the same question - Thanks
@mohammedabdullahxcviii59572 жыл бұрын
same here
@formattester62 жыл бұрын
what GPU do you have on your 12 core? nVidia? i have a TITAN X 12 gb on my 12 core. do you think this would work? most of these patches want an AMD card like the AMD 580 8gb.
@macdaddyo9982 жыл бұрын
Update to my comment above: I have upgraded to OpenCore to enable unsupported OS's on my 12 core Mac Pro 5,1. This enables me to run a multi-boot set of unmodified, un-patched OS's, including everything from Mojave to Monterey *and* Windows 11. Catalina Patcher was great when it was the only game in town, but times have changed. I'm still grateful to dosdude1 for showing me what is possible on this old heavy iron, but I no longer recommend Catalina Patcher to those looking to extend the life of their Mac Pro 5,1. Best wishes to you and yours...
@rodimestrih8830 Жыл бұрын
many thanks just done the upgrading from high Sierra to Catalina on MacBook Pro 2011 /8,2/ and it works perfectly.
@thomasulrich31073 ай бұрын
This guy's a hero. This patcher is awesome, catalina turn out to be the only os that would work correctly on my mid-2009 macbook air. Not even linux would do the trick, the mouse was slow and glitchy and the wifi wouldn't work on any distro I could find. This was a life saver, thanks man.
@j-techgaming90033 жыл бұрын
Damn right he is hes literally giving life to macs that still have a ton to give! Thank you bro!
@always.elevate4 жыл бұрын
DUDE. You've brought new life to my 2009 Macbook Pro. I really can't thank you enough. edit: I will be donating on your website soon
@FunFcts67424 жыл бұрын
Hi mate can I ask what Model Identifier your mac has? I have a similar model and just want to double make sure Catalina will run just right on it. Thanks.
@andrewwickham83214 жыл бұрын
@@FunFcts6742 watch the fucking god dam video ffs what's with lazy dickhead that can watch the video then ask dumb ass questions
@NijiDash4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewwickham8321 Hey there, watch your blood pressure 😂! @Jacob Barton It's not that hard to understand. Open the Apple menu and hold down the Option key, click on System Information. Check the model identifier and if it's on the list of supported models, then go ahead. If you still don't understand, don't bother with this at all. DosDude1 made this install as straight forward as possible and people are still like that smh. Not mad, just disappointed...
@davidthomas69494 жыл бұрын
Can someone get a hold of dosdude? It hasn't been updated since 2019. Also, if I could donate I would. Trust.
@davidthomas69494 жыл бұрын
@@NijiDash Can someone get a hold of dosdude? It hasn't been updated since 2019. Also, if I could donate I would. Trust.
@paultravers2154 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking for years to upgrade iOS on MacBook Pro and never have I ever came across this fantastic education from start to finish accomplishing the upgrade from mountain lion right too Catalina!! Excellent video & fantastic piece of coding this patch! My God! Thank you so much!
@ripleypipe8 ай бұрын
Your detailed explanations and thorough demonstrations are in a class of their own Colin and I thank you for all the amazing work you've done to create this update solution. I'm a retired, strictly non tech. graphic designer in the UK using a 2013 iMac and now have to be brave enough to go through with the update! Thanks again.
@RCTUN7483 жыл бұрын
All members agreed that we will award you the Nobel Prize! Congratulations!
@aidanpomper4 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t even get my mackbook mid 2009 to boot official el capitan and now im installing catalina! Good shit
@Brandooon954 жыл бұрын
cheers!
@akocdanzel5384 жыл бұрын
wtf haha!
@trentm55864 жыл бұрын
At least I'm not the only one doing this on a mid 2009 macbook pro.
@TheCrystalGlow4 жыл бұрын
Those were solid laptops. The only problem with those was that sketchy hard drive SATA cable that would randomly fail for no reason. At least it’s easy to replace.
@ddjanuk4 жыл бұрын
Good to know I'm not alone.. Lol
@lechiffre191411 ай бұрын
I cannot thank you enough Colin for all your hard work and how much easier it is for my old 2011 MacBook Pro to keep up! Cheers!
@meredith22779 ай бұрын
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro and am considering trying this. So it works well on yours? Any issues you had to troubleshoot?
@jpao36 Жыл бұрын
Many thanks! I was strugling with the partition erasing disk part because of many brazilian tutorials, then I arrived here and learned about the OS X Extended, which I was erasing in another format.
@rogeliodelacruz57124 жыл бұрын
Because of the lockdown as 80 years old the retired I got a Mac Mini 4.1 From I have been searching You Tube for the best solution. Lo and behold first I tried Mojave but was not successful. Then I Catalina and I got. Thank you very much for updating my Mac mini.
@Mango62uk3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. I'm guessing that with Big Sur's release plenty of people will be trying to 'upgrade' back to Catalina :) Anyway, let's give this guy a Dollar - at least. He deserves it for saving so many old Macs from an early meeting in a landfill.
@Mango62uk3 жыл бұрын
@@emmanuelemmanuel8827 Go away.
