IMPORTANT TIPS: 1. You can download the OpenCore-Patcher.pkg file instead of the GUI file - OpenCore is transiting to this method but either should work for now. 2. It's best to go with a 32GB or larger flash drive unless you have to use a 16GBG. Mine was 64GB. 3. Choose the options at the boot menu quickly (or just don't let go of the option key) or the computer will autoboot on it's own. 4. Make sure you have at least 30GB of free space on your hard drive before starting the install - check after creating the bootable installer. Have fun on Sequoia! :)
Wow! Thanks so much! Best ever. Anyone have a solution for booting Sequoia first boot? Where right after language selection I get a frozen grey screen.
@@shellaramos its work now Please run patcher again Before u make bootabel Access security & policy select file and folder menu and add legacy patcher dan terminal. Then make ure usb bootable, patcher and restart to option boot efi usb. I use macbook pro 2012 but after installed sequoa mw fan run faster not same like sonoma before upgrade.
You've just saved my business thousands. I can't thank you enough. Wow. Even for a 51 year old dude, I managed it and works a treat. Seriously, my next trip out was to buy two new 27 inch macs.... Thank you
You are a living legend, Anson! Your guide just saved me a ton of money. I'm a freelance journalist, and I was beginning to save up for a completely new iMac because my 2017 27" was "stuck" on supported macOS 12.7.6. But thanks to your guide, my iMac now runs Sequoia 15.01, just like my much newer MacBook. The installation got stuck at 28 minutes the first time I tried, but I rebooted, and then everything went so smoothly! The iMac might be a little slow on startup now, but that's it! Once again, thank you so, so much!
Thank you for the tutorial. The installation went smoothly on my macbook pro 2012. Surprisingly Sequoia runs smoother than Catalina from freaking 12 years ago. 😱
I did the upgrade on my 2011 mbp. Runs like a champ. Your videos seem so much easier to follow than the others. I am not tech savvy, I upgraded the memory and put in a solid state driver , my mac is cruising now. Thanks
I normally never comment on anything in RUclips, but I think that this is worth sharing. I am completely stunned, flabbergasted and extremely happy. I upgraded my unsupported Mac mini 3,1 from 2009 (!) to MacOS Sequoia yesterday and it is working! Sure - not everything is running smoothly and fast, but seriously? What do you expect from an old lady. I tried to upgrade to Sonoma before that, but that did not work at all. My "Macci" has issues rebooting - I knew that for some time. So when rebooting it just shut down on me or showed me an error message. At first I was very doubtful if I should take the step to Sequoia, never thought that it would work. I worked with Monterey for at least two years and before that Catalina. Anyways, I am happy and hope that it will continue working until I have the money to get my dream Mac mini M2. Thank you, Anson, for all you are doing! 🙂
MacMini Late 2012 MacMini 6,2 Went from 10.15.7 to Sequoia 15.1 in one mighty leap, clean install method. Followed Anson’s steps. Had one hiccup in the OS install when it gave an 🍏 Unsupported OS scary error. I had to OK then exited, it restarted by itself and just carried on. I probably had 6 reboots, some with the drive option screen but it auto-selected. They all had some REL text bottom right hand corner that suggested it was OCLP screen rather than an 🍏 screen. At 9:13 had a scary moment when, USB removed, it restarted to the folder/? screen of death. I powered down then re-powered up the MM and used Option key to select EFI. Thereafter it has behaved itself. Well done and thanks Anson from the workers paradise that is Birmingham, 🇬🇧 UK.
Notes 24hrs later: . TV app crashes if I play my own mp4 or m4v films, so I had to update Open With commands to open in QT. Not a big deal. I solved the TV app crashing by deleting the TV folder in home/movies/tv and I had to whack TV related pref files in Library. . I lost my iTunes library stars and playlists. And the move I made I think was too big for the iTunes xml files to work, Catalina->Sequoia. . I wish I’d made a note of my email passwords (in Keychain) but luckily I have an older MBA (High Sierra) not yet updated so I was able to use them. Other than that, all good. Now I have to decide to update to 15.1.1 which just came out…I’ll wait a day or so and see what Anson & Co pronounce.
I wanted to congratulate you on the quality of your video: precision, seriousness, pedagogy are there. Great art!!! Few videos of this type are at this (high) level. I laboriously translated your entire comment (I'm a frenchie...), I watched the video several times and I embarked on this adventure which lasted part of the night to bring everything up to date (updates, ...). I now have an external SSD that boots on Sequoia. After studying the "clean" update, I plan to install all of this on my internal drive. Bravo again and many thanks !!!
OMG, I was about to literally bin my 2016 Macbook Pro 16" because the new FCXP would not install on it as I could not update to current OSX. It now has Sequoia running on it and FCPX current version 10.8.1. Tested some projects and all works very well. I always new about OCLP but never bothered with it until now. Thanks for the very easy to follow instructions. Champion!
@@itzpossiblee iPhone mirroring requires Macs with the T2 security chip or an Apple Silicon chip for it to work. 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pros dont have it . but the Touch Bar models have the T1 chip tho , but that's besides the case
Great video. Best one I’ve listened too about OpenCore actually. I’ve tried his before following other instructions but they jumped all over the place and I couldn’t get it to work. This video shows step by step and encourages me to try again. Thanks
Thank you! I really tried to structure this is an a way that it will work for anyone. The only thing is skip the 16GB flash drive and go straight for 32 or larger (there is a text reminder in the video). Hope it works out well for ya!
i wanna thank you so much it worked on my 2015 macbook pro although it took long just to jump from monterey to sequoia. its good tbh thank you so much fir this useful guide
Another comment here to thank you for the incredible step by step guide, just installed on my late 2014 mac mini. One step i had to re-do a couple of times was the reboot, not sure whether this was becase i was using an external HDD rather than a flash drive, but got there in the end, thanks again!
Just installed on my 2013 IMac, works like a treat! (Took five hours, but certainly worth it), now I can update all my Office 365 apps! Thank you so much much!
Installed on my late 2013 13” MacBook Pro as well. Thank you!! I’ve been messing with a lot of operating systems on this poor thing. I’ve had it for over a decade and it still works like brand new. And now it’s even on the latest version of macOS. 😄💀
Thanks so much for this video, it was all very straightforward, no problems at all..!! My system is a 2014 Mac mini, upgraded with a NVME and SSD storage.. Thank you again..!! Update: after 5 shutdown and restarts it appears to be silky smooth and very responsuve.. Initial is startup is a bit laggy, after that it is very speedy and responsive..
