In case you'd like to install latest macOS Sonoma on unsupported hardware instead, check out the video I did for that: ruclips.net/video/acpQuCIy3GA/видео.html
This actually worked. Was worried i needed a whole new mac just to run Ventura so i can take advantage of shared library in photos. Really appreciate it
Thank you for your great how to video Dear Jensd , installed Sonoma to my late 2012 Mac Mini i5 and it works trouble free. For the others planning to install Sonoma to their unsupported macs; Startup takes 4 mins, there is 16gb ram and ssd upgrade in it.
Just shows you Apple doesn’t care about the environment, these computers could be supported for many more years but they choose not too for profit not innovation.
Everything works great, I have the same iMac 2013 as in the video. One important note - if you split your disk into multiple volumes, your SSD from Fusion Drive will most likely stop working and stay on the old volume, resulting in slower OS booting and file handling.
Thank you for this tutorial and webpage, it worked for me. A 30 year Windows person, I bought a 2012 Quad Core i7 Mac Mini to play with Mac OS, and got it updated to Ventura with this. Thanks again, saved me hours of reading and frustration.
After a few tries, I finally get my 2012 MacBook Pro 15 Retina to Ventura !!! I was failed a few times and I was almost give up but finally it works !!
Watching hundreds of tutorial videos and teaching for 25 years plus, I must say you are definitely under the top 10 teachers/presenters on RUclips. Thank you are all the great work. Wanted to ask you, what hardware do you use, what screen recording and are you doing voice overs once the recording is done? I would like to learn about the method you are using to make these fine efficient clear videos. Thank you
I can explain shortly although this is not the best video for it. Typically I prepare and have more or less in my head what I will do and in which order. Then I actually do it and film it + recently also do a capture with a HDMI capture card as soon as I do something with software. Afterwards I go through the material and write the story/voiceover and record that. The story kind of determines how the video/screencapture will be used. Once I have that, I edit everything together according to the story and voiceover into the final video. Tools I typically use for that: 4K camera, HDMI capture card, OBS for capture, Audacity for audio recording and DaVinci Resolve for video editing.
Very useful information thanks alot after having booting issues that caused my os to be corrupted and after trying ages to get it repaired following your info i have mow got working os again thanks alot very nice and easy to follow A+
Good job, and Tq for this video tutorial, i have my own iMac Late 2013 21.5 and I have using MacOS catalina (2019) and upgraded to Ventura, its successful 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉
I’ve upgraded to Ventura on my late 2023 21.5” iMac (upgraded to 16 Gb RAM and 1 Tb SSD drive). And was about to downgrade back to Catalina… but then I’ve patched the video with OpenCore. It runs like heaven. Bought a cheap USB keyboard in order to be able to press and hold “option”, for i could not do it with my wireless keyboard. But bottom line: don’t forget patching your video driver with OpenCore once everything has been installed.
Thank you for the tutorial which is great. One question, I have an I-Mac from 2012 and installed "Big Sur" using your method and it works fin. The question is if the FusionDrive build in my I-Mac will work if I continue upgrading to Monterey or Ventura? I have figured that there might be some problems that the I-Mac is becoming very slow. Do you expect a solution for this in the near future?
Thank you for this! Best tutorial ever! Whenever their is a software update, do I update through the iMac settings like normal or through open core legacy?
You can update through macOS as you would run a supported OS. Often an update breaks the root patches so best to download a copy of Open Core Legacy Patcher before and run it after the update.
Thanks for the excellent video. Helps me a lot. Just a quick question, if I want to upgrade the size of my SSD, I can just make a Time Machine or do I need to “clone” and transfer to the new one? What will be the best solution on this SSD running Ventura?
Must this process be done on the machine you are installing ventura on? Or can I prep the usb on a separate machine and then install on the target device?
You can do this from another machine/model but as the OpenCore config is hardware-specific, you first need to select the correct model from the Settings options in the OpenCore Legacy Patcher application. Only tried this once and it worked just fine. Good luck :)
I revived my Mini 2012 thanks to you and Opencore! Question: is there a way to update or freshly install Ventura on a Hackintosh from the El Capitan era?
Thank you very much for such explanation. It was very helpful. I have a question if I would like to do the Internet recovery why does it show the old version not the Ventura and how can I solve this?
Thanks this work great for MacBook Air ... however having issues with Macbook Pro keeps crashing (freezes) after a few minuets. Going to try a different Big Sur. Tip ... Since it kept crashing I had to go into safe mode to rebuild a new thumb drive install. Then OpenCore Legacy Patcher 5.3 would not see the thumb drive. For some reason Ventura screwed the USB ports I guess but after I switched to another USB port, OpenCore Legacy Patcher finally saw the thumb drive. Ok ... Appears it Big Sur is work much better than Ventura ... but only good tell Nov 2023.
Which exact model of Macbook pro? Not all device models are fully supported for Ventura yet. If it is not, you can use the same method to run Monterey while waiting for support for Ventura.
@@jensdbe Yeah figured that out after the fact ... can't remember model number, gave it back to the friend that owns it. I could not find what models are supported for using OpenCore Legacy Patcher 5.3. I did used 5.1 for the MacBook Air ... just thought I try also with the Macbook Pro. Anyway it worked with Big Sur just fine. Thanks ...
After the installation of macOS Ventura on my unsupported mac device, I can’t watch RUclips videos anymore in safari. It says that an error occurred. Furthermore, I can’t use universal control on my mac after installation. Do you have a solution for these problems? I’ve an iMac late 2015, so iMac16,2 according to system information.
