You are my hero. I was about to buy a newer/used MacBook Pro to use a DJ software that needed 10.14 IOS or better. You just saved me a lot of $ my man. Thanks
OMG!!!! Bro, this updated my 11 year old MacBook Pro from High Sierra to Catalina WITH NO ISSUES, period. The first successful update I’ve done in over 3 years and is only the 3rd time I’ve ever had to fix my MacBook Pro after 11 years of owning it. THE BEST LAPTOPS AROUND as in EVER!!!! Thanks to you Prime Tech, you saved me the headache from having to spend $$$ on another laptop that I didn’t need!! PS- did I say this update really works!!!!
We could all learn something about communications after watching this vid. It wasn't over-explained or convoluted with details that would do nothing but confuse the average user. Thanks foryour help I am currently awaiting results while it is running.
@@HotBean Just seeing this, thank you for asking. It worked perfectly on a 2011 mbp allowed a friend to access a few financial apps to work on the older unit.
@@alixmoya6241 I know this may be obvious but if you have firmware pwd turned on or time machine, or find my mac.... this thing can get stuck. Disk encryption is an sso actually that apple puts there to force people who use it to interface with the cloud. I dont think wifi driver boots in that environment so youd need to find a way to get ethernet hooked up to it. I am by no means an expert just work on mac support a little so I know a few trblshtng tips I have to rundown for Jamf EU's.
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.
worked perfectly for me on my mid2012 MacBook Pro! crazy! magical! thank you so much for giving it life again, it works perfectly with Catalina and has had no lagging whatsoever as far as now (two days in)! Glory to God
I have to thank you for this great video it took my 2011 into the 2024s except for the little glitch to the end it was just perfect again I really thank you for sharing this
Want to say thx for this vid man Saved me allot of money Have a late 2011 macbook pro and it works just fine All i need to do is upgrade my ram from 4 to 16 and im good to go
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.
You are awesome! litterally brought my imac back to life. I wish I would have seen this before going out and spending 2600 on a new macbook pro..Ugh! either way now I have two systems up and running .
That’s the problem with apple products. They design them to fail at some point although they’re completely functional. At this point, an iPad is relatively feasible in price and does nearly the exact same things as a laptop unless you absolutely need it. I have a 2011 Mac Pro just sitting in my closet for these exact reasons and why I have not purchased any laptops…I simply use my iPad.
just at about 5:40 into the video he shows you that you wanna use options, but once i let it load, it brought up just a 🚫 pops up on the screen… please help :((
Hi, i heve a question if you don’t mind I have a iMac 27 inch, Late 2013. Core i5. 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3 It’s not a ssd card Do you think it’s gonna work with me?
@AbdulrahmanHat I'm doing my iMac same specs as yours if it works it works otherwise I'll scrap it 😂 I'm not a. Big fan of apple products. I like more Linux and Windows
Fantastic. Thanks. I'm going to try this on my wife's iMac 27 mid-2011. I already upgrade to 20 gigs of ram and a 1tb SSD a long time ago, so that should help. The main problem we're trying to resolve is inability to update browsers and stuff. We have the old CS6 suite that is worth its weight in gold, so we don't want to lose that.
I can't get past the part where you unlock in systems preference. I click back on the Patcher and it's the same steps over and over. What do I need to do?
Hey at the 3:15 point instead of being able to continue it says a Firmware Update is Required with the option to ignore and continue at the bottom. Should I ignore or update the firmware? It states a APFS booting support system is needed in order to run Catalina and that I would need to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra first. Can I bypass this step?
It was going great until I got to the point where I had to downloaded it onto a flash drive. It didn't work on my first one so I went and bought a new one and it's still not working. I've been trying to get it to work for about 5 hours in total. It unmounts the flash drive from my computer and I've erased it in recalibrated it I don't know how many times, what do I do?
I'm trying to update a 2011 imac, but it won't open the patcher even after I change settings and click open anyway (it looks a little different to your screens). Any ideas to get past this stage please?
@@ebu632 no, i updated mine, and the only thing that got messed up was the recovery mode. But you can use in internet recovery mode. I used a different patcher if you want to know what it is. The one I used worked and it only took an hour.
