Installing Mojave on old Mac hardware

If anyone has resigned themselves to not being able to upgrade to Mojave with its sexy dark-mode, and its other, less glamourous productivity improvements, you may be interested to know that a fine gentleman called DosDude1 (not the name with which he entered the world, I'll warrent!) has put together a guide and tools which patch the Mojave installer so that the OS runs on older "unsupported" hardware.

 

http://dosdude1.com/mojave/

 

I've just run it on my Apple Mac Pro (early 2009) and while the update seemed to take for ever, it all went smoothly, and I am now running Mojave. Logic Pro X seems to work, so that's a bonus!

 

Wow. So you’re seeing all the eye candy in Chormaverb as well? I’ve never been one to try and “patch” the official OS, but I may give this a try Any downside you have seen?

I'm not sure if the enhanced graphics in Chromaverb work or not. Hang on a sec...

 

...no! Looks like the fancy graphics are not showing up in Chromaverb. Still sounds pretty good, though!

 

Obviously, I can offer no guarantees about this, but as I say, as long as you follow the guide carefully, and are prepared to wait the eterntity it takes, you should be okay, especially with a 64 GB machine!

 

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

One other point. It may be worth your while waiting till the 24th when the full release comes out. The updater tool that this uses should automatically select which ever install is the latest.

Cool. Thanks. I think if I were to update my video card, I can use the regular Mojave install.

 

I think for the next little while I plan to stay where I am. But it’s nice to know this option exists.

 

Cheers!