With the release of OpenCore Legacy Patcher 1.0.0, we're proud to announce macOS Sonoma support! And with it, 83 unsupported Mac models will be able to run Apple's latest OS!
With it, we've finally made the jump to 1.0.0! Going forward, we'll be following the semantic versioning system to help streamline releases.
With macOS Sonoma, we spent many months working tirelessly to get these old machines running. And because of the sheer number of different hardware we support and the challenges of working on a closed-source operating system, not all features are currently available.
Main limitation with Sonoma:
- Lack of hardware support for the T1 Security Chip
- macOS Sonoma and T1 security chip support #1103
- Applicable for 2016 and 2017 Touch Bar-based MacBook Pros
We hope as time passes, we'll be able to tackle this issue. However for now, we're unable to provide any timeline when it'll be resolved.
Additionally we recommend users check the graphics issues to see what may not be fully supported:
- Legacy Metal Graphics Support and macOS Ventura - Sonoma #1008
- Legacy Non-Metal GPUs and MacOS Big Sur - Sonoma #108
As to be expected, macOS Sonoma support is still in active development. This is a community-driven project, and as such we ask users to keep expectations in check and use older OSes if you encounter issues that affect you.
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Full Changelog
1.0.0 Changelog (click to expand)
- Resolve BCM2046 and BCM2070 support on macOS 13.3 and newer
- Workaround 13.3+ Kernel Panic on AMD GCN GPUs playing DRM content
- Add new macOS Installer download menu (Jazzzny)
- Refresh download UI (Jazzzny)
- Add support for Universal 2 distribution (x86_64 and ARM64)
- Drops Rosetta requirement on Apple Silicon Macs
- Note building from source will require Python 3.11 or newer and up-to-date Python modules
- Update font handling code, fixing font issues on Yosemite and El Capitan
- Resolve incorrect RELEASE usage of OpenCore binaries when DEBUG enabled
- Add RenderBox.framework patch for 3802-based Intel GPUs on macOS 13.3 and newer
- Works around Weather and Widget freezing
- Applicable for Intel Ivy Bridge and Haswell iGPUs
- Add macOS Sonoma support to PatcherSupportPkg validation in CI
- Implement basic support for macOS Sonoma:
- Supports same range of hardware as Ventura, in addition to:
- iMac18,x
- MacBook10,1
- MacBookPro14,x
- Resolved issues:
- Graphics Acceleration support for 3802 and non-Metal GPUs
- UI corruption on 31001 GPUs
- Wireless Networking for BCM94360, 4360, 4350, 4331 and 43224
- USB ethernet support for adapters based on ECM protocol (ex. Realtek)
- dGPU support for MacBookPro14,3
- S1X/S3X NVMe Drive Support
- PCIe-based FaceTime Camera support
- Bluetooth support by switching to dynamic VMM spoofing
- Supports same range of hardware as Ventura, in addition to:
- Increment Binaries:
- OpenCorePkg 0.9.3 - release
- Lilu 1.6.7 - release
- WhateverGreen 1.6.6 - release
- RestrictEvents 1.1.3 - (rolling - 4f233dd)
- FeatureUnlock 1.1.5 - release
- DebugEnhancer 1.0.8 - release
- CPUFriend 1.2.7 - release
- BlueToolFixup 2.6.8 - rolling (2305aaa)
- CryptexFixup 1.0.2 - release
- PatcherSupportPkg 1.3.2 - release
- Build Server Changes:
- Upgrade Python backend to 3.11.5
- Upgrade Python modules:
- requests - 2.31.0
- pyobjc - 9.2
- wxpython - 4.2.1
- pyinstaller - 5.13.2
- packaging - 23.1
Asset Information
- OpenCore-Patcher-GUI.app:
- Visual GUI-based app
- Recommended for all users
- AutoPkg-Assets.pkg:
- Additional resources used by OpenCore-Patcher
- Automatically pulled when needed, don't download