@@rohitsangwan4803 this one ruclips.net/video/wxFzZWqoCng/видео.html it works really well. You would have to change the WiFi card because the computer will not recognize the old version with a new operating system. The WiFi will still work but things like airdrop and handoff will not work. And also recovery mode. I don’t have recovery mode, but I just use the internet recovery which is the same thing.
Dude! Thank you for this tutorial vid. I was able to upgrade my wife’s macbook air to higher version of macOS. OS X yosemite > macOS Catalina > macOS Big Sur 😊
Mine downloaded and everything but when I restarted it, the Apple logo disappeared and gave me a blank screen with a circle with a line through logo..please help?! I’ve got a MacBook Air mid 2012 11 inch
Did you find a solution to this problem? I have a 2011 MacBook Air and I want to ensure this works for the MacBook Air. I see most people here have the MacBook Pro or a iMac. Let me know if you were able to fix your issue please. Thanks.
I’ll admit I was skeptical. I have a mid 2011 iMac 27 with i7, 16 Mb ram, and a 250 Mb SSD running Sierra. I watched the video twice before I sat down in front of my hopeless old Mac dinosaur on July 13, 2023. I pulled up this video on my iPhone and took it slowly one step at a time. I have an ATT fiber optics 1000 MBS internet connection. 4 1/2 hours later and I’m running Catalina 10.15.7 just like it’s shown in the video. I don’t know yet if it will do more current OS upgrades like Ventura, but, it actually works. Just follow the video one step at a time. Thank you Prime Tech for such an awesome video that really works. I’ll be making a donation for an upgrade you could charge for.
@@lukeamendez6779 I did not. I know there’s other videos that show how to upgrade to Ventura and above, but, I’m just not comfortable with going from Catalina to Ventura. Any links or suggestions would be appreciated.
When I try to select an external drive as the installer I keep getting this error: An error occurred while mounting the BaseSystem image. Verify that BaseSystem.dmg is not mounted using Disk Utility, then try again. Any ideas?
Why by me when it is by loading booting from usb it show up installing loading and on the way finish about 80% of loading it’s appeared a stop sign and that let me not continue?
bro i’m late here but now i’m stuck on the damn recovery mode with a bug saying it’s damaged 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ i tried changing the date see if that works and nothing i’m running a mac os High Sierra
Dude thank you soooo much!! I’ve been trying to upgrade a Mac Mini I was given (Late 2014) to Catalina and this worked after 4 days of trying get this thing up to date this worked 😬
i just can not seem to download it on my late 2013 imac- i kep getting this message An error occurred while restoring BaseSystem.dmg. Ensure that your target installer volume is formatted as "macOS Extended (Journaled)" (HFS+), then try running the tool again. anything else i can do to fix this issue
Hi, I bought I got a MacBook for very cheap and I am trying to fix it but when I do this, the OS X Utilites page pops up when I go to the installer. Any tips?
getting boosts up with my Macbook Mid 2010 with Catalina Patcher and runs well with the 64-bits systems..it could sync with my latest iPhone 12 and didn't lags at all..
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I can confirm this still works in 2022 my setup is a iMac 27 mid 2011 and I was running high Sierra prior to this video ,THANKS FOR THE VIDEO 🙏🏾
Does it actually
@@NO-yl2jk if i wasted my time typing that long ass message yes it does lol
@@jstyari9522 how good does it work
How good does it work
hey my mac is macOS high sierra but I don't know how to download the newest 11.0
Can confirm. Works in 2024. Upgraded a 2010 iMac from High Sierra to Catalina. Awesome stuff man, thanks!
Im bout to try it thanks for this comment
No worries, GL!
You are my hero. I was about to buy a newer/used MacBook Pro to use a DJ software that needed 10.14 IOS or better. You just saved me a lot of $ my man. Thanks
Same for me, DJ software (Serato) needed 10.14 IOS. I'm not getting rid of my 2012 MacBook now. Works perfect thanks to you!
