Thanks Matt. Followed your instructions & my 2012 MacBook Pro is rocking Monterey like it was born to do it. That's good enough for me; all I needed was an OS that would run GarageBand and the latest Google Chrome; this build fits the bill perfectly. You rock sir! Thanks!
Thank you so much Matt. I live in Iran and these days the internet speed here is extremely low; However, I was able to do your solution on my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)🌹
Earlier today I installed Monterey onto a 2011 Mac Mini with 16gig ram and 2 internal 1 tb SSD drives. Perfectly upgraded with these great instructions! Can’t seem to get sidecar to work, but can’t have it all. Thanks!
Hello there tried to install Monterey on my 2011 Mac mini without any luck,did everything Matt said but for some reason wouldn’t boot from internal ssd only worked as of usb.
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woohoo. I just upgraded from Catalina to Monterey by following your video. I bought a second mac which was running Catalina and my current mac Montery and I tried to migrate data but it didn't work due to the OS compatibility and after following your instructions its all up and working. Now I can run Logic and continue with my music production. Thank you soo much.. You have been amazing from start to finish.
I never comment on videos, but this tutorial literally saved my 2015 iMac. It's like a new machine! Thanks for walking us through each step so clearly. I'm utterly amazed this worked!
@@fritsmolenaar05Haha, I’m actually doing this to my mid 2012 13 inch MacBook Air. Before school. Good luck as it’s really good, I chose my air over my 2015 pro because of the battery life
Great instructions! I bought a used 2012 Mac Mini on the cheap, just run a certain program that I needed. My hopes were dashed when I found that it could only install the software on a recent OSX version that the 2012 machine would not upgrade to. Coming from a Windows background, I did not expect this. The patch saved me. Thank you for the video!
Thanks for this video! This was super helpful. I've been a Windows user my whole life and this tutorial helped me so much with my sister's Macbook Pro from 2010. The instructions were clear and I went through the installation with no issues.
Unless you really have a good reason for this, DON"T! I did this with my IMacc. Although it was successful, my Safari became unworkable and my firewire interface no longer worked with computer. So I had to buy another IMac, Just dont do it. Its unsupported for a reason.
Hello, I've used your tutorial to install MacOS Monterey on a 2012 IMac and it worked well, thanks ! However, I've recently updated the IMac to the 12.6 version and now the graphics are weird : I can't control the brightness and everything is dark and a bit slower. What can I do to fix it ? should I not make any updates if I install MacOS Monterey with your tutorial ? thank you in advance ! Update : I updated OpenCore Patcher and installed the patches and everything is back to normal !
after creating installer, there is an error, I didn't take a photo(the creating installer process takes me several hours). but this seems affects the process: I reboot the laptop and hold down option, then select EFI boot--> select Install macOS Monterey, but it didn't start the installing process, instead it boot to my current macOS.
Thank you for this. I was able to install macOS Monterey on my Macbook Pro 17 inch, late 2011, with failed gpu. And bonus, the display is much improved on my previously installed macOS Big Sur. Additonal bonus, I did not have to wipe my hard drive. Awesome.
Could you please help me. I did everything but at the end i got a black screen with a traffic sign and apple support link and then my mac mini shuts down.
PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW THIS GUIDE!!!!!!!!!!!! Mackbook pro 2014 i5 8gb ram model A1502 and it even erase my ssd and won’t recognise in disk utility so please don’t follow this guide!!!!!
Nice video, but absolutely no need to erase your original OS when installing or upgrading your OS. It will install/upgrade over it perfectly well, just as if you'd done a standard OS upgrade from Apple. All your Apps and settings are still there. No need to recover them from a Time Machine backup (although do still make one). Upgraded an HFS+ High Sierra machine to APFS Big Sur with OCLP and it both translated the disk system from HFS+ to APFS as well as did the installation and upgrade to Big Sur. Because that's what Apple does and they're actually doing the work. OCLP just says "Yes, this machine is compatible (wink), over to you Apple." When all the dust has settled, it applies any required patches.
I tried the step-by-step on my 2013 iMac ( that is compatible with 24gigs ram ) and at the end it just keeps restarting a few times but eventually got to the setup screen. thank you so much!
Excellent and well documented process for updating an older Apple product. Installed MacOS Monterey (Kingston 256 SSD, & 4GB Dual Channel RAM) on a Macbook 5,2 using a 32GB, USB 3.0 Flash Drive. The install was much quicker than I expected and the Macbook seems faster than on El Capitan. Well done and thank you very much for your fine tutorial!
Matt - i have a really buggy imac 2013 doing various mad stuff so i know something not right. Its bog standard & so i was hoping Monterey instal might just eliminate it. In opencore i don't get the download link in assets, its just spinning a wheel constantly. Tried different browsers etc. I take it its the imac and its problems causing obstacle to the download would you say ?
