Thanks for your help Mr. Mac! I have been able to upgrade my $98 Mac Mini to Big Sur and even got the update (.8) that just came out. The update broke my graphics and then I remembered what you said about that and ran the post install patch. Now all is well. Thanks again.
Completely saved me, recently got a mid 2011 27 inch Mac and I was so scared it would be of no use for my college work due to the need for MacOS 11 or higher for Office 360 apps, so I’m so thankful for this tutorial, definitely deserves more recognition!!
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
I want to put this on my mid 2011 27 inch. I put Catalina but the graphics look laggy. I'm hoping this Big Sur solution works better. How's your graphics working on your set ?thanks
I do not have the words for this tutorial video. All I can say is thank you! This is one of the best things I have found in a very long time. Thank you so much and I will look to donating when I can!
What an absolute godsend of a project, I just got a mid 2011 Mac mini 5.1 a few days ago having never owned one, and using your guide here I went from Sierra to big sur.
I just completed updating my MacBook Pro Late 2011 to Big Sur using your video. Many thanks and please keep up the fine work that you do. Thanks again!!!
I just installed Big Sur 11.7.6 from OS 10.14.5, it took two nights, but I was able to just do an upgrade. Thanks so much for the on point directions. This was a big step for me.
@@TheHipHopolypseyes it is still working fine. I do want to get the new Logic Pro 11, so I will be getting a Mac Mini M2 for that software. I am running the Apollo Twin X interface with Luna/Console, Native Access & Logic Pro X on the Big Sur OS, still. I did have to do a re-install of my UA Connect, but after I followed the uninstlall instructions on the UAD forum page, it has worked fine again.
I finally managed to install Big Sur on my Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 15"- a machine that Apple declared "Obsolete" is now running Big Sur, there are a few bugs but for the most part, everything is running smoothly. And my fan doesn't run as much as when I had High Sierra. That's a plus. Now I can get a few more years out of this machine, all I need to do is replace the battery, clean the insides and replace the thermal paste and I'm good to go. Now if there OpenCore patch app to bring new life to my First Gen iPad - life would be grand. :) Thanks again Mr. Mac for the tip.
Thank you Mr Macintosh. As so many others have said, this worked like a dream and has saved me replacing my, perfectly usable, 27" iMac mid 2010. I did have to be patient though and just let it run. Took a while, but it did work. Excellent!
Thank you to Mr. Macintosh, I just finished installing MacOS Big Sur on my 2011 Macbook Pro following your guide and it works fine. I only invested $19 to upgrade from 4 GB of RAM to 8 GB.
Kudos to you Mr. Macintosh! Amazing tutorial. Complete and concise instructions. You and all the developers did an amazing job. You added few more years to my Macbook White Mid-2010 (upgraded to 256gb ssd and 8gb ram). Thank you so much from the Philippines!
This guy works his tail off for us viewers! Thank you kindly sir for my first lesson from you. Can’t wait to begin digging through all your other posts!!!
Wow. I just installed the new version on my 21.5 late 2013 without a problem. Thank you so much. You really know how to explain this process very well. Thank you from New York City.
hey man i have the same machine and gonna do that as well! did you use this method with hdd or an upgraded ssd in your imac? i’m wondering how fast this will be for a day to day use… i currently have an ssd in mine and it runs the latest catalina update really smooth and stable, as i mentioned, for a casual daily usage.
Thank you to Mr. Macintosh and all the devs who worked on this video and guide, it was very easy to follow and still worked great for me in 2023. I recently bought a secondhand 27" 2011 iMac for my graphic design studies and art and now I am able to download and use the Adobe and Office 360 products that I need. I had some issues with the UI glitching but this was fixed after I restarted my iMac and reinstalled the post install root patch. Great work by everyone who was involved in this project, tysm you're all legends
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
this is the best video i have ever seen in this regard. i went exactly step by step as described and it works perfectly. thank you very much. just a remark: after the installation, the computer might reboot mentioning that the computer has an unexpected problem. no worries, after few reboots it shall stabilize.
Mr. Macintosh: you are the BEST! Following and liking, the best there is on RUclips on this topic, very didactic, clear, explanatory, without any loose ends. A video and channel of excellence! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
It's 2023. Worked wonderfully. First impressions of this video looked too complicated, so I thought I'd just ask the local 'Geek Squad'. But after seeing their reviews, I quickly decided I better try follow alone to this video first. (THIS IS THE FIRST MAC / APPLE ANYTHING I HAVE EVER OWNED) I just did this to my MacPro 2013. Which was still running on macOS Catalina. There were some hiccups I was able to figure out. But over all this tutorial was exceptional. Thank you.
Just finished this process this morning using my Mac Mini Mid 2011 with no upgraded hardware Inside and it honestly helped the computer so much. Runs super smooth (compared to high sierra) and I can now load up alot of apps that were not compatible just 24 hours ago! You saved me so much money my man! 👏🏽
Facing "this copy of the install macos big sur application is damaged, and can't be used to install macos" after reboot selecting install. Did you face this issue?
Very good explanation! Thank you so much sir! You are all awesome! thanks for the many many hours of great work! You guys sure are doing what so many others say (about saving resources and so)... You are making useable again many many "old" and older machines, because it is not the hardware that makes them obsolete but the software created with its limitations by the builders of these wonderful machines.
