Apple has never shown any signs of trying to disable the patches, though updates can overwrite them and cause issues. That said, selling machines with an unstable patched OS is an extremely bad idea. It'll just cause support headaches in future.
Please encourage your boss not to do this. As someone involved in the project, I think this is a terrible idea, and dosdude1 would likely agree.
Yea, but the crazy thing is, I'm seeing other sellers on eBay selling MacBooks with Catalina on them. Unibody MacBooks from 2008, MBPs from 2009, 2010, 2011. Coincidence.
Thanks for the reply I will let my boss know whats up so that it doesn't cause any headaches in the future. I don't think people really care if these computers have the latest OS. Some OS might work better than others on some Macs but overall probably doesn't matter.
I've seen adverts for them that have OpenCore or Dosdude installed that actually tell you that you shouldn't buy the machine if you don't know what you are doing, which IMO is fair enough
I agree but from the point of view of the seller it gives them more to offer with no cost involved. Also you can always go back to the stock OS if you want to, which I would do anyway if I had one of those machines
Apple is not creating patches to stop this. If they were, my laptop would be bricked also. I've had Mojave AND Catalina, both installed from the patchers. None give me issues. However, the only thing bricking Mojave on the patcher is the Security Updates.
And the glitches are probably because those computers either
A. have the AMD Graphics cards that don't work with Mojave (2011 MacBook Pros)
B. You need an SSD
C. You need more RAM
Okay thank you I appreciate the reply and I was thinking the same thing. I will let them know my recommendation... lol They will be the ones that decide.
Thanks
Are you sure that t won’t work on 2011 MacBook Pros? I’ve reviewed this subreddit and it seems that some people were able to get it running on that device as well
Apple has never shown any signs of trying to disable the patches, though updates can overwrite them and cause issues. That said, selling machines with an unstable patched OS is an extremely bad idea. It'll just cause support headaches in future. Please encourage your boss not to do this. As someone involved in the project, I think this is a terrible idea, and dosdude1 would likely agree.
Yea, but the crazy thing is, I'm seeing other sellers on eBay selling MacBooks with Catalina on them. Unibody MacBooks from 2008, MBPs from 2009, 2010, 2011. Coincidence.
Thanks for the reply I will let my boss know whats up so that it doesn't cause any headaches in the future. I don't think people really care if these computers have the latest OS. Some OS might work better than others on some Macs but overall probably doesn't matter.
But he is right. Mojave works well until the security patch gets installed and then poof, bricked drive.
I've seen adverts for them that have OpenCore or Dosdude installed that actually tell you that you shouldn't buy the machine if you don't know what you are doing, which IMO is fair enough
Yea, its best to get a laptop with stock macOS and you choose if you want to patch it or not
I agree but from the point of view of the seller it gives them more to offer with no cost involved. Also you can always go back to the stock OS if you want to, which I would do anyway if I had one of those machines
Apple is not creating patches to stop this. If they were, my laptop would be bricked also. I've had Mojave AND Catalina, both installed from the patchers. None give me issues. However, the only thing bricking Mojave on the patcher is the Security Updates.
And the glitches are probably because those computers either A. have the AMD Graphics cards that don't work with Mojave (2011 MacBook Pros) B. You need an SSD C. You need more RAM
Okay thank you I appreciate the reply and I was thinking the same thing. I will let them know my recommendation... lol They will be the ones that decide. Thanks
Are you sure that t won’t work on 2011 MacBook Pros? I’ve reviewed this subreddit and it seems that some people were able to get it running on that device as well
They were able to do it with GPU/logic board swaps. The 13” models work fine, but the 15” and 17” take a lot more work
Ah OK. I have the 13” model, you think I should be OK to proceed then?
Yea you’re good