Apple's new macOS Mojave doesn't support the old Macs prior to 2012. It was a shocking news for me too.
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I have an old, not for me actually, MacBook Pro which I purchased at the end of 2010. I was expecting Apple won't drop the support of Mojave for MacBook Pro 2010 model, at least not for this time. But I was wrong. The latest Majove doesn't support it too.
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I don't want to upgrade my MacBook Pro right now, especially when a new model is rumored to be released in next month.
I can't upgrade to High Sierra or Mojave, I'm stuck on Sierra. See images for screenshots. Looking at the compatibility webpage, I don't see anything that would prevent this machine from upgrading to either macOS version. Macbook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) 2.7 i7. 250gb HD, with 90gb available.
Another choice for me was to buy a graphics card which supports Metal. In fact, it was the most feasible solution for to get installed Majove on my unsupported Mac right now.
Metal is natively supported by all Macs introduced since 2012. It means the following Nvidia, AMD and Intel family cards are compatible.
-Intel HD Graphics 400, Iris 5000 & 6000 family
-Nvidia GT 600M, 700M family
-AMD R9 M family
To check which GPU (graphics processing unit) is installed on your Mac computer, click on the Apple icon in the top left corner and then click on 'About This Mac'.
There are a number of third-party vendors which sell graphics cards with integrated Metal support specifically designed for Mac computers. While searching for a compatible graphics card, I found that I could install Mojave on my MacBook Pro Mid 2010 model by using a software known as macOS Mojave Patcher Tool. Kudos to DosDude1 who developed tested, and released it as a free app.
By using this software, we could install the latest macOS version on early 2008 Macs.
Here is the step by step method to run Mojave on unsupported Macs.
The whole process can be divided into four parts.
- Part 1. Getting all the required things
- Part 2. Downloading the macOS Mojave Installer App
- Part 3. Making a bootable Mojave USB drive
- Part 4. Installing and Patching Mojave OS on the unsupported computer
We will discuss each part in details in the following paragraphs.
Part 1: Requirements to Run Mojave on Old Macs
Four things are required to get macOS Mojave installed on your forgotten-by-Apple Mac.
- Your Mac computer
It could be an early-2008 or newer Mac Pro, iMac, or MacBook Pro. The following models include under this category.
– MacPro3,1
– MacPro4,1
– iMac8,1
– iMac9,1
– iMac10,x
– iMac11,x
– iMac12,x
– MacBookPro4,1
– MacBookPro5,x
– MacBookPro6,x
– MacBookPro7,1
– MacBookPro8,x
It could be late-2008 or newer MacBook Air or Aluminum Unibody MacBook. The following models include under this category:
– MacBookAir2,1
– MacBookAir3,x
– MacBookAir4,x
– MacBook5,1
It could be early-2009 or newer Mac Mini or white MacBook including the following models:
– Macmini3,1
– Macmini4,1
– Macmini5,x
– MacBook5,2
– MacBook6,1
– MacBook7,1
And it could be Xserve2, 1 and Xserver3, 1.
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- A USB drive in 16GB size or above
- macOS Mojave patcher tool. Download it here.
- A copy of the Mojave software.
Part 2: Download macOS Mojave Installer Software
MacOS Mojave software can be downloaded as an Installer App from Mac App Store using the computer which supports Mojave.
If you don't have Mojave supported Mac, you can download the Mojave Installer App using patcher tool. Open the macOS Mojave patcher tool. If it doesn't open and says it is from an unidentified developer, right click on the tool's icon and click on 'Open' from sub-menu and then enter your Mac's Admin name and password. After the verification, you can open it with the left double-click.
If you don't remember your macOS password, here are the solutions to reset it.
Go to Tools in the Menu bar and then hit 'Download macOS Mojave'.
I recommend using the built-in downloader tool because it will download the latest and the compatible Installer app.
Mojave Installer app is about 5-6GB in size and it may take some time depending on the speed of your internet.
If the internet connection interrupts while downloading the file, don't worry. The downloading process will resume where it left. Simply download the Mojave software again but point it to the same location where you were already downloading and saving the installer app.
Part 3: Create a Bootable Mojave USB Drive
In order to create a bootable Mojave USB Installer drive, follow these steps.
