With today's release of 0.4.4, we're proud to announce many enhancements revolving around streamlining the patcher process for both new and existing users!
Some of the features of this release include:
- Automatic Root Volume patching during installation
- Allows for accelerated setup assistant
- Requires installation via USB installer generated by GUI
- Launch Daemon to notify users of missing root volume patches as well as mismatched OpenCore/macOS disks
- Enhancements to non-Metal Acceleration patches
- Due to renaming of global settings, users need to re-toggle options in settings
However as this project continues and WWDC2022 draws near, we've needed to prioritize development resources and as such have deprecated a few parts to the project:
- Remove Online app variants
- Now all apps are offline variants, creating less confusion on binary selection
- Remove Mojave and Catalina Root Patching
- Never officially supported outside of developers, if required use 0.4.3
Otherwise we hope everyone enjoys this release before macOS 13 is announced!
Asset Information
- OpenCore-Patcher-GUI.app:
- Visual GUI based app
- Recommended for all users
- OpenCore-Patcher-TUI.app:
- Terminal/Command Line based app
- Only use if already familiar
- AutoPkg-Assets.pkg:
- Additional resources used by OpenCore-Patcher
- Automatically pulled when needed, don't use manually
Full Changelog
0.4.4 Changelog (click to expand)
- Lower SIP requirement for Root Patching
- Sets to 0x802 (previously 0xA03)
- Drops
CSR_ALLOW_UNTRUSTED_KEXTSandCSR_ALLOW_UNAPPROVED_KEXTS
- Remember TeraScale 2 Setting on MacBookPro8,2/3
- Avoids requiring toggling after first time
- Resolve Electron Crashing with SIP lowered on 12.3
- Adds
ipc_control_port_options=0boot argument - Unknown whether this is a "bug" or intentional from Apple, affects native Macs with SIP disabled
- Adds
- Resolved non-Metal issues:
- Catalyst crashing after 1200 seconds on non-Metal
- Automatic Light/Darkmode (credit @moosethegoose2213)
- Rim improvements
- Trackpad swipe between pages
- Cycle between windows
- Improve Display Prefpane Image
- Defaults prefix change (
ASB_->MORAEA_, reopen non-Metal Settings to apply)
- Increment Binaries:
- PatcherSupportPkg 0.3.9 - release
- OpenCorePkg 0.8.0 - release
- FeatureUnlock 1.0.8 - release
- CPUFriend 1.2.5 - release
- WhateverGreen 1.5.8 - release
- AutoPkgInstaller 1.0.0 - release
- BlueToolFixup 2.6.2 - adjusted
- Speed up loading available remote macOS Installers from Apple
- Skips writing catalogs to disk, loads into memory directly
- Implement Automatic Patch Detection/Installation
- Requires GUI for usage
- Installations:
- During macOS Installer creating in-app, AutoPkg-Assets.pkg is installed to macOS installer
- After running the installer with AutoPkgInstaller.kext, Root Patcher will install patches
- Must boot macOS Installer, does not support in-OS usage
- Post OS Updates:
- After OS updates, Patcher will detect whether system requires root patches and prompt you
- Implemented via Launch Agent in
/Library/LaunchAgents - OpenCore-Patcher.app will be copied to
/Library/Application Support/Dortaniafor storage
- Notify users when OpenCore is booted from external disk not matching macOS (ie. USB installer)
- Disable notification via
defaults write com.dortania.opencore-legacy-patcher AutoPatch_Notify_Mismatched_Disks -bool FALSE
- Disable notification via
- GUI Enhancements:
- Add Reboot Prompt after Root Patching
- Add Disk Installation Prompt after OpenCore Config Building
- Streamline GUI relaunch for Root Patch/Unpatch (remembering previous state during patching)
- Grey out return buttons while performing sensitive tasks
- Add
Currently Booted SIPinfo to SIP Settings - Add Disk Highlighting during Build/Install for previously installed disks
- Only list newest installers by default (reload to show older binaries)
- Remove manual root unpatching
- Removed due to reliablity issues
blessbased reversion still supported in Big Sur+
- Remove Unoffical Mojave/Catalina Root Patching
- For TeraScale 2-based acceleration on older OSes, use v0.4.3
- Simplify Binary options
- Removes Online Patcher Variants
- Offline variants are now new defaults, no longer retain
Offlinesuffix
- Resolve legacy Bluetooth Support on 12.3 Beta 4
- Disables USB Address erroring on some pre-Bluetooth 4.0 chipsets
- ex.
ERROR -- Third Party Dongle has the same address as the internal module