[pre-release] macOS Sonoma

[cankiulascmnfye]

2 hours ago, eSaF said:

Yes I agree it is a PITA, it is a new feature, but what purpose it serves apart from annoying the user I don't have a clue.

 

It's not a really a new feature. It's Mission Control's "Show Desktop" function that moves all windows to the outside of the screen if you are within apps. I usually have it mapped to an additional button on my mouse. It's a useful feature if you are inside an app or have lots of windows open to quickly access the desktop. But it's silly that it is triggered when you can already see the desktop… that's Apple 2023 smart thinking for ya

 

[cankiulascmnfye]

1 hour ago, CloverLeaf said:

BTW the Weather app is so damn precise! I was lazy to get the dogs out earlier and the app said "Rain in 12 minutes". Good thing I took 'em out immediately cuz it started pouring exactly after 12 minutes  

 

You can thank weather.com for providing the data and API for that – it's not something apple did

[CloverLeaf]

I just tested CrossOver in Sonoma and it works great! Some old games are already in the library  

BTW my CPU runs hotter with Beta 4, anybody with the same observations ?

Edited August 2, 2023 by CloverLeaf

[Skyfallkavu]

Music app still seems to be having issues on revised build. No changes here.

[ricola]

Sonoma Beta (23A5301h)

 

[matxpa]

Hi

 

Prepare to download the files.   macOS Sonoma beta 14.0 (23A5301h) ........... 2023-07-31 20:11:46 .. 12.92 GB .. 042-25574

 

mkdir /tmp/042-25574

 

curl -L --progress-bar https://swdist.apple.com/content/downloads/41/53/042-25574-A_YJ7607N1CB/dwkoslehspd77g1c717yvjfdpj9rq6c1s4/042-25574.English.dist -o /tmp/042-25574/042-25574.English.dist
curl -L --progress-bar https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/53/042-25574-A_YJ7607N1CB/dwkoslehspd77g1c717yvjfdpj9rq6c1s4/BuildManifest.plist -o /tmp/042-25574/BuildManifest.plist
curl -L --progress-bar https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/53/042-25574-A_YJ7607N1CB/dwkoslehspd77g1c717yvjfdpj9rq6c1s4/Info.plist -o /tmp/042-25574/Info.plist
curl -L --progress-bar https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/53/042-25574-A_YJ7607N1CB/dwkoslehspd77g1c717yvjfdpj9rq6c1s4/InstallInfo.plist -o /tmp/042-25574/InstallInfo.plist
curl -L --progress-bar https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/53/042-25574-A_YJ7607N1CB/dwkoslehspd77g1c717yvjfdpj9rq6c1s4/MajorOSInfo.pkg -o /tmp/042-25574/MajorOSInfo.pkg
curl -L --progress-bar https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/53/042-25574-A_YJ7607N1CB/dwkoslehspd77g1c717yvjfdpj9rq6c1s4/UpdateBrain.zip -o /tmp/042-25574/UpdateBrain.zip
curl -L --progress-bar https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/41/53/042-25574-A_YJ7607N1CB/dwkoslehspd77g1c717yvjfdpj9rq6c1s4/InstallAssistant.pkg -o /tmp/042-25574/InstallAssistant.pkg

 

sudo installer -pkg  /tmp/042-25574/InstallAssistant.pkg -target /

 

ls -ltr /Applications | tail -1
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     wheel   96  2 aoû 14:50 Install macOS Sonoma beta.app
 

And with Mist 

Regards

[BALDY_MAN]

18 hours ago, surenmunoo said:

I have a monster build with the Asus Z790 ProArt and 13900K but have been contemplating getting myself a M2 Mac Studio base model for a few days now as well 

That just  greedy  heee hee

[BALDY_MAN]

18 hours ago, eSaF said:

I don't know if this is just happening on my machine, but I noticed the widgets are no longer live or active after end of Screensaver/Sleep. 

See enclosed pic.

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Please, please, please will the Rich Guys find other ways or means to discuss the size of their wallets/pockets.

All this talk about wealth is hurting my poor @ss eyes plus jealousy is creeping in. 

 my wallets empty but. I have a Credit card

[deeveedee]

On 8/1/2023 at 9:50 PM, Cyberdevs said:

@mnfesq

Is there any reason that we're providing nightly build links that are not the official Dortania OCLP nightly build mentioned here.  Is there an advantage to the links that other people have copied?

[Cyberdevs]

On 8/2/2023 at 4:50 PM, deeveedee said:

Is there any reason that we're providing nightly build links that are not the official Dortania OCLP nightly build mentioned here.  Is there an advantage to the links that other people have copied?

Yes if you read this post you'll see there is a difference between the link in the SOURCE.md and the ones I build frequently.

I also read the: "Do not distribute direct links to the nightly builds, instead please link back to this pull request. As stated on SOURCE.md, these builds should be used very carefully:" I won't upload them unless I have tested them and made sure they won't break anything.

 

P.S.

I know the OCLP for Sonoma is in constant development and improvements and until they release the official version many things will change so with that in mind I'm building them and I thought maybe someone can use that so I decided to share them.

 

I won't be sharing them anymore.

[deeveedee]

@Cyberdevs Thanks.  At the time of your original post, I complete missed the fact that there was a different repo for Sonoma OCLP.  Hard lesson learned (for me).

 

@mnfesq I'm glad there was one other person (besides me) who found value in my ACPI patching technique. 😂   I have found that the PXSX->ARPT rename is not necessary and only the device parameter spoofing is required for OCLP to detect BCM 94352 as a patchable Wi-Fi.

[Cyberdevs]

3 minutes ago, deeveedee said:

@Cyberdevs Thanks.  At the time of your original post, I complete missed the fact that there was a different repo for Sonoma OCLP.  Hard lesson learned (for me).

 

@mnfesq I'm glad there was one other person (besides me) who found value in my ACPI patching technique. 😂   I have found that the PXSX->ARPT rename is not necessary and only the device parameter spoofing is required for OCLP to detect BCM 94352 as a patchable Wi-Fi.

No worries man happens to all of us! by the way I was following your efforts on the Wireless Adapter support for macOS Sonoma and I'm totally impressed! nice job man keep up the good work. 

[deeveedee]

2 minutes ago, Cyberdevs said:

No worries man happens to all of us! by the way I was following your efforts on the Wireless Adapter support for macOS Sonoma and I'm totally impressed! nice job man keep up the good work. 

All that work and $5.00 and I have enough for a cup of coffee. 😂

[Cyberdevs]

Just now, deeveedee said:

All that work and $5.00 and I have enough for a cup of coffee. 😂

You and me both! 

[Henry2010]

On 8/1/2023 at 4:16 PM, D3v1L said:

 

OTA is related to smbios (only T2 free, and above all, supported smbios receive OTA from Sonoma without using RE + sbvmm that simulate virtual machine for Apple update check runtime). What's yours?

iMac Pro 2017

I have just tried again with CsrActiveConfig 0x0. Still no update with iCloud signed-in.

[miliuco]

Sonoma beta 3 + OpenCore 0.9.4 + iMacPro1,1 + Fenvi wireless by OCLP >> no update (system is up to date). I think this is as expected.

Updating to Sonoma beta 4:

1. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events >> incremental update but with full package
2. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events + reverting OCLP root patch >> incremental update but with full package
3. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events + removing OCLP changes (csr-active-config=00000000, SecureBootModel not Disabled, amfi=0x80 not in boot args and disabling the related kexts) >> incremental update ok
4. changing SMBIOS to iMac19,1 >> incremental update ok.

After upgrading via mode 3, I root patched again and everything seems to work fine. Beta 4 runs slightly smoother than beta 3. Desktop appears less jerky and, in general, everything appears smoother.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Cyberdevs
Edited a Typo

[D3v1L]

43 minutes ago, Henry2010 said:

iMac Pro 2017

I have just tried again with CsrActiveConfig 0x0. Still no update with iCloud signed-in.

iCloud signed or not, is not relevant at all. You use a T2 chip based smbios. For receive incremental ota update, you need to use RestrictEvents.kext with sbvmm boot-args otherwise, you don't give nothing. (or switch to imac19,1 smbios)

[Cyberdevs]

34 minutes ago, miliuco said:

Sonoma beta 3 + OpenCore 0.9.4 + iMacPro1,1 + Fenvi wireless by OCLP >> no update (system is up to date). I think this is as expected.

Updating to Sonoma beta 4:

1. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events >> incremental update but with full package
2. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events + reverting OCLP root patch >> incremental update but with full package
3. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events + removing OCLP changes (csr-active-config=00000000, SecureBootModel not Disabled, amfi=0x80 not in boot args and disabling the related kexts) >> incremental update ok
4. changing SMBIOS to iMac19,1 >> incremental update ok.

