3 Gigs of RAM vs 64 (OpenCore Legacy!)

Today we're playing around with Open Core Legacy, and using it to install the latest version of MacOS 14 Sonoma on some old Macs that have no business running Sonoma.

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#Sonoma #OpenCore #MacOS

[willm]

Apple: your 2017 apple computer is now obsolete. The entire retro Mac community: the fuck it is

[ImLeeLoi]

I think what's really interesting to me is my first MacBook was a 17" Pro 4, 1 with 2GB of ram (but a slightly faster 2.5GHz processor) and when YouTube first released 1080P video in late 2009 (Like the TRON 2 Trailer right??) It also had the same 1080P YouTube slow downs...

So the fact it can play 1080P on Sonoma is REALLY impressive. Late 2009 was like Snow Leopard days.

[samdavidh]

I can see this being a use case for mom's or grandpa's old basement iMac with a pair of old apple usb speakers plugged in. It's not for intensive use but it'd work well for basic stuff!

[foxglenacres]

this is just great! i upgrade my macbook pro 15" retina mid-2012 and got ventura working flawlessly!

[jimcabezola]

I ran OpenCore Legacy macOS Monterey on my 2011 Mac Mini for 8 months. It worked very nicely. Now running Debian 12 on the 2011 Mac MIni. The Linux OS seems slightly smoother and a bit snappier than running Monterey, but Linux Mint has been running nicely. Also, I'm using Asahi Linux running on my M1 Mac Mini. I can ony get sound through Bluetooth, though...

[TomFlach]

Thanks for sharing!! About 11 years ago I shoehorned a 2009 Macbook mobo from eBay into my black 2006 Macbook to breath new life into it. I really thought it had seen it's last OS update... Can't wait to try this

[Petero]

My computer is a 2008 white MacBook. It's not supported by the patch, but it can run Linux well. I will keep using it for a few more years, because it's still useful for me.

[jeremytoms]

Currently running Monteray on a 20" early 2009 Imac using Open Core Legacy. I'll admit that before I did the upgrade I upgraded to 8GB ram and a 256gb SSD. Not saying I was sceptical but the SSD upgrade was so that I would still have the original drive if it all went pear shaped. Works surprisingly well, I only use it for office work and web browsing but it's a 100x better than it was. I found that Safari would stutter with youtube so tried Chrome. Much better as most of the media codecs are integrated into Chrome a lot more smoothly than Safari. VLC is great as a DVD player compared to Quicktime.
Haven't looked into whether I can run the latest OS yet, think that might be pushing it a bit too far.

[yemetrica]

oh my this is the exact old mac i use for my music library i see this as an absolute win

[gelijkjatoch]

Need to fully read the agreement doing such things.

[terraflops]

wow! i have an old Macbook Air and was soon going to put Linux full install but this is possibly the coolest video i have seen in awhile.

[WyvernDotRed]

13:40 This might have even worked (at a low quality) if you disabled hardware acceleration in Steam's Steam Link settings.
Which solves many weird compatibility issues with the client, especially on weird hardware.

[lloyd]

i can feel the big altima energy radiating from that 11inch macbook air

[SKDN]

I have Sonoma on my 2011 Imac SSD with 8 GB ram and runs awesome even watching this video on 4K setting

[jared]

Open Core is awesome! It kept my old MacBook Pro 2013 running Monterey which would’ve been fine if it wasn’t for the mosfet issue.

Might try it on a 2011 iMac

[crystalchaos]

This is pretty cool! When I learned My white MacBook wouldn't receive OS updates after OS X El Capitan I was pretty bummed, seeing as how I was able to use BootCamp to run Windows XP, 7, 8.1, and 10 over the course of it's life. It's a shame I recycled it this past year. I would have loved to try this!

[IamTheHolypumpkin]

I considered to upgrade my (somewhat) old MacBook Pro (Late 2013) to a MacOS version not officially supported by Apple. Unfortunately I didn’t knew of OpenCore until I stated to watch this video.

But is not that bad, I just choose Linux (Fedoras 38) instead. As I already used Linux for a couple of years it does fit much better into my workflow anyway. But maybe, maybe I will restore MacOS and use OpenCore to get a newer system. It’s my machine, I can do what I want.

[rollsroycerrbx]

Not quite Sonoma, but currently commenting from an early 2009 MacBook with a 2ghz core 2 duo and 4gb of ram running Big Sur.

[grandmaster]

I tried it with Monterey on my early 2013 MBP and while it worked, it was a touch slow and it was constantly running hot. I imagine fixing the thermals and looking at upgrading the hard drive and possibly the ram if it's not soldered in would probably help improve the performance on a 10 year old MacBook.

[codycarreras]

Boy, I guess I need glasses. I thought the Apple Silicone Mac was a TiBook…