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barrykn / big-sur-micropatcher

A primitive USB patcher for installing macOS Big Sur on unsupported Macs
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WiFi will not enable after patch and install #165

Open dsm77 opened 3 years ago

dsm77 commented 3 years ago

I think I followed the steps given correctly, but after the install (which happen exceptionally fast btw), my WiFi card will not turn on in the Network Prefs module. Strangely the WiFi toggle in the WiFi drop down menu (off the menu bar) does show WiFi on, but it is in fact off because I can't see any wlan SSIDs. I haven't noticed any other issues as of yet (kow).

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seyoon20087 commented 3 years ago

I am mentioning the details in the ReadMe:

If you have installed any 3rd-party antivirus program or security suite, make sure to uninstall it before installing Big Sur (or do a fresh installation instead of an upgrade). It is not sufficient to turn the antivirus program off -- it must be uninstalled. If you do not uninstall it, you may have no Internet connection after Big Sur is installed, and the Wi-Fi patch may fail to work.

BTW: Some examples for antiviruses include:

ososx commented 3 years ago

I had an identical problem with an almost identical laptop (MacBook Pro 15", Early 2013). I have absolutely no antivirus program installed.

I was able to fix the problem by repeating step 15 on: https://github.com/barrykn/big-sur-micropatcher "Otherwise, press Command-Q and wait a few seconds, then the Setup Assistant should let you shut down. After you shut down, boot from the patched installer USB again (as in step 10), then open Terminal. Next, run the patch-kexts.sh command to do post-install patching (such as fixing Wi-Fi). There are several ways of formatting this command. For example, for a system volume named Macintosh HD, try one of the following: /Volumes/Image\ Volume/patch-kexts.sh /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD"

I first tried the last option of step 15 "It is also possible to do this step without booting from the patched installer USB -- just open Terminal and run /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur\ Beta/patch-kexts.sh with any command line options if needed (such as /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur\ Beta/patch-kexts.sh --2011), but do not specify a volume name, and patch-kexts.sh will automatically default to the boot drive." but it didn't work. Only when I followed the first step and rebooted and run the command from the USB stick it worked out.

dsm77 commented 3 years ago
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@ososx THANK YOU! I am utterly grateful for you taking the time to point out this solution that I should have realized to try but had overlooked. I would like to buy you lunch, do you have Venmo?

Also my next question is maybe already answered in the OG post, but are we stuck at 11.1? If not can someone please link me the deets for moving up from here to the incrementals? I am a grateful receiver of information I promise that.

ghost commented 3 years ago

You can always create a new usb drive and upgrade just like you initially did, but I'm working on an alternative way with my patcher that will allow for upgrading without a usb.

ososx commented 3 years ago
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@ososx THANK YOU! I am utterly grateful for you taking the time to point out this solution that I should have realized to try but had overlooked. I would like to buy you lunch, do you have Venmo?

My pleasure. The truth is its the first time I patched an older Mac, but the 2013 MacBook Pro is such a wonderful machine it doesn't make any sense that it can't be upgraded. It works wonderful under Big Sur.

dsm77 commented 3 years ago

You can always create a new usb drive and upgrade just like you initially did, but I'm working on an alternative way with my patcher that will allow for upgrading without a usb.

How can I do that? When I created the first usb drive I had a supported MacBook Air to download the Big Sur image to, now I no longer have a supported Mac that is not upgraded already. Thanks for your guidance @BenSova Looking forward to the solution you are working on.

ghost commented 3 years ago

You created a usb to get from Catalina to Big Sur, you just have to do the same exact thing.