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- Another year another OS on the 2012 MBP. In this video I show you how to install Sonoma on a 2012 MacBook Pro
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Have you tried this upgrade yet? If so, how is it working for you?
Just finished, and it is running flawlessly so far. Mid-2012 MacBook Pro 15" 2.6 GHz i7. Your tutorial was so simple to follow. Thank you so much. Cheers!
@@leroyreynolds5472 That's excellent, I'm really happy it worked for you and thank you for letting me know!
Did do this a while back, which meant I ran into some issues here and there until I got the latest OCLP version (1.2.1 as of my comment). Works great. I have it running on both 13" 2012 mbps and 15" 2012 mbps. Insanely, I also put it on an old buster 2009 15" mbp w/ cheap 256 ssd. It is slow there, but still quite usable for everyday.
This was a smooth and easy guide. Thanks for your tutorial. My macbook working great so far. Thanks
Does it work with 4GB ram ?
Thank you so much for your tutorials! I have only 1 MacBook, It is the 2012 pro with a dual core i5. I upgraded the ram to 16 GB, and the drive to a Samsung evo 500 GB ssd. Using your guided tutorial I now have Mac OS Sonoma running great on this machine which has allowed me to install the latest upgraded apps. Keep up the great videos! Now, if only I could upgrade the Processor to a i7.
That's great news, I'm really good that you found it helpful and that it worked for you!
On the same boat @kbarnes0 thanks a million @Eevnos! Wasn’t able to run Numbers & Pages app on the Catalina that’s most important thing I needed the laptop for !!
how does safari works on a MacBook Pro mid 2012 using Sonoma? And does it get hotter than catalina?@@ParulDhalla @Eevnos
Same Thing here but I replaced the harddrive With a 1TB HDD and build a own Fusion Drive
Did you able to install Xcode latest 15 in it ?
I followed every step exactly. It got a little rough during the file extraction with an error message saying the software update couldn’t be completed. But I kept rebooting and now I have Sonoma 14.5 installed on my 2012 MacBook Pro! Thank you so much!!
I have the same error you rebooted with the usb flash? which option you selected? thanks!
I’m having that same problem now. Any resolution? Thanks
I have exactly the same error 😢😢 I don’t know what to do know…
how about performance?
Thank you. I was considering buying a new MacBook Pro until I came across your video. Your instructions were on point and easy to follow.
Thank you so much for this video, having ADHD made other videos difficult to follow but yours was completely easy to follow along with when it came to updating my 2012 iMac. Happy New Year!
I have been following your videos for over a year now. I followed your instructions and upgraded may Mid 2012 MacBook Pro to a 500GB SSD and a 16GB. RAM, It was smooth installing the Ventura on it and then I made a switch from the 2012 MacBook to the 2016 MacBook Pro and here I am about to install the sonama, Your instructions are very precise and clear and that's why I am confident this will be a success. I will drop an update as soon as I'm done install sonama.
4 months later and bro is still installing
Typing this from a 2012 MBP on macOS Sonoma 14.2.1, thanks for making this video. Now I have a good computer for school!
is it good? and does it lag or run smooth?
how does it run does it crash by chance i want to do this to my macbook but don’t know the risks
lag and drain your battery. if you want smooth. ugrade ram and ssd 1tb@@Swahili1
@@Swahili1 All good, just change ram to 16gb and ssd
Thank you, thank you! My 2012 macbook pro was recently returned to me, and found your video in the process of upgrading the ram and installing a SSD. Really fun project and very much excited to have this machine back and see what all I can do with it!
Been looking to upgrade my 2012 MBP and came across your page. Watched a video last night, bought some new components and I’m giving this a go tonight, can’t wait
how’d it go? I upgraded my mid 2012 MBP 2 years ago and it’s pretty awesome. occassionally I have a slow startup but it’s rare and probably related to startup software bogging down. I’m not that tech savvy either.
Thanks to you, I just updated my MacBook Pro 2012 to Sonoma to use the continuity camera and it works ! (even when the built-in webcam was broken years ago) 😅
Really!!? Lemme check on mine!
Oh man it works like a charm!