So the upgrade was perfect however I now have a notification in setting to update to the next version of OS will this update work or will I need to do the Open patcher processs for the next level of OS
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Can't thank you enough for this video Matt. It has saved me a small fortune. I bought a new MacBook Pro last year because I was stuck on High Sierra on my (mid 2011) 27" iMac with 24GB of RAM and 1TB SSD and couldn't upgrade to the latest levels of PS and LR for photo editing and other software that I use. My iMac was working perfectly apart from that. I was about to invest in a new monitor to go with my MacBook Pro as I missed my 27" screen for photo editing. Your instructions were very clear with plenty of warnings on backup etc. I did have a few squeaky bum moments as I could not get my bluetooth Magic Mouse or Keyboard to connect after installing Monterey. I had to borrow USB versions of both from friends to get past these steps. However, once Monterey was fully installed and rebooted both connected as I would expect. I don't know if you have tried installing this on an iMac, but I would suggest that you recommend to have USB mouse and keyboard available just in case. Thanks once again.
I'm currently doing it on a 27 iMac 2012. Only issues I have found is time machine doesn't restore properly and it went into a bootloop so I had to reinstall Monterey again. Will just run as a fresh install.
@@prescribedtube thanks for the info. The webpage of opencore says that everything is supported for the iMac 13,2.. picking my brains out if I should try it or not haha
@@OrcinusLaryngologist it's OK, Im keeping my Mac in Monterrey with the latest update. I get a weird behavior when waking it up when I open the lid and sometimes it gets unresponsive but I think it's a battery issue
Worked great for my MacBookPro10,2 . Can I use the same USB drive that I used to install Monterey for another MacBook Air or should I restart this procedure from scratch.
Has anyone tried to install this OpenCore macOS Monterey on a 7200rpm hard drive 2TB w/12GB ram (iMac 2011) with some success?? Or, perhaps, I'm simply delusional 🤣🤣
omg it worked!!! i’ve macbook pro 13’ 2011 with i7, 8gb of ram, and 256gb ssd i was stuck on catalina and i couldn’t install apps because they required a newer version of macos, however after i successfully installed monterey i was able to download them so thank you very much 💛
Your video has come at the right time; I have a 2013 iMac disassembled and am going to take out the old HD and install a 512GB SSD outside (I am not going to go thru with opening the iMac anytime soon, at my old age my tolerance with these things are minimal 😂). I have to say that this is the best Monterrey how-to for unsupported Mac hardware. Thank you, sir; you gain a subscriber here 🙋♂️. Stay safe.
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Thanks for this Video. As soon as I installed macOS Monterey on my iMac 27"-Late-2012(iMac13,2), it gave me notification tu upgrade it to macOS Sonoma. It is in process now I'm waiting to see what will happen. I will update this comment or I will write the result in a reply
I've got a mid 2012 MBP 13, and it's really tempting to do this upgrade. However, natively supported macOS Catalina is smooth and stable (after a few hardware upgrades) and I've got it set up with Windows 10 in BootCamp so, frankly, I'm afraid to mess with anything.
I've just updated my MacBook Pro 2008 (4.1). It gave my machine a new lease of life. before I did the update I upgraded my Hard Drive to SSD- There is no lag which I'm surprised about and I can still use wifi. Thanks for the video it's much appreciated. All the best for 2023.
Hey Matt I have a major problem I have MacBook Air late 2010 I tried to install masOs Monterey but at the last step while installing in SSD it says " An error occurred while preparing the installation . Try running this application again . " And I tried running it again . Can you please tell me what to do.
Hi there, it just seems to keep restarting every time the installation finishes. It takes me back to the same black screen with the two options and it does it all over again, what should I do?
This video saved me a lot of time (that I didn't have) to update the old computers in my home. THANK YOU! I had no problems with any step. Good job emphasizing the need to have the USB drive ready.
Thanks a bunch, Matt! i've successfully installed Sonoma on my MacbookPro 2012 9,2. on thing that's a little different is that after the installation, i don't see the opencore app. so i didn't install any patches. do I need to download the opencore again and install the patches?
Wow! Well done for quite the complicated install for the average user. Just a note for those with a 2014 15 " Macbook Pro i7-4770HQ, 16Gb ram, OWC 1.0TB Aura Pro X2 SSD, after using both Big Sur and Monterey, I'm sticking with Big Sur as the performance seems slightly faster. And it is much easier to install an "Official" upgrade. Thanks for the tutorial!
Hii can you help me with something? I did everything exactly like the tutorial and may max works amazing but in my usb there aren’t any patches to install, do you know how can I fix this or what do I do?
