MacBook Pro · 2012
MacBook Pro 2012: the newest macOS it can run
Every MacBook Pro sold in 2012, what Apple supports, what OpenCore Legacy Patcher adds, and what to expect on each macOS version. Generated from the OCLP 3.0.0 source.
On this page 6 sections
Short answer
Apple stopped at macOS Catalina. With OpenCore Legacy Patcher the MacBook Pro 2012 runs macOS Big Sur through macOS Tahoe 26. Our pick for most people: macOS Sequoia. No Intel Mac can run macOS 27.
Which MacBook Pro 2012 do you have?
Apple sold 4 different models as the MacBook Pro 2012. They can behave differently with OCLP, so check your model identifier: choose Apple menu > About This Mac, then More Info > System Report, and read Model Identifier. Or open Terminal and run sysctl hw.model
| Identifier | Sold as | Graphics | Apple's last macOS | OCLP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MacBookPro9,1 | MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xx/7xx (Kepler) | Catalina | Yes |
MacBookPro9,2 | MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) | Catalina | Yes |
MacBookPro10,1 | MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xx/7xx (Kepler) | Catalina | Yes |
MacBookPro10,2 | MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012) MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) | Catalina | Yes |
macOS versions compared
- Apple supported by Apple, no patcher needed
- runs with OpenCore Legacy Patcher
- runs with OCLP; older “legacy Metal” GPU, more patches
- runs with OCLP; GPU without Metal, apps that need Metal fail
- No not possible
| Model | Catalina10.15 | Big Sur11 | Monterey12 | Ventura13 | Sonoma14 | Sequoia15 | Tahoe26 | Golden Gate27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacBookPro9,1 | Apple | OCLP | No | |||||
| MacBookPro9,2 | Apple | OCLP | No | |||||
| MacBookPro10,1 | Apple | OCLP | No | |||||
| MacBookPro10,2 | Apple | OCLP | No |
Model by model
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)MacBookPro9,1
- Model identifier
MacBookPro9,1- Board ID
Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E- CPU generation
- 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge)
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xx/7xx (Kepler) - Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4360 (802.11ac)
- Last macOS from Apple
- macOS Catalina
- T1 / T2 chip
- None
- Battery rating
- 1,000 cycles to 80% capacity, Apple
Our pick
macOS SequoiaNewest possible: macOS Tahoe
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) + NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xx/7xx (Kepler), patched as Legacy Metal (3802). Sequoia is the newest macOS the stable OCLP 2.5.1 supports. How we pick
| macOS | Status | Root patches OCLP applies |
|---|---|---|
| macOS Big Sur11.7.11 | OCLP | OpenCore only, no root patches |
| macOS Monterey12.7.6 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler | |
| macOS Ventura13.7.8 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler | |
| macOS Sonoma14.8.9 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless | |
| macOS Sequoia15.8.2 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless | |
| macOS Tahoe26.7.2 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio | |
| macOS Golden Gate27 | No | No Intel Mac can run macOS 27, with or without OCLP. |
Compared with the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) MacBookPro8,2
| What | MacBookPro8,2 | MacBookPro9,1 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 2nd-gen Core i (Sandy Bridge) | 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge) |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge) + AMD Radeon HD 5000–6000 (TeraScale 2) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) + NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xx/7xx (Kepler) |
| Bluetooth | BRCM2070 | BRCM20702 v1 |
| Last macOS from Apple | macOS High Sierra | macOS Catalina |
- Root patches on Tahoe. New compared with the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011): Intel Ivy Bridge and Nvidia Kepler. No longer needed: Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD TeraScale 2.
- Kexts OpenCore loads. Added:
KDKlessWorkaround.kext. Dropped:ASPP-Override.kext,CatalinaBCM5701Ethernet.kext,AppleALC.kext,Bluetooth-Spoof.kextandBigSurSDXC.kext. (21 kexts on the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011), 17 here, from our builds.)
