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 release - 05-03-2021)
• Strip unused ACPI and Kernel entries during build
• Allow native Macs to use OpenCore
  • Better 3rd party NVMe support
  • Better Wireless networking support
• Fix MacBook6,1 audio support
• Increment binaries
  • OpenCore 65cc81b (0.6.9 release - 05-03-2021)
  • Lilu c77722d (1.5.3 release - 05-03-2021)
  • AppleALC 84850d0 (1.6.0 rolling - 04-30-2021)
  • RestrictEvents 9e2bb0f (1.0.1 release - 05-03-2021)
• Allow CPUFriend on all El-Capitan Era Macs
• Fix UEFI 2.0 Application support on upgraded Nvidia GPUs
• Add experimental Sidecar support
  • Requires Mac with Metal Intel iGPU and the iPad to be directly plugged in, wireless highly unstable
  • SidecarFixup efdf11c (1.0.0 release - 05-02-2021)

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

Hello everyone! So with 11.3's official release today, we're proud to announce that we've released OpenCore Legacy Patcher v0.1.1! And with it, beta support for GPU Acceleration Patches!

Overall we're insanely impressed with the progress made regarding acceleration support and have to give a huge round of applause to our very own @ASentientBot. While not perfect, these acceleration patches are very much usable and even daily drivable for those willing to tolerate the odd visual glitches here and there. And building off the foundation ASentientBot had laid with their Nvidia Acceleration Patches, we were able to get AMD's TeraScale 1 series, Intel's IronLake and Sandy Bridge series all working fantastically!

• Note: with macOS 11.3 Beta 2 and newer, there is heavy display artifacting on AMD GPUs during sleep wake, display resolution changing and connecting external displays. We highly advise users to stay on 11.2.3 until we've resolved the issue

• Note 2: Mac Pro users with NVMe drives should be wary of installing 11.3 as well due to the device being present resulting in boot issues

• Note 3: For current known issues with acceleration patches, check out the associated Github issue

For the furst 2 notes, I've uploaded an 11.2.3 Installer on Archive.org for users to easily download when Apple removes the app from their servers:

https://archive.org/details/install-mac-os-11.2.3-20-d-91

And our final announcement for today is that we've started our very own discord server, OpenCore Patcher Paradise! The goal of this server is to help consolidate information, testing, issues and such into one server. With the influx of users trying the acceleration patches, we highly recommend popping in our server if you have any concerns or success posts.

Server Link: https://discord.gg/UbM8U75E

0.1.0

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

0.0.23

• 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

This release is extra big for us, as we've removed any requirement for root volume patching! What this means is that users will no longer need to patch the root volume to retain functionality compared to older versions of this patcher. This will allow for features such as:

• SIP
• FileVault
• delta updates (ie. ~2GB)

Additionally, we've finally added support for BCM94322 and BCM94321 meaning all wifi cards from every Mac supported by this patcher will now work!

0.0.21

0.0.21

• Fix botched images in OpenCanopy
• Add support for 3rd party OpenCore usage detection during building
  • Mainly for users transtioning 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

0.0.20

• 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 partial 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

This release includes updates to OpenCore picker with new EFI Boot icons for SD Cards and SSDs. Additionally, all future releases from now (including this one) will be signed and notarized by Apple automatically.

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

With this update, now users will be able to easily differentiate between internal and external EFI Boot drives containing OpenCore.

0.0.17

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

Note: With this release and forward, OpenCore configurations built with this patcher cannot be edited by the end user by default. This is done for security reason and can be bypassed in Patcher Settings' "Set Vault Mode" by setting it to False.

This release also adds support for custom EFI Boot icon in the Mac's boot picker allowing for easy determination of which drive is OpenCore: