@@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.
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!
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.
@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
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!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
@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!
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.
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.
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.
@@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...
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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...
Worked exactly as you said. Went from sierra, to Catalina, and 2 days later I have a notification to upgrade to Big Sur from apple. I was hesitant to risk a working machine, but sent it, and glad I did. Thank you, Sir.
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.
@@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?
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.
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.
Last year I tried to install the Catalina patcher on my old macbook and imac 2011. They were installed but the screen was pink and flickered. I tried many times and always got the same results on both macs. I had to reinstall the High Sierra and wait for future solutions. Now my apps werent running on High Sierra anymore. I needed the Catalina. So I tried to install Catalina last month and went perfect this time! Both old macbook and imac are running Catalina and many apps are running now, which werent running on high sierra. I noticed that increase and decrease brightness were disabled. And sharing screen was also disabled. Today I ran the patcher using Video patcher and AMD metal patcher. Everything works fine. Thanks and congratulations on your initiative! Saved both of my old macs. Ps: whoever tries to install any OS, always backup your data first to a external hard drive.
Hello! I just bought a used iMac 2011 and after i noticed it's running Catalina with dosdude patcher and the graphic acceleration us s@cks. I wanted to put back the original High Sierra from bootable usb, but it's impossible, it looks like there is no recovery partition or i cannot reach it. Not even with the keyboard shortcut at boot. How you make it work? With the latest dosdude Catalina patcher 1.4.7? Actually i would prefer to put back the factory os with factory recovery. Do u have some advice? Thanks.
@@laszlocsikos189 hello! 1) how many GB of RAM are you using? I am running SSD with 8GB and graphics working just fine. If you use Hard drive, it becomes really slow. 2) if you have bootable high sierra, you should put flash usb, start mac and press option until boot screen appears. And then select your flash drive. 3) if tip 2 doesnt work, power on imac and press "option shift command R" until you see the internet recovery screen. Let me know how it goes. Good luck
@@gustavobing i already tired all of them. The third option you mentioned is the most usable, but when i wanted to install the os, it says something like: recovery server is not available. I set the date correctly but it didn't help. I'm trying more times... Thank you the quick response.
@@gustavobing problem solved: in the recovery at the erase part had to change/format the file system from apfs to macos extended journal. Because the patch made the file system to apfs for Catalina, that's why the bootable usb couldn't find where to install. After this change the high Sierra installation was successful. :)
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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!
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 👏
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.
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!!! :)
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!
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 UA-camr'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!
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! 🙂
@@starlte4life 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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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?
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.
@@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
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
@@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.
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.
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??
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.
@@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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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!!
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?
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.
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!!!
@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.
Graham Chijongwe I have a question, which volume did you choose to erase and format to APFS? Was it Macintosh HD or something else. Cause for me there are only two volumes showing up, one was internal which is Macintosh HD and one external, which was my USB pen drive. So what should I do??
+ 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 :)
Fala brother tudo bom? Eu tenho exatamente o mesmo modelo, mas no meu caso não deu certo, mesmo seguindo o tutorial com fidelidade. Teve algo peculiar ou erros até conseguir instalar com êxito? Abraço!
Henrick Santana opa joia e aí ? Não tive problemas não, foi de boa. Dei boot pelo pendrive, e a primeira coisa foi apagar a unidade ssd. Depois mandei instalar. Daí ele começa a fazer a instalação com logo da Apple. Nessa parte quando terminar ele vai reiniciar, nesse momento você entra novamente pelo pendrive, não deixa ele entrar direto depois daquela instalação. Quando tiver pelo pendrive, instala o Pos Instalação. Depois só reiniciar normalmente e dar prosseguimento sem o pendrive. Testa aí novamente pra ver.
Boa, vou tentar o meu não aparece a tela preta de kernel que ele mostra no vídeo, mas vou refazer seguindo suas dicas principalmente na parte da reinicialização pós instalação que é onde meu processo não segue em frente. Muito obrigado pela orientação!
@N King Hi there I have an early 2008 Mac Pro and whether to give Catalina a try. I running high Sierra from dosdude and gave Mojave a try but it completely messed my computer up. I take it you are running Catalina successfully? Thanks 👍
@@safenafe1 hi, I use Logic Pro X and it and all the associated plug ins I use really didn't work well with Catalina at all so I installed dosdude's Mojave patcher and it's much happier now. My early 2008 Mac Pro has 32gb ram and a uprated graphics card by the way which definitely helps....