How much patching MacBookPro9,1 needs on each macOS
| macOS | Patch sets | Files installed | Files removed | KDK | MetallibSupportPkg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sur | OpenCore only | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| Monterey | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler | 16 | 0 | No | No |
| Ventura | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler | 18 | 0 | No | No |
| Sonoma | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless | 22 | 0 | No | No |
| Sequoia | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless | 301 | 2 | No | Yes |
| Tahoe | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio | 31 | 0 | Yes | No |
OCLP installs 0 files for this Mac on Big Sur and 31 on Tahoe. A Kernel Debug Kit is needed from Tahoe. MetallibSupportPkg is needed from Sequoia.
From OCLP's own documentation
Universal Control. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware: Wi-Fi 4 + BT 4.0. Universal Control works out of the box. Universal Control will work. Dortania, Universal Control guide
OCLP changelog entries that name this Mac, newest release first, word for word:
0.3.2Allow disabling of ConnectDrivers → Aid with Hibernation on MacBookPro9,1/MacBookPro10,10.0.20Create dedicated RestrictEvents build for MacBookPro9,10.0.19Fix black screen on MacBookPro9,10.0.19Update RestrictEvents with custom build (1.0.1) → Blocks `/usr/libexec/displaypolicyd` on MacBookPro9,1 to ensure smooth GPU switching
On Tahoe this Mac needs Intel Ivy Bridge, Nvidia Kepler, Modern Wireless and Modern Audio. What each of those restores, and what to keep ready when root patching: macOS Tahoe: what works and what does not.
Known issues
- Legacy Metal (macOS 13+) (source) Dortania, Supported Models
- With the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, early Big Sur installers booted to a black screen (#3, December 2020, 87 comments, closed). GPU switching also needed Apple's
displaypolicydto be blocked, which the developers tracked in #116 (closed). OCLP issues #3, #116
What OCLP puts on the EFI partition for MacBookPro9,1 OpenCore 1.0.6 RELEASE · 17 kexts
From our build with the OCLP 3.0.0-rc.5 app's command line (--build --model MacBookPro9,1) on a GitHub macOS runner, 2026-11-05. Boot arguments: keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 -lilubetaall amfi=0x80.
Kexts Reasons are shown for kexts that set this Mac apart; the rest are explained in the kext glossary.
Lilu.kext 1.7.2CryptexFixup.kext 1.0.5AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext 1.0.0AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient.kext 1.0.0ECM-Override.kext 1.0.0CatalinaIntelI210Ethernet.kext 1.0.0AirportBrcmFixup.kext 2.2.1IOSkywalkFamily.kext 1.2.0IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext 1.0.0AirPortBrcmNIC-Tahoe.kext 1.0.0KDKlessWorkaround.kext 1.0.0Helps with Mac os updates on KDKless patched systemsBlueToolFixup.kext 2.7.2CSLVFixup.kext 2.6.1AMFIPass.kext 1.4.1RestrictEvents.kext 1.1.7AppleUSBTopCase.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Keyboard support on Mac OS VenturaAppleUSBMultitouch.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Trackpad support on Mac OS Ventura
Settings specific to this Mac
- Enabling Windows 10 UEFI Audio support 21 of 86 builds
- Enabling BCM943224 and BCM94331 Networking Support 24 of 86 builds
- Using known ARPT Path: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1C,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0) 19 of 86 builds
- Disabling mediaanalysisd 24 of 86 builds
- Fixing CoreGraphics support on Ivy Bridge 12 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents block arguments: gmux,media 2 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents patch arguments: sbvmm,f16c 12 of 86 builds
10 more settings are applied to most of the 86 Macs we built; they are listed in the full build log.
Our build for MacBookPro9,1 loads 17 kexts in an EFI folder of 33.9 MB. Across the 86 Macs we built, the median is 18; 36% of builds load fewer.
What owners reported for MacBookPro9,1 16 reports on GitHub
16 issues were filed in OCLP's tracker with MacBookPro9,1 as the machine model (16 closed, 0 open), filed 2020 to 2022; the newest is from 2022-02-11. The topics that come up most, by keyword match in the title and text: install or update (7), graphics (6) and black screen or boot failure (4). These are owners' reports, not confirmed bugs, and all of them were filed on OCLP versions from before 2024, so many describe problems that have since been fixed.
