Thousands of users held onto their 2012 MacBook Pros, 2011 iMacs, and even the beloved 2010 Mac Pro (the “cheese grater”). These machines had upgradable RAM, SSDs, and plenty of life left. But Apple’s new installer would refuse to run on them, citing a missing BoardID or unsupported graphics driver.
At its peak, the patcher worked on:
—that allow users to bypass Apple's hardware compatibility checks. These tools work through two primary methods: Bypassing Compatibility Checks Macos Big Sur Patcher
often had to be turned off during the initial install to allow the patcher to modify system kexts. Graphic Limitations Thousands of users held onto their 2012 MacBook