There are known vulnerabilities for Mac OS X 10.9 'Mavericks' that are not addressed by Apple. Users should migrate as soon as possible to a fully supported version of OS X, see https://information-technology.web.cern.ch/services/fe/howto/software-updates-mac.
Mavericks does not believe it can run on this hardware. As I understand it SFOTT installs a little program that 32 bit EFI is capable of starting, and that in turn is capable of staring a 64 bit system. Also, SFOTT patches a few files so Mavericks feels comfortable running on the unsupported hardware. You can do all of this on your own without SFOTT. Install Mavericks on Unsupported MacBook 4,1. MacBook 4,1; Early 2008. 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. 160 GB internal HD. 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Intel GMA X3100 144 MB. 64-bit EFI and processor. Current OS is Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74). Install OS X Mavericks on OLD Mac Pro. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Attempting to install Catalina on an unsupported Mac is in no way supported by Apple, and you are doing so at your own risk. MacRumors cannot be held liable for any data loss or damage as a result.
The information below is only for historical reference.
My suspicion is that the new installer will use it’s own boot.efi / PlatformSupport.plist file(s) preventing you to upgrade using the App Store. My reasoning is that I tried to download the Mavericks Install file from the App Store on the Mac Pro and the App Store prevented the download from happening since the Mac Pro is unsupported. My best advice for any Hackintosh install, is get things installed on a real mac first, and then modify things to work on your unsupported rig. This worked for both the Xserve and my i7 PC. I had a junky MacBook Pro sitting around I did the Mavericks install with, and then modded the PlatformSupport.plist. Install 10.8 on old unsupported Mac. It is a very long thread. I still don't definitively know if you can get the OS X 10.7 64-bit kernel running on your specific kind of Mac, but I suspect for the reasons mentioned in this image from the MacRumors forum thread that you can't. Install Mavericks on Unsupported.
Mac Os On Unsupported Mac
- 'Thirty two sixty four for Mac OS X' search that in Google, you can run Mavericks and Yosemite on any unsupported mac with at least a core duo processor, just down load the software and follow the directions. And FYI you can install windows 10 on any Intel mac.
- The 1.6.5 installer for Mountain Lion refuses to install on Mavericks, so if you want to use it on Mavericks you must install it before you migrate or hack the install package to disable the OS version check. ROOT v5-34-12 builds and runs fine on Mavericks. Previous versions don't and won't.
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks is available since October 22nd 2013. It can be installed directly from the Apple AppStore, or via our NetInstall server (see https://information-technology.web.cern.ch/services/fe/howto/install-os… for details anbout our NetInstall service).
There are three important actions to take before you install Mavericks:
- Ensure that all the software you are using is compatible with it.
- Verify your hard-disk or SSD before doing the install.
- Make sure you have a recent backup, allowing you to recover your data in case of problems
Known Issues
Here we summarise a list of known issues that has been brought to our attention. Please note that this list is by no means complete.
Authentication
Smart boardslcsd educational technology resources. Using Network Groups from Active Directory (egroups in CERN speak) does not work properly. It might work for accounts that are members of few egroups only.
External Hard Disks
Western digital is warning anout potential data loss when using its drive manger software under Mavericks. Details are available from http://community.wd.com/t5/News-Announcements/External-Drives-for-Mac-E… . Users of Western Digital drives should uninstall the WD Drive Manager, WD Raid Manager and/or WD SmartWare before upgrading to OS 10.9.
Mobile device syncing
Mavericks has disabled local syncing of most data, you have to use iCloud for syncing of most data types. Depending on your settings this might include (and thus expose) all the passwords stored in your keychain!
Mac Os On Unsupported Mac
Openafs
OS X 10.9 requires openAFS version 1.6.6, released on January 24th 2014, or higher. The version 1.6.5 for Mountain Lion appears to work for most cases, but there is a problem when editing files in afs directly from emacs or when creating symlinks within the afs space. The 1.6.5 installer for Mountain Lion refuses to install on Mavericks, so if you want to use it on Mavericks you must install it before you migrate or hack the install package to disable the OS version check.
ROOT
ROOT v5-34-12 builds and runs fine on Mavericks. Previous versions don't and won't.
XQuartz
Install Osx On Unsupported Mac
How To Install Mavericks On Unsupported Macs
The XQuartz developers recommend to use 2.7.5 or later (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing).