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  1. iSearch

    How do I Dual Boot Sierra and Monterey on a 2015 MacBook Pro?

    I have a 2015 MacBook Pro that runs macOS Sierra 10.12.6. I never felt compelled to upgrade as it has always performed smoothly for me and runs my 32 bit apps and games. This past year or so, Chromium based-browsers have been removing support, many modern websites no longer work, so now I am...
  2. maccoops

    Resizing partitions for dual booting two macos

    Trying to follow the advice for upgrading macos: dual booting a "production" environment and a "test" environment, but struggling to increase my test environment partition. Both partitions are working and both are currently on Sonoma, the dual boot works great. I tried to upgrade my test...
  3. Calab

    MP 1,1-5,1 AMD video card for Mac Pro with boot screen

    I have a mid 2012 Mac Pro that I'm trying to put back into service. I've installed a "patched" version of Catalina 10.15.7. Right now it has an nVidia GTX680 video card, meaning I get no acceleration. I also have this machine dual booting to Linux Mint 22 using reFind. I'm having issues with the...
    • Calab
    • Thread
    • catalina dual boot graphics card linux
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  4. zoricspsol

    Can I install OSX without apple ID verification ?

    I got an old iMac 2008 and I want to ease everything, split it into two partitions. One for the latest possible (and best performance) OSX and the other for Linux. Now, my problem is that I already partitioned the disk, eased OSX, installed Linux Mint and sat up everything. BUT... I cant...
    • zoricspsol
    • Thread
    • cleaninstall dual boot imac linux osx
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  5. Alvin777

    Recommended Space for Big Sur for this Need

    Hi Mac friends. I'd like to fresh install Big Sur as a back macOS (it'll be in the same Container as another Volume on the same NVME disk) because it works with my Wacom Intuos 4 and then just install one app called Krita for digital painting. It's a volume, a backup macOS boot volume...
  6. flatjuba

    Linux Distro

    I want to create dual boot (OSX Sorbet Leopard & Linux Distro)...What I want to know, which Linux Distro that may give me Dropbox & Google Drive functionality.
  7. J

    WHAT IS USEING 80GB OF RAM 2017 IMAC!!!!!!!!!

    2017 IMAC did the normal upgrades samsung evo plus 2 tb, qvo 2tb, i7700k 4.2, 128 gb ram. thing has been working great, still is. did the upgrades little under a year ago.Been dual booting windows 11 on a external 256gb nvme m.2. gen 3 i took out of my laptop after i put a 980 pro in it. It was...
    • jdetoy
    • Thread
    • 128 2017 bootcamp dual boot monterey 12.4 ram upgrades windows 11
    • Replies: 68
    • Forum: iMac
  8. flatjuba

    Dual boot OSX and MintPPC, any success?

    I would like to know whether anyone able to dual booting OSX (especially Sorbet Leopard) with MintPPC... Any success story?
  9. jagooch

    What is the minimum disk space requirement for Monterey(for dual boot system)?

    I'm configuring my 2020 Mac Mini with a 2TB internal ssd to be a dual boot system. I'll mostly be running the alternative OS and only rarely MacOS, so I want the other OS to have the majority of the disk space as possible, and MacOS will only get the bare minimum + a small buffer just in case I...
  10. M

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro Triple boot

    Hi everyone, I'm sorry to start a new thread here about that but can't find the one I followed... it was a 300+ pages one about installing windows on a Mac Pro 5,1. it's been months I haven't been here and every threads on this subject seem to be talking about open core (with is not the method...
    • MacProXUser
    • Thread
    • dual boot mac pro (2009) mac pro (2010) mac pro (2012) mac pro 5.1 mac pro 5.1 boot issue windows
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  11. M

    MP 1,1-5,1 Windows dual boot on mac 5.1

    I have a mac 5.1 with 4 SSD's in it, 2 are for my mac and 2 are empty i want to use them for windows. I want to install windows via USB, made it bootable multiple times on different usb's and every time it goes trough after changing some settings in windows CMD (Shift-F10) & i have tried a...
    • Mlk7
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    • dual boot mac pro 2010 mac pro 5.1 mojave windows 10 windows 10 on mac
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  12. Arunachala

    Feasibility of running macOS on iPads in the near future?