Step 1: Insert 16GB or above USB drive into your USB port of your Mac.
Step 2: Open Disk Utility and erase the USB drive in OS X Extended (Journaled) format. Give a proper name before erasing. I gave the name 'macOS Mojave' to my USB drive.
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Step 3: After the drive is erased, open 'macOS Mojave Patcher' tool.
Step 4: Point the Patcher tool to the downloaded Mojave Installer app which is downloaded in Part 2.
Step 5: Now select the target USB drive you just formatted.
Step 6: Hit the 'Start Operation' button on the patcher tool and let it make the USB bootable with Mojave.
Step 7: It will show 'Complete' when the process is done.
Part 4: Installing and Patching macOS Mojave
In this fourth and final part, we will install and patch the macOS Mojave on our old Mac computer. Follow the steps below to complete the remaining procedure.
Step 1. Restart your computer and hold down the 'Option' key as soon as the Mac starts up.
Step 2: Select the USB drive, which was named as 'macOS Mojave' as the startup disk.
Step 3: If you want to upgrade your current macOS to macOS Mojave, simply use the continue button to proceed and follow step 5. But if you want to install it on another partition or want to erase the current partition first, then follow the Step 4.
Step 4: Open Disk Utility from the bottom left panel.
Select the volume you want to erase. Use Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Or if you have got late-2009 and later machines with SSD drives, you can also use APFS format.
If you don't want to install Mojave on current volume, you can also create a new partition and install it there. Mojave takes approximately 18GB space on hard drive. So at least make a 25GB partition to test the new macOS.
Another choice for me was to buy a graphics card which supports Metal. In fact, it was the most feasible solution for to get installed Majove on my unsupported Mac right now.
Metal is natively supported by all Macs introduced since 2012. It means the following Nvidia, AMD and Intel family cards are compatible.
-Intel HD Graphics 400, Iris 5000 & 6000 family
-Nvidia GT 600M, 700M family
-AMD R9 M family
To check which GPU (graphics processing unit) is installed on your Mac computer, click on the Apple icon in the top left corner and then click on 'About This Mac'.
There are a number of third-party vendors which sell graphics cards with integrated Metal support specifically designed for Mac computers. While searching for a compatible graphics card, I found that I could install Mojave on my MacBook Pro Mid 2010 model by using a software known as macOS Mojave Patcher Tool. Kudos to DosDude1 who developed tested, and released it as a free app.
By using this software, we could install the latest macOS version on early 2008 Macs.
Here is the step by step method to run Mojave on unsupported Macs.
The whole process can be divided into four parts.
- Part 1. Getting all the required things
- Part 2. Downloading the macOS Mojave Installer App
- Part 3. Making a bootable Mojave USB drive
- Part 4. Installing and Patching Mojave OS on the unsupported computer
We will discuss each part in details in the following paragraphs.
Part 1: Requirements to Run Mojave on Old Macs
Four things are required to get macOS Mojave installed on your forgotten-by-Apple Mac.
- Your Mac computer
It could be an early-2008 or newer Mac Pro, iMac, or MacBook Pro. The following models include under this category.
– MacPro3,1
– MacPro4,1
– iMac8,1
– iMac9,1
– iMac10,x
– iMac11,x
– iMac12,x
– MacBookPro4,1
– MacBookPro5,x
– MacBookPro6,x
– MacBookPro7,1
– MacBookPro8,x
It could be late-2008 or newer MacBook Air or Aluminum Unibody MacBook. The following models include under this category:
– MacBookAir2,1
– MacBookAir3,x
– MacBookAir4,x
– MacBook5,1
It could be early-2009 or newer Mac Mini or white MacBook including the following models:
– Macmini3,1
– Macmini4,1
– Macmini5,x
– MacBook5,2
– MacBook6,1
– MacBook7,1
And it could be Xserve2, 1 and Xserver3, 1.
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- A USB drive in 16GB size or above
- macOS Mojave patcher tool. Download it here.
- A copy of the Mojave software.
Part 2: Download macOS Mojave Installer Software
MacOS Mojave software can be downloaded as an Installer App from Mac App Store using the computer which supports Mojave.
