- After applying the post-install root patches, SIP will be (at least partially) disabled? Correct?
- Updates from Apple will work as usual or do you need to re-install the root patches after some of them?
I have a 2012 Mac Mini with Catalina and I'm wondering if it's worth to upgrade to Big Sur (without dealing with post-install root patches) or Monterey (root patches required for GPU drivers/SIP disabled).
I've got a MBP 2012 on Monterey. I'm not sure if SIP is disabled, I'll have to check. It's totally worthwhile, Monterey has run the smoothest of any OS so far.
You only need the root patches if you want Nvidia Kepler acceleration, you don't need it for intel graphics.
Actually, I'm running Monterey on mac mini late-2012 with i7 and 16G of RAM and if I don't apply the root patches, I don't have transparency or acceleration in the UI. After root patching for the first time and then installing apple patch later down the road, OCLP reminded me it needs to re-apply those patches.
Have another macbook air 11" (early 2014) that's stuck on Big Sur. Mentally valuing the options - last monterey patch fixed two 0-days, there's no patch for big sure. So is it better to go with Monterey and sacrifice a bit of SIP?
csrutil looks like this, FWIW:
$ csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: unknown (Custom Configuration).
FWIW, I've installed Monterey on the 11" Air Early 2014 and indeed, no root patching is necessary. OCLP only needs to be installed in the EFI partition to boot.
I like Monterey a lot, seems to run perfectly on my old MBP and my Hackintoshes.
The OCLP project came a long way, at first it wasn't very stable, but with later versions it got better. Make sure you have the latest version and all works well.
OpenCore allows you to run newer macOS on older Mac that Apple no longer supports. It supports many native Mac features such as SIP, FileVault, Secure Boot, etc. Here is a list of the Macs that it has been tested on - https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/MODELS.ht...
