Never been a TH-cam commenter but this time my selfishness wasn’t enough to not show my appreciation. Very few times have I come across a tutorial so well articulated and easy to understand. I gave life back to my 2011 iMac that would’ve kept collecting dust for decades to come. It’s infuriating to think how Apple strategically restrains you from updating your old systems so you would buy their new ones. Truth is, Monterey runs smoother than ever in my 10 years old mac and I couldn’t be happier to save money instead of fuelling Apple’s wasteful system. Kudos to you! 👏
I assume you’ve upgraded your hardware to an SSD and more RAM? The average user doesn’t do that, and I think that’s why updates get cut off after a certain point. I can’t imagine it would run well on a spinning hard drive with four gigs of ram like you find in those older systems by default. Edit: tried 4GB of ram in my 2012 MBP, with an SSD, and maaaaan was Catalina much less responsive, my guess is due to the page file being used quite a bit. Went back to 16GB lol
I know another individual said this but I too was so impressed with this full walk through. Our 2011 iMac hadn’t been used for some time (ahem.. maybe 2-3 years) and I was a little disappointed to find that some software we now wanted to use did not run on the OS and of course the standard updates no longer offered a path forward. A couple of hours investment and we now are back in business. Thank you Mr Macintosh and all the OpenCore support folks. More è-waste avoided for a little longer.
Thank you, Mr. Macintosh for doing videos like this and thanks to the people involved in putting out all of the OCLP versions that help people like me continue to use what Apple considers "obsolete" computers! I recently bought a 2012 iMac (13,1) for just $80 from a local university that was auctioning it online. It still had OS X Mountain Lion installed on it. I brought it up to MacOS Catalina using the regular Apple software updates, but thanks to this video I now have Monterey running on my 2012 iMac and it works great! The software update keeps showing me an update for Ventura, but since Monterey is working so well on my iMac right now, I may hold off on Ventura for a bit.
This is my go to in keeping my wife's 2009 MacBook Pro going. I installed a Samsung 500 gb ssd and it's maxed on ram. Some issues here and there and hoping to install the Ventura update and see how that works. Thanks so much for the hard work you've put in and you've got a new subscriber.
Great work. This is in depth and and well articulated that you don’t even have to be a seasoned Mac user to understand what’s being talked about. Keep up the great work
It's extraordinary the work you and the collaborators are doing on this project. Insane that we get to keep using decade old hardware with the latest software updates. Thank you thank you! The video is perfect and opencore is phenomenal. Never would have thought the process would be so buttery smooth. Mind blown seriously!
You are the BEST! Followed your instructions to the "T" but had an error with OSX 12.6.3 on an 2014 MBP running Mojave. I ran open core again and picked an older version on Monterey and all went PERFECT ! No patches needed with this open core version! Doing a time machine restore now .. Great Video ! You Rock! ! Thank You!
This saved me buying a new mac! My old mac was good but the newer software was uninstallable. Thanks so much for this detailed walk through... changed my life considerably!
Kudoz and a million thanks for it. My Late 2013 iMac runs like a breeze on Ventura (fresh install on SSD and 8 GB ram). Thanks to a motivated band of developers and you, we can avoid planned obsolescence. 5 years ago I took the time and effort to open the glued iMac to change the spin drive to a ssd. Then these last weeks all my app were saying it is too old like a ripple effect on the planned death of this iMac. So a few minutes of work and patience to let the installation go and all is back to life. So thanks to you we can avoid sending tons of electronic and working stuffs to the trash bin. Mother Earth says thank you.
thank you thank you thank you!!! seriously i cannot relate to the comments enough because this is really the most helpful, detailed, step by step guide there is!! i was really desperate to play some games on my mac (a childish but genuine reason 🙏) and now i can finally do it. so so grateful
Very well done! A big THANK YOU to Mr. M for his fantastic presentations and to the Devs for their phenomenal and much appreciated work! Just installed flawlessly on my mid-2012 MBA. I'm so pleased that I paid extra for 8 GB of RAM at a time when 4 GB was considered more than enough - always buy more RAM than you think you'll need! ;)
Thanks for the tutorial! It really helped me, I was stuck on BigSur in a 2014 mac mini Even though Monterey was officially supported for my mac mini, it had problems booting and in the initial setup, watching your video I think I can pinpoint the problem, it was the graphics (the wallpaper even had artifacts). Using the official way the graphics wouldn't load properly, I was stuck in the setup in the set username/password screen. The only option was to boot in safe mode, it was slow, the graphics really struggle, but in the end it worked, I could create the user account. After the user account was created and the OC patched the graphics (16:58) it just worked! Thank you !!
I never usually comment on thing youtube related, you took me through every step, my mac now runs smoother and i can get latest softwares and all, This is the best out ther. It works in Jamaica , Yes
Wonderful and very easy to follow instructions, thank you so very much and please continue to provide the support that you and your team do. My 2012 Mac Pro 12 Core with 32gb ram is well and alive again and be blessed.
Incredibly well explained and detailed guide. Thank you so much for the verbose explanations and detailed steps, worked beautifully on a 2010 non-pro Macbook.
I’ve watched the video and now going to give this a try in my MBP Retina, mid 2014. I currently have Big Sur and will attempt to update to Monetary. I’ll keep you updated.
