Catalina on MacBook7,1

I made several contributions to dosdude1's macOS Catalina Patcher.

posts on MacRumors

Links to some of my relevant posts on the MacRumors thread.

non-Metal acceleration

Widely used but highly unstable fixes for graphics acceleration on pre-Metal GPUs.

• Initial post, details
• First release, update, source code for 10.15.0 DP1
• Fix for 10.15.0 DP2, update, source code
• Assertions fix for 10.15.0 DP4
• OpenGL sub-library fix for 10.15.0 DP6
• Fix for 10.15.0 DP7
• The Dock collisions saga: embarrassment, redemption
• Minimalist OpenGL approach
• PerfPowerServices fix for 10.15.0 DP9
• Version number fix (and kextcache discussion) for 10.15.1 DP1
• Notification Center fix for 10.15.1 final
• Update for 10.15.4 DP1, update to fix Displays prefpane
• Screen Capture access update for 10.15.4 final

other fixes

• nVidia ethernet kext copy
• Writable system volume mount command, LaunchDaemon
• Improved light mode transparency fix
• GeForceTesla patch (supersedes IOSurface modifications)
• VDADecoderChecker discussion
• Disk Utility launcher to show hidden volumes
• Alternate method to disable Library Validation, boot.efi patch to force-disable SIP, discussion of both
• tccplus GUI wrapper script
• Workaround for blank accessory buttons in Home
• Workaround for Pencil annotations crashing Pages
• Workaround for HDR-related WindowServer crashes

miscellaneous/outdated

• Early IOSurface and IOHIDFamily patches, update, rambling (obsolete)
• Xcode 11 DP1 code minimap patch (obsolete as of DP2)
• Siri flames view patch (no longer necessary)
• Japanese input analysis (superseded by Minh_Ton's fix)
• Manual update package install method (problematic, superseded by proper OTA fixes)
• Hack to disable Desktop Tinting on Metal-supported systems