Yes it’s called EnableGOP but you still need opencore to run modern OS, also for some reason it did not work for me. Was going to do a video on it but it doesn’t work on my 5,1 but it works for most folks.
It’s not about being on the latest OS for me. It’s about stability and my day to day work use, I’ve never jumped on the latest OS because Pro Tools is almost always a year behind. But soon, soon, I will buy a new Mac.😅
Ventura on every other unsupported Mac I own works as well as they did with Monterey. But Ventura on my Mac Pro comes with far too many concessions to be used on a daily basis. I'm sure I could upgrade some components here and there, but it seems like its still in the beta phase and I'm just fine running Monty until it isn't. Great vid and instructions as always.
I have never done a hackintosh, I would get on the hackintosh forums and start by reading this as opencore is what you will have to use in the end. dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/
Open Core Martin Lo 0.9.5 Update Monterrey 12.6.8 Direct of Mojave 10.4.6 ? What happens if I update from the operating system I currently have, which is Mojave? in this video there are the steps for VMM on and SMBIOS Spoofing Off ?
Yes, you need to do the steps in this video to upgrade to Monterey but I would install it on a new drive and leave your Mojave Drive intact so if you have any issues you can always fall back to Mojave I have some other videos on my channel on upgrading and doing the mod to the config.plist.
So I have made the same procedure, witch you show in your video. And I have the packet 0.95. and run 12.7. Now I will update to 12.7.1. and this is not working. Do you have the same experiences ? or or does the 0.95 package only allow up to 12.7?
I’m still on 12.7 when you say it’s not working… need more info in what way? Not booting? What GPU are you using etc. Make sure to go back to the original config.plist after updating to a new OS version.
I'm getting very frustrated. I have a mac pro 5.1 and my firmware is not 144. I have done all of there steps and put monterey on an external bootable drive that I can drop into my tower once its working. so every-time I Boot up the monterey drive and it looks like its going to boot it says I don't have the proper firmware to run this OS. Please for the love of god help me. I can't edit any video or audio because I upgraded my DAW/VAW and it won't work on anything lower than Monterey. I still have a mojave drive as back up but since I upgarded all my software it just won't work. I really need any assistance to get me over this hump.
Did you install Martin Los opencore package before installing Monterey and do the config.plist edits prior to installing. If you install Martins package the firmware will show the version of his package that you have installed like 0.9.3
Wanted to ask you, (first of all, I love the videos) how long have you been using that MacPro. And why haven't you bought a new one? I bought a 4,1 in 2021, used it until late 2021. Got a 14" M1 Pro laptop, it's great. I installed Vista on my Mac Pro a couple days ago, and Monterey and will use it again as I like dual screens. My specs are x5675 (single) 32gb ram and gt710
Thanks, it still does what I need it to do, I’ve had it since 2010 with several hardware upgrades along the way. I will get a Mac Studio one of these days and keep the old Pro around to run Windows mainly for casual gaming and older Mac OS. My friend just got the M2 Max Studio and loves it. The limitations for upgrades kinda takes the fun out of owning one for me but I will go there sooner or later.
@@MacSoundSolutions That's awesome. I was young in 2010, so I couldn't buy a MacPro back then. But man, if I was old enough I would've bought one. What spec Mac studio will you go for? I'm honestly thinking of using the MacPro as a server. I like Windows 7 and Vista, and its overkill for Vista and 7 runs them great so I'll use it for that. And for watching movies on Monterey. I love the dual display setup.
Hi Mate, can I ask id you did a clean install? I see you just did an upgrade. Is it not better to start fresh with a clean install? Would be good to hear your thoughts. Thanks
Hi and thanks for the vid! I don't know if you made an extra video regarding the topic of my question - so pls feel free to let me know if you already adressed why you are running clover. 2:54 P.S.: i bought some USB sticks with flashing LED indicators regarding "is it doing sth or not" ... went out to buy another one last month; identical model but the LED was missing. I guess due to savings in the production. Gotta buy one from another brand in the future. Best wishes!
I ran Ventura on my 2012 Mac Mini runs like a champ notice it would get hot randomly when in use. Decided to downgrade to Monterey hopefully their is a fix for that heating issue.
I also just updated Monterey with Martin Lo's opencore but I noticed that it's a little slow compared to BigSur I tried it with the game Rise of The Tomb Raider that in BigSur I ran perfectly but in Monterey it also has lags like in Monterey the second processor is not working, I'm going back to BigSur, my mac is a MacPro 2010.
Don’t forget when you first upgrade the computer spotlight will re index your drives and this slows things down, also if you did not put the original config.plist back in place after making changes to do the install the multi threading will be turned off and you will get slower performance. You must put the modded config.plist back to its original settings after the install resetting the VMflag back to A and VMbios to true or just replace it with the original one that came with the opencore package as easy as drag and drop and hit replace.
