Hello Jessie, This is Brian from New Zealand. I have a Mac Pro 5,1 and it had Mojave installed with a PCI SSD 256gb and a Radeon Sapphire graphics card. I wanted to install new software so I could run Adobe Creative Cloud apps properly . I read all the instructions from various sources on how to use Open Core Legacy. I churned through channels and channels of very good you tube tutorials , but the one thing no one could solve for me was the boot picker problem - EFI boot picker screen. THEN … after two months of trying and ready to throw my beautiful Mac Pro in the bin, I found YOU! Magnificent! You solved my exact problem. How you explained it all was absolutely brilliant. I now have a magnificent Mac Pro 5 ,1 fully upgraded and oh my, the speed and power. Adobe apps are performing like from Heaven. Thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart. You now have a devoted follower. Brian Riversdale Southland New Zealand❤️❤️
Jessie, the quality of your videos is unbelievable. Have been following you for about 2 years. Also your support in the comment section is incredible. Without you I would have bought a new mac a long time ago…❤
I’ve watched this in amazement, for ages I’ve swapped the very old apple supported gpu out when ever I’ve installed a new os from USB, this makes so much sense. Thanks again Jessie - I’m sure many of us relate to this, under the desk, etc.😂
Just updated my 2010 Mac Pro 5.1to Sonoma with no issues using OCLP and your excellent advice Thankyou so much. The only difficulty I had is the stage when you insert the USB EFi to set up the installation. Unfortunately as you say this doesn’t seem to work when you have a metal GPU such as the Radeon Sapphire 580 as there is no EFI Boot screen. Luckily I found the solution advised yourJessie’s Flying channel by removing all drives, booting up with the EFi USB in place then shutting down. Restarting with a drive in then worked perfectly. So grateful to be able to continue using my Mac Pro for some time yet! Next challenge is setting up a drive with Windows so I can run some windows 3D scanning software. Thanks again to the whole team that make this possible. I did ponder whether I might have problems with an older Mac Pro but it seems to have updated correctly so far.
Wow, glad that I came across your video. After having successfully installed OCLP and Big Sur on one of my two 5,1 MacPros, I've run into problems with the second machine even though they are virtually identically setup. Thanks.
Hi Jessie, what a lifesaver of a tutorial. After upgrading my dual cpu Mac Pro 5,1 (X5690 cpu's, NVME drive on PCIE adapter, PC version of rx580 gpu, 48GB of RAM, upgraded wifi/bluetooth adapter, MacOS Mojave) I was totally frustrated by the inability of my machine to display the OCLP EFI boot option on startup. For several days I tried every possible thing I could think of, scoured the forums and youtube for solutions all to no avail. I was on the point of giving up when I found you tutorial and bingo! I am successfully running Monterey and can finally get a decent night's sleep. Next step is ubgrade to Sonoma. So thank you Jessie for all the effort you put into sharing your expertise with us less technically minder users.
I have no luck yet!! am running high sierra 10.13.6 on a ssd on a 2009 mac pro 5,1 rom version 144.000.000 with graphic card readon RX560 , when i follow this tutoral, nothing shows on screen!! I am trying to install sonoma but no luck so far, I feel exhausted just like Jhon or is it that i need to progressively el capitan then high sierra then mojave and then sonoma??? :(
I can't believe this is so simple!! It just makes sense! I've had this issue for almost a year now and I only just came across this video. Such an easy and simple fix. Thank you Jessie
Jessie, I have an update. After several attempts, I was able to install Monterey on my Mac Pro 2009. You do not know how happy you made me by giving me this tip and all your videos on Open Core. I cannot thank you enough! I have to ask the question . . . is the Open Core package now stable enough on Ventura? All the best!
Thank you for this post. I couldn't get the boot picker screen after updating from 13.6.4 to 13.6.5 on a 2014 Mac Pro 6,1, but fixed the issue following your instructions.
I found your channel maybe 2 years ago and it was worth to check it again. Will make a abo now. Your videos are very detailled and professional. Moving soon my 2009 MacPro to the lastest OS. One short question, you said a prerequisite is to have a USB stick with Monterey prepared. Would it also work directly with Open Core & Ventura? I plan to install it on a new M.2 NVMe SSD. But I also have the original graphics card available. Or better first Monterey and then Ventura? Thank you
Hi Jessie, that's exactly what I do (as I commented on your other video, a while ago) with Big Sur and it works perfectly. Thanks so much for your valuable advice brother
Hello again Jessie. Despite watching three of your videos about ten times, I fail to understand the reason for using a blank drive. I even bought a new SATA SSD. Tbh the ideal thing for me would be to use opencore to be able to run the update on my current system drive. So if I want to achieve this do I just re-connect my current drive at the end of the process shown in this video, instead of connecting a blank drive?
Very clear and easy description. Thanks a lot for such videos. Your channel is the best for working with apple pc's which overrun apples hardware life time. 👍
Great video Jessie. How the hell do you know this stuff!! Your knowledge is astounding. A few questions please? 1. Do I HAVE to use an SSD? Can I use a regular blank Hard drive? 2. The Hard Drive I would LIKE to use has so many apps, 100s of plugins and customizations that I’ve perfected over many years for work. If I use a PC Card (I have the same Sapphire btw), does it mean that the only way I can move to Big Sur would be to forfeit my customizations? 3. Is there anyway, to install Big Sur on an existing HD and keep my customizations? (even if I have to use a USB Drive)?
@@colinaguiar9682 thx! you can use your hard disk, but it will be slow. You can update to Big Sur, but you’ll need OpenCore. There is a chance that it won’t work and you’ll lose your data, so maybe use another hard disk or SSD to test an install first
What about Nvme Drives in your PCI 16x slot? I have 2 SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB NVMe drives in a Syba Dual M.2 M-Key NVMe Ports to PCIe 3.0 x16 Bifurcation Riser Controller - Support Non-Bifurcation Motherboard (SI-PEX40129). Due to the adhesive tape for the heat sink this is not trivial.
Hi Jessie. I have a 5.1 with a Sapphire RX 580. Currently I have an NVME drive in a PCI slot that I boot Mojave (and HS) from. That setup works well. If I install Monterey to a new blank SSD in one of the drive bays like you did (and just leave the NVME currently as is; I would still remove temporarily to install Monterey) would I still be able to go back and forth from Mojave to Monterey either through opencore or startup disk?
Basically yes as OCLP can boot different macOS versions. But it might be tricky as some NVRAM variables might be different. But it’s no harm to try it, maybe a NVRAM reset is needed in between
Hi May I know Why it’s not happening on my macpro 5,1 rx580.😢 I tried more than 24hrs, nothing happened. Only blank screen. I’m trying to jump from Mojave to Sonoma through OCLP latest. Kindly help.
So glad I’ve seen this. I’ve got the Sapphire 590 card and have been trying ton install Ventura on my 5.1 and after building opencore and doing the restart I wasn’t getting the EFI boot image and it was driving me mad
Spent a week pulling my hair out with white circle of doom every time I installed OCLP on boot drive, but doing it this way around fixed it all :) Yaaaaaaaaay Thanks
Hi Jessie, I'm trying to do it on my Mac Pro 5.1 with a rtx 560, I have my usb ready in front, waited for the second sound as explained , no hard disk in it, and still nothing shows up, any idea ? thanks
Hey Jessie, thank you for your content! I'm trying to install Ventura (The same for Suonoma) on my Mac Pro 5,1, but it always ends with the error: 'An error occurred preparing the software update.' Any ideas? Thank you!
I just realised you're using an adaptor to attach the SSD to the bay loader - could you tell me where you can get one of those, or what it's called? tahnks.
Jessie, thank you for this video, i’ve been struggling with this problem for quie a while. Jessie, i was looking at rEFInd Boot Selector Alternative for OS's on Mac’s, could this be another easier alternative option that could solve this problem? Have you tried it yet?
