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Open the Patch Kexts section and enter your password. After the installer is done, (it will take a while and appear to get stuck), log in to your Mac and open Patched Sur from your Applications folder or LaunchPad.ДЎ4.

#Patched sur down install#

Then, select the drive you want to install Big Sur onto, (it should be the same drive you ran the patcher on).ДЎ3. Once the installer boots, select reinstall macOS and agree to the Terms and Conditions. Then, your Mac will quickly turn off, so turn it back on while, again, holding down Option/Alt. Select the purple EFI Boot drive, (if there are multiple unplug and replug in your drive and select the EFI Boot that disappeared and reappeared). Reboot your computer, but immediately start holding down the Option/Alt key as soon as your Mac turns on.ДЎ1. Finally, the USB gets patched and you are ready to start installation!ДЎ0. Then, after you select the USB drive you want to use to install macOS, the patcher can copy the installer onto the USB.Д©. Once the download is finished, you need to enter your password, so Patched Sur can install the package. By default it will show the latest version based on your selected release track, but if you click View Other Versions, you can choose a different one or your own.ДЁ. Now, you will be able to choose what version of macOS to download. After that, your Mac will start downloading the patches for kexts and a couple other resources.Д§.

#Patched sur down update#

Then, you can select whether you want to update macOS from Catalina to Big Sur (or Big Sur to Big Sur if you are switching from a different patcher) or do a clean install of Big Sur (currently unavailable).Д¦. (Note: Apple does not always release InstallAssistant.pkgs for the beta tracks, this means you might be unable to get certain betas.)ДҐ. Release is the default, but you can also choose Beta if you want one of the beta tracks. Next, you can choose what update track you would like to update with. How the patcher works, and what it does to your MacД¤.How much functionality you will get out of macOS once the patching process is complete.The first three prompts are just information explaining the following: Open the dmg file, right click on the app, and click open.ДЈ. By doing that, you're preventing yourself from recovering your patched Mac in a lot of cases.

#Patched sur down upgrade#

The patcher shouldn't let you upgrade anyway, but it's good to make sure it's off.ДЄlso, know that turning it on after the upgrade isn't a smart idea. You must Turn FileVault Off before using Patched Sur Patched Sur also uses two Open Source frameworks, Files and ShellOut by JohnSundell (MIT License), to help handle certain tasks.

and several others who helped with making Big Sur run as great as it does on unsupported Macs.Macintosh, Emperor Epitaph, Finder352, Monkiey and 8itCat for testing some of the new features before release, and pointing out the bugs with them. Bweesh, Bruno Rocha, NickP0is0n, Noah Fetz, duke4e, riiveraluis, Dead_K1ller, and manthos03 for translating the app.dosdude1: OpenGL/GPUSupport swap and of course his patchers which have helped with unsupported Macs patching even in Big Sur.ASentientHedgehog: Helped randomly along the way.StarPlayrX: Pointed out startosinstall which was later used in the patcher to allow macOS updating support without a USB.Ausdauersportler: Integrated patches for iMac Metal GPU support.testheit: Helped with the kmutil command in the micropatcher (that is used in Patched Sur too).ParrotGeek: developed the LegacyUSBInjector kext to get USB ports working on some older Macs and figuring out a way to skip the terminal commands when opening the installer app on the USB.highvoltage12v: Made the first WiFi kexts used with Big Sur.

#Patched sur down how to#

jackluke: Figured out how to bypass compatibility checks on the installer USB.ASentientBot: Made the Hax patches for the installer and brought GeForce Tesla (9400M/320M) framebuffer to Big Sur.ASentientBot and MykolaG for pre-802.11ac WiFi patches (and EduCovas for alerting me of them).He also helped pull together a lot of the patches used in this patcher. barrykn: Made the micropatcher that introduced me to the patching process and restored my faith in my really old computer.Patched Sur isn't just by me (Ben), I mostly put it all together and made it easier for people to use it, several other people have contributed to the patcher and the patches making this what it is today!

(Basically it says if you have anything older than a 2012/2013 Mac it'll be terrible). To see if your Mac is supported click here. This patcher hopes to allow any user of any knowledge to patch their Mac, while still giving you freedom on how you want to use your Mac. Patched Sur is a UI patcher for macOS Big Sur, designed to make it easy to run macOS 11 on unsupported Macs.