I'm completly thankful with your useful tutorial. Now I have my 2012 macbook ready for latest software. I was about to sell my macbook but now it can be used by at least 2 years more. Thanks a lot! btw new suscriber
I have a 2012 macbook pro. I installed a 1tb samsung ssd this morning then spent the afternoon installing Sonoma. Your video was excellent. It works great! Thank you so much!
how much it takes a time ?
@@Code_With_Shamilike 4 hours
Hi Steve, your tutorial works flawlessly! I just installed Sonoma on my 2012 Macbook Pro. Thank you and keep up the good work!!!
Sincere thanks. MBP 2012 had my fav keyboard and thanks to you it’s back in action.
Thank you sooooo much Mr. Eevnos. I have installed and it works perfect. Thank you!!!
Writing this comment on my 2012mbp with this new Sonoma Os.
Excellent!
I’m very happy it worked for you!
I have just installed MacOS Sonoma In my MacBook pro 2012 and working great 😊😊this video helped me
Thank you!, Clear step by step tutorial. And the result is as needed, MacBook pro 2012 working with Sonoma.
Thanks for making these! I was at the Mac store recently and am really putting off upgrading my trio of 2012. These Videos are great!
Just installed it on my 2012 A1278 and it is running smoothly. Excellent tutorial.
Thank you for this! I bought this same MacBook Pro a couple years back to learn more about the Mac OS and just never got around to using it. Just finally bought an ssd upgrade for it and got the ram to 8gb from the 4gb it came with and decided to try the patcher for the first time. Was a lot more streamlined than I thought and a super easy process. This thing still runs great considering it's age
I am also MBP 2012 user n installed sonoma on MBP 2012… Thanks a lot for helping us.. 👍👍
You’re welcome!
What size ssd card do you have installed on your mac?
500gb
Thank you!
Had a couple hiccups during the actual OS install but after a few tries it worked.
If anyone’s having problems installing, when you’re in the OS install process and your machine restarts, press cmd option P R to reset the PRAM. When you do this your machine will restart again and you will have to start the OS install again.
Another issue I had was my MacBook was shutting down instead of restarting during the OS install. Connecting the charger fixed this for me.
Thank you for the step by step, it allowed my to update 3 Macbook Pros running on old IOS, and extend the life of the laptops otherwise they would have been chromebooks!
Appreciate the video, this breathes new life into my wife's MBP 2012. She'll be able to watch youtube again.
You are appreciated, for doing what you do!
But please be aware my friend had trouble finding the open core gui because they are in a drop down titled “ASSETS” not in plain view… and since i had to go look and point it out, i thought id mention it here just in case she isnt the only one struggling with that.
Great tutorial, loved it, It was very helpful and a professional way to tech how to install Sonoma on an officially unsupported MacBook Pro.
Finally! I have successfully upgrade my Macbook Pro 13" Mid 2012. Thank you for your guidance.
Excellent!
I’m so happy that it worked for you!
It took me a while but I made it. THANK YOU SO MUCH. God bless you
Fantastic!!! I just followed the process you provided and the installation was perfect! Thanks, and Congrats!!!
You’re welcome, I’m very glad it worked for you!
Thanks a lot mr. @Eevnos you are great i made my MBP (2012) just like new as you described on vedio Woking flawlessly i can't believe dude thank again
That's excellent, I'm glad to hear it!
Thanks for letting me know!
Thank you for your video. Following your instructions, I successfully installed macOS 14.5 Sonoma on my Mac Pro (2012 mid). I really appreciate it.
Is it as fast as Catalina ?
@@MrYughurta Since my graphics card is a GeForce GTX 680 2G, it's not that fast, even though the system is upgraded. I think it should be better after switching to a rx 6900 xt.
Hi -- jusst followed your instuctions to get Sonoma on my MBP 2012. Everything worked the first time. Thanks for the video.
I can't believe it is working great on my 2012 MacBook pro! Thank you very much !
I just completed the install procedure. It works fine. Thank you for sharing this video. Rob
From which os were you updating
Great stuff followed all of your steps now I don’t need to get a new laptop. Thank you 💯.
great video man, appreciate it!!!!
Hey thank you for your video but I’m stuck after rebooting my Mac it keeps back and for like 10 times 😢 and I can’t continue doing the installation what do you suggest?
It requires minimum Big Sur in order to install Sonoma, try installing Ventura if you're in a lower version than that
Which I had known this. My computer has no base OS now and I can’t proceed past 8:16
Strange. My macbook air 2014 went straight from Catalina to Sonoma with this....
Thanks you saved me needing to buy a new Mac for college. 2012 MBP dual core i5 with 16GB ram and SSD.
Also worth mentioning not only can you boot and run it from a thumb drive but you can first partition your hard drive for you to anytime boot the originally supported OS and your new OS and if you have it like me I have another partition on my intel Mac for Bootcamp. (if you do this you may need cloud or large hard drive; I use both one drive, iCloud, and USB drives.
Thank you it worked on my macbook mid 2012
I just had to install high sierra first to make sonoma installed on mine
Amazing video I used my external hard drive instead of a USB and it worked wonderful
Did you have to wipe it out?
Of course@@nelbn
Me too the USB stick sucked on 2 different ones I had to format drive but it went really fast on USBc drive Vs Lame SD card ... Those SD are not trustworthy...
Thank you!
I’m o all doing this, keep in mind that some steps really take a long time, so be patient. 👍
Some more information for people I put this on 2 2012 MacBook Pros one is a i7 processor 2.9 and the other is a i5 processor 2.5 here are some differences boot up time on the i5 2.5 is about 45 seconds and boot up time on the i7 processor 2.9 is 25 seconds the i7 2.9 is pretty much instantaneous on any commands the i5 2.5 a tiny bit of lag but still very usable another point that I learned in case anyone else has this problem my 2.9 MacBook Pro the SSD hard drive was starting to fail here are the symptoms boot up time took painfully almost 2 minutes but once it booted it up it worked fairly good I since put a brand new crucial hard drive in and it's booting up at 25 seconds versus 2 minutes so in case anyone has a problem with a very slow boot up it possibility might be the SSD hard drive could be on the way out took me a little time to figure this out so I thought I would share it have a nice day everybody take care
Thanks ❤ took me half day to do it but finally successfully done it thanks man
You're the GOAT for this, thanks :)
Thanks so much!
I have a MacBook Pro 2012 and an iMac intel core 2 running Lion 😂 was considering saving up for a new Mac but I’ll try this first and see how we go
Thanks for the excellent tutorial! My 2012 mbp is like new again. I still have 4 gbs of memory but I upgraded to 1 tb ssd storage so it was still fast.
The reason why I want to upgrade is because of the continuity feature with iphone. Because of you I saved myself from spending 1300$.
where did u get the 1 tb ssd??
@@anushka7973 i got it from Best Buy.
Thanks for this, hopefully able to extend the life a bit more since this 10+ year old MBP that is only used for web games.
Amazing that we can use our old MBP. Ty😂
Yeah, I love the fact that we can still keep these things running!
I got stuck in An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again
Any fix?
@@MattC-lh6wf not yet
flawless install. thank you for your research and video !
Thanks for the instruction. It gave a new life for my old MD101, which will be used for building iOS (Flutter) apps and debugging. But, to be honest, old versions are better for this weak device because Sonoma requires better hardware despite having 16 GB RAM and SSD installed. My current MBP16 2019 is still dealing with it but it feels hotter and less efficient so I am afraid it will work with the next macOS versions like MD101 works with Sonoma.
Did an in-place upgrade from Catalina with a bootcamp Windows 10 partition. Everything worked straight away and Windows partition untouched.
EDIT: You can also update to 14.2 through software update. After a few reboots the loader will hang, just reboot in safe mode (holding shift) log in, and let it finish, then go back in through safe mode and rerun the root patcher.
I did some other TH-camrs Sonoma step by step and idk what happened that my MacBook 2012 just stopped working as in my wifi didn’t want to connect anymore
Update I did your step by step and my computer is working thank you so much 😊 for this video
So I did this way but I have the same problem you had with the wifi so what did u do differently?
