Install macOS Big Sur on unsupported models
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2021
- In this video, I will go through the process required to install Big Sur on Apple devices that no longer support it. We will start by creating the USB drive to perform the installation, followed by an actual installation on an unsupported model (Late 2012 iMac (iMac 13,1)). The same can be used for Macbooks or Mac Pro as well.
Newer version of macOS: Sonoma
In the meanwhile, macOS Sonoma has been released. A very similar method is available to install the latest version of macOS on unsupported hardware. I did a separate video that covers that version of macOS,. You can find that one over here: • Install macOS Sonoma o...
MicropatcherAutomator: github.com/moosethegoose2213/...
You can also find the info shared in this video explained in detail on my blog. Link for this video: jensd.be/1376/apple/create-ma...
In case you're interested in installing macOS Monterey on unsupported hardware, you can find a video on that over here: • Install macOS Monterey... 
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Hi Jensd,
Just wanted to let you know after a lot of tries, making a new boot disc on another usb stick I finally succeeded to install everything.It runs very smoothly.
Thanks a lot for your nice and very well explained video.
Good to hear it finally worked. Nit sure why but some Macs seem pretty picky on which USB drives they want to boot from.
This works on my 2012 MBP, Thank You. Big Sur uses the updated windows bootcamp too. I just installed win10 with no BSOD errors and the volume works now.
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
Thanks for the tutorial big sur
Post install patch not working, WiFi not working.
Kindly help
Today, I installed Big Sur on a 2009 macbook. Still I can't believe :) It has a SSD with 2GB of ram. I will add more ram and I think it can handle daily stuff. Thank you for your effort.
Late to the party it seems. I bought a 2012 Mac Mini i7/16G/256G SSD off eBay for $150 with Catalina for just my at home computer (have a 2022 MacBook Pro for work). Paired with a 2011 Apple Thunderbolt Cinema Display (2560x1440), Apple Magic Keyboard, Apple Magic Mouse. This video was spot on, got Big Sur working and love it. Siri, iMessage, live weather and all my apps work. Well done!!!!
Great video very well explained made it sound very easy to run this piece of software thank you for all your hard work putting this video together!
Tried opencore with montrey on my mid2012 macbook pro, but got into a boot loop. Tried this and got Big sur working. many thanks, instructions are on point.
You saved my system life , it’s working 2011 mid mac
Does your WiFi and model description look correct and work as well? Just wondering because I have a mid 2011 iMac and wanted to know before I installed.
Does it work well?
Does it work well?
Loves from Turkey ❤️ I tried two different methods and the result was just a waste of time. The method you gave was the simplest and the best ❤️ It just didn't allow the last patch you did but I don't have a connection problem. My Late 2013 iMac was 10.15.7 Catalina, now 11.6.2 Big Sur 🤗🎈 And now ☺️ I want to try Monterey with you.
same for me, post install did not work. Anyway, everything works normally on Imac late 2013,i have 11.6.7 Big Sur
Thanks for this amazing tutorial. I follow steps by steps and installed.
This worked for my 2012 MacBook Pro (Retina) 16gb RAM / 768GB ssd 2.7ghz quad-core i7 😊
Thank you !
Followed all of your instructions. Installed MacOS Big Sur over my Catalina on Macbook Pro 2012 without any problem from the first try. I also used the Post-Install patch to initiate my Wi-Fi. 9:08 It works! Thank you for your help.
Glad to hear this helped :)
I have a MacBook pro 2012 and it's sticking on " less than a minute remaining" been on this screen for almost 30 minutes
@@hitmanrandy Try to shut it down. And start again.
is your graphics acceleration enabled
Amaizing!!! 🤩 after a few days and many tutorials, it finally works with your instructions. Thank you so much for that!!!
It's working on iMac Late 2013! Thank you so much! 🤩🤩🤩
Hey so I'm just wondering did ur say less then a minute remaining and just got stuck there I did this before on my iMac late 2013 and waited for almost 3 hours and didn't reboot in Big Sur.
Thank you very much.. Your video worked with my MBPro the first time. Thanks again.
Good to hear. Thanks for the nice feedback :)
Very simple and to the point …. way to go!,!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great Tutorial, just got mine done very smoothly.. Thanks.
Works like a charm! Thanks dude.
This worked perfectly. Thank you so much. Kudos
Really u r number 1 thanks for this video 😍
Thanks it worked with my Imac from mac OS Catalina to Big Sur
awesome video, thanks! subscribed :)
It gives me that forbidden 🚫 after doing the EFI Boot and then proceeding to the install macOS Big Sur?
Any reason?!
Thank you so much bro....
Thanks for the information. This is on a Macbook,7 (mid 2010), All went well until last restart when it keeps restarting with the message "Your computer restarted because of..." and it goes on, an on... Any ideas?
