For older OSes, OpenCore may function however, support is currently not provided from Dortania. Note 2: Currently, OpenCore Legacy Patcher officially supports patching to run macOS Big Sur through Sonoma installs.
You can, however, reinstall macOS with this patcher and retain your original data.macOS Big Sur installs already patched with other patchers, such as Patched Sur or bigmac, cannot be used due to broken file integrity with APFS snapshots and SIP. Note: Only clean-installs and upgrades are supported. Graphics acceleration for both Metal and non-Metal GPUs.Enables enhanced SATA and NVMe power management on non-Apple storage devices.Unlocks features such as Sidecar and AirPlay to Mac even on native Macs.Recovery OS, Safe Mode and Single-user Mode booting on non-native OSes.System Integrity Protection, FileVault 2.Full support for WPA Wi-Fi and Personal Hotspot on BCM943224 and newer wireless chipsets.Native Over the Air (OTA) System Updates.Support for macOS Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, and Sonoma.Noteworthy features of OpenCore Legacy Patcher: Our project's main goal is to breathe new life into Macs no longer supported by Apple, allowing for the installation and usage of macOS Big Sur and newer on machines as old as 2007. A Python-based project revolving around Acidanthera's OpenCorePkg and Lilu for both running and unlocking features in macOS on supported and unsupported Macs.
