Supported Models
Any hardware supporting SSE4.1 CPU and 64-Bit firmware work on this patcher. To check your hardware model, run the below command on the applicable machine in terminal:
The below table will list all supported and unsupported functions of the upgrade currently:
Regarding OS support, see below:
| Support Entry |
Supported OSes |
Description |
Comment |
| HostOS |
macOS 10.9 – macOS 11 |
Refers to OSes where running OpenCore-Patcher.app are supported |
Supports 10.7+ if Python 3.9 or higher |
|
| TargetOS |
macOS 11 |
Refers to OSes that can be patched to run with OpenCore |
May support 10.4 and newer (in a potentially broken state). No support provided. |
# MacBook
| SMBIOS |
Year |
Supported |
Comment |
| MacBook1,1 |
Mid-2006 |
NO |
32-Bit CPU limitation |
| MacBook2,1 |
Late 2006 |
32-Bit Firmware limitation |
| MacBook3,1 |
Late 2007 |
| MacBook4,1 |
Early 2008 |
YES |
– No GPU Acceleration in Mavericks and newer
– No Keyboard and Trackpad
– No USB |
| MacBook5,1 |
Late 2008 |
– GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues |
|
| MacBook5,2 |
Early 2009 |
– GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues |
– Trackpad is recognized as mouse
– Brightness control partially supported |
| MacBook6,1 |
Late 2009 |
– GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues |
| MacBook7,1 |
| Mid-2010 |
|
| MacBook8,1 |
Mid-2015 |
Everything is supported |
# MacBook Air
| SMBIOS |
Year |
Supported |
Comment |
| MacBookAir1,1 |
Early 2008 |
NO |
Requires SSE4.1 CPU |
| MacBookAir2,1 |
Late 2008 |
YES |
GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues |
|
| MacBookAir3,1 |
Late 2010 |
| MacBookAir3,2 |
| MacBookAir4,1 |
Mid-2011 |
| MacBookAir4,2 |
| MacBookAir5,1 |
Mid-2012 |
Everything is supported |
| MacBookAir5,2 |
| MacBookAir6,1 |
Mid-2013, Early 2014 |
| MacBookAir6,2 |
# MacBook Pro
| SMBIOS |
Year |
Supported |
Comment |
| MacBookPro1,1 |
Early 2006 |
NO |
32-Bit CPU limitation |
| MacBookPro1,2 |
| MacBookPro2,1 |
Late 2006 |
32-Bit Firmware limitation |
| MacBookPro2,2 |
Late 2006 |
| MacBookPro3,1 |
Mid-2007 |
Requires SSE4.1 CPU |
| MacBookPro4,1 |
Early 2008 |
YES |
GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues |
|
| MacBookPro5,1 |
Late 2008 |
| MacBookPro5,2 |
Early 2009 |
| MacBookPro5,3 |
Mid-2009 |
| MacBookPro5,4 |
| MacBookPro5,5 |
| MacBookPro6,1 |
Mid-2010 |
| MacBookPro6,2 |
| MacBookPro7,1 |
| MacBookPro8,1 |
Early 2011 |
| MacBookPro8,2 |
| MacBookPro8,3 |
| MacBookPro9,1 |
Mid-2012 |
Everything is supported |
| MacBookPro9,2 |
| MacBookPro10,1 |
Mid-2012, Early 2013 |
| MacBookPro10,2 |
Late 2012, Early 2013 |
| MacBookPro11,1 |
Late 2013, Mid-2014 |
| MacBookPro11,2 |
| MacBookPro11,3 |
# Mac mini
| SMBIOS |
Year |
Supported |
Comment |
| Macmini1,1 |
Early 2006 |
NO |
32-Bit CPU limitation |
| Macmini2,1 |
Mid-2007 |
32-Bit Firmware limitation |
| Macmini3,1 |
Early 2009 |
YES |
GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues |
|
| Macmini4,1 |
Mid-2010 |
| Macmini5,1 |
Mid-2011 |
| Macmini5,2 |
| Macmini5,3 |
| Macmini6,1 |
Late 2012 |
Everything is supported |
| Macmini6,2 |
# iMac
| SMBIOS |
Year |
Supported |
Comment |
| iMac4,1 |
Early 2006 |
NO |
32-Bit CPU limitation |
| iMac4,2 |
Mid-2006 |
| iMac5,1 |
Late 2006 |
32-Bit Firmware limitation |
| iMac5,2 |
| iMac6,1 |
| iMac7,1 |
Mid-2007 |
YES |
– Requires an SSE4.1 CPU Upgrade |
– GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues
– Brightness control partially supported on Nvidia GPUs, AMD unsupported
– Stock Bluetooth 2.0 card non-functional |
| iMac8,1 |
Early 2008 |
– GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues |
| – Brightness control partially supported on Nvidia GPUs, AMD unsupported |
| iMac9,1 |
Early 2009 |
| iMac10,1 |
Late 2009 |
– GPU is socketed, recommend upgrading to Metal GPU |
– GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues
|
| iMac11,1 |
| iMac11,2 |
Mid-2010 |
| iMac11,3 |
| iMac12,1 |
Mid-2011 |
| iMac12,2 |
| iMac13,1 |
Late 2012 |
Everything is supported |
| iMac13,2 |
| iMac13,3 |
| iMac14,1 |
Late 2013 |
| iMac14,2 |
| iMac14,3 |
| iMac14,4 |
Mid-2014 |
| iMac15,1 |
Late 2014, Mid-2015 |
Display will output to 4k instead of 5k |
- For iMac 10,1 through iMac 12,x, we highly recommend users upgrade the GPU to a Metal supported model. Contact us here for more information: support@ifixmacs.africa
# Mac Pro
| SMBIOS |
Year |
Supported |
Comment |
| MacPro1,1 |
Mid-2006 |
NO |
32-Bit Firmware limitation |
| MacPro2,1 |
Mid-2007 |
| MacPro3,1 |
Early 2008 |
YES |
– Potential boot issues with built-in USB 1.1 ports (recommend using a USB 2.0 hub or dedicated USB PCIe controller)
– Potential boot issues with stock Bluetooth card, recommend removing to avoid kernel panics |
| MacPro4,1 |
Early 2009 |
Everything is supported as long as GPU is Metal capable |
| MacPro5,1 |
Mid-2010, Mid-2012 |
# Xserve
| SMBIOS |
Year |
Supported |
Comment |
| Xserve1,1 |
Mid-2006 |
NO |
32-Bit Firmware limitation |
| Xserve2,1 |
Early 2008 |
YES |
Everything is supported as long as GPU is Metal capable |
| Xserve3,1 |
Early 2009 |
We can do the necessary assessment and can upgrade the above Macs. Assessment fee is R850 and if we do the actual upgrade the costs will be R850, the assessment fee will then be wavered.