Jessie 🎉you are a joy to watch ! Are you not able to reset the nvram by pressing space bar when you get into EFI boot picker and choose reset nvram option? My cmd option r+p doesn’t work ….also where do you get the ssd caddy to fit into the hard drive sled?
Hey Jessie, vielen Dank für den grandiosen Tipp. Dank dem Workaround läuft Monterey auf meinen MP 5.1 - geil! Sag mal kann es sein das neun meinen weiteren Festplatten nicht mehr erkannt werden? Bei jedem Boot mit weiteren Platten in den Einschüben bricht der Bootscreen ab und bleibt schwarz - auch bei neuformatierten Platten? Kann doch eingentlich nicht sein. Hast ne Idee? THX
Hi Jessie, first of all congratulations for your channel and for the high professionalism and experience that stand out from your tutorials! I've been trying to install Sonoma for two days on my Mac Pro 5.1 (2010) with AMD Radeon VII GPU but I can't start (by holding down the Option key after the chime) the OC BOOT from the USB pen drive where the installer Sonoma and containing OC in the EFI partition (prepared with OCLP). I tried to follow the suggestion from Dortania's OCLP site but without success. I finally saw your video on RUclips and then I followed all the steps, but unfortunately even after resetting the NVRAM (two chimes) the screen remains black! Do you have any suggestions or help you can give me to solve the problem? Thanks so much in advance!
thx! Sonoma won't have any video acceleration for Vega VII GPUs (yet) - so I recommend either another GPU or staying with Monterey (there is video acceleration even for 6800XT). But you should be able to see OC boot selector - did you try different outputs like HDMI?
Thanks Jassie for your quick response! I still have a Radeon 580rx Nitro+ but then I purchased the Radeon VII because the Nitro+ being taller did not allow me to install the HighPoint NVMe RAID Controller Card in the adjacent slot and did not allow me to manage the 2 monitors (Apple Cinema Display 30" and Apple LED Diaplay 27"). If so, which graphics card would you recommend me to buy to replace the Radeon VII and compatible with Sonoma? Finally: if I try to connect one of the monitors to the HDMI port of the Radeon VII should I still see the OC Boot? Furthermore, since I had to change keyboards during the installation tests (with the same extended Apple keyboard) because one suddenly no longer responded to Command+R, Command+Option+P+R and Command+Option commands. In your opinion, is the keyboard recoverable (i.e. repairing it but I don't know how) or should it be thrown away? Thanks so much in advance!
I would like to add that the keyboard with the Option and Command keys not working, I just tried it with another Mac Pro 3.1 (2008) and it worked perfectly! Strange right?
@@lambertoangeli6321 as far as I know fastest card supported by Sonoma is RX580 (maybe Vega 64…?) you should see OC boot selector, but NVMe cards can cause trouble. Did you put USB hub between MacPro and keyboard?
You helped me get the boot picker for the install on my 2012 Mac Pro with a Saphire 580. Thanks! . Now I'm at the point where I want to boot from internal hard drive. I let the Open Core Patcher do its thing, click restart, hold option, remove usb key and get a black screen with no boot picker so I am stumped. Thanks for your help.
when you have a PC graphic card installed, you cannot hold OPTION key anymore as you don't see Apple boot selector. the OpenCore boot selector should show up automatically... 🤔 did you check if your RX580 is in "game mode"?
@@JessiesFlying Thankyou for your help again and I had no idea there was a game mode. A boot selector shows up as long as the USB key installed. The options that show up do not include EFI open core. On the last interface it says to reboot holding option. I believe it was Mr. MacIntosh who said to pull the key and press option. Show does checking for game mode involve pulling the card? that is a non starter it took half a day to install it correctly. I can live with the usb key inserted.
@@JessiesFlying I just rebooted without the key. Does not boot to any screen. Added the key ,did not press option, and Install OS, MacHD and EFI show up. Only boots from Mac HD. I see several apps like Clover or Open Core Configurator available. Do you reccomend either?
Hi Jessie, Do you think this might work to upgrade to Sonoma with Legacy 1.5 I would like to also upgrade my FCPX, Motion and Compressor to latest versions or is that asking too much for my old Mid 2020 MacPro Fred
Hi! I used my MP 5.1 with Hi Sierra for sound (sample libraries) purposes in headless mode (without the graphic card) by ethernet connection to second computer. If I will install OpenCore and Monterey, should I to buy metall graphic card (Radeon 580), or it can also work in headless mode without graphic card?
Hi, thank you for your time. How did you solve the installation to the hard drive so it launches without a USB? I'm trying to complete this part but it requires me to boot pressing the Option key. Thank you!
I was recently able to install Monterey on a stock early 2008 iMac. It's so slow... should I install an older Mac OS version? Its supported El Capitan works fine and fast, so should I go to High Sierra or Big Sur, whichever gives me decent speed better than Monterey?
@@JessiesFlying I've got High Sierra running natively on a different iMac 2011, and it seems fast enough. My worry is that soon latest web browser updates (eg Chrome, Safari, Firefox) for High Sierra will be gone and that makes it less useful for regular use.
Hi Jessie, Your instructions for the MacPro are wonderful. I'm going to go for an upgrade on it. I have the same problem as you described, that I can't see the bootselctor because of the metalcard for Mojave. Now my question: I have an SSD PCIe card installed. The MacOS Mojave installed on it I want to update with OpenCore to Monterey and not completely reinstall because otherwise I would have to reinstall all my programs again. What do I have to do to make this work: - Take out PCIe card like all other hard drives - Boot USB-Stick and delete NVRAM - Turn off the Mac again - Reinstall the PCI card with MAcOS Mojave - Boot from USB stick - Install Monterey over it Does it fit like this or is there still something to basically consider when updating the system? Many greetings Thomas
Hi, PCIe cards are always tricky and it depends on the chipset. I would preferably install macOS on a SSD (SATA) and use the PCIe for storage / apps....
Hello Jessie I am looking for help, I have a mac pro 5.1 mid (2012) I installed an M.2 2280 NVMe WD BLACK through pcie express x4 and everything was fine, the mac pro recognized it, the question is that it does not allow me to install macOS BigSur through opencore in the M.2, it only allows me to install it on the old HDD, by the way I already formatted the M.2 drive in AFPS format with GUID partition map Help pls
Hi, do you know if SIP needs to be disabled when doing this? I have a 2009 4,1 MAC PRO that I upgraded to Mojave but SIP isn't disabled and I'm not sure how to get to the recovery console at the moment without researching it a lot more. I do have the old non-Metal graphics card that came with the computer but my newer monitor doesn't accept a DVI input. (I guess I could get a DVI-HDMI converter though.) And once I disable SIP, does it stay disabled regardless of the graphics card in my system? I can swap cards back and it stays disabled?
@@JessiesFlying no I'm looking to upgrade to Sonoma, or Monterey or Ventura it doesn't matter... But it seems the process of using open core to do this requires me disabling SIP. When I download open core and go through the process it tells me I need to disable SIP. But I can't get to the boot selector or into the recovery console. I did exactly what you did in this video and upgraded my old Mac, installing a sapphire card rx580.
@@JessiesFlying Thanks. No it stops me mid-process. I have to close out of the installer because it says SIP needs to be disabled. Is SIP already disabled for you while you're doing the procedure in this video?
hi Jessie, thanks so much for all your videos. So if I have a mac pro 5,1 with a RX-580 Special Edition that's been flashed to get the boot screen, can I bypass this usb installer?
I have a Radeon RX580 Sapphire Nitro as well, but flashed with Apple EDI. It is a 2010 flashed 5,1 that has been moved to Catalina with DosDudes patcher. When I restart after installing open core to the USB and press option at reboot, no chooser appears, it just loads into Catalina. Will this fix work? I have a blank SSD that I want to install Monterey on (I would want to go to Ventura, but Open Core Patcher 1.4.3 reminds me that many items will not work.
can you install onto your existing hd that has mojave on? for instance my nvm2 pcie ssd os currently my boot drive running mojave can I install it there or do you have to completely start again?
is it a patched version (i.e. dosdude1's patch)? then i don't recommend updating. if it is a stock macOS you can do it, but I still recommend starting fresh....