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
You're a life saviour and I'll consider donating! I couldn't cope with the fact that High Sierra wasn't compatible anymore with Google Drive. Now my computer is much more usable, thank you :)
I can't believe this exists. I had no idea I could update my Mac to newer, more secure, software with your help. I am not a computer programmer by any means...and this was easy for me to follow. Truly awesome, y'all.
Upgraded my Mac Mini from its old hard drive to a new 870 Evo and I manage to upgrade my Mac Mini late 2012 successfully to Big Sur.. big help to you for the in depth tutorial.. I'm a newbie in using Mac os as currently daily computer and I can say I'm not intimidated by the process by following your guide.. thanks a lot
Thank you so much for this. My 17 inch 2011 MacBook Pro has a new lease of life. One thing to note is that my installation took a very long time. We are talking hours. Even when I thought it wasn’t doing anything it was still grinding away. Many a time I had my heart in my mouth. SSD is what will go into it next.
Wow, I have to give a big thanks to you. I already went & supported the dev. This was a great & easy to follow tutorial. I used a previous patcher for Catalina however to run big sur on a mid 2010mbp is a treat. I was literally about to drop $1400 for a newer mac for business with the profession I am in & self employed. I needed the newer software which required better hardware , after a bit of searching, I found you, I upped my ram as well as went to ssd then boom ! Perfect , especially having the parts just laying around and well.... I subbed to you & liked this video.. I would love your permission to post your stuff on my website if possible and bring many of my supportive loyal following your way as well as I am very grateful to the dev & for your time with this tutorial, you've probably given me a extra 3-6 months before I will actually need to purchase a new MacBook pro. Again, well done & thank you !
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
Hello, I have a question, I follow the same steps from this video to get to Monterey, I can’t figure out how I can get open core legacy patcher to enable system, restore, in other words, when you are trying to go back from an earlier time in your time machine you need to go under system recovery and it’s not allowing it, can you please let me know how I can enable this feature so when I restart I get booted from system restore? It would mean the world And always it could be very helpful if you could tell me step-by-step
And I know how to get to it by doing the key commands, but believe me, it’s not doing it, and I saw a article online that you have to enable this feature in “legacy patcher, but I’m blind and really can’t find a way to do it really would appreciate if you could help me step-by-step
Thank you so much for all the work you guys do. I realize this is a year old video, but I used it to install (fresh, no upgrade) the MacOS Ventura 13.5.1 on a MacBookPro 8,1 2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 with Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB and 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3. Everything is working great so far.
A simple "Thank You from the bottom of my heart" is not enough. Not even the small donation I just did, and WILL do next time I upgrade. Sir, you are fantastic, you saved me tons of time, effort, money and now I'm a happy BigSur user on a late-2012 iMac! Will stick to that -cause I'm not the greedy type- and will do it on my other machines as well. Have a nice 2024!
Wow, Thank you very much Mate! First time I done something like this without running into any problems! This is because you explained EVERYTHING in great detail!
Install was flawless, thank you I wanted to install a raid 0 with two 500 gb ssd’s but I could not. I could build the raid but not install to it, so I took one out and put CD rom drive back in, again thank you 🙏🏻
Did this on my Late 2013 iMac and everything went smoothly. I especially appreciated the instruction to continue to hold the Option key during the reboot. I didn't realize you were supposed to do that when I tried the patcher for Ventura (which I tried first and failed because I didn't know). I was going to jump to Ventura, but I think I'll hang with Big Sur until they stop supporting it. Thank you!
@Mr Macintosh , I'm having an issue with two apps so far; Zoom, shows the camera, but no video. A program that I use to record voice tracks for a radio station (uses wine), sees the mic and lets me select it, but no audio. In Security & Privacy, there are no apps listed for either the camera or the microphone. Both work for other apps that are native, but the app list for both is grayed out. It's like the camera and mic are being denied access by the system. Is there anything I can do? Or should I try to re-install the OS?
@@Vasolini same problem I'm having with Adobe Audition - iMac not recognising microphone. You have to go into recovery and charge it in terminal. But you can't do it with unofficial macros install😢. Am looking for a solution. Try a PRAM reset, that's what I'm gonna try
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
Can you use the same usb installer to install on different Macs, or do you need to build a different one for each machine? Also can you do TM and restore if the drive has to ever get replaced or is there a program that will image and restore other than TM if the patched OS is installed? After it’s installed can I do a Mac migration from a previous TM backup? Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial.
Hello everyone! For those who do not start the Maps and freezes on the greeting mode, you should change the theme from light to dark and the Maps will start. Then you can switch from dark to light mode and everything will work
Thank you kindly for this bit of info , it solved the issue perfectly. Are there any other issues youve ran into by chance ? I see comments of the music player having issues etc however I have not had many if any, the dev did a great job with this patch.
Thank you SO much! I was running with Sierra for my late 2009 iMac, when I found a video upgrading to high sierra. It worked for a good 2 months until I needed Big Sur to run apps, so I couldn’t do anything on my computer. This tutorial took 2-3 days for me but it was worth it because it worked. I’m so glad it wasn’t a scam and I can finally run Google on my iMac again.
