docs/VENTURA-DROP.md
With the release of OpenCore Legacy Patcher v0.5.0 and newer, early support for macOS Ventura has been implemented for most Metal-capable Macs. This page will be used to inform users regarding current issues and will be updated as new patch sets are developed and added to our patcher.
Ventura's release dropped a large amount of Intel hardware, thus requiring the usage of OpenCore Legacy Patcher on the following models (in addition to previously removed models):
OpenCore Legacy Patcher supports Ventura for the models below, however some challenges remain. You can find information about them further down on this page.
For older hardware, see below sections:
The team is doing their best to investigate and fix the aforementioned issues, however no estimated time can be provided.
For users with 2008 to 2013 Mac Pros (MacPro3,1-6,1) and 2009 to 2011 iMacs (iMac9,1-12,2), keep in mind that macOS Ventura now requires AVX2.0 support in the CPU for native graphics acceleration. Thus while your GPU may be natively supported, you cannot run Ventura officially with these GPUs.
Currently at this time, OpenCore Legacy Patcher only supports patching the AMD Polaris and Vega Graphics stack to no longer require AVX2.0. We're recently received an AMD RX 6600 donation, so hopefully in the future the project can support AMD Navi with pre-Haswell Macs. However, no time estimates can be given.
Following GPUs are applicable:
| GPU Architecture | Model Families | Supported |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Polaris | RX 4xx/5xx (10/20 series) | <span style="color:#30BCD5"> Supported with patching </span> |
| AMD Vega | Vega 56/64/VII (10/20 series) | ^^ |
| AMD Navi | RX 5xxx/6xxx (10/20 series) | <span style="color:red"> Unsupported </span> |
For Penryn systems and pre-2013 Mac Pros, USB 1.1 support was outright removed in macOS Ventura. While USB 1.1 may seem unimportant, it handles many important devices on your system. These include:
Refer to the troubleshooting page on how to workaround this issue.
Refer to the following links for more information about Legacy Metal and non-Metal support and their respective issues.
::: details Legacy Wireless Support (Resolved in v0.6.0 and newer)
For systems that required Root Patches in macOS Monterey to achieve Wireless support, unfortunately macOS Ventura has broken the patch set. Currently the following Wifi cards are unsupported:
The following machines shipped stock with these cards:
Currently BCM943224, BCM94331, BCM94360 and BCM943602 are still fully supported by OpenCore Legacy Patcher. Consider upgrading to these cards if possible.
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::: details Non-Metal Graphics Acceleration (Resolved in v0.6.0 and newer)
Regarding non-Metal, the team is hard at work to get non-Metal working, however this is our greatest challenge since Big Sur.
Apple has made significant changes to the graphics stack in order to facilitate fancy effects, and in particularly, Stage Manager. We will update you as we work on development, however, now is not the best time to ask about ETAs.
The following GPUs are applicable:
The following machines shipped stock with an unsupported GPU: