I have an old 2011 MacBook Air that is running the latest version of macOS Catalina thanks to the very wonderful Catalina Patcher by dosdude1. This project has made it possible for me to run and test some of the latest software from Apple - namely Safari 15.
While you can’t install macOS Catalina officially on your unsupported Mac but thanks to the Catalina Patcher third-party tool. The macOS Catalina Patcher tool will definitely work fine to install macOS on the above unsupported Mac. This problem is occurring for thousands and maybe a million Mac users, so there’s a should be a solution. When install macOS Catalina Patcher on the Mac, it will also bring many of its supported files to the Mac, including application support files, preferences, caches etc. However, many people are not clear about these files, and some of these files cannot be found and removed smoothly especially for the basic Mac users. Sep 15, 2020 macOS Catalina Patcher The easy way to run macOS Catalina on your Unsupported Mac APFS BootROM Support: Early-2008 or newer Mac Pro, iMac, or MacBook Pro: Late-2008 or newer MacBook Air or Aluminum Unibody MacBook: Early-2009 or newer Mac Mini or white MacBook: Early-2008 or newer Xserve: Machines that ARE NOT supported: 2006-2007 Mac Pros, iMacs, MacBook Pros, and Mac Minis: The 2007 iMac 7,1.
I ran into a small bug early on though – Safari extensions couldn’t be activated via the preferences menu. Luckily I discovered a very simple fix. My hope is this might help others (as small of a demographic that might be) who run into the same issue with the Catalina Patcher.
- Close/Quit Safari completely
- Open the Finder and use the shortcut
⌘ Shift G - Paste the following to navigate to the proper folder:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Safari/AppExtensions - Open the
Extensions.plistin your favourite text editor (I’m a big fan of Panic’s Nova) - Below each extensions
<dict>tag, add the following:<key>Enabled</key><true/> - Save the file and relaunch Safari
Reference of what it should look like (AdBlock for this example):
After following those simple steps you should have working extensions in Safari. Have fun on your old, “unsupported” Apple devices!
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Macbook Pro Mid 2010 does that have the metal capable hardware.
macOS Catalina - Technical Specifications - Apple Support
Macbook Catalina Patcher Software
System requirements macOS 10.15 Catalina
macOS Catalina will run on all Macintosh computers that supported Mojave:
Catalina Patcher Macbook Pro 2008
MacBook: Early 2015 or newer
MacBook Air: Mid 2012 or newer
MacBook Pro: Mid 2012 or newer
Macbook Catalina Patcher Update
Mac Mini: Late 2012 or newer
iMac: Late 2012 or newer
Macbook 5 1 Catalina Patcher
iMac Pro
Mac Pro: Late 2013 or newer; Mid 2010 or Mid 2012 if upgraded with a recommended Metal-capable GPU
Dec 27, 2019 11:14 AM