So I did this, and now my Mac Pro runs OS Ventura. I'm not that familiar with Mac, and the question is as long as i have Ventura 13.5 installed, will the updates for 13.6.13.7 etc work by just running "check for updates"....or do you have to install the later versions with the Opencore Legacy Patcher?
is anyone having problems connecting your Magic Mouse #2 in your freshly installed your open core legacy on your late 2013 27" iMac ? I am using a hard wired mouse and when I try to connect my Apple Mouse #2 when I push the bottom to connect it says connected and 2 to 3 seconds later it disconnected, I watched a video on connecting apple mouse #2, took a cable and connected it to the Mac and then to mouse, Clicked on bluetooth and clicked on connected and it connected but not to wireless connection.
Hi Jens! thank you for this, I recently installed Ventura on a i7 Late 2012 Mac mini and everything went smoothly, just have one tiny problem, I don't know if you'll be able to help, when I try to restart the Mac the screen goes fully black and nothing happens but the Mac is on, I don't know what causes this, hopefully you can help with this.
I need some help, I did this to my macbook pro 2015 and successfully installed the unsupported os. After seeing that the computer was rather slow I wanted to install the last one I installed, Monterrey but now the os does not know that the macbooks is a macbook! There is no support for the trakpad, battery etc. How Can I fullt revert this? Thanks
Thank you for the video tutorial. I have a problem when the Apple logo comes out with the remaining time , it says "an error occurred preparing the software update" right at 15 minutes left. Any help will be appreciated 🙏
@@maksolutions7494 And, after first setup and first restart, do not touch or press anything on keyboard, let the mac restart, installing, restart, installing, restart installing it self until finish. (More than 3 or 5 times restart). I’m sorry for my english. 🙏🏻
@@jensdbe Thanks for the reply, Jens... I'm already back on Big Sur :D Maybe someone else can provide feedback on MB Air Mid/Late 2014? :D I really don't want to go all over again the process haha
after i install mac os ventura every time when i open my mac appear the twp internal ssd on my desktop and mac ssd data i want to earse this --- remain just msc ssd and ssd 1 tb not three two because i have two internal ssds ...why appear ?
Hi thank you for your info, may i ask a question after the installation my mac ( air 20017) colors are not bright as previous version (maybe i am wrong) tell me please what about your mac? Screen bright
I've never upgraded a native install to one with OpenCore but don't see why this would not work. In any case a good backup is always a good idea, especially if you are going to try this.
Thank you for your very interesting video... A silly question! Once you have installed Ventura with open Core, can you update normally for Mac software? and security update? merci pour votre très intéressante vidéo … une question un peu-etre idiote ! est ce que une fois qu'on a installé Ventura avec open Core on peut faire les mises à jour normalement pour les logiciels du Mac ? et mise à jour de sécurité ?
Updates come in through the regular channel but in some cases it might be needed to re-apply some of the patches if things got overwritten. So always good to keep a copy of the OCLP app handy before updating.
is there anyway this can be done on an early 2009 iMac or mid 2009 MacBook Pro I don't care about graphical acceleration I try to boot the installer but it won't me
As far as I see, both of these will not grt Wifi or support for USB. Also without graphical acceleration, it's just not workable. The mouse is moving so sluggish it will drive you crazy. I'd recommend to wait a bit more as the OCLP team is still working on fixing these things.
how is macOS ventura 13.3. on imac late 2013 , i went for monterey instead since ventura on my mid 2012 macbook pro was way lot buggy , so both my macbook and imac have monterey 12.6.4 , should i upgrade to ventura on 2013 imac
So far it is running pretty good. Haven't really come across anything negative. Although I also don't see such a big improvement or such in comparison with Monterey. It kind of feels the same :)
15:51 This is not working. There was no pop-up in my MBA 2017. I manually installed the boot files in the disk. Still I have to use the USB to boot macOS. What should I do?
Beware: I installed Ventura on both a 2016 MacBook Pro (15") and a mid-2013 MacBook Air. Ran fine for a month, then both systems refused to boot beyond a black screen. Nothing I tried worked, so I had to restore the previous OS to both laptops. It was a huge pain. YMMV.
@@jensdbe This was several months ago, so my recollection is a bit fuzzy, but I believe that Ventura had updated at least once on both computers. I used the OPenCore Legacy Patcher to apply any needed updates and all was fine for a while. Then the system would not boot at all. Black screen with possibly the folder icon. I can't recall that part specifically. Beyond that, I don't know how to 'boot' into OpenCore, so I can't answer that question. Would love to try again, but it was a real pain to reinstall everything once they failed.
I I want to try out Ventura on a partition on a new SSD drive, do I need to go through a external usb storage on a second usb port or it is easier than installing on internal SSD and can install it directly on the partition? (like on the stick) and I choose from which drive to boot from during startup?
The USB drive contains the installer and not the actual OS that gets installed. So still easier to create a USB drive like in the video and then prepare and select your new SSD drive. I think it should also work with a separate partition on an internal drive but haven't tried that. During boot you will be able to choose where to boot from. Either from the original bootloader (by holding down Alt/Option at boot) or in OpenCore, once installed.
Thanks for the video it is great and easy to follow and I am about to upgrade my MBP from Big Sur to Ventura. What I am worried about is my data and my programs. Question 1: do I have to re-install my programs like MS Word and Acrobat, after upgrading to Ventura? I have a complete backup on an external disk and Question 2: If Ventura does not improve the performance or something goes wrong during installation, can I just go back to Big Sur using the time machine backup? I am running a MBP 15" mid 2012, i7, 16 GB, with Big Sur installed with the use of OCLP which is running fine. Could any one please advise me?
