One Weird Trick For Running Modern macOS On Ancient Macs

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The last macOS release to officially support this 2008 Intel MacPro 3,1 was El Capitan way back in 2015, and that hasn't received any security updates since 2018! So let's run a bang up to date release instead, thanks to a community project known as OCLP.

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OCLP: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro To OCLP & The Intel MacPro 3,1
03:52 HOWTO Configure OCLP
07:58 macOS Installation Process On Unsupported Macs
13:47 Testing WiFi, Audio, Video Playback
16:48 More Testing - Polished Boot Process, Office, Steam