You would be better off asking the original poster. SO your usb should work without drivers. Go to "the apple' , about this mac, then system report. The usb and driver should be listed. Hope this helps.@@marygl163
had a bit of trouble on a mac mini 6,1 from 2012. followed the instructions and ignored the prompt to install opencore to the usb after creating the installer, which seemed odd. installed to efi of the machine instead as recommended. maybe i misheard. a short while after starting install, came back to a powered off machine. when powering on no chime, wouldn't boot from either choice after using option key to boot - received a circle with line through it and link to support mac startup website. grabbed a backup mac and installed opencore to the usb installer, made sure to choose correct target model identifier. then was able to complete install. and now can boot off the hard disk no problems. thanks for this guide! all to get automated captions from captionator. now to reinstall my digi 002! lol wish me luck. i'm not frugal you're frugal. if I were to do this again, I would focus on writing opencore to the efi of the usb installer initially and post install would install both opencore to the efi and also the post install patch. the patch said it was already completed but i did it anyways and it overwrote all the files. I used opencore 0.6.6 and monterey 12.6.6. downloaded monterey elsewhere not through opencore. hope this helps someone.
Great video. The only (BIG) issue is that the new installed iOS has a lot of network issues like: Not being able to connect to other Wi-Fis, once deactivated Bluetooth I cannot reactivate it, Airplay not working (which was the reason for all this). Any idea on what is going wrong? I have searched for hours, but could not find a solution.
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I’ve been stuck on BigSur for too long. Bought a refurbished MacPro a few years back with a non-apple SSD hard drive and everywhere I looked, the update just didn’t work. This finally got the job done. Thank you for the step-by-step tutorial, my machine is running great!
Brilliant - all working on my mid-2014 MacBook Pro with Nvidia. One question though - now when I restart or switch on, it asks me to choose the hard drive when it never did before. There's only one hard drive anyway and it's not stopping anything from working, so not a big deal but it's just an extra step. Is this normal?
Thank you for this info. I installed Monterey on an 120GB SSD from OWC that I had bought for a Mac Mini expansion, in an external enclosure. So my late 2008 MB Pro 5,1 w/8GB RAM now runs OS 10.11.6 from the spiny drive, or with the external plugged in it runs Monterey. It took me a few tries to get the installation right and the 'About one minute remaining' at the end took an hour or more to finish. I have some things that won't run on the latest OS so this gives me two machines in one. Further info on my MB - This machine sat for years, I thought it was dead, because the power supply light was on and the machine wouldn't work. I plugged in my old power supply from another MB by accident one day and this MB came back to life.
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hey! i did everything on my mac pro 2008. even took out the bluetooth card to improve the odds but it keeps stopping at 1/3 of the bar? do you have any tips? please help i think i screwed up. this is my school pc and i needed some program that used catalina and up. i hope you see this help?
If you're getting the error "Command not found" while installing the update just make sure your usb drive is completely erased and formatted to do this open disk utility plug your usb drive into your Mac and then click on the usb drive and on the top click erase and for the format click macOs Extended (Journaled) (it may appear as OS X Extended (Journaled) you can click it) and for the Scheme put GUID partition map then click erase now you're all set to install the update 😁
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With your help, I installed MacOS Monterey 12.5 on three old Apple computers: A MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina (Late 2013), a Mac mini (Late 2012) and an iMac (27-inch, Late 2009). It's sad that these perfectly good machines are denied the latest operating system by Apple. My MacBook Pro already had solid state storage, but by just installing SSDs into the Mac mini and the iMac, they're working great. (Note, the Find My and Maps apps don't work on the 2009 iMac). I really appreciate your help and I appreciate the work of the team who developed Open Core Legacy Patcher.
I also have an old 2009 (late)iMac….I’ll have to give this a go….was a little worried since it’s so old but if it’s working on yours, then no reason it won’t work on mine.
Thanks. I´v got A Macbook Pro 2009 and installed Monterey as you described it works well apart from Maps, could it be due to the low specification of 2009?
Hi Matt, Just tried to download Open Core Legacy Patcher, but unable to download the App, it docent take you to the download page tried this morning April 3 May 2024, is their a problem on the site. Trying to upgrade 2011 MacBook Pro to Monterey.
I have an iMac 27 mid 2010, and i tried to install Monterey and also Big Sur, first problem with installing Monterey, i needed to use another brand of keyboard because right after the efi boot, the install menu didn’t detect my keyboard. This didn’t happen when installing Big Sur. However i never could install neither of the OS’s. I always got the forbidden signal right at the end of the install being complete, i even didn’t find how to install the High Sierra again, my iMac is dead. In the past i think OpenCore could install High Sierra, now it doesn’t show it as an option to install.
I needed this because I have a new MacBook Pro M3Pro and I want to use my 2013 i7 8GB MacBook Air as an AirPlay device connected to my DAC… I will see if there is software for that. If not, I’m going to use this.
Hey Matt I have a major problem I have MacBook Air late 2010 I tried to install masOs Monterey but at the last step while installing in SSD it says " An error occurred while preparing the installation . Try running this application again . " And I tried running it again . Can you please tell me what to do.
