macOS Sonoma Notes

This section covers the current status of OpenCore Legacy Patcher development for macOS Sonoma.

(Officially) Supported SMBIOS (Intel Models)

May 30th, 2024: OCLP v1.50 released
- OCLP now has a .pkg installer which is the new recommended method for installing OpenCore Legacy Patcher (on real Macs)
- New Privileged Helper Tool which removes requirement of password prompts for installing patches, creating installers, etc.
February 12th, 2024: Updated IOSkywalkFamily.kext for legacy WIFI. Required for macOS 14.4 beta.
November 6th, 2023: OCLP 1.3.0 beta. Fixes Intel HD 4000 and Kepler GPU Windowserver crashes in macOS 14.2 beta 3
November 6th, 2023: OCLP v1.2.0 is released and includes a long list of changes
October 23rd, 2023: OCLP v1.1.0 was released. Includes updated kexts, binaries for Non-Metal GPUs for macOS Sonoma and other improvements (→ see changelog for details)
October 2nd, 2023: OCLP v1.0.0: was released. It enables running macOS Sonoma on 83 previously unsupported Mac models. With it, they also switched the numbering of releases from a simple "counter" to Semantic Versioning.
OCLP 069: Nightly build
- Introduces kexts and root patching options to re-enable previously working Wifi Cards
OCLP 068:
- Fixes graphics acceleration patches in Sonoma
- Introduces AMFIPass.kext which allows AMFI to work with lowered/disabled SIP settings, resolving issues with granting 3rd party app access to peripherals like webcams and micreophones
OCLP 067: currently not working (which was expected)

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext has been removed → renders ALL Broadcom WiFi/BT cards useless (for now?)
Kaby Lake iGPU drivers are still present in beta 1
Dreamwhite had some interesintg findings in regards to the dropped IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext: https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/356881-pre-release-macos-sonoma/?do=findComment&comment=2805853

For kext that haven't been updated for macOS 14 support:

-wegbeta → so Whatevergreen works → no longer required
-revbeta → so RestrichEvents works → no longer required
-brcmfxbeta → for AirportBrcmFixup. Try, If you cannot connect to Hotspots after applying Root Patches for re-enabling broadcom Wi-Fi cards

Note

Always check for the latest nightly builds of OpenCore and kexts on Dortania's "Builds" site before upgrading macOS!