@suddenleaf3 жыл бұрын
*Downgrade
@Death_Bringer_692 жыл бұрын
@@suddenleaf Pun intended!!!
@ksandbergfl9609 Жыл бұрын
April 2023 - Just used this to get Catalina 10.15.7 on a MacBook Pro mid-2009 (5,3) that I was given. Worked just like in your video! Everything works...Wifi, sound, ethernet, brightness, webcam, etc.. I have the model with the GeForce 9600M video chip, and even Maps appears to work OK.
@emmanueljohn176 Жыл бұрын
Please how did you activate your function settings
@Kilik_Black9 ай бұрын
Thank you! I just added this to my early 2011 as of today. I was just talking about getting a later update but I know I don't have too at t h moment really makes me superexcited especially since things are so high at the moment.You are a blessing Sir. Thank you so much!!
@footballcoach14954 жыл бұрын
You know I normally do not type here but my friend, YOU ARE THE FREAKING MAN!!!!! Thank you for this work around. You made things so easy for this old man who is a High School Football Coach and anything but a computer guy. Thank you. I am a follower from now on.
@MapleJokerRofl4 жыл бұрын
Football Coach get them some hookers
@MrPnew14 жыл бұрын
@@MapleJokerRofl and coke :)
@ottf244 жыл бұрын
Works great on my 2009 MBP, brings new life for my company...
@DanaTheInsane4 жыл бұрын
@Stimpy&Ren Every time you upgrade? I used the same apps for nearly ten years.
@burrocakes8048 Жыл бұрын
Really neat patcher & fantastic work! This is so neat. Had some hiccups but overall it’s worked pretty well. The patcher did fail on what I thought was supported hardware (late 2008 Alu MB) so I installed in a 2009 MBP and all went well there so I swapped the SSD back into my 08 and the MB booted right up. Just one weird quirk is the Wi-Fi dies when woken from sleep. I read that the fix is to reinstall the post installer patch.
@iCaramba08152 жыл бұрын
Just used your guide to install Catalina on my late 2008 aluminum MacBook. Runs like a charm, with SSD and 8Gigs. Big thank you!!
@keryjr7853 жыл бұрын
dude, did anyone ever tell you that you have the perfect voice for podcasting? it's smooth as silk.
@kimmatthews74323 жыл бұрын
he does doesn’t he 👍
@sekou37583 жыл бұрын
Smooth? Nope
@stevedoe16303 жыл бұрын
The confidence in his voice gives me confidence. I have had 8,2 device for over 10 years, and I cringe every time I do anything remotely similar to admin functions in macOS… even more so with Disk Utility. I am much more comfortable with Windows nomenclature, workflow, process, etc. If he sounded less than technically confident, I might not have tried this. Confidence begets confidence.
@sekou37582 жыл бұрын
@@moltenmercury9661 ?
@justincosta894 жыл бұрын
Just installed on mid 2011 Mac Mini - 2.5GHz Dual-Core Intel i5. Also recently upgraded to a 500GB SSD and running 16GB of DDR3 RAM. So far, so good! I upgraded from High Sierra. Thank you!
@xorgbeep4 жыл бұрын
Anirudhh Raghavan your gpu doesnt meet the requirements for metal, and supporting your gpu could negatively impact metal preformance on more recent hardware. EDIT: one could argue that just having OpenGL as a fallback for the entire OS and officially supporting older models is the way to go, but for most people running even 10.11 is fine. About the same support as windows 8 at this point
@Angelraya4 жыл бұрын
we have the same setup !
@myroslav6873 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! It worked like a charm for me with Catalina 10.15.7 installation (had El Capitan previously). MacBook Pro mid-2009, 13 inch, model 5,5. A few notes: - when downloading OS Catalina installer using your tool, an error popped up several times saying something like 'error when downloading from the Apple servers. Try again'. But when I clicked 'start download' again, it did not in fact start anew, but continued from where it stopped before. After doing that several times, it successfully finished, so no worries; - when formatting a flash drive, I had to not only select OS X Extended, but also GUID partition table. Not sure what that is, but it worked; - to those who don't understand, when you're at the step at 14:00 in the vid, your drive has only 1 volume, and you select 'erase', it will delete all your files and everything on your computer. So copy all your important files, or use Time Machine or something; Everything feels quite snappy on an SSD with 8GBs of Ram, even on this 13 y.o. computer. Now I plan to divide the drive into more parts and install Linux on it. My future work requires familiarity with Linux. If only I could find a guide this good on how to do that :) EDIT 4 days later: Finally managed to install Ubuntu for dual boot with Catalina. It was hard, I think it has something to do with things called EFI, GRUB on Linux and other things I have no deep understanding of. Ubuntu was somehow overriding Catalina's boot process when I installed it after Catalina. I finally managed to do it by partitioning the disk into 4 parts: 1 APFS container and 3 MS-DOS partitions for Ubuntu, SWAP and EFI. Had to do it from Recovery mode, USB with Catalina was very useful. Then I installed Ubuntu onto those MS-DOS partitions, and after that installed Catalina. Now disktutil list command in Terminal says that dev/disk0 is divided into: TYPE NAME IDENTIFIER SIZE Comment: EFI EFI disk0s1 200MB Original EFI partition I did not create, prob. Catalina installer did it, as it knows what to do :) Apple_APFS Container disk1 disk0s2 80GB APFS container with Catalina and Catalina - Data Microsoft Basic Data disk0s3 150GB Ubuntu partition Microsoft Basic Data disk0s4 8.8GB SWAP partition for Ubuntu EFI EFILINUX disk0s5 1GB EFI partition And installed rEFInd tool that allows choosing between Linux and MacOS without holding the Option key every time. It was rather hard but fun!