I can't use the Latest version of Serato . Why ? It's saying it doesn't have Metal Rendering which is a higher level of graphics. What can I do to help with this issue ?
Thanks Matt, I have just got a 2012 Mac Mini cheap off eBay as my first Apple product (haven't been able to afford one before), it was better than I thought, it came with a 256Gb SSD and 8Gb RAM as opposed to 128 SSD and 6Gb RAM advertised. I've just upgraded to Catalina but can't load a lot of Apps I want. So I'm hoping I can use Opencore Legacy Patcher to bring it up to Monterey 😊
My Mac is "MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)" At the moment it runs on macOS Big Sur Version 11.7.10. Is it in the type of Mac that can be updated to Monterey 12?
It's incredible to see that it's possible since my old MacBook has become quite slow with outdated apps. I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro with High Sierra with SSD upgraded long ago. Can I make another apfs partition volume and install Monteray on it while keeping the Higher Sierra start-up volume intact. This way I can select the start-up disk and boot into the new or old OS - just be on the safer side for some days - to make sure that everything works as expected. I can erase the older one later.
Hi Matt, I did your OpenCore install of Ventura on my Early 2014, i7 8Gb RAM 1.7HHz Dual-Core 13 inch MacBook Air and that seems to work fine for my needs. But it now wants to install Sonoma and I am not sure that is a good idea, what do you think? I am going to try Monterey on a early 2011 MacBook Pro which is just laying around at the moment.
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Do you have a old Mac you could install Monterey onto? Let me know what model you have or will try this with...
Can it be installed on 2011 iMac ?
@@bghamzzz I believe it can but double check the supported models section on the website I provide.
Thanks will do
💕 Love ❤️ that
Can this be intalled to macbook 2009, because this is the macbook that i have right now?
Thanks Matt. Followed your instructions & my 2012 MacBook Pro is rocking Monterey like it was born to do it. That's good enough for me; all I needed was an OS that would run GarageBand and the latest Google Chrome; this build fits the bill perfectly. You rock sir! Thanks!
Thank you so much Matt. I live in Iran and these days the internet speed here is extremely low; However, I was able to do your solution on my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)🌹
Earlier today I installed Monterey onto a 2011 Mac Mini with 16gig ram and 2 internal 1 tb SSD drives. Perfectly upgraded with these great instructions! Can’t seem to get sidecar to work, but can’t have it all. Thanks!
You might need to upgrade the WiFi & Bluetooth card to get sidecar working.
Hello there tried to install Monterey on my 2011 Mac mini without any luck,did everything Matt said but for some reason wouldn’t boot from internal ssd only worked as of usb.
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Holy cow! What a video! I've got that 13" mid-2012!!- with SSD + 16 G/Ram! Just want you to know how much I appreciate your video! VERY WELL DONE!!!
woohoo. I just upgraded from Catalina to Monterey by following your video. I bought a second mac which was running Catalina and my current mac Montery and I tried to migrate data but it didn't work due to the OS compatibility and after following your instructions its all up and working. Now I can run Logic and continue with my music production.
Thank you soo much.. You have been amazing from start to finish.
I never comment on videos, but this tutorial literally saved my 2015 iMac. It's like a new machine! Thanks for walking us through each step so clearly. I'm utterly amazed this worked!
the one thing that is holding me back from doing this on my air 2012 is updates do i have to do this every time there is one?
@@fritsmolenaar05Haha, I’m actually doing this to my mid 2012 13 inch MacBook Air. Before school. Good luck as it’s really good, I chose my air over my 2015 pro because of the battery life
Great instructions! I bought a used 2012 Mac Mini on the cheap, just run a certain program that I needed. My hopes were dashed when I found that it could only install the software on a recent OSX version that the 2012 machine would not upgrade to. Coming from a Windows background, I did not expect this. The patch saved me. Thank you for the video!
Bet $100 bucks that the program was Xcode...
Thanks for this video! This was super helpful. I've been a Windows user my whole life and this tutorial helped me so much with my sister's Macbook Pro from 2010. The instructions were clear and I went through the installation with no issues.
I found your comment a year ago I think Monterey is good in 2024
did you update from app store for latest os after following this video?@@radishattitude
Unless you really have a good reason for this, DON"T! I did this with my IMacc. Although it was successful, my Safari became unworkable and my firewire interface no longer worked with computer. So I had to buy another IMac, Just dont do it. Its unsupported for a reason.
What year was your mac
This is a great tutorial for those who wanted MacOS Monterey 12 without buying a new gadget.
Hey from where he downloaded Monterey file I installed from torrent but during half inslllation it says file is damaged
Worked very straightforward in my old MBP 2012! Thank you so much!!! Best video I've seen for this purpose! Thanks, Matt!!!
after you install monterey, you can run system updates normally? I installed last week and now I received an update notification, of OS 12.6
Hello, I've used your tutorial to install MacOS Monterey on a 2012 IMac and it worked well, thanks ! However, I've recently updated the IMac to the 12.6 version and now the graphics are weird : I can't control the brightness and everything is dark and a bit slower. What can I do to fix it ? should I not make any updates if I install MacOS Monterey with your tutorial ? thank you in advance !
Update : I updated OpenCore Patcher and installed the patches and everything is back to normal !
Crucial question, I'd like to know too!
after creating installer, there is an error, I didn't take a photo(the creating installer process takes me several hours). but this seems affects the process: I reboot the laptop and hold down option, then select EFI boot--> select Install macOS Monterey, but it didn't start the installing process, instead it boot to my current macOS.
Thank you for this. I was able to install macOS Monterey on my Macbook Pro 17 inch, late 2011, with failed gpu. And bonus, the display is much improved on my previously installed macOS Big Sur. Additonal bonus, I did not have to wipe my hard drive. Awesome.
Fantastic step by step. Without a doubt, the clearest and best tutorial on the web. Thanks from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Could you please help me. I did everything but at the end i got a black screen with a traffic sign and apple support link and then my mac mini shuts down.
Yeah same here 😢
jokes on you i have a 2011 MacBook pro AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
it takes 6 minutes to open a youtube video
I ended up getting a 27 inch iMac for $20, but with a 512 gb SSD,16 gb of RAM, and this, I've got a pretty strong AIO! Thanks for the guide
I got a 2014 imac big sur and I'm hoping this works. It already denied the latest software which is the Sonoma.
PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW THIS GUIDE!!!!!!!!!!!! Mackbook pro 2014 i5 8gb ram model A1502 and it even erase my ssd and won’t recognise in disk utility so please don’t follow this guide!!!!!
Nice video, but absolutely no need to erase your original OS when installing or upgrading your OS. It will install/upgrade over it perfectly well, just as if you'd done a standard OS upgrade from Apple. All your Apps and settings are still there. No need to recover them from a Time Machine backup (although do still make one).
Upgraded an HFS+ High Sierra machine to APFS Big Sur with OCLP and it both translated the disk system from HFS+ to APFS as well as did the installation and upgrade to Big Sur. Because that's what Apple does and they're actually doing the work. OCLP just says "Yes, this machine is compatible (wink), over to you Apple." When all the dust has settled, it applies any required patches.
Good to know you can do this as I had problems upgrading from Catalina to Monterey on a 2012 MBP
Godd job matt iam installls to work macos monterey on macbook pro mid 2012 thnks brow
I tried the step-by-step on my 2013 iMac ( that is compatible with 24gigs ram ) and at the end it just keeps restarting a few times but eventually got to the setup screen. thank you so much!
I have an error occurred while preparing the installation try running this application again please help I got Mac mini late 2012
Excellent and well documented process for updating an older Apple product. Installed MacOS Monterey (Kingston 256 SSD, & 4GB Dual Channel RAM) on a Macbook 5,2 using a 32GB, USB 3.0 Flash Drive. The install was much quicker than I expected and the Macbook seems faster than on El Capitan. Well done and thank you very much for your fine tutorial!
Matt - i have a really buggy imac 2013 doing various mad stuff so i know something not right. Its bog standard & so i was hoping Monterey instal might just eliminate it. In opencore i don't get the download link in assets, its just spinning a wheel constantly. Tried different browsers etc. I take it its the imac and its problems causing obstacle to the download would you say ?
Wow.. This open core sounds like something my friends would love to try... I would like to get an iPhone pro when released..
It is great and bring life back to old Macs!
Hi,
When I get to assist before downloading the app it keeps loading and no links pop up.
Do you maybe know why?
So the upgrade was perfect however I now have a notification in setting to update to the next version of OS will this update work or will I need to do the Open patcher processs for the next level of OS
I have a mid 2012 MBP. If I switch to Monterey, can I do future updates to Monterey thru Apple?
DO NOT DO IT!
@@playipstreamsolutions5538 why? Can you explain
@@playipstreamsolutions5538why not?
No just make a Time Machine, And then use opencore again.
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Can't thank you enough for this video Matt. It has saved me a small fortune. I bought a new MacBook Pro last year because I was stuck on High Sierra on my (mid 2011) 27" iMac with 24GB of RAM and 1TB SSD and couldn't upgrade to the latest levels of PS and LR for photo editing and other software that I use. My iMac was working perfectly apart from that. I was about to invest in a new monitor to go with my MacBook Pro as I missed my 27" screen for photo editing. Your instructions were very clear with plenty of warnings on backup etc. I did have a few squeaky bum moments as I could not get my bluetooth Magic Mouse or Keyboard to connect after installing Monterey. I had to borrow USB versions of both from friends to get past these steps. However, once Monterey was fully installed and rebooted both connected as I would expect. I don't know if you have tried installing this on an iMac, but I would suggest that you recommend to have USB mouse and keyboard available just in case. Thanks once again.
I'm currently doing it on a 27 iMac 2012. Only issues I have found is time machine doesn't restore properly and it went into a bootloop so I had to reinstall Monterey again. Will just run as a fresh install.
So fresh install didn't help and I found WiFi doesn't work
@@prescribedtube Found the solution? I have the same outdated 27 imac 2012.
@Patrick Schonewille sadly no. And so I can't use latest photoshop or lightroom sigh.
@@prescribedtube thanks for the info. The webpage of opencore says that everything is supported for the iMac 13,2.. picking my brains out if I should try it or not haha
work perfect with 2009 2010 2011 imac?
Great tutorial, thanks for explaining every step even the waiting ones 😂 I got mine fully working on my Macbook Pro mid 2014 with Nvidia graphics
How’s it holding up?
@@OrcinusLaryngologist it's OK, Im keeping my Mac in Monterrey with the latest update. I get a weird behavior when waking it up when I open the lid and sometimes it gets unresponsive but I think it's a battery issue
Worked great for my MacBookPro10,2 . Can I use the same USB drive that I used to install Monterey for another MacBook Air or should I restart this procedure from scratch.
This video tutorial was simply stunning. Thanks Matt.
Has anyone tried to install this OpenCore macOS Monterey on a 7200rpm hard drive 2TB w/12GB ram (iMac 2011) with some success?? Or, perhaps, I'm simply delusional 🤣🤣
omg it worked!!!
i’ve macbook pro 13’ 2011 with i7, 8gb of ram, and 256gb ssd
i was stuck on catalina and i couldn’t install apps because they required a newer version of macos, however after i successfully installed monterey i was able to download them
so thank you very much 💛
Your video has come at the right time; I have a 2013 iMac disassembled and am going to take out the old HD and install a 512GB SSD outside (I am not going to go thru with opening the iMac anytime soon, at my old age my tolerance with these things are minimal 😂). I have to say that this is the best Monterrey how-to for unsupported Mac hardware. Thank you, sir; you gain a subscriber here 🙋♂️. Stay safe.
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you said matt four times in one sentence i know it kinda seems normal but just read it again
@@juniorabdul1122 first thing i notice 😂😭
Thanks for this Video. As soon as I installed macOS Monterey on my iMac 27"-Late-2012(iMac13,2), it gave me notification tu upgrade it to macOS Sonoma. It is in process now I'm waiting to see what will happen. I will update this comment or I will write the result in a reply
What happened?
I've got a mid 2012 MBP 13, and it's really tempting to do this upgrade. However, natively supported macOS Catalina is smooth and stable (after a few hardware upgrades) and I've got it set up with Windows 10 in BootCamp so, frankly, I'm afraid to mess with anything.
I can respect that. But one day if you ever need to upgrade, the option is there
I accidentally clicked returned back to home on the last step and had to start all over 😅
I've just updated my MacBook Pro 2008 (4.1). It gave my machine a new lease of life. before I did the update I upgraded my Hard Drive to SSD- There is no lag which I'm surprised about and I can still use wifi. Thanks for the video it's much appreciated. All the best for 2023.
Can you give me a tip I have been stuck on a boot look I followed all the steps.
Hey Matt I have a major problem I have MacBook Air late 2010 I tried to install masOs Monterey but at the last step while installing in SSD it says " An error occurred while preparing the installation . Try running this application again . " And I tried running it again . Can you please tell me what to do.
MANAGED TO SOLVE?
Great video matt! Its really helpful for the people who have older mac
Keep up the good work
Hi there, it just seems to keep restarting every time the installation finishes. It takes me back to the same black screen with the two options and it does it all over again, what should I do?
This video saved me a lot of time (that I didn't have) to update the old computers in my home. THANK YOU! I had no problems with any step. Good job emphasizing the need to have the USB drive ready.
Thanks a bunch, Matt! i've successfully installed Sonoma on my MacbookPro 2012 9,2. on thing that's a little different is that after the installation, i don't see the opencore app. so i didn't install any patches. do I need to download the opencore again and install the patches?
same question
Wow! Well done for quite the complicated install for the average user. Just a note for those with a 2014 15 " Macbook Pro i7-4770HQ, 16Gb ram, OWC 1.0TB Aura Pro X2 SSD, after using both Big Sur and Monterey, I'm sticking with Big Sur as the performance seems slightly faster. And it is much easier to install an "Official" upgrade. Thanks for the tutorial!
can you install Big Sur on a 2012 i5 8gb mcbook pro ?
noted and thankyou
Hii can you help me with something? I did everything exactly like the tutorial and may max works amazing but in my usb there aren’t any patches to install, do you know how can I fix this or what do I do?
You would be better off asking the original poster. SO your usb should work without drivers. Go to "the apple' , about this mac, then system report. The usb and driver should be listed. Hope this helps.@@marygl163
had a bit of trouble on a mac mini 6,1 from 2012. followed the instructions and ignored the prompt to install opencore to the usb after creating the installer, which seemed odd. installed to efi of the machine instead as recommended. maybe i misheard. a short while after starting install, came back to a powered off machine. when powering on no chime, wouldn't boot from either choice after using option key to boot - received a circle with line through it and link to support mac startup website. grabbed a backup mac and installed opencore to the usb installer, made sure to choose correct target model identifier. then was able to complete install. and now can boot off the hard disk no problems. thanks for this guide! all to get automated captions from captionator. now to reinstall my digi 002! lol wish me luck. i'm not frugal you're frugal. if I were to do this again, I would focus on writing opencore to the efi of the usb installer initially and post install would install both opencore to the efi and also the post install patch. the patch said it was already completed but i did it anyways and it overwrote all the files.
I used opencore 0.6.6 and monterey 12.6.6. downloaded monterey elsewhere not through opencore. hope this helps someone.
Really helpful, love the fact that you explain everything in detail which makes this easy to do
does it lag on an older mbp
Nice Matt really love your videos and I would love to also to make videos like yours one day
Road to 400k 🚀🚀🚀
Great video. The only (BIG) issue is that the new installed iOS has a lot of network issues like: Not being able to connect to other Wi-Fis, once deactivated Bluetooth I cannot reactivate it, Airplay not working (which was the reason for all this). Any idea on what is going wrong? I have searched for hours, but could not find a solution.
super efectiv!!! thank You
Thank You So Much❤❤❤
Thank you so much too!
I got an error, booting 🚫 is this logo.
@matttalkstech I appreciate it, Do I need to turn off updates or leave them on. I just did this today on my late 2012 imac.
Craving a Mac while your wallet weeps? No worries, first up: grab a MacBook from 2008, then brace yourself for this tutorial. Ta-da!
Your MacBook needs to be at least model 2008
I’ve been stuck on BigSur for too long.
Bought a refurbished MacPro a few years back with a non-apple SSD hard drive and everywhere I looked, the update just didn’t work. This finally got the job done.
Thank you for the step-by-step tutorial, my machine is running great!
Thanks for this! Now running Monterey on my Late 2009 MacBook 👏
Brilliant - all working on my mid-2014 MacBook Pro with Nvidia. One question though - now when I restart or switch on, it asks me to choose the hard drive when it never did before. There's only one hard drive anyway and it's not stopping anything from working, so not a big deal but it's just an extra step. Is this normal?
Do you also automatically get software updates from apple if you run Monterey on an unsuported Mac?
yes
Thank you for this info. I installed Monterey on an 120GB SSD from OWC that I had bought for a Mac Mini expansion, in an external enclosure. So my late 2008 MB Pro 5,1 w/8GB RAM now runs OS 10.11.6 from the spiny drive, or with the external plugged in it runs Monterey. It took me a few tries to get the installation right and the 'About one minute remaining' at the end took an hour or more to finish. I have some things that won't run on the latest OS so this gives me two machines in one. Further info on my MB - This machine sat for years, I thought it was dead, because the power supply light was on and the machine wouldn't work. I plugged in my old power supply from another MB by accident one day and this MB came back to life.
After you install this core patcher can you use the macOS updater to update the OS?
The 2024 type of open core is a little bit diff but this vid helped a lot at works!!!!!’ Thank u do much💙
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Thank you
hey! i did everything on my mac pro 2008. even took out the bluetooth card to improve the odds but it keeps stopping at 1/3 of the bar? do you have any tips? please help i think i screwed up. this is my school pc and i needed some program that used catalina and up. i hope you see this
help?
No Mac book for me but this was a great video you went at a pace that was easy to follow
If you're getting the error "Command not found" while installing the update just make sure your usb drive is completely erased and formatted to do this open disk utility plug your usb drive into your Mac and then click on the usb drive and on the top click erase and for the format click macOs Extended (Journaled) (it may appear as OS X Extended (Journaled) you can click it) and for the Scheme put GUID partition map then click erase now you're all set to install the update 😁
Could you, please, talk a little bit slower? We are not as smart as you think...Also, what you show us on your computer's screen is not seen clearly. So, please, could you focus your camera closer, so we can see what you show us? Thank you.
You may compare your work with the one shown in this video: th-cam.com/video/_PiGyhudHeA/w-d-xo.html
In disk utility after you reboot the Mac do you erase the main mac?
Million dollar question… im trying it now to see if it works without erasing the main mac. My main mac is a ssd 500gb. Im sure itll handle it😅
Sir, after installing why it runs very slow?
Like its 14yrs old running new software. what do you expect?
This works on my macbook air 2013 with 4GB ram and 128GB storage. It's perfectly usable ! Better than BRAND NEW Chromebook.