Hi Jessie, many thanks for the video. I have a mid 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 with RAID configuration on two SSD drives as my main desktop and one SATA 1 TB drive for extra storage. When I got to the screen to install the new OS it says I can’t select my SSD because it’s a raid config. So I chose the 1 TB drive as that’s my only option. What are your thoughts? How can I install the OS on my SSD? Thank you.
Now its working, but 2 topics took a lot of time: 1. USB Stick must be in a USB HUB 2. NO DISPLAY CONNECTOR, HDMI I had to plug in cable again after the chime sound... It installs the monterey now.... I use a pc card RX580, Firmware of the 5,1 is updated to latest version. Open core boot screen, still not pops up, but the language selector appears... Maybe something I forgot to do, maybe somebody has an idea....?
Would this work the same installing Linux to a clean drive? I'm stuck with an older, no boot screen, GPU and can't put the Saphire 590 on until I have a newer version of Apple OS, but I'm done with Apple OS, want to move to Linux.
@@JessiesFlyingactually can I pick your brain? You Brought up doing a collab video and I can’t seem to get my rx580 to work. My current issue is I went from a Kepler card to a rx580. I first tried to do a fresh install as I also bought a new SSD. - I updated the USb installer on my m1 Mac and checked AMD GOP. Installing would proceed until reboot and I couldn’t see my SSD continue installing. - i tried booting my old install without altering it besides updating OpenCore to include AMD gop. It crashes during boot and reboots into recovery with the new GPU. - I tried to alter my existing Sonoma install, I removed the post install hacks and jammed in the RX 580. It’ll start to boot but stops outputting a picture - I tried installing Monterey and recreating the Sonoma installer on my M1 Max, and had the same issue. It’ll just reboot to the installer. I don’t see my SSD to continue the installation. It’s super weird I can’t just fresh install an OS.
@@JessiesFlying Not a problem, was thinking you wanted to do a feature, basically giving me pointers as part of the video since I can't figure out how to get my 2008 to boot with the RX580
@@dmug Hi sorry for the late reply. So I assume NVRAM reset didn’t help. Is your gpu a sapphire RX580? If yes, did you check if you have “game mode” enabled and not the power saving mining mode (very small switch)? Is the power supply to the gpu ok?
I found your channel. I have a Radeon RX590 installed on my 5,1 Mac Pro 2010. I need to boot into Apple Hardware Test on my USB stick. Unfortunately I can't use either Diagnostic Boot or Option Boot. Any suggestions? Sadly this video didn't help for that. I'm going to try install Monterey though now!
This worked until the instalation was trying to install on my NVME PCI card.. all was great and installing and on auto reboot it restarted the USB installer not the NVRAM that just got Monterey installed on it
Hey Jessie, Could I ask you if your are using the HDMI or DVI port out of the sapphire graphics card? For some reason I am not getting the boot loader after pulling out all the drivers and inserting my EFI USB stick. Thank you!
Hey Jessie, big thanks for your reply and knowledge share. You're exactly right about the "game mode" tiny switch. For future reference, for others like myself not super versed in graphics cards, right out of the box the sapphire rx580 nitro only worked through DP port (not either of the two HDMI nor the DVI) now that "game mode" switch is on my boot drive can be seen with all outputs. Still am chipping away at install, not finished yet, but I will be looking at your other videos closely before asking for more guidance. Thanks again! @@JessiesFlying
I have Mac Pro 5,1 and I installed MacOs 13,3,1 on OWG SSD PCI, by OCLP, Now I want to install Windows 10 to internal apple SSD HD, I can't find correct way to do that.. Could you help me please?
Jessie, Can you help me please? I have an imac 27-inch late 2015 .. and suddenly it stopped, and after a lot of searching, I made sure that the graphics card was corrupted.. Now I run it with Windows, but of course without defining the graphics card.. The Mac system cannot work without defining the graphics card, so it does not work with the Mac os .. from In your opinion, is there any alternative solution other than changing the graphics card or changing the motherboard? I searched a lot to turn it on as a monitor, but my model does not support it
@@JessiesFlying Thank you for your reply.. I would be grateful to you if the link is available with you.. Also, what do you think about this? The 2015 iMac can not be used as a display. 2014 iMacs were the last to support target display mode as these were before the 5K screens were introduced, which requires too much bandwidth.
Hi Jessie, thanks for the guide! I just tried this and it seemed to be working... until after installation. Following the install, it went into a loop where it restarted back to the installer. When I try to boot into my new install of Big Sur, the boot screen loads halfway under the Apple, then stops. I can't get it to go beyond this.
Thank you for doing these! I attempted to do this from one of your previous videos but was unsuccessful as I didn’t have an additional SSD Startup Drive. Given I don’t have a second startup drive, can I move boot drive information to a external hd and then clear out my pcie ssd drive and use it like you used yours and in this video? Thank you in advance for any guidance.
Jessie, thank you very much for the information!. Your videos have saved me so much time, I much appreciate it. I installed Open Core 0.6.8 on my Mac 5.1. I am running Big Sur. Everything was running fine until I tried swapping the GPU. I purchased an XFX Radeon 580 GPU. When the booting process starts, I see the Open Core icon, then the Mac logo with the progress bar underneath, when about 1/3 of the progress bar is filled, the screen goes to black, and I can not see anything else. Would you know what can be making this happen? Thnak you very much in advance for your help.
Did you install root patch? then it probably was installed matching your old GPU, so you need to get the old GPU in, uninstall root patch, reboot (and maybe NVRAM reset) with new GPU and then install root patch again (now matching your new GPU) - but be warned, the uninstall of the root patch might brick your macOS, so make a backup first!
Jessie, I've the same hardware and soft as you. I follow step by step but doesn't work . Could be a Display Port cable Monitor? another thing. After installation, how do you swap between Monterey and other OSX if Monterey will need EFI boot picker to jump to another OSX? and not key Option hold (in my case 'Catalina running Ok with rx580 but doesn't see startup Monterey active on System Preferences (only folder Update)--> What I am doing bad? thk in advance.
You should be able to select different macOS‘es within OpenCore, so it’s OK if always „EFI Boot“ (OpenCore) starts first. Display port may be an issue, and make sure the RX580 is in „Game Mode“ (very tiny switch)
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Hi there and many thanks for the tutorial. I follow it step by step but get stuck after the second chime. The Mac Pro seems to start running but suddenly shuts down before presenting any picker. Any ideas?
are you sure the USB drive is set up correctly and bootable?
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@@JessiesFlying I’ve created multiple times the USB installer by using Dortania builder but always the same result. After the first chime the computer just shuts down
Oh great ! It worked absolutely fine, thanks. I didn't have to replace my RX580 8g by the original gpu that came with my MP5,1 2010 server. But, alas, I have an issue : It booted up to Big Sur (the OS I chose to install) but when I reboot after a session of one one hour, the Mac, boots, black screen for 4/5 minutes and he shut down by itself. So, I replaced the drives and booted on Mojave, and he doesn't see Big Sur, only a "name of the disk" - datas, so I can't select it at my default boot drive. Any Idea ? But your trick works great, I'm sure I'm not for to enjoy Big Sur on this old Mac. Edit: oh gosh I think I have the answer... I patched Big Sur on a M2, not from the computer which is the target.
Here’s my story, maybe it’s useful to some: Followed the instructions, booted the Mac. It booted right into the installer. No EFI whatever to choose. No Open Core showed up. I let it install. In the middle of the installation process the Mac just shut down. So I thought that I did something wrong. After endless drive in and out swapping, redoing the USB, countless NVRAM resets and researching the internet I found out that my my Mac did not have the right firmware which has to be 1.44. Mine was still on 140. To update the firmware one must install High Sierra on a drive connected to a SATA port and then start the Mojave installer which will tell you that your Mac needs a firmware update and will tell you what to do. No need to install Mojave after the firmware is up to date. My Mac was already running Mojave but did not have the right firmware nonetheless. After the firmware update the Mac was still booting directly into the installer, still no EFI whatever. No Open Core showing up. After even more endless messing around out of sheer frustration I just let the installer run and et voila, it worked. Just like that. Conclusion: You need firmware 1.44. Check at „About This Mac - System Report“ It doesn’t matter when Open Core doesn’t show up like shown in this video at 3.21. Just running the installer might work ! Good luck !