I tried this a week or so back but I think I used Martins 0.8.0 package. It installed ok but the Bluetooth adapter was turned off, and as I have no wired mouse I found it impossible to turn on. I couldn't find any way of selecting the button with keyboard commands. I've since reverted back to Catalina. Have you ever come across the disabled Bluetooth adapter, and if so, do you know of any workarounds? I'll try it again with 0.9.3 and see if its any better?
I upgraded my Wi-Fi Bluetooth card, before installing Monterey and have a video on it. If you use opencore legacy patcher instead of Martins you most likely will get the old card working in Monterey with post root patches, but you should always have a wired mouse for backup when needed. Monterey drops support for the older Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cards.
We installed macOS monterey 12.7 MacPro. 2012 3.46 6 core intel zeon The video card has a problem, how can I solve it (Radeon RX 580 - 8 GB GDDR5. Thank you Bursa/Türkiye
What’s the problem? Best to give more info, try all the ports on the card, opencore boot loader should be the first thing you see after boot. That card should just work unless purchased used where someone messed with the bios. It may have a bios switch on it try the second position.
@@MacSoundSolutions The card works and the screen turns on. but adobe photoshop internet The mouse jumps while working. you can't do work I'm sorry my english is not good
I would like to kindly inquire about an issue I'm encountering with my Mac. It had macOS Monterey, accompanied by OpenCore, has been installed on my system, although I wasn't responsible for this installation. Following an automatic update to a new version, unfortunate complications arose, resulting in the system's malfunction. In an attempt to address this, I inadvertently deleted the software in its entirety. As of now, my Mac is essentially devoid of its previous software, but the SSD seems to exhibit an unusual boot sequence, presenting three options during startup. I'm seeking guidance on the best course of action to reinstall macOS on this currently empty Mac. My aim is to restore the system's functionality and return it to its optimal state. I genuinely appreciate any expertise or assistance you could provide in this matter. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Your issue stems from updating Mac OS Monterey without doing the edits to the config.plist My videos show what you need to do before you attempt to update and or install Monterey. If you don’t do the edits you will get stuck in a boot loop. See if you can boot in recovery mode and reinstall Monterey but again you must edit the config.plist first. You may have to install everything from scratch including OpenCore. If so you need a drive with Mojave and a GPU with bootscreen, SIP must be turned off.
Thanks for sharing... I have updated from 12.6.3 o 12.6.8 smoothly, but unfortunately my USB Bluetooth dongle is not working (I use it for my trackpad). Will find another solution to make the Bluetooth work.
I have found a solution to bring back my Bluetooth dongle by using the (BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext, BrcmFirmwareData.kext, and BrcmPatchRAM3.kext) by placing it in the EFI\OC\Kexts folder and adding it to the config.plist and also enable BlueToolFixup.kext.
@@manfrommars can you please elaborate, I been tryna find a solution to my loss of bluetooth (after monterey update) for like 3 days... what exactly did you change in the config.plist?
hi lance, i'm still running mojave and it's running very smooth. the only reason i would upgrade is for a newer version of pro tools & maybe a few plugin updates. if i upgrade to monterey, do i lose any cpu performance. some of my pro tools projects run at 95-99% (which is fine), but i also need them to open/work in monterey without getting an overload warning. thanks for your videos!
Hard to say if pro tools will be more CPU intensive for you in Monterey, I have not found that but you will go from 32 bit to 64bit and plugins will need to be updated etc so there are a lot of variables. I have not had issues it's been solid for me but I am not pushing my system that hard most of the time.
My 5.1 Mac Pro was running Big Sur with no problems and dummy me, I decided to jump to Ventura, now I have no wifi, or bluetooth and my monitor has terrible color. Do you have a how to downgrade Mac OS video?
Yes to OCLP and the pre and Post patchers. I have a frozen installer bar or holding down option just gives me a black screen. Very Frustrating!@@MacSoundSolutions
@@mikemcpheeters8137 do you have a Mojave drive, you will have to pull the opencore drive and do a re install. I prefer Martin Lo’s package and I am staying in Monterey. Ventura is risky with the 5,1 too many issues and maybes to get it to run. If you do try it again don’t migrate any apps or data it should be a totally clean install. But you will need Mojave to be able to get up and running again most likely. You can also try booting in recovery mode and reinstalling the system not sure if that will work though.
Wow! I was going to buy the m2 mac mini, but then i came across this. I have a 5.1, 2.9Ghz, and maxed out with 128 gb ram + 1TB ssd. Am I correct thinking that my cheese grater can justify the space it currently occupying on my desk and im my life? (I edit vidoes and do photoshop, not too professionally, but enough times for me to be thinking about upgrading).
Well you will save on your electricity bill with the mini that's for sure and not have a big box with loud fans, I have mine in a open closet with ventilation. My Mac Pro has a RX6800XT so pretty kick ass in the graphics department and the Sonnet McFiver, which is a pricey card but gives me up 6000 read write in raid 0 or 3000 in non raid, has two usb c ports and a 10GbE and only uses one slot. The Mac Pro lives on in 2023 which is pretty amazing.
@MacSoundSolutions I saw your video about the Sonnet Mcfiver! How wonderful! I decided to keep this beauty. I'm obviously attached to it :) It's amazing how this machine keeps on going!
Well it depends, OCLP does all the work for you with the install process, but you always need to check on compatibility issues before making any OS updates, it does do some hacking of the OS especially with Ventura, Martins does not support Ventura. Martins you have to do the edits to the config.posit before installing OS updates but it’s pretty simple as shown in the video. I think with Monterey either is fine, if you have a Nvidia graphics card supported by OCLP then it is your only choice. I have been using Martin‘s package for a long time and it’s been rocksolid for me and it does not patch the OS it is strictly a boot loader that loads before the OS loads where is Opencore legacy patcher does install things into the OS with it post patch installs, but I think with Monterey do you want advantage Opencore legacy has is you can still use your older Bluetooth Wi-Fi card for basic functionality where is with Martin’s? You have to update your card if you want to use a Monterey but then you get functionality like handoff and airdrop.
@@MacSoundSolutions Thanks for responding! Yeah I don't plan to upgrade to Ventura/Sonoma as it seems that it's not worth the trouble with all the incompatibilities with USB1. I have upgraded my MP with a RX580 8GB GPU and a WiFi/BT 4.0 combo card. That said, even in Monterey, I'm unable to AirDrop a file from my iPhone to the MP. Not sure why?
@@jpreza airdrop is a bit hit or miss for me but it usually does work, try getting right next to your computer with your phone and see if that works then.
@MacSoundSolutions ; Hello Lance, I hesitate to ask a question as you probably get a million of them. I cloned a drive that has Catalina on it, hoping to upgrade the new drive to Monterey. I installed Martin Lo's latest opencore package. I set the flags as you describe, I had also done the same when I installed Catalina on my Mac Pro 5,1. For some reason it goes through what looked like the install process, but it wouldn't install. I then tried installing Big Sur, which worked, that installed. Then tried Monterey again, thinking maybe it needed to be installed after Big Sur, it goes through what looks like the the install process, but it doesn't change the OS to Monterey. It completes and the drive boots and it is still Big Sur. Anything that you may think I am missing? Or should I wipe the drive and start over?
My guess is it could be the clone because Mac OS is no longer supposed to be cloned and while you can do it, it may be missing things that are needed. Mac OS is it’s own APFS partition on the drive and user data is on its own partition. So you may have to install over the non cloned system or a new drive
@@MacSoundSolutions, thank you very much for your thoughts on the matter! I think that I read that you used the Apple migration assistant, to transfer your data to your new drive after you created the new drive with the updated operating system. I will try to wipe/reformat my new drive and re-install the opencore package and give Monterey another go, then, if it works, migrate my data over. I love your channel, you give great information!
@@MacSoundSolutions Ok, I have tried that and I think the problem is something with the firmware. I get the message "A required firmware update could not be installed" I am looking up what to do with that message.
Howdy Lance! Software update is not showing after making PLIST changes. (only Ventura is available) This has happened with multiple updates & proper PLIST adjustments. I have OC 0.9.3 installed, Monterey 12.6.5. Any ideas?
Are you clicking on more info? Something must be wrong with your config, try replacing it with the original and then make the edits again. You are using Martin’s?
@@BartMontalti try replacing it with the original config.plist that came with the version of OpenCore that you are using, and make the changes again, also make sure SIP it turned off then make the edits again. and see if it shows up.
Hi bro I have a Weston Black hard disk that works only at boot-up for the first time ( cool boot ) and does not work when I restart the Mac (warm boot) . It disappears and does not appear to be present with the hard disks. Is there any solution ?
@@-SAYEDMOHAMED so the western digital is in a sata bay and is a sata spinning drive? Maybe reformat in Mac OS journald if it’s a spinner it should not be formatted in APFS. If it’s an external drive connected to a USB card the card may have issues and needs a pram reset but that’s a last resort.
@@MacSoundSolutions All hard disks work properly, except for those of Western Digital hard disks with a restart. They do not work and do not turn off if you put them on the system. I tried these two types with the same problem, and unfortunately I cannot use them externally because of my work in the field of music and audio engineering. I need speed and internal space.
