![]() ![]() Install OpenCore on the internal hard-drive/SSD.Boot the installer from the USB drive and install macOS.Install OpenCore on the bootable USB drive.Create a bootable USB drive from the downloaded installer.High-level, in order to get macOS Ventura installed and usable on unsupported hardware, we will need to do the following steps: The iMac is running macOS Catalina as a starting point, this is the last officially supported release on this model. This is a legacy Metal card but the patcher should be able to fix any issues with that. It’s equipped with an i7 4771, a 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M video card. Steps to go throughįor this post, as with the one I did for Monterey, I will be using a Late 2013 iMac with model identifier iMac14,2. ![]() The team behind OpenCore is still working on expanding that list but this is what’s working today. You can find a comprehensive list of models on which OpenCore is supported for Ventura on the website of OpenCore Legacy Patcher. With the exception of devices without Metal-supported graphic cards. It should be possible to use this method on most 2012 or newer Mac models. After installing the unsupported OS, there is a good chance that not everything will work as expected so the tool will also install patches to fix some issues or restore functionality if that’s needed. Mainly related to drivers and hardware support that require workarounds. In most cases it doesn’t stop there as a lot of changes have been introduced in Ventura. It tricks that installer in thinking it is running on a newer, supported, model. OpenCore legacy patcher allows you to use an unmodified macOS installer. I did a post and video earlier, using the same method for unsupported hardware and Monterey. The method I will be using to get around this limitation involves OpenCore legacy patcher. If you want to upgrade to, or install, Ventura on an older machine, the installer will tell you that your model is no longer supported or compatible with your device. In summary, the following Macs can run macOS Ventura officially: On Apple’s website you can see which models are officially supported: MacOS Ventura still has support for Intel-based Macs and obviously also for M1/M2 silicon-based machines. So it looks like Apple is in a rush to drop support for Intel-based Macs since apple is moving everything to M1 and M2-based hardware. With Ventura, only a year later, this is more or less anything older than a 2017 model. Last year, with the release of Monterey apple dropped support for basically anything older than a 2015 model.
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