Jessie should Pin this. It helped me, I had the latest firmware on my 5,1 but with 16min left on the installer my screen would go black, I kept resetting nvram and going through it again to no avail, finally just left it alone and let it do its black screens and eventually it installed. Mac Pro 5,1 with RX480 GPU
Hi, I did that but now I cant boot to anything at all. Event when I plus back my drive with linux on it for exemple. Any idea how to "go back". I try the vram reset but I doesnt work
Thanks for an incredibly interesting work. I wanted to ask you if the MacPro 5.1 PSU can work with a video card AND a Radeon RX5700XT 8gig? I need it to edit video in 4k.
hey jessie, doesn´t it work with just holding "c" at bootup, so the usb bootable drive will be selected first during boot instead of the hdd/ssds or does the OC bootpicker didn´t show up then?
Nice trick, but unnecessary. The computer will boot from the stick anyway if the disk is installed. The only thing you have to do is select the AMD GOP Injection in the OCLP advanced settings.
In my Mac Pro 5.1 was running Sonoma, but last 3 weeks OS SSD was removed and computer was off, now I connected the ssd to on system, not booting or no chim, how to fix
@@JessiesFlying yes all are correctly connected. i have removed all HDDs and changed to original display drive also its same. fan is working, but power light and display light is on, thats it. any idea what is the issue.
I'd I have tried everything for the past 6 days and can't get my rx 580 to load at all it only displays an error and shows a mouse and a pad then says setupmac error I have reset the nvram no luck its a 2012 Mac pro 1 CPU 16 gigs of RAM idk I'm at a loss I have tried everything
I actually fixed it when I built the loader it was from a 2015 Macbook pro I rebuilt it from my other 5,1 and when I built it I ticked the box saying inject the AMD loader so I was able to have a boot loader during the whole install because it loaded from the USB when the OS was installed I was about to inject and build
This was very helpful Thankyou, I have a Mac Pro 5,1 with RX580 Only thing i am having trouble with is after starting up again Open core tells me it has detected i am booting from usb would i like to install to disk. So i go through installing Opencore to Internal HD it then asks me to reboot again, Its at that point i cant get into boot selector to chose the Internal EFI to boot from there. Can you help me with this? any tips?
Hi, sorry for my English, I'm writing to you from Italy, I have a Mac Pro 3.1, for this procedure can I use an AMD RADEON RX580 8gb XFX? Thanks for the explanation for the NV Ram reset is congratulations for the videos
follow all instruction using open core 1.3.0 --- system boat from usb -- start installation on ssd -- complete it and no display nothing . any solution ....
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Excellent video and tutorial Jessie on using Open Core Legacy Patcher, on a non Mac EFI video card.
Hello Jessie,
This is Brian from New Zealand. I have a Mac Pro 5,1 and it had Mojave installed with a PCI SSD 256gb and a Radeon Sapphire graphics card. I wanted to install new software so I could run Adobe Creative Cloud apps properly .
I read all the instructions from various sources on how to use Open Core Legacy. I churned through channels and channels of very good you tube tutorials , but the one thing no one could solve for me was the boot picker problem - EFI boot picker screen.
THEN … after two months of trying and ready to throw my beautiful Mac Pro in the bin, I found YOU!
Magnificent! You solved my exact problem. How you explained it all was absolutely brilliant. I now have a magnificent Mac Pro 5 ,1 fully upgraded and oh my, the speed and power. Adobe apps are performing like from Heaven.
Thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart. You now have a devoted follower.
Brian
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Jessie, the quality of your videos is unbelievable. Have been following you for about 2 years. Also your support in the comment section is incredible. Without you I would have bought a new mac a long time ago…❤
Thank you so much! ☺️
I’ve watched this in amazement, for ages I’ve swapped the very old apple supported gpu out when ever I’ve installed a new os from USB, this makes so much sense. Thanks again Jessie - I’m sure many of us relate to this, under the desk, etc.😂
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Just updated my 2010 Mac Pro 5.1to Sonoma with no issues using OCLP and your excellent advice Thankyou so much. The only difficulty I had is the stage when you insert the USB EFi to set up the installation. Unfortunately as you say this doesn’t seem to work when you have a metal GPU such as the Radeon Sapphire 580 as there is no EFI Boot screen.
Luckily I found the solution advised yourJessie’s Flying channel by removing all drives, booting up with the EFi USB in place then shutting down. Restarting with a drive in then worked perfectly.
So grateful to be able to continue using my Mac Pro for some time yet! Next challenge is setting up a drive with Windows so I can run some windows 3D scanning software. Thanks again to the whole team that make this possible. I did ponder whether I might have problems with an older Mac Pro but it seems to have updated correctly so far.
Wow, glad that I came across your video. After having successfully installed OCLP and Big Sur on one of my two 5,1 MacPros, I've run into problems with the second machine even though they are virtually identically setup. Thanks.
Thank you for walking us through this…I was lost in the woods for a time. Ty again.
You’re welcome!
Thank you! I was viewing so many forum posts about my 5,1 with RX580 and never got it working. Very helpful!
Great to hear! Sharing appreciated 😬
Hi Jessie, what a lifesaver of a tutorial. After upgrading my dual cpu Mac Pro 5,1 (X5690 cpu's, NVME drive on PCIE adapter, PC version of rx580 gpu, 48GB of RAM, upgraded wifi/bluetooth adapter, MacOS Mojave) I was totally frustrated by the inability of my machine to display the OCLP EFI boot option on startup. For several days I tried every possible thing I could think of, scoured the forums and youtube for solutions all to no avail. I was on the point of giving up when I found you tutorial and bingo! I am successfully running Monterey and can finally get a decent night's sleep. Next step is ubgrade to Sonoma. So thank you Jessie for all the effort you put into sharing your expertise with us less technically minder users.
You’re welcome! 😬
I have no luck yet!! am running high sierra 10.13.6 on a ssd on a 2009 mac pro 5,1 rom version 144.000.000 with graphic card readon RX560 , when i follow this tutoral, nothing shows on screen!! I am trying to install sonoma but no luck so far, I feel exhausted just like Jhon
or is it that i need to progressively el capitan then high sierra then mojave and then sonoma??? :(
@@capitanknightfilms3986 no that’s not necessary - do you use regular SATA SSD?
have you tryed updating to sonoma yet ???
I can't believe this is so simple!! It just makes sense! I've had this issue for almost a year now and I only just came across this video. Such an easy and simple fix. Thank you Jessie
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Jessie, I have an update. After several attempts, I was able to install Monterey on my Mac Pro 2009. You do not know how happy you made me by giving me this tip and all your videos on Open Core. I cannot thank you enough! I have to ask the question . . . is the Open Core package now stable enough on Ventura? All the best!
You're welcome! I do not recommend Ventura on a Mac older then 2012 (pre-Haswell) ☝
Absolutely Genius. I truly thought I was dead in the water... thank you thank you
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That is awesome. I have a Mac Pro coming Thursday and this was my biggest concern. You are a lifesaver, thank you. 👍👍
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Thank you for this post. I couldn't get the boot picker screen after updating from 13.6.4 to 13.6.5 on a 2014 Mac Pro 6,1, but fixed the issue following your instructions.
Thank you for this incredibly clear video. I'd been struggling with this for days! The answer ended up being so simple.
@@Ev1lHaX0r 😬🚀
Brilliant!!! A world of thanks. You’ve literally saved me hours of work!!!
Liked and subscribed.