Great tutorial, very clear instructions. But can someone help with an issue I’m having. I download the OS which is visible in the application folder as in the tutorial, but when I do the next step and I assume copy it over to the usb flash drive (I’m using a 32GB one) it copy’s over 130meg on the progress bar, pauses for a while and then goes upto 270meg ish and then the progress box vanishes. Surely it hasn’t copied the full OS over in that time? And ideas? I’ve tried independently formatting the flash drive and starting again, but always the same issue. Help much appreciated 😊
Make sure you erase/format the whole drive in Disk Utility by selecting to show All devices first. If that doesn't help, I would suggest to try another USB drive.
@@jensdbe thanks. I figured it out in the end. I couldn’t see the GUID partition type in the list until I did as you described. I’m quite new to mac so it’s a learning curve. Thanks for the advice.
You don't see the drive when continuing the install or in Disk Utility? It could be that there is a too old file system present or something else is wrong with the drive maybe. In most cases, by erasing the drive with Disk Utility, this gets solved. Your device should be supported normally.
@@jensdbe Yes, its showing just my external drive and "media drive" with zero kb. No internal drive to install ventura. Funny thing is, when i try to install monterey, everything is perfect. Dont know whats the problem with ventura.
@@deanmactavish8529 Did you end up finding a solution for this? I have this same issue after doing an internal SSD swap. For some reason when booting into Recovery mode, it cannot see any drives, but as soon as I shut down and turn back on, it boots fine. I dont really get it.
I dont know why I got endless rebutting on the last screen when it should show %. rebut and rebut patch does not work I tried NV120 and RX580 video same thing :( I did Monterey OS
Hi, super tutorial- everything worked fine for me. I have one question: how do I update my mac from version 13.2.1 to version 13.3 without losing all my data? Is there a way??
You can just update it as any other Mac. The only thing that can happen is that the patches that were applied are being overwritten. Just make sure you download a copy of the Patcher before doing the update, then run the root patches after the update completed.
I loved the video, everything worked just as you said, except I keep getting an error with Root Patches specifically Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge. It refuses to install. (Reason for Patch Failure (71)) Any ideas how to fix this issue?
My Question is can you take a SSD 2.5 SATA 1TB with 32gb Ram and install a Leven 1TB 2280 ssd, Install Ventura on SSD, then install it in a Late 2013 iMac 27", then open up computer and not need a Thumb drive to start Machine?
Open Core needs to be specifically built for a specific Mac. You can build it on another Mac but then you wouldn't be able to use it to install Ventura. Also, opening up this type of iMac requires removing the screen in order to install another drive, so I guess a thumbdrive is a bit easier :)
@@jensdbe nope. Just “something went wrong” and after I restarted it, it loaded me into internet recovery Mountain Lion (10.6???) well now it’s running 13.0 fine 😃 i5 2.9ghz gtx660m on 16GB ram with 1tb SSD
Dear sir，I have a late 2008 macbook. After installation of Ventura, the trackpad doesn't work, there's no driver for the trackpad. Neither does the airdrop function. I have applied post patches so many times, but the problems still exist. Do you have the same experience as I do? How to solve the problem? Would you pls be kind enough to give me a reply?
Don't have experience with it myself but I think this is related to legacy UHCI/OHCI support in Ventura as you can see here: github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/issues/1021 For now the recommendation is to not upgrade to Ventura on these model Macbooks unfortunately.
That is possible. You can do this from another machine/model but as the OpenCore config is hardware-specific, you first need to select the correct model from the Settings options in the OpenCore Legacy Patcher application. All the rest should be the same. Good luck!
I have installed ventura. Everything seems to work fine but I'm still getting boot prompt on start up with 2 macintosh HD drives. One produces an error message, the other boots me into ventura. 2014 MacBook pro 15 inch mid. How do I delete the other drive? Anyone? Thanks in advance.
That is possible. You can do this from another machine/model but as the OpenCore config is hardware-specific, you first need to select the correct model from the Settings options in the OpenCore Legacy Patcher application. All the rest should be the same. Good luck!
Great video, Thank You very much. I have meet this problem when installing opencore on usb disk efi, i get an error ocurred! 0:188: execution error: Vplume on disk3s1 failed to mount. If you think the volume is supported but damaged, try the "readOnly" option (1) Please help
You try to run the First Aid option in Dist Utility after selecting your USB drive in the left section. If that doesn't help, you could retry to Erase the drive properly or try with another USB drive.
Can you Create Multiple macOS with the same method on a Single USB Drive for unsupported models, cause I hate the idea of having 4 drives for different OS. Thanks,
For the installation, as far as I know, you will need a separate USB drive for each version you want to install. Maybe there is a method using the OpenCore boot loader and creating separate installation images but haven't tested that.
This doesn't work if Ventura is installed on a USB SSD? Because I just did that, installed fine, runs fine, it's just it doesn't boot to it without the USB pen drive plugged. It keeps booting into the internal HDD in my iMac. Open Core keeps popping up at startup to install it to disk, I installed it multiple times, still doesn't work. Any ideas? Is it because the SSD is connected via USB or maybe something went wrong?
Did you install OpenCore on the internal HDD in your iMac? I think that should work but probably not if you install openCore to your USB SSD as the Mac will most likely not directly boot from that USB SSD.
@@jensdbeApparently the issue was indeed that I kept installing OpenCore on the USB SSD (which I thought I should) but after your reply I installed it on the internal HDD and now it works. USB drive no longer needed to be plugged in, after I turn the iMac on the HDD and SSD options appear for like 5 seconds and then boots into Ventura. So thanks a lot! Now I'm confident in trying Sonoma too. Then sometime in the future probably replace the HDD with an SSD altogether and give this beautiful machine a new life.
not sure why, but when installing fresh new I get to a point where it shows a Remote Management pop that's part of the start up and it wants me to login using TMobile? It won't let me skip this phase either. Any help on this please?
okay so I figured it out! for some reason when I chose a wifi at the start up menu it was going to that but now that I skipped that it went ahead and let me start it , thank you!
