One year later. Not going to lie, this 12 MacBook is still my favorite Mac ever made by Apple. I know it has its issues, and I never use mine as my main computer. But, for traveling purposes, having a fully-functional computer is amazing. I am still hoping that this will be the year Apple brings it back, but with the M2 (the best chip ever in my opinion).

That would be awesome! Highly doubt it's possible however. That is, at least without some serious hacking with the screen, keyboard, and all of those other components.

Hey there. I have spent more time working on this MacBook model than any other model Apple has made. If your power button does not work, the chances are your Palm Rest logic board (the logic board on the trackpad) has bitten the dust. You should consider replacing that.

Hey there. So, there could be multiple reasons for this, but first let me explain how OpenCore is installed.

On your internal SSD, the drive has multiple partition: Partition Map / EFI / Recovery HD / Macintosh HD / and maybe Macintosh HD - Data. OpenCore installs onto the EFI partition.

When you partition your internal SSD, you will not receive another EFI partition.

So, partition your drive, install OpenCore, and then simply install the newer macOS version. Just remember when you boot back into Catalina, do not boot through OpenCore.

Now, while I cannot give you an exact answer as to why your internal SSD, I can give you some recommendations. First, grant OpenCore Full Disk Access in System Preferences. Partition your drive in Disk Utility and try again. Also try connecting an external drive and see if it appears.

If so, create a bootable installer, and then install OpenCore onto the USB drive.

I hope this helps!

Hey, I would like to throw this out there... I have been working on a script for the past few months that can do this entire process for you: you can go check it out if you like: macOS Creator

And to add to that, the var folder may be located in /private/var, so you will may need to type rm -R /private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone.

Remember, when mounting the drive, you actually mount two drives: the first one you mount is the root drive. The second one is the actual boot drive.

First mount the root drive mount -uw /

Second mount the boot drive mount -uw

Then you can remove the file, but I would recommend using rm -R instead of just rm. This will prevent the error.

Hey there. These models should run Big Sur just fine without Root Patching. Monterey may have some issues. Try running root patching again. If issue persists, ask a new question in the iFixit forum, and post a screenshot of the issue.

Guide #5 is now available!

Lo siento por la demora. Había fallas técnicas aquí probando las computadoras. En unas semanas no más ya estará lista.