@@nathanking1970 thanks for the quick reply. That’s good to know. I have 32gig and my graphics card is the nvidia Quadro 4000 for Mac. Not sure if the card is suitable but I remember having trouble with the Mojave patch and pretty much made my computer unusable. I think it would be the graphics card possibly. I use logic x, cubase, ableton and Final Cut Pro. Would definitely like to try and update again but very cautious after what happened last time. It pretty much ended up blowing almost all my ram which I’ve recently replaced all. I had graphics anomalies as well as the computer screen freezing and eventually the black screen of death. It was a rabbit hole that I will never like to visit again. On the plus side I learnt a lot about resetting and the internal workings of a Mac. 😃
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!!
Literally saved my life with this!! Question: Is there a tutorial on how to update it? My airplay is not working, so I think maybe updating it will help?
Everyone should be grateful for all the hard work DosDude has put into the software he has written and the explanatory videos he has edited. It is extraordinary that so much talent is available to everyone for not more than a donation. That said, I, as a reasonably tech -savvy but not geek user, found the guidance incomprehensible. Like so many similar videos, it holds your hand carefully through all the pretty obvious, straightforward actions, but then glosses over anything vaguely complicated. For instance, unsupported Macs will very often have new GPUs. This will of course, in 90% of cases be non Mac flashed, so there will be no boot disk option. So the first advice should be: put back your old Mac GPU. Second, having started with a simple set up, there suddenly appear a whole host of volumes which seem to have sprung from nowhere, and which all seem to be given roughly the same names, that can be readily erased. If your system disk is to be erased, why not install to the system drive in the first place, and rely on your back-ups? While there is a ‘to-do list’ of actions there is really no explanation of why things need to be done and what one is attempting to achieve at each stage. In the end I was completely baffled. And please, the verbal ticks ‘go ahead and’ and ‘what you are going to want to do’ are otiose verbiage that just clutter the explanations. Sorry to appear harsh but if one’s set up is not identical then I cannot see how you can modify the routine without knowing why things are being done and what exactly is important.
Bad instructions and lack of common sense seems to go together when it comes to nerds like dosdude1, this is why normal people just buy a new mac when it expires. People like dosdude1 are too dumb to get it.
I agree…. I should have just installed it immediately instead of with this incomprehensible part bootable disk part. I’m not tech savvy at all and now my iMac doesn’t work anymore at all, no matter how I boot…..
I disagree and I'm sorry if I'm harsh but this video is not for dummies. You need to get that right. You have a choice! Why would you want to upgrade in the first place? You might want to ask someone who knows how to patch and upgrade rather than being critical about someone who spent hours and hours of time building something, making a video on how to do It and giving it to the public with no monetary intentions. I think we need to be forever grateful for the efforts that has been put by Collin here. You literally wasted your time trying all this and commenting here. It is not for you.
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".
@@VadzTv Wow... if you can't follow this straight forward tutorial that shows you how to do exactly what to do, I would advise against doing something like this in the first place.
Paul Cooke bro I bought a 2009 MacBook Pro and when I try the bootable usb it says the format is incompatible if that didn’t show up for you can you tell me what you did
Knightrous hi, I downloaded a Lion iso. On Windows 10 open Cmd in Admin mode and type diskpart hit enter then type list disk, hit enter then look for the number for your usb stick, type Select Disk (no.) and hit enter, type clean and hit enter, type convert gpt and hit enter, type create partition primary and hit enter, type exit and hit enter to leave diskpart, type exit and hit enter to close Cmd. I then downloaded the trial of Transmac, right click the shortcut to run as admin. Right click on your usb in the drive list, and choose restore from disk image, go and pick your iso file and follow the prompts to write the bootable usb.
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Just wanted to add my two cents. I tried to install Catalina on my Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" and it would reboot at the 4 minute mark. When I I checked the SSD no changes had been made to my SSD. When I tried to install to a conventional HDD plugged into the USB it worked fine. I formatted the SSD and cloned the partitions from the HDD to the SSD using the restore function in DiskUtils, applied the patches. Rebooted and the Mac would give me a folder with the "?". I booted back into the patcher ran DiskUtils and ran FirstAid on the SSD, this corrected the problem, I unplugged the USB drive restarted and the MAC started fine and continued into Catalina setup. I hope this helps someone experiencing the same problem.
