Installing macOS Sequoia on a 15 Year Old MacBook!

[@MichaelMJD]

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[@Thomario20]

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[@chetapace79]

Ok goodbye

[@alextitlecards]

Sure! I will buy the powerbank :)

[@statixbolt]

YAYYY NEW VID :3

[@random_person618]

I didn't expect to be so early lol

[@Mr.Macintosh]

OpenCore Legacy Patcher is neat.

[@axinosgr]

The moment that you see @Mr.Macintosh commenting on another youtuber's channel for opencore is priceless

[@BoudGupta]

Dammit we haven't had a everything goes wrong video for so long.

[@BeyondTech12]

Normally opencore legacy patcher will install the post root patches during the install but because you created the macOS installer then you chose the Mac model it didn’t automatically install it and copy it to the usb drive

[@mcewp]

could you maybe to a room/setup/collection tour? love your videos!

[@c14inmybag]

i want him to do that

[@chrism869]

He's pretty close to 500k subs so who knows.

[@c14inmybag]

@@chrism869 2k left maybe face reveal

[@chrism869]

@c14inmybag maybe, that is of course if he's ready to do that and if he wants to.

[@Yuxo404]

@@c14inmybag I see no need for a face reveal, i kinda like faceless channels. I would love a tour of the room instead.

[@MaxdecMusic]

Hi, I contribute to the OCLP project (documentation and testing) and I'd like to shed light on couple of the issues. When you install to an empty disk, you should always format the entire disk by choosing "View -> Show All Devices" and select the topmost option on the disk tree, otherwise only the main partition will be formatted and EFI partition will not be created. I''ll add this to the documentation. Regarding autopatching, if you still have the OCLP USB drive intact, would you be able to check "/Library/Packages" path in the root of the drive (enable hidden files) and see whether "AutoPkg-Assets.pkg" and the KDK are there. This is because autopatching should work even when the drive is created from other system, so it could indicate a possible bug. Lastly, unfortunately the "an error occured during software update" is a really weird issue with unknown cause, all you can really do is try again like you did.

[@MichaelMJD]

Thanks for the info! I just checked the USB and those files are not there.

[@MaxdecMusic]

@@MichaelMJD Ok so I talked with a dev, he answered by saying that you should choose the Mac model before creating the disk as otherwise the app doesn't know what to do especially if creating on Apple Silicon system which of course are not patchable. Anyway, this video really helped us to improve the documentation to hopefully reduce these issues.

[@FacchiniBRTV]

Thanks for the docs and testing! You guys/girls are extending the lives of so many machines here in Brazil because chrome etc are 'being phased out' on older OSs and people are in panic mode, newer macs here costs at least the price of a car.

[@MaxdecMusic]

@@FacchiniBRTV No problem! In fact funnily enough there is one Brazilian in the development team.

[@francesay8478]

12:23 It will only have the patcher if you created the install USB from the Mac you're updating and upgraded the current OS to Sequoia. Since your SSD was completely fresh, there was no patcher post-install.

[@MichaelMJD]

Yep! I discovered that later on

[@dannyvillegas5242]

⁠@@MichaelMJDThis happened to me so It only booted from the USB which is why it was so slow in the video so I reinstalled and then added the patcher which ended up working

[@undefinedCat]

can't believe that bringus and mjd posted in a span of 3 hours

[@sesukun2064]

They even had the same sponsorship 😅

[@undefinedCat]

@@sesukun2064 oh wow they did. both have that uno charger thing

[@CappedGuy_]

bringus uploaded early by 1 hour

[@NekoCentral]

Fun seeing a vid on this after just doing the same thing on my mid 2014 Imac today.

[@maksymiliankuznik4856]

As soon I saw this video, I quickly clicked on it. I also have a mid 2009 MacBook (although it's the standard white one) and I'm quite curious how the newest Mac OS works on it.

