First impressions using macOS Sonoma on a 2011 MacBook Pro 13''

Hiiii >3 

A few days ago I received this 2011 MBP (2nd gen 2 core i5, HD graphics 3000, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 720p display and a surprisingly good battery >333).

It was running the last supported macOs version compatible with this machine (High Sierra) with is very outdated nowadays and even worse, the hard disk was never replaced. Yes a 5400 RPM HDD from 2011!! '-__-'

Soooo, I upgraded the old HDD to a 256GB  Samsung 850 Evo SSD and upgraded the RAM too up to 12 gigs.

Then it was the moment to upgrade the os. And I didn't know It was going to be that much of a pain in the ass TwT.

This laptop has an optical disk reader, so I decided to use my macOs 10.6 Snow Leopard CD to install it as a starting point in order to upgrade it to a newer version. But yeah it didn't work.

I tried installing the same OS using a usb via TransMac on Windows, aaaand         nothing qwp.

So I did a bit of research and Macs do not support installing macOS versions older than the first one introduced on the date the device was released, in my case Lion.

At this point I installed El Capitan on it (10.10) and downloaded the OpenCore Patcher tool.

Downloaded macOS Sonoma and after 1 whole day I managed to install it and run it :3.

So now, what to tweak to make it run as it should?

Well first the DAMM TEMPERATURES. It was running HOT, and when I say hot y say more than 90 degrees OwO.

So, I first thought about downgrading the system to something like Monterey but nah, that was too easy and honestly disappointing 3w3.

I installed Turbo Boost Switcher (https://github.com/rugarciap/Turbo-Boost-Switcher). This tool allows you to switch the boost frequency of intel CPUs on macOS. Trust me, that shit is a life saver.

It went down from 80/90 to practically not going any higher than 60 degrees X3333333.

The fans also went slower so GREAAT.

I mean, it has a disadvantage.  For obvious reasons the computer will run slower. This particular unit had a boost speed of 3 Ghz, and I limited it to run only up to 2.4.