@haraldmuethel7546 Жыл бұрын
A nice older MBP running Catalina and now Linux in addition. Cruel. Servus
@BryansMusings Жыл бұрын
This video came at a very convenient time for me. I'd been having trouble with my daughter's 2009 Macbook Pro, so ended up installing a new hard drive, and I'd been unable to create, nor download a native MacOS for it. I followed all your steps, and I've been able to successfully install Catalina on the Macbook. Many thanks. For that, a like and a subscription was a no brainer. Many thanks!!!
@alankolski97663 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your work! Got a mid-2010 MacBook Pro from my son-in-law. had Sierra installed and updated to High Sierra. Following your video I recently upgraded to Catalina and it works great! With added memory and SSD, this old MacBook will live on! Thanks dude!
@javiercarvajal95973 жыл бұрын
I bought a 2010 MacBook Pro for my daughter and with this I can keep up to date with everything. thank you !! I'll make sure to donate once I install it !!! thanks for the help.. people if you can just donate even if is a dollar! I bet it would help (him/them) to keep helping us in the future!!!! @dosdude1 you are awesome ! ps: with this patch you have help a lot of students around the world you just have to know that!!! :)
@meritkoch720825 күн бұрын
This is nothing short of a miracle. Thank you so much for your service and generosity in sharing the patch PLUS amazing video tutorial. I am one of many that can now use a basically new (but older) Macbook Air for at least another year or so thanks to you. Cannot say enough thanks!!!
@mc1r532 жыл бұрын
Just gone through this with ease on my MAC Pro 5,1 2010 from High Sierra (Single 6-core upgraded with SSD boot drive, 56GB RAM and RX580 8GB GPU). All went brilliantly as described. Thanks!!
@E30Update2 жыл бұрын
Was hesitant to do this upgrade because I wasn't sure if the 5XXX series was too similar to my RX580 - but now I think I'll go ahead on your comment, thanks! does Maps seem to function fine? I'm guessing if everything went great the GFX acceleration is supported & works fine?
@naturestone3148 Жыл бұрын
56 GB RAM?....How does that work?🤔
@mc1r53 Жыл бұрын
It worked very well @@naturestone3148 . 56GB is what seems to be the maximum technically supported on the single CPU tray. Then I upgraded to a dual CPU tray and 128GB.
@theena2 жыл бұрын
Dude. I stopped using my Macbook mid 2010 because it came to end of life earlier this year. I was worried that with the lack of updates I was going online in a compromised machine. You've just rescued my machine. Thank you so much.
@ianesteban22942 жыл бұрын
Sir what Macbook did you use? Is that Macbook Unibody 7,1 Model A1342? I have a problem installing this Catalina how did you Do sir?
@dopedan66354 жыл бұрын
And just to add to my comment "this patch has totally given my old school MacBook a new life" THANK YOU ❤️
@dimitrischatzoulis8129 Жыл бұрын
Update: Unfortunately i have been experiencing many stability issues with "Catalina". I tried installing "Mojave" too (thought maybe it would be better and more stable) but still similar issues. Simple tasks like using Microsoft Office are hard to use with stability. MS Office for example keeps crashing or cannot write (stops responding on my typing). The computer needs restart. No serious issues when exploring the internet though (I'm using Chrome & Mozilla Firefox). It is worth upgrading if you need a machine to mainly surf the net and be able to visit any website. Congratulations on your magnificent work! I managed to install Mac OS Catalina on a MacBook Pro 13" Mid-2009! Haven't checked everything yet but so far seems very good! Your video tutorial is VERY helpful and easy to follow (if someone has basic knowledge of computing). Thank you very much for sharing (and if i have more feedback i will keep you up to date!) Greetings from Greece! 🙂
@cupcakke.wet.ch0chie Жыл бұрын
im upgrading a 13" mid 2009 pro too! i have 120gb ssd and 4gb ram
@dimitrischatzoulis8129 Жыл бұрын
@@cupcakke.wet.ch0chie Unfortunately i have been experiencing many stability issues both with "Catalina" and "Mojave". Simple tasks like using Microsoft Office are hard to use with stability. The computer needs restart. No serious issues when exploring the internet though (I'm using Chrome & Mozilla Firefox). I hope you enjoy a better experience though :)
@artysanmobile Жыл бұрын
How incredibly generous of you to share your work, and excellent work it is! Thank you.
@AdamGarciaAMGDesigns2 жыл бұрын
Dude, this is incredible! You literally did all the work and it's as easy as just a few clicks. You're a genius, keep up the good work!
@njaye023 жыл бұрын
Currently doing this! Will update once it’s done 😁 UPDATE: yes! It works! Thank you so much! I just recently bought a macbook 13” mid 2010 and it didn’t let me download any apps, now with this update, I can now download apps 😊 love it!
@shovonanis66303 жыл бұрын
can u use google meet on safari?
@acedaengineer3 жыл бұрын
everytime I try it says failed do I need to use a usb or hard drive
@BigChris9093 жыл бұрын
did you use an external hard drive or usb stick?
@BigChris9093 жыл бұрын
@DJ Universal did you do this?
@BigChris9093 жыл бұрын
@DJ Universal same lmao I’m not either, I’d rather sell it as is to flip it for another more recent model feel me
@Seekanddestroygames2 ай бұрын
+ I can't thank you enough for this video and the Catalina patcher. I've spent five days trying to reinstall Catalina after a fatal crash. Apple's system would only allow me to install Mavericks! I tried numerous utilities and various programs only to go around in circles with no fix. Your patcher worked like a charm and your video is very intuitive, straightforward and clear. Thank you my friend. You are a genius :)
@StarZendonna1687 Жыл бұрын
Today I just upgraded my MacBook Pro 17 inch (rare Mid-2010 model) to macOS Catalina. No issues had happened and MacBook Suzy is ready to go! I thank you sir for your continued efforts to help enhance older and rare MacBooks to stay in the game.
@samcookefanclub37533 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much for this - it's so straightforward to follow. I've now got a 17" MacBook Pro that isn't an expensive doorstop.
@MuhammadKhan-tc2qu4 жыл бұрын
You are amazing. I don’t even use an older MacBook and have never used this, but the fact you’re doing this is a blessing. Thank you
@reinhardkuss5362 жыл бұрын
Just want to share my observation with this great tool: I got the "installer damaged" message multiple times, until I realized I pulled the TM-disk out of the Mac every time I switched from one OS to another. After letting the TM-disk in place (between reboots) the Catalina install went on smoothly. This might help somebody having the same problem. Many thanks to dosdude1!
@ebuzomechukwuike56132 жыл бұрын
Can you please explain this because I still get the installer damaged messages. Please what do you mean by TM disk
@khalilberre85952 жыл бұрын
thaaaaank you so so so so much i tried so many times and i failed but this actualy worked perfectly finaly you deserve 10 millions subscribers
@JUANSEBASTIAN10000004 жыл бұрын
Bro, you are awesome! I have been working for almost a year with your patcher and it works as perfectly as my Macbook Air 13''. I am completely thankful for your hard work! Best wishes!
@MitraD3 жыл бұрын
Thanks DodDude! This helped me give a 2008 iMac a new lease on life. For a non-technical person like me, the instructions were thorough and easy to follow along.
@montaguebarnabasltd4 ай бұрын
You are one of the legacy Intel MacBook GODS. Thank you for making this video and putting in the work on the Patcher.. I've come back countless times, this time for a 2010 17".
@SelfMadeHundredaire2 жыл бұрын
Works beautifully on my 17" mid-2010 Macbook Pro. Thank you so much! Luckily, I had upgraded to an APFS-formatted SSD years ago, so I didn't even have to wipe my hard drive. I just created a USB boot installer and just installed Catalina without a hitch. 👍 👑 🐏
@TechLoverforever313 Жыл бұрын
what ? u didn't erase your hard drive ? but when you use bootable it says reinstall mac os. which means it would erase the disk ? you lost your datas or not ?
@CommyOstrich Жыл бұрын
So you just selected your Mojave drive and installed it to that and all your apps and documents were as they were beforehand? Really don't want to reformat my drive... just want the update.
@TechLoverforever313 Жыл бұрын
@@CommyOstrich it's better to format, cuz some error may happen
@Shawnxsather4 жыл бұрын
As always, awesome work and flawless execution. I love that the guy making the patchers makes his own videos explaining why and how.
@carlmartin96563 жыл бұрын
I never would have believed that I would be running Catalina on my Early 2008 iMac. Great video, Thank you
@ivana10yu3 жыл бұрын
Hi, do you know is the start up fixed? When I start it I see a lot things listed and than starting
@daniellll78003 жыл бұрын
Does everything work fine for you? Are there side effects
@herb4k3 жыл бұрын
@@ivana10yu sorry to bother but did this work for you?
@TejasviKapur3 жыл бұрын
@@herb4k it's a script that dosdude1 has implemented in order to trick the OS that you're running Catalina on a device that natively supports booting from APFS. You cannot remove that script. Deal with it. As long as the device is booting, that's all that matters.
@lniles777 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Catalina Patcher -- with an SSD upgrade -- restored my 2009 Mac Mini to usability. Installed without a hitch from a USB stick.
@FinnArneHansen Жыл бұрын
1000 thanks! I got Catalina on an iMac 2008 first half year. Other patchers could not even give me High Sierra. It took a long time, and the iMac stalled after two hours, very, very hot. Next day I chose EFI boot with the Catalina logo, and when I came to the installation screen I chose post patchers. And then it worked after half an hour. Fantastic! My iMc has 4 GB of RAM and it works fine. A donation is on the way to you and you team.