[@billsun]

I have a Macbook pro 2013 with nvidia graphics card running sequoia, everything is super smooth, graphics is working. I was using that machine to develop apps for my iphone 16 and my apple watch

[@Justaperson1000]

I use open core legacy on my 2012 MacBook Pro, great software. I currently use Monterey on it and used to run sonoma but preferred Monterey. Got it running on an SSD and 16 gig ram

[@RicksterMW2]

I got the Mid 2012 MD101 running Catalina, I should try Monterey one day. Is it smooth or does it struggle sometimes? And so you have an nvidia GPU or just Intel?

[@Justaperson1000]

It’s smooth for id say normal day to day (what I use it for) things like searching the web, doing emails, watching movies or even just using it as a lil tool for those macOS only items. Heck I even use it for app design in figma when not near my main computer, It CAN stutter at times but works past it like a champ. I have the Intel HD graphics 4000 one.

[@Justaperson1000]

it IS worth noting that you can go over Monterey but certainly not after sonoma as then it starts to get laggy, I’d recommend you use Monterey while you can especially since Catalina is lacking support in many places now

[@98xp]

I used it on my MacBook air 2014, it's good except it would randomly turn off on 60% battery and not turn on until plugged in, but the battery is very downgraded so makes sense

[@brianschumacher8956]

I tried it on my mid 2009 MacBook Pro and it seemed laggy, so I just turned it into a Windows machine so I can use accounting software to practice with. I feel mid 2012 and higher MacBook Pros run patched versions better. It shows how much technology has advanced. Imagine running El Capitan on 2000 Power Mac.

[@azn1011]

i installed macOS Sequoia on my 2015 MacBook pro and it works perfectly. i guess Apple doesn't support newer versions of MacOS on these older MacBooks because they want you to buy newer ones

[@thebuccaneersden]

I had a much easier time with a 2012 iMac. Works great. There are a few glitches though. Metal isn’t supported so gaming support is limited to whether the game still supports OpenGL. Also stage manager doesn’t turn on at all. I’m guessing for similar reasons. Screen sharing doesn’t work either because the iMac needs a Bluetooth hardware upgrade (AirPods won’t connect either I’m guessing for that reason). Also, notifications flicker, but other than that, it is a fully functional computer. OCLP for the win!

[@quadmods]

I’ve learned over the years that a 15 year old MacBook is a solid Win 10 system as well. Great video 👍

[@cessnafun5385]

Install Sequoia on an 1880’s tabulator

[@LovelyAlanna]

my macbook air already felt really slow with monterey, the best choice was to put linux on it

[@SametKaratas-db1xu]

0:02 similar to Windows 7 released data exactly the same time

[@amichels]

Quiet panicking at 7:48

[@assasinoctaviamelody]

thank you for uploading 🥰 your channel fuels my special interest in computers since i can't do it myself!

[@JamesRies185]

Glad that you made this video. I have a 2008 Mac Pro that I am going to do this with. I have been interested in seeing how the process worked.

[@user-sk5oz4vp9m]

Reminder that you can install the latest and greatest version of Linux on practically any computer made within the previous two decades without any trouble whatsoever.

[@bloxycola8272]

Why does every Linux user always shoving Linux onto people’s faces that use old machines? And also I bet you don’t even know what “Linux” is

[@cesarespinozaspain]

While this is True and is a wonderful option for many. Many others no habla Linux, not knocking it, I've tried it on old think pads, I dont want to learn yet another language. XXOOXX Sudo.

[@thefink95]

I love what courage and bravery you have applied in this gold video, but there is (maybe) another way that may be unstable. If there is one, modify the line(s) of code or modify the file(s) that reads the embedded hardware or the current computer to a much more recent Mac. This may not work, as the installer may not have one.

[@usercruiserr]

I have a 2009 MacBook Pro from 2009 (13"), on which I did the same thing. It ran poorly, but it was usable, and I used it for school. Recently, I bought a 2016 MacBook Pro, on which I have yet to install OCLP, but likely will soon due to Monterey going out of support.

[@Pugboy1321]

Oooh throwing this on the watch later list, I tried Sonoma on my late 08 Aluminum MacBook and it was a bit chuggy even (with an SSD + 6GB of RAM) so I'm curious to see how Sequoia will do! Sequoia has been great on my 2014 11" MBA though. Love the macOS patching community, past and present. Incredible tools.

