Open Core Legacy Patcher, clean install OSX 12.6.1 on Macbook Pro early 2011 and iMac mid 2010

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Oct 27, 2022 7:00

Used Open Core Legacy Patcher to upgrade my old macbook pro early 2011 to OSX version 12.6.1

Been thinking about doing this clean install + upgrade for a long time. I knew about OCLP Open Core Legacy Patcher for a couple years, but thought this old macbook pro would be too slow and things would break. I was wrong about both. Speed is not an issue, the system runs just as fast as before and I can find nothing wrong on the MacBook Pro early 2011. The iMac early 2010 21.5" with ATI graphics card also runs the same speed as before, but the graphics card is the only issue. I get lots of garbled screens. If I log out and back in that usually fixes it, also if I run the screen saver a few times that helps. I haven't decided on the iMac. I might revert back to OSX version 11.

Clean install

Wanted a clean install for years. I finally pulled the plug and went for it. I did a clean install on both systems. Meaning that I formatted both system hard drives and then did the new OSX install. Backed up both systems multiple ways, using Time Machine to 3 different external disks and also rsync to a 2nd internal 1TB SSD on the Macbook Pro. In retrospect the rsync was the easiest way to backup and restore for things like all my pictures, music and the Sites folder too. It is a bit cryptic but works very well once you get the hang of it. Beware that rsync can also delete a mega amount of files so double check all your work before pressing enter.

Sample rsync backup

Created a text file that I copy and past the following to backup the most important folders. Your system will have a different username/folder name. edh = my unique folder, you will have a different username/folder name.

 rsync -aH --delete-during /Users/edh/Pictures /Volumes/1TBssd/rsyncBackup/edh/Pictures --progress --dry-run

note: the following command only rsync's files > 1 million:

 rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Pictures /Volumes/1TBssd/rsyncBackup/edh/Pictures --min-size=100000000

note: use --progress to see progress of backup

rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Sites /Volumes/1TBssd/rsyncBackup/edh/

rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Documents /Volumes/1TBssd/rsyncBackup/edh/

rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Music /Volumes/1TBssd/rsyncBackup/edh/

rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Desktop /Volumes/1TBssd/rsyncBackup/edh/

rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Dropbox /Volumes/1TBssd/rsyncBackup/edh/

rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Downloads /Volumes/1TBssd/rsyncBackup/edh/

=== --- === --- === --- ===  2tbTCint BUP  --- === --- === --- === --- === --- ===

 Try to rsync entire drive to an external Apple Airport Time Capsule 2tbTCint which is the 2TB internal drive inside the time capsule.

   other rsync options
   --delete delete extraneous files on destination dir
   -- verbose
    more rsync options --link-dest=yesterdaystargetdir
    --dry-run    good option to show what would have been transferred

    using rsync to copy from MacBook pro main 2TB SSD to Time Capsule internal 2TB  was taking forever so used regular drag and drop from Finder then used individual commands for each directory, then did an rsync after that.

    I did the following rsync after connecting to TCEd time capsule via finder on MacBook pro
    7/8/2021

    Note: Consider using the --dry-run option first on some of these commands at least so you know they are working correctly.

    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Public /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/

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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Desktop /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/

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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Sites /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/

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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Sync /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/

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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Downloads /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/

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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Dropbox /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBackup/edh/

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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Music /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/

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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Movies /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/

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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Documents /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/


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    rsync -aH --delete-during --progress --partial /Users/edh/Pictures /Volumes/2tbTCint/rsyncBUP/edh/


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    How to copy just the folder named MotoG7SD to 4TBseagate external drive using rsync

     rsync -aH  --progress --partial /Users/edh/Sync/MotoG7sd/ /Volumes/4TBeSea/MotoG7SDbup/  --delete-during --dry-run
Start the open core legacy patcher install once a rock solid backup and restore strategy in place