@Tech101yt4 жыл бұрын
Been using Mojave patcher on my white MacBook (a1342) since it came out, updating to Catalina now. You are a legend!
@Mintyseden4 жыл бұрын
oh by the way, you actually save the planet from a lot of trash this way. YOU'RE AWESOME!!
@mooblegum96834 жыл бұрын
So true !
@gojero7324 жыл бұрын
Yes, indeed. I think I should give this a try for my medio 2009 macbookpro.
@wastedbread80364 жыл бұрын
@@gojero732 shit just broke my computer lame
@gojero7324 жыл бұрын
@Wasted Bread Yeah me to! Run time machine with your backup disk. This worked for me. Stil stuck with El Capitan here...
@wastedbread80364 жыл бұрын
@@gojero732 tThx i got it fixed and even got catalina on there eventually took me a few tries
@mltsng97229 ай бұрын
I can’t open the app although allowing the opening unsupported apps in settings. So i click open but it doesnt want to open and no window opens… I don’t know what to do please help me - my mac is mac book air 2012
@enochgyimah90107 ай бұрын
Thanks so much it real works on my MacBook Pro 2010
@hueybui4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this and for all the work you’ve put in. Not to mention the resources and time to keep things up to date!! Kudos! You are appreciated! Thank you!
@LauraLopesG4 жыл бұрын
You just gave a new life to my beloved MacBook Pro mid 2009! Thank you!
@francislau52454 жыл бұрын
Laura, did you backup your data first? Was it smooth to use the patcher?
@LauraLopesG4 жыл бұрын
Francis Lau Yes, I had a backup for everything. Don’t forget to backup Itunes and Photos, because it's different in Catalina. I didn’t lose the songs or the photos, just the organization I’ve had on those files. I didn’t backup them properly and lost years of ratings in my music files and my kid’s album selection. And the patcher was super smooth. Amazing work!
@francislau52454 жыл бұрын
@@LauraLopesG Thanks, Laura!
@CooChewGames9 ай бұрын
Adding my thanks to this as more and more software will not keep updating the 10.13, despite the hardware working fine. This is really appreciated 🙂
@willopillo Жыл бұрын
just put mojave on my 2008 macbook, you truly are a lifesaver. plus it was super easy thanks to this video 👏👏👏
@specialfae3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting in all the effort required to do this. You're keeping my 2012 Mac Pro alive.
@AIRWOLFMovie4 жыл бұрын
For the awesomeness of Collin's work, I just let the Ads play IN FULL, for once, as a token gesture of my thanks to him from the Apple community.
@lorishofer28893 жыл бұрын
sorry to collin, i have premium
@Mars87653 жыл бұрын
@@lorishofer2889 Premium gives revenue to the video creator, so you still are helping
@lorishofer28893 жыл бұрын
@@Mars8765 k
@lorishofer28893 жыл бұрын
@@DistrosProjects oh lol good
@JakeShortt7 ай бұрын
I’m stuck . After installing on the drive it keeps bringing me back to OS utilities and it won’t boot off of the drive converted to apfs
@TamamptАй бұрын
Use opencore boot and use moderate bios settings from the opencore boot
@maxvoirol33Ай бұрын
I am also stuck on trying to bring an old iMac back to life. I’m relatively new to this world. @tamampt do you have any other resources for a video or Reddit post or anything to successfully install Catalina on a late 2013 iMac? Thanks in advance!
@TamamptАй бұрын
@@maxvoirol33 try opencore
@ncn1327 күн бұрын
@@Tamamptopencore doesnt detect catalina on my side, and i have it already downloaded
@ryancarter8134Күн бұрын
My access is denied
@MarkMarksGMailRetired Жыл бұрын
Just finished installing on a 2009 Mac mini and two 2011 MacBook airs. This has got to be the easiest and best software I have used in a long time. BTW you had a step to format or convert the drive to APFS since 10.15 requires it but your software or Mac OS 10.15 converted my drive during the install process so this step might not be required in all cases. Big THANK YOU for the time and effort you placed in both this and the High Sierra patch.
@cgharvey773 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a fantastic, extremely detailed video walkthrough of this process. You've saved me (and obviously many others) a ton of money by helping us get our old systems up to date and working again! My Late 2011 MacBook Pro is running like a dream with Catalina now (after some HW upgrades found on another KZfaqr's channel). I now have a 1TB HD and 16GB of RAM in my MBPro, and it's running better than it did when I got it brand new. All the best!
@vincenzogalvano92423 жыл бұрын
I have a 2011 macbook as well. But I had error at the 15:49 mark after converting disk to apfs. Any suggestions?
@ianesteban22942 жыл бұрын
I already try 10x formating my Macbook Unibdy 13 inches 7,1 Model A1342 pls help sir thanks🙏😊
@SmOkE1182 жыл бұрын
@@ianesteban2294 me too
@eliazanutto4 жыл бұрын
I have a 2012 MacBook Pro...yesterday Apple announced the MacOS 11 (Big Sur) and I discovered that mine is not supported...can you do the same magic that you did here? Anyway your work is AWSOME. Thank you again, regards.