@@jefferyjames4929 does your mac still run GarageBand /iMovie ?.. in the market for a used one
@@Warrenwoon mine does my 2012 macbook pro and 2011 imac both do
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES, I’m here for the same reason. Nice to see a fellow brother in ears
Broooo seratro just closed and told me to update to 10:14
OMG!!!! Bro, this updated my 11 year old MacBook Pro from High Sierra to Catalina WITH NO ISSUES, period. The first successful update I’ve done in over 3 years and is only the 3rd time I’ve ever had to fix my MacBook Pro after 11 years of owning it. THE BEST LAPTOPS AROUND as in EVER!!!! Thanks to you Prime Tech, you saved me the headache from having to spend $$$ on another laptop that I didn’t need!! PS- did I say this update really works!!!!
That’s great news, which MacBook do you have?
@@narutobroken MacBook Pro 11, “15” inch
@@DJWOLFLIVE cool thanks I have the same machine. Did you have to disable the GPU?
how about your data?
Does anyone know if upgrading will affect my Software I have Adobe cs5 master collection
We could all learn something about communications after watching this vid. It wasn't over-explained or convoluted with details that would do nothing but confuse the average user. Thanks foryour help I am currently awaiting results while it is running.
How'd it go?
Yeah right, this just takes you into the firmware restart loop. Don’t run this on your computer, try to download 10.13 first.
@@HotBean Just seeing this, thank you for asking. It worked perfectly on a 2011 mbp allowed a friend to access a few financial apps to work on the older unit.
@@alixmoya6241 I know this may be obvious but if you have firmware pwd turned on or time machine, or find my mac.... this thing can get stuck. Disk encryption is an sso actually that apple puts there to force people who use it to interface with the cloud. I dont think wifi driver boots in that environment so youd need to find a way to get ethernet hooked up to it. I am by no means an expert just work on mac support a little so I know a few trblshtng tips I have to rundown for Jamf EU's.
Mines says Catalina but the apps still doesn’t install. Eg Ms word
You brought my old MacBook Pro-Late 2011 back to life. Thanks -A-Million.
Same bro 😎 appreciate it
I’m about to do mine. Did you upgrade to a SSD hard drive? I’m full running a 1TB HDD (7200 rpm). I hope it works.
Absolutely brilliant, just updated my mid 2011 iMac with 500GB SSD and 16GB to 10.57.7
Thank you 🎉🎉
Is it running well? Just upgraded my Mid-2011 iMac with 256GB SSD and 16GB.
How do you make the installer APFS volume
@@JacobGeleynhow?
Gonna try same upgrades 500gb ssd and 16gb ddr3 ram hopefully it works
@@amalakin4444 did it work? im going to try it tomorrow
Thank you so much for this! 2011 MacPro successfully upgraded today to Catalina! Appreciate your work :D
I tried everything to update my iMac which was on 10.6.8 this was the only method which worked! Thank you so much
OMG!! Thank you so much for making my life easier!!! After 2 days trying, I just updated my mid-2012 MacBook Pro in minutes!!!!
hi, works god ? i want alos this update to making, i'm scarr
You are my Hero!!!! I was struggling with my iMac 2011, giving endless issues and now it’s back to normal.
Hi! Do you have the AMD 5xxx or 6xxx? Do you have any problem with that?
do u need a flashdrive
@@hisokastitch718 yes. A flush drive of at least 16gb capacity.
@@vendavaljewelry7449 I have intel core i5 and I have no issues so far
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.
worked perfectly for me on my mid2012 MacBook Pro! crazy! magical! thank you so much for giving it life again, it works perfectly with Catalina and has had no lagging whatsoever as far as now (two days in)! Glory to God
your iMac is with which display card?
Brother really appreciate your knowledge and sharing with all of us ! Million thanks
Did it work?
Just want to say a huge thank you got this video. I don’t usually comment on here but got to show you some love. Respect and thank you 😊
I have to thank you for this great video it took my 2011 into the 2024s except for the little glitch to the end it was just perfect again I really thank you for sharing this
Want to say thx for this vid man
Saved me allot of money
Have a late 2011 macbook pro and it works just fine
All i need to do is upgrade my ram from 4 to 16 and im good to go
My 2009 Mac Book Pro, back to life! Thanks so much.
cap
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.
