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[Guide] Installing 10.9 Mavericks on older Macs. -HackerWayne
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Are there Caveats for this script? Tried 2 times, but the app-store keeps telling me it`s an unsupported machine (macro 1.1 - 2.1, OsX 10.75)
thanks a lot!
Apple seems to have patched this since quiet some time but I have released a new version which works entirely different. Unfortunately I currently do not find it - It's named MDE.zip...
EDIT: I found it!
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Sooo I'm guessing this project is cancelled for the time being? Hasn't been an update in a while. Unless he's posting updates somewhere else I'm unaware of.
hardware question
can I do this with a 7300 GT graphics card or do I have to upgrade?
I am running 2006 mac pro 1.1
2 X 2.0 ghz dual core intel Xeon
currently 10.7.5
can I do this with a 7300 GT graphics card or do I have to upgrade?
I am running 2006 mac pro 1.1
2 X 2.0 ghz dual core intel Xeon
currently 10.7.5
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Yes, you can the download, nor the install will make any problem…
BUT, you won't have graphic acceleration with this GPU, once it's installed, which will slow down your setup immensely! That's why it's DEFINITELY recommended to upgrade your card. Anything (check compatibility) from an Radeon HD 2600 XT or a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (those are what the officially Mavericks supported Mac Pro 3,1 shipped with) and upwards can be used, so you might get a pretty cheap replacement. However most forum user recommend an ATI 5770, which was Apples most decent card before the current Mac Pro. A list with endorsed cards can be found here.
Me myself, I can't suggest any card, as I do not own a Mac Pro.
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I have a older macbook pro, Like 2007 Macbook Pro 4.1 right now still running 10.6, 10.6 Seems to be outdated can't upgrade Audio Production Software I'm using thinking of turning to the Darkside and Upgrading my OS.. If I do Take the Gamble any tips?
Should I try?
Upside?
Downside?
Is my Macbook Compatible?
Better yet experiences from a similar laptop maybe?
Should I try?
Upside?
Downside?
Is my Macbook Compatible?
Better yet experiences from a similar laptop maybe?
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Just go the AppStore and download Mavericks and install it. Your machine is officially certified by Apple to do the upgrade.
It'd probably be worth your time to ask these questions in the general forum so people with supported machines can give you their feedback.
With that having been said I will go as far as saying if you have enough RAM, it'll run fine. If you have the minimum don't bother.
Anything more though, you'd probably get a better response, and be posting in the appropriate place, in the general forum instead of this thread.
MacBook Pro 2,2
I installed 10.9.2 on a Macbook Pro 2,2 (2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, ATI Radeon x1600) using SFOTT 1.4.4. I did a clean install on a blank hard drive. Everything worked well (SFOTT is great, by the way), except for a couple of items:
- Most applications work fine, except for a few from Apple (like Safari flickers, but Firefox works fine)
- videos will not play, not on youtube, or even a quicktime file
- It does not detect the audio output device
- Odd observation - youtube will run in Google Chrome. Still no audio, and standalone videos (not in webage) still wont work
I assume this is due to mavericks not having the appropriate drivers for these devices. Is it possible to get drivers that will work for this? How would I find what would be the appropriate kext files to add to this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I installed 10.9.2 on a Macbook Pro 2,2 (2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, ATI Radeon x1600) using SFOTT 1.4.4. I did a clean install on a blank hard drive. Everything worked well (SFOTT is great, by the way), except for a couple of items:
- Most applications work fine, except for a few from Apple (like Safari flickers, but Firefox works fine)
- videos will not play, not on youtube, or even a quicktime file
- It does not detect the audio output device
- Odd observation - youtube will run in Google Chrome. Still no audio, and standalone videos (not in webage) still wont work
I assume this is due to mavericks not having the appropriate drivers for these devices. Is it possible to get drivers that will work for this? How would I find what would be the appropriate kext files to add to this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I've got an '06 Mac Mini 1,1 with EFI flashed to 2,1 and a Core2Duo installed… is this plug - and - playable? Not sounding like it but hard to find out for sure after 51 pages of replies…
Actually according to MLforAll's twitter page, he is working on making that a reality. He has ML running in 64 bit on a GMA950 with QE/CI working using the 10.6.2 drivers, and he is working on making it compatible with Mavericks. A 64-bit driver for ALL GMA. It's coming...finally!
"[GMA64] I finally did it ! GMA 950 with ML 64 bit ! But, it’s a proof of concept.
I’m working hard on it to finish it
Yeah Thanks for your hard work , I wish it can use with my MacBook White mid2007
iMac 6,1 (late 2006)
Hello,
after reading the most recent posts I'm still not sure about the ability of installing Mavericks on my Late 2006 24" plastic iMac. It got an Nvidia 7300GT GPU.
Will it run flawless using SFOTT? Any experience or better ways of installing Mavericks?
Any help appreciated!
Hello,
after reading the most recent posts I'm still not sure about the ability of installing Mavericks on my Late 2006 24" plastic iMac. It got an Nvidia 7300GT GPU.
Will it run flawless using SFOTT? Any experience or better ways of installing Mavericks?
Any help appreciated!
Really… So many people told you to stop spreading false information about GMA compatibility. You should have realized that they don't want you to do so anymore.
I totally agree with you, that old, incompatible hardware basically is old and incompatible, BUT that does not mean, that it can't be enabled.
It's old. - Nothing to say about that.
It's incompatible. - Well. Isn't it Apple who want us to believe, that it is, rather than that it actually is?
And what a world it would be if people couldn't believe the impossible. Would we've entered the moon yet? Would Afro-Americans live in freedom? I don't think so. Thanks god, that so many of us did not forget how to believe!