[@jasonbelack6339]

OpenCore Legacy Patcher has kept my 2011 mac Mini running Ventura no problem. It's honestly one of the best pieces of software ever.

[@totallyworksperfectly5424]

I done this the other day, it's brilliant. I've done this on so many Macs, it makes them sell for more on eBay and Facebook Marketplace.

[@danielgartin-oh9ik]

I’m running macOS Sequoia on my own MacBook Air 2017 right now using this method, I just upgraded over the air I didn’t need a USB drive at all!

[@CookieCraftMedia]

I boot sequoia using opencore legacy (along with Win11 and Debian) on my 2015 MacBook pro and honestly, it’s still a better experience than my 4 year old $800 Thinkpad. Just install the root patches after every major MacOS update and you’re good

[@LethalJizzle]

I've got a 2009 which is pretty much perfect except for the battery, so this is awesome.

[@random_person618]

To all the 45 people who have commented, remember: You haven't even watched the whole video yet.

[@rzzcp]

friendly fire (also for me)

[@Jakevd]

Ok

[@rmcdudmk212]

So I have to watch the whole video just to comment "Cool vid thanks for uploading?" Seems like gate keeping to me 😂

[@weegeenumberone2]

​@@rmcdudmk212...yeah?? How the fuck else are you gonna know the video is cool??

[@blu9821]

It's over 100 now, time to change the count

[@AttilaSVK]

Thanks for the video, I'll try installing Sonoma on my 2010 Mac Mini. I was stuck on Catalina (which I installed with Dosdude1's patcher), becuase I never gave OCLP a shot.

[@fairmania]

I used OCLP to take my mid 2011 Macbook Pro up to Sonoma and it too dicked around, failed a few things and restarted several times. Installing the patches through OCLP which was installed, although I was warned to add it to the install USB just in case. Works beautifully, just install anything it will let you, and the internet is a necessary evil.

[@Arnav306]

I’ve already watched jiga tech do this on a 2009 iMac (install Sonoma), but i want to see it on a 15 year old macbook!

[@JoBot__]

I just watched that video.

[@JigaTech]

hello

[@JoBot__]

@@JigaTech Didn't quite expect that. Cool to see you here though.

[@WinVisturn]

This video had to come up to me when I transform Windows 10 to macOS... AM I BEING SPIED ON-

[@NetworkedLeo]

Who remembers the Macbook Screen meme where The screen broke because off ONE GRAIN OF RICE!

[@lapiswolf2780]

Can you review some of the Amiga OS or Amiga computer continuations/reboots like AROS or the Commodore 64 mini computers?

[@raypals4468]

I did this to my 2012 Macbook Pro and Sequia seems to chug a lot, When I used Sonoma it was more fluid.

[@FacchiniBRTV]

I dropped Big Sur on a old Apple 'Waffle Machine' Pro like this one (but it's a 2012 i5), after chrome and google drive started to curse me that they would be discontinued on Catalina. Smooth as butter, just the cold boot times are longer but nothing to complain. God bless Dortania and OCLP team.

[@peterbanister1319]

I have this installed on my 2013 MacPro which I still use as sorta a daily driver, I can even edit video in FCP still and I haven't had any major issues.

[@jamesdowner]

I'd like to try this on my Mac Mini 2009, just need to upgrade my RAM to 8GB first

[@-validites-]

Sequoia my beloved

[@aaroncook7709]

OCLP is great. Been using it since Catalina on my Macpro 5,1. Thinking of using it to bring my 6,1 to Sequoia since Monterey is no longer supported.

[@abbyfluoroethane]

Yet another MJD classic

[@GameboyHub1]

Thats very cool! I will try this out on my 2009 white macbook :)

[@YuNherd]

i love these little drawbacks, like mr. ross says "happy little accidents"

[@Torieldreemur918]

Time to sequoia some old macs

[@ebridgewater]

Does Software Update work?

[@MrOttman001]

And if so, does it risk bricking the machine?

