Direct Update to macOS Sierra using Clover

[VioletDragon]

I'm trying to update to Sierra this way and "Install Mac OS X" is not an option in clover. SIP is disabled. What are some other things I can try to get that working?

Verify that Clover is updated. Put FakeSMC & appropriate Ethernet kexts in EFI/Clover/kexts/other instead of 10.12 folder.

 

[EV.forever]

I had a (mostly) successful upgrade from 10.11.6, the mistake I made was that my HackrNVMeFamily kext had to be removed and could not be injected. I put it back during post-install and my secondary disk came back without issue. Having a backup drive with CCC is really a life saver in these situations. Using the iMac 17,1 definition I was able to upgrade web drivers without hassle. AGDPfix.app still works brilliantly!

My USB 3.0 ports seem to be acting up. Did anyone have to perform any USB-related fixes post-install?

 

[VioletDragon]

I had a (mostly) successful upgrade from 10.11.6, the mistake I made was that my HackrNVMeFamily kext had to be removed and could not be injected. I put it back during post-install and my secondary disk came back without issue. Having a backup drive with CCC is really a life saver in these situations. Using the iMac 17,1 definition I was able to upgrade web drivers without hassle. AGDPfix.app still works brilliantly!

My USB 3.0 ports seem to be acting up. Did anyone have to perform any USB-related fixes post-install?

Create new thread relating to USB 3 with Clover folder & removing themes ZIP attach ioreg.

 

[Royi]

Why this guide says to copy files into EFI/EFI/Clover/ktexts/Other while I'd assume EFI/EFI/Clover/ktexts/10.12 (Following the logic from El Capitan update guide).

What has changed?

 

[BeBob]

choose Without Caches option

Hello, I've done all the installation with ElCap, system worked fine.
Am trying to upgrade to Sierra with your tuto.
Step 1 ok (the latest is Clover 2. 4k rev 4003
Step 2 ok
Step 3 ok
Step 4 ok
Step 5 not
Everything is going fine until I try to reboot from Clover from Boot macOS Install option.
When hitting the spacebar to enter the Boot Options , I do not have the "Without Caches"

I have : (pic below)
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Cancel hibernate wake
Boot macOS with selected option
Boot macOS without injected kexts
=== boot-args ===
verbose (-v)
.
.
.
Disable Shiki (-shikiOff)
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But no where is "Without Caches"

As a result if I boot with :
"Cancel hibernate wake"
--> I get a kernel panic within 2 seconds

"Boot macOS with selected option"
--> I get a kernel panic within 2 seconds

"Boot macOS without injected kexts"
--> The boot process starts with an apple progressbar that goes to about 60% of the way then it stops and I get a no way sign.

Any ideas / suggestions ?

Thanks

Configure (working all good with ElCap) =
Nuc 6i5SYK
2x16 Gig Ram
512 M.2 NVME

 

[strv]

FWIW, I did a direct upgrade....

Man, you saved me !! that was super helpful (we have the same hardware) thank you so much !

 

[Svet]

Interesting situation while trying this method:

- Followed page 1 install instructions and got the following kernel panics (see below)
- Continued to boot back into El Capitan try different kexts in the Other folder including NullCPUPowerManagement.kext which didn't work despite the panic on AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement
- Tried putting essential kexts in /10.12 folder – now can no longer boot to El Capitan from my OS SSD or Install macOS partition – but most surprisingly I get the same kernel panics when I boot from an El Capitan installer and can't even get to the recovery for terminal access.

I've since tried:
- Booting in safe mode
- Removing boot priorities in bios
- Removing XHCI enabling
- 4 different USB 2.0 ports when booting with Unibeast drive
- Removing mysterious "Clover bootloader" partitions priorities that showed up after a while (used Shell 64 to remove)
- Using nv_disable=1, cpus=1, -f, dart=0, kext-dev-mode=1, npci=0x2000 (&3000)
- Injecting Intel graphics into the Unibeast drive

Running out of ideas, however I think if I could access the OS SSD EFI from Shell 64 and remove the kexts from /10.12 that would at least allow me to boot back into El Capitan to try upgrading again.

Any thoughts? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Bogito]

Thanks a lot for the guide! I just upgraded my El Capitan 10.11.6 to macOS Sierra 10.12.3 Followed the steps from the top, copied kexts from Library/Extensions to EFI folder both 10.12 and others, just to be sure. Now I have to fix Siri connection problem and slow restart/shutdown. Probably sleep/wake problem. Anything else working. I'm using external audio interface Presonus USB, but seems that my internal audio is working as well, it appears in system preferences/sound Thanks again!

 

[Dimitree]

so I tried to update Clover on my Desktop installation (in signature).
I had version 3425 (if I'm not wrong), the one that came with MultiBeast for El Capitan.
After update to the last version, if I reboot, I got Kernel Panic (unfortunately it reboots too fast and I can't read or take a pic of what is says).
I tried verbose, single user, safe mode, ignore injected kext (I'm using FakeSMC and RealtekRTL8111), but didn't help
The only way to boot the system is reinstall 3425 using MultiBeast.

 

[Gemmaj]

Direct Update to macOS Sierra using Clover​

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When I try and update Clover, it never allows me to load any existing OS such as El Capitan. Does the new clover support Legacy boot ?