Is there a walkthrough somewhere howto install 10.12 to 2009 mbp?

[toke lahti]

Last officially supported os is 10.11.

 

[hwojtek]

Perhaps the first post in the puzzlingly named "macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread" would help? I would go for the DosDude1's patcher.

 

[EugW]

Why specifically 10.12? 10.12 runs really well on it but the support works all the way up to Catalina.

10.12 Sierra: http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html

10.15 Catalina: http://dosdude1.com/catalina/

 

[toke lahti]

Why specifically 10.12? 10.12 runs really well on it but the support works all the way up to Catalina.

10.12 Sierra: http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html

10.15 Catalina: http://dosdude1.com/catalina/

What is the last os that you can run FCP7?

 

[hwojtek]

Sierra.

 

[EugW]

Sierra.

I read somewhere you can't install it on Sierra, and to get it to run on Sierra you need to have installed it previously and then upgrade to Sierra.

I don't know how this would work with dosdude1's patcher.

 

[toke lahti]

Another choice would be to install 10.12 to ext.drive to run with mini2018.
Is that possible?

 

[EugW]

Another choice would be to install 10.12 to ext.drive to run with mini2018.
Is that possible?

No. Minimum macOS for that model is 10.14.

 

[hwojtek]

I read somewhere you can't install it on Sierra, and to get it to run on Sierra you need to have installed it previously and then upgrade to Sierra.

I am not sure, as the email sent to users before the High Sierra was launched reads as follows:

Dear Wojtek:

Our records show that you may be using applications included in Final Cut Studio. We wanted to share some important compatibility information about these applications and macOS High Sierra, which will be available this fall.

Older versions of Apple pro video applications — including applications in Final Cut Studio — will not launch on a computer running macOS High Sierra.

New versions of Apple pro video applications — including Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, and Compressor 4 — are compatible with macOS High Sierra. You can purchase these applications on the Mac App Store.

You can learn about the transitioning from older versions of Final Cut Pro to Final Cut Pro X here.
For more information about compatibility of Apple pro applications on macOS High Sierra, please view this support article.

Sincerely,

Apple

 

[EugW]

I am not sure, as the email sent to users before the High Sierra was launched reads as follows:

I was looking around it seems you CAN install FC7 on 10.12 Sierra, but YMMV. Lots of reported issues.

Apparently the last supported version of OS X was 10.6.8 but it worked fine up to and including 10.8.x. At 10.9 and later, people started having problems, but it was bad for some people with 10.12. And then 10.13 killed it completely.

toke lahti, why specifically 10.12? If your goal is to run FC7, why don't you stick with 10.11 or earlier?

 

[toke lahti]

I was looking around it seems you CAN install FC7 on 10.12 Sierra, but YMMV. Lots of reported issues.

Apparently the last supported version of OS X was 10.6.8 but it worked fine up to and including 10.8.x. At 10.9 and later, people started having problems, but it was bad for some people with 10.12. And then 10.13 killed it completely.

toke lahti, why specifically 10.12? If your goal is to run FC7, why don't you stick with 10.11 or earlier?

I'd need to run oneDrive for efficiently use µ$'s office.
Alternative to upgrading to 10.12. is to find out how to run oneDrive in 10.11.
Btw, fcp7 has been working with my 10.11. just fine. Maybe it's because of old hardware (mbp2009 & mm2012).

So, there's lots of instructions how to run "too new" os with old hardware, but there's little of interest on how to run old os with newer macs...

 

[avz]

I'd need to run oneDrive for efficiently use µ$'s office.
Alternative to upgrading to 10.12. is to find out how to run oneDrive in 10.11.
Btw, fcp7 has been working with my 10.11. just fine. Maybe it's because of old hardware (mbp2009 & mm2012).

So, there's lots of instructions how to run "too new" os with old hardware, but there's little of interest on how to run old os with newer macs...

Your 2009 MBP is identical to the officially supported Late 2009 MacBook. LegacyUSBInjector by parrotgeek should be the only thing that you really need to run Sierra on your Mac.