Hey can you help me with this ? I'm willing to pay ! I have a Macbook MBP Mid 2012 and I'm clueless. Right now, I am operating on the OS El Capitan. Would I have to download each new OS upgrade to make Sequoia run smoothly ? I can ship you my macbook or you can zoom me through it. Thanks in Advance !
@@AnsonAlexander Great Video ! Hey can you help me with this ? I'm willing to pay ! I have a Macbook MBP Mid 2012 and I'm clueless. Right now, I am operating on the OS El Capitan. Would I have to download each new OS upgrade to make Sequoia run smoothly ? I can ship you my macbook or you can zoom me through it. Thanks in Advance !
@@naimrashid3908 You don't have to pay anyone. That's why the entire video is there. The first time I tried, I screwed up everything. I had to reinstall from my back up harddrive the old El Capitan. Instead of going guns blazing to OS Sequoia. I first installed MacOS Sonoma. Once all the newer drivers are downloaded and copied in the main drive. It's much easier to work on MacOS Sequoia. I wish someone had told me that before. Make sure you have an empty hard drive (32 gb) handy to work with. I had 2 USB drives. I worked with Sonoma on one. Once everything worked I made a back up on my time machine (Just in case anything went wrong with Sequoia). Opened Open Core Legacy Patcher (OCLP) again and followed the same steps for MacOS Sequoia and it just worked flawlessly. I hope this helps you with your update. Have patience. Nothing can go wrong as long as you have a back up on your external HDD or SSD.
I upgraded from MacBook Pro 13inch (mid 2012) to the sequoia version 15 . Thanks loads you’re awesome everything as you said it. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤝🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽appreciate it loads man
I just had to post again, I so enjoyed your video, and watching other ones, so easy to follow, I updated my 2017 iMac to Sequoia, and 2 , 2009 early iMac, (15 years old) to Monterey, but will upgrade them to Sequoia when I get a usb hub for the mouse and keyboard to work, the upgrades went so smoothly, no problems, all 3 work Awesome, thanks again Anson, for making the how to, John Kauffman
Anson, you really are wonderful! My MacBook Pro 2017-a 13-inch model-is operating smoothly after I updated it. Even though I have not completely cleaned or formatted my main hard drive, it is still operating efficiently with all of my previous system settings and my previous files and applications are still accessible. The iPhone Mirroring is the only thing that is not working; it should connect and even pop up the iPhone passcode lock instantly, but when I enter the passcode on my iPhone on my MacBook, it says that it can not connect to the iPhone or mirror. Can you perhaps create a video explaining how to mirror our iPhones on the 2017 MacBook Pro? Is there any way to do that connecting and mirroring?
Yes I have the same problem. It works straight away on my 2022 MacBook Pro which came with macOS Sequioa installed. It will not work with this work around on my MacBook Air early 2015. I have them all on the same wifi and shut the new Mac down thinking that might solve it but it didn't . I also tried via Bluetooth settings on the old Mac and it say my Iphone is not supported. My AirPods however connect OK. 🙈
I believe those features are locked to devices with apple’s M series chip. Even a 2020 Intel laptop that gets Sequioa would not be able to use the iPhone mirroring feature.
Hi. Thank you for posting these tutorials, you've just got my mid 2010 iMac running on Sequoia! it took a while to do it - a good few hours - but it seems to be working happily. The only issue so far is that "Pages" crashes upon opening, so I'm looking of a way around that at the moment.
Hello, it installed for me without any manipulation with the pendrive, the first time it showed an error, but I tried again and everything went normally :) MacBook Pro 13" 8/128GB 2015
Hello! I have the same Mac and I was thinking of updating from Monterey. Is there any issues or unavailable features like the other comments mentioned?
Thanks a lot! I have a 2011 MACPro that was running Lion. I did receive a few issues when trying to jump from Lion to Sequoia. So what I did was upgrade slowly like Lion to Sierra and then Monterey to Sequoia. Thanks for the detailed videos!!! My computer is working perfectly
THANK YOU!!!! 🙏🙏🙏 I did this today and upgraded my 2014 Max Mini and 2014 MacBook Pro to Sequoia. It was an easy process thanks to your video. I did a fresh install on both and then ran the patcher and they are working well. The MacBook is a bit quicker because it has 8GB RAM Vs 4GB on the Mini. However the Mini has an SSD which really helps. I had been running Linux Mint on the Mini with Windows 10 in a VM so I could use my printer. But now thanks to having latest macos on there, I could install the official driver and no longer need the VM 👍👍👍 And mega thanks to the opencore team for making this possible! 💪💪💪
Hi, nice video, but I had some problems with the installation, once I chose "EFI BOOT" and after "INSTALL SEQUOIA" once the loading was finished it doesn't detect any input and gives me the screen with the instructions for connecting the mouse I also tried with a USB mouse but it doesn't recognize it. I have a 2009 MacBook
Have you figured out what is going wrong? I heard about that problem before I took the step to Sequoia. When you look at the video from Mr. Macintosh about installing Sonoma on unsupported Mac he is saying that you should get a USB 2.0 hub for your mouse and keyboard. I don't know if that might fix your problem. I have a Mac mini 3,1 late 2009 and with the USB hub everything is working fine for now.
Is your MBP am 11,4? I can not get mine to install for anything, also had to update the ping timeout. I have the mid 2015 retina i7 2.2, 16gb ram, 512 ssd, Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
Hello everyone, I recently attempted to download and install the latest macOS on my old MacBook Pro late 2016 15inch (4 thunderbolts). While the installation process went smoothly, I am now encountering issues with iServices. Has anyone else experienced similar problems? If so, were you able to find a solution? Any assistance or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.
When you say iServices, you mean like iCloud and iPhoto and stuff? What issues are you having? Have you tried logging out and back in to your iCloud account. My iCloud services are all working normally on the 2013 Macbook Pro.
@@AnsonAlexander My Apple ID is working, and so are services like photo synchronization, email, and calendar. However, several apps like Messages, FaceTime, and Contacts are not working. These apps simply won’t open, and after force quitting them, I get the option to send a report to Apple. This situation is frustrating. I’d be interested in seeing a video from you where you, as the video creator, solve this problem comprehensively and officially. Thank you all.
