I have just updated Catalina Patcher to version 1.0 Beta 9, which now includes a software APFS booting implementation. This means that having native APFS support in your system's BootROM is no longer required to run Catalina! Download can be found at http://dosdude1.com/catalina
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@dosdude1 How can I revert APFS ROM Patcher flash to use the software implementation? Tried to use ROMTool w/backup.bin but modified boot up text still appears. APFS Patcher has not every option. (Mojave install updated to Catalina). Cheers!
I'm a bit confused.. You NEED APFS ROM patch if you DON'T want the scrolling text at boot.. That is only necessary if your system does NOT have APFS ROM support. If you do have APFS ROM Patch applied, you can set your startup disk to the APFS volume to bypass the software booter.
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@dosdude1 thanks for the reply! I understand now, and it’s working
. Is it possible to update Mojave Patcher to allow Restore System from TM Backup on systems with flashed firmware? It currently refuses to restore from TM backups created on APFS formatted drives, claiming - 1/2 -
the firmware doesn’t support APFS, and therefore can’t restore from APFS TM backups. But the computer has flashed firmware which does support APFS, and the backup I’m restoring from was created on it! Can the check be disabled for flashed machines? - 2/2
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