OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/CHANGELOG.md

OpenCore Legacy Patcher changelog

0.1.2

• Fix IDE support on 2008 era MacBooks, iMacs and Xserves
• Fix reduced output speeds on BCM94360 series Wifi cards
• Fix accidentally disabling non-existent iGPU in iMac11,2
• Remove USB ACPI Patching requirement for Minimal SMBIOS setups
• Probe hardware for Backlight pathing on iMac10,1, iMac11,x and iMac12,x with Metal GPUs
• Add Windows UEFI Audio support to Sandy and Ivy Bridge Macs
• Add 3rd Party NVMe Power Management Patches
  • NVMeFix fafc52d (1.0.7 rolling - 04-29-2021)
• Strip unused ACPI and Kernel entries during build

0.1.1

• Fix iMac11,3 GFX0 pathing
• Add MouSSE support to iMac10,1 with Metal AMD GPU
• Fix iMac11,1 and iMac11,3 Nvidia boot issues after PRAM reset
• Fix DRM support on Nvidia-only configurations
  • Support optional setting between DRM and QuickSync support on iMacs13,x and iMac14,x
• Add public beta support for Legacy GPU Acceleration (v0.0.4)
  • Note ATI/AMD TeraScale 2 unsupported (HD 5/6000)
• Add better kmutil crash handling
• Fix build crashing when no wifi card is present
• Allow Legacy Acceleration Patches on Mac Pros and Xserves
• Fix USB kernel panics on iMac7,1
• Fix AppleALC support in Mojave
• Fix TeraScale 1 GPU detection
• Enable Graphics Acceleration on legacy GPUs by default
• Fix incorrectly disabling SIP/SMB on Metal GPUs
• Fix error output when rebuilding kernel cache fails
• Fix Acceleration Linking for Intel Ironlake iGPUs

0.1.0

• Fix crash on iMacs with Metal GPUs

0.0.23

• Fix MacBookPro4,1 15" and 17" audio support
• Fix iMac7,1 24" and iMac9,1 24" audio support
• Fix Macmini4,1 audio support
• Increment binaries
  • AppleALC 1a3e5cb (1.6.0 rolling - 04-14-2021)
• Enhance Wifi model detection
• Hide OpenShell.efi by default
• Add Brightness Control patches for legacy Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPUs
  • Models with brightness control issues in Catalina partially supported
• Add user configurable Bootstrap setting
• Enhance GPU Detection logic
• Increment AppleBackLightFixup v1.0.1
  • Add panel type F10T9cde
• Enhance HDMI audio support on Mac Pros and Xserves
• Strip unused kext entries during build
• Add gfxutil support for better DeviceProperty path detection
• Add basic CLI support
• Disable SIP and SecureBootModel by default on legacy GPUs

0.0.22

• Add ExFat support for models missing driver
  • Aids BootCamp support for EFI based installs on 2010 and older Macs
• Fix CPU Boosting on 2011 and older Macs
• Add basic support for Xserve2,1
• Add AppleALC support(99b3662 - 1.6.0 rolling - 04-09-2021), remove AppleHDA patching requirement
• Add BCM94322 and BCM94321 chipset support

0.0.21

• Fix botched images in OpenCanopy
• Add support for 3rd party OpenCore usage detection during building
  • Mainly for users transitioning from Ausdauersportler's OpenCore configuration

0.0.20

• Fix CPU Calculation on early MCP79 chipsets (ie. iMac9,1, MacBook5,x)
• Increment binaries
  • OpenCore c528597 (0.6.8 release - 2021-04-05)
  • Lilu 3ef7ca1 (1.5.2 release - 2021-04-05)
  • WhateverGreen afcd687 (1.4.9 release - 2021-04-05)
• Move Apple binaries to dedicated repo and allow custom repos
  • Reduces App size 1/5th compared to 0.0.19
• Fix OpenCanopy support on iMac7,1 and 8,1
• Set iGPU-less iMacs to iMacPro1,1
  • Additionally fixes Bluetooth on older iMacs with BRCM2046 modules
• Add MacBook4,1 support
• Create dedicated RestrictEvents build for MacBookPro9,1
• Fix Mac Pro and Xserve output issues

0.0.19

• Add SMC-Spoof.kext to avoid triggering smcupdater
• Add Root Volume patching for older machines
  • AppleHDA Patch for 2011 and older (Excluding MacPro4,1+)
• Fix CPU Speed reporting
• Increment binaries
  • OpenCore 9cd61bb (0.6.8 rolling - 2021-03-27)
• Add Mavericks and newer .app support
• Refactor USB map building, fixes USB 3.0 displaying as USB 2.0
• Fix blackscreen on MacBookPro9,1
• Update RestrictEvents with custom build (1.0.1)
  • Blocks /usr/libexec/displaypolicyd on MacBookPro9,1 to ensure smooth GPU switching
• Add custom SD Card icon
• Add automatic codesiging and notarization
• Fix crashing when CD is present
• Add custom SSD icon
• Fix Broadcom Ethernet on older 2009-2011 Macs

0.0.18

• Disable Vault by default due to breaking installations
• Move BOOTx64.efi to System/Library/CoreServices/ to support GPT BootCamp installs
• Disable verbose by default, still configurable by end-user
• Remove AppleInternal(0x10) from SIP value
• Add Mac Pro DRM patches for Metal GPUs
• Force Moderate SMBIOS replacement for models without native APFS support
• Re-enable legacy BCM94322 networking patches
• Add custom drive icons for external drives

0.0.17

• Fix build detection breaking on older OS

0.0.16

• Move Serial selection to Patcher Settings
• Add new SMBIOS patching options:
  • Minimal: Only update board ID and BIOSVersion, keep original serials
  • Moderate: Update entire SMBIOS, keep original serials
  • Advanced: Update entire SMBIOS, generate new serials
• Fix crash on MacBookPro4,1
• Fix External Display Support on MacBookPro10,1
• Inject Patcher version into NVRAM for easier debugging
• Add user-configurable ShowPicker
• Add user-configurable Vaulting, enabled by default
• Add user-configurable SIP and SecureBootModel
• Fix USB Maps not working on "Minimal" SMBIOS
• Fix GPU vendor user-configuration
• Fix custom EFI Boot icon in Mac Boot Picker
• Enable UserInterfaceTheme to ensure DefaultBackgroundColor is respected
• Enable amfi_get_out_of_my_way=1 when SIP is disabled

0.0.15

• Add user-configurable OpenCore DEBUG builds
• Add user-configurable Wifi and GPU patches
• Fix ThirdPartyDrives model detection
• Add HW_BID injection to fix boot.efi error

0.0.14

• Enable ThirdPartyDrives to aid with hibernation on 3rd party SATA drives
• Increment OpenCore 7bb41aa (0.6.8 rolling, 2021-03-06)
• Add ForceBooterSignature to resolve hibernation issues
• Add NightShiftEnabler (1.1.0 release e1639f9)
• Add user-configurable verbose and debug settings
• Add GopPassThrough quirk for UGA-based systems

0.0.13

• Add CPUFriend support to resolve X86PlatformPlugin clashes
  • (1.2.3 c388a62 release)
• Fix crash with MacBookAir5,x
• Fix hibernation support
• Remove Wireless patches for BCM4328/4321(14e4:4328) due to boot issues

0.0.12

• Convert OpenCore-Patcher binary to OpenCore-Patcher.app
• Add Backlight patches for modded Nvidia GPUs in iMac10,x-12,x
• Fix sleep for iMac12,x with upgraded GPUs

0.0.11

• Re-add OpenCore GUI
• Rewrite in py3
• Add OpenCore-Patcher binary for releases avoiding local python requirement
• Increment binaries
  • OpenCore cbd2fa3 (0.6.7 release)
  • WhateverGreen 2e19d1b (1.4.8 release)
• Rework SMBIOS allowing both original and custom serials(Should resolve all iMessage issues)
• Support upgraded GPU detection in iMac10,x-12,x
• Add Wifi card upgrade detection

0.0.10

• Increment binaries
  • OpenCore 43f5339 (0.6.6 release)
  • Lilu d107554 (1.5.1 release)
  • WhateverGreen 9e53d8a (1.4.7 release)
• Add IDE support to MacPro3,1
• Set SecureBootModel to iMac Pro(should aid in booting older OSes with OpenCore)
• Update MacBookPro SMBIOS

0.0.9

• Resolve firmware install issues bricking Macs

0.0.8

• Fix USB Map
• Add HiDPI patch

0.0.7

• Add MacPro3,1 to HID patch
• Fix missing SSDT-CPBG patch
• Fix BlacklistAppleUpdate
• Add RestrictEvents kext

0.0.6

• Fix macserial crashing

0.0.5

• Enable hibernation support
• Work around USB Map failing
• Add checks whether booting with OpenCore
• Fix MouSSE injection

0.0.4

• Add basic audio support for legacy chipsets
• Add patch for dual GPU machines

0.0.3

• Fix Wireless patch logic

0.0.2

• Expand IOHIDFamily Patch to all Nvidia chipsets
• Fix Airdrop 1.0 support
• Add El Capitan era wireless cards

0.0.1

• Initial developer preview