@juliezheng99354 жыл бұрын
sameeee, i really wanted mac os 11, but my mid 2012 is just not supported
@daniellucenag4 жыл бұрын
@@juliezheng9935 same here.... Air 2020 but. its an i7 8gb Ram....
@jagarocks4 жыл бұрын
same here .. i am having mid 2012 macbook pro.. awating for big sur support. and another doubt do this kind of os installation comes with futher same small os updates bug fixes.
@SufferahsmusicHD4 жыл бұрын
Same here i have a macbook pro mod 2010
@derekgossett26574 жыл бұрын
Isn't Big Sur being made for the Mac ARM processors?
@letitrockstudio Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I tried with many videos, tutorials, OS, boots and others but finally this worked. The Patch worked in iMac 21.5 inch, Mid 2010 upgraded from HDD 500 GB to SSD 1 TB and from 4 to 12 GB RAM. The old mechanical HDD eventually died but I will try to recover that info later on. Keep up the good work.
@jeremygugenheim45152 жыл бұрын
Just brilliant. Thank you!!! One thing that caught me out was I first tried this using a hard disk attached via FireWire. It failed. I redid it using a USB stick and although it was slower, it just worked. As advertised. Thank you dosdude1.
@FelixSR3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!
@ninethetwotailedfox2 жыл бұрын
Ur a verified youtuber and you can’t afford a iMac 2012?
@ninethetwotailedfox2 жыл бұрын
Br-
@FelixSR2 жыл бұрын
@@ninethetwotailedfox I earn next to nothing from doing KZfaq, doing covers results in a lot of copyright strikes, and demonization...
@ninethetwotailedfox2 жыл бұрын
@@FelixSR oh
@ninethetwotailedfox2 жыл бұрын
@@FelixSR sorry
@hudson17144 жыл бұрын
This guy saved my wallet from extinction
@chaotf4 жыл бұрын
@insert mind No because I wasted money on a iMac, I did the patcher and said cannot be installed, then I just realized I formatted the whole iMac hard drive.
@temedium4 жыл бұрын
Why is this comment not pinned?
@gro65942 жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial Thanks a lot For those having issues installing via High Sierra on an iMac late 2009, 1. Downgrade to El Capitan 2. Use the patcher to create a bootable Usb stick 3. Install the APFS package 4. Follow the Instruction.
@user-oq6ne6vi7c2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I wonder how long does it cost to update. I finished the system and patches part this morning and waitting it get into the new system for a long time now(3 hours now).
@user-oq6ne6vi7c2 жыл бұрын
It works now after a reboot.
@gro65942 жыл бұрын
@@user-oq6ne6vi7c happy it worked out!
@rohroh52228 ай бұрын
Thank you Mr. Dosdude!!! Keeping my 2011 imac running with new life is so awesome!!! You got it running for more years to come!! Much appreciated for this video and thank you for your time and the work you put into this producing this install video!!!!!! Cheers!!!!!
@eduardowatkinz4 жыл бұрын
After reading many comments; I would highly suggest that prior to accomplishing the patch or any major change to a system. 1st, get an external drive (SSD or HDD) and a USB drive enclosure. 2nd, format the drive with APFS using disk utilities found in the Applications Folder. 3rd, download a copy of Carbon Copy (free when using the trial method) (bombich.com) and 4th, install it on your Mac. Once installed, 5th, connect the external drive to the Mac. 6th, open Carbon Copy, click on Trial, wait a few seconds and then choose the source drive and then the destination drive, (you may have to browse) which is the external drive. 7th, initiate the sequence and once completed you will have an exact bootable drive with your current system. 8th, then If something goes wrong with the patch or you miss a step or did not follow instructions as per the video. 9th, you can boot into the external drive by selecting it at the boot prompt using the option key. Once booted into the external drive, 10th, use Carbon Copy and reverse the procedure and reinstall your previous OS back.
@Ray-km7fi4 жыл бұрын
Excellent suggestion.
@debracrowbar48624 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@davidmann28614 жыл бұрын
It worked perfectly installing Catalina 10.15.3 on my 13" MacBook Air mid 2011 (high-end Intel Core i7 with 4GB and Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB). DOSDUDE1 is awesome. Thanks.
@ModMINI4 жыл бұрын
I can't even open the patch app. It is stuck at 99% on "verifying Catalina Patcher..." after right clicking and opening.
@alexissutton13114 жыл бұрын
mine has gotten to the second installation phase and its at the part after the post install patches are applied but its been stuck on the screen w the apple on it for about two hours now, how long did yours take? was it nearly this long??
@carolkchang84 жыл бұрын
Alexis Sutton did you figured it out? I’m trying to do mine right now and is been like 3 hours. Did you get it run?
@egehvictor53806 ай бұрын
@@carolkchang8did you fix this ?
@egehvictor53806 ай бұрын
@@alexissutton1311did you fix this?
@ST-jy7qm Жыл бұрын
This dosdude has a beautiful voice.
