Repository: dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

Issue #108: Legacy Non-Metal GPUs and macOS Big Sur - Sequoia
Created: 2021-03-18T18:37:01Z
Thanks to recent developments in the community and great work from @ASentientBot and the Moraea team, we've made great progress on GPU Acceleration support.



GPU Acceleration








Hardware Support

NVIDIA Tesla: 8XXX-3XX
NVIDIA Fermi: 4XX-5XX
NVIDIA Maxwell: 9XX
NVIDIA Pascal: 10XX
ATI TeraScale 1: HD 2XXX-4XXX
AMD TeraScale 2: HD 5XXX-6XXX
Intel 5th Generation GPUs / Ironlake (1st Gen Intel Core)
Intel 6th Generation GPUs / Sandy Bridge (2nd Gen Intel Core)

Note that these patches are in active development and there are many issues, some listed below:
Current Issues with Acceleration Patches
Stability Issues



Issues
Reporter
Severity
Priority
Potential Fix




Graphics switching broken on dual GPU machines
DhinakG
Moderate
Moderate
Unknown, use gSwitch for manual switching




Sequoia only issues



Issues
Reporter
Severity
Priority
Potential Fix




Frozen gallery and no thumbnails on Photos app
EduCovas
High
High
Downgrade to Sonoma


Tiled windows feature doesn't work
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Use a third party app


New Metal rendered wallpapers doesn't work
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Requires Metal API


inverted colors on selected window screenshots
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Downgrade to Sonoma


Broken background on Weather app
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Downgrade to Sonoma (WeatherUI requires Metal API)



Sonoma and newer issues



Issues
Reporter
Severity
Priority
Potential Fix




Show desktop shortcuts not working
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Downgrade to Ventura


Cycle through windows shortcut not working
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Downgrade to Ventura



General Issues



Issues
Reporter
Severity
Priority
Potential Fix




DRM content won't play in Safari, TV and Music
EduCovas
Moderate
Unfixable
Use a third party browser (Hardware decoding unavailable on non-Metal GPU drivers)


Stage Manager non-functional
Mykola
Moderate
Moderate
Unsupported on non-Metal (incompatible with 10.14.6 SkyLight)


AirPlay display unstable
MykolaG
Moderate
Moderate
Unknown


Broken Maps in Monterey and newer
Mykola
Moderate
Moderate
Downgrade to Big Sur (Monterey VectorKit requires Metal)


Strange Window corners on HiDPI
Mykola
Moderate
Moderate
Unknown



Resolved Issues



Issues
Reporter
Severity
Priority
Potential Fix




Tile full screen windows feature doesn't work on Sonoma
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with macOS Sequoia


Dock disappears after changing screen resolution
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with f8a3d57


Unresponsive buttons in Catalyst apps on Sonoma
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 54c56e2


Menu Bar font color not changing even with Beta Menu Bar enabled
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 54c56e2


Black Interface Elements on certain Sandy Bridge Macs
PatrickBK
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.6.8


Wake from sleep distorts heavily on 11.3 Beta 1+ with AMD/ATI TeraScale 1
Mykola
Resolved
Resolved
Resolved with 0.6.6 and MacOS Ventura


Kernel Panic on Wake for Nvidia 8000 series and AMD/ATI TeraScale 1 GPUs
Mykola
Resolved
Resolved
Resolved with 0.6.6


Control Center Sliders Broken
ASentientBot
Resolved
Resolved
Resolved with 0.4.3


Forced Software Cursor
ASentientBot
Resolved
Resolved
Resolved with 0.4.3


Shifted/missing icons
ASentientBot
Resolved
Resolved
Resolved with 0.4.3


Erratic Colours on ATI TeraScale 2 GPUs
MykolaG
Resolved
Resolved
Resolved with 0.4.2


QuickLook Dismiss and Expand button missing
neogomo
Resolved
Resolved
Resolved with 0.4.3


Keyboard Backlight broken
Mykola
Resolved
Resolved
Resolved with 0.4.3


Automatic Dark/Lightmode not working
ASentientBot
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.4.4


Catalyst apps quoting after 1200 seconds
MykolaG
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.4.4


VNC Broken for legacy Tesla 1.0 and TeraScale 2.0
vale21
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.4.5


Bluetooth Connect Button not showing in Ventura Settings
Mykola
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.6.3


Emoji Picker Dismisses without pasting
MykolaG
Moderate
Moderate
Select emojis with arrow keys, resolved with 0.6.3 and macOS Ventura


MenuBar with Reduce Transparency broken
MykolaG
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved in Monterey


Menu Bar Blur and Selections
ASentientBot
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.6.3


Menu Bar white font on light wallpapers
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.6.3


Can't press Done in Widget Settings
EduCovas
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.6.3


Photo Booth Black Screen in Monterey
MykolaG
Moderate
Moderate
Resolved with 0.6.6

Duplicate issue #570: [Bug]: MacBook Pro8,2 Finder sidebar and Safari show serious drags
Created: 2021-10-15T04:06:11Z
Machine Model
MacBookPro8,2
Application Version
Latest Release
Application Variant
TUI (Text User Interface)
What versions of macOS are you seeing the problem on?
macOS 11, Big Sur
Where does this issue happen?
Within macOS (After Logging in)
What is the Isssue?
MacBook Pro8,2 Finder sidebar and Safari show serious drags
Any Additional Information
No response

Closing comment (2021-10-15T15:35:51Z): Duplicate:

#108