Brilliant work - thank you! I have upgraded 3 2011 iMacs this way and am so pleased to have kept them out of landfill! One observation to pass on is that when I create a PowerPoint slide that contains a GIFF, it will not autoplay and then PowerPoint crashes! Just a small thing. I guess it's all to do with the non-metal chip thingy.......? Keep up your awesome work!
Mr. Macintosh "THANK YOU" very much for sharing your knowledge, instructions & the directions on how to update old unsupported Mac's to install macOS Monterey . I have 2 late 2013 21.5" iMac's that are stuck on macOS Catalina 10.15.7. I'm adding new internal SSD Hard drives & adding the extra maximum amount of RAM to both iMac's before I try this Open-core Legacy installation. I'm hoping with this Open-core Legacy installation it works. I'm confident, because of your video, directions & instructions here in this video, I will be successful. I liked your video here and I'm now subscribed to your channel. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 😉
Ok - I don't normally comment but I HAD TO say thanks for this. Worke an absolute treat and heas breathed life into my previously redindant 2012 Imac. Thank you very much and good job on a calm and very easy to follow tutorial!
"Recommend" with double "m", not double "c" ;) Besides that, good instructional video! There are so many bad OpenCore related videos on youtube, it's ridiculous.
Ive got a few macs that are using these patched MacOS, inc a perfectly good mac pro 2008 , 8 core machine , which still works great to this day (Mojave) . What this shows us is Apple are deliberately and prematurely killing off perfectly usable hardware, in the pursuit of sales.. thank goodness for opencore , thank you.
27' iMac 2012. 1TB SSD and 16GB running like a jet. If I were Tim Cook I would pay you out and shut down this operation. My computer has never been faster.
Just came across your channel and used this video to upgrade a mid-2011 iMac to Monterey. It went silky-smooth, start to finish, and that's down to your awesome tutorial (you assume nothing, and that in itself is a game-changer for me!) and the amazing OCLP. Can't thank you enough for injecting some youth elixir in to this iMac...! Also helped by an SSD and memory upgrade.
I have just installed this on my late 2008 MacBook, I’m used to a Windows laptop and how it upgrades and how it installs, I have to say your video are so well put together step by step and easy to follow. One question I have noticed that even though I can’t use it yet I’m seeing the Ventura update saying I can download, what do I do as it’s just going to hang around until I do something with it .
Hi, I have tried updating my 27 inch iMac mid 2011 with the AMD Radeon and it works flawlessly. I have not done anything on the hardware side. My iMac was bought with an internal SSD of 256 GB, 2TB Hitachi Hard drive. I tried updating the High Sierra and it worked. Then I did a partition and loaded Big Sur directly as a clean install. Worked. Then I updated the Big Sur to Monterey with a USB installer. Works. The only thing I have lost is my Alt Tab functionality on my ABC Extended hard wired Keyboard. I have a Bluetooth German Keyboard where the Alt Tab seems to work fine. Ram onboard was 16GB and do not intend to upgrade this. Will look at upgrading the Broadcom to get the latest USB/ Bluetooth and maybe USB 3.0 but not so keen as it entails some work and I am in India. Easiest thing to do seems to be upgrading the SSD. Now that I know that my iMac may be ok for the short while I may now look at investing in a larger SSD and also look at installing Windows 11 on another partition. For a long time I have used Parallels but I would like to be able to work directly with Windows instead of a VM. As I started now, I used the Open Core patcher 0.6.8. Would say a great piece of software and must thank the developers and I do intend to send in a small donation. Great job guys and many thanks. I also wonder why a good piece of hardware needs to be sent to the bin when it is working flawlessly.
Thanks for the great video and tutorial.. all worked fine BUT..this may be helpful also for other people like me: MB Pro 2012 with Monterey following this tutorial is all ok, but if you use for example the OpenCore vers. 0.6.7 to install a fresh Monterey on this mac it doesn't allow me to add permissions for camera and microphones to my apps, like Zoom, Whatsapp and other. Only native mac apps works fine. Solution: use and stay with 0.4.11 version of legacy patcher and all apps will work fine. Hope this helps and if someone know if i did something wrong, just let me know! Cheeeeeeers Luca
Thank you for such an informative walkthrough. Do you have any guidance/tips on how to fix the missing "Library" tab in the Photos app? I am working with a 2011 Mac Mini. I am guessing this has to do with a "non-Metal" device.
Great video! After Monterey install, Are we able to install Martin Lo's Opencore instead of the OCLP version? As I hear Martin's version is more tailored to my cMP 5,1
First, I have to say that this tutorial has been so amazing. Second, I need any possible help I can get. I’ve had issues with my trackpad before even starting this process, so now it’s not letting me click the hard drive so I can continue. I’m here at the final step to install Monterey. I’m so close lol. Are there any key board things that I can click all wise one?
Awesome video, thank you…. Question though. Can I go back and remove the boot picker? I did the entire install and everything went as planned except I get the boot picker at startup every time. Can I go back and do that last step and remove the boot picker without going through the entire process again? Thanks in advance.