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thanks for sending me the link to this... I have watched it 3 times now LOL Hopefully I'm gonna get all this working!
I found your channel maybe 2 years ago and it was worth to check it again. Will make a abo now. Your videos are very detailled and professional.
Moving soon my 2009 MacPro to the lastest OS. One short question, you said a prerequisite is to have a USB stick with Monterey prepared. Would it also work directly with Open Core & Ventura? I plan to install it on a new M.2 NVMe SSD. But I also have the original graphics card available. Or better first Monterey and then Ventura? Thank you
You can do it directly with Ventura, but I do not recommend it right now for MacPro 2012 or 2013 - I would install Monterey 👍
@@JessiesFlying Thanks, I just heard your recommendation in another video. I continue with Monterey then... Thank you
@@pallalino you’re welcome and thank you for the subscription 👍😬
Been looking for someone to actually confirm that’s why o can’t see a boot loader . Thanks man!
I booted to recovery then selected the install disk as startup drive. That worked for me
Thanks, I needed this Jessie!
🚀 sharing appreciated 😬
Great solution!
Thx!
Genius!!! Thanks for this Jessie, you my friend are awesome!!
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Hi Jessie, that's exactly what I do (as I commented on your other video, a while ago) with Big Sur and it works perfectly. Thanks so much for your valuable advice brother
You’re welcome! 😬
Thanks!! now i can install with non apple flashed cards that OC supports!!
Hello again Jessie. Despite watching three of your videos about ten times, I fail to understand the reason for using a blank drive. I even bought a new SATA SSD. Tbh the ideal thing for me would be to use opencore to be able to run the update on my current system drive. So if I want to achieve this do I just re-connect my current drive at the end of the process shown in this video, instead of connecting a blank drive?
Yes, you can update your system. The procedure here is only for making the Mac booting EFI boot without having a boot screen and to remember it
Very clear and easy description. Thanks a lot for such videos. Your channel is the best for working with apple pc's which overrun apples hardware life time. 👍
Thank you!
YES!
Great video Jessie. How the hell do you know this stuff!! Your knowledge is astounding. A few questions please?
1. Do I HAVE to use an SSD? Can I use a regular blank Hard drive?
2. The Hard Drive I would LIKE to use has so many apps, 100s of plugins and customizations that I’ve perfected over many years for work. If I use a PC Card (I have the same Sapphire btw), does it mean that the only way I can move to Big Sur would be to forfeit my customizations?
3. Is there anyway, to install Big Sur on an existing HD and keep my customizations? (even if I have to use a USB Drive)?
@@colinaguiar9682 thx! you can use your hard disk, but it will be slow. You can update to Big Sur, but you’ll need OpenCore. There is a chance that it won’t work and you’ll lose your data, so maybe use another hard disk or SSD to test an install first
Thank you so much sir! You just saved me hours of research on the forums. It worked perfectly for me. 😁
Great! Sharing appreciated 😀
😃Thanks for the video... I am now running Monterey 12.7 on my 5,1 Mac Pro...
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Vielen Dank!! It worked like a charm!!
👍This trick is brilliant. It saved me from the problem and I was finally able to install macos Sonoma on my Mac Pro. Thanks!
Great 👍
Thank you. This was the answer I needed.
you're welcome!
Great! right to the point...
Thx! ☺️
Thnk you so much did all the steps exactly.. worked like a charm!!!! Thnk u so much
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Now I know you are truly hardcore when i see that cube sitting there. I have one complete with workng monitor.
Hehe, that CUBE is a PC (Intel i7 7700K with GeForce GTX1070)... Video is here: ruclips.net/video/rFN45D7JQoU/видео.html
Thanks for the Video.
Cheers
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What about Nvme Drives in your PCI 16x slot? I have 2 SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB NVMe drives in a Syba Dual M.2 M-Key NVMe Ports to PCIe 3.0 x16 Bifurcation Riser Controller - Support Non-Bifurcation Motherboard (SI-PEX40129). Due to the adhesive tape for the heat sink this is not trivial.
I never tried that but I think Martin Los package had support for NVMe (not sure if OCLP has it)…
Hi Jessie. I have a 5.1 with a Sapphire RX 580. Currently I have an NVME drive in a PCI slot that I boot Mojave (and HS) from. That setup works well. If I install Monterey to a new blank SSD in one of the drive bays like you did (and just leave the NVME currently as is; I would still remove temporarily to install Monterey) would I still be able to go back and forth from Mojave to Monterey either through opencore or startup disk?
Basically yes as OCLP can boot different macOS versions. But it might be tricky as some NVRAM variables might be different. But it’s no harm to try it, maybe a NVRAM reset is needed in between
Great tip. Thanks.😉
Hi again Jessie, what if I use the DVI connector on my PC card - will that allow me to see the boot selector??
Nope, only with Mac GPU
Hi
May I know Why it’s not happening on my macpro 5,1 rx580.😢
I tried more than 24hrs, nothing happened. Only blank screen.
I’m trying to jump from Mojave to Sonoma through OCLP latest.
Kindly help.
Did you check for the tiny switch at the RX580 - it has to be in game mode
So glad I’ve seen this. I’ve got the Sapphire 590 card and have been trying ton install Ventura on my 5.1 and after building opencore and doing the restart I wasn’t getting the EFI boot image and it was driving me mad
Great I could help!
Spent a week pulling my hair out with white circle of doom every time I installed OCLP on boot drive, but doing it this way around fixed it all :) Yaaaaaaaaay Thanks
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Hi Jessie, I'm trying to do it on my Mac Pro 5.1 with a rtx 560, I have my usb ready in front, waited for the second sound as explained , no hard disk in it, and still nothing shows up, any idea ? thanks
@@rockstudioliege5677 try some more NVRAM resets
Hello Jessie. What model of graphics card do you have there? Thank you.
Sapphire Radeon Rx580
@@JessiesFlying The Pulse Model?
@@themanzistudios7318 yes
Best video I have seen so far !!
You nailed it, you saved my machine from the scrapyard LOL.
And for that reason, I subscribed :).
@@iCitiPromotion great to hear!!! 🚀
Hello yet again - you used a SATA SSD in this video, right? Any reason for not using a PCIe SSD?
Yes as you cannot simply boot from there
@@JessiesFlying alright but if I connect both the SATA and my current PCIe, then I can choose to upgrade the PCIe I presume?
@@jonathanrice2568 haven’t tried that yet
Hey Jessie, thank you for your content!
I'm trying to install Ventura (The same for Suonoma) on my Mac Pro 5,1, but it always ends with the error: 'An error occurred preparing the software update.' Any ideas?
Thank you!
@@karlshulcs to less space? Corrupt USB drive?
I just realised you're using an adaptor to attach the SSD to the bay loader - could you tell me where you can get one of those, or what it's called? tahnks.
I have a question after this attempt can I have 2 Mac Os systems in 2 different ssd's one mojave and the other monterey without problems?
Yes, that should work 👍
Jessie, thank you for this video, i’ve been struggling with this problem for quie a while.
Jessie, i was looking at rEFInd Boot Selector Alternative for OS's on Mac’s, could this be another easier alternative option that could solve this problem?
Have you tried it yet?
Not yet, when I have time I might look into it…
@@JessiesFlying I too would love to know if that could work.
@@JessiesFlying Thank you.
Jessie, Nomadic Dmitry made a good YT video on how to install it and customise rEFInd Boot Selector.
Jessie 🎉you are a joy to watch ! Are you not able to reset the nvram by pressing space bar when you get into EFI boot picker and choose reset nvram option? My cmd option r+p doesn’t work ….also where do you get the ssd caddy to fit into the hard drive sled?
Yes you can reset NVRAM in OpenCore but if you don’t get to OpenCore it doesn’t work 😂 these caddies are from eBay from England…
2 months later but, OWC's shop used to have SSD drive sleds. That's where I got mine from.
@@MichaelJM thx for the info!
I pulled out my card yesterday and I can’t find any switch on that!!!
Do I need to replace with a Mac flash rx 580?