Can someone help with a question.. I have this all installed and working great but every time I restart my computer it shows “install macOS Ventura” but then it bypasses that screen and starts. Not a huge deal but it takes a bit longer to boot up and start.. Any way to make it just automatically start?
Did you keep the USB drive in your Mac? Also check the last part of the video where I explain how to disable the boot picker (that is probably what you see for a few seconds).
Instead of using a USB external drive, can the Mac's internal drive be set up with a second APFS volume instead? (Assuming that the internal drive is already formatted as APFS.)
@@jensdbe Thank you for the reply. I don’t see any reason why it can’t be any arbitrary, bootable volume. After all, there’s nothing special about a little USB thumb drive other than the fact they’re mostly pretty slow! I’m going to try this myself in a few weeks and I’ll report back here with my results.
I am getting following error with OpenCore Legacy 0.6.7 Failed to create macOS installer Output: Started erase on disk2 Unmounting disk Creating the partition map Waiting for partitions to activate Formatting disk2s2 as Mac OS Extended with name OCLP-Installer Initialized /dev/rdisk2s2 as a 29 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume Mounting disk Finished erase on disk2 Copying essential files... Error: 2023-07-21 12:31:30.312 OpenCore-Patcher[38105:173039] Starting... Erasing disk: 0%... 10%... 20%... 30%... 100% IA app name cookie write failed The bless of the installer disk failed. 2023-07-21 12:35:53.843 OpenCore-Patcher[38105:173039] Done
Part worked for me - when I tried to reinstall my documents it completely crashed my Mac and stated “unsupported Mac operating system” - spent a couple of days fixing / resetting again.,,
![Ventura on Unsupported Macs [2012-2016] OpenCore Legacy Patcher!!!](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3LOqHMo5WSQ/mqdefault.jpg)
In case you'd like to install latest macOS Sonoma on unsupported hardware instead, check out the video I did for that: ruclips.net/video/acpQuCIy3GA/видео.html
This actually worked. Was worried i needed a whole new mac just to run Ventura so i can take advantage of shared library in photos. Really appreciate it
Thank you for your great how to video Dear Jensd , installed Sonoma to my late 2012 Mac Mini i5 and it works trouble free. For the others planning to install Sonoma to their unsupported macs; Startup takes 4 mins, there is 16gb ram and ssd upgrade in it.
Just shows you Apple doesn’t care about the environment, these computers could be supported for many more years but they choose not too for profit not innovation.
Everything works great, I have the same iMac 2013 as in the video. One important note - if you split your disk into multiple volumes, your SSD from Fusion Drive will most likely stop working and stay on the old volume, resulting in slower OS booting and file handling.
Hallo Jens, bedankt voor deze prachtige how-to !! Hierdoor is m’n MacBook Pro (late 2013) terug up to date. Nogmaals bedankt 👌🏻
Good job I installed Ventura on my 2012 iMac worked like a charm thank you for this
still working great after 5 months of use ?
@@gibougikma7282 running Ventura 13.5 some small glitches but open core fixed them
Even my early 2009 iMac is running it surprisingly well considering it’s age
Thank you so much for this video - I thought I'd wasted money on buying a second hand late 2013 Mac, but now it's awesome!
Glad I could help!
Thank you so very much.
The instruction were clear and precise.
Brought my very old 2012 back to new life.
Incredible!
Well done sir, you are a very good teacher of ways to get round the new software. Keep it up.
Thank you for this tutorial and webpage, it worked for me. A 30 year Windows person, I bought a 2012 Quad Core i7 Mac Mini to play with Mac OS, and got it updated to Ventura with this. Thanks again, saved me hours of reading and frustration.
Good to heard and thanks for the nice feefback.
Thanks a lot. 👍
I have installed Mac OS Ventura on Mac Mini Late 2014 model. Which has 4 GB RAM with 500 GB SSD.
After a few tries, I finally get my 2012 MacBook Pro 15 Retina to Ventura !!! I was failed a few times and I was almost give up but finally it works !!
Perfect tutorial, wonderful step-by-step instructions. Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!
Great to hear!
too my late 2013 iMac 27" upgraded from 5400 hard drive to EX TEAMGROUP 1TB 800 TBW from 16gb to 32gb plus a 2280 1TB SSD, just want to say Thank You
Watching hundreds of tutorial videos and teaching for 25 years plus, I must say you are definitely under the top 10 teachers/presenters on RUclips. Thank you are all the great work. Wanted to ask you, what hardware do you use, what screen recording and are you doing voice overs once the recording is done? I would like to learn about the method you are using to make these fine efficient clear videos. Thank you
I can explain shortly although this is not the best video for it.
Typically I prepare and have more or less in my head what I will do and in which order. Then I actually do it and film it + recently also do a capture with a HDMI capture card as soon as I do something with software. Afterwards I go through the material and write the story/voiceover and record that. The story kind of determines how the video/screencapture will be used. Once I have that, I edit everything together according to the story and voiceover into the final video.
Tools I typically use for that: 4K camera, HDMI capture card, OBS for capture, Audacity for audio recording and DaVinci Resolve for video editing.
@@jensdbe can you normally allow updates to this?
Thanks for the guide very detailed and successfully installed on my Mac Mini 2012
Thanks for the kind words. Glad to see this helped :)
@@jensdbe do you know how to enable sidecar on Ventura for older macs that aren’t supported?