Great to know it worked on systems as far back as 2009. Gives me hope... currently installing the update on my minimac mid-2011... fingers crossed
Terbaik la bro, Imac 2014 kembali menjadi moden, mmg putungan ko ni, pandai👍👍👍 terima kasih
Everything worked up until 5:52 but at that point there's just a cross on my screen, any solutions? It loaded like half way and then it appeared
Go to you utility disc and change the hard drive name to APFS Volume if not erase it and then put in APFS Volume
You are awesome! litterally brought my imac back to life. I wish I would have seen this before going out and spending 2600 on a new macbook pro..Ugh! either way now I have two systems up and running .
That’s the problem with apple products. They design them to fail at some point although they’re completely functional. At this point, an iPad is relatively feasible in price and does nearly the exact same things as a laptop unless you absolutely need it. I have a 2011 Mac Pro just sitting in my closet for these exact reasons and why I have not purchased any laptops…I simply use my iPad.
@@vbuen323 have you ever thought about… just buying something else other than an apple product??
just at about 5:40 into the video he shows you that you wanna use options, but once i let it load, it brought up just a 🚫 pops up on the screen… please help :((
Same problem for me
I got the same problem
Sameeee
2023, and this tutorial worked perfectly. Thank you.
Hi, i heve a question if you don’t mind
I have a iMac 27 inch, Late 2013. Core i5. 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3
It’s not a ssd card
Do you think it’s gonna work with me?
@AbdulrahmanHat I'm doing my iMac same specs as yours if it works it works otherwise I'll scrap it 😂 I'm not a. Big fan of apple products. I like more Linux and Windows
Fantastic. Thanks. I'm going to try this on my wife's iMac 27 mid-2011. I already upgrade to 20 gigs of ram and a 1tb SSD a long time ago, so that should help. The main problem we're trying to resolve is inability to update browsers and stuff. We have the old CS6 suite that is worth its weight in gold, so we don't want to lose that.
Man this is the best one that actually worked that I watched yet!!!! Greatly appreciated!!
I can't get past the part where you unlock in systems preference. I click back on the Patcher and it's the same steps over and over. What do I need to do?
Hey at the 3:15 point instead of being able to continue it says a Firmware Update is Required with the option to ignore and continue at the bottom. Should I ignore or update the firmware? It states a APFS booting support system is needed in order to run Catalina and that I would need to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra first. Can I bypass this step?
Same issue I just went back to factory settings, this doesn’t work
Could be but i would upgrade your mac to 10.13 just in case
did you ever figure it out? I don't want to ignore and mess up my laptop
@@zaywilliams4839 hey no.. it didn’t work for me I wasn’t able to bypass that step
Thanks for this video it helped a lot and I finally was able to get my MacBook upgraded to Catalina
mine get stuck at the apple logo and loading after i try to restart my laptop☹️☹️☹️ do u know any way i can get out of there
I knew it it took me 1 day to fix😅😅
It was going great until I got to the point where I had to downloaded it onto a flash drive. It didn't work on my first one so I went and bought a new one and it's still not working. I've been trying to get it to work for about 5 hours in total. It unmounts the flash drive from my computer and I've erased it in recalibrated it I don't know how many times, what do I do?
Can this operation work with a HDD hard drive disk. Because mine isn’t working
I'm trying to update a 2011 imac, but it won't open the patcher even after I change settings and click open anyway (it looks a little different to your screens). Any ideas to get past this stage please?
Same problem. Did you get a solution?
@@surajkumarkonda9044 not yet
Hey I heard that it's not recommended to do this? That it can potentially break the machine?
ahhhhhhh too late
i broke my sisters imac =)
Does it really break?
@@ebu632 no, i updated mine, and the only thing that got messed up was the recovery mode. But you can use in internet recovery mode. I used a different patcher if you want to know what it is. The one I used worked and it only took an hour.
@@trutris124 which patcher bro ??