No, it should work as shown in the video (it’s also not flashed)… 🤔
Hey Jessie, vielen Dank für den grandiosen Tipp. Dank dem Workaround läuft Monterey auf meinen MP 5.1 - geil! Sag mal kann es sein das neun meinen weiteren Festplatten nicht mehr erkannt werden? Bei jedem Boot mit weiteren Platten in den Einschüben bricht der Bootscreen ab und bleibt schwarz - auch bei neuformatierten Platten? Kann doch eingentlich nicht sein. Hast ne Idee? THX
Warte mal eine Zeit ab, manchmal dauert es eine Minute bis er die anderen Platten geprüft hat und dann von der richtigen aus bootet….
Hi Jessie, first of all congratulations for your channel and for the high professionalism and experience that stand out from your tutorials! I've been trying to install Sonoma for two days on my Mac Pro 5.1 (2010) with AMD Radeon VII GPU but I can't start (by holding down the Option key after the chime) the OC BOOT from the USB pen drive where the installer Sonoma and containing OC in the EFI partition (prepared with OCLP). I tried to follow the suggestion from Dortania's OCLP site but without success. I finally saw your video on RUclips and then I followed all the steps, but unfortunately even after resetting the NVRAM (two chimes) the screen remains black! Do you have any suggestions or help you can give me to solve the problem? Thanks so much in advance!
thx! Sonoma won't have any video acceleration for Vega VII GPUs (yet) - so I recommend either another GPU or staying with Monterey (there is video acceleration even for 6800XT). But you should be able to see OC boot selector - did you try different outputs like HDMI?
Thanks Jassie for your quick response! I still have a Radeon 580rx Nitro+ but then I purchased the Radeon VII because the Nitro+ being taller did not allow me to install the HighPoint NVMe RAID Controller Card in the adjacent slot and did not allow me to manage the 2 monitors (Apple Cinema Display 30" and Apple LED Diaplay 27"). If so, which graphics card would you recommend me to buy to replace the Radeon VII and compatible with Sonoma? Finally: if I try to connect one of the monitors to the HDMI port of the Radeon VII should I still see the OC Boot? Furthermore, since I had to change keyboards during the installation tests (with the same extended Apple keyboard) because one suddenly no longer responded to Command+R, Command+Option+P+R and Command+Option commands. In your opinion, is the keyboard recoverable (i.e. repairing it but I don't know how) or should it be thrown away? Thanks so much in advance!
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I would like to add that the keyboard with the Option and Command keys not working, I just tried it with another Mac Pro 3.1 (2008) and it worked perfectly! Strange right?
@@lambertoangeli6321 as far as I know fastest card supported by Sonoma is RX580 (maybe Vega 64…?) you should see OC boot selector, but NVMe cards can cause trouble. Did you put USB hub between MacPro and keyboard?
It worked Jessie. Pfffffffft. I will brush my teeth and hop on my bike! Vielen Dank!!
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You helped me get the boot picker for the install on my 2012 Mac Pro with a Saphire 580. Thanks! . Now I'm at the point where I want to boot from internal hard drive. I let the Open Core Patcher do its thing, click restart, hold option, remove usb key and get a black screen with no boot picker so I am stumped. Thanks for your help.
OpenCore Boot Picker enabled in settings.
when you have a PC graphic card installed, you cannot hold OPTION key anymore as you don't see Apple boot selector. the OpenCore boot selector should show up automatically... 🤔 did you check if your RX580 is in "game mode"?
@@JessiesFlying Thankyou for your help again and I had no idea there was a game mode. A boot selector shows up as long as the USB key installed. The options that show up do not include EFI open core. On the last interface it says to reboot holding option. I believe it was Mr. MacIntosh who said to pull the key and press option. Show does checking for game mode involve pulling the card? that is a non starter it took half a day to install it correctly. I can live with the usb key inserted.
If I remember correctly,(and the card was installed around Mojave so maybe I don't) I selected the more stable option.
@@JessiesFlying I just rebooted without the key. Does not boot to any screen. Added the key ,did not press option, and Install OS, MacHD and EFI show up. Only boots from Mac HD. I see several apps like Clover or Open Core Configurator available. Do you reccomend either?
It says "Kein Videosignal" near the "3Dfx Tasse" :D
some vooodoo made it disappaere 😜
That’s right😂
Hi Jessie, Do you think this might work to upgrade to Sonoma with Legacy 1.5 I would like to also upgrade my FCPX, Motion and Compressor to latest versions or is that asking too much for my old Mid 2020 MacPro
Fred
I guess you mean Mid 2010 Mac Pro? But yes, it should work... 👍
THANK YOU
Hi! I used my MP 5.1 with Hi Sierra for sound (sample libraries) purposes in headless mode (without the graphic card) by ethernet connection to second computer. If I will install OpenCore and Monterey, should I to buy metall graphic card (Radeon 580), or it can also work in headless mode without graphic card?
Didn’t try that, maybe ask that on Discord…?
Hi, thank you for your time. How did you solve the installation to the hard drive so it launches without a USB? I'm trying to complete this part but it requires me to boot pressing the Option key. Thank you!
I totally missed the previous answer and solution. It worked like a charm! Thank you for helping me breathe a new life to this old Mac!
@@eduardocolon6333 you're welcome! 😬
I was recently able to install Monterey on a stock early 2008 iMac. It's so slow... should I install an older Mac OS version? Its supported El Capitan works fine and fast, so should I go to High Sierra or Big Sur, whichever gives me decent speed better than Monterey?
High Sierra doesn’t need Metal so I would recommend that…
@@JessiesFlying I've got High Sierra running natively on a different iMac 2011, and it seems fast enough. My worry is that soon latest web browser updates (eg Chrome, Safari, Firefox) for High Sierra will be gone and that makes it less useful for regular use.
@@be236 then I recommend Big Sur with OpenCore, runs nearly flawlessly on my iMac 2011
@@JessiesFlying Ok, but can I run Mojave or Catalina on my other iMac 2008 so that it's not so sluggish currently on Monterey?
@@be236 they all needs Metal GPU, so then use high Sierra
Hi Jessie,
Your instructions for the MacPro are wonderful. I'm going to go for an upgrade on it.
I have the same problem as you described, that I can't see the bootselctor because of the metalcard for Mojave.
Now my question:
I have an SSD PCIe card installed. The MacOS Mojave installed on it I want to update with OpenCore to Monterey and not completely reinstall because otherwise I would have to reinstall all my programs again.
What do I have to do to make this work:
- Take out PCIe card like all other hard drives
- Boot USB-Stick and delete NVRAM
- Turn off the Mac again
- Reinstall the PCI card with MAcOS Mojave
- Boot from USB stick
- Install Monterey over it
Does it fit like this or is there still something to basically consider when updating the system?
Many greetings
Thomas
Hi, PCIe cards are always tricky and it depends on the chipset. I would preferably install macOS on a SSD (SATA) and use the PCIe for storage / apps....
Hello Jessie I am looking for help, I have a mac pro 5.1 mid (2012) I installed an M.2 2280 NVMe WD BLACK through pcie express x4 and everything was fine, the mac pro recognized it, the question is that it does not allow me to install macOS BigSur through opencore in the M.2, it only allows me to install it on the old HDD, by the way I already formatted the M.2 drive in AFPS format with GUID partition map Help pls
Hi, do you know if SIP needs to be disabled when doing this? I have a 2009 4,1 MAC PRO that I upgraded to Mojave but SIP isn't disabled and I'm not sure how to get to the recovery console at the moment without researching it a lot more. I do have the old non-Metal graphics card that came with the computer but my newer monitor doesn't accept a DVI input. (I guess I could get a DVI-HDMI converter though.)
And once I disable SIP, does it stay disabled regardless of the graphics card in my system? I can swap cards back and it stays disabled?
so you just want to change the GPU in Mojave?