@@steckworknonstop3669 I was able to solve the problem of them not opening by creating a new user with no iCloud account. So, I went back and erased the drive and reinstalled Sequoia via OCLP. Then I signed back in and Messages, FaceTime, and Contacts would open and sync (very slowly). But, I could not send new Messages etc. This is not related to your issue per se: but I discovered that my VPN will not work with Messages. It's fine for everything except Messages, FaceTime, and Contacts. I have to disable it temporarily to get them to go through.
I had the same issue. I end up removing the device. On iPhone go to settings. Click on your name. Scroll down until you see your device. You can also go here. account.apple.com I removed the devices and started the install again. It allow enough time for apple refresh hardware. I also removed the device then waited ten minutes was able to sign into iCloud. Something seems to get funky on the back end with apple.
Straightforward install on my 13” 2016 MBP Intel i7 3.3GHz dual core, 16g RAM machine. Wow what an improvement on MacOS Monterey - the last official upgrade. Thank you so much for this super clear video.
whats your opinion if i upgrade my 2015 mac pro from montery to seqoia but i am graphic designer and i use photoshop & illustrator & figma is that will be smooth or will affect because my labtop not supported that?
If you have 16GB of RAM or more you should be fine. 8GB and you should be pretty good, especially with Photoshop. 4GB of RAM and I would recommend against doing the upgrade.
Hi, everything works but everytime when I start imac first show the disk and then start. Please can somebody expleain me how to set to start directly when I switch on? thanks in advance
Thanks for the easy walk through. I have a Mid 2014 MacBook Pro that is in perfect condition. In the spring I used the Patcher to install the previous version of MacOS overtop the very old, supported version of MacOS and it was very buggy. My MacBook had fans running constantly, flickering screens, constant hard reboots. It was to the point that I was looking into buying a new M4 MacBook Pro. I saw your video and thought I would give it one more try. This time I did a clean install, so I reformatted the drive and within an hour, I had the new OS running and everything is silky smooth again. After 3 days of many sleep/awake cycles (something that would require hard reboots before) now just work. No flickering. No high CPU loads or fan noise or high temps on my lap. Just like a new mac. I have VMWare installed running Windows 10. I have Rider installed. Office 365. RDP. XCode. VPN with Wireguard. Everything is working great. After 3 days, it seems I do not need to buy a new M4 mac, this is working great! My recommendation, do a clean install and then re-install your apps. So worth it. Thanks again.
I have a 2016 MacBook Pro i7, 15 inches, 16 GB of RAM, and I installed macOS Sequoia three days ago. However, I’ve noticed that many basic features that used to work no longer do (AirDrop, Siri, sharing photos, except for charging, USB ports detect nothing, etc.). Also, during the installation, the Mac was making a lot of noise, and at times there was a cross with a link to Apple’s startup support. I’m not sure how, but now every time I start my Mac, I have to choose what looks like a partition and then it works but with the problems I mentioned. In short, I’m stuck because I can’t use OCLP anymore (usb not detecting my flash) to reinstall Sequoia, and when I tried to go back to my original version with Command + Shift + R, I couldn’t connect to Wi-Fi.
This is the clearest & most helpful instructional video ever! Last night I upgraded from Monterey to Ventura on my unsupported iMac ( Late 2015 21.5 4K Retina). Runs perfectly & faster than Monterey. Anson, you are the best! Thank you so much!!!
Excellent explanation. You gave me the courage to install Sequoia on my unsupported iMac (El Capitan)that was just gathering dust on a table. Thank you for your tips.
I recently downloaded your software, and while it works, it runs very slowly on my system. Additionally, the margins and borders are extremely small, which affects usability. Is there a quick way to address these issues? If not, could you guide me on how to uninstall the software and revert to Monterey? I understand it’s older, but it runs faster on my setup. Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015.
Awesome video. Going to upgrade my lovely 2015 MBP, which is on Monterey right now - latest officially supported version. Many thanks for this tutorial. Just finished the update. It wokred :)
Thanks for the video. Because of your hint that Sequoia seems to work better on a 15 inch Retina Macbook than Sonoma I gave it a try and all my hick ups under Sonoma (sometimes blackscreen on booting, didn't shut down, weird graphic glitches, ...) are gone. Sequoia for me runs significantly smoother than Sonoma. Mine is a 2015 Retina with AMD graphics.
Hmmm… TBH, there is a good chance sequoia is faster… was very than Sonoma for me anyway. Apple has done a good job optimizing their OSes lately. Either way, glad it worked and hope you enjoy some new life out of your Mac!
@@AnsonAlexander I mean it did give me the option to update to it and i did but it was so bad and i couldn't run any apps, had to go back to ventura but if I used open core do you think it would go much better?
Thanks for a great video. Updated my MacPro 2013 (yes, the Trash can) to Sequoia 15.1. It sent smoothly without a hitch. Can get the latest releases for the Office suite and it works great. The main apps that I use and that will still have a problem are: Photoshop, Bridge and Encoder for a lack of AVX2 support and Fusion360 that will stop offering upgrade on the hardware as of March 2025.
Thank you so much! I was about to let go of my MacPro 2011 but I came across of your video here that had change my decision. I followed exactly your video.. and Voila! I have my equipment working on MACOS 15.0.1! This saves me money from buying a new one.😊. Do we have one for Windows 11 on old PC-OS like Windows 10 laptops?
After selecting "Install macOS Sequoia" from the boot menu I got a black background with an apple and a progressbar not mowing and the menu containing "Restore from time machine, Install macOS Sequoia" etc. never shows on my iMac 2009. Did I miss something?
I have one of the first retina macs (Mid 2012 15") and considered buying a new mac due to all the unspupported Software in Catalina. Now i ordered a second SSD to try out this patch and if it doesnt work in my case i can simply switch back and dont loose any data in the Progress.
Two things to go, first, The desktop picture as well as the screen saver's are cracked, for example, instead of sequoia trees it turned to be white or gray screen!. Is there a solution for this? the second thing, it takes long time for any order to proceed, starting from early logging in ... any recommendations?