Hi, great video and very clear to follow. I installed onto my hard drive which I appreciate is slow. I have now purchased an external SSD so my question is, how do I transfer to running from the external SSD? Do I need to wipe the hard drive and start again? Thanks for any help
So it this be best stable upgrade now for my 2012 Mac Pro 5.1 , 2012 Mac Mini, and 2012 Macbook Pro? Thanks for your great work! Hope that I don't mess up anything, but I am willing to jump on this!
Thanks for this detailed video. Nice one. I AMam new to macOs and bought a used MacBook Pro 2015 model with non-Oem SSD. Can I use this same method to uodate to monterey?
I am absolutely in ore of you guys, I got a 2011 MacBook Pro 8.1 and I was sure I was going to be on High Sierra for ever till I found your videos, I bought 2 3.1 usb drives it seemed to go smoothly downloading opencore legacy patcher setting up on usb, I did have a problem trying to install on hard drive but with the usb I could keep trying and now I have Monterey on my MacBook Pro. Thank you very much. If an update for Ventura came a long could I install it as normal?
Update I have recently updated the newest release of Monterey. The computer is unusable anymore, no apps are responding, bouncing in the bar but nothing opens. Will have to go through the process again, but won't be updating anymore.
Sincere thanks to mr.mackintosh.installing Monterey on mid 2010 MacBook Pro went like a song. its working beautifully.asking to update to Ventura.can I just update or do I have to make a startup disk for Ventura.
Thanks for the Video.... By the way, shall i update to Ventura after this? As i can see Software update section showing up Ventura available... i am on Mac Pro mid 2009
Works very well, very nice tutorial. However just want to ask question, Apple wireless keyboard and mouse does not want to connect. Other bluetooth connections are fine and the same keyboard and mouse will connect and works with my Macbook pro, connects without problem. Do you know why maybe? Regards
Greetings and much appreciation for these fantastic tutorials. My question is this: I have an early 2008 MacPro 3.1 with a new blank (unformatted) SSD. How can one install Montarey to this?
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) that I just updated using this video - worked great - two things - 1.) webcam is not working 2.) OPening Maps causes the app to hang and I have to do a force close. Any input is appreciated.
Hi there! First of all, thank you for the detailed explanation! I'm trying to follow each step but for some reason my Mac Pro doesn't go to the boot screen when pressing the Option Key. Is there an alternative way of getting there?
Hey, I have a good one for you :) I am a proud owner of a MacBook Pro Mid 2010’ . Thanks to your video I was able to revive it but I noticed right away it got extremely slow …. Like unbearably slow. So of course I went ahead and got some ram BUT … every time that new ram is in place the computer will turn on but stay on that black page with the Apple logo … if I attempt to do and internet recovery it will run smoothly (so I guess it recognizes the ram) but then get stuck again always remaining 3 mins … Weird, right ? Any ideas ? Thaaaaaank you ❤
I only know now that MacBook 2015 and below could support this the minimum of it will be on from year 2013 and could be supported for this type of macOS..
Hi, great video, back in 2017 i built a Hackintosh and after some software hazzle i was lucky to install Sierra, now.. Sierra is not good for me on this Hackintosh anymore, will this work on my Hackintosh ? Also, if i make this installation on any Mac from 2008 to 2015 i will be able to install software that needs Monterey to be able to install ? Just like i had a new Mac with Monterey installed on it.. ?
hello, i just got trouble after installing this, it does not want to the home screen just the progres bar in black screen with apple logo. you know what the problem is? i just do the clean install on my macbook pro 2011. if you know the way to install the mac os again please . do the video. thaks
hi, thanks for this super clean guide, I'm planning to install a more recent OS on my Imac 21,5 mid 2011 model 12.1 Intel Core i5 2,5 GHz with AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB 20 gb Ram and 1 TB ssd Hd. Is Monterey the last and best solution for this machine? From you side is there some graphic issue due to Radeon hd 6750? This question comes from Opencore lecacy suggestion for my machine. Thanks for help
I have just installed Monterery on my Macbook Pro 17" (Late 2011), and it is laggy as hell!!! Not usable at all! I'm going back to High Sierra, it worked ALOT better.
I have a Mid 2010 Mac Pro 5.1 on Mojave and am now trying upgrade that to Monterey and am following your instructions re building the installer but.. When I try to boot from the USB 'Option Key rebooting' I just get a chime (still holding down the Alt key then nothing.. If I boot normally and try to change the startup disk, I only see my SSD System drive (connected via PCI Express).. The Monterey installer is on the USB..
I did everything you showed us but I am stucked with installation ..after picking a HDD to install to (internal primary drive) it says there is a problem with this HDD and it is not possible to continue....what can I do?
Damn, you are doing gods work! Thanks for keeping is up to date on the patcher with changes, common problems and fixes. Love these chapter markers. Also thanks a lot for adding more pauses in the video. Much more enjoyable to listen to the video - much appreciated! 🙏
Very well done! A big THANK YOU to Mr. M for his fantastic presentations and to the Devs for their phenomenal and much appreciated work! Just installed flawlessly on my mid-2012 MBA. I'm so pleased that I paid extra for 8 GB of RAM at a time when 4 GB was considered more than enough - always buy more RAM than you think you'll need! ;)
Awesome news Simon!!! I'm glad everything worked out for you, I also agree on the memory part when it is soldered to the board get a little more than you might need for the future 😀
It worked like a charm for my mid 2009 MacBook Pro. I added more RAM and put in an SSD over a year ago and my computer has been working better than ever so I was very frustrated that I wasn’t able to use it for certain things because of the outdated OS. Buying a new MacBook seemed so wasteful considering how well my old one works. This was exactly what I needed to get more life out her. Thank you so much!
