# Supported Models

Any hardware supporting SSE4.1 CPU and 64-Bit firmware work on this patcher. To check your hardware model, run the following command on the applicable machine in the terminal:

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Model Identifier'

The below table will list all supported and unsupported functions of the patcher currently:

Regarding OS support, see below:

Support Entry Supported OSes Description Comment
HostOS macOS 10.10 - macOS 13 Refers to OSes where running OpenCore-Patcher.app are supported Supports 10.7+ if Python 3.9 or higher (opens new window) is manually installed, simply run the OpenCore-Patcher-GUI.command located in the repo
TargetOS macOS 11 - macOS 13 Refers to OSes that can be patched to run with OpenCore May support 10.4 and newer (in a potentially broken state). No support provided.
  • macOS Ventura installer creation requires 10.11 or later

# MacBook

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacBook1,1 Mid-2006 NO 32-Bit CPU limitation
MacBook2,1 Late 2006 32-Bit Firmware limitation
MacBook3,1 Late 2007
MacBook4,1 Early 2008 - No GPU Acceleration in Mavericks and newer
- No Keyboard and Trackpad
- No USB
MacBook5,1 Late 2008 YES - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
MacBook5,2 Early 2009
MacBook6,1 Late 2009
MacBook7,1 Mid-2010
MacBook8,1 Mid-2015 Everything is supported
MacBook9,1 Early 2016

# MacBook Air

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacBookAir1,1 Early 2008 NO Requires SSE4.1 CPU
MacBookAir2,1 Late 2008 YES - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
MacBookAir3,1 Late 2010
MacBookAir3,2
MacBookAir4,1 Mid-2011 - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
MacBookAir4,2
MacBookAir5,1 Mid-2012 Everything is supported
MacBookAir5,2
MacBookAir6,1 Mid-2013, Early 2014
MacBookAir6,2
MacBookAir7,1 Early-2015, 2017
MacBookAir7,2

# MacBook Pro

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacBookPro1,1 Early 2006 NO 32-Bit CPU limitation
MacBookPro1,2
MacBookPro2,1 Late 2006 32-Bit Firmware limitation
MacBookPro2,2 Late 2006
MacBookPro3,1 Mid-2007 Requires SSE4.1 CPU
MacBookPro4,1 Early 2008 YES - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
MacBookPro5,1 Late 2008
MacBookPro5,2 Early 2009
MacBookPro5,3 Mid-2009
MacBookPro5,4
MacBookPro5,5
MacBookPro6,1 Mid-2010 - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
MacBookPro6,2
MacBookPro7,1 - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
MacBookPro8,1 Early 2011 - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
MacBookPro8,2
MacBookPro8,3
MacBookPro9,1 Mid-2012 Everything is supported
MacBookPro9,2
MacBookPro10,1 Mid-2012, Early 2013
MacBookPro10,2 Late 2012, Early 2013
MacBookPro11,1 Late 2013, Mid-2014
MacBookPro11,2
MacBookPro11,3
MacBookPro11,4 Mid 2015
MacBookPro11,5
MacBookPro12,1 Early 2015
MacBookPro13,1 Late 2016
MacBookPro13,2
MacBookPro13,3

# Mac mini

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
Macmini1,1 Early 2006 NO 32-Bit CPU limitation
Macmini2,1 Mid-2007 32-Bit Firmware limitation
Macmini3,1 Early 2009 YES - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
Macmini4,1 Mid-2010
Macmini5,1 Mid-2011 - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
Macmini5,2
Macmini5,3
Macmini6,1 Late 2012 Everything is supported
Macmini6,2
Macmini7,1 Mid-2014

# iMac

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
iMac4,1 Early 2006 NO 32-Bit CPU limitation
iMac4,2 Mid-2006
iMac5,1 Late 2006 32-Bit Firmware limitation
iMac5,2
iMac6,1
iMac7,1 Mid-2007 YES - Requires an SSE4.1 CPU Upgrade (opens new window)
- GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
- Stock Bluetooth 2.0 card non-functional
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
iMac8,1 Early 2008 - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
iMac9,1 Early 2009
iMac10,1 Late 2009 - GPU is socketed, recommend upgrading to Metal GPU (opens new window)
- GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
iMac11,1 - GPU Acceleration in Public Beta, see current issues (#108 (opens new window))
iMac11,2 Mid-2010
iMac11,3
iMac12,1 Mid-2011
iMac12,2
iMac13,1 Late 2012 Everything is supported
iMac13,2
iMac13,3
iMac14,1 Late 2013
iMac14,2
iMac14,3
iMac14,4 Mid-2014
iMac15,1 Late 2014, Mid-2015
iMac16,1 Late 2014, Mid-2015
iMac16,2 Late 2014, Mid-2015
iMac17,1 Late 2015, Early-2016

# Mac Pro

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
MacPro1,1 Mid-2006 NO 32-Bit Firmware limitation
MacPro2,1 Mid-2007
MacPro3,1 Early 2008 YES - UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
- Potential boot issues with stock Bluetooth card, recommend removing to avoid kernel panics
MacPro4,1 Early 2009 - Everything is supported as long as GPU is Metal capable
- UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
MacPro5,1 Mid-2010, Mid-2012
MacPro6,1 Late 2013 - CPU Power Management currently unsupported
- No DRM support

# Xserve

SMBIOS Year Supported Comment
Xserve1,1 Mid-2006 NO 32-Bit Firmware limitation
Xserve2,1 Early 2008 YES - UHCI/OHCI support in Public Beta, see current issues (#1021 (opens new window))
Xserve3,1 Early 2009

# Once you've verified your hardware is supported, head to Download and build macOS Installers