This is great! Installed Sequoia to my macbookpro 2015 that has 8G mem and intel i5. No issue so far but I feel I need to upgrade the memory coz it peaks at 6G with many apps open. Thanks alot! 😊
Hello Alexander! Thank you very much for this great tutorial videos!. I watched them several times and now finally have the courage to update my Macbook Pro 2015 to Sequoia. Before i have just a few remaining questions and hope that you or somebody else would be so kind to answer them: 1. I have a Windows 10 Bootcamp partition running on the macbook. Do i have to erase it before, or is it possible to install Sequoia without touching the bootcamp partition? Will it run normally after the installation of Sequoia? 2. Is there any way to get back to the last supported version and the mac back to state before installing oclp, just for the case, if anything would go wrong? Thanks for your time and best wishes from Germany! Kai
Hi Anson, Thank you for the video! The whole process was very straight forward. I have a Late 2013 1T 3.5GHz Quad Core Intel i7 27in iMac which I have performed this update one, and I have a couple of questions regarding the update: - On initial startup each time, the Mac Drive appears on the screen. This does go away and startup continues normally after, however is there any way to get rid of this? - Is there any way to speed up the overall speed of the iMac? I have a 2015 MacBook Pro which is as fast as a new MacBook Pro, however the iMac is a little slower and sluggish? I look forward to your responses!
Just finished with a 2017 iMac the process took about 60 minutes instead of 28 minutes, it took with the macbook 2013. (The iMac does not have SSD hard-drive ) The symbols at the boot menu were also deferend but just go after the names in that part. ✅
Thank you very much for the steps. I’m following as you explained on the video and everything’s going great my only discrepancy is that when I’m downloading the macOS is going super slow. Any suggestions? I have a I have a 2012 MacBook Pro High Sierra.
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IMPORTANT TIPS:
1. You can download the OpenCore-Patcher.pkg file instead of the GUI file - OpenCore is transiting to this method but either should work for now.
2. It's best to go with a 32GB or larger flash drive unless you have to use a 16GBG. Mine was 64GB.
3. Choose the options at the boot menu quickly (or just don't let go of the option key) or the computer will autoboot on it's own.
4. Make sure you have at least 30GB of free space on your hard drive before starting the install - check after creating the bootable installer.
Have fun on Sequoia! :)
ya you are correct it happen to me
I got error when install 😢
Macbook pro retina 2012
When i selected disk to jnstall error cant install to disk
Wow! Thanks so much! Best ever.
Anyone have a solution for booting Sequoia first boot? Where right after language selection I get a frozen grey screen.
@@despic_crashsame here I’m literally struggling right now 😢
@@shellaramos its work now
Please run patcher again
Before u make bootabel
Access security & policy select file and folder menu and add legacy patcher dan terminal.
Then make ure usb bootable, patcher and restart to option boot efi usb.
I use macbook pro 2012 but after installed sequoa mw fan run faster not same like sonoma before upgrade.
You've just saved my business thousands. I can't thank you enough. Wow. Even for a 51 year old dude, I managed it and works a treat. Seriously, my next trip out was to buy two new 27 inch macs.... Thank you
Except there are no new 27" Imacs. You can have over 50 flavors of 24" though.
@@j.frankparnell6195 Perhaps he was going to get 2nd hand ones or get Studio displays.
You are a living legend, Anson!
Your guide just saved me a ton of money. I'm a freelance journalist, and I was beginning to save up for a completely new iMac because my 2017 27" was "stuck" on supported macOS 12.7.6. But thanks to your guide, my iMac now runs Sequoia 15.01, just like my much newer MacBook.
The installation got stuck at 28 minutes the first time I tried, but I rebooted, and then everything went so smoothly! The iMac might be a little slow on startup now, but that's it!
Once again, thank you so, so much!
Thank you for the tutorial. The installation went smoothly on my macbook pro 2012.
Surprisingly Sequoia runs smoother than Catalina from freaking 12 years ago.
😱
That’s great to hear! I’m glad it worked out and is running nicely. Good to hear a success story from a 2012 MBP!
Hey man, i’m on a 2012 pro also. Wondering how long sequoia took to download for you? mine takes about 2 hours and then gives me a time out error
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It took me like 10 min. But it depends on your internet conection. Try to connect your MaC directly to your router. Hard wired.
@@linkedmtb6417 oof
@@linkedmtb6417 late 2011 nd got 45 min
I did the upgrade on my 2011 mbp. Runs like a champ. Your videos seem so much easier to follow than the others. I am not tech savvy, I upgraded the memory and put in a solid state driver , my mac is cruising now. Thanks
I normally never comment on anything in RUclips, but I think that this is worth sharing.
I am completely stunned, flabbergasted and extremely happy. I upgraded my unsupported Mac mini 3,1 from 2009 (!) to MacOS Sequoia yesterday and it is working! Sure - not everything is running smoothly and fast, but seriously? What do you expect from an old lady.
I tried to upgrade to Sonoma before that, but that did not work at all. My "Macci" has issues rebooting - I knew that for some time. So when rebooting it just shut down on me or showed me an error message.
At first I was very doubtful if I should take the step to Sequoia, never thought that it would work. I worked with Monterey for at least two years and before that Catalina.
Anyways, I am happy and hope that it will continue working until I have the money to get my dream Mac mini M2.
Thank you, Anson, for all you are doing! 🙂
you can go for the dream Mac mini M4 now with 16gb RAM the same price of what M2 8gb was!!
MacMini Late 2012 MacMini 6,2
Went from 10.15.7 to Sequoia 15.1 in one mighty leap, clean install method.
Followed Anson’s steps. Had one hiccup in the OS install when it gave an 🍏 Unsupported OS scary error. I had to OK then exited, it restarted by itself and just carried on. I probably had 6 reboots, some with the drive option screen but it auto-selected. They all had some REL text bottom right hand corner that suggested it was OCLP screen rather than an 🍏 screen.
At 9:13 had a scary moment when, USB removed, it restarted to the folder/? screen of death. I powered down then re-powered up the MM and used Option key to select EFI.
Thereafter it has behaved itself.
Well done and thanks Anson from the workers paradise that is Birmingham, 🇬🇧 UK.
Notes 24hrs later:
. TV app crashes if I play my own mp4 or m4v films, so I had to update Open With commands to open in QT. Not a big deal. I solved the TV app crashing by deleting the TV folder in home/movies/tv and I had to whack TV related pref files in Library.
