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bump version to v0.0.9; last-minute README update
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The README update is to try to update my estimated time for a beta1->beta2
update to something which might be more realistic, maybe, I hope.
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# big-sur-micropatcher (Version 0.0.9pre)
# big-sur-micropatcher (Version 0.0.9)
A primitive USB patcher for installing macOS Big Sur on unsupported Macs

(Note that [ParrotGeek has a Big Sur patcher](https://parrotgeek.com/bigsur/) now; it is an alternative that you should consider.)
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9. If you're on a Late 2013 iMac, or you've replaced the 802.11n card in your 2012 Mac with an 802.11ac card, you're done. Otherwise, press Command-Q and wait a few seconds, then the Setup Assistant should let you shut down. After you shut down, start up again and boot from the patched installer USB again, then open Terminal again. This time, run `/Volumes/Image\ Volume/patch-kexts.sh /Volumes/<name of Big Sur volume>`, for example `/Volumes/Image\ Volume/patch-kexts.sh /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD`. It needs to be the name of the *system* volume. This will patch your Big Sur installation to add working Wi-Fi. (On 2011 MacBook Pro 13" and 2011 MacBook Air, add a "--2011" option after the ".sh" and before the volume name, for example `/Volumes/Image\ Volume/patch-kexts.sh --2011 /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD`, to fix sound, brightness control, and sleep as well as Wi-Fi.) Once that finishes, reboot into your Big Sur installation.
10. On 2011 Macs, once you have installed Big Sur, make sure to enable Reduce Transparency to eliminate many seemingly random crashes, and if icons on the right-hand side of the menu bar are invisible afterward, try Dark mode.

If this patcher turns out to be compatible with beta 2, then to update, it should be possible to create a beta 2 USB, patch it with this patcher, then follow the directions above (except skip Disk Utility, i.e. skip steps 3 and 5) to boot from the patched USB and install it on top of beta 1. (Allow something like 90 minutes for the update, even if it looks like it froze up at some point, especially on a 2011 Mac.) This *will* uninstall the Wi-Fi, etc. kexts that were installed on beta 1 in step 9, so (again, assuming the patcher turns out to be compatible with beta 2) you will need to redo that step as well. Perhaps a more convenient update method will be found, but if not, this method should suffice.
If this patcher turns out to be compatible with beta 2, then to update, it should be possible to create a beta 2 USB, patch it with this patcher, then follow the directions above (except skip Disk Utility, i.e. skip steps 3 and 5) to boot from the patched USB and install it on top of beta 1. (Allow something like 60-90 minutes for the update, even if it looks like it froze up at some point, especially on a 2011 Mac.) This *will* uninstall the Wi-Fi, etc. kexts that were installed on beta 1 in step 9, so (again, assuming the patcher turns out to be compatible with beta 2) you will need to redo that step as well. Perhaps a more convenient update method will be found, but if not, this method should suffice.

This patcher can now handle Wi-Fi on 2011 and later Macs, and also sound, sleep, and display brightness control on 2011 MacBook Pro 13" and probably (I don't have one to test) 2011 MacBook Air. (See step 9 above.) However, it still won't fix many other post-installation issues, like missing graphics acceleration on 2011 Macs or removing the telemetry plugin on systems with Penryn CPUs, but at least it will get a basic installation done on 2011/2012/2013 Macs. It is essentially certain that USB support (necessary for booting off the USB stick, as well as keyboard and trackpad) will fail to work on 2010 or earlier MacBooks right now, but I have not done any testing on those yet.

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#!/bin/bash
VERSIONNUM="0.0.9pre"
VERSIONNUM="0.0.9"
VERSION="BarryKN Big Sur Micropatcher v$VERSIONNUM"

echo $VERSION
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#!/bin/bash
VERSIONNUM="0.0.9pre"
VERSIONNUM="0.0.9"
VERSION="BarryKN Big Sur Micropatcher Unpatcher v$VERSIONNUM"

echo $VERSION
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