high sierra 10.13.4 no support - fatal error

[jnetshaw]

time to update your stuff dude cause 10.13.4 would not boot and needs to reinstall let alone would not revert - complete headache..

[mandril420]

I’m having the same issue. Now my Mac Pro with 10.13.4 will not boot!! How do I fix this without reinstalling the OS?

[aonez]

@mandril420 boot into recovery mode and in the terminal replace the modified file with the backup.

This is the file in question:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/CoreBrightness

If you both want can try my script, although I think @pookjw implemented it so don't know if it will work neither: https://github.com/aonez/NightShiftPatcher

[pookjw]

Sorry for inconvenience. I'm installing 10.13.4 to my MacBook now so will be late for update.

NightPatch backup is located on /Library/NightPatch

so if you want to revert, boot into Recovery mode and open Terminal. Run these commands. (Note: If you are using APFS, use High Sierra Recovey mode.)

cd "/Volumes/${NAME}"

${NAME} means your macOS partition like Macintosh HD.

cp Library/NightPatch/CoreBrightness.bak System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/CoreBrightness

cp -r Library/NightPatch/_CodeSignature.bak System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature

Reboot your Mac.

Again, sorry for inconvenience and I will update after 10.13.4 installation.

[pookjw]

Hmm, it works well on my MacBook6,1 without any modifications (NightPatch Version 246 - latest stable). I clean installed this.

[mandril420]

@pookjw @aonez Thank you so much for the quick reply everyone. I booted into recovery and restored the backup CoreBrightness files and then my Mac booted normally again. After that I reinstalled Nightpatch 246 and its working well. I don't know what happened before :/ Anyway thank you guys!

[slw287r]

I've just Recovery mode-ed my MBP 2010. I'd like to have a go of your latest stable version 246.

It's wired that my Mac Pro (2013 trash can design) with 10.13.4 has night shift built-in but it's not working. Any ideas?

[IgorFromRussia]

I just wanted to let you know that this patch results in unbootable machine on the first beta of 10.13.5 as well (MacBook Pro Late 2011 17’). Hope some fix will appear in the future. Thank you for your work.

[pookjw]

Hmmmmmmmmmm

[pookjw]

I need more information to fix unbootable issue because my MacBook6,1 causes no issue. I need NightPatch log (can record by running --verbose option) and macOS verbose boot log and specific symptom.

[IgorFromRussia]

I think I have found the solution. It is strange but it works. What you have to do is to patch using terminal as usual, then revert and patch again. It all has to be done one after another (without rebooting). After that you can successfully reboot and Night Shift option will appear. I don’t know what originally caused this issue but this is a workaround of it. Hope it helps others with similar problem as well.

[mandril420]

So now I updated my MacBookAir 2011 to 10.13.4 and after installing NightPatch 246 it would not boot anymore. So I went into recovery and restored the core brightness files and the computer was bootable again. After that I again reinstalled NightPatch 246 but this time is working fine. I had to go through the same process on my Mac Pro. So I think that IgorFromRussia is onto something here. Seems that you need to install twice for it to work for some reason.

[kis87988]

Fail the first time without --verbose
and then did

cd "/Volumes/${NAME}"

${NAME} means your macOS partition like Macintosh HD.

cp Library/NightPatch/CoreBrightness.bak System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/CoreBrightness

cp -r Library/NightPatch/_CodeSignature.bak System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature

Did above then back to OS
Patch with --verboose under below

************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TOOL_VERSION=246
TOOL_BUILD=stable
SYSTEM_BUILD=17E199
SYSTEM_VERSION=10.13.4
MACHINE_MODEL=MacBookPro8,1
PATCH_COUNT=7
TOOL_MODE=patch
VERBOSE=YES
SKIP_CHECK_SYSTEM=NO
SKIP_CHECK_HW=NO
USE_LOCAL_CACHE=NO
PWD=/private/tmp/NightPatch-master
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Detected backup, reverting...
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/CoreBrightness: replacing existing signature
Creating backup...
Patching...
FIRST_SHA=811aa72bce28335efc04b760f849c98e3ff52c2a
CB_OFFSET=0x35000
28+0 records in
28+0 records out
28 bytes transferred in 0.000180 secs (155550 bytes/sec)
SECOND_SHA=2e1cf038db47f6c92f011ccca21290878627cfc4
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/CoreBrightness: replacing existing signature
Done. Reboot your macOS.
Exit code: 0

Then revert and patch again with verbose under below

************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TOOL_VERSION=246
TOOL_BUILD=stable
SYSTEM_BUILD=17E199
SYSTEM_VERSION=10.13.4
MACHINE_MODEL=MacBookPro8,1
PATCH_COUNT=7
TOOL_MODE=patch
VERBOSE=YES
SKIP_CHECK_SYSTEM=NO
SKIP_CHECK_HW=NO
USE_LOCAL_CACHE=NO
PWD=/tmp/Night
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Detected backup, reverting...
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/CoreBrightness: replacing existing signature
Creating backup...
Patching...
FIRST_SHA=811aa72bce28335efc04b760f849c98e3ff52c2a
CB_OFFSET=0x35000
28+0 records in
28+0 records out
28 bytes transferred in 0.000160 secs (175023 bytes/sec)
SECOND_SHA=2e1cf038db47f6c92f011ccca21290878627cfc4
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreBrightness.framework/Versions/A/CoreBrightness: replacing existing signature
Done. Reboot your macOS.
Exit code: 0

Now it works.
Hope this help. If you need to first time fail verbose data. Please let me know. I can restore from TM and fail it again. 😃

[guillemap]

Thank you so much! It worked for me too (Macbook Pro 7.1)
To sum up all the process:

1. (Disable SIP)
2. Patch normally
3. Reboot. If it doesn't reboot:
   1. Boot into recovery and apply @kis87988 commands (cp Library/[...])
   2. Reboot
   3. Patch normally again
   4. Revert normally with backup method
   5. Patch normally again
   6. Reboot and it works!
4. (Enable SIP)

Note: when applying/reversing the patch I used the --verbose flag

Does this work in High Sierra 10.13.4 (17E199) on a MacBook Pro (mid 2010)?

[jnetshaw]

Not for me. Have the same Mac.
Tried the 'solutions' above. Had to reinstall OSX finally.