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I use a mid 2009 Core 2 Duo. I replaced the battery on it ~6 months ago. I also installed Mojave on it, and with the exception of a weird quirk where apps that

I use a mid 2009 Core 2 Duo. I replaced the battery on it ~6 months ago. I also installed Mojave on it, and with the exception of a weird quirk where apps that do not live in the Dock do not disappear from it when you close the app, it runs fine. It is essentially a Hackintosh, albeit a legal one, as the hardware is Apple hardware. I do dev work on it, though it is ruby and/or javascript, not a lot of true compiling happening. But it works well. I'd love it to be officially supported, but I mean you have to draw the line somewhere. Edit: I forgot to mention the SSD I put in it, or the RAM I maxed out. (I did the upgrade work, I was not about to pay the premium for Apple to do it.)

aspenmayer 7y ago
What did you need to do to make Mojave compatible? I've seen a few installer patches around[0] but wasn't sure if you rolled your own solution. Thanks. Edit: added link [0] https://github.com/rmc-team/macos-patcher https://github.com/rmc-team/macos-patcher
- saagarjha 7y ago
  http://dosdude1.com/mojave/ http://dosdude1.com/mojave/, maybe?
  - igreulich 7y ago
    This is the one I used.
saagarjha 7y ago
> I also installed Mojave on it, and with the exception of a weird quirk where apps that do not live in the Dock do not disappear from it when you close the app, it runs fine. If you’re talking about what I think you’re talking about, this is a feature and you can turn it off by disabling “Recent Apps” in System Preferences.
- igreulich 7y ago
  Thanks for this, I will check that out.
sersnth 7y ago
> I replaced the battery on it ~6 months ago. Where did you purchase the battery from, and how is the performance, if you do not mind me asking? I also use a mid 2009 Core 2 duo, but lately I have struggled to find a source for a battery that will last more that 1.5 hours in typical usage. I assume the issue is that any authentic Apple battery must have been manufactured so long ago that its capacity is severely degraded after having been stored (at non-ideal temperature) for so long, and it seems like even many third party batteries available are old and had inferior capacity to begin with.
- igreulich 7y ago
  I assumed the same. I bought the battery from iFixit[1], and I am back to the original of 4ish-5ish hours. [1] https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2009-Mid-2010-Replacement-Battery/IF161-105?o=4 https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody...

aspenmayer 7y ago

What did you need to do to make Mojave compatible? I've seen a few installer patches around[0] but wasn't sure if you rolled your own solution. Thanks. Edit: added link [0] https://github.com/rmc-team/macos-patcher https://github.com/rmc-team/macos-patcher

saagarjha 7y ago
http://dosdude1.com/mojave/ http://dosdude1.com/mojave/, maybe?
- igreulich 7y ago
  This is the one I used.

saagarjha 7y ago

> I also installed Mojave on it, and with the exception of a weird quirk where apps that do not live in the Dock do not disappear from it when you close the app, it runs fine. If you’re talking about what I think you’re talking about, this is a feature and you can turn it off by disabling “Recent Apps” in System Preferences.

igreulich 7y ago
Thanks for this, I will check that out.

sersnth 7y ago

> I replaced the battery on it ~6 months ago. Where did you purchase the battery from, and how is the performance, if you do not mind me asking? I also use a mid 2009 Core 2 duo, but lately I have struggled to find a source for a battery that will last more that 1.5 hours in typical usage. I assume the issue is that any authentic Apple battery must have been manufactured so long ago that its capacity is severely degraded after having been stored (at non-ideal temperature) for so long, and it seems like even many third party batteries available are old and had inferior capacity to begin with.

igreulich 7y ago
I assumed the same. I bought the battery from iFixit[1], and I am back to the original of 4ish-5ish hours. [1] https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2009-Mid-2010-Replacement-Battery/IF161-105?o=4 https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody...