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How to Get Big Sur Working on Ivy Bridge CPU?

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Motherboard
Dell Inspiron 14z 5423
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i5-3317U
Graphics
HD 4000 / HD 7570M
Mac
  1. MacBook Air
Mobile Phone
  1. iOS
Any way to get big sur woking on ivy bridge cpu?
 
Any way to get big sur woking on ivy bridge cpu?
Should work if you use the correct supported SMBIOS. On desktops, Mac Pro 6,1 works, even the HD4000 will work. Not sure which SMBIOS will work for your laptop. You could probably use MBP 11,1 and spoof the graphics as Intel Iris 5100. Even that may not be necessary. Give it a try.

 
I use MBP 11.2 on my Probook 4540s, i7 3840QM, HD4000. All working like a dream.
So the HD4000 graphics works without spoofing anything newer like Iris 5100 ?
 
So the HD4000 graphics works without spoofing anything newer like Iris 5100 ?
Yep!
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I have a question regarding Ivy Bridge and Big Sur. Why did Apple leave the Ivy Bridge graphics kexts intact even though the 2012 and early 2013 Macs aren't officially supported by Big Sur? That seems odd to me...
 
I have a question regarding Ivy Bridge and Big Sur. Why did Apple leave the Ivy Bridge graphics kexts intact even though the 2012 and early 2013 Macs aren't officially supported by Big Sur? That seems odd to me...
Have you ever heard the saying:

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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth ?
 
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