@@JessiesFlying no I'm looking to upgrade to Sonoma, or Monterey or Ventura it doesn't matter... But it seems the process of using open core to do this requires me disabling SIP. When I download open core and go through the process it tells me I need to disable SIP. But I can't get to the boot selector or into the recovery console. I did exactly what you did in this video and upgraded my old Mac, installing a sapphire card rx580.
@@MikeBrayton OpenCore legacy patcher will disable SIP partly when you install it, so no need for the console
@@JessiesFlying Thanks. No it stops me mid-process. I have to close out of the installer because it says SIP needs to be disabled. Is SIP already disabled for you while you're doing the procedure in this video?
@@MikeBrayton yes as I already was using OCLP
hi Jessie, thanks so much for all your videos. So if I have a mac pro 5,1 with a RX-580 Special Edition that's been flashed to get the boot screen, can I bypass this usb installer?
when you see the Apple boot selector (by pressing ALT) then you can simply install OCLP and macOS...
I have a Radeon RX580 Sapphire Nitro as well, but flashed with Apple EDI. It is a 2010 flashed 5,1 that has been moved to Catalina with DosDudes patcher. When I restart after installing open core to the USB and press option at reboot, no chooser appears, it just loads into Catalina. Will this fix work? I have a blank SSD that I want to install Monterey on (I would want to go to Ventura, but Open Core Patcher 1.4.3 reminds me that many items will not work.
That’s weird, if it’s patched you should see the Apple boot selector… 🤔 but this trick should work anyhow
can you install onto your existing hd that has mojave on? for instance my nvm2 pcie ssd os currently my boot drive running mojave can I install it there or do you have to completely start again?
is it a patched version (i.e. dosdude1's patch)? then i don't recommend updating. if it is a stock macOS you can do it, but I still recommend starting fresh....
Hi Jessie, many thanks for the video. I have a mid 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 with RAID configuration on two SSD drives as my main desktop and one SATA 1 TB drive for extra storage. When I got to the screen to install the new OS it says I can’t select my SSD because it’s a raid config. So I chose the 1 TB drive as that’s my only option. What are your thoughts? How can I install the OS on my SSD? Thank you.
that won't work as there are no RAID drivers during boot / macOS install....
Der Retter in der Not! Thousand Thanx !!!!
Vielen vielen Dank!!! 😬
Now its working, but 2 topics took a lot of time: 1. USB Stick must be in a USB HUB 2. NO DISPLAY CONNECTOR, HDMI I had to plug in cable again after the chime sound... It installs the monterey now.... I use a pc card RX580, Firmware of the 5,1 is updated to latest version. Open core boot screen, still not pops up, but the language selector appears... Maybe something I forgot to do, maybe somebody has an idea....?
anyone?
Would this work the same installing Linux to a clean drive? I'm stuck with an older, no boot screen, GPU and can't put the Saphire 590 on until I have a newer version of Apple OS, but I'm done with Apple OS, want to move to Linux.
I never tried Linux but there are a lot of guides out there how to install it on a Mac Pro
Just used this as I grabbed my RX 580. Good trick.
Thanks! 🚀😬
@@JessiesFlyingactually can I pick your brain? You Brought up doing a collab video and I can’t seem to get my rx580 to work.
My current issue is I went from a Kepler card to a rx580. I first tried to do a fresh install as I also bought a new SSD.
- I updated the USb installer on my m1 Mac and checked AMD GOP. Installing would proceed until reboot and I couldn’t see my SSD continue installing.
- i tried booting my old install without altering it besides updating OpenCore to include AMD gop. It crashes during boot and reboots into recovery with the new GPU.
- I tried to alter my existing Sonoma install, I removed the post install hacks and jammed in the RX 580. It’ll start to boot but stops outputting a picture
- I tried installing Monterey and recreating the Sonoma installer on my M1 Max, and had the same issue. It’ll just reboot to the installer. I don’t see my SSD to continue the installation.
It’s super weird I can’t just fresh install an OS.
@@dmug I'm just back from a trip to Mexico, give me some time to think about that....
@@JessiesFlying Not a problem, was thinking you wanted to do a feature, basically giving me pointers as part of the video since I can't figure out how to get my 2008 to boot with the RX580
@@dmug Hi sorry for the late reply.
So I assume NVRAM reset didn’t help. Is your gpu a sapphire RX580? If yes, did you check if you have “game mode” enabled and not the power saving mining mode (very small switch)? Is the power supply to the gpu ok?
I found your channel. I have a Radeon RX590 installed on my 5,1 Mac Pro 2010. I need to boot into Apple Hardware Test on my USB stick. Unfortunately I can't use either Diagnostic Boot or Option Boot. Any suggestions? Sadly this video didn't help for that. I'm going to try install Monterey though now!
Hardware diagnostic doesn’t work on Mac Pro out of the box, you need to have a bootable USB drive with the diagnostic program
This worked until the instalation was trying to install on my NVME PCI card.. all was great and installing and on auto reboot it restarted the USB installer not the NVRAM that just got Monterey installed on it
Hey Jessie, Could I ask you if your are using the HDMI or DVI port out of the sapphire graphics card? For some reason I am not getting the boot loader after pulling out all the drivers and inserting my EFI USB stick. Thank you!
or maybe the display port cables? I've only tried the HDMI ports and those aren't working for me. I can update once I acquire my dp/dvi. Thanks again
@@Igor-ck6zl I use HDMI and display port. Check if your graphic card has a tiny switch for “game mode” - it has to set to it
Hey Jessie, big thanks for your reply and knowledge share. You're exactly right about the "game mode" tiny switch. For future reference, for others like myself not super versed in graphics cards, right out of the box the sapphire rx580 nitro only worked through DP port (not either of the two HDMI nor the DVI) now that "game mode" switch is on my boot drive can be seen with all outputs. Still am chipping away at install, not finished yet, but I will be looking at your other videos closely before asking for more guidance. Thanks again!
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@@Igor-ck6zl 🚀
I have Mac Pro 5,1 and I installed MacOs 13,3,1 on OWG SSD PCI, by OCLP, Now I want to install Windows 10 to internal apple SSD HD, I can't find correct way to do that.. Could you help me please?
Check out my tutorial here: ruclips.net/video/XY55DD1Iym8/видео.html
Jessie, Can you help me please?
I have an imac 27-inch late 2015 .. and suddenly it stopped, and after a lot of searching, I made sure that the graphics card was corrupted.. Now I run it with Windows, but of course without defining the graphics card.. The Mac system cannot work without defining the graphics card, so it does not work with the Mac os .. from In your opinion, is there any alternative solution other than changing the graphics card or changing the motherboard?
I searched a lot to turn it on as a monitor, but my model does not support it
There is a little board that turns it into a monitor (you get rid of the Mainboard and graphic card) - I think Luke Miani had a video about it
@@JessiesFlying Thank you for your reply.. I would be grateful to you if the link is available with you.. Also, what do you think about this?
The 2015 iMac can not be used as a display. 2014 iMacs were the last to support target display mode as these were before the 5K screens were introduced, which requires too much bandwidth.
@@aboAnas18 check this out: ruclips.net/video/0VXQu0fAc8s/видео.html
Hi Jessie, thanks for the guide! I just tried this and it seemed to be working... until after installation. Following the install, it went into a loop where it restarted back to the installer. When I try to boot into my new install of Big Sur, the boot screen loads halfway under the Apple, then stops. I can't get it to go beyond this.
Do you have anything else plugged in?
Thank you for doing these! I attempted to do this from one of your previous videos but was unsuccessful as I didn’t have an additional SSD Startup Drive. Given I don’t have a second startup drive, can I move boot drive information to a external hd and then clear out my pcie ssd drive and use it like you used yours and in this video? Thank you in advance for any guidance.
You can do a TimeMachine backup, or use commercial software to transfer your boot disk to another one…
@@JessiesFlying Thank you!
