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There are positive and negatives to each and we feel transparency is most important when patching another users machine. There should be no grey areas where users may be mislead.</p> <table><thead><tr><th style="text-align:left;">Features</th> <th style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OpenCore Legacy Patcher<span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="15" height="15" class="icon outbound"><path fill="currentColor" d="M18.8,85.1h56l0,0c2.2,0,4-1.8,4-4v-32h-8v28h-48v-48h28v-8h-32l0,0c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v56C14.8,83.3,16.6,85.1,18.8,85.1z"></path> <polygon fill="currentColor" points="45.7,48.7 51.3,54.3 77.2,28.5 77.2,37.2 85.2,37.2 85.2,14.9 62.8,14.9 62.8,22.9 71.5,22.9"></polygon></svg> <span class="sr-only">(opens new window)</span></span></a></th> <th style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://github.com/BenSova/Patched-Sur" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patched Sur<span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" 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GPUs</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Not supported</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">System Integrity Protection</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Fully enabled on Metal GPUs</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Disabled for early 2013 and older</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">APFS Snapshots</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Fully enabled</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Disabled</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">User facing</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">TUI interface</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">SwiftUI interface, more user friendly</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Supported OSes</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">10.7-11</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">10.15-11</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Firmware Patching</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">None required</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Required for models without native APFS support</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">BootCamp Switching</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Requires EFI Conversion for Start Disk support, otherwise still supported</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Native</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Brightness Control on Legacy GPUs</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Supported</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Supported</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Legacy GPU Acceleration</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">In active development</span>, see Acceleration Progress Tracker: <a href="https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/issues/108" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link<span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="15" height="15" class="icon outbound"><path fill="currentColor" d="M18.8,85.1h56l0,0c2.2,0,4-1.8,4-4v-32h-8v28h-48v-48h28v-8h-32l0,0c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v56C14.8,83.3,16.6,85.1,18.8,85.1z"></path> <polygon fill="currentColor" points="45.7,48.7 51.3,54.3 77.2,28.5 77.2,37.2 85.2,37.2 85.2,14.9 62.8,14.9 62.8,22.9 71.5,22.9"></polygon></svg> <span class="sr-only">(opens new window)</span></span></a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Currently not researching</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">WPA Wifi and Personal Hotspot Support</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Native, stable</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Unstable</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">HEVC/H.265 Support for Mac Pros and iMacs with Polaris+ GPUs</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Supported</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Not supported</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Big Sur-styled Boot Picker</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Available</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Not available</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">El Capitan-era Wifi cards</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Supported</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Not supported</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Hibernation Support</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Supports 3rd party SATA SSDs in addition to stock models</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Only supports stock drives</span></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Sidecar Support</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#30BCD5;">Supports any Mac with Metal Intel iGPU</span></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:red;">Not supported at all</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <footer class="page-edit"><div class="edit-link"><a href="https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/edit/main/docs/BENIFITS.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Help us improve this page!</a> <span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="15" height="15" class="icon outbound"><path fill="currentColor" d="M18.8,85.1h56l0,0c2.2,0,4-1.8,4-4v-32h-8v28h-48v-48h28v-8h-32l0,0c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v56C14.8,83.3,16.6,85.1,18.8,85.1z"></path> <polygon fill="currentColor" points="45.7,48.7 51.3,54.3 77.2,28.5 77.2,37.2 85.2,37.2 85.2,14.9 62.8,14.9 62.8,22.9 71.5,22.9"></polygon></svg> <span 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