And please please do u know how I can get back my old system if I can’t fix this because I’m in need to get it back running asap pls reply
@@hamzaeldahrawy1370 o rewatched this TH-cam video and saw everything step by step and redid everything.. make sure when you reboot it you press on to the option key he mentions it in the video..
@@bfernandez615 rn my max can’t connect to the internet and the wallpaper is white I already deleted the older Mac OS so how do I repeat
Up
How did you do it ? I am stuck because it doesn't work with the wifi ( connected but doesn't acces internet) and i can't really do anything else
Wow Amazing thank you for the tips and the tutorial! Very well done.
great video broouu, any feedback on temperatures, perfomance, etc... have a great weeekend
just same on the ventura nice using the same macbook .. just upgraded to ventura yesterday
you a good man I did not try yet but I'm sure you saying and doing the right in easy way
the opencore patcher did not load up at startup, what am i doing wrongly, someone pls help
Thanks! Wonderful tutorial ❤
I am seeing the spinner spun forever on login screen where we enter the password. Same thing even after restart and also in safe mode. As soon I touch keyboard spinner comes on. This happening after I could able to install sonoma on my 2014 macbook pro.
Great video! After installing Sonoma my 1tb SSD, 16gb ram Mac book pro mid 2012 had the fans on 6200 rpm permanently. This method works perfectly but the machine is not able to handle Sonoma.
This was amazing thank you very much!
Thanks for the video! Very nicely made and easy to follow. I had installed Big Sur using this process, but I had no idea it worked for Sonoma as well. But I remember that with Big Sur, the recovery partition wasn't accessible, and turning off SIP was next to impossible. That is required to install some necessary software. Do you happen to know about this / have any ideas?
It didn’t work for me, I got to the point where I downloaded the MacOS update for the first time then it said download failed
First of all welcome back we haven't seen a video from you in a while other than the one you posted the other day first time in a while. Second what is Sonoma? The only time I think of Sonoma is the retailer and Warehouse Williams-Sonoma and can it also be used on a windows laptop?
Thanks, I had some personal stuff to take care of this year, but I'm back now.. thanks for sticking around!
Sonoma is the newest version of MacOS.
Thank You Again Your The Man.
Hi, I'm using a macbook pro mid 2012, and as i was about to update my system after erasing the drive for my system, and wanting to install the update, it said the was an error purchasing this update
Pls how do i install it? Because i can't go back anymore to my previous macos, and i can'tind it anymore, it just vanished, pls what can i do about it
Thanks bro, keep healthy
Sometimes you defenitely need a PRAM Reset on older MacBooks, or else you end up with an annoying “An Error Occurred While Preparing the Software Update”. Always check if your firmware is up to date as well. Still you can recieve a “An Error Occurred While Preparing the Software Update” after beeing halfway through. TH-cam and reddit offer "solutions" here and there, but it can be a real pain, wasting hours and hours watching the "30 minutes remaining" again and again and...again. :(
Thank you for this!
I had catalina and made the install usb. Trying get to sonoma but I'm seeing just now that some of you went to ventura or other versions first.
Hoping that i make it through. As ive had some hickups at the update part.
You the man! Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I can’t go back to my desk any more 😢 it keeps rebooting by self 10 times and nothing happens I’m in the 8:57 of your video and I’m stuck there
Any fix?
Thanks alot that helps alot in installation process just want ask if we don't format our internal SSD HD does it work properly or we have to make changes at the time of installation!!!...
works perfect. thanks!
Thank you very much! Great Video🤙
Can I install Sonoma on my MacBook Pro 2012 without having to completely erase the hard drive? I have stuff on the hard drive that I'd like to keep.
whats the problem when it just won't boot without the usb, and has whitescreen, even after installing it on the internal drive?
Hopefully the new macOS SECOIA will work on my 2012 MacBook
Hi, I change my MacBook hard drive, so I need install mac OS from the beginning, how can I install for New Hard Drive?
Thank you so much SR!!!!