I have a 2009 Macbook Pro as well just lying around. I've been playing around with some Linux distros to revive it. My favorite so far has been Pop OS. The problem I have though is compatibility with the nvidia graphics causing weird issues like some apps crashing and other functionality not working. I'm wondering if I should give OCLP a try. I'm curious about your experience running Monterey on it. Are apps and animations sluggish? Are there limitations?
All clips vom Mr. Macintosh are without an exemption an example of informative, calm, structured and unagitated tutorials. I wish all the self called experts on YT would produce their tutorials at least 1% as good and professional as Mr. Macintosh. Thank you sir.
Hope you know the work, you doing here is absolutely remarkable. Especially taking time out of your day to help people. The work you do is just amazing. Thank you @Mr. Macintosh
perfectly good ....(..until there are no more parts that is) everyone gonna DIY? I doubt it... not with the amount of glue, and time, and patience apple restricts people.. We're living in a throw-away-society...., Gotta get used to that.. Even though iFixit and all are all about "just keeping old hardware alive" they also know its never gonna stick. If they don't know that yet,, they'll be fighting for the rest of their lives.. While there have been some interchangeable parts of later iPhones, everyone will just need two accept, your never gonna be living in 2010 again.
Thanks so much for creating this video. It saved a perfectly adequate 2011 27” iMac from landfill as its last supported MacOS, High Sierra is too old for many of the major application vendors to bother with. Followed the hardware disc and memory upgrades and the video was just perfect to lead through the patch to upgrade to Monterey. I simply wouldn’t have done it without Mr Macintosh’s’ guidance. Now, my “useless” Mac is perfectly adequate/fast for every day to day tasks.
Same here pal! Mid 2011 27" Imac, Same Machine, saved from trash thanks to a combination of guides. This guide, was the last step ( Software ). If you can and have the same machine, spend a couple of Euros and Upgrade it, mine feels like a brand new machine! 32gb ddr3 (4x8gb) + Nvidia Quadro K1100 (2gb) + 512gb SSD, been using for graphic design works like a Charm, only thing left to update is the airport card ( but since i dont use airdrop, it doesnt really make much difference to me ). Long Live Mr Macintosh!🏆
@@limafabioo hi! do you have an idea what should i do? i have an imac mid 2011 with 12gb ram, i7, 512 ssd and radeon 6770m i already erased my hd but when i want to choose the disk for install it says 'An Error Occurred While Preparing the installation" i need help asap ://
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Never been a TH-cam commenter but this time my selfishness wasn’t enough to not show my appreciation. Very few times have I come across a tutorial so well articulated and easy to understand. I gave life back to my 2011 iMac that would’ve kept collecting dust for decades to come. It’s infuriating to think how Apple strategically restrains you from updating your old systems so you would buy their new ones. Truth is, Monterey runs smoother than ever in my 10 years old mac and I couldn’t be happier to save money instead of fuelling Apple’s wasteful system. Kudos to you! 👏
well said
He's right
I assume you’ve upgraded your hardware to an SSD and more RAM? The average user doesn’t do that, and I think that’s why updates get cut off after a certain point. I can’t imagine it would run well on a spinning hard drive with four gigs of ram like you find in those older systems by default.
Edit: tried 4GB of ram in my 2012 MBP, with an SSD, and maaaaan was Catalina much less responsive, my guess is due to the page file being used quite a bit. Went back to 16GB lol
@@computernerdinside I did indeed update my RAM.
@@stefanocanavese6102 SSD as well? Like I said, it's stock systems that would struggle like hell.
I know another individual said this but I too was so impressed with this full walk through. Our 2011 iMac hadn’t been used for some time (ahem.. maybe 2-3 years) and I was a little disappointed to find that some software we now wanted to use did not run on the OS and of course the standard updates no longer offered a path forward. A couple of hours investment and we now are back in business. Thank you Mr Macintosh and all the OpenCore support folks. More è-waste avoided for a little longer.
Thank you, Mr. Macintosh for doing videos like this and thanks to the people involved in putting out all of the OCLP versions that help people like me continue to use what Apple considers "obsolete" computers! I recently bought a 2012 iMac (13,1) for just $80 from a local university that was auctioning it online. It still had OS X Mountain Lion installed on it. I brought it up to MacOS Catalina using the regular Apple software updates, but thanks to this video I now have Monterey running on my 2012 iMac and it works great! The software update keeps showing me an update for Ventura, but since Monterey is working so well on my iMac right now, I may hold off on Ventura for a bit.
dont update to ventura from software update it will not work
This is my go to in keeping my wife's 2009 MacBook Pro going. I installed a Samsung 500 gb ssd and it's maxed on ram. Some issues here and there and hoping to install the Ventura update and see how that works. Thanks so much for the hard work you've put in and you've got a new subscriber.