    Since the new Macs have ARM chips, there is now access a build of macOS that technically could run on a device like, say, the iPad Pro? The architecture should be pretty much the same, I guess? Clearly some tinkering would be required, but how feasible is it, given the right skills and tools...
  13. Wildmanjohn

    Should I do a clean install with High Sierra

    I have a mid 2012 MacBook pro and I want to do a clean install. I have read that high sierra is best for the older hardware but will it be a security risk? I don't know if its Catalina but my mac is running really slow. Also I want to setup dual boot with linux. Do I partition the hard drive...
  14. Vosie

    Partitioning a Fusion Drive for dual boot

    I'm wanting to partition my 1.12Tb Fusion drive on my (late 2012) iMac i7 3.1Ghz, 8Gb Ram, 21.5 inch, 10.14.6 (I will update to 10.15 when stable update released) - so dual boot to 10.14/15 or 10.8. I'm wanting to put an older OS like 10.8 on the new small partition to run older software better...
    • Vosie
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    • 10.8 dual boot fusion dirve mountain lion partition
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  15. E

    Unsupported macOS or experiment with Linux? MBP 15 late 2008.

    Hi, I'm new to the forum so sorry if I ask in the wrong thread but and have some questions regarding how to keep using my MBP 15 late 2008 2,4GHz. I'm thinking of how to get a modern OS on it. Either patched unsupported MacOS or switching to Linux. I'm actually interested in multi booting...
  16. S

    Dual Boot (Windows 7+HS+Mojave): Manual install of Apple Drivers - did I do this correctly?

    Hi. I could not get Brigadier to work for me, so I did some tinkering and I seem to have successfully installed the Apple Drivers on Windows 7 Ultimate, located on its own internal HD, on my Mac Pro (running either High Sierra or Mojave). Can the experts in this forum provide feedback please...
  17. N

    Macbook Pro dual boot kali partition guide is not working

    Hello all, I am having an issue with automatic partition guide upon installing kali, even though there is 100GBs free space and it should proceed with this option for installing on the next free space, i receive error too small disk. Any idea what to do? I read that it can be done manually but i...
    • nikoc03
    • Thread
    • dual boot error kali partition partition guide refinder
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  18. B

    Mojave/Win 10: dual GPU / dual boot problem

    Hi, After a long journey I managed to get my upgraded MacPro 4,1 to 5,1 to run Windows 10 and Mojave 10.14.4. which are installed on partitions on the same SSD, so I'm trying to dual boot. With the RX590 there is no bootscreen, but the mac will boot into Mojave. Now the thing is I've messed up...
    • blue_macaco
    • Thread
    • dual boot dual gpu mac pro mojave rx590 windows 10
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  19. X

    Can I still run Yosemite on early 2015 MB Air with Mojave firmware?

    I've been running Yosemite for hardware support and aesthetic reasons. (I can theme it so it doesn't look like it was made by color blind slave labor children.) But, Mojave looks livable, and I'm tired of Yosemite's networking issues, so I'm ready to attempt the leap. I intend to install it on...
    • xaosnox
    • Thread
    • dual boot firmware macbook air 13 inch mojave 10.14 update yosemite 10.10.5
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
  20. X

    Possible to create a dual boot drive with Yosemite and High Sierra?

    I'm running Yosemite and hope to stay with it as long as possible. However, I know at some point I'll have to move forward, and I haven't downloaded any interim versions of macOS, so I'm thinking I'd better get High Sierra before things get too nuts and my hardware isn't supported anymore. I'm...
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