MacBook Air 13" late 2010 2,1 here. I had the same issue where it started rebooted on the 4-minute mark. No changes to the hard drive and the folder with the "?". I don't have an external hard drive so, I tried to see if running FirstAid as you did would help. It seems that using the restore function in DiskUtils and cloning the partitions from your HDD to your SSD is what did the trick for you. I don't want to buy an external hard drive if I don't have to, so if anyone knows of a workaround, please comment.
Thank you! It took in total about 2 hours. It worked with my MacBook Air (2012-2013). Once i started to install it from the usb drive it went okay until the loading line was filled up and then nothing happened, so i switched off and on laptop and then had a welcome page and needed to set up my pc already with Catalina. Thank you so much!
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!
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Single-handedly raising resale value for old Macs. This dude right here is a legend.
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@@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.
Pivital oh nice ok I’m trying to order the 2009 n do it I had mess up n got a 2007 MacBook
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!
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.
You’re a hero man! Reading this made me smile 😃
This comment is a bit weird
@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
That’s awesome. I’m saving up for one for my daughter for school. Which model do you recommend?
I hope they honored you 😂🙈
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!
did your mac had trouble with sleep/wake?
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?
@@cboyskylord its literally the best. the os is a little old now but it still works perfectly, albeit a lil slow
@@instamatics i cant get Steam or Brave browser, not even Virtual Box will load
@@cboyskylord whatre using?
im using my late 09 21 inch base model imac thats never been cleaned inside and it works fine
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.
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.
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.
@@DialloMoore503 But there is clear installation in the video.
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
does it run well on your 2011? thinking of updating
@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!
@@JeanPierreBro ahhh right. I do have a throw away usb so might get started!
@Mark Baskett hell yeah, I think you should give it a shot. Dosdude seems to have covered the most common issues
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.
DOSDude keeping old Macs alive again! Thanks man!
He is like a Robin hood haha
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.
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
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.
@@FunFcts6742 watch the fucking god dam video ffs what's with lazy dickhead that can watch the video then ask dumb ass questions
@@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...
Can someone get a hold of dosdude? It hasn't been updated since 2019. Also, if I could donate I would. Trust.
@@NijiDash Can someone get a hold of dosdude? It hasn't been updated since 2019. Also, if I could donate I would. Trust.
dude, did anyone ever tell you that you have the perfect voice for podcasting? it's smooth as silk.
Smooth? Nope
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.
@@moltenmercury9661 ?
All members agreed that we will award you the Nobel Prize! Congratulations!
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.
Thank you Dosdude1!
Guys, please consider donating to his efforts if his tools and tutorial have helped breathe new life to your old macs.
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.
Can someone get a hold of dosdude? It hasn't been updated since 2019. Also, if I could donate I would. Trust.
i finished all, but not have video on my system, he starts but not show video after all
@Papas Heaven hai bro is it working ?
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!
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.
Hi Charles, a quick question for you, if you use “Logic Pro X” or “Devinci Resolve” do these applications open and work correctly?
@@garytajah5553 I have the same question - Thanks
same here
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.
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...
Worked exactly as you said. Went from sierra, to Catalina, and 2 days later I have a notification to upgrade to Big Sur from apple. I was hesitant to risk a working machine, but sent it, and glad I did.
Thank you, Sir.
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.
justgivemethetruth thanks!!!!!
Gracias
Tq..can someone pin this comment
after installing and converting to apfs, the apple logo line reached full bar but was stuck there. Any fix ?
@@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?
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.
@@emmanuelemmanuel8827 Go away.
*Downgrade
@@suddenleaf Pun intended!!!
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.
Last year I tried to install the Catalina patcher on my old macbook and imac 2011.
They were installed but the screen was pink and flickered. I tried many times and always got the same results on both macs.
I had to reinstall the High Sierra and wait for future solutions.
Now my apps werent running on High Sierra anymore. I needed the Catalina.
So I tried to install Catalina last month and went perfect this time! Both old macbook and imac are running Catalina and many apps are running now, which werent running on high sierra.
I noticed that increase and decrease brightness were disabled. And sharing screen was also disabled.