Just the thing I need for my iMac8,1 (Early 2008). I was having display glitches on Monterey 12.4, and was told that it is due to the TS1 graphics card. Latest version that works fine is Big Sur *11.2.3*. Will try this and see how it goes :)
@@Mr.Macintosh hello! When I use Big Sur 11.2.3 USB installer, I kept on getting a message (“you need a firmware update in order to install to this Mac” or something). I get this msg on all unsupported Macs I have. When I use a newer version of Big Sur, it installs just fine, but I still get the graphics glitches. My “dirty” solution: take out the SSD from my iMac, connect it to a Mac that natively supports Big Sur, install Big Sur 11.2.3 on the SSD (as external drive), put it back in the iMac after installation, followed the prompts for root patch install, build and install Open Core, install it on my SSD. Again, thank you for your guide! Really helpful!
Hi I’m in the process of installing Big Sur and have gotten to the point where it’s installing into Applications folder. Does this process normally take a while? Because it’s not showing an estimate time or percentage of completion. I’m not sure if it’s frozen or just a time consuming process.
This video has been great. Thank you! I am now able to help my customers better and save them lots of money by reviving their old mac computers. I am definitely subscribing.
This is amazing. At first i was scared it wouldnt work, i know this video is a little old but I was able installed from Catalina to macos Sonoma to my old 21.5 imac 2013. Following step by step and work beautifuly 🙏🏼 thank you so much!
DosDude1 is great but after Catalina he retired from creating patchers. He is now doing amazing hardware modifications adding memory and faster cpu's to old macs!
I can't install Big Sur on my MBP late 2011. When boot to recovery and hit Install, got the message "this copy of the install macos big sur application is damaged and can't be used to install..." I thought that download was corrupted so re-download and re-create the usb installer couple of times but with same result. Any solution for that problem? Update: Found the problem, that was old USB flash drive. Purchase the new one 32gb Kingston and there was no problems anymore!
What about video? Any problems? Cause now I have on my mbp late 11 13” - Catalina - from mister Mac, and sometimes I can’t watch online video, or use DAW properly… it crushes time to time because of video graphic card (I guess)
Huge thank you for this video. I downloaded a game on Steam which wouldn't run. A bit of investigation and it turns out my OS wasn't good enough (Macbook Pro mid 2012). I followed this video and now have the game running brilliantly on Big Sur. Liked and subscribed. Thanks again!
I commented about some issues originally but seemed to have solved them so far. Im still in the process of creating the installer....I really appreciate the video and walk through. I just ran the 0.5.2 patcher and looks like Big Sur is currently the newest version we can run on the Mid 2011 iMacs. I have core i5, 12gb ram, and sadly only a 1tb sata disk, my question is with the AMD Radeon Graphics HD 6770M 512gb. Will I have any issue's? I do not believe that card is Metal compatible. So I will need to install some graphics acceleration software right? Also when you went into disk utility to erase the hard drive for a new install of big sur. My format mode is set to Mac OS extended Journaled yours is APFS do I need to choose that one?
@@rubenperez217 You can run the newest OS no problem. I didn't realize it at the time. But with all the updates you shouldnt have an issue as long as its supported which I believe all versions are at this time.
I have asked this on the discord server for OCLP, but maybe someone reading this can help . . . I have a MBP 2011 with a fried discrete GPU. It's been running El Capitan fine for years now thanks to a RadeonDisable sh script you have to boot into Ubuntu on a USB flash drive to run. Obviously it disables the discrete GPU so the MBP runs off the iGPU. But any attempt to upgrade means that in short order I can't see anything on the screen as it reverts to the broken dGPU. I'm wondering if maybe I can install everything needed to an external SSD and then just swap the external for the internal? Anyone any better ideas?
All you need to do is run this nvram command to disable the dGPU. Once done, the os will not try to use the dGPU again. This is what I've done on all my 2011 MBPro's.dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/ACCEL.html#cannot-login-on-2011-15-and-17-macbook-pros
@@Mr.Macintosh Thanks so much for the link. Also is Mojave possible via the "Use existing MacOs Installer" option? I have some very high quality old audio gear with a 32bit control panel so need at least one old Mac to run Mojave. I know that OCLP is aimed at Big Sur + and they recommend dosdude's patcher for earlier OS's, but his page talks about a VERY involved way of disabling the dGPU far beyond my skills - compared to entering a line of code into nvram !!
Well done, I highly recommend this tutorial, initially as I looked at it, it was not too difficult and I watched others because I had a problem with Wifi, Sound, and graphic acceleration, I tried for 3 days and decided to try it and it works right away. My Imac Mid 2010 i3,HD4670 hardware and everything works, thanks for the helpful video
It's a great and detailed video! I wish something similar existed for unsupported iPads so we could install newer iOS to bring capable devices back to life.
I'm having problems. Everything works just as you show on the video. My computer is a late 2009 Mac Pro. I get to the point where I'm Restarting from the Flash Drive. I selected the EFI Boot, then selected Install macOS Big Sur.The Apple logo shows up and get a blank screen. I don't know what to do next.
you are supposed to post install patch from the oclp GUI app it will help with graphical acceleration and many more kexts and fixes hope this solves your problem if not contact me and i will try to help :)
Thanks Brent & Harry!!! Tunis, this video was a lot longer and had an explanation that the new OCLP app will automatically install the post install patches after installing Big Sur. If for some reason this part fails, you can still install them manually in the OCLP app just like Brent and Harry said. The window will also tell you if the automatic patching worked or not because it will show a last install date.
Such an amazing explanation of everything. My instal went without a hitch. I'm very happy, sold this old iMac to a friend and they should be good for a few years. I however should have installed an ssd before this process. But I'll leave that up to them in the future.
