Hi all
I asked this question somewhere else in this forum but it didn't get any traction so thought I'd just post it myself instead.
Does anyone know of any tabulated resource to help people make a decision regarding which macOS and OCLP version combinations work best per Mac Model? ie:
Mac Model x macOS version inc point updates x OCLP version
The reason I ask is because clearly theres a tonne of amazing incredible dev work that goes into making OCLP work and the info out there pertaining to all the various different factors involved to get the most useful and bug/issue free working version possible per Mac model, BUT it’s spread all over the place and lost in the machinations of the the cat and mouse chase between Apple’s macOS updates and OpenCore’s Legacy Patcher updates.
Also, it doesn't seem to be as cut and dry as simply ‘use the latest OCLP’ and/or ‘use the latest macOS that OCLP will support on your Mac’. Sweet spots have seemingly appeared (and indeed then disappeared) and what may have appeared to be end points for various different Macs (ie where the changes appear insurmountable with OCLP code and/or the machine can no longer have hardware updates to enable them), a few months later may be brought back to life by some rock star OCLP dev who cracked the issue.
No doubt the Apple/OCLP cat and mouse game will end once Apple has released its final ever Intel compatible macOS. Maybe at that point an overview will be more easily producible, but it would be incredibly useful to just check a website, scroll through the Intel Mac models and instantly see which macOS version and OCLP version combination is regarded as ‘the best’, with advisory notes eg re later macOS alternatives and pros/cons, any issues to know about in advance. The OCLP site does try to provide some of this, but it isn’t all collated into one simple (or maybe not so simple) table.
What do you think?
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