If you don't have Mojave supported Mac, you can download the Mojave Installer App using patcher tool. Open the macOS Mojave patcher tool. If it doesn't open and says it is from an unidentified developer, right click on the tool's icon and click on 'Open' from sub-menu and then enter your Mac's Admin name and password. After the verification, you can open it with the left double-click.
If you don't remember your macOS password, here are the solutions to reset it.
Go to Tools in the Menu bar and then hit 'Download macOS Mojave'.
I recommend using the built-in downloader tool because it will download the latest and the compatible Installer app.
Mojave Installer app is about 5-6GB in size and it may take some time depending on the speed of your internet.
If the internet connection interrupts while downloading the file, don't worry. The downloading process will resume where it left. Simply download the Mojave software again but point it to the same location where you were already downloading and saving the installer app.
Part 3: Create a Bootable Mojave USB Drive
In order to create a bootable Mojave USB Installer drive, follow these steps.
Step 1: Insert 16GB or above USB drive into your USB port of your Mac.
Step 2: Open Disk Utility and erase the USB drive in OS X Extended (Journaled) format. Give a proper name before erasing. I gave the name 'macOS Mojave' to my USB drive.
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Step 3: After the drive is erased, open 'macOS Mojave Patcher' tool.
Step 4: Point the Patcher tool to the downloaded Mojave Installer app which is downloaded in Part 2.
Step 5: Now select the target USB drive you just formatted.
Step 6: Hit the 'Start Operation' button on the patcher tool and let it make the USB bootable with Mojave.
Step 7: It will show 'Complete' when the process is done.
Part 4: Installing and Patching macOS Mojave
In this fourth and final part, we will install and patch the macOS Mojave on our old Mac computer. Follow the steps below to complete the remaining procedure.
Step 1. Restart your computer and hold down the 'Option' key as soon as the Mac starts up.
Step 2: Select the USB drive, which was named as 'macOS Mojave' as the startup disk.
Step 3: If you want to upgrade your current macOS to macOS Mojave, simply use the continue button to proceed and follow step 5. But if you want to install it on another partition or want to erase the current partition first, then follow the Step 4.
Step 4: Open Disk Utility from the bottom left panel.
Select the volume you want to erase. Use Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Or if you have got late-2009 and later machines with SSD drives, you can also use APFS format.
If you don't want to install Mojave on current volume, you can also create a new partition and install it there. Mojave takes approximately 18GB space on hard drive. So at least make a 25GB partition to test the new macOS.
If you want to use it for all routine work, set the partition size according to your needs.
Step 5: Select the volume and press 'Continue' to begin the installation process.
Step 6: The installation process takes about 20 minutes to complete. When it is done, reboot your Mac back into installer drive while holding down the 'Option' key again.
Step 7: This time select 'macOS Post Install' app from the bottom left panel.
Step 8: Select the model of your computer and the volume on which you installed Mojave and then click the 'Patch' button. The tool will automatically select the required patches according to the model of your computer.
Step 9: Press the 'Reboot' button when the patch is complete.
Step 10: The computer will reboot with macOS Mojave installed on it.
Step 11. If it doesn't work properly on the restart, boot your Mac back into the installer USB drive, select macOS Post Install again, and this time also select 'Force Cache Rebuild' option. Once the patch is complete and the cache is rebuilt, reboot.
Step 12: Upon restart, complete the setup process and start using your Mac with a Mojave operating system.
Happy Mojaving!!
For additional information and to know more about the known issues, please visit DosDune1's website. He is an awesome guy.
Note: You will see a new 'Patch Updater' app in the Applications under 'Other' folder. It will alert you when new patches are available for your computer.
Your Mac will get the future Mojave updates as other supported computer do. If you don't see the updates, or your computer doesn't work properly after applying the update, use the step 11 of Part 4 to enable all patches.
If you're excited at the launch of macOS Catalina and want to try out all the new features for yourself, you can download the public beta from July and give it a go. However, as it's beta software, it comes with a health warning and you should take precautions when testing it. One way you can do that is to create a dual boot system so you can still boot into Mojave, or whatever macOS you're currently running, when you need to. Here's how to dual boot macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina.
Clean up your drive beforehand
Once installed, macOS Catalina will have access to all your files and folders, so back up your Mac just in case it damages them. You can use Time Machine or any other backup tool. Just make sure you have a backup of your entire Mac before you download macOS Catalina. You should also consider turning on FileVault. It will slow your Mac down, but will force Catalina to ask for permission before it access encrypted files and folders.
