Run macOS Big Sur on unsupported Macs using an intuitive patcher that downloads the necessary files and creates a USB installer, then helps you update the OS
A: If your Mac had official support in macOS Catalina, it will be able to be patched to run Big Sur with minimal issues. If your Mac was unsupported before the release of macOS Catalina, support remains to be seen as graphics acceleration may not be feasible (as before with Mojave and Catalina) at this time. Patched Sur is a UI patcher for macOS Big Sur, designed to make it easy to run macOS 11 on unsupported Macs. This patcher hopes to allow any user of any knowledge to patch their Mac, while still giving you freedom on how you want to use your Mac. Big Sur fixes for unsupported Mac aka BigSur BaseSystem fix - GitHub - jacklukem/BigSurfixes: Big Sur fixes for unsupported Mac aka BigSur BaseSystem fix.
What's new in Patched Sur 1.0.0:
- New Features:
- Localization!! That means you can use Patched Sur in your language. Currently we support 10 languages (English, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Croatian, Bosnian, French and Greek)
- NVRAM Resets with the brand new Boot.plist patch! After patching the boot.plist (check in Patched Sur -> Settings -> Patch Boot.plist), you can safely reset the NVRAM. Patched Sur will get on your back about it afterwards to restore the value, but…. no prohibited symbol! (DO NOT just expect this to work out of the box, make sure you see 'Already Patched Boot.plist' in the patcher settings before reseting the nvram)
Big Sur is the most innovative macOS release in recent years, so it's no surprise that Apple has dropped support for quite a few older Macs with the 11.0 update. Thankfully, if you really want to run this OS on your older Mac, you still have options.
Patched Sur is an intuitive app that runs you through a step-by-step process in order to create a bootable USB for installing or updating your OS. For the time being, you can only update from Catalina, as the clean install option is not available.
You will need to select your update track, but the rest of the process is mostly automated. The app downloads the Set Vars Tool, the Kext patches, and the macOS installer itself. Just plug in a large enough USB drive, and Patched Sur will create your installation media.
Once the USB drive is ready, go ahead and launch the Startup Manager by holding down Option (⌥) while restarting your Mac. Then, select the boot drive you've created and reinstall macOS.
To update your installation, you can use the Post-install tool. It will download the latest package and create a bootable USB, which you can use to reinstall macOS in order to get the latest version.
Since this is an early beta version of the project, issues are to be expected. Some older Macs will have a hard time running Big Sur, so you might want to check out this list of supported Macs before getting started.
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- runs on:
- macOS 10.15.2 or later (Universal Binary)
- file size:
- 8 MB
- filename:
- Patched-Sur.dmg
- main category:
- System Utilities
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