Just sharing my experience in case is useful. Today I tried to install Ventura on a 13 inch MacBook Pro from 2012, with 16 GB of RAM and a 500 GB SSD, so I could download Lightroom and Photoshop’s latest versions. Long story short, it was a disaster, I followed every step, but got an error during the installation process. I finally managed to install Yosemite, and then upgraded to Catalina, only to find out that I can no longer download an older version Lightroom. 😢 Now I’m trying to restore everything from a Time Machine backup. 🤞🏻 So if you’re thinking of installing an unsupported macOS on your old MacBook, think again.
thanks! this video is very very very nice!!!
Very helpful walkthrough, thank you! Is any additional patching needed for system updates or do they just install seamlessly (same way they would on a supported Macbook)? I am researching this as an option to breathe new life into my dad's 2012 MBP but wanted to make sure it wouldn't be too much of a maintenance nightmare for him. Thanks again!
Omg, thank you so much!!!!
Am getting error during installation of macOS Sonoma using bootable drive - An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again.
When my laptop booted into the new software. and booting in the usb drive. the open core patcher doesn’t show up when i boot the laptop up. and the open core isn’t in any of the files. And the wallpaper doesn’t show up. i have to manually set the wallpaper
Hi, sorry, I haven't listened to all your video... In my MacBookPro mid 2012 I have one SSD internal System drive of 500 GB and another internal SSD drive of 4TB (in the CD/DVD drive location) . Have I to install the Sonoma OS on a new SSD clean drive (because Open Core doesn't make an upgrade of the OS Catalina now installed on my System internal SSD Drive) ? Have I, before the Sonoma installation, to backup all my applications and all my data in the SSD System drive with the Apple Time Maschine (or something else) ? Thanks and many compliments for your video!
I have the same Macbook with Core I7 running MacOs 10.15.7 catalina. Can i follow your method to update it?
Can we update normally in software update/system preferences if there’s a further update?
G'day from Sydney ;-)
Hello from the US!
Thanks so much!
After copying Sonoma to the usb drive, my screen turned black. My macbook pro appears to be frozen. How long does it take to copy onto the usb drive before installing to the hard drive?
If I remember correctly, elppA would force techs to update one-by-one to the latest OS.
When updating using OpenCore, do we need to climb the OS ladder, or can we jump straight to the top?
Hey bro
Your video is too good
I have 13 inch MacBook Pro mid 2012 model is MacBook pro 9,2 on at 10.8.5 version
When I open App Store
App Store always show (cannot connect to the internet)
so I watch your video this is very helpful video but when I open opencore 1.3 latest
Software show deleted icon
Plz help me to upgrade my mac thanks advance
Thank you for all of your efforts in helping us to make the upgrade to Sonoma, now 14.5. It's not an easy task for most of us.
QUESTION- Even though I unchecked the Boot picker in Open Core my system still defaults to it on every restart. It's so annoying and time waisted! I'm running Open Cor Legacy Patcher 1.5 and installed Sonoma 14.5.
Can you share a solution? Thank you!
5:41 my macbook pro 2012 I was following everything until here where it finished installing then it now shows a bricked scream can you please help
Excellent video, I have the same specifications on my 2012 MacBook Pro, running Catalina OS. If I perform the same upgrade, would I lose Logic Pro X in the process?
Before you install anything: run a complete TIMEMASHINE BACKUP or clone your bootdrive on a second HDD/SSD before you do a update !!!
With every new version of Mac OS you will loose some of the supporting for older Software…
And with this install method your HDD/SSD will be wiped. So your way is:
1. BACKUP, BACKUP AND BACKUP YOUR Drive
2. make the install USB Stick and install Opencore and the update
3. feel the slowness of Sonoma on 2008/2009/2010/2011 Mac’s with core2duo/i5
For this Mashines is Monterey the best idea to run „moderate“. Every better OS slows down this old mashines and software (like maps/tv or the prime tv app) will not work anymore because of the missing Metal support of the hardware.
That Sonoma runs on this old mashines does not mean, that you can use them without loud Cooling fans, hot running CPU and after a click sometimes you can go to the kitchen, brew tea ore make a coffee and after drinking the cup the program is loaded…
To use Sonoma a Mac 2013 (or better) is required and recommended…