The other thing you should do is clear out the junk on your Mac. We're going to install Catalina on your main startup disk (yes, you don't need an external disk!), so the more space you have available, the better. It's not often that I recommend specific applications, but for this purpose, I'm a big fan of CleanMyMac X. It makes it really easy to identify what's taking up all your disk space, thanks to its System Junk tool. And it makes it easy to remove junk files, too. You can either let it scan your whole Mac, or focus on specifics like iTunes, Photos cache files, Launch agents, or large and old files you no longer need to access regularly. You can download it here, so I recommend giving it a try, you might find that it frees up tens of gigabytes of space.
What you'll need for macOS Catalina
- Access to macOS Catalina. It's only available to Apple developers until July. Then there will be a public beta available. In October, the full version will be available on the Mac App Store.
- A Mac that's capable of running Catalina. Here's the list of compatible Macs:
MacBook 2015 and later
MacBook Air 2012 and later
MacBook Pro 2012 and later
IMac 2012 and later
IMac Pro 2017 and later
Mac Pro 2013 and later
3. An APFS-formatted startup disk. If your Mac is running High Sierra or Mojave, its startup disk is probably formatted as APFS. The exception is hard disks or Fusion drives running High Sierra. You can check the format of your startup drive by clicking Launchpad > Disk Utility.
If your start-up disk is not formatted as APFS, your best option is to install Catalina on external drive. In this case, instead of using Disk Utility to create another volume on your startup disk as shown below, you should grab a USB stick or external hard drive with at least 16GB capacity and use Disk Utility to erase it and reformat it. Then, when you install Catalina, below, choose it, rather than the second volume, as the location for the install.
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Download and install macOS Catalina
Depending on when you read this, macOS Catalina will either be in developer beta, public beta, or full release. If it's still in developer beta, you'll need to wait until the full public beta is available in July, unless you're a registered Apple developer.
Before you download macOS Catalina, you'll need to create a volume on which it can be installed. If you're running Mojave, your startup disk will be formatted as APFS. This makes it easy, because APFS doesn't require you to create a new partition. It uses containers, each of which can host multiple volumes. Here's how to create one for Catalina.
- Go to Applications>Utilities and double-click Disk Utility to launch it.
- Select your startup volume in the left sidebar.
- Click on the Edit menu and choose Add APFS Volume.
- When 'Add APFS Volume to container' appears, give your new volume a name, say 'Catalina', and choose APFS as the format.
- You can ignore the section for reserving space for the new volume, it will be given what it needs as it shares space with your startup volume.
You're now ready to download and install Catalina.
- Click here to begin downloading the public beta.
- When the download starts it will prompt you to choose a location for the installation. Choose the volume you just created.
- Click process to install macOS Catalina
Your Mac will restart several times during the installation process. Once it's finished, you will be able to dual boot into wither macOS Catalina or macOS Mojave.
How to dual boot macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina beta
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Once you've installed macOS Catalina, you have two options for choosing which OS to boot into.
- Hold down the Option key when you restart or boot your Mac, then choose macOS Catalina or Mojave.
- Before you shutdown or restart, go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences. Then choose Startup Disk and select the one you want to boot into next time.
My apps don't work on macOS Catalina
First thing people notice after they run a new OS is some of their apps stopped working. Annoying as it is, not all developers have yet optimized their software for Catalina. A large portion of your applications may still be 32-bit, which macOS Catalina won't support.
There's a quick 5 second way to check which of your apps are 32-bit.
I do it using the Uninstaller tool in CleanMyMac X. You can download its free version here.
- Launch the program and click the Uninstaller tab
- Now, select 32-bit in the sidebar
From there you can find your long-forgotten apps, delete them. And, most importantly, update them to the latest versions using the Updater tool (the one below Uninstaller).
Dual-booting macOS Catalina and MacOS Mojave is a great way to try out Apple's new operating system without having to use it every day. You should never use a beta version of an OS for day to day work, so it avoids that problem too. If your startup disk is formatted as APFS, you can even have both operating systems installed on the same disk. Just remember to backup your Mac before you start, and to use CleanMyMac X to clear out junk files.
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