@@rohitsangwan4803 this one ruclips.net/video/wxFzZWqoCng/видео.html it works really well. You would have to change the WiFi card because the computer will not recognize the old version with a new operating system. The WiFi will still work but things like airdrop and handoff will not work. And also recovery mode. I don’t have recovery mode, but I just use the internet recovery which is the same thing.
Can you show how to download it in the system without using bootable usb
5:46 is anyone else not seeing their flash drive when the do this?
After i turned my hard drive into a apsf volume it didn't work
Hat happens if you do install to this machine?
is not working on my Mac 2011
MacBook Pro 15 inch 2011 early model not installed please help me.
Thank you SO MUCH!! This worked perfectly! You are the best! (Mid-2012 MacBook Pro)
Should I not download it in my already high sierra? Because Big Sur did not pop up when I did everything
What can I do if I don’t have a flash drive ?
I have the same problem
Dude! Thank you for this tutorial vid. I was able to upgrade my wife’s macbook air to higher version of macOS.
OS X yosemite > macOS Catalina > macOS Big Sur 😊
Same here! Had to download Yosemite first, then was able to download Catalina. I'll try Big Sur after seeing your comment. Thank you!
I don't have a hard drive or anything like that will it still work??
I get a message that my volume is too small for the patch selected?
Great tutorial. It Worked first time. No problems thank you!
do u need a flashdrive
@@hisokastitch718 yes but I do not have one
how to upgrade from lion to sierra?
Mine downloaded and everything but when I restarted it, the Apple logo disappeared and gave me a blank screen with a circle with a line through logo..please help?! I’ve got a MacBook Air mid 2012 11 inch
Did you find a solution to this problem? I have a 2011 MacBook Air and I want to ensure this works for the MacBook Air. I see most people here have the MacBook Pro or a iMac. Let me know if you were able to fix your issue please. Thanks.
When it restarted and I’m trying to sign it it is stuck on loading what can I do ?
Same mine just shows an error 🚫 and sits there on a white screen
@@AmnestyGG make sure you 1. Install post install patches and 2. Depending on your model disable the discrete gpu (guides online)
I’ll admit I was skeptical. I have a mid 2011 iMac 27 with i7, 16 Mb ram, and a 250 Mb SSD running Sierra. I watched the video twice before I sat down in front of my hopeless old Mac dinosaur on July 13, 2023. I pulled up this video on my iPhone and took it slowly one step at a time. I have an ATT fiber optics 1000 MBS internet connection. 4 1/2 hours later and I’m running Catalina 10.15.7 just like it’s shown in the video. I don’t know yet if it will do more current OS upgrades like Ventura, but, it actually works. Just follow the video one step at a time. Thank you Prime Tech for such an awesome video that really works. I’ll be making a donation for an upgrade you could charge for.
Did you ever figure out how to install Ventura??
@@lukeamendez6779 I did not. I know there’s other videos that show how to upgrade to Ventura and above, but, I’m just not comfortable with going from Catalina to Ventura. Any links or suggestions would be appreciated.
Not yet. i'm still stuck on Catalina. Any suggestions? @@lukeamendez6779
Will this work on 2011 High Sierra? I can't get Mojave.
I’m having the same problem
iMac mid 2010 High Sierra up to Catalina that is work. I feel slow and backup iPhone date & time is wrong, but my right hand corner time is correct.
When I try to select an external drive as the installer I keep getting this error:
An error occurred while mounting the BaseSystem image. Verify that BaseSystem.dmg is not mounted using Disk Utility, then try again.
Any ideas?
Can I remove the usb once I have done this
Just ordered a USB Drive ! I will update when I get it in and make my update :) I'm looking forward to updating my 2011 Mac
Any update?
are you doing this on the computer that needs to be updated or are you doing it from a separate computer and transferring?
BE CAREFUL! Read comments before you start!
No
No 😤 everyone says it works anyway my dude
@@theodreamurrI never heard of your music?
@@theodreamurrdid it work for you?
Why by me when it is by loading booting from usb it show up installing loading and on the way finish about 80% of loading it’s appeared a stop sign and that let me not continue?
bro i’m late here but now i’m stuck on the damn recovery mode with a bug saying it’s damaged 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ i tried changing the date see if that works and nothing i’m running a mac os High Sierra
Got mine updated, finally!!! Thank you!! Easy instructions to follow!