Great work. This is in depth and and well articulated that you don’t even have to be a seasoned Mac user to understand what’s being talked about. Keep up the great work
It's extraordinary the work you and the collaborators are doing on this project. Insane that we get to keep using decade old hardware with the latest software updates. Thank you thank you! The video is perfect and opencore is phenomenal. Never would have thought the process would be so buttery smooth. Mind blown seriously!
I've watched several of these types of videos describing this process. You're the only one who walks a user though completely. Well done !
You are the BEST! Followed your instructions to the "T" but had an error with OSX 12.6.3 on an 2014 MBP running Mojave. I ran open core again and picked an older version on Monterey and all went PERFECT ! No patches needed with this open core version! Doing a time machine restore now .. Great Video ! You Rock! ! Thank You!
Thank you Mr. Macintosh!!!
Hello @U.S.ArmyVeteran thank you very much! I really appreciate your support of the channel!
This saved me buying a new mac! My old mac was good but the newer software was uninstallable. Thanks so much for this detailed walk through... changed my life considerably!
I bought a used MacBook Pro 13 (Early 2013) and I want to thank you for this tutorial because it has enabled me to update it.
Kudoz and a million thanks for it. My Late 2013 iMac runs like a breeze on Ventura (fresh install on SSD and 8 GB ram). Thanks to a motivated band of developers and you, we can avoid planned obsolescence. 5 years ago I took the time and effort to open the glued iMac to change the spin drive to a ssd. Then these last weeks all my app were saying it is too old like a ripple effect on the planned death of this iMac. So a few minutes of work and patience to let the installation go and all is back to life. So thanks to you we can avoid sending tons of electronic and working stuffs to the trash bin. Mother Earth says thank you.
Is yours a 27inch iMac late 2013 on Ventura with no graphic issues? I rely on mine for work so hoping for confirmation before I update. Thanks!
I do not know how much I should thank you... So far, it is the very best tutorial on TH-cam...
thank you thank you thank you!!! seriously i cannot relate to the comments enough because this is really the most helpful, detailed, step by step guide there is!! i was really desperate to play some games on my mac (a childish but genuine reason 🙏) and now i can finally do it. so so grateful
Very well done! A big THANK YOU to Mr. M for his fantastic presentations and to the Devs for their phenomenal and much appreciated work! Just installed flawlessly on my mid-2012 MBA. I'm so pleased that I paid extra for 8 GB of RAM at a time when 4 GB was considered more than enough - always buy more RAM than you think you'll need! ;)
This was the greatest TH-cam video I've come across all year. Thank you so much for your dedication, time and work.
Thanks for the tutorial!
It really helped me, I was stuck on BigSur in a 2014 mac mini
Even though Monterey was officially supported for my mac mini, it had problems booting and in the initial setup, watching your video I think I can pinpoint the problem, it was the graphics (the wallpaper even had artifacts).
Using the official way the graphics wouldn't load properly, I was stuck in the setup in the set username/password screen. The only option was to boot in safe mode, it was slow, the graphics really struggle, but in the end it worked, I could create the user account. After the user account was created and the OC patched the graphics (16:58) it just worked!
Thank you !!
I never usually comment on thing youtube related, you took me through every step, my mac now runs smoother and i can get latest softwares and all, This is the best out ther. It works in Jamaica , Yes
Best one so far, was trying to boot the monterey from last 2 days now i got to know how to make it work. Thank you man u r the best ✨✨
Wonderful and very easy to follow instructions, thank you so very much and please continue to provide the support that you and your team do. My 2012 Mac Pro 12 Core with 32gb ram is well and alive again and be blessed.
Thank you so much for this -- revived an old, tired 2013 iMac I had sitting around. Works beautifully now!
Just wow! Great video. I have a 2011 MBP and need to install Pages, This is a clear and concise walk-through. Subbed.
Brilliant! Very clear instructions, and now my 2010 MacBook Pro (SSD, 8GB) runs Monterey super! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Finally did it after following the steps provided and currently using Monterey on my old iMac 11,2 ...thanks for alot you made my day
Incredibly well explained and detailed guide. Thank you so much for the verbose explanations and detailed steps, worked beautifully on a 2010 non-pro Macbook.
Thank you so much. Monterey runs faster than Mojave did on my macbook pro early 2011 (8,1).
Amazing.!!
I’ve watched the video and now going to give this a try in my MBP Retina, mid 2014. I currently have Big Sur and will attempt to update to Monetary. I’ll keep you updated.
Brilliant work - thank you! I have upgraded 3 2011 iMacs this way and am so pleased to have kept them out of landfill! One observation to pass on is that when I create a PowerPoint slide that contains a GIFF, it will not autoplay and then PowerPoint crashes! Just a small thing. I guess it's all to do with the non-metal chip thingy.......? Keep up your awesome work!
Mr. Macintosh "THANK YOU" very much for sharing your knowledge, instructions & the directions on how to update old unsupported Mac's to install macOS Monterey .
I have 2 late 2013 21.5" iMac's that are stuck on macOS Catalina 10.15.7.
I'm adding new internal SSD Hard drives & adding the extra maximum amount of RAM to both iMac's before I try this Open-core Legacy installation.