This breathed new life into my ageing early 2009 iMac
I’m now able to run the latest version of Minecraft on my early 2009 iMac now as I wasn’t able to run anything newer then 1.17 on OS X El Capitan
And sure it runs like utter crap but it runs
Good to hear that you got it working.
@@aIwI89 Don’t start I did nothing wrong
@@aIwI89 GOAWAY
Very useful information thanks alot after having booting issues that caused my os to be corrupted and after trying ages to get it repaired following your info i have mow got working os again thanks alot very nice and easy to follow A+
Thanks a lot worked fine on my Imac 27inch
Good job, and Tq for this video tutorial, i have my own iMac Late 2013 21.5 and I have using MacOS catalina (2019) and upgraded to Ventura, its successful 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great Job, the best tutorial so far!!!
Thank you so much 🥹 your voice is really calming to listen to! It made the process so much more relaxing 🥹🥹
Nice to hear, thanks :)
Thank You! Ventura installed on 2012 Mac Mini
Good to hear this helped :)
Thanks, my 21,5 late 2013 has a new lease on life with a new ssd running ventura 13.1
Good to hear. Glad to see this helped.
Still ok? I have iMac 2013 and thinking of doing this.
@Pete Walsh yeah, it's still running strong with 13.2.1
I’ve upgraded to Ventura on my late 2023 21.5” iMac (upgraded to 16 Gb RAM and 1 Tb SSD drive). And was about to downgrade back to Catalina… but then I’ve patched the video with OpenCore. It runs like heaven. Bought a cheap USB keyboard in order to be able to press and hold “option”, for i could not do it with my wireless keyboard. But bottom line: don’t forget patching your video driver with OpenCore once everything has been installed.
So my mac become a legacy Hackintosh! Awesome VDO. Just updated. Thank you.
Thank you so much on the other hand that would have been great if you showed us the scheme when you install Ventura on en external ssd as well
Great job, man. Thank you so much
Thank You for this video! Much appreciated. :) Best Regards and Best Wishes!
very clear and nice tutorial..thank you si much my friend.Long Live.and God Bless.
It Works beautifully, thank you so mucho 😂
Thank you for the tutorial which is great. One question, I have an I-Mac from 2012 and installed "Big Sur" using your method and it works fin. The question is if the FusionDrive build in my I-Mac will work if I continue upgrading to Monterey or Ventura? I have figured that there might be some problems that the I-Mac is becoming very slow. Do you expect a solution for this in the near future?
Great tutorial thanks.
Thanks for the video, took me 2-3 hours but worked perfectly !
Best tutorial ever.
Glad you think so!
Muchas gracias 🎉🎉🎉🎉 me sirvió mucho
Thank you for this! Best tutorial ever! Whenever their is a software update, do I update through the iMac settings like normal or through open core legacy?
You can update through macOS as you would run a supported OS. Often an update breaks the root patches so best to download a copy of Open Core Legacy Patcher before and run it after the update.
Thanks for the excellent video. Helps me a lot. Just a quick question, if I want to upgrade the size of my SSD, I can just make a Time Machine or do I need to “clone” and transfer to the new one? What will be the best solution on this SSD running Ventura?
Must this process be done on the machine you are installing ventura on? Or can I prep the usb on a separate machine and then install on the target device?
You can do this from another machine/model but as the OpenCore config is hardware-specific, you first need to select the correct model from the Settings options in the OpenCore Legacy Patcher application. Only tried this once and it worked just fine. Good luck :)
I revived my Mini 2012 thanks to you and Opencore!
Question: is there a way to update or freshly install Ventura on a Hackintosh from the El Capitan era?
Good to hear. Not sure about upgrading a Hackintosh. Not enough experience with that unfortunately.
Thank you very much for such explanation. It was very helpful. I have a question if I would like to do the Internet recovery why does it show the old version not the Ventura and how can I solve this?
Thanks this work great for MacBook Air ... however having issues with Macbook Pro keeps crashing (freezes) after a few minuets. Going to try a different Big Sur. Tip ... Since it kept crashing I had to go into safe mode to rebuild a new thumb drive install. Then OpenCore Legacy Patcher 5.3 would not see the thumb drive. For some reason Ventura screwed the USB ports I guess but after I switched to another USB port, OpenCore Legacy Patcher finally saw the thumb drive. Ok ... Appears it Big Sur is work much better than Ventura ... but only good tell Nov 2023.
Which exact model of Macbook pro? Not all device models are fully supported for Ventura yet. If it is not, you can use the same method to run Monterey while waiting for support for Ventura.
@@jensdbe Yeah figured that out after the fact ... can't remember model number, gave it back to the friend that owns it. I could not find what models are supported for using OpenCore Legacy Patcher 5.3. I did used 5.1 for the MacBook Air ... just thought I try also with the Macbook Pro. Anyway it worked with Big Sur just fine. Thanks ...
After the installation of macOS Ventura on my unsupported mac device, I can’t watch RUclips videos anymore in safari. It says that an error occurred. Furthermore, I can’t use universal control on my mac after installation. Do you have a solution for these problems? I’ve an iMac late 2015, so iMac16,2 according to system information.
Great job, man. Thank you!🍻
So I did this, and now my Mac Pro runs OS Ventura. I'm not that familiar with Mac, and the question is as long as i have Ventura 13.5 installed, will the updates for 13.6.13.7 etc work by just running "check for updates"....or do you have to install the later versions with the Opencore Legacy Patcher?
is anyone having problems connecting your Magic Mouse #2 in your freshly installed your open core legacy on your late 2013 27" iMac ? I am using a hard wired mouse and when I try to connect my Apple Mouse #2 when I push the bottom to connect it says connected and 2 to 3 seconds later it disconnected, I watched a video on connecting apple mouse #2, took a cable and connected it to the Mac and then to mouse, Clicked on bluetooth and clicked on connected and it connected but not to wireless connection.
