PippoX0 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) Hi, booring moring, so why don't experiment something wierd ?? MacOS 12.1 on HFS Can macOS Monterey boots from HFS drive ? YES it's smooth on my old RIG ?? YES ... My old RIG - CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k 3,3Ghz - MB: GA-H67N-USB3-B3 RAM: 8Gb DDR3 Skill Sniper 1.333Mhz - Ethernet: RTL8111 - Audio: Realtek ALC889 - Video: Intel HD 3000 512Mb QE/CI ok - HDD: 1.024 Gb SATA3 - BluRay DVD-RW: SONY BD-5300S So how to accomplish this exercise : 1) Install it on usual manner : Clover or OpenCore on APFS ... 2) Clone APFS Drive to HFS Drive I used ditto command ... - Boot on recovery ditto /Volumes/APFS/ /Volumes/HFS/ ditto /Volumes/APFS\ -\ Data/ /Volumes/HFS/ hint : I can use also SuperDuper! vers 3.17 which doesn't try to convert HFS to APFS during cloning. 3) Boot from HFS drive It works, some how ... ( I have to Fix QE/Ci on intel HD3000 .. yet) my Wifi USB 600Mbps works .... so Why ?? a) Because I don't like APFS ( too complicated ) and I like HFS ( very easy to create/delete/modify partitions) b) Because I want try to run new macOS on my old RIG c) Because I want to backup and restore in minutes (and I want a bootable copy of my OSes) d) Just for fun ... NOTE: I have updated also to macOs12.5.1 , but it will give me strange errors so I have downgraded to Mac OS 12.1 which runs fine for me ... Edited August 25, 2022 by PippoX0 3 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/353024-weird-experiment-macos-monterey-on-hfs-drive-old-rig/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickchip Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) Could you explain a little more these terminal commands, as all I get is cannot get the real path for the source. 2) Clone APFS Drive to HFS Drive I used ditto command ... - Boot on recovery ditto /Volumes/APFS/ /Volumes/HFS/ ditto /Volumes/APFS\ -\ Data/ /Volumes/HFS/ PROBLEM SOLVED, thanks for this. Edited August 26, 2023 by Mickchip problem solved Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/353024-weird-experiment-macos-monterey-on-hfs-drive-old-rig/#findComment-2810569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainTox714 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I am wondering which bootloader are you using? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/353024-weird-experiment-macos-monterey-on-hfs-drive-old-rig/#findComment-2810772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/3/2023 at 11:14 AM, AlainTox714 said: I am wondering which bootloader are you using? See first picture: Clover 5141. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/353024-weird-experiment-macos-monterey-on-hfs-drive-old-rig/#findComment-2811389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainTox714 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Thank Slice, I haven't noticed. Just for information doing this kill Applescript for sure, it only works on APFS system disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/353024-weird-experiment-macos-monterey-on-hfs-drive-old-rig/#findComment-2811845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickchip Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Tried this but my latop ( Lenovo Yoga 12 ) boots to a black screen with mouse cursor, any idea why. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/353024-weird-experiment-macos-monterey-on-hfs-drive-old-rig/#findComment-2812637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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