Thanks man! Have a subscriber!
Thank you. You are the best.
Its fully work my MacBook Air is 2011 mid 128gb ssd
Hi - i tried a few more solutions that failed - but your approached was successful for me. NB: I have a Mac mini 2012 with Catalina; and did create a BigSur Volume beforehand and installed bigSur on that volume with micropatcher Automator. Thank you for your video!
On a Mac mini 2012, you can even go all the way to Ventura. I did a video on exactly that recently:
Upgrading a Mac Mini 2012 with SSD and install Ventura: ruclips.net/video/O8nERV-dHik/видео.html
Performance on the same: ruclips.net/video/ZI7pjHKyuJY/видео.html
Thank you for this great video, however, Can you please tell me why I don't see the post-install automate icon (6:31)?
Great work 100% thanks
I have a problem where before every restart I need to run the EFI Boot off the USB, shutdown and wait 10 second, start back up before the OS can load. Running Big Sur on Mac Pro 5,1. anyone else experience this?
Of all the different methods to install Big Sur, this is the only one that worked, at least for me! Thank you so much!!! I finally feel free from "High Sierra's tyranny"! On the other hand, even when you have a very good and clear pronunciation, I still can hear you have a slight Eastern (Hindu, perhaps?) accent when speaking English. May I know where you are from? I am really, really, really interested in knowing people from Eastern countries and cultures. Do you know why? I want to 'enhance' my viewpoints and make my education grow up.
There is no Post-install automator after installation! Can I install it from somewhere after the installation of the big Sur??? I need big Sur patched.
Do some of you guys get high utilization on the service "windowserver" and how did you solve this problem?
Thank you for a fantastic tutorial I installed it on my Mac Pro 2012 it works great although I am having issues booting sometimes it can't find the hardrive I do a SMC reset and it works after that any suggestions on how to fix? Thank you again for a great tutorial!
Thank you so much!
after install on Mac Pro 2009 is just keep on shutting down during boot loader startup, what could be the problem
Big Sur loaded.i was sapoused to go to final stage .
Hi there, just a question everything seems to have installed just fine except when I go to the post install Automator part it isn’t present on it the utility menu, as it should be. Also Big Sur seems to perform quite slowl, would there be a reason for this?
my post past is failing
I think its because is skipped the step where I had to wipe the drive in the final step.
could that be the problem ?
how do I get the post past to bye successful?
Thanks you bro amazing
Hello, Do you have any idea how to install El Capitan On A 2009 Mac Pro and avoid the Forbidden 403 error ? Many many thanks in advance if you have a clue for me
A 2009 Mac Pro should be the Early 2009 or MacPro4,1 model. As far as I know El Capitan is just supported out of the box here. So you'd need to create a bootable macOS installer for El Capitan and boot from it. I did a video on that process over here: ruclips.net/video/D0mBiOFswWg/видео.html
If you want more info on upgrading the 4,1 or running a newer OS or Windows 11, have a look at these videos: ruclips.net/video/zTl1lL1zfkg/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/yZPKLmmjKSQ/видео.html
@@jensdbeThanks for your answer. I'll take a look. If I Knew That, I came to Lede last day to buy a MacPro 2009. And If I am right, You are not so far from there.
i trying to install into macbook white mid 2009, after i choose efi boot then choose install macos big sur then apple logo loading appear, but when it still loading then the apple logo change into prohibited icon. any solutions please?
I tried to install it on my iMac 2011 27" unfortunately keeps coming up with error '' An error occurred loading the update'' Any idea Please help. Thanks
Hi there I did the installation and patch but wifi still not working, not sure why 🙃
Thank you thank you thank you! It works! Yes You are blessed 😇
help, for some reason the yellow usb drive isn't there on the boot options, and I don't know how to fix it, I also have BootCamp installed but I don't think that's the reason.
does it work on a Late 2010 MacBook Air with High Sierrs? I love Big Sur with open core legacy patcher but it doesn't have auto boot instead of me having to manually select the disks. so does it work?
Hi, my patcher won't show a postinstall in recovery, when boot up from usb. What's the proplem?
Hello. I have a 2013 iMac 27 inch. I am following your instructions to install Big Sur but also see options on the installed for Sonoma, Monterey, etc. Which do you recommend I install? I am trying to retain Google Drive functionality which disappears on 6 June with Catalina.
Preparing the hard Disk, will it erase all the information of my computer, I skiped that step downloaded Big Sur and is now frozen, I dont if it is still processing or what?
