Thanks, I have 1 and 3 done but I think I missed out on your point 2 above.
Theres a lot of good info here.
Also some people got it to work but after the system is idle and it analyzes photos it kernel panics. The mediaanalyzer process has been an issue, even on M1 macs. I might wait this out.
My Monterey with OC 0.8.5 works ok... well I should reprase. On battery its really stable, flawless almost. On AC Adapter I get strange issues. Like network drops - says im on wifi but I get no connection or pings. Even if I plug in an ethernet cable. Or I get random freezes and have to hold the power button down to reboot. I had Open core 0.8.3 before and I dont recall the issue... I have to scour my config.
Yes Im macbookpro14,1
As long as I charge it and use it on battery its really good.