Yesterday on X, Mykola Grymalyuk announced his departure from the Open Core Legacy Patcher team, saying he will be joining Apple’s Bug Bounty team over in Seattle this coming week.
“Unfortunately I will have to step down from my role with OpenCore Legacy Patcher, but super excited for what’s to come. Thank you everyone who’ve helped make OCLP what is!” He posted on X.
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On his retrospective OCLP blog, he adds “After some genuinely amazing years of working on OpenCore Legacy Patcher, I believe it’s time to pivot my work on breaking Apple platforms in a new direction. Specifically towards a small, Cupertino-based startup.”
Mykola also addresses the concerns with his departure from OCLP. He hopes his departure means “Hopefully very little”, and that the “The project will be in good hands.”
Mykola’s impact on Low End Macs
It cannot at all be understated how critical Mykola and the entire OCLP team have been to keeping Intel Macs alive far beyond their originally supported OSes.
Many individuals including myself owe him (and the OCLP team) a huge debt of gratitude, working to make the dream come true. After all, there was nothing like this in the PowerPC era.. and right now you can patch a 2007 iMac to run Sequoia with a CPU upgrade!
Mykola is said to be a ” very energetic and devoted IT professional.” as a reddit user describes. He certainly has alot of enthusiasm for macOS to do things that not everyone would consider, and the skills to pull it off.
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Looking to the future
It’s very clear macOS Tahoe will be the final sendoff for Intel Macs. With the patching project in full swing for one more year, the future of Intel Macs hang in the balance.
There are many variables and ways this could go beyond mid-2026, regarding patching a modern macOS onto an unsupported Mac. OCLP has proven even an old Core 2 Duo can be “good enough” to simply run macOS, even if it’s just doing basic things.
Apple Silicon Macs run circles around Intel Macs indeed – but this will never stop an old Mac from being “good enough” at something just like our other old Macs.
Editor’s note: I would never export video on an Intel Mac again, however, web browsing doesn’t feel too different or even slow on a 2018 mini for now.