Hi Jens! thank you for this, I recently installed Ventura on a i7 Late 2012 Mac mini and everything went smoothly, just have one tiny problem, I don't know if you'll be able to help, when I try to restart the Mac the screen goes fully black and nothing happens but the Mac is on, I don't know what causes this, hopefully you can help with this.
I need some help, I did this to my macbook pro 2015 and successfully installed the unsupported os. After seeing that the computer was rather slow I wanted to install the last one I installed, Monterrey but now the os does not know that the macbooks is a macbook! There is no support for the trakpad, battery etc. How Can I fullt revert this? Thanks
I did this on my MacBook Pro 13” 2015 and the keyboard didn’t light up,the resolution was small and it was super slouchy did I do something wrong
@DKap I didn’t actually I just reinstalled Monterey but did you do a fresh install or just an update
I have the same issue as you. Did you have another go installing it?
@@paulwilkinson840 I opened opencore legacy patcher and ran the post
Root patch and it fixed it
@@Sammo_7 safari and mail working ok for you? They crash as soon as I open them…
@@paulwilkinson840 yea they are working for me did you install the post root patch ?
Thank you for the video tutorial.
I have a problem when the Apple logo comes out with the remaining time , it says "an error occurred preparing the software update" right at 15 minutes left. Any help will be appreciated 🙏
exacly same with me, Mac Mini 2012 i7 1TB.
it says "an error occurred preparing the software update" right at 15 minutes left.
exacly same with me, Mac Mini 2012 i7 250SSD.
it says "an error occurred preparing the software update"
@@maksolutions7494 mine fix with: turn off WiFI connect it to LAN for the internet
@@maksolutions7494 And, after first setup and first restart, do not touch or press anything on keyboard, let the mac restart, installing, restart, installing, restart installing it self until finish. (More than 3 or 5 times restart).
I’m sorry for my english. 🙏🏻
I think I got this problem because I made it APFS instead of macos extended journaled
Hello jensd_be,
Thank you for the helpful tutorial. After the install Live Text option is not working, any recommendation to fix that issue?
Thanks!!!!
Another update: On Macbook Air early 2014 Ventura installs without a problem, but the Mac is really slow for it, so I had to go back to Maverics.
Can you check if all patches are applied successfully? Just re-run OpenCore Legacy Patcher and select Post Install Root Patch
@@jensdbe Thanks for the reply, Jens... I'm already back on Big Sur :D Maybe someone else can provide feedback on MB Air Mid/Late 2014? :D I really don't want to go all over again the process haha
after i install mac os ventura every time when i open my mac appear the twp internal ssd on my desktop and mac ssd data i want to earse this --- remain just msc ssd and ssd 1 tb not three two because i have two internal ssds ...why appear ?
Работает нормально или немного подтормаживает? у меня старый мак мини, Вентура на нем не очень хорошо работает, а вот биг сюр более менее
Hi thank you for your info, may i ask a question after the installation my mac ( air 20017) colors are not bright as previous version (maybe i am wrong) tell me please what about your mac? Screen bright
Hello OpenCore is safe ? I have tons of data in my macbook and i want to upgrade os
I've never upgraded a native install to one with OpenCore but don't see why this would not work. In any case a good backup is always a good idea, especially if you are going to try this.
Thank you for your very interesting video... A silly question! Once you have installed Ventura with open Core, can you update normally for Mac software? and security update?
merci pour votre très intéressante vidéo … une question un peu-etre idiote ! est ce que une fois qu'on a installé Ventura avec open Core on peut faire les mises à jour normalement pour les logiciels du Mac ? et mise à jour de sécurité ?
Updates come in through the regular channel but in some cases it might be needed to re-apply some of the patches if things got overwritten. So always good to keep a copy of the OCLP app handy before updating.
is there anyway this can be done on an early 2009 iMac or mid 2009 MacBook Pro I don't care about graphical acceleration
I try to boot the installer but it won't me
As far as I see, both of these will not grt Wifi or support for USB. Also without graphical acceleration, it's just not workable. The mouse is moving so sluggish it will drive you crazy. I'd recommend to wait a bit more as the OCLP team is still working on fixing these things.
Sir I do the same thing but when booting up it showing and mouse pictures and unable to proceed forward
how is macOS ventura 13.3. on imac late 2013 , i went for monterey instead since ventura on my mid 2012 macbook pro was way lot buggy , so both my macbook and imac have monterey 12.6.4 , should i upgrade to ventura on 2013 imac
Great video! I have late 2013 iMac also, how is it getting on? Any bugs? Many thanks.
So far it is running pretty good. Haven't really come across anything negative. Although I also don't see such a big improvement or such in comparison with Monterey. It kind of feels the same :)
15:51 This is not working. There was no pop-up in my MBA 2017. I manually installed the boot files in the disk. Still I have to use the USB to boot macOS. What should I do?
Beware: I installed Ventura on both a 2016 MacBook Pro (15") and a mid-2013 MacBook Air. Ran fine for a month, then both systems refused to boot beyond a black screen. Nothing I tried worked, so I had to restore the previous OS to both laptops. It was a huge pain. YMMV.
That's strange. Was there an update of Ventura when this happened? Did OpenCore still boot?