Jessie, thank you very much for the information!. Your videos have saved me so much time, I much appreciate it. I installed Open Core 0.6.8 on my Mac 5.1. I am running Big Sur. Everything was running fine until I tried swapping the GPU. I purchased an XFX Radeon 580 GPU. When the booting process starts, I see the Open Core icon, then the Mac logo with the progress bar underneath, when about 1/3 of the progress bar is filled, the screen goes to black, and I can not see anything else. Would you know what can be making this happen? Thnak you very much in advance for your help.
Did you install root patch? then it probably was installed matching your old GPU, so you need to get the old GPU in, uninstall root patch, reboot (and maybe NVRAM reset) with new GPU and then install root patch again (now matching your new GPU) - but be warned, the uninstall of the root patch might brick your macOS, so make a backup first!
Jessie, I've the same hardware and soft as you. I follow step by step but doesn't work . Could be a Display Port cable Monitor? another thing. After installation, how do you swap between Monterey and other OSX if Monterey will need EFI boot picker to jump to another OSX? and not key Option hold (in my case 'Catalina running Ok with rx580 but doesn't see startup Monterey active on System Preferences (only folder Update)--> What I am doing bad? thk in advance.
You should be able to select different macOS‘es within OpenCore, so it’s OK if always „EFI Boot“ (OpenCore) starts first. Display port may be an issue, and make sure the RX580 is in „Game Mode“ (very tiny switch)
Hi there and many thanks for the tutorial. I follow it step by step but get stuck after the second chime. The Mac Pro seems to start running but suddenly shuts down before presenting any picker. Any ideas?
are you sure the USB drive is set up correctly and bootable?
@@JessiesFlying I’ve created multiple times the USB installer by using Dortania builder but always the same result. After the first chime the computer just shuts down
Then it doesn’t boot from OpenCore. Are you sure there is no other drive on the Mac Pro?
Oh great ! It worked absolutely fine, thanks. I didn't have to replace my RX580 8g by the original gpu that came with my MP5,1 2010 server. But, alas, I have an issue : It booted up to Big Sur (the OS I chose to install) but when I reboot after a session of one one hour, the Mac, boots, black screen for 4/5 minutes and he shut down by itself. So, I replaced the drives and booted on Mojave, and he doesn't see Big Sur, only a "name of the disk" - datas, so I can't select it at my default boot drive. Any Idea ?
But your trick works great, I'm sure I'm not for to enjoy Big Sur on this old Mac.
Edit: oh gosh I think I have the answer... I patched Big Sur on a M2, not from the computer which is the target.
Here’s my story, maybe it’s useful to some:
Followed the instructions, booted the Mac.
It booted right into the installer. No EFI whatever to choose. No Open Core showed up. I let it install.
In the middle of the installation process the Mac just shut down.
So I thought that I did something wrong. After endless drive in and out swapping, redoing the USB, countless NVRAM resets and researching the internet I found out that my my Mac did not have the right firmware which has to be 1.44.
Mine was still on 140. To update the firmware one must install High Sierra on a drive connected to a SATA port and then start the Mojave installer which will tell you that your Mac needs a firmware update and will tell you what to do. No need to install Mojave after the firmware is up to date. My Mac was already running Mojave but did not have the right firmware nonetheless.
After the firmware update the Mac was still booting directly into the installer, still no EFI whatever.
No Open Core showing up.
After even more endless messing around out of sheer frustration I just let the installer run and et voila, it worked. Just like that.
Conclusion:
You need firmware 1.44.
Check at „About This Mac - System Report“
It doesn’t matter when Open Core doesn’t show up like shown in this video at 3.21.
Just running the installer might work !
Good luck !
Thanks for sharing your findings!
@@JessiesFlying Thank YOU for your videos and support 👍
Jessie should Pin this.
It helped me, I had the latest firmware on my 5,1 but with 16min left on the installer my screen would go black, I kept resetting nvram and going through it again to no avail, finally just left it alone and let it do its black screens and eventually it installed.
Mac Pro 5,1 with RX480 GPU
@@dwaynestimpson5449 will do another help video and definitively include that!
Hi, I did that but now I cant boot to anything at all. Event when I plus back my drive with linux on it for exemple. Any idea how to "go back". I try the vram reset but I doesnt work
I try a lot of bootable thing on the USB and nothing ever show
@@lenylecointre3304 so when you do NVRAM reset and you only have 1 bootable drive it should boot from there
Thanks for an incredibly interesting work. I wanted to ask you if the MacPro 5.1 PSU can work with a video card AND a Radeon RX5700XT 8gig? I need it to edit video in 4k.
The PSU can handle that but the power supply via the mainboard might not - Google for “Pixlas mod”
@@JessiesFlyingThank you very much for the insightful answer. You are the best who can explain briefly and clearly.
@@olesbadio1496 ☺️
hey jessie, doesn´t it work with just holding "c" at bootup, so the usb bootable drive will be selected first during boot instead of the hdd/ssds or does the OC bootpicker didn´t show up then?
You don’t see apple boot selector with PC graphic cards and so the shortcuts don’t work
I am fairly sure that holding down the C key at startup is to boot from the CD/DVD drive.
Nice trick, but unnecessary. The computer will boot from the stick anyway if the disk is installed. The only thing you have to do is select the AMD GOP Injection in the OCLP advanced settings.
In my Mac Pro 5.1 was running Sonoma, but last 3 weeks OS SSD was removed and computer was off, now I connected the ssd to on system, not booting or no chim, how to fix
@@lindezignoman unplug and keep power button pressed for 10 seconds. Then keep CMD+ALT+R+P pressed during boot until chime
@@JessiesFlying Tired this.... no luck.. any other options..
@@lindezignoman check if the ssd is plugged in correctly
@@JessiesFlying yes all are correctly connected. i have removed all HDDs and changed to original display drive also its same. fan is working, but power light and display light is on, thats it. any idea what is the issue.
@@JessiesFlying FInally got fixed, all are working properly. I have removed entire things from logic board, and cleaned and put back.. thanks.
I'd I have tried everything for the past 6 days and can't get my rx 580 to load at all it only displays an error and shows a mouse and a pad then says setupmac error I have reset the nvram no luck its a 2012 Mac pro 1 CPU 16 gigs of RAM idk I'm at a loss I have tried everything
did you check if it's in "game mode"? if not it won't show a screen (if it's a Sapphire)
I actually fixed it when I built the loader it was from a 2015 Macbook pro I rebuilt it from my other 5,1 and when I built it I ticked the box saying inject the AMD loader so I was able to have a boot loader during the whole install because it loaded from the USB when the OS was installed I was about to inject and build
@@TCRTechLife great! 👍
This was very helpful Thankyou, I have a Mac Pro 5,1 with RX580 Only thing i am having trouble with is after starting up again Open core tells me it has detected i am booting from usb would i like to install to disk. So i go through installing Opencore to Internal HD it then asks me to reboot again, Its at that point i cant get into boot selector to chose the Internal EFI to boot from there. Can you help me with this? any tips?
if you unplug the USB, it should boot from EFI Boot from your harddisk after a few seconds...
@@JessiesFlying ended up not booting the EFI but swapping to old graphics card to reboot, now working without the usb. Thanks for your help!
Hi, sorry for my English, I'm writing to you from Italy, I have a Mac Pro 3.1, for this procedure can I use an AMD RADEON RX580 8gb XFX? Thanks for the explanation for the NV Ram reset is congratulations for the videos
Yes, any RX580 should do it 👍
follow all instruction using open core 1.3.0 --- system boat from usb -- start installation on ssd -- complete it and no display nothing . any solution ....
so it installed macOS completely?
Would this only install mac os to an empty drive? What about updating from Mojave on a 5,1 macpro
Same procedure when you do an update 👍
Jessie, does the HDD/SSD need to be blank or can it have the old mac os on it? thanks in advance
If it has an old macOS then Setup will perform an update, not a new install….
Thanks for the reply, I tried your method but something wrong with the usb I guess. So I need a mac gpu, I have gtx680 currently PC version
@@enzomeister not necessarily, you should be able to see OpenCore boot selector… 🤔
Thanks you 👍