@biotrekker10 ай бұрын
Just a follow up: I retried this making sure that after the installation started, the system rebooted into the internal drive EFI boot, which ran the script, d then seemed to get hung up with the progress bar full. I shut it down then restarted w/option key pressed and again booted into the same EFI (the one with the picture of a drive, not the one with the logo for the OS) and after a long white screen it booted into the set-up. So thank you Collin. I don't know if my manually choosing the boot menu made a difference, but I got the idea from Action Retro, where he had to do this with open core legacy on an old macbook.
@farmerbob3394 жыл бұрын
How you have grown . . . from the old days of this process being an evening event to half a can of beer.
@bfotis4 жыл бұрын
@dosdude1 if you're working on bugs/fixes please add these on the list: 1. Airplay not working 2. Airdrop not working 3. Can't change screen brightness 4. Sidecar not working 5. Photos tab not showing on the sidebar of the Photos App under the library section 6. Can't chose the correct volume when trying to do the post install patch 7. Recovery mode (cmd+R) not working All the above are confirmed on macbook pro 8.1 Also please share a donation link so we can send you some positive energy while you're busting your chops for everyone here.
@NotMeHere4 жыл бұрын
Fotis B Sidecar requires a 2015 MacBook or later to work. Regardless of Apple native support.
@rhysdavies89474 жыл бұрын
Fotis, the symptoms you described seem to centre under our variant of MBPro as my Late 2011 had no brightness adjustment either on the Mojave Patcher and then discovered that it wouldn’t go into sleep when I closed the lid, and if I did put it into sleep via the Apple Menu, it wouldn’t come out of sleep without a hard reset. Collin graciously responded to these issues via email and it’s Graphics card related. I rolled back to High Sierra and it’s where I stay.
@bfotis4 жыл бұрын
thanks for the replies guys. I can confirm that the brightness issue has been resolved after a hard reset or 2, and concur regarding sidecar not being supported. I would however like to get airplay and airdrop back if possible. Otherwise it’s been working like a gem for me for just over a week.
@rhysdavies89474 жыл бұрын
Fotis, glad the brightness issue is sorted. What graphics you got onboard? Is the lid closing sleep issue working with you and can you get it out of sleep?
@rhysdavies89474 жыл бұрын
BTW: Dosdude1 PayPal address for donation is: collinmistr@gmail.com
@ruslannikolov62512 ай бұрын
amazing tutorial - i was able to patch the Catalina OSX over the High Sierra on my Mac Book Pro 17', from 2010, the unibody model. very pleased with the result. i am able to install some apps which were not supported with the High Sierra anymore. Love the dark mode too. Sometimes my mouse cursor disappearing for few moments.bit slower boot , even SSD, i was not able to get into the Recovery Mode, BUT overall - i am very happy, thanks mate.this post is highly appreciated
@jptrainor Жыл бұрын
I have an old late 2008 aluminum macbook that I've been using non stop since it was new. Currently it's my go to for configuring and debuging network devices (routers, etc) because of it has a built in ethernet port. The lack of up-to-date Chrome browser, or any other browser for that matter, was becoming a problem and I was considering installing Linux on it. Now it's running Catalina, has the latest Chrome, and carries on providing service. Many thanks. Next in line will be my trusty 27" 2010 iMac, which I'll do after Google drops support for High Sierra and that also starts turning into a problem.
@enzobelmont4 жыл бұрын
Thank you bro, mi old Mac is still alive thanks to you.
@ComputerClan4 жыл бұрын
Awesome work, dosdude! I can't wait to try this on a Krazy Ken episode >:)
@joshyi5893 жыл бұрын
Haha
@lynnzi3d3 жыл бұрын
Got it running I have the same but 5.5 release. Had the completely wipe the drive, re-install os up to Yosemite ( El Capitan would fail and and had to start all over fir sone reason. It was running El Capitan originally 🤔🤔) Is a little slow to respond though.
@tecojaba3 жыл бұрын
@@lynnzi3d did the issue resolve? I just installed Catalina today on a mid 2009 5,3 (no Radeon) and it is has slowed down considerably after the install. Now I am wondering if I should go back to El Capitan or wait a bit to see if it will resolve.