Today I ran the patcher using Video patcher and AMD metal patcher.
Everything works fine.
Thanks and congratulations on your initiative! Saved both of my old macs.
Ps: whoever tries to install any OS, always backup your data first to a external hard drive.
Hello! I just bought a used iMac 2011 and after i noticed it's running Catalina with dosdude patcher and the graphic acceleration us s@cks. I wanted to put back the original High Sierra from bootable usb, but it's impossible, it looks like there is no recovery partition or i cannot reach it. Not even with the keyboard shortcut at boot. How you make it work? With the latest dosdude Catalina patcher 1.4.7? Actually i would prefer to put back the factory os with factory recovery. Do u have some advice? Thanks.
@@laszlocsikos189 hello!
1) how many GB of RAM are you using? I am running SSD with 8GB and graphics working just fine. If you use Hard drive, it becomes really slow.
2) if you have bootable high sierra, you should put flash usb, start mac and press option until boot screen appears. And then select your flash drive.
3) if tip 2 doesnt work, power on imac and press "option shift command R" until you see the internet recovery screen.
Let me know how it goes. Good luck
@@gustavobing i already tired all of them. The third option you mentioned is the most usable, but when i wanted to install the os, it says something like: recovery server is not available. I set the date correctly but it didn't help. I'm trying more times... Thank you the quick response.
@@laszlocsikos189 try OPTION Command R then! It is also a shortcut for internet recovery
@@gustavobing problem solved: in the recovery at the erase part had to change/format the file system from apfs to macos extended journal. Because the patch made the file system to apfs for Catalina, that's why the bootable usb couldn't find where to install. After this change the high Sierra installation was successful. :)
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.
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?
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.
Football Coach get them some hookers
@@MapleJokerRofl and coke :)
Damn right he is hes literally giving life to macs that still have a ton to give! Thank you bro!
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.
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!
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!
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
we have the same setup !
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!
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 👏
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
Couldn’t even get my mackbook mid 2009 to boot official el capitan and now im installing catalina! Good shit
cheers!
wtf haha!
At least I'm not the only one doing this on a mid 2009 macbook pro.
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.
Good to know I'm not alone.. Lol
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!!! :)
And just to add to my comment "this patch has totally given my old school MacBook a new life" THANK YOU ❤️
Just used your guide to install Catalina on my late 2008 aluminum MacBook. Runs like a charm, with SSD and 8Gigs. Big thank you!!
Works great on my 2009 MBP, brings new life for my company...
@Stimpy&Ren Every time you upgrade? I used the same apps for nearly ten years.
Been using Mojave patcher on my white MacBook (a1342) since it came out, updating to Catalina now. You are a legend!
As always, awesome work and flawless execution. I love that the guy making the patchers makes his own videos explaining why and how.
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!
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 UA-camr'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!
I have a 2011 macbook as well. But I had error at the 15:49 mark after converting disk to apfs. Any suggestions?
I already try 10x formating my Macbook Unibdy 13 inches 7,1 Model A1342 pls help sir thanks🙏😊
@@ianesteban2294 me too
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
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.
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! 🙂
im upgrading a 13" mid 2009 pro too! i have 120gb ssd and 4gb ram
@@starlte4life 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 :)
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.
Thank you for putting in all the effort required to do this. You're keeping my 2012 Mac Pro alive.
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.
sameeee, i really wanted mac os 11, but my mid 2012 is just not supported
@@juliezheng9935 same here.... Air 2020 but. its an i7 8gb Ram....
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.
Same here i have a macbook pro mod 2010
Isn't Big Sur being made for the Mac ARM processors?
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!
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro and am considering trying this. So it works well on yours? Any issues you had to troubleshoot?
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!
can u use google meet on safari?
everytime I try it says failed do I need to use a usb or hard drive
did you use an external hard drive or usb stick?
@DJ Universal did you do this?
@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
oh by the way, you actually save the planet from a lot of trash this way. YOU'RE AWESOME!!
So true !
Yes, indeed. I think I should give this a try for my medio 2009 macbookpro.
@@gojero732 shit just broke my computer lame
@Wasted Bread Yeah me to! Run time machine with your backup disk. This worked for me. Stil stuck with El Capitan here...
@@gojero732 tThx i got it fixed and even got catalina on there eventually took me a few tries
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!
