v0.0.17
The highlight of this release: If Big Sur developer beta 3 made Ethernet stop working on your Mac, then patch your USB stick with this version of the patcher, repeat step 9, and Ethernet should work again.
Changes in more detail:
- Many typos and errors in the README have been corrected. The biggest corrections are to instructions for installing and patching for 2009-2010 Macs (such as Late 2009/Mid 2010 white MacBooks). For these Macs, you still have to install on a newer Mac then move the (internal or external) hard drive/SSD to the older Mac, but now the instructions are sufficiently complete that they should actually work.
- Many 2011 and older Macs with Big Sur developer beta 3 have nonfunctioning Ethernet, so on these machines, AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext will now be replaced with the version from macOS Catalina 10.15.6. (If you forget to use the
--2011
option topatch-kexts.sh
on 2011 Macs, this fix will not work.) This fixed the Ethernet problems on my MacBookPro8,1, so I think it should fix the problems on other unsupported Macs. I'm not yet sure if this is a temporary bug or a compatibility break that will require patching over the long term, so right now the patch is only applied to Big Sur developer beta 3. If you have a Mac that lost Ethernet after upgrading to Big Sur developer beta 3, and this version of the patcher does not fix it for you, please let me know. - The
--all
option inpatch-kexts.sh
now installs the GeForce 9400M/320M driver kexts. This should fix sleep and display brightness control on the 2009 13" MacBook Pro (APFS ROM patch required), 2010 13" MacBook Pro, and Late 2009/Mid 2010 white MacBooks (tested on a Late 2009 white MacBook). Thanks to ASentientBot for the NVDAResmanTesla.kext patch which makes this possible.