. I lost my iTunes library stars and playlists. And the move I made I think was too big for the iTunes xml files to work, Catalina->Sequoia.
. I wish I’d made a note of my email passwords (in Keychain) but luckily I have an older MBA (High Sierra) not yet updated so I was able to use them.
Other than that, all good. Now I have to decide to update to 15.1.1 which just came out…I’ll wait a day or so and see what Anson & Co pronounce.
I wanted to congratulate you on the quality of your video: precision, seriousness, pedagogy are there. Great art!!! Few videos of this type are at this (high) level. I laboriously translated your entire comment (I'm a frenchie...), I watched the video several times and I embarked on this adventure which lasted part of the night to bring everything up to date (updates, ...). I now have an external SSD that boots on Sequoia. After studying the "clean" update, I plan to install all of this on my internal drive. Bravo again and many thanks !!!
OMG, I was about to literally bin my 2016 Macbook Pro 16" because the new FCXP would not install on it as I could not update to current OSX. It now has Sequoia running on it and FCPX current version 10.8.1. Tested some projects and all works very well. I always new about OCLP but never bothered with it until now. Thanks for the very easy to follow instructions. Champion!
Did you face any issue like display glitch, wifi, wake/sleep or any app issues like facetime or iMessage working. Your reply will be appreciated
Does your touchbar working well?
I’m curious as well as iMessage and airdrop don’t work on my 2016
Mac Pro (Late 2013) "trash can" here. Everything worked! Thank you so much for the tutorial.
Just completed updating my 2015 13in Macbook Pro i7 to Sequoia using your video. Showing me what to expect step by step is superb. Thx
Awesome, great to hear! Glad it worked out!
any issues ?
@@boyywnkobe Nope, all running great.
Can you use iphone mirroring? I put it on my 2017 macbook pro, and it doesnt work.
@@itzpossiblee iPhone mirroring requires Macs with the T2 security chip or an Apple Silicon chip for it to work. 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pros dont have it . but the Touch Bar models have the T1 chip tho , but that's besides the case
It worked. The installation went smoothly on MacBook Pro mid 2012. Thank you so much
Glad to hear!
Installing sequoia RN in a 2010 15 inch MBP, no issues so far, thank you for the amazing tutorial, really helpful!
Great video. Best one I’ve listened too about OpenCore actually. I’ve tried his before following other instructions but they jumped all over the place and I couldn’t get it to work. This video shows step by step and encourages me to try again. Thanks
Thank you! I really tried to structure this is an a way that it will work for anyone. The only thing is skip the 16GB flash drive and go straight for 32 or larger (there is a text reminder in the video). Hope it works out well for ya!
Mate you deserve a thumbs never thought that someone could make this easy of a tutorial
i wanna thank you so much it worked on my 2015 macbook pro although it took long just to jump from monterey to sequoia. its good tbh thank you so much fir this useful guide
hi could you let me know if you're encountering any issues? im considering doing the same
You're welcome, glad to help!
Another comment here to thank you for the incredible step by step guide, just installed on my late 2014 mac mini. One step i had to re-do a couple of times was the reboot, not sure whether this was becase i was using an external HDD rather than a flash drive, but got there in the end, thanks again!
I installed using this method on my 2015 MacBook Pro 15inch and it works flawlessly. Lot better than stock Monterey!
Awesome, great to hear! Glad it worked!
any issues?
@@boyywnkobe none so far!
did you do it from OS X El Capitan? didnt seem to work for me
@@xoce6210 I did it from Monterey!
Just installed on my 2013 IMac, works like a treat! (Took five hours, but certainly worth it), now I can update all my Office 365 apps! Thank you so much much!
Just updated my 2017 machine using this example. Dude you’re a lifesaver.
Awesome! Glad to hear you got it upgraded!
@@AnsonAlexander True. But FaceTime and Messages & Contacts are gone. Any suggestions
@@natejones9453 did u found any solution yet ?
Did you do it as an update of did you do a clean install?
Installed on my late 2013 13” MacBook Pro as well. Thank you!! I’ve been messing with a lot of operating systems on this poor thing. I’ve had it for over a decade and it still works like brand new. And now it’s even on the latest version of macOS. 😄💀
Thanks so much for this video, it was all very straightforward, no problems at all..!!
My system is a 2014 Mac mini, upgraded with a NVME and SSD storage..
Thank you again..!!
Update: after 5 shutdown and restarts it appears to be silky smooth and very responsuve..
Initial is startup is a bit laggy, after that it is very speedy and responsive..
Great to hear and glad it helped! Good to know that the 2014s are handling it well!
Just did it today on a MacBook Air mid 2012!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!
Wow. I didn’t expect that I can install the latest MacOS version on my late 2015 iMac 27” machine.. but it works. i love it
You are a Legend Anson. I’ve updated my 2012 MBP to 2024. Very clear instructions and easy to follow
That's awesome! Glad to help and have fun on Sequoia!
Hey can you help me with this ? I'm willing to pay ! I have a Macbook MBP Mid 2012 and I'm clueless. Right now, I am operating on the OS El Capitan. Would I have to download each new OS upgrade to make Sequoia run smoothly ? I can ship you my macbook or you can zoom me through it. Thanks in Advance !
@@AnsonAlexander Great Video ! Hey can you help me with this ? I'm willing to pay ! I have a Macbook MBP Mid 2012 and I'm clueless. Right now, I am operating on the OS El Capitan. Would I have to download each new OS upgrade to make Sequoia run smoothly ? I can ship you my macbook or you can zoom me through it. Thanks in Advance !
@@naimrashid3908 You don't have to pay anyone. That's why the entire video is there. The first time I tried, I screwed up everything. I had to reinstall from my back up harddrive the old El Capitan. Instead of going guns blazing to OS Sequoia. I first installed MacOS Sonoma. Once all the newer drivers are downloaded and copied in the main drive. It's much easier to work on MacOS Sequoia. I wish someone had told me that before. Make sure you have an empty hard drive (32 gb) handy to work with. I had 2 USB drives. I worked with Sonoma on one. Once everything worked I made a back up on my time machine (Just in case anything went wrong with Sequoia). Opened Open Core Legacy Patcher (OCLP) again and followed the same steps for MacOS Sequoia and it just worked flawlessly. I hope this helps you with your update. Have patience. Nothing can go wrong as long as you have a back up on your external HDD or SSD.
