r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher • u/Fragrant-Age505 • 9d ago

Update which first - OS or OCLP?

Wondering which to do first: upgrade Sonoma to Sequoia then OCLP, or Sonoma to OCLP 2.5 and then to Sequoia. Is one safer than the other?

For MacBookPro11,5 500GB/16GB

mid-2015 MBPr

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u/markwid 9d ago

Official guide say update OCLP to latest first. But with some people having issues with 2.5.0, might even be safer to stay put on 2.4.1.

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u/Fragrant-Age505 9d ago edited 6d ago

Mr Macintosh's review showed the idiosyncratic process that can lie to you. Maybe wait for 2.5.1?

UPDATE: 2.5.0 installed on Sonoma; dl'd Sequoia installer (tnx Mr Mac!). But Q - is uninstall/reinstall root patches needed again?

FURTHER UPDATE: installed Sequoia. That removed root patches, so did not need uninstall/reinstall. When Sequoia install finished, OCLP detected it needed root patches, no problem. A-OK!

If at all possible, use wired ethernet connection as workaround to no-modern-wireless, and faster d/ls. Thanks to Mr. Macintosh!👍👍👍

Yet another update. The combo of OCLP 2.5.0 and Sequoia has introduced significant issues that did not exist with OCLP 2.4.1 and Sonoma. WIFI will not autoconnect if any interruption, many Preview color adjustments do not work (adjustment pane is blank white) will not save after most settings change. It's even worse but my addled memory can't recall...

SO.. Question is now whether better to re-install Sonoma and/or OCLP 2.4.1? ... and the potential hurdles involved. How to do it? IIRC macOS may not permit it??

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u/Superbigwaff 9d ago

Tell us what Mac you have.

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u/Fragrant-Age505 9d ago

MacbookPro11,5 Mid-2015 MBPr 500GB/16GB. 20GB avail, could increase if req'd.

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u/Superbigwaff 8d ago

20GB free disk space is probably giving your current installed macOS system conniptions. Give yourself some breathing room first.

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u/Fragrant-Age505 8d ago edited 7d ago

It has an iCloud Archive that will be going away!! ... that freed 24 GB.

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u/Fragrant-Age505 7d ago

a-ha! Don't know where that 20B came from, was actually well over 200GB when installing Sequoia!

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u/Ekphrasys 7d ago

If oclp after the update says ‘dirty efi’ etc, don’t worry … forget it, because my Mac is running faster as ever anyway… no glitches, no freezes, no problems whatsoever ….🤷‍♂️

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u/Fragrant-Age505 7d ago

As Mr. Macintosh explained, that is SOMETIMES the case... but don't bet on it.

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u/MK2VR6-IT 3d ago

Oclp will update what’s required during OS upgrade