macostrial099 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hi, I had an issue upgrading Big Sur 11.2 to 11.6 via OTA, I found away to upgrade it, I did the following: 1. searched Big Sur app store 2. Clicked on the link which opens app store 3. Downloaded Big Sur upgrade 4. Installed with multiple resets I verified it and it is Big Sur 11.6! I wanted to try this with Monterey, but it won’t allow me! I like the OTA to avoid loosing anything! It was hard work to get it to this point! Any suggestion on how to get OTA for Monterey? Dell Latitude E6440 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 18, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 18, 2022 Check the SMBIOS in use; you need one of a model compatible with Monterey. Typical Haswell MBP11,1 is not compatible; you need to select Broadwell (eg MBP12,1) Haswell MacBookPro11,4 SMBIOS minimum to get Monterey upgrade offered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macostrial099 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Thank you Harvé! I checked dortania Does that mean that I need a hardware change? Or just change the plist configuration? Is it possible to go up above 11,1, because the i5-4310 rated 37W? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted January 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted January 18, 2022 use MacBookPro11,4 should be enough to get you on Monterey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 18, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 18, 2022 Absolutely correct, I had forgotten! https://osxlatitude.com/articles/news/macos-monterey-is-out-r44/ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212551 https://everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-2015.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macostrial099 Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Thanks Jake Lo and Hervé! Do I need to change many things in the plist or just change the compatibility of the laptop eg 11,4 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted January 19, 2022 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2022 Just change your SMBIOS to MacBookPro11,4 If you have an USBPorts.kext, that should be hardcoded to MacBookPro11,1, change the info.plist file to MacBookPro11,4 That's it, but of course you should update all your kexts with latest version and OC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macostrial099 Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Thank you Jake Lo! I tried to change it to 11,4 using OpenCore Configurator, I checked the plist and it showed 11,4, but after restarting the laptop, it wouldn't boot up, so I reset it to original setting! I attached my config file, If you would like to take a look! config.plist.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted January 19, 2022 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2022 post entire EFI folder to determine the boot issue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macostrial099 Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Thank you Jake Lo! I just sent you a message with the link! I apologize for the delay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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