Dude thank you soooo much!! I’ve been trying to upgrade a Mac Mini I was given (Late 2014) to Catalina and this worked after 4 days of trying get this thing up to date this worked 😬
What if it shuts off on its own but doesn’t turn back on then makes a bong sound when you try and turn it back on? It’s been black screen ever sense
I go to do it from a master reset and it says not enough space on the disk?
Hii I have macbook pro 2011 is it possible to move big siera
How long does it take to install, mine has been sitting on few minutes now for over 15 min?
Do I still Install post install patches after it upgraded?
Hi, i am unable to install it. Erase my HD to Afps volume but getting cross error when try to install. Any help would be appreciated
sir this method can work mac ios 10.10.5 {2008}
1000x thank you!!!! You’re the real MVP!!!
will this work on a mac mini late 2014
hi I am using a different keyboard so when i shut down and hold the option. it does not work. any fix for this?
Omg i love you this literally helped me cause I was stuck on Mac OS X malverick
I tried this and it says error when I try to download it onto my computer 😢
I’m stuck in Restoring BaseSystem 😭😭😭 how can i formatted as “ macOS extended”? Mine is OS x Maverick
Please 🙏 I need your help
Error restoring base system.dmg hardrive keeps ejecting ?
why my imac just roll roll and not downolad the latest version
Tried your method but I keep getting a banned icon. What should I do???
I make it to the step where you choose the usb and after I do it the apple logo stops and a circle with a line pops up
i just can not seem to download it on my late 2013 imac- i kep getting this message An error occurred while restoring BaseSystem.dmg. Ensure that your target installer volume is formatted as "macOS Extended (Journaled)" (HFS+), then try running the tool again. anything else i can do to fix this issue
Why are you downloading it to a flash drive and not to the machine? I am just curious. thanks
i dont know why i cant locate the patch updater though. I cant say if it worked or not. do i need to format my computer?
unable to upgrade my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)atm running OS High Sierra and need version 12 ios to run apps - any help
same
when I tried erasing my usb drive to what you said, it didn't work
Mine gone really slow.. Is there a way to go back?
Hi, I bought I got a MacBook for very cheap and I am trying to fix it but when I do this, the OS X Utilites page pops up when I go to the installer. Any tips?
i use windows keyboard the last step with the turn isn’t working . what button is option on my keybord
The downloading part says 6.8/ 0.0 mb . Any idea why that is ?
Just started and loving the comments... Keeping my fingers crossed!
How do I make the APFS volume?
6:20 go click erase at the top part and something will pop out, then you can change it into APFS
I keep Reinstalling the macOS then open to the utilities page again, any clues?
Hey there .
Thank you for the video and easy explanation . You saved me 400 bucks .
Subscribed and a thumb 👍 for you .
can u use without usb
The installer does not comes up after Reopening laptop and press option
My mac got stucked in the apple logo loop - any workaround on this? 🥺
Hey did you fix that ? How?
leave it for 1 hour then shutdown manually, i tried it and yes it work for me👍 2010 4GB Ram
getting boosts up with my Macbook Mid 2010 with Catalina Patcher and runs well with the 64-bits systems..it could sync with my latest iPhone 12 and didn't lags at all..
What if you don’t have an external can you do it to the regular drive on your pc
do i need to back up before intsalling patch ?
I’m not getting the installer options after the shutdown I get the actually hard drive and my flash drive
Can I do this tutorial to downgrade from MacOS Ventura back to Catalina?
How do you remove/revert back? It made my machine choppy
Just want to ask.. will it wipe out my DAW software or any other software in my iMac?
Bro there is no apfs volume for me but there are some other apfs like APFS Encrypted etc
Shat should i do please tell me
What if it says firmware update required
it's 2024 and my IMAC mid 2011 i5 with AMD 6790M can work on it
jump to Catalina from big sierra
really appreciate for it UR my hero
what if im not using a mac keyboard, what key do i hold while it reboots