The long way but by far the best and only way that has worked for me. Touché 👏🏾👏🏾
Giving time frames on how long things could take helped me out so much because Normally I would’ve gave up with how long some things took😂
Mine is on extracting right now, if you were on that how long did it take ?
With your help, I installed MacOS Monterey 12.5 on three old Apple computers: A MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina (Late 2013), a Mac mini (Late 2012) and an iMac (27-inch, Late 2009). It's sad that these perfectly good machines are denied the latest operating system by Apple. My MacBook Pro already had solid state storage, but by just installing SSDs into the Mac mini and the iMac, they're working great. (Note, the Find My and Maps apps don't work on the 2009 iMac). I really appreciate your help and I appreciate the work of the team who developed Open Core Legacy Patcher.
I´m having problems with Maps on MB pro 2009 --- 8gb RAM; 250GB SSD.
I also have an old 2009 (late)iMac….I’ll have to give this a go….was a little worried since it’s so old but if it’s working on yours, then no reason it won’t work on mine.
Amazing and Attractive review
Thank you so much for review
I am waiting for new review video
I will be always grateful to you sir
Love you Sir 🥰🙏
Thank you for your support!
i followed the video every step of the way but the wifi connect... how do i fix that issue to get wifi working again
Thanks. I´v got A Macbook Pro 2009 and installed Monterey as you described it works well apart from Maps, could it be due to the low specification of 2009?
I have the same issue perhaps in a future patch it will be resolved?
Hi Matt, Just tried to download Open Core Legacy Patcher, but unable to download the App, it docent take you to the download page tried this morning April 3 May 2024, is their a problem on the site. Trying to upgrade 2011 MacBook Pro to Monterey.
You are amazing!!! But I got greedy and upgraded to Sonoma and it was glitchy 😢… can you help me? I should’ve just stayed with Monterey.
I have an iMac 27 mid 2010, and i tried to install Monterey and also Big Sur, first problem with installing Monterey, i needed to use another brand of keyboard because right after the efi boot, the install menu didn’t detect my keyboard. This didn’t happen when installing Big Sur. However i never could install neither of the OS’s. I always got the forbidden signal right at the end of the install being complete, i even didn’t find how to install the High Sierra again, my iMac is dead. In the past i think OpenCore could install High Sierra, now it doesn’t show it as an option to install.
is this illegal?
I needed this because I have a new MacBook Pro M3Pro and I want to use my 2013 i7 8GB MacBook Air as an AirPlay device connected to my DAC… I will see if there is software for that. If not, I’m going to use this.
Hi. I have a mid 2014 13inch MacBook Pro 2.6Ghz with 8gb RAM and 256gb SSD. It has the latest Big Sur os.
So can it be upgraded to Monterey..?
Hey Matt I have a major problem I have MacBook Air late 2010 I tried to install masOs Monterey but at the last step while installing in SSD it says " An error occurred while preparing the installation . Try running this application again . " And I tried running it again . Can you please tell me what to do.
same issue here too
i’m been doing this since 6pm it is now 3am
Same here lol
This guy here is a genius hats off to you my friend
I can't use the Latest version of Serato . Why ? It's saying it doesn't have Metal Rendering which is a higher level of graphics. What can I do to help with this issue ?
Thanks Matt, I have just got a 2012 Mac Mini cheap off eBay as my first Apple product (haven't been able to afford one before), it was better than I thought, it came with a 256Gb SSD and 8Gb RAM as opposed to 128 SSD and 6Gb RAM advertised. I've just upgraded to Catalina but can't load a lot of Apps I want. So I'm hoping I can use Opencore Legacy Patcher to bring it up to Monterey 😊
My Mac is "MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)" At the moment it runs on macOS Big Sur Version 11.7.10. Is it in the type of Mac that can be updated to Monterey 12?
It's incredible to see that it's possible since my old MacBook has become quite slow with outdated apps. I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro with High Sierra with SSD upgraded long ago. Can I make another apfs partition volume and install Monteray on it while keeping the Higher Sierra start-up volume intact. This way I can select the start-up disk and boot into the new or old OS - just be on the safer side for some days - to make sure that everything works as expected. I can erase the older one later.
On 19:42 it doesnt show install monterey. It shows ventura and thrn automatically reboots to my normal drive. Any help?
Thanks for a great walkthrough, just updated an old 2013 iMac to Monterey with zero problems, you have a new subscriber here…
Hi Matt, I did your OpenCore install of Ventura on my Early 2014, i7 8Gb RAM 1.7HHz Dual-Core 13 inch MacBook Air and that seems to work fine for my needs. But it now wants to install Sonoma and I am not sure that is a good idea, what do you think? I am going to try Monterey on a early 2011 MacBook Pro which is just laying around at the moment.
Have done this myself, and it works fine.