Thank you 😊
Mine, Im getting an error when I run the installation and wont get the success message. Macbook air A1466 here
Thank you for video! Just installed Big Sur on late 2013 iMac, everything works fine and runs smoothly, except issue with external display, iMac can't find or recognise external monitor (thunderbolt to hdmi connection). Is there solution to fix it!
Awesome tutorial!!! thank you!!! One quick question: after the installation, may I do all the updates with no issues??? That part me scares me a lot!!! My computer is a Late 2012 Mac Mini with 2.5 GHz, dual Core i5, 16 GB of Ram and a 480 SSD drive... THANK YOU AGAIN!
Can I force Or enable handoff feature? I have an iMac 2011, and is not working
Working on MBP late 2011, but very slow.
Hey Bro
I have imac mid 2011 i7 16go ram 128ssd i did install mac os big sur but the problem is the graphics is slow even after i did automatic patcher any solution !?
Worked perfectly . Thank you so much! I was jus wondering if we Can continue to Update it?! 😀
Regular updates, if you went through the post install, should work fine. To a next release (Monterey) will most likely need some patching. Afaik, the beta releases were patched and tested on some unsupported devices already.
thank you👍🏿👍🏿
I cannot get this for my mid 2011 mac. When I got to download the MicroPatcher I get an error saying it cannot be opened due to a problem.
Any ideas?
Hello there I need your help I Install macOS Big Sur On MacBook Pro 2011
face time camera not working any suggestion please
I have a mid 2010 13" White MacBook Unibody, and tried to install Big Sur following step by step off of your video and was unsuccessful after several tries. I got as far as 13 minutes remaining on the reboot and install and all I get was a Grey circle with a line thru it. Then had problems getting Catalina back on it. Just a Heads Up.
Hi, I am not getting the EFI Boot option icon at all, only the “Install macOS Big Sur” icon is visible but it doesn't have the hedgehog icon either. When i select it it displays the Not Allowed icon (crossed circle).
I am using the Micropatcher automator 2.0 and downloading a fresh copy of big sur via the app.
My Mac Pro is 5,1 from 2010, firmware 144
Latest Mojave works fine.
I have tried on the original ATI HD5770 1GBwith boot menu but no Metal 2. Also I have RX265 with support for Metal 2 but no boot menu so I couldn't see anything.
Is the graphics card the reason?
The micropatcher itself seems to have completed exactly as per the guide above.
What am I doing wrong?
Not sure if this will help but have you tried another USB drive? I noticed that some of them cause issues to boot from (in my experience Sandisk). Also see my video about the journey for my Mac Pro 4,1. There might have been a step in between which you need.
Thanks you
hi jensd, may i know if all the files inside my macbook pro will still be there after the upgrade?
Hello, after 3:30 i can not go any further.. it says '' The requested URL was not found in this server'' How can i solve this ? Thanks
Hi, I got this error: Instalation cannot proceed because the installer is damage. Macbook pro Mid 2012.
Hi i am doing that right now i am just installing the installer with opencore . its not like im using opencore just need to install the installer
Thank you so muthch
thanx dear
Hi, I tried to update my OS but it went back to mojave instead :(( I have 2017 air model pls help
In order for the update to work do I have to erase everything from my Hard Drive?
When I download, a error pop up , The requested URL was not found on this server. What should I Do? Help
After I hit install big sur the screen has a mouse and keyboard icons I’m on a Mac mini
Hello, what could be the reason that my mouse and keyboard no longer work in the boot menu? I'm getting desperate with this MacPro 3.1. It must be possible to install BigSur.
I have the same issue
hey, im having a problem. I don't have the options for post-install Automator. What should I do
You don’t need patches that’s what it meanw
This is genius 👌
Hey guys ! When i'm at the installer app step, just after inputing my password, the automater doesn't respond anymore. I don't understand why because I have enough space on my usb drive. Did you have this problem ? Could someone help me ?
I didn’t the efi boot then I do the Big Sur download and it starts the Apple logo then after a few minutes the no symbol pops up can someone help me
any patch or fix for the camera? facetime is not working...
MERCI BCP VRAIMENT SUPER
Thank you for this amazing tutorial! Just wondering if it's possible to install a PCI-e NVME drive after upgrading to Big Sur on the 4,1/5,1 Mac Pro? I know from other videos that it's possible in Mojave but you need to run a new firmware patch to activate NVME support. Have you tried this? Any help appreciated, thanks!
Yes this is possible. I did this before on another build I made (dual CPU). I used the Aqua Computer kryoM.2 evo with a Samsung SSD and the performance was really good.
Hi, if we had to do with the terminal the deactivation of the discrete graphic card(very common issue in the batch o 2011), will doing this cause the loss that configuration?(this loss would cause the failure to be back as discrete card would be active again). thanks in advance
If you do a fresh install (like in the video), the setting would most likely be gone. Not sure for an upgrade. I don't have such model to test it on, sorry.
The patch has failed 3 times. What am I missing?
after several attempts I finally got it installed. Only problem now is that all my USB and firewire ports die once I connect or disconnect anything on them. Eg. connecting or disconnecting an external drive. My keyboard and mouse dies and I have to manually reboot it by holding the power button. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks.
Mac Pro early 2009 flashed 5,1
Haven't seen this issue before. Did you run the post installation patches?
the graphics info isnt visible in About my mac section why ??
Great video, simple but so clear. Just one question, can i use bootcamp to set dual boot with windows 10 after installing big sur with this patch?
Haven't tried through bootcamp but using the method without bootcamp (ruclips.net/video/f5ZJFxPJPJA/видео.html) works fine. Bootcamp does in essence more or less the same so my guess would be that it just works.
@@jensdbe i have watched the video, you have installed windows 10 on IMac 2013, but i 'll install windows 10 on IMac mid 2011, i hope it will run smooth as you have it :)
Will this work on iMac 27inch late 2011 with 16gb of Ram and 2Gb of upgraded graphics card -with metal support, its a GTX 765M.
Sounds like it should, only way to find out is by testing it :)
I’ve got an issue. I’m all good on everything with the installer. I’m installing onto a external NVME. The install goes through both phases of the install, OS Recover Utility install and then 30 minute install with the gray screen and the Apple logo and it seems to hang around the “a few seconds left” or whatever. But it restarts eventually and hangs about halfway through the boot screen bar.
1. I am using an external usb to install that was made from your tutorial on a another device, a 2020 Mac Mini M1 with Big Sur.
2. NVME 980 Samsung internal pcie or external. Works the same.
3. I have a Metal Enabled Radeon Pro wx7100 and a older ATI 256mb to see the boot selector.
4. PCIE raid card with 4 nvme drives.
5. I’ve got or had a Titan Ridge Thunderbolt card installed but removed it.
6. The machine is a 2012 12-core machine with DOSDude Catalina installed.
Are any of the PCIE cards causing issues?
I do have an RX580 I can swap out to use.
Do I need the old ATI card or should is just use the metal card?
A lot of thing that are at play here... Difficult to tell what exactly could be the issue.
I would start with a minimum config, as original as possible. Even the video card does not need to be Metal-supported for the patched installer, it will jsut be slow once installed. I guess it will come down to testing with different configurations.
Joss shutdown and restart nice
using kmrutil rebuilf system
I don’t get the scheme option to enter GUID so when I create my bootable installer it is labelled EFI and doesn’t force a shut down. So everything stops. Thoughts?
You probably did Erase in Disk Utility on the partition/volume and not on the whole drive. Make sure you have the show all devices option selected first (see video) and then select the top item (representing the drive hardware) when doing Erase. That should show the Scheme option and should fix the issue as well.
Doesn't work for me I follow all steps with a 64gb USB stick and it stops when trying to download installer app every time!
I get Automator has encountered an error
“The requested URL was not found on this server”
This is after I hit continue on the “Download macOS Big Sur Installer App”
The latest macOS Big Sur Installer app will be downloaded from Apple. This is about a ~11GB download, and will take some time depending on your internet connection
I click on continue
Get message from Micropatcher Automator.
Are you sure you want to download the latest Mac OS Big Sur Installer
Click “Continue”
Then I enter my password
Click authorize
I get the message “the requested URL was not found on this server
Help. Please
Mine is a 21.5 inch late 2013 iMac running Catalina OS
I have a late 2009 iMac, I am at the disk utility window. When I try to erase my hard disk and convert it to APFS it says it fails. What should I do?
Did you choose the option to show all devices in Disk Utility? Make sure to select the whole drive rather than a single volume as well
Doesn’t work on Mac mini 2010 - stops at install due to usb drivers not been part of the patcher. Do you have a work around?
You could give it a try using a different method. Did a video on how to get Monterey on unsupported hardware some time back, using Opencore. You can find it here: ruclips.net/video/gF89n4TKurs/видео.html
I am stuck on migration Assistant window. Two option available as showing in video. which one need to select?
You can choose the "Not now" option in the left bottom corner in order to skip through.
Im doing this right now on my 2009 IMac and the process is going great! Im wondering if you can go back to the previous version your mac was on (For example macos x el capitain could i go back to it with all my data on it?)
Not sure about that, haven't tried that. Would be interesting to see.
@@jensdbe I reached a problem it says that my format is wrong and restart the app but the format is correct.
will this work if you install Big Sur on an external ssd?
This works on iMac mid 2011, just one issue with Graphic Acceleration, my iMac use Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6750M, how to fix it?
Did you run the post install patches? That should fix this kind of issue.