- #953 2022-02-11 · closed · Monterey · 1 comment Apple Mail continuously crashes after installation of GPG Suite
- #919 2022-01-29 · closed · Big Sur · 0 comments I get stock when installing mac os big sur on my macbook pro mid 2012 13inch
- #415 2021-08-01 · closed · Big Sur · 7 comments Intel HD 4000 Acceleration too slow
- #116 2021-03-24 · closed · 22 comments Blocking `displaypolicyd` on MacBookPro9,1 to allow GPU Switching
- #3 2020-12-02 · closed · 87 comments MacBookPro9,1 boots to black screen
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)MacBookPro9,2
- Model identifier
MacBookPro9,2- Board ID
Mac-6F01561E16C75D06- CPU generation
- 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge)
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge)
- Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4360 (802.11ac)
- Last macOS from Apple
- macOS Catalina
- T1 / T2 chip
- None
- Battery rating
- 1,000 cycles to 80% capacity, Apple
Our pick
macOS SequoiaNewest possible: macOS Tahoe
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge), patched as Legacy Metal (3802). Sequoia is the newest macOS the stable OCLP 2.5.1 supports. How we pick
| macOS | Status | Root patches OCLP applies |
|---|---|---|
| macOS Big Sur11.7.11 | OCLP | OpenCore only, no root patches |
| macOS Monterey12.7.6 | Intel Ivy Bridge | |
| macOS Ventura13.7.8 | Intel Ivy Bridge | |
| macOS Sonoma14.8.9 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless | |
| macOS Sequoia15.8.2 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless | |
| macOS Tahoe26.7.2 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio | |
| macOS Golden Gate27 | No | No Intel Mac can run macOS 27, with or without OCLP. |
Compared with the MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) MacBookPro8,1
| What | MacBookPro8,1 | MacBookPro9,2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 2nd-gen Core i (Sandy Bridge) | 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge) |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge) + AMD Radeon HD 5000–6000 (TeraScale 2) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) |
| Bluetooth | BRCM2070 | BRCM20702 v1 |
| Last macOS from Apple | macOS High Sierra | macOS Catalina |
- Root patches on Tahoe. New compared with the MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011): Intel Ivy Bridge. No longer needed: Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD TeraScale 2.
- Kexts OpenCore loads. Added:
KDKlessWorkaround.kext. Dropped:ASPP-Override.kext,CatalinaBCM5701Ethernet.kext,AppleALC.kext,Bluetooth-Spoof.kextandBigSurSDXC.kext. (21 kexts on the MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011), 17 here, from our builds.)
How much patching MacBookPro9,2 needs on each macOS
| macOS | Patch sets | Files installed | Files removed | KDK | MetallibSupportPkg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sur | OpenCore only | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| Monterey | Intel Ivy Bridge | 7 | 0 | No | No |
| Ventura | Intel Ivy Bridge | 8 | 0 | No | No |
| Sonoma | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless | 11 | 0 | No | No |
| Sequoia | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless | 150 | 1 | No | Yes |
| Tahoe | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio | 15 | 0 | Yes | No |
OCLP installs 0 files for this Mac on Big Sur and 15 on Tahoe. A Kernel Debug Kit is needed from Tahoe. MetallibSupportPkg is needed from Sequoia.
From OCLP's own documentation
Universal Control. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware: Wi-Fi 4 + BT 4.0. Universal Control works out of the box. Universal Control will work. Dortania, Universal Control guide
On Tahoe this Mac needs Intel Ivy Bridge, Modern Wireless and Modern Audio. What each of those restores, and what to keep ready when root patching: macOS Tahoe: what works and what does not.
Known issues
- Legacy Metal (macOS 13+) (source) Dortania, Supported Models
What OCLP puts on the EFI partition for MacBookPro9,2 OpenCore 1.0.6 RELEASE · 17 kexts
From our build with the OCLP 3.0.0-rc.5 app's command line (--build --model MacBookPro9,2) on a GitHub macOS runner, 2026-11-05. Boot arguments: keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 -lilubetaall amfi=0x80.
Kexts Reasons are shown for kexts that set this Mac apart; the rest are explained in the kext glossary.