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.
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?
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.
There is no APFS bootloader, support is patched into the default macOS bootloader (apfs.efi file is required for efi to read apfs)
@@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
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.
@@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.
How you have grown . . . from the old days of this process being an evening event to half a can of beer.
I never would have believed that I would be running Catalina on my Early 2008 iMac. Great video, Thank you
Hi, do you know is the start up fixed? When I start it I see a lot things listed and than starting
Does everything work fine for you? Are there side effects
@@ivana10yu sorry to bother but did this work for you?
@@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.
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.
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.
sorry to collin, i have premium
@@lorishofer2889
Premium gives revenue to the video creator, so you still are helping
@@Mars8765 k
@@DistrosProjects oh lol good
You just gave a new life to my beloved MacBook Pro mid 2009! Thank you!
Laura, did you backup your data first? Was it smooth to use the patcher?
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!
@@LauraLopesG Thanks, Laura!
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!
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!
@@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.
Did this on a mid 2011 mac mini and worked perfectly! The performance is actually smoother than on high sierra so couldnt be happier!
No Issue ?
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.
I can't even open the patch app. It is stuck at 99% on "verifying Catalina Patcher..." after right clicking and opening.
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??
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?
@@carolkchang8did you fix this ?
@@alexissutton1311did you fix this?
Awesome work, dosdude! I can't wait to try this on a Krazy Ken episode >:)
Haha
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.
@@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.
Same here. Mine work perfectly except airdrop does not work
www.dosdude1.com
Hint: My name is Collin Mistr
This guide was such a lifesaver, helped me to follow the steps and worked perfectly.
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.
Thank you very much dosdue!! I recover my old Mac because of your support!! I really appreciate it!!
Thank you so much for reviving so many old macs and saving us money! I really appreciate your help :)
How incredibly generous of you to share your work, and excellent work it is! Thank you.
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!!!
Amazing job! Clarity, speed and description of steps was executed perfectly! Thank you so much!
Thank you bro, mi old Mac is still alive thanks to you.
Just got my 2010 mac mini on Catalina!! You are the man, dosdude!!!
can you help me
Can you help me get the specia software
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.
Great job, dosdude1, very thorough explanation, calm, collected....even calmed me down as I tend to get a bit anxious with newer stuff. Thanks!
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!!
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?
56 GB RAM?....How does that work?🤔
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.
We have not seen anything uploaded from you for quite a while. Looking forward on the Big Sur unsupported for MacBook Pro.
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!!!
This guy saved my wallet from extinction
@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.
Why is this comment not pinned?
Youre awesome man, I cant believe this. Ive installed flawlessly and my old macbook is now new
Graham Chijongwe I have a question, which volume did you choose to erase and format to APFS? Was it Macintosh HD or something else. Cause for me there are only two volumes showing up, one was internal which is Macintosh HD and one external, which was my USB pen drive. So what should I do??
@@tejas.thimiri same thing here
THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!
Ur a verified youtuber and you can’t afford a iMac 2012?
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@@ninethetwotailedfox I earn next to nothing from doing UA-cam, doing covers results in a lot of copyright strikes, and demonization...
@@FelixSR oh
@@FelixSR sorry
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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 :)
Testing Catalina 10.15.2 in Macbook Pro 13 Late 2011, installation perfect. Amazing man, Dosdude president. Saudações do Brasil.
Fala brother tudo bom? Eu tenho exatamente o mesmo modelo, mas no meu caso não deu certo, mesmo seguindo o tutorial com fidelidade. Teve algo peculiar ou erros até conseguir instalar com êxito? Abraço!
Henrick Santana opa joia e aí ? Não tive problemas não, foi de boa. Dei boot pelo pendrive, e a primeira coisa foi apagar a unidade ssd. Depois mandei instalar. Daí ele começa a fazer a instalação com logo da Apple. Nessa parte quando terminar ele vai reiniciar, nesse momento você entra novamente pelo pendrive, não deixa ele entrar direto depois daquela instalação. Quando tiver pelo pendrive, instala o Pos Instalação. Depois só reiniciar normalmente e dar prosseguimento sem o pendrive. Testa aí novamente pra ver.
