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Updated on my M1 MBP yesterday. My mid 2010 and late 2013 MBP cannot support Monterey so never update on both machines.

Now I got a High Sierra, Big sur and Montery machines.
 
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Glariel said:
Updated on my M1 MBP yesterday. My mid 2010 and late 2013 MBP cannot support Monterey so never update on both machines.

Now I got a High Sierra, Big sur and Montery machines.
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My mid 2015 one still on Big Sur and it’s the final MBP that can support Monterey, but I’ve not been using it already.
 
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My mid 2015 one still on Big Sur and it’s the final MBP that can support Monterey, but I’ve not been using it already.
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not using it then no point upgrading.
just use as back up pc.
my late 2013 also using as back up

yesterday upgrade no issues dont know why some people got issue while upgrading like @vernon_wmk
 
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Glariel said:
not using it then no point upgrading.
just use as back up pc.
my late 2013 also using as back up

yesterday upgrade no issues dont know why some people got issue while upgrading like @vernon_wmk
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My Monterey update was smooth (12.0.1) and no issues so far, just felt that Monterey is a little snappier.
 
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Anyone tried to install Monterey on unsupported models? There is third party patch that downloads files from Apple and installs on your old MBP, but I am wondering if any side effects by doing so? And what about future upgrades after installed Monterey?
 
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Anyone tried to install Monterey on unsupported models? There is third party patch that downloads files from Apple and installs on your old MBP, but I am wondering if any side effects by doing so? And what about future upgrades after installed Monterey?
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nope, dont dare to try. later brick my old macbook pro
 
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i-Movies said:
Anyone tried to install Monterey on unsupported models? There is third party patch that downloads files from Apple and installs on your old MBP, but I am wondering if any side effects by doing so? And what about future upgrades after installed Monterey?
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I’ve just finished upgrading my Mid-2012 MBP 10,1 (Retina 15”) to macOS Monterey via OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.3.1 (OCLP). https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/

Had unsupported macOS Big Sur via BenSova Patched Sur running on my MBP previously. So had to erase boot drive and reinstall macOS Catalina to run OCLP upgrade.

OCLP installation patcher requires a little more learning curve but once installed, runs as close as any supported system. Supports APFS Encryption and OTA updates/upgrades.

Fyi, I first installed macOS Big Sur 11.5.1 via OCLP patcher and did an incremental OTA update to 11.6.1 via Software Update in System Preference. And followed by an OTA upgrade to macOS Monterey 12.0.1 via Software Update.

Upgrade to macOS Monterey 12.0.1 is straightforward on my M1 Mac Mini.
 
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anyone using text to speech? in Big Sur there's this bug where e text to speech with Siri voice will always stutter at e start of a paragraph. can't find online whether this has been fixed..
 
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Now the macOS cannot start at all after I tried to upgrade to the new macOS.
Cannot find a way to downgrade back to Big Sur.
 
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i.Singaporean said:
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11/01/macos-monterey-bricking-older-macs/
gg

Hope you backed up your stuff..

Create a bootable installer and reinstall macOS if all else fails
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clokwerk0 said:
Try Recovery Mode for Intel machines: https://support.apple.com/en-sg/HT201314
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Glariel said:
use recovery mode and re-install
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Yeah, I was doing that just now.
It works now!

I only forgot to backup browser bookmarks, but thats ok.
 
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