Lilu.kext 1.7.2CryptexFixup.kext 1.0.5AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext 1.0.0AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient.kext 1.0.0ECM-Override.kext 1.0.0CatalinaIntelI210Ethernet.kext 1.0.0AirportBrcmFixup.kext 2.2.1IOSkywalkFamily.kext 1.2.0IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext 1.0.0AirPortBrcmNIC-Tahoe.kext 1.0.0KDKlessWorkaround.kext 1.0.0Helps with Mac os updates on KDKless patched systemsBlueToolFixup.kext 2.7.2CSLVFixup.kext 2.6.1AMFIPass.kext 1.4.1RestrictEvents.kext 1.1.7AppleUSBTopCase.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Keyboard support on Mac OS VenturaAppleUSBMultitouch.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Trackpad support on Mac OS Ventura
Settings specific to this Mac
- Enabling Windows 10 UEFI Audio support 21 of 86 builds
- Enabling BCM943224 and BCM94331 Networking Support 24 of 86 builds
- Using known ARPT Path: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1C,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0) 19 of 86 builds
- Disabling mediaanalysisd 24 of 86 builds
- Fixing CoreGraphics support on Ivy Bridge 12 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents block arguments: media 22 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents patch arguments: sbvmm,f16c 12 of 86 builds
10 more settings are applied to most of the 86 Macs we built; they are listed in the full build log.
Our build for MacBookPro9,2 loads 17 kexts in an EFI folder of 33.9 MB. Across the 86 Macs we built, the median is 18; 36% of builds load fewer.
What owners reported for MacBookPro9,2 34 reports on GitHub
34 issues were filed in OCLP's tracker with MacBookPro9,2 as the machine model (33 closed, 1 open), filed 2021 to 2022; the newest is from 2022-02-18. The topics that come up most, by keyword match in the title and text: install or update (14), black screen or boot failure (8) and graphics (4). These are owners' reports, not confirmed bugs, and all of them were filed on OCLP versions from before 2024, so many describe problems that have since been fixed.
- #970 2022-02-18 · closed · Monterey · 2 comments Bluethoote not working
- #933 2022-01-31 · closed · Monterey · 1 comment macOS Monterey frozen
- #850 2021-12-28 · closed · Monterey · 4 comments Problems with graphics on MBP (mid 2012)
- #558 2021-10-11 · closed · macOS 10.15, Catalina · 6 comments BigSur stops installing when it reaches 17 minutes remaining in the installation. Tells me version of MacOS is
- #503 2021-09-23 · closed · Big Sur · 5 comments Apps crashing from memory issues in Big Sur
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) · MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) · MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)MacBookPro10,1
- Model identifier
MacBookPro10,1- Board ID
Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F- CPU generation
- 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge)
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xx/7xx (Kepler) - Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4360 (802.11ac)
- Last macOS from Apple
- macOS Catalina
- T1 / T2 chip
- None
- Battery rating
- 1,000 cycles to 80% capacity, Apple
Our pick
macOS SequoiaNewest possible: macOS Tahoe
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) + NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xx/7xx (Kepler), patched as Legacy Metal (3802). Sequoia is the newest macOS the stable OCLP 2.5.1 supports. How we pick
| macOS | Status | Root patches OCLP applies |
|---|---|---|
| macOS Big Sur11.7.11 | OCLP | OpenCore only, no root patches |
| macOS Monterey12.7.6 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler | |
| macOS Ventura13.7.8 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler | |
| macOS Sonoma14.8.9 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless | |
| macOS Sequoia15.8.2 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless | |
| macOS Tahoe26.7.2 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio | |
| macOS Golden Gate27 | No | No Intel Mac can run macOS 27, with or without OCLP. |
Compared with the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) MacBookPro8,2
| What | MacBookPro8,2 | MacBookPro10,1 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 2nd-gen Core i (Sandy Bridge) | 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge) |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge) + AMD Radeon HD 5000–6000 (TeraScale 2) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) + NVIDIA GeForce GT 6xx/7xx (Kepler) |
| Bluetooth | BRCM2070 | BRCM20702 v1 |
| Storage | SATA 2.5 | mSATA |
| Ethernet | Broadcom | — |
| Last macOS from Apple | macOS High Sierra | macOS Catalina |
- Root patches on Tahoe. New compared with the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011): Intel Ivy Bridge and Nvidia Kepler. No longer needed: Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD TeraScale 2.