@@jensdbe This was several months ago, so my recollection is a bit fuzzy, but I believe that Ventura had updated at least once on both computers. I used the OPenCore Legacy Patcher to apply any needed updates and all was fine for a while. Then the system would not boot at all. Black screen with possibly the folder icon. I can't recall that part specifically. Beyond that, I don't know how to 'boot' into OpenCore, so I can't answer that question. Would love to try again, but it was a real pain to reinstall everything once they failed.
my Mac mini boot from flash drive how can fixed please thank u
Check the last part of the video, you need to build ans install opencore to your internal drive after the installation.
I I want to try out Ventura on a partition on a new SSD drive, do I need to go through a external usb storage on a second usb port or it is easier than installing on internal SSD and can install it directly on the partition? (like on the stick) and I choose from which drive to boot from during startup?
The USB drive contains the installer and not the actual OS that gets installed. So still easier to create a USB drive like in the video and then prepare and select your new SSD drive. I think it should also work with a separate partition on an internal drive but haven't tried that. During boot you will be able to choose where to boot from. Either from the original bootloader (by holding down Alt/Option at boot) or in OpenCore, once installed.
Thanks for the video it is great and easy to follow and I am about to upgrade my MBP from Big Sur to Ventura. What I am worried about is my data and my programs. Question 1: do I have to re-install my programs like MS Word and Acrobat, after upgrading to Ventura? I have a complete backup on an external disk and Question 2: If Ventura does not improve the performance or something goes wrong during installation, can I just go back to Big Sur using the time machine backup? I am running a MBP 15" mid 2012, i7, 16 GB, with Big Sur installed with the use of OCLP which is running fine. Could any one please advise me?
nya OCLP och root Patch gjorde att min maskin är helt OK
Спасибо бро :)
Great tutorial, very clear instructions. But can someone help with an issue I’m having. I download the OS which is visible in the application folder as in the tutorial, but when I do the next step and I assume copy it over to the usb flash drive (I’m using a 32GB one) it copy’s over 130meg on the progress bar, pauses for a while and then goes upto 270meg ish and then the progress box vanishes. Surely it hasn’t copied the full OS over in that time? And ideas? I’ve tried independently formatting the flash drive and starting again, but always the same issue. Help much appreciated 😊
Make sure you erase/format the whole drive in Disk Utility by selecting to show All devices first. If that doesn't help, I would suggest to try another USB drive.
@@jensdbe thanks. I figured it out in the end. I couldn’t see the GUID partition type in the list until I did as you described. I’m quite new to mac so it’s a learning curve. Thanks for the advice.
I did all the things, but when i reach recovery screen to install, my internal drive is not showing. I have a macbook pro 2013 late.
You don't see the drive when continuing the install or in Disk Utility?
It could be that there is a too old file system present or something else is wrong with the drive maybe. In most cases, by erasing the drive with Disk Utility, this gets solved. Your device should be supported normally.
@@jensdbe Yes, its showing just my external drive and "media drive" with zero kb. No internal drive to install ventura. Funny thing is, when i try to install monterey, everything is perfect. Dont know whats the problem with ventura.
@@deanmactavish8529 Did you end up finding a solution for this? I have this same issue after doing an internal SSD swap. For some reason when booting into Recovery mode, it cannot see any drives, but as soon as I shut down and turn back on, it boots fine. I dont really get it.
perfect❤
I dont know why I got endless rebutting on the last screen when it should show %. rebut and rebut patch does not work I tried NV120 and RX580 video same thing :( I did Monterey OS
How do I fix the usb error to switch to read only when I'm at the end of loading the installer on flash drive?
Please anyone help
I’m using an external 1TB hard drive and I can’t select the scheme when erasing it, is there a reason?
Did you select the drive itself and not the partition/volume on it? Make sure you first enable to show all devices.
Hi Jensd. May I know that if all the files from our macbook will remain after the upgrade?
All data and applications should stay. Nevertheless it is always a good idea to have a proper backup.
Hi, super tutorial- everything worked fine for me. I have one question:
how do I update my mac from version 13.2.1 to version 13.3 without losing all my data? Is there a way??
You can just update it as any other Mac. The only thing that can happen is that the patches that were applied are being overwritten. Just make sure you download a copy of the Patcher before doing the update, then run the root patches after the update completed.
I loved the video, everything worked just as you said, except I keep getting an error with Root Patches specifically Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge. It refuses to install. (Reason for Patch Failure (71)) Any ideas how to fix this issue?
Thank you for the tutorial, why Apple Maps not function for iMac 2011 mid 2011?
My Question is can you take a SSD 2.5 SATA 1TB with 32gb Ram and install a Leven 1TB 2280 ssd, Install Ventura on SSD, then install it in a Late 2013 iMac 27", then open up computer and not need a Thumb drive to start Machine?
Open Core needs to be specifically built for a specific Mac. You can build it on another Mac but then you wouldn't be able to use it to install Ventura. Also, opening up this type of iMac requires removing the screen in order to install another drive, so I guess a thumbdrive is a bit easier :)
Thanks Jens. Can I do this on my mid-2012 Mac Pro 5,1?
I did the steps, and in the back install screen it told me : something went wrong and stopped doing anything -- edit, after second try it worked.😊
Good to hear it worked eventually. What went wrong the first time? Any error messages?
@@jensdbe nope. Just “something went wrong” and after I restarted it, it loaded me into internet recovery Mountain Lion (10.6???) well now it’s running 13.0 fine 😃 i5 2.9ghz gtx660m on 16GB ram with 1tb SSD
Dear sir，I have a late 2008 macbook. After installation of Ventura, the trackpad doesn't work, there's no driver for the trackpad. Neither does the airdrop function.
I have applied post patches so many times, but the problems still exist.
Do you have the same experience as I do? How to solve the problem? Would you pls be kind enough to give me a reply?
