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# Non-Metal Issues
**Apps and OS**
* [Broken Background Blurs](#broken-background-blurs)
* [Downloading older non-Metal Apps](#downloading-older-non-metal-apps)
* [Unable to run Zoom](#unable-to-run-zoom)
* [Unable to grant special permissions to apps (ie. Camera Access to Zoom)](#unable-to-grant-special-permissions-to-apps-ie-camera-access-to-zoom)
* [Keyboard Backlight broken](#keyboard-backlight-broken)
* [Photos and Maps app issues](#photos-and-maps-app-issues)
* [Cannot press "Done" when editing a Sidebar Widget](#cannot-press-done-when-editing-a-sidebar-widget)
* [Unable to allow Safari Extensions](#unable-to-allow-Safari-Extensions)
**Hardware**
* [Keyboard Backlight broken](#keyboard-backlight-broken)
* [Wake from sleep heavily distorted on AMD/ATI from macOS 11.3 to Monterey](#wake-from-sleep-heavily-distorted-on-amd-ati-from-macos-11-3-to-monterey)
* [Unable to switch GPUs on 2011 15" and 17" MacBook Pros](#unable-to-switch-gpus-on-2011-15-and-17-macbook-pros)
* [Erratic Colours on ATI TeraScale 2 GPUs (HD5000/HD6000)](#erratic-colours-on-ati-terascale-2-gpus-hd5000-hd6000)
* [Unable to allow Safari Extensions](#unable-to-allow-Safari-Extensions)
* [Cannot Login on 2011 15" and 17" MacBook Pros](#cannot-login-on-2011-15-and-17-macbook-pros)
* [Black Boxes on HD3000 iGPUs](#black-boxes-on-hd3000-igpus)
* [Cannot Pair Bluetooth Devices](#cannot-pair-bluetooth-devices)
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## Keyboard Backlight broken
Due to forcing `hidd` into spinning up with the fallback mode enabled, this can break the OS's recognition of backlight keyboards. Thankfully the drivers themselves still do operate so applications such as [LabTick](https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22151/lab-tick) are able to set the brightness manually.
## Photos and Maps app issues
**Starting from macOS Monterey, Maps and everything relying on it (such as Find My or 'Places' in Photos) are non-functional on non-Metal due to Metal reliance.**
::: details For Big Sur (click to expand)
Due to the Metal Backend, the enhanced color output of these apps seems to heavily break overall UI usage. To work around this, [users reported](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-11-big-sur-on-unsupported-macs-thread.2242172/post-29870324) forcing the color output of their monitor from Billions to Millions of colors helped greatly. Apps easily allowing this customization are [SwitchResX](https://www.madrau.com), [ResXreme](https://macdownload.informer.com/resxtreme/) and [EasyRes](http://easyresapp.com).
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## Cannot press "Done" when editing a Sidebar Widget
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Note: This driver only provides partial support in macOS, full graphics acceleration is not currently available on displays driven by DisplayLink.
## Unable to allow Safari Extensions
Due to a bug in the legacy acceleration patches, users won't be able to enable Safari Extensions.
The following tool can be used to work-around this issue:
* [Non-Metal Safari Extensions](https://github.com/moosethegoose2213/Non-Metal-Safari-Extensions/)
## Keyboard Backlight broken
Due to forcing `hidd` into spinning up with the fallback mode enabled, this can break the OS's recognition of backlight keyboards. Thankfully the drivers themselves still do operate so applications such as [LabTick](https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22151/lab-tick) are able to set the brightness manually.
## Photos and Maps app issues
**Starting from macOS Monterey, Maps and everything relying on it (such as Find My or 'Places' in Photos) are non-functional on non-Metal due to Metal reliance.**
::: details For Big Sur (click to expand)
Due to the Metal Backend, the enhanced color output of these apps seems to heavily break overall UI usage. To work around this, [users reported](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-11-big-sur-on-unsupported-macs-thread.2242172/post-29870324) forcing the color output of their monitor from Billions to Millions of colors helped greatly. Apps easily allowing this customization are [SwitchResX](https://www.madrau.com), [ResXreme](https://macdownload.informer.com/resxtreme/) and [EasyRes](http://easyresapp.com).
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## Erratic Colours on ATI TeraScale 2 GPUs (HD5000/HD6000)
Resolved with OpenCore Legacy Patcher v0.4.2
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## Unable to allow Safari Extensions
Due to a bug in the legacy acceleration patches, users won't be able to enable Safari Extensions.
The following tool can be used to work-around this issue:
* [Non-Metal Safari Extensions](https://github.com/moosethegoose2213/Non-Metal-Safari-Extensions/)
## Cannot Login on 2011 15" and 17" MacBook Pros
By default, OpenCore Legacy Patcher will assume MacBookPro8,2/3 have a faulty dGPU and disable acceleration. This is the safest option for most users as enabling dGPU acceleration on faulty Macs will result in failed booting.