[@ryanzmuda3167]

So you have a metal gpu. The HD playback was good. Do you have graphics acceleration. What issues do you have.

[@catosx2738]

install mac os sequia on your 15 year old hp laptop

[@catosx2738]

fr

[@nmac101]

perfect timing! ive been trying to do the same on my early 2009 mac mini but im not able to boot the installer for some reason

[@Infinitrium]

I am posting this from a late 2009 iMac upgraded with Sequoia with OCLP. Sequoia will run on 4gb, even 2gb apparently. Sequoia with 4gb and a spinning rust hard drive was pretty unbearable. I swear it took 2 minutes or more to boot, then another minute or so once the desktop loaded before you could really do anything. I stuck another 8gb into my iMac for a total of 12 and the improvement was huge. Of course, since it's running an ancient Core 2 Duo and Nvidia 9400 graphics, there's a lot it can't really do but, it still browses the web nicely and KZbin videos under 1080p60 work well too

[@asiano3385]

Yes. I've use that few times. It is interesting.

[@Tularis]

Wow, something that I might actually use!

[@LarsDonner]

Way too few disasters this time around. But I'm sure you can easily make up for that by trying to install Windows 11 on a similarly old computer!

[@writtenskate522plays]

I use this on my 2015 macbook pro with macos sequoia, and it works great! except for iphone mirror, that doesn't work for some reason

[@GabeNydick]

I got macOS Sequoia running on my 2011 13in MacBook Pro. overall, not bad

[@Mahanagha]

Me after I see something go wrong : 😀 After I realise it got fixed after a couple minutes of watch time : 🙁

[@kaktus3915]

Hi Michael, don't know if you'll read this, but I just wanted to say that I really love your videos and they help me get through bad times like right now a lot, so keep up the good work!

[@WhiteMedeny]

mac

[@ktb]

Mac

[@VanceVanced]

mac 👍

[@Cosmetic_Astro]

Watching thia on the newest MacBook Pro M4!

[@ebridgewater]

So you need a newer Mac to patch the OS to install on an older Mac? f you do not have access to a newer Mac, are pre-patched OS versions available to download?

[@miro007ist]

I have the same exact MacBook Pro!

[@BeyondTech12]

I love open core legacy patcher

[@memelian4]

WAIT! THAT SSD! THAT"S EXACTLY MY SAMSUNG EVO SSD!

[@q8j.]

these are my kind of videos

[@NikoGurung]

I’d like to see an old Mac mini do this

[@Gamblesgarage]

15:33 From my experience and research, I actually had luck with using Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

[@Tech_investigator]

Mjd video 2 Try the Trimble Yuma scientific data computer

[@AS-oz6ep]

Really wondering what the performance hit (if any) is with moving to Sequoia. If you're playing Halo, for instance.. what's the before/after for frame rates? Does it turn the system into something that is unsuitable for anything but light tasks? Are you better off (security issues aside) leaving it on an old, unsupported OS, if you need to do actual work with the machine?

[@sweatbox128]

watching at work

[@beyond.the.cosmosx]

I'm a simple man, I see MJD upload new video and I click on it no matter what I do.

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

Good that you blurred out the serial number! If you ever post pictures about your mac info pane, make sure your serial number is not visible, why? Because hackintoshers take these, program them into their efi partition, and they can use your serial number to activate iMessage, FaceTime and other apple services, and if apple sees this, that 2 computers are using the same serial number, they ban both! So, if you posted pictures of your serial number, and can't sign in to these apple services anymore, that might be the reason why! Don't share your serial number!

[@RetroGamerOG_]

I use opencore and it is a BIG life saver and money saver

[@vatsaljain1435]

pls make a video on installing Mac OS on a and ryzen 5 laptop of hp I tried every thing on the internet but just failed and pls install the macOS on an external ssd drive so that we don't lose windows too. Btw love your videos thank you!!

[@98xp]

ive done the same thing with my 2014 macbook air, my 2013 imac, and my 2010 imac. also please don't do this with a non metal GPU or a HDD, it will run really slow (I learned the hard way)

[@xm2895]

I am wondering if Open core will work for the M1 Macs that will be eventually out of support

[@IamRavenCR]

Great video, loved it.

