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Supported Models

Any hardware supporting SSE4.1 CPU and 64-Bit firmware work on this patcher. To check your hardware model, run the following command on the applicable machine in the terminal:

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Model Identifier'

The below table will list all supported and unsupported functions of the patcher currently:

Regarding OS support, see below:

  • Machines listing YES - Monterey and older means they cannot run macOS Ventura at this time. Machines with only YES can run all of the supported macOS versions offered by OpenCore Legacy Patcher.
Support Entry Supported OSes Description Comment
HostOS macOS 10.9 - macOS 13 Refers to OSes where running OpenCore-Patcher.app are supported Supports 10.7+ if Python 3.9 or higher is manually installed, simply run the OpenCore-Patcher.command located in the repo
TargetOS macOS 11 - macOS 13 Refers to OSes that can be patched to run with OpenCore May support 10.4 and newer (in a potentially broken state). No support provided.

MacBook

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacBook1,1 Mid-2006 NO 32-Bit CPU limitation
MacBook2,1 Late 2006 ^^ 32-Bit Firmware limitation
MacBook3,1 Late 2007 ^^ ^^
MacBook4,1 Early 2008 YES - Monterey and older - No GPU Acceleration in Mavericks and newer
- No Keyboard and Trackpad
- No USB
MacBook5,1 Late 2008 ^^ - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
MacBook5,2 Early 2009 ^^ ^^
MacBook6,1 Late 2009 ^^ ^^
MacBook7,1 Mid-2010 ^^ ^^
MacBook8,1 Mid-2015 YES Everything is supported
MacBook9,1 Early 2016 ^^ ^^

MacBook Air

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacBookAir1,1 Early 2008 NO Requires SSE4.1 CPU
MacBookAir2,1 Late 2008 YES - Monterey and older - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
MacBookAir3,1 Late 2010 ^^ ^^
MacBookAir3,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookAir4,1 Mid-2011 ^^ ^^
MacBookAir4,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookAir5,1 Mid-2012 YES Everything is supported
MacBookAir5,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookAir6,1 Mid-2013, Early 2014 ^^ ^^
MacBookAir6,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookAir7,1 Early-2015, 2017 ^^ ^^
MacBookAir7,2 ^^ ^^ ^^

MacBook Pro

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacBookPro1,1 Early 2006 NO 32-Bit CPU limitation
MacBookPro1,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro2,1 Late 2006 ^^ 32-Bit Firmware limitation
MacBookPro2,2 Late 2006 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro3,1 Mid-2007 ^^ Requires SSE4.1 CPU
MacBookPro4,1 Early 2008 YES - Monterey and older - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
MacBookPro5,1 Late 2008 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro5,2 Early 2009 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro5,3 Mid-2009 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro5,4 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro5,5 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro6,1 Mid-2010 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro6,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro7,1 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro8,1 Early 2011 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro8,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro8,3 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro9,1 Mid-2012 YES Everything is supported
MacBookPro9,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro10,1 Mid-2012, Early 2013 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro10,2 Late 2012, Early 2013 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro11,1 Late 2013, Mid-2014 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro11,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro11,3 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro11,4 Mid 2015 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro11,5 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro12,1 Early 2015 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro13,1 Late 2016 ^^ ^^
MacBookPro13,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
MacBookPro13,3 ^^ ^^ ^^

Mac mini

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
Macmini1,1 Early 2006 NO 32-Bit CPU limitation
Macmini2,1 Mid-2007 ^^ 32-Bit Firmware limitation
Macmini3,1 Early 2009 YES - Monterey and older - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
Macmini4,1 Mid-2010 ^^ ^^
Macmini5,1 Mid-2011 ^^ ^^
Macmini5,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
Macmini5,3 ^^ ^^ ^^
Macmini6,1 Late 2012 YES Everything is supported
Macmini6,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
Macmini7,1 Mid-2014 ^^ ^^

iMac

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
iMac4,1 Early 2006 NO 32-Bit CPU limitation
iMac4,2 Mid-2006 ^^ ^^
iMac5,1 Late 2006 ^^ 32-Bit Firmware limitation
iMac5,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac6,1 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac7,1 Mid-2007 YES - Monterey and older - Requires an SSE4.1 CPU Upgrade
- GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
- Stock Bluetooth 2.0 card non-functional
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
iMac8,1 Early 2008 ^^ - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108))
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
iMac9,1 Early 2009 ^^ ^^
iMac10,1 Late 2009 ^^ - GPU is socketed, recommend upgrading to Metal GPU
- GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
iMac11,1 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac11,2 Mid-2010 ^^ ^^
iMac11,3 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac12,1 Mid-2011 ^^ ^^
iMac12,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac13,1 Late 2012 YES Everything is supported
iMac13,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac13,3 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac14,1 Late 2013 ^^ ^^
iMac14,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac14,3 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac14,4 Mid-2014 ^^ ^^
iMac15,1 Late 2014, Mid-2015 ^^ ^^
iMac16,1 Late 2014, Mid-2015 ^^ ^^
iMac16,2 Late 2014, Mid-2015 ^^ ^^
iMac17,1 Late 2015, Early-2016 ^^ ^^

Mac Pro

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacPro1,1 Mid-2006 NO 32-Bit Firmware limitation
MacPro2,1 Mid-2007 ^^ ^^
MacPro3,1 Early 2008 YES - Monterey and older - Potential boot issues with built-in USB 1.1 ports (recommend using a USB 2.0 hub or dedicated USB PCIe controller)
- Potential boot issues with stock Bluetooth card, recommend removing to avoid kernel panics
MacPro4,1 Early 2009 ^^ - Everything is supported as long as GPU is Metal capable
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
MacPro5,1 Mid-2010, Mid-2012 ^^ ^^
MacPro6,1 Late 2013 ^^ - CPU Power Management currently unsupported
- No DRM support

Xserve

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
Xserve1,1 Mid-2006 NO 32-Bit Firmware limitation
Xserve2,1 Early 2008 YES - Monterey and older - Everything is supported as long as GPU is Metal capable
- Supports macOS Monterey and older (Ventura support in development)
Xserve3,1 Early 2009 ^^ ^^

Once you've verified your hardware is supported, head to Download and build macOS Installers