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  1. ChrisTinaBruce

    2009 iMac reformat issue

    Hi, I have a 2009 iMac I planned to give to my mom who only surfs internet and email. I had a old 250 GB SSD so no expense. I planned to use OpenCore Legacy Patcher but to do so need High Sierra. I started with Snow Leopard, then Moutain Lion, and now El Capitan but when trying to upgrade to...
  2. S

    MP 1,1-5,1 Vega 56 won't load into windows?

    Hi, I finally got my Mac Pro 5.1 2012 High Sierra to start working again with windows 10. Problems i face now is that for some reason my Vega 56 only boots and posts video to Mac and not bootcamp. if i keep my pc running it goes to recovery mode but when i put the original graphics card in it...
  3. D

    Do I install MacOS on Update disk or on Macintosh HD - Data disk?

    Hello! I wanted to reset my Macbook Pro 2017 to factory settings, so I erased the Macintosh HD - Data partition. I restarted and now I dont have an operating system (I also did notice when erasing the HD - Data partition it unmounted from the internal disks tab). I am now booted in disk...
  4. Michael.S

    Screen brightness changed after update to High Sierra on A1261

    Hi, I have recently acquired a MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008) 2,5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512 MB and have been running El Capitan but just switched to High Sierra using dosdude1's patcher. I have the impression that the screen brightness has...
  5. M

    Help! Macbook Pro crashing on shutdown 2018 15

    Hi. I'm nearing the end on my sanity on this and would really like some feedback. I recently got a 2018 15 MBP, the machine had Big Sur on it and was working perfectly. I installed High Sierra as I need to run some old software. Seemed to go fine ( although a curious extra partition appeared...
  6. Hamid1984m

    the operation couldn't be completed. com.apple osinstallersetup.linkfiledownload error 3

    Hi I have a MacBook Pro A1278 that was running on a HDD hard drive and was wery slow, I decided to replace its hard drive with a SSD drive. Then I should install clean macOS, after booting up with a flash usb drive and afew progress I encounter this error! Please help me, I examined overs and...
  7. Z

    APFS... why and for what reason?

    What is the situation with APFS? Is it something that Apple has implemented on OS's newer than HighSierra?
  8. Y

    MacOS High Sierra cannot be installed on this computer.

    Hello. I have a MBP 2011 13" with High Sierra and 16GB of RAM and just downloaded the High Sierra installer from the AppStore and made my 16GB flashdrive bootable to install it on my new SSD. The thing is when I click on Install MacOS from the recovery it shows me an alert which says: macOS High...
  9. R

    Wifi driver not found in Mac mini 2009 High Sierra

    Hi Experts, Can somebody please guide me any working solution for my Mac min Late 2009 used by my child for homework. Few months back I used @dosdude1 solution to install high Sierra and wifi was working fantastic , when I updated high Sierra I found that there was issue - "wifi no hardware...
  10. Stuart Brodie

    MacOS High Sierra Mac Mail Causing Mac to Restart When Opened

    Hi, Last week my iMac (mid-2010 model) began restarting for no reason. After doing some diagnostics I was able to determine it was my mail causing the issue. I'm unable to open the mail to do any further diagnostics within the app. Before I did the step below I would open the mail and the iMac...
  11. Prophet96ix

    HS Dosdude Patcher seems broken

    Hi, the High Sierra @dosdude1 Patcher seems to be broken (at least for me). I downloaded the latest Patcher from his website and the latest installer from apple. Somehow the Patcher always gets an error while creating the usb-stick. I'm very sure i did everything right, because I'm using that...
  12. katbel

    "iTunes Device support update" does it break iTunes 12.6.3?

    Has anyone used the iTunes Device support update yet? It was out this week but I fear possible grim consequences :confused: I DO NOT want to use iTunes past 12.6.3 and I'm afraid this update could ruin or update my iTunes 12.6.3 to a newer version where I will not be able to control apps...
  13. AlexCruzAmsterdam

    MacBook Pro 2018 + High Sierra (downgrade from Mojave which is initially installed

    It has taken me 2 days to figure it out but here we go. It is possible to buy an Apple MacBook Pro 2018 with Mojave installed on it and then go back to High Sierra. Please follow these steps: Power on Mac and create an Admin user account Download High Sierra here (step 4)...
  14. CamilKanaan

    Mojave (faster?/slower?) than high Sierra

    Hello guys! Im running high Sierra on my MacBook Pro 2018 15 inch with touch bar and its really good but im scared to install the Mojave update for it not to make my laptop slower. did anyone update a 2018 laptop to Mojave? If yes how is it working is it worse or better?
  15. CamilKanaan

    Mojave (faster?slower?) than high Sierra

    Hello guys! Im running high Sierra on my MacBook Pro 2018 15 inch with touch bar and its really good but im scared to install the Mojave update for it not to make my laptop slower. did anyone update a 2018 laptop to Mojave? If yes how is it working is it worse or better?
  16. M

    I changed the account name on my Admin account and now I can't log in

    Macbook Pro 2017 running on macOS High Sierra. Okay, so I can log into my computer fine (so far) but if I were to try to make changes, like in System Preferences and it asked for my Admin Username and Password, both slots show up empty and if I put in my username and password as they are, it...
  17. U

    Restore SSD with macOS High Sierra

    Hi guys. I have Mac Mini with installed SSD and it worked well since one and half year. Recently i got some trouble with it. For some reason(i don't know why),my High Sierra crashed(freezed) two times, third time reboot didn't help and seems to be OS has come to broken state :(...
  18. M

    MacBook Pro 2018 overheat /HibernateError during sleep

    Opened a discussion here as well: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8528117 Hey Yesterday, after playing with my MacBook's pmset settings, I closed the lid (while plugged in), and after 4 hours I just unplugged it and went to sleep. This morning I'm waking up to an extremely hot, battery...
  19. G

    High Sierra on MacBook 4.1

    Hi! I sucessfuly installed High Sierra on my MBP Mid 2008 and now it's time to get it work on Macbook 4.1 (early 2008). Sadly when I checked dosdude1 web page there's an info that my MacBook will not work with that "hack". I'm thinking why? It have Intel C2D Penryn (42nm with SSE4 support) so...
  20. G

    Weird Safari behaviour!

    Hi, Today safari (v11.1) on Mac HighSierra 10.13.4, started to behave like crazy. For some reasons, this is the resolution I get every time I open the browser. It looks a kind of mobile resolution. I restarted, erased the history, changed from view --> font in, font out, but nothing happens. I...