After upgrading via mode 3, I root patched again and everything seems to work fine. Beta 4 runs slightly smoother than beta 3. Desktop appears less jerky and, in general, everything appears smoother.

I guess the SMBIOS part is what's different from your experience and mine, I didn't change my config, just reverted the root patches on iMac19,1 SMBIOS and I got the incremental updates.

[surenmunoo]

5 hours ago, BALDY_MAN said:

That just  greedy  heee hee

LOL, just looking at if maybe to keep a newer Apple device on hand

[Cyberdevs]

This is kinda off-topic, kinda.

Guy, i've been thinking about the nightly builds link that I've been sharing and the questions @cankiulascmnfye and @deeveedee been asking about the advantages of those builds got me thinking wether I should keep doing it or not since the devs advised not to share them on the forums.

So I guess I should take them down.

I don't want to disregard the developers request or disrespect them by sharing the files.

If any one needs help with the builds just let me know back in my forum I don't want to make mess here.

[deeveedee]

@Cyberdevs I think that's best, although I'm already on the OCLP Dev $#!T list for asking about BCM 94352HMB patching on Discord, so I'm more paranoid about offending the Devs than others.  I don't blame them at all for wanting to retain full control of all build distributions and I also don't blame them for limiting their support to real Macs - that's hard enough.

 

Sonoma 23A5301h upgrade proceeded without any issues on my HackBookPro6,2 patched with Official Dortania 0.6.9 Sonoma nightly build (07.28.23). I am still spoofing Wi-Fi to be able to use the unmodified Dortania OCLP patcher.   I left it unattended, so I don't know how long it took to upgrade or how many reboots.  After the macOS upgrade, OCLP automatically prompted to install NVidia Tesla and Wi-Fi patches.  I still don't have full NVidia Tesla non-metal acceleration, but that is expected.

 

About This Hack: Sonoma 23A5301h

Spoiler

 

[Cyberdevs]

@deeveedee I totally understand their point of view on controlling the distribution of OCLP's preview or beta builds. That's why I came to that conclusion.

@eSaF Thanks for you kind response I really appreciate it.

 

The main reason that I've decided to make the OCLP nightly builds available on my forum was simply because that the link they provided in their source.md wasn't always working when I tested them and the latest builds that I've made from the source seemed to be more updated so that got me thinking to share the latest. But as I said if that's what they ask I should respect that, even though no one has complained about it yet but still it didn't feel right to go forward.

Anyways I'll be more than glad to help the members of the community here or anywhere else so I'm available if anyone needed my help.

 

[cankiulascmnfye]

@Cyberdevs Well, I build the Patcher from source myself because I needed to manually enable the "Modern Wifi Patching" option since theire's no switch for it in the GUI yet. So I didn't download it. For the rest, as long as you respect the terms of the License you are fine.

[Skyfallkavu]

Well, they say just don’t link the nightlies themselves because they may be broken or outdated. Validated nightlies are available here: https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/pull/1077

 

It says they prefer you link to this post instead of the builds, but this post has a buildbot link for the latest validated nightlies, which has WiFi patch support. Just come back to this post whenever you need to download a new copy. I get it from here whenever I update macOS.

 

Edit: Sorry, I didn’t read properly where you addressed that. Validated nightlies here should be safe to use, but being validated, they need to be tested and confirmed. It won’t be source latest, but these work fine.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Skyfallkavu

[Max.1974]

8 hours ago, miliuco said:

Sonoma beta 3 + OpenCore 0.9.4 + iMacPro1,1 + Fenvi wireless by OCLP >> no update (system is up to date). I think this is as expected.

Updating to Sonoma beta 4:

1. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events >> incremental update but with full package
2. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events + reverting OCLP root patch >> incremental update but with full package
3. sbvmm boot arg + Restrict Events + removing OCLP changes (csr-active-config=00000000, SecureBootModel not Disabled, amfi=0x80 not in boot args and disabling the related kexts) >> incremental update ok
4. changing SMBIOS to iMac19,1 >> incremental update ok.

After upgrading via mode 3, I root patched again and everything seems to work fine. Beta 4 runs slightly smoother than beta 3. Desktop appears less jerky and, in general, everything appears smoother.

 

Just for information, about OTA update, im disable BlueToolFixup (with min Kernel 23.0.0 for Ventura) and works with iMacPro 1,1 SMBIOS. If temporarily disable for Sonoma, not need sbvm boot args. Just for update

Remove AirportBrcmFixup.kext for both.