This update includes:

• Pages For Mac El Capitan
• How To Install El Capitan On Unsupported Mac

• Fixes adfly URL issues- Improves some error messages (makes them more explicit)

• Fixes some minor UI issues/glitches

• Fixes log files not appearing!

• Add some verbosity to the install process (for logs)

MacPostFactor v2.0
This version is huge! It features many improvements everywhere! Anyway, in this version, you'll find:

It's finally here: OS X El Capitan on an unsupported mac. If this video hits 50 likes I will work on a tutorial, so make sure you share this video with your. OS X El Capitan on Unsupported Macs. MacOS Extractor, OS X Patcher, and MacPostFactor are apps that guide you through patching and installing OS X El Capitan (10.11), Yosemite (10.10), Mavericks(10.9), or Mountain Lion (10.8) on your older Mac. If your Mac isn't compatible with the latest macOS, you might still be able to upgrade to an earlier macOS, such as macOS Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, or El Capitan. To get the latest features and maintain the security, stability, compatibility, and performance of your Mac, it's important to keep your software up to date.

Other Features in Previous Versions:

• OS X El Capitan support- Ability to use a smaller Recovery (≈ 600MB instead of 5GB)with no compromises on available features

• Bluetooth Audio FIX on 32bit ML Hack- Better MacPostFactor UI and UX

• New Preferences Window- New Customise button- Search again for Install OS X _ _ _.app by a click of a button

• Nicer interface- Nicer switching animations- Better MacPostFactor App

• Better code organization

• Snow Leopard Compatibility (BETA)

• Contributors now working! Donate to figure on the list!

• Ability to change the USB name when erasing it

• New feature: 'One click install'

• Really fixes Paypal donation link

• Fixes USB space check (total space instead of left space)

• Fixes ton of other minor bugs

• Reduces the energy footprint when creating USB Installers

• Better OSXHackers Preview boot logo

• Better logs in case of error

• OS X Mav+ kernels are now stored online (reduces MacPostFactor's size and allows MLforAll to add a new kernel without updating the MacPostFactor app itself)

• Improved the Hacking Process

• No more Error Code 3- Use of kernelcache whenever possible

• Fixes USB installers not booting

• Improved MacPostFactor 'side-apps' (recovery apps)

• Better MacPostFactor Services Init- Better OS X Manager with SIP management support

• MUCH BETTER 'MacPostFactor OS X Installer” (active progress bar.. support for ML and Mav...)

• 'About MCPF.app' and 'Dock Glass Effect Manager.app' replaced by 'MacPostFactor Utilities.app' that also adds new tweaks!

While the yearly major macOS update system is free to install, it is still limited to Macs that Apple deems compatible, and every year a generation of Macs essentially becomes obsolete. This is despite the fact that Apple is eager to emphasize that macOS is a widely compatible operating system.

As it happens, there are still people with close to ten-year-old Apple desktop computers still in use on a daily basis, likely performing a range of lighter tasks.

Download CleanMyMac X from MacPaw’s website and clean up to 500MB of junk data from your computer while enjoying all the features of the software without major limitations.

Which Macs Don't Support High Sierra

For some reason Apple doesn't want to allow these Macs to run one of its latest operating systems, namely macOS 10.13 High Sierra. This leaves the following Macs on macOS 10.11 El Capitan:

• MacBook Pro – late-2009 or earlier models
• MacBook – late-2008 or earlier models
• MacBook Air – 2009 or earlier models
• iMac – late-2008 or earlier models
• Mac Mini – 2009 or earlier models
• Mac Pro – 2009 or earlier models.

These machines are considered obsolete and vintage by Apple. The company defines vintage products as those that have not been manufactured for more than five years but less than seven years ago. Obsolete products are those discontinued more than seven years ago.

How To Install macOS High Sierra on Unsupported Macs

Though Apple doesn't support the above hardware officially, someone has thought about sharing the love for these older machines. A developer known as DOSDude1 has written a patch that works on Macs with the Penryn architecture. Using this still imposes certain limitations, but at least makes it possible to install macOS High Sierra on the following Macs:

• Early-2008 or newer Mac Pro, iMac, or MacBook Pro (MacPro 3,1 and 4,1, iMac 8,1 and 9,1, MacBook Pro 4,1, 5,1, 5,2, 5,3, 5,4, and 5,5).
• Late-2008 or newer MacBook Air or Aluminum Unibody MacBook (MacBook Air 2,1, MacBook 5,1).
• Early-2009 or newer Mac Mini or white MacBook (Mac Mini 3,1, MacBook 5,2)
• Early-2008 or newer Xserve (Xserve 2,1, Xserve 3,1).

If you happen to own any of the Penryn Macs mentioned above, the macOS High Sierra Patch Tool written by DOSDude1 will make running the latest software possible. But remember, with High Sierra you will also migrate to the Apple File System, and it is highly recommended that you first disable SIP because it may prevent the patch from working at all.

Installing the operating system on any of these Macs will require some technical knowledge, so it is not recommended for novice users. Also, a backup of your data is always a good idea in case anything goes wrong.

While there is a full step-by-step tutorial and video tutorial available on DOSDude1's website, it’s good to get a summary of the basics, which start with downloading the macOS High Sierra Installer app from the Mac App Store:

Pages For Mac El Capitan

1. Format a USB drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) via Disk Utility.
2. Open the macOS High Sierra Patcher tool, navigate to the High Sierra Installer App, then select your pen drive and click “Start Operation”.
3. Boot from the USB drive by holding down the option key after reboot.
4. Install macOS normally, reboot back on the installer drive, and then open the “macOS Post Install” application.
5. From the options, select the Mac model you own. This step is important, because it contains the optimal patch for that specific model.
6. Click the “Patch” button, and after the process has finished, click “Reboot”.

The Reason Not To Install macOS High Sierra on an Unsupported Mac

As you may have already experienced with other types of officially unsupported machines, the probability of having issues is much higher. The same applies in this case, too, since the macOS High Sierra Patcher will render your iMac 8.1 Broadcom Wi-Fi chip useless for certain models.

Macs that use the Broadcom BCM4321 Wi-Fi module will not have functional Wi-Fi when running High Sierra. Another issue that has been highlighted by the developer is that the trackpad in the MacBook 5,2 isn't fully supported in this version of OS.

These are just a few of the possible issues that could arise, and this is before even mentioning the various potential software errors that you can run into by using out-of-date hardware. Without getting the proper knowledge beforehand, you'll need to revert back to the previous state of the Mac, which won't be an easy process, especially not without a Time Machine backup.

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