It’s important to remember that OpenCore is offered by a community driven effort and is an unofficial approach to running MacOS Ventura system software on Macs, so Apple will offer no assistance if something goes wrong.

The installer you build from within OpenCore can even be used to make a bootable installer for Ventura for an unsupported Mac.

Check out the OpenCore Start Guide hereĮssentially you will download and patch an installer application that is modified to install and run MacOS Ventura on Mac hardware that is not part of the official supported Mac list.

Download the OpenCore Legacy Patcher GUI app here.

If you’re interested in installing and running macOS Ventura on unsupported Mac hardware, you’ll want to download the OpenCore Legacy Patcher application, and read through the guide on the OpenCore projects github page: Installing MacOS Ventura on Unsupported Mac Additionally, some older Mac models have GPU hardware that is not necessarily optimized or compatible with Ventura, but you can get more information about those specifics at the OpenCore project website. Keep in mind that not all features will work on these older Mac models, for example Stage Manager will not work on every Mac. The full list of officially unsupported Macs that can run Ventura with OpenCore is as follows:

OpenCore Legacy Patcher will allow you to run MacOS Ventura on some Macs going all the way back to 20. Unsupported Mac Models That Can Run MacOS Ventura with OpenCore OpenCore allows you to install MacOS Ventura on unsupported Mac models, offering a way to run the latest system software versions on Mac computers that Apple has decided to no longer support. While the official list of Macs compatible with MacOS Ventura is fairly limited and requiring a Mac built from 2017 onward, many earlier Macs still have plenty of hardware power and life left in them.

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