@@naimrashid3908 also sometimes it can take 3 -4 attempts
I upgraded from MacBook Pro 13inch (mid 2012) to the sequoia version 15 . Thanks loads you’re awesome everything as you said it. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤝🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽appreciate it loads man
You are doing a great job bro. I am now going to upgrade our outdated iMacs thanks to you. I will send another comment if it is successful
Thanks! Good luck with the update - would love to hear a report once you've finished.
This was brilliant. Every step exactly as you said. I updated my 13" 2015 MacBook Pro with 16gb/512gb flawlessly. Thank you
Brand new life to our dearly old friends 😍
Still chuggin' along...
@@AnsonAlexanderhey man, what if i already had sonoma installed, do i need to do this process or can i just update to it automatically?
I just had to post again, I so enjoyed your video, and watching other ones, so easy to follow, I updated my 2017 iMac to Sequoia, and 2 , 2009 early iMac, (15 years old) to Monterey, but will upgrade them to Sequoia when I get a usb hub for the mouse and keyboard to work, the upgrades went so smoothly, no problems, all 3 work Awesome, thanks again Anson, for making the how to, John Kauffman
Anson, you really are wonderful! My MacBook Pro 2017-a 13-inch model-is operating smoothly after I updated it. Even though I have not completely cleaned or formatted my main hard drive, it is still operating efficiently with all of my previous system settings and my previous files and applications are still accessible.
The iPhone Mirroring is the only thing that is not working; it should connect and even pop up the iPhone passcode lock instantly, but when I enter the passcode on my iPhone on my MacBook, it says that it can not connect to the iPhone or mirror. Can you perhaps create a video explaining how to mirror our iPhones on the 2017 MacBook Pro? Is there any way to do that connecting and mirroring?
Yes I have the same problem. It works straight away on my 2022 MacBook Pro which came with macOS Sequioa installed. It will not work with this work around on my MacBook Air early 2015. I have them all on the same wifi and shut the new Mac down thinking that might solve it but it didn't . I also tried via Bluetooth settings on the old Mac and it say my Iphone is not supported. My AirPods however connect OK. 🙈
I believe those features are locked to devices with apple’s M series chip. Even a 2020 Intel laptop that gets Sequioa would not be able to use the iPhone mirroring feature.
Hi.
Thank you for posting these tutorials, you've just got my mid 2010 iMac running on Sequoia!
it took a while to do it - a good few hours - but it seems to be working happily.
The only issue so far is that "Pages" crashes upon opening, so I'm looking of a way around that at the moment.
Hello, it installed for me without any manipulation with the pendrive, the first time it showed an error, but I tried again and everything went normally :) MacBook Pro 13" 8/128GB 2015
Great to hear! Thanks for reporting back and well done being patient and sticking with the installer you made.
@@AnsonAlexanderI have previously installed Sonoma 14.6.1 according to the instructions you provided :) I installed it on September 15, 2024
Hello! I have the same Mac and I was thinking of updating from Monterey. Is there any issues or unavailable features like the other comments mentioned?
Thanks a lot! I have a 2011 MACPro that was running Lion. I did receive a few issues when trying to jump from Lion to Sequoia. So what I did was upgrade slowly like Lion to Sierra and then Monterey to Sequoia. Thanks for the detailed videos!!! My computer is working perfectly
Thanks for the comment!! Mine crashed on installation and I was running
High Sierra..
What abt future security updates? Would it be a problem?
You'll be able to perform incremental updates with OpenCore almost immediately after they're released by Apple.
THANK YOU!!!! 🙏🙏🙏
I did this today and upgraded my 2014 Max Mini and 2014 MacBook Pro to Sequoia.
It was an easy process thanks to your video. I did a fresh install on both and then ran the patcher and they are working well.
The MacBook is a bit quicker because it has 8GB RAM Vs 4GB on the Mini.
However the Mini has an SSD which really helps.
I had been running Linux Mint on the Mini with Windows 10 in a VM so I could use my printer. But now thanks to having latest macos on there, I could install the official driver and no longer need the VM 👍👍👍
And mega thanks to the opencore team for making this possible! 💪💪💪
Hi, nice video, but I had some problems with the installation, once I chose "EFI BOOT" and after "INSTALL SEQUOIA" once the loading was finished it doesn't detect any input and gives me the screen with the instructions for connecting the mouse I also tried with a USB mouse but it doesn't recognize it. I have a 2009 MacBook
Have you figured out what is going wrong? I heard about that problem before I took the step to Sequoia. When you look at the video from Mr. Macintosh about installing Sonoma on unsupported Mac he is saying that you should get a USB 2.0 hub for your mouse and keyboard. I don't know if that might fix your problem. I have a Mac mini 3,1 late 2009 and with the USB hub everything is working fine for now.
Worked without any errors or problems (15" MAcBook Pro 2015) - thank you very much! :) you produced a nice and simple to follow tutorial
Is your MBP am 11,4? I can not get mine to install for anything, also had to update the ping timeout. I have the mid 2015 retina i7 2.2, 16gb ram, 512 ssd, Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
@@briansomebody3978 mine will not install. it keeps saying error once it downloads, then verifys. did you get it by chance?
thank you so much it really helped me
You're welcome, glad to help!
You are the best on here to explain how to use opencore and to install on unsupported apple machines. Thank you Subscribed.
Hello everyone,
I recently attempted to download and install the latest macOS on my old MacBook Pro late 2016 15inch (4 thunderbolts). While the installation process went smoothly, I am now encountering issues with iServices. Has anyone else experienced similar problems? If so, were you able to find a solution?
Any assistance or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.
When you say iServices, you mean like iCloud and iPhoto and stuff? What issues are you having? Have you tried logging out and back in to your iCloud account. My iCloud services are all working normally on the 2013 Macbook Pro.
@@AnsonAlexander My Apple ID is working, and so are services like photo synchronization, email, and calendar. However, several apps like Messages, FaceTime, and Contacts are not working. These apps simply won’t open, and after force quitting them, I get the option to send a report to Apple. This situation is frustrating. I’d be interested in seeing a video from you where you, as the video creator, solve this problem comprehensively and officially. Thank you all.
