Ventura on the Mac Pro 4,1 and 5,1
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 Published On Jan 28, 2023

In this video, I'll be testing macOS Ventura on the Apple Mac Pro 4,1. Since OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.6.0 added support for Ventura on this unsupported hardware, I had to check this out. I will run through the limitations, prepare and install Ventura and then share the first experiences so far with this OS.

If you are interested in a performance comparison of Ventura on unsupported hardware, make sure to check out this video as well:    • macOS Ventura - Performance on unsupp...  

Newer version of macOS: Sonoma
In the meanwhile, macOS Sonoma has been released. A very similar method is available to install the latest version of macOS on unsupported hardware. I did a separate video that covers that version of macOS,. You can find that one over here:    • Install macOS Sonoma on unsupported m...  

Links mentioned in the video:
- Installing macOS Ventura on unsupported hardware:
   • Install macOS Ventura on unsupported ...  
https://jensd.be/1897/apple/install-m...

- Download link for OpenCore Legacy Patcher: https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-...

00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - mac Pro 4,1
01:27 - OpenCore Legacy Patcher
02:10 - USB 1.1 issues
02:50 - GPU support
04:15 - The test system
05:15 - Prepare for installation
08:15 - Install Ventura
13:10 - First experience
14:00 - YouTube 4K
14:54 - Wifi and Bluetooth
15:21 - Conclusion

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