[MacTUG] How to Install MacOS Catalina on Unsupported Macs | OSXDaily

Marlon A. Griffith m3griffi at uwaterloo.ca
Wed Nov 13 16:08:24 EST 2019


Don was curios, so I will send it out to everyone.

enjoy,

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Which Unsupported Macs Can Install MacOS Catalina with the DosDude Tool?

According to DosDude, the MacOS Catalina Patcher will work to install 
MacOS Catalina on the following list of otherwise unsupported Macs:

     Early-2008 or newer Mac Pro, iMac, or MacBook Pro:
         MacPro3,1
         MacPro4,1
         MacPro5,1
         iMac8,1
         iMac9,1
         iMac10,x
         iMac11,x (systems with AMD Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs 
will be almost unusable when running Catalina.)
         iMac12,x (systems with AMD Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs 
will be almost unusable when running Catalina.)
         MacBookPro4,1
         MacBookPro5,x
         MacBookPro6,x
         MacBookPro7,x
         MacBookPro8,x

     Late-2008 or newer MacBook Air or Aluminum Unibody MacBook:
         MacBookAir2,1
         MacBookAir3,x
         MacBookAir4,x
         MacBook5,1

     Early-2009 or newer Mac Mini or white MacBook:
         Macmini3,1
         Macmini4,1
         Macmini5,x (systems with AMD Radeon HD 6xxx series GPUs will be 
almost unusable when running Catalina.)
         MacBook5,2
         MacBook6,1
         MacBook7,1

     Early-2008 or newer Xserve:
         Xserve2,1
         Xserve3,1

As you can see, that list is significantly broader than what is on the 
list of MacOS Catalina compatible Macs.

http://osxdaily.com/2019/11/08/howto-install-macos-catalina-unsupported-mac-dosdude/
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