@@steckworknonstop3669 I was able to solve the problem of them not opening by creating a new user with no iCloud account. So, I went back and erased the drive and reinstalled Sequoia via OCLP. Then I signed back in and Messages, FaceTime, and Contacts would open and sync (very slowly). But, I could not send new Messages etc. This is not related to your issue per se: but I discovered that my VPN will not work with Messages. It's fine for everything except Messages, FaceTime, and Contacts. I have to disable it temporarily to get them to go through.
I had the same issue. I end up removing the device. On iPhone go to settings. Click on your name. Scroll down until you see your device. You can also go here. account.apple.com
I removed the devices and started the install again. It allow enough time for apple refresh hardware. I also removed the device then waited ten minutes was able to sign into iCloud. Something seems to get funky on the back end with apple.
@@steckworknonstop3669 Hi, i have the same issue on MacBook Pro 2016 13'. Have you managed to fix this problem? Cheers!
You are great. I tried this on my Early 2015 MacBook Pro 13inch. It worked well and working smoothly. Thank you for giving a right process.
Thank you so much !!!!
You're welcome!
Straightforward install on my 13” 2016 MBP Intel i7 3.3GHz dual core, 16g RAM machine. Wow what an improvement on MacOS Monterey - the last official upgrade. Thank you so much for this super clear video.
I've discovered a few things that are 👎. FaceTime, iMessage and Contacts won't load. Anyone else - any solutions?
whats your opinion if i upgrade my 2015 mac pro from montery to seqoia but i am graphic designer and i use photoshop & illustrator & figma is that will be smooth or will affect because my labtop not supported that?
If you have 16GB of RAM or more you should be fine. 8GB and you should be pretty good, especially with Photoshop. 4GB of RAM and I would recommend against doing the upgrade.
@@AnsonAlexander yes i have 16 ram and amd radeon graphics that would be good or harmful for labtop?
im running it on a 2012 macbook pro for graphic design, 16gb ram and it runs fine
@@threehundred228 thanks
I am so greatful for this video! Thank you thank you thank you! Works like a charm
Hi, everything works but everytime when I start imac first show the disk and then start. Please can somebody expleain me how to set to start directly when I switch on? thanks in advance
Open open core legacy patcher, go to seeting disable boot select then rebuild and install to disk that's all
I have the same problem.
Can you explain exatly ?
Thank you so much for this easy to follow steps. Just upgraded my Macbook Air 2015 and it feels brand new. That I want to use it now every time. ❤
How it is on your macbook air 2015?
Thanks!
You're welcome. Thank you!
Thanks for the easy walk through. I have a Mid 2014 MacBook Pro that is in perfect condition. In the spring I used the Patcher to install the previous version of MacOS overtop the very old, supported version of MacOS and it was very buggy. My MacBook had fans running constantly, flickering screens, constant hard reboots. It was to the point that I was looking into buying a new M4 MacBook Pro. I saw your video and thought I would give it one more try. This time I did a clean install, so I reformatted the drive and within an hour, I had the new OS running and everything is silky smooth again. After 3 days of many sleep/awake cycles (something that would require hard reboots before) now just work. No flickering. No high CPU loads or fan noise or high temps on my lap. Just like a new mac. I have VMWare installed running Windows 10. I have Rider installed. Office 365. RDP. XCode. VPN with Wireguard. Everything is working great. After 3 days, it seems I do not need to buy a new M4 mac, this is working great! My recommendation, do a clean install and then re-install your apps. So worth it. Thanks again.
I have a 2016 MacBook Pro i7, 15 inches, 16 GB of RAM, and I installed macOS Sequoia three days ago. However, I’ve noticed that many basic features that used to work no longer do (AirDrop, Siri, sharing photos, except for charging, USB ports detect nothing, etc.). Also, during the installation, the Mac was making a lot of noise, and at times there was a cross with a link to Apple’s startup support. I’m not sure how, but now every time I start my Mac, I have to choose what looks like a partition and then it works but with the problems I mentioned. In short, I’m stuck because I can’t use OCLP anymore (usb not detecting my flash) to reinstall Sequoia, and when I tried to go back to my original version with Command + Shift + R, I couldn’t connect to Wi-Fi.
Same issues here with a MBP 2016 😢
@@roymakay3747 just re install the os mate
Wow lovely easy to understand concose straight to the point. Amazing!!! Thank you !!!!
Be warned.. don’t be fooled by speeding of the video the process is traumatising and tantalising.. half a day on this
so far I've been going since 2 PM and it's 9:20 PM now it's been constant vigorous and irritating i'll be relieved when it's finished
It's not THHHHAT long.
Depends on your Mac model. Mined a late 2013 i5 and yeah it's slow. Max at 3 hours including downloads and all
@@wenjie3710no, depends on the usb stick. Mine decided to fuck me over twice at the very end. Doing it a third time now. Next days the charm, i guess.
Each and Every Step/Screen showed up what you presented here in this video
.Able to get it working for my Early 2015 MacBook Pro Retina 13"....🎉🎉
I just use your video to update my MacBook Pro 2013 and everything works perfectly 😊
Thank you 🙏🏽
This is the clearest & most helpful instructional video ever! Last night I upgraded from Monterey to Ventura on my unsupported iMac ( Late 2015 21.5 4K Retina). Runs perfectly & faster than Monterey. Anson, you are the best! Thank you so much!!!
Awesome! You’re welcome and I’m glad it helped!
Installed it through the normal update in settings. No clean install. runs perfect. no issues yet. Thanks
Excellent explanation. You gave me the courage to install Sequoia on my unsupported iMac (El Capitan)that was just gathering dust on a table. Thank you for your tips.
I recently downloaded your software, and while it works, it runs very slowly on my system. Additionally, the margins and borders are extremely small, which affects usability. Is there a quick way to address these issues?
If not, could you guide me on how to uninstall the software and revert to Monterey? I understand it’s older, but it runs faster on my setup. Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015.
Gonna do this during my winter break on my macbook pro 2017. Too busy with work right now lol.
Awesome video. Going to upgrade my lovely 2015 MBP, which is on Monterey right now - latest officially supported version. Many thanks for this tutorial.
Just finished the update. It wokred :)
thank you so much for your brilliance...! Trying another computer today!
This worked beautifully on my 2016 Mac Pro, very good video, thank you!