Thanks man! This saved my life literally! Really appreciate it so much though it took me many days working this process out until finally I was able to execute the right thing! Many thanks to you 😊
Thank you! Have just installed on 2009 Macbook Pro, Core Two Duo cpu, 4gb memory and 64gb SSD and works a treat. Instructions clear enough for this 77 year old !
Worked 💯 Amazing video and saved me $2400 from having to buy a new machine. Works just as good if not better than the High Sierra install. Can't thank you enough
Much appreciated 2nd time doing this for a unsupported mac and it really gave me a fun project this Saturday doing it, I jus recently pulled a old mid 2012 out the ewaste bin repaired some corrosion on the power delivery and got it going so this jus made it a more modern machine, we’ll be going back in with a cheap ssd tho, took 4 hours total on this old spinner 😂
Thank you thank you thank you very very much omg I can't believe it how I could update my old Macbook 2011 at o monetary 12.6 I was suffering for days till I found your video and I followed your step one by one.. I appreciate your efforts and how you explain it thank you, you are amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Many thanks for your video! I didn’t do a clean install and it works just fine. Now I am in the process of finding out what applications, if any, are not compatible with Big Sur.
Wooow. Thanks a lot. My 2010 27 imac is back in life again. Altough it takes some time, the steps are explained one by one and you don't have to be pro to do them.
This is fantastic, and has meant that my 5,1 Mac Pro can now receive all the new shiny Adobe updates, which it couldn't when in Catalina. Thank you very much. One issue remains: There is no Apple (or any other) menu bar appearing top left of the screen. I have the clock etc on the right, but the left is blank.
Thank you very much for this video and would like to report that the new Ventura patch works very good on a mid 15’ 2014 MacBook Pro I did not do a full installation but an upgrade just cus I’m new to Mac OS Again thank you and great job with the details and explanation of what does what you got yourself a new follower
I don't know how to thank you. My 2011 iMac has a new life now. It has been two days since installing bigsur and everything works fine. Thank you Mr. Macintosh!
Thanks for your help Mr. Mac! I have been able to upgrade my $98 Mac Mini to Big Sur and even got the update (.8) that just came out. The update broke my graphics and then I remembered what you said about that and ran the post install patch. Now all is well. Thanks again.
Completely saved me, recently got a mid 2011 27 inch Mac and I was so scared it would be of no use for my college work due to the need for MacOS 11 or higher for Office 360 apps, so I’m so thankful for this tutorial, definitely deserves more recognition!!
could you help me with installing,im trying but so lost , I have a mid 2011 Mac as well
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
I want to put this on my mid 2011 27 inch. I put Catalina but the graphics look laggy. I'm hoping this Big Sur solution works better. How's your graphics working on your set ?thanks
Not working 6 months on.
That is the best video ever for Big Sur update. Very well explained, non of the steps moved fast. Perfect! Thank you.
I do not have the words for this tutorial video. All I can say is thank you! This is one of the best things I have found in a very long time. Thank you so much and I will look to donating when I can!
What an absolute godsend of a project, I just got a mid 2011 Mac mini 5.1 a few days ago having never owned one, and using your guide here I went from Sierra to big sur.
how the graphic accelerator works?
Upgraded from Catalina to Big Sur on August 20, 2023, it works! I have a late 2012 Mac Mini. Thanks VERY MUCH! Easy, clear directions. ❤
I just completed updating my MacBook Pro Late 2011 to Big Sur using your video. Many thanks and please keep up the fine work that you do. Thanks again!!!
Thank you very much James!!!
I just installed Big Sur 11.7.6 from OS 10.14.5, it took two nights, but I was able to just do an upgrade. Thanks so much for the on point directions. This was a big step for me.
And is it still going well for you?
@@TheHipHopolypseyes it is still working fine. I do want to get the new Logic Pro 11, so I will be getting a Mac Mini M2 for that software. I am running the Apollo Twin X interface with Luna/Console, Native Access & Logic Pro X on the Big Sur OS, still. I did have to do a re-install of my UA Connect, but after I followed the uninstlall instructions on the UAD forum page, it has worked fine again.
I finally managed to install Big Sur on my Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 15"- a machine that Apple declared "Obsolete" is now running Big Sur, there are a few bugs but for the most part, everything is running smoothly. And my fan doesn't run as much as when I had High Sierra. That's a plus. Now I can get a few more years out of this machine, all I need to do is replace the battery, clean the insides and replace the thermal paste and I'm good to go. Now if there OpenCore patch app to bring new life to my First Gen iPad - life would be grand. :) Thanks again Mr. Mac for the tip.
Thank you Mr Macintosh. As so many others have said, this worked like a dream and has saved me replacing my, perfectly usable, 27" iMac mid 2010. I did have to be patient though and just let it run. Took a while, but it did work. Excellent!
how long did it take for you?
I am wondering what comforts me the most, your tutorials or your voice... THANKS :)
Thank you to Mr. Macintosh, I just finished installing MacOS Big Sur on my 2011 Macbook Pro following your guide and it works fine. I only invested $19 to upgrade from 4 GB of RAM to 8 GB.
Kudos to you Mr. Macintosh! Amazing tutorial. Complete and concise instructions. You and all the developers did an amazing job. You added few more years to my Macbook White Mid-2010 (upgraded to 256gb ssd and 8gb ram). Thank you so much from the Philippines!