- Kexts OpenCore loads. Added:
KDKlessWorkaround.kext. Dropped:ASPP-Override.kext,CatalinaBCM5701Ethernet.kext,AppleALC.kext,Bluetooth-Spoof.kextandBigSurSDXC.kext. (21 kexts on the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011), 17 here, from our builds.)
How much patching MacBookPro10,1 needs on each macOS
| macOS | Patch sets | Files installed | Files removed | KDK | MetallibSupportPkg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sur | OpenCore only | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| Monterey | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler | 16 | 0 | No | No |
| Ventura | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler | 18 | 0 | No | No |
| Sonoma | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless | 22 | 0 | No | No |
| Sequoia | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless | 301 | 2 | No | Yes |
| Tahoe | Intel Ivy Bridge · Nvidia Kepler · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio | 31 | 0 | Yes | No |
OCLP installs 0 files for this Mac on Big Sur and 31 on Tahoe. A Kernel Debug Kit is needed from Tahoe. MetallibSupportPkg is needed from Sequoia.
From OCLP's own documentation
Universal Control. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware: Wi-Fi 4 + BT 4.0. Universal Control works out of the box. Universal Control will work. Dortania, Universal Control guide
OCLP changelog entries that name this Mac, newest release first, word for word:
0.3.2Allow disabling of ConnectDrivers → Aid with Hibernation on MacBookPro9,1/MacBookPro10,10.3.0Resolve dGPU output on MacBookPro10,10.0.16Fix External Display Support on MacBookPro10,1
On Tahoe this Mac needs Intel Ivy Bridge, Nvidia Kepler, Modern Wireless and Modern Audio. What each of those restores, and what to keep ready when root patching: macOS Tahoe: what works and what does not.
Known issues
- Legacy Metal (macOS 13+) (source) Dortania, Supported Models
- One of the earliest reports: a 2012 Retina MacBook Pro became unbootable after the Big Sur 11.1 beta 2 update (#15, December 2020, closed). OCLP issue #15
What OCLP puts on the EFI partition for MacBookPro10,1 OpenCore 1.0.6 RELEASE · 17 kexts
From our build with the OCLP 3.0.0-rc.5 app's command line (--build --model MacBookPro10,1) on a GitHub macOS runner, 2026-11-05. Boot arguments: keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 -lilubetaall amfi=0x80.
Kexts Reasons are shown for kexts that set this Mac apart; the rest are explained in the kext glossary.
Lilu.kext 1.7.2CryptexFixup.kext 1.0.5AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext 1.0.0AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient.kext 1.0.0ECM-Override.kext 1.0.0CatalinaIntelI210Ethernet.kext 1.0.0AirportBrcmFixup.kext 2.2.1IOSkywalkFamily.kext 1.2.0IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext 1.0.0AirPortBrcmNIC-Tahoe.kext 1.0.0KDKlessWorkaround.kext 1.0.0Helps with Mac os updates on KDKless patched systemsBlueToolFixup.kext 2.7.2CSLVFixup.kext 2.6.1AMFIPass.kext 1.4.1RestrictEvents.kext 1.1.7AppleUSBTopCase.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Keyboard support on Mac OS VenturaAppleUSBMultitouch.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Trackpad support on Mac OS Ventura
Settings specific to this Mac
- Enabling Windows 10 UEFI Audio support 21 of 86 builds
- Enabling BCM943224 and BCM94331 Networking Support 24 of 86 builds
- Using known ARPT Path: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1C,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0) 19 of 86 builds
- Disabling mediaanalysisd 24 of 86 builds
- Fixing CoreGraphics support on Ivy Bridge 12 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents block arguments: gmux,media 2 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents patch arguments: sbvmm,f16c 12 of 86 builds
10 more settings are applied to most of the 86 Macs we built; they are listed in the full build log.
