Success: OCLP .68, iMac Mid-2011 i5-2400S + 6750M, 8GB, External TB1 SSD

Success. I used OCLP .68 on an iMac mid-2011 with no hardware changes internally, with 8GB, with a 500GB TB1 SSD. Works well all things considered. I went from 10.13.6 to Ventura 13.5. I don't plan to patch or upgrade beyond this barring clear success stories; I'm at the point where I'm pretty happy for now with what's on here. Safari is modern, Chrome will continue to update, Office 2021 works, and my apps, by and large, mostly work.

The TB1 to SATA adapter used is the "Seagate GoFlex" adapter.

Things that won't work:

iMovie vLatest (loads the OK screen showing the new version, then quits)

GarageBand vLatest (loads a few things, then quits with Metal errors)

Apple Maps (shows blank screen)

Apple Photos (shows all photos, syncs, etc., but when you 2x click on an individual photo, it opens that window to show the photo, but the window is blank)

I'm sure there's more, but for basic use (Safari, Apple News, a basic OpenGL game like Starcraft II, etc.) it's perfectly fine.

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