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  1. strickolas

    Can't Install el Capitan on InternalSSD

    So I have recently cracked open a Macbook Pro mid 2012, and swapped out the optical drive for a Corsair 120GB SSD. I have downloaded the "Install El Capitan" app from the app store and burned it to a thumb drive using a sudo command that I've seen on the forums. Tried alt-booting to the thumb...
  2. Steve McPeterson

    MACBOOK PRO 2012 NOT BOOTING

    Hey Guys am new to the community. My macbook is pro 2012 4gigs of ram and i7 originally with 750gb hdd 7200rpm with bootcamp win7. And El Capitan It worked great until recently mac osx fail to boot & win7 got corrupt . Tried all reset methods , i think keyboards dead . Now i put 250g ssd...
  3. H

    2012 5,1 hangs after Apple logo

    Hello there, I just received a 2012 5,1 (12c 3.46ghz/64gb/500 & 1TB SSDs/GT 120 (soon to be replaced obviously)) The system would not boot the Sierra USB stick installer I made per Apple's instructions. So I installed Sierra to an SSD via a USB enclosure, which boots fine on my other Macs, but...
  4. pet84rik

    Resolved Boot options not working (PM G4)

    Hi guys, I am new here and I just bought my first Mac, an older PowerMac G4 AGP (400/1G/40G). The only bigger issue is that I am not able to boot any other media than OSX one (burned DVD). When I am trying to boot with Option key or CMD+OPT+F+O, screen stays blank (power saving on monitor)...
  5. alhazred823

    Win 10 on Mac Pro with Non Flashed GPU (GTX 970)

    Hi All, I have another question for you all. I have a Windows 10 machine, and now that i have my cMP up and running with the GTX 970 using web drivers, i was wondering if i could clone my windows machine and install it on a spare PCIe SSD in my cMP? Anyone have recommendation on software for...
  6. B

    Restart into OS X

    Hi, Recently I've installed Windows 10 via Bootcamp. The issue I have is when I try to restart into OS X using Bootcamp tray icon in Windows it does reboot my computer into recovery partition not into OS X one. And that forces me to manually change boot partition again. Do anyone experience...
  7. M235i

    MacBook Pro 4,1 boot issues.

    Hello MacRumors community! I got another issue, this time regarding an early 2008 MacBook Pro 4,1 and loosely, a PowerBook G4 12". I just got a few macs for free, a MacBook Pro 4,1 (early 2008); iMac5,1 (late 2006); PowerBook6,4 (PowerBook G4 12" 1.33); and an PowerBook6,7 (iBook G4 12" 1.33)...
  8. JedNZ

    Adding NVMe kext to Recovery HD

    I've successfully curated an NVMe kext for my Samsung 960 M.2 NVMe SSD drive using the Github process. You can see my efforts Mac Pro Best Drive Configuration']here[/URL]. But there's one more thing I need to do, and that's to add the NVMe kext to my Recovery HD so that when I boot from it I...
  9. X

    Macbook Pro Retina Won't boot normally (Please HELP)!

    Hi, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PROBLEM IN VIDEO ==> I have a macbook retina (Mid 2015) 15" that does not turn on the normal way it stats and shutdown without any sign in the screen (watch the video please), if i want to turn it on i need to hold the power button for like 7 seconds and even if it...
  10. J

    Onyx and 5770 boot

    Hi again people, As you may be able to deduce from my recent posts I'm currently playing around a bit with my 2009 4,1 with 5,1 update. I have recently installed a flashed XFX 5770 and despite probs with known issues such as pci fan speed and display port output was pleased with how it was...
  11. 1

    MacBook Pro 2015 does not boot Windows

    Hello, I have got a MacBook Pro 2015 Retina. About a week ago I created myself a external HDD with Windows To Go. The HDD booted perfectly on my older MacBook Air (2014) and MacBook Pro (2012 non-retina), but it didn't boot on my MacBook Pro (2015). Today I checked that my MacBook Pro does not...
  12. Terraform2

    iMac Won't fully Boot (black screen spinning)

    I went to help a friend with an issue she was having with her: Mid 2011 27" iMac 4GB i5 running OS 10.12.3 (Sierra) She wanted to try Photoshop so I downloaded the trial and the computer completely and totally froze on install. As such I had to force restart the machine (something I never...
  13. J

    Mac Pro 4.1 5770 mini display port issue

    Hi all, long time lurker first time poster. I've got a Mac pro 4.1 2.26Ghz that has been flashed with 5.1 firmware. The issue is that I've just installed a flashed XFX HD 5770 like this one to use as a back up card and it all works fine apart from the mini display port. I get the apple logo and...
  14. L

    Enable the macOS start up sound on the touch bar MacBook Pro

    I would like to start this by saying that I respect Apple's decision to remove the start up sound, because many people have found it to be more of an annoyance, rather than a convenience. Me, how ever, am on the other side of that argument. I am a blind Mac user, who enjoyed having an audible...
  15. allan.nyholm

    iMac late 2015 boot logo dissolve. Video to look at. Care to join me if you have this issue?

    Hi, TL;DR Please watch the video and comment on your own experiences with similar outcome. Thanks. :D Link to video on my Droplr account: http://d.pr/v/Faqf Continued ... Here's some information about my iMac and what I experience: My iMac is a late 2015 Retina 27" with a R9 M380 2048MB...
  16. pakpenyo

    Mac Pro Late 2013 Can't Turn On

    Hi all, I have Mac Pro Late 2013 D300, shipped with Mavericks 10.9.5 and works fine without any problem for 2 years (i'm buying it at early 2015). Two weeks ago, I update to El Capitan 10.11.5, the problem is it can not turn on after shutdown. Press power button, its dead, and only turn motion...
  17. Synchrotron

    Prohibitory Sign when Installing Windows via Bootcamp

    Hello. As a disclaimer, I know very little about this subject matter so if you have a suggested solution please explain it to me like I'm 5. About two days ago, I began setting up Boot Camp on my Late 2014 iMac Retina 5K (27") running macOS Sierra 10.12.2, with the intent to eventually transfer...
  18. urbanforces

    is there an app to schedule launching and quitting other apps?

    is there an app to schedule the launching and quitting of other apps? for example, dropbox launches at boot but i don't need it running all the time, so is there an app to shut it down a minute after boot once it has synced? or can apple script do that? if so, how? thanks
  19. P

    Startup boots to gray screen. What to do next?

    I've trolled this forum and many others for potential solutions, all unsuccessful. My machine is a 15" 2011 MBP (Core i7, 16 GB RAM) running El Capitan. I was in the middle of a session when my computer spontaneously went to a gray screen. I initially suspected hardware problem. After rebooting...
  20. G

    Mac Mini boot only Windows 7

    This was unexpected. After moths trying to install a Windows in a partition with bootcamp, I finally succeed, but now OS X is gone... My Mac Mini: 1.83MHz 4GB RAM 128GB SSD in the main SATA and the old 80GB HDD in the combodrive SATA with adapter. I did all the procedure, followed the...