

ESXI LATE 2012 MAC MINI INSTALL
I will probably run a few more days with Monterey, and might go back to Catalina after Christmas if I can't tweak Monterey install enough to my liking, or come across any more "anomalies".Ĭlick to expand.Thanks for your reply Finny.

While Monterey works OK, I am thinking Catalina seems better for MPB 8,2. That is what I'm running now, and still testing. Since then, I thought to try Monterey using the OCLP route. Then used CatalinaOTAswufix to grab latest updates, repatched, and works great. So keep that in mind.Īfter, I then used dosdude1 Catalina patcher USB drive to erase SSD & clean install.went well.
ESXI LATE 2012 MAC MINI UPDATE
However, even though I downloaded the latest High Sierra installer to do this (via dosdude1 patcher), I did not see the FW update take place until after also downloading and installing the latest High Sierra SW Update patches from Apple. I STRONGLY suspect that 87.0.0.0.0 will be the last FW update for MPB 8,2.

It didn't take that long, and I'm glad I did it. My MBP 8,2 also is upgraded with Samsung SSD & 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and had been running Mojave.Īnyway, noticed that FW was on 82.0.0.0.0, and so decided to do a new/fresh High Sierra install to get FW updated to latest. It is SO nice not to have to do the PRAM dance for the defective AMD GPU. The other day, I had some time and decided to do some testing on my 2011 MBP 8,2 which I'd sent to dosdude1 back in 2019 to get the deMux flash completed. I should be good for years to come.hopefully by the time I'm dated again, the situation will change around MS Windows emulation/VM.) So focus has been mostly using those. Since my line up prior to 20 27in iMac, MBP 8,2, and 2012 Mac Mini, I made the decision to "retool" to what I thought would be the last Intel based Macs. (I do alot of work with Windows, and need VM running Windows.so until/unless that gets addressed, the new M1 stuff is of diminished value to me over Intel versions. I got both an Intel 27in iMac and Intel 16in MBP in 2020, along with an Intel Mac Mini in this year.
