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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:

Support Entry Supported OSes Description Comment
HostOS macOS 10.9 - macOS 12 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 12 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 - 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)
MacBook5,2 Early 2009 ^^ - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
- Trackpad is recognized as mouse
MacBook6,1 Late 2009 ^^ - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
MacBook7,1 Mid-2010 ^^ ^^
MacBook8,1 Mid-2015 ^^ Everything is supported

MacBook Air

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

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 GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
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 ^^ 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 ^^ ^^ ^^

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 GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
Macmini4,1 Mid-2010 ^^ ^^
Macmini5,1 Mid-2011 ^^ ^^
Macmini5,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
Macmini5,3 ^^ ^^ ^^
Macmini6,1 Late 2012 ^^ Everything is supported
Macmini6,2 ^^ ^^ ^^

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 - Requires an SSE4.1 CPU Upgrade
- GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108)
- Stock Bluetooth 2.0 card non-functional
iMac8,1 Early 2008 ^^ - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108))
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)
iMac11,1 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac11,2 Mid-2010 ^^ ^^
iMac11,3 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac12,1 Mid-2011 ^^ ^^
iMac12,2 ^^ ^^ ^^
iMac13,1 Late 2012 ^^ 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 ^^ ^^

Mac Pro

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacPro1,1 Mid-2006 NO 32-Bit Firmware limitation
MacPro2,1 Mid-2007 ^^ ^^
MacPro3,1 Early 2008 YES - 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
MacPro5,1 Mid-2010, Mid-2012 ^^ ^^

Xserve

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
Xserve1,1 Mid-2006 NO 32-Bit Firmware limitation
Xserve2,1 Early 2008 YES Everything is supported as long as GPU is Metal capable
Xserve3,1 Early 2009 ^^ ^^

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