@yookuanamuah-mensah96743 жыл бұрын
Same here. Mine work perfectly except airdrop does not work
@mohamedmimonasbai85633 жыл бұрын
www.dosdude1.com Hint: My name is Collin Mistr
@macin128722 ай бұрын
You are a lifesaver. I tried booting with Big Sur on my 2017 MacBook but it was too laggy and Catalina works beautifully 🙏🏽
@MegaOJW Жыл бұрын
Firstly Thank you. I have installed Catalina on my 2010 MacBook Pro 13" with 2TB SSD and 16GB DDR3 Ram without losing any data. I used external drive as recommended in video) Also using the same installer downloaded for my MacBook Pro I also installed on my iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) 3.06 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i3 IMPORTANTLY WITH A "ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB " This is the only original graphics card on a 11,x iMac which I understand, from these instructions, will run this patch. I have not lost any data on either Mac as I followed the instructions and changed my SSD main drive to apfs format (after booting from the external drive on which I'd installed an external drive plugged in via USB. You have to unmount the SSD main drive before converting with Edit in menu. Just follow the instructions step by step. It's also helpful to have access to KZfaq on another device to follow instructions during rebooting etc. Don't rush if you're not experienced at this, I was a newbie doing this. So pleased and grateful. Thanks again Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac11,2 Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Core i3 Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 4 MB Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled Memory: 12 GB ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB -VERY IMPORTANT you check this on iMacs 11,x Mine is iMac 11,2 with this Graphics card
@egehvictor53806 ай бұрын
Bro mine is stuck on apple logo at full bar
@yebabayi4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for reviving so many old macs and saving us money! I really appreciate your help :)
@wattonburger3 жыл бұрын
Thx so much for this, Collin! Brought my old mid 2010 iMac back to life and saved me from having to buy another computer, especially during these trying times. You my friend are a lifesaver! Donation sent. Cheers!
@helenejacobs2874 Жыл бұрын
Hi Grant! I would like to do the same thing, but my iMac mid 2010 27" has a ATI Radeon HD 5750. Did you change the video graphics? And if yes, do you have a product link for me? Thanks in advance!
@wattonburger Жыл бұрын
@@helenejacobs2874 Hello Helene! My iMac had the 4xxx series GPU which worked ok with the Cat Patch. Unfortunately, The 5xxx and 6xxx GPU does not work well (or at all). Tried upgrading a frinds 27" and would not work. Installed but no video. Also, while my 21.5" 4xxxx iMac worked ok, graphics were an issue. HEIF/HECV from my newer iPhone would not play correctly. Became such an issue that I eventually upgraded to a newer Macbook. Otherwise, the computer ran just fine. I did the Cat Patch to other older Macbooks and other Macs that were compatible wehich exteneded their life by several years.
@markpasquarella32235 ай бұрын
Just used this video in 2024 on a 2009 Mac book pro took awhile but actually easier than the video ❤
@moviefreak3826 ай бұрын
The last part you mentioned and didn't show was what I needed to know.
@malikshamimkhan4 жыл бұрын
This guide was such a lifesaver, helped me to follow the steps and worked perfectly.
@IngwiePhoenix4 жыл бұрын
The king of outdated Macs has struck again! :) Very happy to see this, as I way eyeing a MacBook7,1 maschine. Those are super pretty imo! Anyway - I do have a question, well, two actually. 1. Why use "Reinstall" instead of the normal installation method? Are the procedures of these two different? From what I would guess, "reinstall" would basically write the basesystem and the other files from the installation package ontop to the disk, where the normal install would check for an existing setup and delete some stuff first. Is that assumption right, or is there a different reason for this specific aproach? 2. You mentioned that you wrote an APFS "bootloader", so to say. Since this has to be an EFI program at this stage, what toolchain did you use to compile it and how exactly does it mount an APFS volume? As far as I know, APFS itself isn't exactly open source. I'd be very interested to see in how this bootloader worked. Plus, can this be patched into a vanilla install? I have a bunch of prepared install medias prepared already - one for each milestone, almost... So I would just use the post-patching tool to finish a job - but how can I attach the APFS bootloader?
@FacchiniBRTV4 жыл бұрын
After converting to APFS I just closed the Utilities window and did a normal 'upgrade' install. Macbook 6,1 256GB SSD. Running flawless, better than Mohave that after some sleep cycles gets glitched and nothing from menubar (even shutdown) and hotkeys for volume/brightness works, forcing to open terminal and sudo halt.
@anticringeclub4 жыл бұрын
There is no APFS bootloader, support is patched into the default macOS bootloader (apfs.efi file is required for efi to read apfs)
@minbcraft4 жыл бұрын
@@FacchiniBRTV You did an upgrade from mojave to catalina? My mac is a MacBook Pro 7,1 and i was wondering if I could do an upgrade from APFS Mojave straight to Catalina
@ckingpro4 жыл бұрын
It uses the default APFS efi loader that apple uses, but because the newer machines get a firmware update that includes this directly, this is no problem. But, because your machine was older and Apple never included it in your firmware, you need to use it separately.
@cecilfloyd90394 жыл бұрын
@@FacchiniBRTV Howzit Going, when converting your drive to APFS, did you have to back up your data first? I've got a MacbookPro8,1 and I'm currently using Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6. I'd like to know because I want to upgrade to Catalina but I don't want to lose everything on my MacBook.
@10minute_angime4 ай бұрын
I chose the rebooting usb, however I see the apple logo on my screen and it does not change. Please help me
@KARTA_MGC3 ай бұрын
I had this issue as well, I think it happens when your harddrive got messed up with some wrong recovery partitions. Only way to fix this for me was to connect the harddrive to a different Mac, partitions the drive with exfat, delete it with exfat, then deleting it with APFS, get it back into your mac and redo from beginning
@POWTHEPRODUCER Жыл бұрын
I have a Mac mini (Mid 2011) 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 w/ an Intel HD Graphics 3000 + 16gb of memory....Would this work for me?