
Also, let me know if you would like to see more content about Unsupported Macs, and specifically what topic you would like me to cover.įinally, you can find the links to my macOS Big Sur and Catalina on Unsupported Mac tutorials if you would like to take a look at those. Creating a bootable USB stick using the Big Sur patcher.

Then you need to use the USB drive to install Big Sur on the unsupported Mac, and, lastly, you must install the needed patches. For those who use USBOpenCore, try the same, boot with opencore then target the BigSur volume with CMD+S, type 'exit' to continue booting. To install Big Sur on an unsupported Mac, you must first create a bootable USB drive using a special patcher app. They are called the unsupported mac, where the is macBook Pro and Air 2012. You can find all of the links to the various patchers mentioned in this video linked below, as well as the time stamps of where I talk about each one. 1) After alt-option key apple startup manager, target your BigSur volume hold CMD+S to boot single user mode, then type 'exit' to boot BigSur. Apple announced that macOS Big Sur will not be supported on most of the PCs.

I will show you the top three different patchers, ranging in support from macOS Sierra to macOS Monterey. The OpenCore Legacy Patcher has created a detailed walkthrough, including a list of supported models, and which features do and do not work per older Mac. In this video, I will be walking through the best patcher tools for Unsupported Macs on every version of macOS.