Your mac is an core 2 or i5? Please answer me
And it running better you dont have any lag or something
This guy works his tail off for us viewers! Thank you kindly sir for my first lesson from you. Can’t wait to begin digging through all your other posts!!!
Wow. I just installed the new version on my 21.5 late 2013 without a problem. Thank you so much. You really know how to explain this process very well. Thank you from New York City.
hey man i have the same machine and gonna do that as well! did you use this method with hdd or an upgraded ssd in your imac? i’m wondering how fast this will be for a day to day use… i currently have an ssd in mine and it runs the latest catalina update really smooth and stable, as i mentioned, for a casual daily usage.
This walkthrough worked great. My 2013 iMac is now on Big Sur so I can also get the Office 360 updates. Thank you so much!
Thank you to Mr. Macintosh and all the devs who worked on this video and guide, it was very easy to follow and still worked great for me in 2023. I recently bought a secondhand 27" 2011 iMac for my graphic design studies and art and now I am able to download and use the Adobe and Office 360 products that I need. I had some issues with the UI glitching but this was fixed after I restarted my iMac and reinstalled the post install root patch. Great work by everyone who was involved in this project, tysm you're all legends
I have the exact same mac ,can you help me walk through I can't get it
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
this is the best video i have ever seen in this regard. i went exactly step by step as described and it works perfectly. thank you very much. just a remark: after the installation, the computer might reboot mentioning that the computer has an unexpected problem. no worries, after few reboots it shall stabilize.
Mr. Macintosh: you are the BEST! Following and liking, the best there is on RUclips on this topic, very didactic, clear, explanatory, without any loose ends. A video and channel of excellence! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
It's 2023. Worked wonderfully.
First impressions of this video looked too complicated, so I thought I'd just ask the local 'Geek Squad'. But after seeing their reviews, I quickly decided I better try follow alone to this video first. (THIS IS THE FIRST MAC / APPLE ANYTHING I HAVE EVER OWNED)
I just did this to my MacPro 2013. Which was still running on macOS Catalina. There were some hiccups I was able to figure out. But over all this tutorial was exceptional. Thank you.
Did you have any issues with apfs on the hard drive?
@@robyoung981 NO... no problems installing on a late 2012 macmini
Just finished this process this morning using my Mac Mini Mid 2011 with no upgraded hardware Inside and it honestly helped the computer so much. Runs super smooth (compared to high sierra) and I can now load up alot of apps that were not compatible just 24 hours ago! You saved me so much money my man! 👏🏽
Facing "this copy of the install macos big sur application is damaged, and can't be used to install macos" after reboot selecting install. Did you face this issue?
That happened to my 2011 macbook pro it say error while preparing the installer
You're amazing bro! My Dad gave me my Grandpa's mid 2010 mbp after he passed. I really wanted to use it. I decided to install IOS 12.x.x. Cheers!
actually impressed on how well that works, i was stuck in macos catalina, now i can use my mac again for school. Thank you!
Very usefull explanation, and the developers: many thanks. This keeps the power of big tech companies within limits.
Very good explanation! Thank you so much sir! You are all awesome! thanks for the many many hours of great work!
You guys sure are doing what so many others say (about saving resources and so)... You are making useable again many many "old" and older machines, because it is not the hardware that makes them obsolete but the software created with its limitations by the builders of these wonderful machines.
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
You're a life saviour and I'll consider donating! I couldn't cope with the fact that High Sierra wasn't compatible anymore with Google Drive. Now my computer is much more usable, thank you :)
Hats off to your knowledge & contribution. Successfully installed Version 11.7.2 in IMac Late 2013 model.
I can't believe this exists. I had no idea I could update my Mac to newer, more secure, software with your help. I am not a computer programmer by any means...and this was easy for me to follow. Truly awesome, y'all.
Is Big Sur still more secure than all the previous operating systems in 2022? 😮 I tried to get Monterey but no luck. Hoping Big Sur works
Npc
Great video my wife's IMac 2013 is working great with the upgrade. Forever thankful.
Upgraded my Mac Mini from its old hard drive to a new 870 Evo and I manage to upgrade my Mac Mini late 2012 successfully to Big Sur.. big help to you for the in depth tutorial.. I'm a newbie in using Mac os as currently daily computer and I can say I'm not intimidated by the process by following your guide.. thanks a lot
Thank you so much for this. My 17 inch 2011 MacBook Pro has a new lease of life. One thing to note is that my installation took a very long time. We are talking hours. Even when I thought it wasn’t doing anything it was still grinding away. Many a time I had my heart in my mouth. SSD is what will go into it next.
if you were using a usb 2.0 flash drive and a hdd internal drive it doesn't surprise me
Wow, I have to give a big thanks to you. I already went & supported the dev. This was a great & easy to follow tutorial. I used a previous patcher for Catalina however to run big sur on a mid 2010mbp is a treat. I was literally about to drop $1400 for a newer mac for business with the profession I am in & self employed. I needed the newer software which required better hardware , after a bit of searching, I found you, I upped my ram as well as went to ssd then boom ! Perfect , especially having the parts just laying around and well.... I subbed to you & liked this video.. I would love your permission to post your stuff on my website if possible and bring many of my supportive loyal following your way as well as I am very grateful to the dev & for your time with this tutorial, you've probably given me a extra 3-6 months before I will actually need to purchase a new MacBook pro. Again, well done & thank you !
