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How To Install OSX on NVMe SSD ? (High Sierra)
How To Install OSX on NVMe SSD ? (High Sierra) (Mac Pro 2010 Mid) I Wanna Use 970evo or 960evo Please Explain... -
TOWER MAC 5.1 NVMe BOOTABLE? (high sierra)
If Tower MAC 5.1 (2010 mid) of NVMe M.2 SSD (960evo, 970evo.. etc) was installed (bootable) , Can You explain how to install? -
Mojave slow to boot
Mojave on my MacBook Pro but seems really slow to boot, like 3 times longer. Theres also some long pauses in some system preference panes. Has anyone else discovered this or should I send Apple feedback?- andeify
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- beta boot mojave slow
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- Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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can I upgrade the harddrive on a machine with a firmware password?
Hi My girlfriend has a macbook pro, second hand which she has been using for several years. I am preparing to update the harddrive and I thought I would test to see if it would boot from the new harddrive externally. Booted with option key down and voila - firmware password box. I've been...- beachball doom
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- boot firmware lock
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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iMac wont boot recovery or from external drive
Hey y'all, I've got a strange issue. I purchased a used iMac a couple months ago and it was working fine then. Everything booted fine and stuff. However, I've been having some OS issues and wanted to start fresh with a clean install of High Sierra but this Mac wont boot into recovery mode and it... -
Resolved iMac G3 with SATA-IDE-adapter doesn't boot into Mac OS9
Hi there. Need some help about MacOS9. I've installed a 120GB SSD with SATA2IDE adapter into one of my 400MHz iMacG3 DV. Via TargetDiskMode (from a G4/Tiger-PPC) I've created 3 partitions: 1) 10GB (for os9) 2) 40GB (for Tiger), 3) Rest (for data). Drivers for OS9 included during partitioning the...- bobesch
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- boot classic imac g3 os9
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Disk is locked at Install macOS
After encountering a kernel panic loop, I rebooted my mac to Recovery Mode but now it only starts in Recovery Mode so I chose Install macOS Sierra, connected to my wifi, but it says the disk is locked. :(- skmcdesign
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- boot disk is locked high sierra locked recovery
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Apple Hardware Test result code meaning 4SNS/1/40000000: VD0R - 18.616
Hi All So I managed to get the Apple Hardware Test running on my MacBookPro prior to taking it to my local Apple store for an appointment at the Apple genius bar tomorrow, but I wonder can someone help me interpret the reported results from the test please? The error code reported is...- theMouthPiece
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- aht applications boot el capitan hardware test hdd ssd
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- Forum: macOS
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showing boot options on secondary monitor on iMac with broken screen
Hello, I have a late 2013 iMac with a broken screen. I want to boot off a USB and install a new version of MacOS on it, however when I hold the option key and restart, the video output only shows on the iMac's screen, not my external monitor I have plugged in. I know when in MacOS I can hit... -
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How to boot on another laptop
hello, I have my macbook pro screen not functioning anymore, and I need to use the system itself. I removed the hard disk drive and turned it to a USB hard disk (external) and i want to use it and operate the mac system on another laptop, the only laptop available is a windows 7 laptop. How...- Ahmado
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- boot external mac windows
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Can't boot from time machine disk
According to the last bullet on this page, external drives containing time machine backup should be bootable and appear as EFI Boot on the Startup Manager screen. My MBP late 2011 is running lion 10.7.5. I formatted a new external hard drive to HFS+ encrypted by erasing the drive using disk...- pestumepse
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- backup boot macbook macbook pro macbook pro (13" 2011 late) macos time machine
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Mac Pro 4,1->5,1 RX Vega
Do the RX Vega cards need to be flashed to work with the old Mac Pros? I've done a lot of research about Nvidia cards, but I don't really know how it works with the AMD cards. I've seen some stuff about editing kext files. If you do that does it work with the EFI, or would it need to be flashed...- GalactiNaut
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- 2009 4.1 5.1 amd boot efi flash mac pro rx vega vega
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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iMac 2012 Stuck in Windows Recovery Screen
Hello, I have an 2012 21.5" iMac which recently had the drive fail. I purchased a new drive on eBay and popped it in the computer, expecting to boot off of an external drive to format the disk and install macOS. Unfortunately, the computer instead booted to the copy of Windows 10 which was...- Learningtheropes
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- boot imac windows 10
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- Forum: iMac
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HS APFS on external USB drive doesn't boot on some macs
So, I had a 2012 MBP with an M500 SSD drive formatted APFS with High Sierra running fine. I removed the drive and put it in an external USB3.0 enclosure. I've found that this drive is not seen and won't boot by a 2010 13" MBP and a Late 2013 15" rMBP but WILL BE SEEN AND BOOT by an Early 2013...- chmedly
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- apfs boot installer
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Macbook Pro 15 2017 - Graphic card issues
Hi all, I have recently purchased a Macbook pro 15' 2017, with Radeon Pro 560 graphic card. I have noticed that after I wake up the laptop from sleep, the graphic card does not fire up and I need to restart everything if I need to use it. Is anyone else experiencing this? And is there any fix...- fb3993
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- 15 inch 560 boot issue macbook pro radeon radeon pro 560 sleep
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Sleep when booting from external Thunderbolt SSD
Hi guys, So I'm now booting very successfully from a Transcend StoreJet500, and I really like the speed and everything. But since I never turn my imac off always just let it sleep on it's own - I'm a bit worried about the drive. It seam to run a bit warm / it's warm not burning when i put...- Heliotropen
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- boot imac sleep ssd
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- Forum: iMac
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Mac Pro paperweight.
Maybe someone can help me, and boy do I need it The Mac will not recognize the graphics card (gtx 980 macvidcards.com) It doesn’t have functioning operating system and I’m not even getting a boot chime anymore. I can’t get the optical drive to open to put in an install disk (tried holding... -
MBP won't boot - cannot mount root, errno = 19
My mid-2009 mbp started to crash/freeze randomly a few times the last week. I ran a disk utility check when I still was able to boot and it said everything was fine. The next day it crashed again, and I haven't been able to boot it ever since – now two days ago. It boots and gives me the...- tomzorz
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- boot boot error drive crashes mac failure
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Mac Pro 3.1 problems
Hi to all, I'm new and I've searched for something similar without -apparently- any luck. I have a mp 3.1, with patched High Sierra, Win 10 Bootcamp (not anymore, tbh) 2x 2.8 GHz, 48 Gb of 667Mhz RAM, EFI GT120 and non EFI GTX970. I managed to get the gtx as a functional primary card with... -
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MacBook Pro takes days to boot
Please help! I believe this all started after an update, but I'm not sure. I believe I am now running Sierra, but I can't get in to confirm... My MBP began running very slowly one day. I noticed all of the memory was being used and tried to restart the computer to figure out the problem. The...- Courtneyferg
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- boot freezing frozen log in start up start up issues startup
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