I'm hoping with this Open-core Legacy installation it works.
I'm confident, because of your video, directions & instructions here in this video,
I will be successful.
I liked your video here and I'm now subscribed to your channel.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. 😉
THANK YOU !
You are my hero!
my iMac 5K later 2014 just came back to life
one thing thats very important is having a graphics card that has EFI boot screen capabilities.
Brilliant, had to try a couple of time missed the part where I need to leave the USB drive in, thanks a bunch
Installed it on my mid 2010 imac : just incredible
Thank you for your awesome video and instruction. It was tricky for my old 2009 Mac Pro, but I finally got it going. 👍
Ok - I don't normally comment but I HAD TO say thanks for this. Worke an absolute treat and heas breathed life into my previously redindant 2012 Imac. Thank you very much and good job on a calm and very easy to follow tutorial!
To let everyone know updated my 17” Mac Book pro 2011 to Mac OS Monterey. Everything is working with no problems.
Perfect one with a complete step by step details u had shown.. thx u !!!
"Recommend" with double "m", not double "c" ;) Besides that, good instructional video! There are so many bad OpenCore related videos on youtube, it's ridiculous.
Ive got a few macs that are using these patched MacOS, inc a perfectly good mac pro 2008 , 8 core machine , which still works great to this day (Mojave) . What this shows us is Apple are deliberately and prematurely killing off perfectly usable hardware, in the pursuit of sales.. thank goodness for opencore , thank you.
thanks dude you really helped me out this method did work and thanks again.
Thanks for the video, I have a Imac12,2 now is working again I really liked Thanks
I got a 2011 mbp running with Monterey now thanks!
Absolutely superb tutorial. Thank you for excellent explanation.
27' iMac 2012. 1TB SSD and 16GB running like a jet. If I were Tim Cook I would pay you out and shut down this operation. My computer has never been faster.
Thorough tutorial. Thank you!
Just came across your channel and used this video to upgrade a mid-2011 iMac to Monterey. It went silky-smooth, start to finish, and that's down to your awesome tutorial (you assume nothing, and that in itself is a game-changer for me!) and the amazing OCLP. Can't thank you enough for injecting some youth elixir in to this iMac...! Also helped by an SSD and memory upgrade.
The pop up didn't show what do I do?
Very informative indeed👍. Just want to know if it's advisable to regularly update the patcher after successfully installing MacOs
Absolute legend. Thanks!
I have just installed this on my late 2008 MacBook, I’m used to a Windows laptop and how it upgrades and how it installs,
I have to say your video are so well put together step by step and easy to follow.
One question I have noticed that even though I can’t use it yet I’m seeing the Ventura update saying I can download, what do I do as it’s just going to hang around until I do something with it .
Hi, I have tried updating my 27 inch iMac mid 2011 with the AMD Radeon and it works flawlessly. I have not done anything on the hardware side. My iMac was bought with an internal SSD of 256 GB, 2TB Hitachi Hard drive. I tried updating the High Sierra and it worked. Then I did a partition and loaded Big Sur directly as a clean install. Worked. Then I updated the Big Sur to Monterey with a USB installer. Works. The only thing I have lost is my Alt Tab functionality on my ABC Extended hard wired Keyboard. I have a Bluetooth German Keyboard where the Alt Tab seems to work fine. Ram onboard was 16GB and do not intend to upgrade this. Will look at upgrading the Broadcom to get the latest USB/ Bluetooth and maybe USB 3.0 but not so keen as it entails some work and I am in India. Easiest thing to do seems to be upgrading the SSD.
Now that I know that my iMac may be ok for the short while I may now look at investing in a larger SSD and also look at installing Windows 11 on another partition. For a long time I have used Parallels but I would like to be able to work directly with Windows instead of a VM.
As I started now, I used the Open Core patcher 0.6.8. Would say a great piece of software and must thank the developers and I do intend to send in a small donation. Great job guys and many thanks. I also wonder why a good piece of hardware needs to be sent to the bin when it is working flawlessly.
Thanks for the great video and tutorial.. all worked fine BUT..this may be helpful also for other people like me:
MB Pro 2012 with Monterey following this tutorial is all ok, but if you use for example the OpenCore vers. 0.6.7 to install a fresh Monterey on this mac it doesn't allow me to add permissions for camera and microphones to my apps, like Zoom, Whatsapp and other. Only native mac apps works fine.
Solution: use and stay with 0.4.11 version of legacy patcher and all apps will work fine.
Hope this helps and if someone know if i did something wrong, just let me know! Cheeeeeeers
Luca
Thank you for such an informative walkthrough. Do you have any guidance/tips on how to fix the missing "Library" tab in the Photos app? I am working with a 2011 Mac Mini. I am guessing this has to do with a "non-Metal" device.
Great video! After Monterey install, Are we able to install Martin Lo's Opencore instead of the OCLP version? As I hear Martin's version is more tailored to my cMP 5,1
First, I have to say that this tutorial has been so amazing.
Second, I need any possible help I can get. I’ve had issues with my trackpad before even starting this process, so now it’s not letting me click the hard drive so I can continue. I’m here at the final step to install Monterey. I’m so close lol. Are there any key board things that I can click all wise one?