[@Yngdady]

Show how to upgrade from windows 10 to 11, bypassing the requirements, on a macbook running windows on bootcamp

[@galaxygabriel0]

Do I need 2 seperate usb drives? One for my backup data, and one to install???

[@cesarespinozaspain]

I've tried this (Ventura) on a 2010 Macbook and a 2013 Macbook pro (core 2 duo) with 12 GB RAM and I thought both of them would Chernobyl themselves do the the heat they were both making. I, p-ram both to to no avail. Went back to High sierra on both and the fans go to lift off mode.. TLDR wont do this again.

[@TheRealScottMusic]

You know your old when a MacBook is the same age as you

[@coshawott3620]

watching this on my 2009 MBP 15 inch running sonoma lol

[@Cat12302]

Tbh open core is the goat it made my old MacBook pro that is faster than my main ( a 2010 hp probook) I just popped in a SSD and upgraded the ram and it's pretty fast thanks open core for reviving my MacBook I also found a old I Mac for 7 bucks I should buy that and plop in a SSD

[@blu_subwoofer6714]

I’m planning to install macOS Sequoia on my MacBook Air early 2014 using OpenCore Legacy Patcher. It only has 4 gigs of RAM so it may run kinda sluggish

[@WayneSimons]

Macs today don't even have a USB port?! No thank you. 😆

[@Space_US]

OMG, It’s just like jiga tech

[@Avegeekb737]

I used to own this MacBook

[@FlintG]

I really wish this was on windows as well cause my mac mini 2012 has LInux Ububtu already on it.

[@humidbeing]

Will these opencore installs get software updates? Can they use the mac app store?

[@samuel-wankenobi]

Yes to both

[@959JAY]

Funny computer man uploaded >:3

[@billkormas3460]

>:3

[@Snowatix]

OMG A NEW VIDEO WHILE IM TRYING TO MAKE A HACKINTOSH OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[@livingintthenewrenaissance]

This is what I wanted to see.. has anyone tried updating an old dusty Hackintosh using this method? Would this work? I have an old dusty one floating around running Yosemite that dual boots Win10 and it uses Chimera as the booter. Really curious as to if anyone has tried this on something as hopeless as that setup..

[@Snowatix]

@ Yeah but it requires a Macbook (but if you wanna do it without a mac device its hard asf and you need to watch many tutorials too)

[@livingintthenewrenaissance]

@@Snowatix Even if you're attempting to install over the pre-existing Yosemite install? Hoping to do an in-place upgrade. I realise that chances are I'm attempting to push a rope up a hill here, but if it's at all possible, would like to try this. Basically, the laptop I Hackintoshed has a busted screen and non-functional keyboard. It's a silver paperweight without it being connected to HDMI and a KVM, which makes it perfect still for this. Otherwise, it would have gone to some form of recycling long ago and I'd like to keep this functional if I can on the Mac side. The Win10 side is still chugging along fine, I have some old games installed on it. So yeah, hoping for something in-place. Again, I know.. if wishes were horses and all that..

[@Tyranx0110]

is it necessary to use a new ssd or can we use the ssd that originally comes with the macbook ? and also does the usb 2.0 apply for more of the “recent” versions like 2017-18?

[@samuel-wankenobi]

Usb 1.0 thing is only for older MacBooks pre 2011 or so and as the SSD thing is only for macs that used a mechanical harddrive so 2017 Macs should be fine

[@randyghgu]

I actually have a friend on discord who did this before even MJD did lol.

[@Jaylinkpcs]

I’ve done the same thing on a 15 inch one! It’s really slow 😬

[@TheSwitchBlade593]

my friend has that exact macbook,a nd for some reason, run at maximum, mac os x 5.

[@appleleptiker]

Before even watching this video, I'm gonna guess that he just uses OCLP.

[@mysticaxolotl8215]

Correct!

[@Cad4702]

Theres always a way to download latest mac os versions on older macs

[@qqwui9989]

Damn I just put sequoia on my mbp 2017 and this vid comes out