OpenCore Legacy Patcher Latest Release

A Python-based project revolving around Acidanthera's OpenCorePkg and Lilu for both running and unlocking features in macOS on supported and unsupported Macs.

Our project's main goal is to breathe new life into Macs no longer supported by Apple, allowing for the installation and usage of macOS Big Sur and newer on machines as old as 2007.


Noteworthy features of OpenCore Legacy Patcher:

• Support for macOS Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, and Sonoma
• Native Over the Air (OTA) System Updates
• Supports Penryn and newer Macs
• Full support for WPA Wi-Fi and Personal Hotspot on BCM943224 and newer wireless chipsets
• System Integrity Protection, FileVault 2, .im4m Secure Boot and Vaulting
• Recovery OS, Safe Mode and Single-user Mode booting on non-native OSes
• Unlocks features such as Sidecar and AirPlay to Mac even on native Macs
• Enables enhanced SATA and NVMe power management on non-Apple storage devices
• Zero firmware patching required (ie. APFS ROM patching)
• Graphics acceleration for both Metal and non-Metal GPUs

Credits​

Acidanthera
OpenCorePkg, as well as many of the core kexts and tools
DhinakG
Main co-author
Khronokernel
Main co-author
Ausdauersportler
iMacs Metal GPUs Upgrade Patch set and documentation
Great amounts of help with debugging, and code suggestions
vit9696
Endless amount of help troubleshooting, determining fixes and writing patches
ASentientBot, EduCovas and ASentientHedgehog
Legacy Acceleration Patch set and documentation, Moraea Organization
cdf
Mac Pro on OpenCore Patch set and documentation
Innie and NightShiftEnabler
Syncretic
AAAMouSSE, telemetrap and SurPlus
dosdude1
Main author of the original GUI
Development of previous patchers, laying out much of what needs to be patched
parrotgeek1
VMM Patch Set
BarryKN
Development of previous patchers, laying out much of what needs to be patched
mario_bros_tech and the rest of the Unsupported Mac Discord
Catalyst that started OpenCore Legacy Patcher
arter97
SimpleMSR to disable firmware throttling in Nehalem+ MacBooks without batteries
Mr.Macintosh
Endless hours helping architect and troubleshoot many portions of the project
flagers
Aid with Nvidia Web Driver research and development
joevt
FixPCIeLinkrate
Jazzzny
Research and various contributions to the project
UEFI Legacy XHCI research and development
NVIDIA OpenCL research and development
MacBook5,2 research and development
LegacyKeyboardInjector
Pre-Ivy Bridge Aquantia Ethernet Patch
Non-Metal Photo Booth Patch for Monterey+
GUI and Backend Development
Vaulting implementation
Amazing users who've graciously donate hardware:
JohnD - 2013 Mac Pro
SpiGAndromeda - AMD Vega 64
turbomacs - 2014 5k iMac
vinaypundith - MacBook7,1
ThatStella7922 - 2017 13" MacBook Pro (A1708)
zephar - 2008 Mac Pro
jazo97 - 2011 15" MacBook Pro
And others (reach out if we forgot you!)
MacRumors and Unsupported Mac Communities
Endless testing and reporting issues
Apple
for macOS and many of the kexts, frameworks and other binaries we reimplemented into newer OSes