Pretty sure Apple will pull the plug on this asap! Tim do love $
this really helped. thank you
Very good explanatory video.
Awesome video, thank you…. Question though. Can I go back and remove the boot picker? I did the entire install and everything went as planned except I get the boot picker at startup every time. Can I go back and do that last step and remove the boot picker without going through the entire process again? Thanks in advance.
Hi, great video and very clear to follow. I installed onto my hard drive which I appreciate is slow. I have now purchased an external SSD so my question is, how do I transfer to running from the external SSD? Do I need to wipe the hard drive and start again? Thanks for any help
So it this be best stable upgrade now for my 2012 Mac Pro 5.1 , 2012 Mac Mini, and 2012 Macbook Pro? Thanks for your great work! Hope that I don't mess up anything, but I am willing to jump on this!
Godlike tutorial ❤️
Thanks for this detailed video. Nice one. I AMam new to macOs and bought a used MacBook Pro 2015 model with non-Oem SSD. Can I use this same method to uodate to monterey?
I am absolutely in ore of you guys, I got a 2011 MacBook Pro 8.1 and I was sure I was going to be on High Sierra for ever till I found your videos, I bought 2 3.1 usb drives it seemed to go smoothly downloading opencore legacy patcher setting up on usb, I did have a problem trying to install on hard drive but with the usb I could keep trying and now I have Monterey on my MacBook Pro. Thank you very much. If an update for Ventura came a long could I install it as normal?
May God bless you man 🫡
Hi, Great Video! DOES GARAGE BAND come with this upgrade? Please Advise- thanks 😊
Update
I have recently updated the newest release of Monterey. The computer is unusable anymore, no apps are responding, bouncing in the bar but nothing opens. Will have to go through the process again, but won't be updating anymore.
Thanks for this tut my friend. One question if I wanted to reset to sell my mac, would I need to install OCLP again, or will it stay loaded?
Thank you very much for your work Mr. Mac.
Do you know of any fix for intermittent lag? Or should I do a fresh reinstall?
Thanks again.
Sincere thanks to mr.mackintosh.installing Monterey on mid 2010 MacBook Pro went like a song. its working beautifully.asking to update to Ventura.can I just update or do I have to make a startup disk for Ventura.
Thanks for the Video....
By the way, shall i update to Ventura after this?
As i can see Software update section showing up Ventura available...
i am on Mac Pro mid 2009
Thank You for this.
Works very well, very nice tutorial. However just want to ask question, Apple wireless keyboard and mouse does not want to connect. Other bluetooth connections are fine and the same keyboard and mouse will connect and works with my Macbook pro, connects without problem. Do you know why maybe? Regards
Greetings and much appreciation for these fantastic tutorials. My question is this:
I have an early 2008 MacPro 3.1 with a new blank (unformatted) SSD. How can one install Montarey to this?
I am really thankful for your help, I installed Big Sur, but I only have a problem with the wifi, if you can help me with it, please.
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) that I just updated using this video - worked great - two things - 1.) webcam is not working 2.) OPening Maps causes the app to hang and I have to do a force close. Any input is appreciated.
Hi there! First of all, thank you for the detailed explanation! I'm trying to follow each step but for some reason my Mac Pro doesn't go to the boot screen when pressing the Option Key. Is there an alternative way of getting there?
Thank you for this amazing video.
quick question, can i restore from time machine while setting up or after the setup ?
Hey, I have a good one for you :) I am a proud owner of a MacBook Pro Mid 2010’ . Thanks to your video I was able to revive it but I noticed right away it got extremely slow …. Like unbearably slow. So of course I went ahead and got some ram BUT … every time that new ram is in place the computer will turn on but stay on that black page with the Apple logo … if I attempt to do and internet recovery it will run smoothly (so I guess it recognizes the ram) but then get stuck again always remaining 3 mins … Weird, right ? Any ideas ? Thaaaaaank you ❤
I only know now that MacBook 2015 and below could support this the minimum of it will be on from year 2013 and could be supported for this type of macOS..
Hi, great video, back in 2017 i built a Hackintosh and after some software hazzle i was lucky to install Sierra, now.. Sierra is not good for me on this Hackintosh anymore, will this work on my Hackintosh ? Also, if i make this installation on any Mac from 2008 to 2015 i will be able to install software that needs Monterey to be able to install ? Just like i had a new Mac with Monterey installed on it.. ?
hello, i just got trouble after installing this, it does not want to the home screen just the progres bar in black screen with apple logo. you know what the problem is? i just do the clean install on my macbook pro 2011. if you know the way to install the mac os again please . do the video. thaks
hi, thanks for this super clean guide, I'm planning to install a more recent OS on my Imac 21,5 mid 2011 model 12.1 Intel Core i5 2,5 GHz with AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB 20 gb Ram and 1 TB ssd Hd. Is Monterey the last and best solution for this machine? From you side is there some graphic issue due to Radeon hd 6750? This question comes from Opencore lecacy suggestion for my machine. Thanks for help
Awesome, blessed
Yay for me, I think I’ve done it, thanks man, it’s giving me the option to update to Ventura? Should I??
Thanks
I have white MacBook and it’s has Ssd disc on it I’m looking forward to trying this out to save it I bought MacBook Air but was insurance claim.