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
Hello, I have a question, I follow the same steps from this video to get to Monterey, I can’t figure out how I can get open core legacy patcher to enable system, restore, in other words, when you are trying to go back from an earlier time in your time machine you need to go under system recovery and it’s not allowing it, can you please let me know how I can enable this feature so when I restart I get booted from system restore? It would mean the world And always it could be very helpful if you could tell me step-by-step
And I know how to get to it by doing the key commands, but believe me, it’s not doing it, and I saw a article online that you have to enable this feature in “legacy patcher, but I’m blind and really can’t find a way to do it really would appreciate if you could help me step-by-step
Thank you so much for all the work you guys do. I realize this is a year old video, but I used it to install (fresh, no upgrade) the MacOS Ventura 13.5.1 on a MacBookPro 8,1 2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 with Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB and 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3. Everything is working great so far.
same
A simple "Thank You from the bottom of my heart" is not enough. Not even the small donation I just did, and WILL do next time I upgrade.
Sir, you are fantastic, you saved me tons of time, effort, money and now I'm a happy BigSur user on a late-2012 iMac!
Will stick to that -cause I'm not the greedy type- and will do it on my other machines as well.
Have a nice 2024!
Wow, Thank you very much Mate! First time I done something like this without running into any problems! This is because you explained EVERYTHING in great detail!
Mr.Macintosh you are the best! super like for you, thanks!
Thank you very much Cristian!!! 👍
@@Mr.MacintoshPlease help me. I sent in a few questions
Thank you !!
Thank you so much...I followed you step by step and my old iMac from 2011 is now running Big Sur. Thanks again 🙂
GENIUS!!! Triple thumbs up, you're the man.
Great video, clear, simple and step by step.
Keep up the good job Master and thank you again.💯🙏
Install was flawless, thank you I wanted to install a raid 0 with two 500 gb ssd’s but I could not. I could build the raid but not install to it, so I took one out and put CD rom drive back in, again thank you 🙏🏻
Did this on my Late 2013 iMac and everything went smoothly. I especially appreciated the instruction to continue to hold the Option key during the reboot. I didn't realize you were supposed to do that when I tried the patcher for Ventura (which I tried first and failed because I didn't know). I was going to jump to Ventura, but I think I'll hang with Big Sur until they stop supporting it. Thank you!
I've got same machine, don't recommend Ventura, still a few bugs. Big Sur is perfect, so I'm going back.
@@Moledmc thanks for the info! I had a feeling that maybe the case. I’m going to hold off on going any further on mine.
@@Vasolini Ventura looks lovely but it's really pushing the ten year old machine, also certain audio software was playing up
@Mr Macintosh , I'm having an issue with two apps so far; Zoom, shows the camera, but no video. A program that I use to record voice tracks for a radio station (uses wine), sees the mic and lets me select it, but no audio. In Security & Privacy, there are no apps listed for either the camera or the microphone. Both work for other apps that are native, but the app list for both is grayed out. It's like the camera and mic are being denied access by the system. Is there anything I can do? Or should I try to re-install the OS?
@@Vasolini same problem I'm having with Adobe Audition - iMac not recognising microphone. You have to go into recovery and charge it in terminal. But you can't do it with unofficial macros install😢. Am looking for a solution. Try a PRAM reset, that's what I'm gonna try
Thanks dude. Very clear and simple instructions to follow. Thanks to the developers creating these patches. Heroes
Got one problem after completing the installation and installing the Post Boot Patches. My Keyboard light is not coming on, can you please help me with that?
Thank you SO SO SO much for this. Got an old 27" iMac running like a dream and useable again! Really great help!
Can you use the same usb installer to install on different Macs, or do you need to build a different one for each machine? Also can you do TM and restore if the drive has to ever get replaced or is there a program that will image and restore other than TM if the patched OS is installed? After it’s installed can I do a Mac migration from a previous TM backup? Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial.
Hello everyone! For those who do not start the Maps and freezes on the greeting mode, you should change the theme from light to dark and the Maps will start. Then you can switch from dark to light mode and everything will work
Thank you kindly for this bit of info , it solved the issue perfectly. Are there any other issues youve ran into by chance ? I see comments of the music player having issues etc however I have not had many if any, the dev did a great job with this patch.
Thank you SO much! I was running with Sierra for my late 2009 iMac, when I found a video upgrading to high sierra. It worked for a good 2 months until I needed Big Sur to run apps, so I couldn’t do anything on my computer. This tutorial took 2-3 days for me but it was worth it because it worked. I’m so glad it wasn’t a scam and I can finally run Google on my iMac again.
Superb! What a great instruction and an even greater upgrade to my 2009 MacbookPro - fantastic work to everyone involved!
Please can I get the big sur file?
Just the thing I need for my iMac8,1 (Early 2008). I was having display glitches on Monterey 12.4, and was told that it is due to the TS1 graphics card. Latest version that works fine is Big Sur *11.2.3*. Will try this and see how it goes :)
Let me know how it goes Kiel!!! 👍
@@Mr.Macintosh hello! When I use Big Sur 11.2.3 USB installer, I kept on getting a message (“you need a firmware update in order to install to this Mac” or something). I get this msg on all unsupported Macs I have. When I use a newer version of Big Sur, it installs just fine, but I still get the graphics glitches.
My “dirty” solution: take out the SSD from my iMac, connect it to a Mac that natively supports Big Sur, install Big Sur 11.2.3 on the SSD (as external drive), put it back in the iMac after installation, followed the prompts for root patch install, build and install Open Core, install it on my SSD.
Again, thank you for your guide! Really helpful!
Hi I’m in the process of installing Big Sur and have gotten to the point where it’s installing into Applications folder. Does this process normally take a while? Because it’s not showing an estimate time or percentage of completion. I’m not sure if it’s frozen or just a time consuming process.
This video has been great. Thank you! I am now able to help my customers better and save them lots of money by reviving their old mac computers. I am definitely subscribing.
This is amazing. At first i was scared it wouldnt work, i know this video is a little old but I was able installed from Catalina to macos Sonoma to my old 21.5 imac 2013. Following step by step and work beautifuly 🙏🏼 thank you so much!
Damn, I thought DosDude1 release Big Sur patcher like he did with Catalina and older OSes
DosDude1 is great but after Catalina he retired from creating patchers. He is now doing amazing hardware modifications adding memory and faster cpu's to old macs!
I can't install Big Sur on my MBP late 2011.
When boot to recovery and hit Install, got the message "this copy of the install macos big sur application is damaged and can't be used to install..."
I thought that download was corrupted so re-download and re-create the usb installer couple of times but with same result.
Any solution for that problem?
Update:
Found the problem, that was old USB flash drive. Purchase the new one 32gb Kingston and there was no problems anymore!
What about video? Any problems?
Cause now I have on my mbp late 11 13” - Catalina - from mister Mac, and sometimes I can’t watch online video, or use DAW properly… it crushes time to time because of video graphic card (I guess)
Video playback is good with Firefox, with Safari there is stuttering but no crashes.
Huge thank you for this video. I downloaded a game on Steam which wouldn't run. A bit of investigation and it turns out my OS wasn't good enough (Macbook Pro mid 2012). I followed this video and now have the game running brilliantly on Big Sur. Liked and subscribed. Thanks again!
Done it today and worked like a breeze! Thank you for such a fantastically helpful video.
I commented about some issues originally but seemed to have solved them so far. Im still in the process of creating the installer....I really appreciate the video and walk through. I just ran the 0.5.2 patcher and looks like Big Sur is currently the newest version we can run on the Mid 2011 iMacs. I have core i5, 12gb ram, and sadly only a 1tb sata disk, my question is with the AMD Radeon Graphics HD 6770M 512gb. Will I have any issue's? I do not believe that card is Metal compatible. So I will need to install some graphics acceleration software right? Also when you went into disk utility to erase the hard drive for a new install of big sur. My format mode is set to Mac OS extended Journaled yours is APFS do I need to choose that one?
Hi I have the same model as you. Did you solve this problem?
Thanks
@@lillesyster I used APFS and installed Ventura. Everything is working great on mine. You have to run an occasional patch.
@@tommyarmour68 Did you try Big Sur? I have an IMac 2011 27" with AMD Radeon 6970 M 1gb and I don’t know if it will run well.
@@rubenperez217 You can run the newest OS no problem. I didn't realize it at the time. But with all the updates you shouldnt have an issue as long as its supported which I believe all versions are at this time.
I have asked this on the discord server for OCLP, but maybe someone reading this can help . . . I have a MBP 2011 with a fried discrete GPU. It's been running El Capitan fine for years now thanks to a RadeonDisable sh script you have to boot into Ubuntu on a USB flash drive to run. Obviously it disables the discrete GPU so the MBP runs off the iGPU. But any attempt to upgrade means that in short order I can't see anything on the screen as it reverts to the broken dGPU. I'm wondering if maybe I can install everything needed to an external SSD and then just swap the external for the internal? Anyone any better ideas?
It is my understanding that OCLP disables the discrete card by default. I installed it on mine and had to manually enable the discrete card.
All you need to do is run this nvram command to disable the dGPU. Once done, the os will not try to use the dGPU again. This is what I've done on all my 2011 MBPro's.dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/ACCEL.html#cannot-login-on-2011-15-and-17-macbook-pros
@@Mr.Macintosh Thanks so much for the link.
Also is Mojave possible via the "Use existing MacOs Installer" option? I have some very high quality old audio gear with a 32bit control panel so need at least one old Mac to run Mojave. I know that OCLP is aimed at Big Sur + and they recommend dosdude's patcher for earlier OS's, but his page talks about a VERY involved way of disabling the dGPU far beyond my skills - compared to entering a line of code into nvram !!
Well done, I highly recommend this tutorial, initially as I looked at it, it was not too difficult and I watched others because I had a problem with Wifi, Sound, and graphic acceleration, I tried for 3 days and decided to try it and it works right away. My Imac Mid 2010 i3,HD4670 hardware and everything works, thanks for the helpful video
It's a great and detailed video! I wish something similar existed for unsupported iPads so we could install newer iOS to bring capable devices back to life.
I'm having problems. Everything works just as you show on the video. My computer is a late 2009 Mac Pro. I get to the point where I'm Restarting from the Flash Drive. I selected the EFI Boot, then selected Install macOS Big Sur.The Apple logo shows up and get a blank screen. I don't know what to do next.
same any fix?
Me too on my Mac mini Late 2012
Same here. Does anyone have a solution you can share pls?
Same here
Did anyone figure this out?
My Mac working So slow
Have you patched it
you are supposed to post install patch from the oclp GUI app it will help with graphical acceleration and many more kexts and fixes hope this solves your problem if not contact me and i will try to help :)
@@Black1c3_ thanksssss
Thanks Brent & Harry!!! Tunis, this video was a lot longer and had an explanation that the new OCLP app will automatically install the post install patches after installing Big Sur. If for some reason this part fails, you can still install them manually in the OCLP app just like Brent and Harry said. The window will also tell you if the automatic patching worked or not because it will show a last install date.
@@Mr.Macintosh After installing the computer, even the mouse did not move. many thanks to everyone
This was such an easy tutorial to follow! I am so happy to have found this video. Now
My 2011 iMac can download the apps I need to work!
Such an amazing explanation of everything. My instal went without a hitch. I'm very happy, sold this old iMac to a friend and they should be good for a few years. I however should have installed an ssd before this process. But I'll leave that up to them in the future.
Thank you so much . I can run Big Sur on my MacBook Pro late 2011 effortlessly. You bring so much joy . God bless you
Excellent video. Used it to install Sonoma, followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. Thanks!
Thanks man! This saved my life literally! Really appreciate it so much though it took me many days working this process out until finally I was able to execute the right thing! Many thanks to you 😊
Thank you so much for the detailed tutorials. Now my mid 2009 macbook pro is running Big Sur 👏
this is so easy to follow, he makes it really a step by step tutorial!!!! thank you!
Thank you! Have just installed on 2009 Macbook Pro, Core Two Duo cpu, 4gb memory and 64gb SSD and works a treat. Instructions clear enough for this 77 year old !
What about speed?
Worked 💯
Amazing video and saved me $2400 from having to buy a new machine. Works just as good if not better than the High Sierra install. Can't thank you enough
From the first sentence I heard, I knew that Mr. Macintosh knew what he was talking about. Impressive, on point!
Great Video!! Everything is explained step by step. Thanx a lot!! Probably I couldn't do it without the video...
Thank you. Such an amazingly well explained instructions! I was able to repurpose and old iMac that now works like new.
You just help me upgrade my 2011 MacBook Pro to Big Sur! Thank you so much! I can I run the app I needed to run successfully!
Much appreciated 2nd time doing this for a unsupported mac and it really gave me a fun project this Saturday doing it, I jus recently pulled a old mid 2012 out the ewaste bin repaired some corrosion on the power delivery and got it going so this jus made it a more modern machine, we’ll be going back in with a cheap ssd tho, took 4 hours total on this old spinner 😂
Great video. Just upgrade 3 MacMini 2012 and it worked perfectly. Thank you.
Crazy Amazing work! Great Video as well :)
Thank you for your tutorial it worked! I tried 2 other tutorials but didn’t work, but yours did thanks!😊
BROTHER big thanks from Poland!
Thank you for this tutorial - everything works great !
THANK YOU !!!
Amazing. So easy to follow. Updated my 2011 MacBook Pro.
Thank you, for giving my 2013 iMac a new life.
Thank you very much for this. Just patched my 2013 MBA but I missed a step and it would not boot! Your video was a lifesaver ❤
Just updated to Catalina ...this is my next step. Thank you.
Thank you thank you thank you very very much omg I can't believe it how I could update my old Macbook 2011 at o monetary 12.6 I was suffering for days till I found your video and I followed your step one by one.. I appreciate your efforts and how you explain it thank you, you are amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Many thanks for your video! I didn’t do a clean install and it works just fine. Now I am in the process of finding out what applications, if any, are not compatible with Big Sur.
Truly amazing work. Well done!
Phenomenal work! 2009 MacBook Pro with 8Gb RAM & 256 SSD now running Big Sur sweet as a nut. Another Mac's life prolonged :)
bro can you help me ?
i've same model with you
macbook pro late 2009 & 8Gb ram
how can you update ?
Thanks Mr.Mc it worked for my MBP late 2011 and now have Big Sur 11.7.10
what type of hard drive you have in it? how much ram you using?
Thanks a lot it worked out just fine and am running a MacBook Pro mid 2009 with the latest version of big sur 👌🏾💯
Wooow. Thanks a lot. My 2010 27 imac is back in life again. Altough it takes some time, the steps are explained one by one and you don't have to be pro to do them.
That Video save my life on a Mac book 2009. Thanks so much bro🙌
many thanks !!! I was looking for solution about 2 week - finaly found ! thank you ;)
This is fantastic, and has meant that my 5,1 Mac Pro can now receive all the new shiny Adobe updates, which it couldn't when in Catalina. Thank you very much. One issue remains: There is no Apple (or any other) menu bar appearing top left of the screen. I have the clock etc on the right, but the left is blank.
Thank you very much for this video and would like to report that the new Ventura patch works very good on a mid 15’ 2014 MacBook Pro I did not do a full installation but an upgrade just cus I’m new to Mac OS
Again thank you and great job with the details and explanation of what does what you got yourself a new follower
I don't know how to thank you. My 2011 iMac has a new life now. It has been two days since installing bigsur and everything works fine. Thank you Mr. Macintosh!
what graphic card do you have? I have the Imac 2011 but I have the HD card 6970 M of AMD and I do not know if it will work
18/9/23 update just tested is still working now my mac air 2011 done using big sur thank you so mucu
It worked with a few hiccups. Thank you and God bless. Running Big Sur on my MacBook Pro 5,5
Just got a 27 inch iMac for 40 dollars you helped me get it functional thanks 🙏
very clearly instruction.Thank you for your time and effort
You gave me chance to run a company with budget close to zero! Thanks a lot!