Our build for MacBookPro10,1 loads 17 kexts in an EFI folder of 33.9 MB. Across the 86 Macs we built, the median is 18; 36% of builds load fewer.
What owners reported for MacBookPro10,1 33 reports on GitHub
33 issues were filed in OCLP's tracker with MacBookPro10,1 as the machine model (33 closed, 0 open), filed 2020 to 2022; the newest is from 2022-02-24. The topics that come up most, by keyword match in the title and text: install or update (19), graphics (10) and sleep and power (5). These are owners' reports, not confirmed bugs, and all of them were filed on OCLP versions from before 2024, so many describe problems that have since been fixed.
- #980 2022-02-24 · closed · Monterey · 2 comments Artifacting MBP 10,1
- #973 2022-02-21 · closed · Monterey · 1 comment MacbookPro10,1 macOS 12.2.1 Display size is incorrect.
- #574 2021-10-16 · closed · Big Sur · 7 comments the 0.3.0 version broken gpu switch
- #341 2021-06-25 · closed · 8 comments MacBookPro10,1 clarification about latest OCLP version and FileFault
- #15 2020-12-07 · closed · 12 comments MacBookPro10,1 semi-bricked during 11.1 beta 2 upgrade
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012) · MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013)MacBookPro10,2
- Model identifier
MacBookPro10,2- Board ID
Mac-AFD8A9D944EA4843- CPU generation
- 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge)
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge)
- Wi-Fi
- Broadcom BCM4360 (802.11ac)
- Last macOS from Apple
- macOS Catalina
- T1 / T2 chip
- None
- Battery rating
- 1,000 cycles to 80% capacity, Apple
Our pick
macOS SequoiaNewest possible: macOS Tahoe
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge), patched as Legacy Metal (3802). Sequoia is the newest macOS the stable OCLP 2.5.1 supports. How we pick
| macOS | Status | Root patches OCLP applies |
|---|---|---|
| macOS Big Sur11.7.11 | OCLP | OpenCore only, no root patches |
| macOS Monterey12.7.6 | Intel Ivy Bridge | |
| macOS Ventura13.7.8 | Intel Ivy Bridge | |
| macOS Sonoma14.8.9 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless | |
| macOS Sequoia15.8.2 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless | |
| macOS Tahoe26.7.2 | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio | |
| macOS Golden Gate27 | No | No Intel Mac can run macOS 27, with or without OCLP. |
Compared with the MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) MacBookPro8,1
| What | MacBookPro8,1 | MacBookPro10,2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 2nd-gen Core i (Sandy Bridge) | 3rd-gen Core i (Ivy Bridge) |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge) + AMD Radeon HD 5000–6000 (TeraScale 2) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) |
| Bluetooth | BRCM2070 | BRCM20702 v1 |
| Storage | SATA 2.5 | mSATA |
| Ethernet | Broadcom | — |
| Last macOS from Apple | macOS High Sierra | macOS Catalina |
- Root patches on Tahoe. New compared with the MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011): Intel Ivy Bridge. No longer needed: Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD TeraScale 2.
- Kexts OpenCore loads. Added:
KDKlessWorkaround.kext. Dropped:ASPP-Override.kext,CatalinaBCM5701Ethernet.kext,AppleALC.kext,Bluetooth-Spoof.kextandBigSurSDXC.kext. (21 kexts on the MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011), 17 here, from our builds.)
How much patching MacBookPro10,2 needs on each macOS
| macOS | Patch sets | Files installed | Files removed | KDK | MetallibSupportPkg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sur | OpenCore only | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| Monterey | Intel Ivy Bridge | 7 | 0 | No | No |
| Ventura | Intel Ivy Bridge | 8 | 0 | No | No |
| Sonoma | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless | 11 | 0 | No | No |
| Sequoia | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless | 150 | 1 | No | Yes |
| Tahoe | Intel Ivy Bridge · Modern Wireless · Modern Audio | 15 | 0 | Yes | No |
OCLP installs 0 files for this Mac on Big Sur and 15 on Tahoe. A Kernel Debug Kit is needed from Tahoe. MetallibSupportPkg is needed from Sequoia.