Thank You very much
Hi, thanks a lot. Works great, but one problem, it doesn't works with Citrix or other Copilot app.
This very helpful thanx❤.
Can you please mention how i can disable external gpu macbook pro 2011 late 8.2
I have just installed Monterery on my Macbook Pro 17" (Late 2011), and it is laggy as hell!!! Not usable at all! I'm going back to High Sierra, it worked ALOT better.
The only problem i encountered witj my 2010 imac is the headphone jack outlet. It can't recognize external speaker and headphone. 😢
I have a Mid 2010 Mac Pro 5.1 on Mojave and am now trying upgrade that to Monterey and am following your instructions re building the installer but.. When I try to boot from the USB 'Option Key rebooting' I just get a chime (still holding down the Alt key then nothing.. If I boot normally and try to change the startup disk, I only see my SSD System drive (connected via PCI Express).. The Monterey installer is on the USB..
I did everything you showed us but I am stucked with installation ..after picking a HDD to install to (internal primary drive) it says there is a problem with this HDD and it is not possible to continue....what can I do?
Damn, you are doing gods work! Thanks for keeping is up to date on the patcher with changes, common problems and fixes. Love these chapter markers. Also thanks a lot for adding more pauses in the video. Much more enjoyable to listen to the video - much appreciated! 🙏
Very well done! A big THANK YOU to Mr. M for his fantastic presentations and to the Devs for their phenomenal and much appreciated work! Just installed flawlessly on my mid-2012 MBA. I'm so pleased that I paid extra for 8 GB of RAM at a time when 4 GB was considered more than enough - always buy more RAM than you think you'll need! ;)
Awesome news Simon!!! I'm glad everything worked out for you, I also agree on the memory part when it is soldered to the board get a little more than you might need for the future 😀
Thank you very much Simon, I really appreciate it.👍
It worked like a charm for my mid 2009 MacBook Pro. I added more RAM and put in an SSD over a year ago and my computer has been working better than ever so I was very frustrated that I wasn’t able to use it for certain things because of the outdated OS. Buying a new MacBook seemed so wasteful considering how well my old one works. This was exactly what I needed to get more life out her. Thank you so much!
I have a 2009 Macbook Pro as well just lying around. I've been playing around with some Linux distros to revive it. My favorite so far has been Pop OS. The problem I have though is compatibility with the nvidia graphics causing weird issues like some apps crashing and other functionality not working. I'm wondering if I should give OCLP a try. I'm curious about your experience running Monterey on it. Are apps and animations sluggish? Are there limitations?
@@oldlavygenes Nope its runs okay 2009!
how's your mid 2009 macbook pro with monterrey now sir?
All clips vom Mr. Macintosh are without an exemption an example of informative, calm, structured and unagitated tutorials. I wish all the self called experts on YT would produce their tutorials at least 1% as good and professional as Mr. Macintosh. Thank you sir.
Hope you know the work, you doing here is absolutely remarkable. Especially taking time out of your day to help people. The work you do is just amazing. Thank you @Mr. Macintosh
I think you meant "remarkable" not "unremarkable" :)
@@tylerdurden783 cheers :)
My early 2011 MacBook Pro is stuck on a rebooting loop. Won’t push to the OS, what can I do?
@@mcota777 Hi, unfortunately there is a problem with that at times, I would download a new installation file of macOS.
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Massive shoutout to all the contributors for their work on this project, to keep perfectly good hardware alive is so important. thanks
100% Agreed! The OCLP developers are amazing!
perfectly good
....(..until there are no more parts that is) everyone gonna DIY? I doubt it... not with the amount of glue, and time, and patience apple restricts people..
We're living in a throw-away-society...., Gotta get used to that.. Even though iFixit and all are all about "just keeping old hardware alive" they also know its never gonna stick. If they don't know that yet,, they'll be fighting for the rest of their lives.. While there have been some interchangeable parts of later iPhones, everyone will just need two accept, your never gonna be living in 2010 again.
Thanks so much for creating this video. It saved a perfectly adequate 2011 27” iMac from landfill as its last supported MacOS, High Sierra is too old for many of the major application vendors to bother with. Followed the hardware disc and memory upgrades and the video was just perfect to lead through the patch to upgrade to Monterey. I simply wouldn’t have done it without Mr Macintosh’s’ guidance. Now, my “useless” Mac is perfectly adequate/fast for every day to day tasks.
Same here pal! Mid 2011 27" Imac, Same Machine, saved from trash thanks to a combination of guides. This guide, was the last step ( Software ). If you can and have the same machine, spend a couple of Euros and Upgrade it, mine feels like a brand new machine!
32gb ddr3 (4x8gb) + Nvidia Quadro K1100 (2gb) + 512gb SSD, been using for graphic design works like a Charm, only thing left to update is the airport card ( but since i dont use airdrop, it doesnt really make much difference to me ). Long Live Mr Macintosh!🏆
@@limafabioo hi! do you have an idea what should i do? i have an imac mid 2011 with 12gb ram, i7, 512 ssd and radeon 6770m
i already erased my hd but when i want to choose the disk for install it says 'An Error Occurred While Preparing the installation"
i need help asap ://
contact the open core support@@feelsomething