Don't have experience with it myself but I think this is related to legacy UHCI/OHCI support in Ventura as you can see here: github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/issues/1021
For now the recommendation is to not upgrade to Ventura on these model Macbooks unfortunately.
Can you create the bootloader USB off another Macbook? Or does it have to be the computer you’re updating?
That is possible. You can do this from another machine/model but as the OpenCore config is hardware-specific, you first need to select the correct model from the Settings options in the OpenCore Legacy Patcher application. All the rest should be the same. Good luck!
I have installed ventura. Everything seems to work fine but I'm still getting boot prompt on start up with 2 macintosh HD drives. One produces an error message, the other boots me into ventura. 2014 MacBook pro 15 inch mid. How do I delete the other drive? Anyone? Thanks in advance.
My Mac mini old hard drive is broken and I've got new SSD so can I create Reboot USB by using my other Mac laptop? Thank you.
That is possible. You can do this from another machine/model but as the OpenCore config is hardware-specific, you first need to select the correct model from the Settings options in the OpenCore Legacy Patcher application. All the rest should be the same. Good luck!
Every time i shutdown and open again they delete all software i install can any body guide me what is the problem?
Is this safe to use your personal iCloud on? I would hate to get locked out or lose my iCloud account using this
I don't use iCloud but I haven't seen anyone reporting a similar problem. Don't think Apple would block your iCloud account for doing this.
@@jensdbe ok. Yeah I’ve not seen any reports of that either but wanted to ask. Thanks
Great video, Thank You very much.
I have meet this problem
when installing opencore on usb disk efi, i get an error ocurred! 0:188: execution error: Vplume on disk3s1 failed to mount. If you think the volume is supported but damaged, try the "readOnly" option (1) Please help
You try to run the First Aid option in Dist Utility after selecting your USB drive in the left section.
If that doesn't help, you could retry to Erase the drive properly or try with another USB drive.
Do anyone have issue with using IPhone as webcam? My mini updated to Ventura, but I can't use this feature.
Can you Create Multiple macOS with the same method on a Single USB Drive for unsupported models, cause I hate the idea of having 4 drives for different OS.
Thanks,
For the installation, as far as I know, you will need a separate USB drive for each version you want to install. Maybe there is a method using the OpenCore boot loader and creating separate installation images but haven't tested that.
Hi. Bluetooth not working After this.
This doesn't work if Ventura is installed on a USB SSD? Because I just did that, installed fine, runs fine, it's just it doesn't boot to it without the USB pen drive plugged. It keeps booting into the internal HDD in my iMac. Open Core keeps popping up at startup to install it to disk, I installed it multiple times, still doesn't work. Any ideas? Is it because the SSD is connected via USB or maybe something went wrong?
Did you install OpenCore on the internal HDD in your iMac? I think that should work but probably not if you install openCore to your USB SSD as the Mac will most likely not directly boot from that USB SSD.
@@jensdbeApparently the issue was indeed that I kept installing OpenCore on the USB SSD (which I thought I should) but after your reply I installed it on the internal HDD and now it works. USB drive no longer needed to be plugged in, after I turn the iMac on the HDD and SSD options appear for like 5 seconds and then boots into Ventura. So thanks a lot! Now I'm confident in trying Sonoma too. Then sometime in the future probably replace the HDD with an SSD altogether and give this beautiful machine a new life.
@@trei2unu great to hear. Nice to see that helped :)
not sure why, but when installing fresh new I get to a point where it shows a Remote Management pop that's part of the start up and it wants me to login using TMobile? It won't let me skip this phase either. Any help on this please?
im on a Mac mini 2014
okay so I figured it out! for some reason when I chose a wifi at the start up menu it was going to that but now that I skipped that it went ahead and let me start it , thank you!
Glad to hear you got it resolved :)
My install gets to 20 mins remaining the shuts off and does nothing after that
Can someone help with a question.. I have this all installed and working great but every time I restart my computer it shows “install macOS Ventura” but then it bypasses that screen and starts. Not a huge deal but it takes a bit longer to boot up and start.. Any way to make it just automatically start?
Did you keep the USB drive in your Mac? Also check the last part of the video where I explain how to disable the boot picker (that is probably what you see for a few seconds).
macOS Ventura can support old model iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
For now only up to Monterey is supported. The same method can be used, just select Monterey instead of Ventura.
Instead of using a USB external drive, can the Mac's internal drive be set up with a second APFS volume instead? (Assuming that the internal drive is already formatted as APFS.)
Not sure if you can use an internal drive to create the installer. The destination, which has the OS installed, will be APFS though.
@@jensdbe Thank you for the reply. I don’t see any reason why it can’t be any arbitrary, bootable volume. After all, there’s nothing special about a little USB thumb drive other than the fact they’re mostly pretty slow! I’m going to try this myself in a few weeks and I’ll report back here with my results.
I am getting following error with OpenCore Legacy 0.6.7
Failed to create macOS installer
Output: Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate
Formatting disk2s2 as Mac OS Extended with name OCLP-Installer
Initialized /dev/rdisk2s2 as a 29 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume
Mounting disk
Finished erase on disk2
Copying essential files...
Error: 2023-07-21 12:31:30.312 OpenCore-Patcher[38105:173039] Starting...
Erasing disk: 0%... 10%... 20%... 30%... 100%
IA app name cookie write failed
The bless of the installer disk failed.
2023-07-21 12:35:53.843 OpenCore-Patcher[38105:173039] Done
Part worked for me - when I tried to reinstall my documents it completely crashed my Mac and stated “unsupported Mac operating system” - spent a couple of days fixing / resetting again.,,
Could it be that you tried to start Monterey from the standard bootloader? So directly instead of first booting OpenCore.