You're welcome!
it took me a lot of time but I have managed. thanks for the masterclass
Awesome video. Everything worked perfectly and my 2013 iMac runs like a charm.
Thanks for the video. Because of your hint that Sequoia seems to work better on a 15 inch Retina Macbook than Sonoma I gave it a try and all my hick ups under Sonoma (sometimes blackscreen on booting, didn't shut down, weird graphic glitches, ...) are gone. Sequoia for me runs significantly smoother than Sonoma. Mine is a 2015 Retina with AMD graphics.
This was the best, most straight forward tutorial. Thank you!
You're welcome, glad to help!
Thank you for this method - One question: is it the same procedure for installing to a new unused hard drive ?
I'm back again - This time putting Sequoia on my 2012 MackBook Pro :) Awesome stuff!
Thanks! Just did the fan is going crazy 😅
The tutorial works like a charm on my macbook pro 2015
Great explanation my Brother! Your videos really help us
Installed and so far so good. Only thing is siri has no voice 😅 which is now found
Thank you, all good 🎉
Thanks man it running smooth with my Macbookpro 2015 perfert .thanks a lot really saving for my music software run well
Thanx Anson for your superb work! Greetings from Berlin/Germany!
Sonoma was slow on my mid-2015 15inch macbook pro, installed Sequoia, and after dealing with a few glitches, it run much smoother and faster!
Thank you for your video, work perfectly on MacBook Pro 2016 🙏
Amazing. Such a Great and Easy video to follow. Thank You.
Thank you so much for this video. Great explanation and great job all around. This not only worked, but it was super simple. Thank you!
It works!! I didnt do Mac OS Sequoia though i did ventura because i didn't wanna slow my mac down TOO much
Hmmm… TBH, there is a good chance sequoia is faster… was very than Sonoma for me anyway. Apple has done a good job optimizing their OSes lately. Either way, glad it worked and hope you enjoy some new life out of your Mac!
@@AnsonAlexander I mean it did give me the option to update to it and i did but it was so bad and i couldn't run any apps, had to go back to ventura but if I used open core do you think it would go much better?
Thanks for a great video. Updated my MacPro 2013 (yes, the Trash can) to Sequoia 15.1. It sent smoothly without a hitch. Can get the latest releases for the Office suite and it works great. The main apps that I use and that will still have a problem are: Photoshop, Bridge and Encoder for a lack of AVX2 support and Fusion360 that will stop offering upgrade on the hardware as of March 2025.
Thank you so much! I was about to let go of my MacPro 2011 but I came across of your video here that had change my decision. I followed exactly your video.. and Voila! I have my equipment working on MACOS 15.0.1! This saves me money from buying a new one.😊. Do we have one for Windows 11 on old PC-OS like Windows 10 laptops?
amazing tutorial. concise and straight to the points.. thank you for putting this up :)
You're welcome, glad to help!
After selecting "Install macOS Sequoia" from the boot menu I got a black background with an apple and a progressbar not mowing and the menu containing "Restore from time machine, Install macOS Sequoia" etc. never shows on my iMac 2009. Did I miss something?
Thanks, your videos are just awesome!
I will run this on my beloved late 2010 mac pro and see if it can still handle ableton live 12.1 - wish me luck!
I have one of the first retina macs (Mid 2012 15") and considered buying a new mac due to all the unspupported Software in Catalina. Now i ordered a second SSD to try out this patch and if it doesnt work in my case i can simply switch back and dont loose any data in the Progress.
Excellent tutorial 👍👍
Big big big thank you
You returned life to my dead macbook air 🎉🎉
Two things to go, first, The desktop picture as well as the screen saver's are cracked, for example, instead of sequoia trees it turned to be white or gray screen!. Is there a solution for this?
the second thing, it takes long time for any order to proceed, starting from early logging in ... any recommendations?
Thanks for the walk through, all working on a Imac 2017,5k retina
You're welcome - great to hear about a successful 2017 install. Enjoy Sequoia!
This is great! Installed Sequoia to my macbookpro 2015 that has 8G mem and intel i5. No issue so far but I feel I need to upgrade the memory coz it peaks at 6G with many apps open.
Thanks alot! 😊
Great to hear the updated went well! 8GB is tight for sure but if you manage your tasks well, you should still be able to do a lot!
@@AnsonAlexander true.. Minecraft run better now than before in Monterey. 🙂
Hello Alexander! Thank you very much for this great tutorial videos!. I watched them several times and now finally have the courage to update my Macbook Pro 2015 to Sequoia. Before i have just a few remaining questions and hope that you or somebody else would be so kind to answer them:
1. I have a Windows 10 Bootcamp partition running on the macbook. Do i have to erase it before, or is it possible to install Sequoia without touching the bootcamp partition? Will it run normally after the installation of Sequoia?
2. Is there any way to get back to the last supported version and the mac back to state before installing oclp, just for the case, if anything would go wrong?
Thanks for your time and best wishes from Germany!
Kai
Hi Anson,
Thank you for the video! The whole process was very straight forward. I have a Late 2013 1T 3.5GHz Quad Core Intel i7 27in iMac which I have performed this update one, and I have a couple of questions regarding the update:
- On initial startup each time, the Mac Drive appears on the screen. This does go away and startup continues normally after, however is there any way to get rid of this?
- Is there any way to speed up the overall speed of the iMac? I have a 2015 MacBook Pro which is as fast as a new MacBook Pro, however the iMac is a little slower and sluggish?
I look forward to your responses!
Thank you. Just did a successful upgrade to Sequoia on my Late 2015 iMac 21.5 inch Intel Core i5. Yay!!
The installation went smoothly the only issue I have is with Logic Pro 11 after I record audio logic crashes
Awesome video updated my 2015 MacBook!
Thanks and it work fine with my macbook air 13 but problems is iphone mirror not working
Just finished with a 2017 iMac the process took about 60 minutes instead of 28 minutes, it took with the macbook 2013.
(The iMac does not have SSD hard-drive )
The symbols at the boot menu were also deferend but just go after the names in that part. ✅
One of the best tutorial thank you
The best video, well explained and am glad I've managed to do so
Thank you very much for the steps. I’m following as you explained on the video and everything’s going great my only discrepancy is that when I’m downloading the macOS is going super slow. Any suggestions? I have a I have a 2012 MacBook Pro High Sierra.