From OCLP's own documentation
Universal Control. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware: Wi-Fi 4 + BT 4.0. Universal Control works out of the box. Universal Control will work. Dortania, Universal Control guide
On Tahoe this Mac needs Intel Ivy Bridge, Modern Wireless and Modern Audio. What each of those restores, and what to keep ready when root patching: macOS Tahoe: what works and what does not.
Known issues
- Legacy Metal (macOS 13+) (source) Dortania, Supported Models
What OCLP puts on the EFI partition for MacBookPro10,2 OpenCore 1.0.6 RELEASE · 17 kexts
From our build with the OCLP 3.0.0-rc.5 app's command line (--build --model MacBookPro10,2) on a GitHub macOS runner, 2026-11-05. Boot arguments: keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 -lilubetaall amfi=0x80.
Kexts Reasons are shown for kexts that set this Mac apart; the rest are explained in the kext glossary.
Lilu.kext 1.7.2CryptexFixup.kext 1.0.5AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext 1.0.0AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient.kext 1.0.0ECM-Override.kext 1.0.0CatalinaIntelI210Ethernet.kext 1.0.0AirportBrcmFixup.kext 2.2.1IOSkywalkFamily.kext 1.2.0IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext 1.0.0AirPortBrcmNIC-Tahoe.kext 1.0.0KDKlessWorkaround.kext 1.0.0Helps with Mac os updates on KDKless patched systemsBlueToolFixup.kext 2.7.2CSLVFixup.kext 2.6.1AMFIPass.kext 1.4.1RestrictEvents.kext 1.1.7AppleUSBTopCase.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Keyboard support on Mac OS VenturaAppleUSBMultitouch.kext 1.0.0Restore USB Trackpad support on Mac OS Ventura
Settings specific to this Mac
- Enabling Windows 10 UEFI Audio support 21 of 86 builds
- Enabling BCM943224 and BCM94331 Networking Support 24 of 86 builds
- Using known ARPT Path: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1C,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0) 19 of 86 builds
- Disabling mediaanalysisd 24 of 86 builds
- Fixing CoreGraphics support on Ivy Bridge 12 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents block arguments: media 22 of 86 builds
- Setting RestrictEvents patch arguments: sbvmm,f16c 12 of 86 builds
10 more settings are applied to most of the 86 Macs we built; they are listed in the full build log.
Our build for MacBookPro10,2 loads 17 kexts in an EFI folder of 33.9 MB. Across the 86 Macs we built, the median is 18; 36% of builds load fewer.
What owners reported for MacBookPro10,2 7 reports on GitHub
7 issues were filed in OCLP's tracker with MacBookPro10,2 as the machine model (7 closed, 0 open), filed 2021 to 2022; the newest is from 2022-01-20. The topics that come up most, by keyword match in the title and text: graphics (4), install or update (3) and sleep and power (2). These are owners' reports, not confirmed bugs, and all of them were filed on OCLP versions from before 2024, so many describe problems that have since been fixed.
- #897 2022-01-20 · closed · Monterey · 2 comments MacBookPro10.2 freezing sometimes with Monteray
- #751 2021-11-21 · closed · Monterey · 3 comments FaceTime stopped detecting hardware camera
- #590 2021-10-19 · closed · Monterey · 2 comments In "Monitor Preferences" it says "Monitor type unknown" and only one resolution available "2560x1600".
- #440 2021-08-15 · closed · Monterey · 2 comments Not a problem, just a question.
Installing on the MacBook Pro 2012
Choose MacBookPro9,1 or MacBookPro9,2 or MacBookPro10,1 or MacBookPro10,2 as the target model when OCLP builds OpenCore (it detects it automatically when you run OCLP on this Mac). Before that, install the newest macOS Apple offers for it, macOS Catalina, so the firmware is current. The steps themselves are the same for every Mac: How to install OpenCore Legacy Patcher.
Common questions
What does OCLP patch on a MacBook Pro 2012 running Tahoe?
What is the latest macOS for a MacBook Pro 2012?
Other Macs from 2012
- MacBook Air 2012 MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2
- iMac 2012 iMac13,1, iMac13,2
- Mac mini 2012 Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2
- Mac Pro 2010–2012 MacPro5,1
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