{"id":2413,"date":"2023-10-20T14:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:25:21","slug":"giving-old-macbooks-new-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2023\/10\/20\/giving-old-macbooks-new-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Old MacBooks New Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the past, when MacBooks cannot run the latest MacOS X operating system, I typically relegate them to physical archive. I know that security patches can still be applied for some time, but sometimes missing the latest features can be an impediment to other shared devices within the Apple Wall Garden. For example, your latest iPhone may not work as well with the older MacBook etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently I found out about <a href=\"https:\/\/dortania.github.io\/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OpenCore Legacy Patcher<\/a> (OCLP). This is an excellent tool that intercepts the booting process so that ultimately newer operating systems can run on older hardware. OCLP&#8217;s explanation on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dortania.github.io\/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher\/HOW.html#boot-process-with-opencore\" target=\"_blank\">Boot Process<\/a> does a much better job in explaining this than I can, so please go check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not going to explain the step by step process of using OCLP. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Mr.Macintosh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr. Macintosh<\/a> does a much better job than I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGR2qGw9lG8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video has 2 Examples: 1) Fresh Sonoma Install &amp; 2) Upgrade Install to Sonoma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I use the fresh install process to install Sonoma (the latest MacOS at time of this writing). I did successfully on the following computers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MacBook Air Early 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MacBook Pro 15&#8243; 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MacBook Pro 15&#8243; 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Sonoma is installed, the new operating system can also participate in future updates from Apple. However, the exception is before installing the updates, one has to ensure that OCLP must be updated. The update process is explained <a href=\"https:\/\/dortania.github.io\/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher\/UPDATE.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since these computers are relegated to legacy anyways, this process does not have much risk, and perhaps adds more life to your old hardware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, when MacBooks cannot run the latest MacOS X operating system, I typically relegate them to physical archive. I know that security patches can still be applied for some time, but sometimes missing the latest features can be an impediment to other shared devices within the Apple Wall Garden. For example, your latest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2023\/10\/20\/giving-old-macbooks-new-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Giving Old MacBooks New Life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7V6i8-CV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions\/2415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}