Boa, vou tentar o meu não aparece a tela preta de kernel que ele mostra no vídeo, mas vou refazer seguindo suas dicas principalmente na parte da reinicialização pós instalação que é onde meu processo não segue em frente. Muito obrigado pela orientação!
Henrick Santana essa tela preta não aparece no nosso por causa do modelo mais recente do Mac. A do vídeo deve ser um modelo de 2008. Testa aí 🤘🏽
thank for all, dsdude1, I have been able to revive my macbook at the end of 2009.
Hey got a 2009 white MacBook but doesn’t read the system after installation how did you do ?
How you made it?
Amazing! Thank you so much for doing this - I thought my 2008 Mac Pro was going in the bin but now it's got a new lease of life! 🤩
hi, Catalina works on my 2008 macbook, but 8gb ram doesn't accept me, how did you do it?
@@ilpaperodoro I already had 32gb of ram installed - I've also upgraded the graphics card to a geforce 2gb thing and it works great!
@N King Hi there I have an early 2008 Mac Pro and whether to give Catalina a try. I running high Sierra from dosdude and gave Mojave a try but it completely messed my computer up. I take it you are running Catalina successfully? Thanks 👍
@@safenafe1 hi, I use Logic Pro X and it and all the associated plug ins I use really didn't work well with Catalina at all so I installed dosdude's Mojave patcher and it's much happier now. My early 2008 Mac Pro has 32gb ram and a uprated graphics card by the way which definitely helps....
@@nathanking1970 thanks for the quick reply. That’s good to know. I have 32gig and my graphics card is the nvidia Quadro 4000 for Mac. Not sure if the card is suitable but I remember having trouble with the Mojave patch and pretty much made my computer unusable. I think it would be the graphics card possibly. I use logic x, cubase, ableton and Final Cut Pro. Would definitely like to try and update again but very cautious after what happened last time. It pretty much ended up blowing almost all my ram which I’ve recently replaced all. I had graphics anomalies as well as the computer screen freezing and eventually the black screen of death. It was a rabbit hole that I will never like to visit again. On the plus side I learnt a lot about resetting and the internal workings of a Mac. 😃
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!!
This is brilliant! Your video is a perfect example of “how-to” videos should be made.
Literally saved my life with this!! Question: Is there a tutorial on how to update it? My airplay is not working, so I think maybe updating it will help?
I have the same issue and question. Macbook Pro early 2011, AirPlay is not working, says looking for tv the off.
Everyone should be grateful for all the hard work DosDude has put into the software he has written and the explanatory videos he has edited. It is extraordinary that so much talent is available to everyone for not more than a donation. That said, I, as a reasonably tech -savvy but not geek user, found the guidance incomprehensible. Like so many similar videos, it holds your hand carefully through all the pretty obvious, straightforward actions, but then glosses over anything vaguely complicated. For instance, unsupported Macs will very often have new GPUs. This will of course, in 90% of cases be non Mac flashed, so there will be no boot disk option. So the first advice should be: put back your old Mac GPU. Second, having started with a simple set up, there suddenly appear a whole host of volumes which seem to have sprung from nowhere, and which all seem to be given roughly the same names, that can be readily erased. If your system disk is to be erased, why not install to the system drive in the first place, and rely on your back-ups? While there is a ‘to-do list’ of actions there is really no explanation of why things need to be done and what one is attempting to achieve at each stage. In the end I was completely baffled. And please, the verbal ticks ‘go ahead and’ and ‘what you are going to want to do’ are otiose verbiage that just clutter the explanations. Sorry to appear harsh but if one’s set up is not identical then I cannot see how you can modify the routine without knowing why things are being done and what exactly is important.
Bad instructions and lack of common sense seems to go together when it comes to nerds like dosdude1, this is why normal people just buy a new mac when it expires. People like dosdude1 are too dumb to get it.
I agree…. I should have just installed it immediately instead of with this incomprehensible part bootable disk part. I’m not tech savvy at all and now my iMac doesn’t work anymore at all, no matter how I boot…..
I disagree and I'm sorry if I'm harsh but this video is not for dummies. You need to get that right. You have a choice! Why would you want to upgrade in the first place? You might want to ask someone who knows how to patch and upgrade rather than being critical about someone who spent hours and hours of time building something, making a video on how to do It and giving it to the public with no monetary intentions. I think we need to be forever grateful for the efforts that has been put by Collin here. You literally wasted your time trying all this and commenting here. It is not for you.
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".
Worked great and I don't have a clue what I'm doing! Thanks!!
can you send me how tutorial how it works? video or email to paul.avidaland@gmail.com. thanks
@@VadzTv Wow... if you can't follow this straight forward tutorial that shows you how to do exactly what to do, I would advise against doing something like this in the first place.
Excellent presentation style, and the content is brilliant - can’t wait for my 2009 Macbook Pro to arrive so I can follow this process!
Paul Cooke bro I bought a 2009 MacBook Pro and when I try the bootable usb it says the format is incompatible if that didn’t show up for you can you tell me what you did
Knightrous hi, I downloaded a Lion iso. On Windows 10 open Cmd in Admin mode and type diskpart hit enter then type list disk, hit enter then look for the number for your usb stick, type Select Disk (no.) and hit enter, type clean and hit enter, type convert gpt and hit enter, type create partition primary and hit enter, type exit and hit enter to leave diskpart, type exit and hit enter to close Cmd. I then downloaded the trial of Transmac, right click the shortcut to run as admin. Right click on your usb in the drive list, and choose restore from disk image, go and pick your iso file and follow the prompts to write the bootable usb.
If I wasn’t poor I would be paying you right now 😭 you’re always so helpful
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.
Please how did you activate your function settings
@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.
Fotis B Sidecar requires a 2015 MacBook or later to work. Regardless of Apple native support.
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.
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.
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?
BTW: Dosdude1 PayPal address for donation is:
collinmistr@gmail.com
DosDude is the Mac daddy. Legend
Man I just donated a little something for all you do Dude this videos have helped me help out a lot of people.
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.
You deserve the donation. Smashing work
Nice timing, I’m getting an old Mac soon.
Thanks for the tool!
Oscar L-B what mac will you have, bro?
@@Alga-team I got a mid 2010 macbook 7,1
Just wanted to add my two cents. I tried to install Catalina on my Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" and it would reboot at the 4 minute mark. When I I checked the SSD no changes had been made to my SSD. When I tried to install to a conventional HDD plugged into the USB it worked fine. I formatted the SSD and cloned the partitions from the HDD to the SSD using the restore function in DiskUtils, applied the patches. Rebooted and the Mac would give me a folder with the "?". I booted back into the patcher ran DiskUtils and ran FirstAid on the SSD, this corrected the problem, I unplugged the USB drive restarted and the MAC started fine and continued into Catalina setup. I hope this helps someone experiencing the same problem.
i think thats what mine is doing it restarts on the 5-4 min mark then fails after right?
Thank you for this info I’m about to try it on my MacBook Pro (Early 2011) that has High Sierra 10.13.6
@@gmxstudios its odd becasue the fresh install didnt work but the upgrade did.
@@gmxstudios me too I have the same model
MacBook Air 13" late 2010 2,1 here. I had the same issue where it started rebooted on the 4-minute mark. No changes to the hard drive and the folder with the "?". I don't have an external hard drive so, I tried to see if running FirstAid as you did would help. It seems that using the restore function in DiskUtils and cloning the partitions from your HDD to your SSD is what did the trick for you. I don't want to buy an external hard drive if I don't have to, so if anyone knows of a workaround, please comment.
Thank you! It took in total about 2 hours. It worked with my MacBook Air (2012-2013). Once i started to install it from the usb drive it went okay until the loading line was filled up and then nothing happened, so i switched off and on laptop and then had a welcome page and needed to set up my pc already with Catalina. Thank you so much!
Glad to see you bro, i thought Apple jailed you, i don't think i'm the only one.
they can not for now ,but when their old Mac stock run out, he has to run. but we will never let him down.
THanks man, my 2010 macbook has a new lease on life. I can still run final cut as well bonus.
do i have to keep the external drive with catinstaller plugged in forever?
@@TheseAreShapes No, you don't need to.
Is sidecar working on you're Macbook 2010? I also have a macbook pro 2010, but sidecar does not work on my macbook
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
Use opencore boot and use moderate bios settings from the opencore boot
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!
@@maxvoirol33 try opencore
@@Tamamptopencore doesnt detect catalina on my side, and i have it already downloaded
My access is denied
Your literally the only thing keeping my late 09 mac mini usable
How did you convert to afps el capital doesnt have the option?