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[Guide] Success! Install 10.8 on old unsupported Mac
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First of all: thanks for this awesome application!
However I encountered a weird problem, read through some sites, but apparently noone has the same.
I used it yesterday (already had mountain lion for my macbook air, so no problem there). Download the file and put it into applications into my old macbook (I still use for programming).
MLP saw it, used it. Everything went fine, at least I thought! However my MacBook turned off while installing *sigh*
No biggie I thought and reinstalled the normal Lion from the Recovery HDD.
Did that and now I have a weird problem. Parsed the app into my Application folder again, but MLP now says "Install OS X Mountain Lion.app not found.[...]"
Any idea why that is? It's definitely there and worked splendidly yesterday
However I encountered a weird problem, read through some sites, but apparently noone has the same.
I used it yesterday (already had mountain lion for my macbook air, so no problem there). Download the file and put it into applications into my old macbook (I still use for programming).
MLP saw it, used it. Everything went fine, at least I thought! However my MacBook turned off while installing *sigh*
No biggie I thought and reinstalled the normal Lion from the Recovery HDD.
Did that and now I have a weird problem. Parsed the app into my Application folder again, but MLP now says "Install OS X Mountain Lion.app not found.[...]"
Any idea why that is? It's definitely there and worked splendidly yesterday
Since MLPF on my MacBook 4,1, the only app I've had consistent problems with is Safari. B&W PNGs come in as all black, some scaled graphics display as if corrupted until blown up, and occasionally a large swath of an entire page will suddenly go similarly corrupted until reloaded.
I've also had a keychain issue which one person replied they don't have, so it's not on all installations, but maybe someone else has seen it. Any standard password entry in use by Safari (meaning the keychain access entry's "access control" entry is set to confirm with Safari listed) only auto fills the username, not the password. If any password is input, even if it is verified to be the same one currently saved, Safari says it differs and offers to save. This save works, but next visit to the site, the routine is the same. Chrome, which uses the same keychains, does not exhibit this problem. Changing the item's access control to allow all applications also solves the problem. I've tried new users and safe boot -- the latter of which apparently breaks webkit.
I've also had a keychain issue which one person replied they don't have, so it's not on all installations, but maybe someone else has seen it. Any standard password entry in use by Safari (meaning the keychain access entry's "access control" entry is set to confirm with Safari listed) only auto fills the username, not the password. If any password is input, even if it is verified to be the same one currently saved, Safari says it differs and offers to save. This save works, but next visit to the site, the routine is the same. Chrome, which uses the same keychains, does not exhibit this problem. Changing the item's access control to allow all applications also solves the problem. I've tried new users and safe boot -- the latter of which apparently breaks webkit.
As expected, OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" Final runs perfectly booting w/ Chimera...64 bit and all
That's great news, I hope it stays that way for the final release.
Could you please provide a quick walk-though of the steps involved to get it up and running on my similar Mac Pro?
Thanks and let us know in a follow-up if there have been any issues as of late.
First of all: thanks for this awesome application!
However I encountered a weird problem, read through some sites, but apparently noone has the same.
I used it yesterday (already had mountain lion for my macbook air, so no problem there). Download the file and put it into applications into my old macbook (I still use for programming).
MLP saw it, used it. Everything went fine, at least I thought! However my MacBook turned off while installing *sigh*
No biggie I thought and reinstalled the normal Lion from the Recovery HDD.
Did that and now I have a weird problem. Parsed the app into my Application folder again, but MLP now says "Install OS X Mountain Lion.app not found.[...]"
Any idea why that is? It's definitely there and worked splendidly yesterday
Are you updated to 10.7.5?
I had a question regarding using migration assistant. I have a Macbook air 2012(that runs Mountain Lion) that im getting ready to sell (SSD issues) and i am planning to put my black macbook 2007 2,1 back in commish!
I plan to install MLPF on my black macbook 2,1 and I was wondering if anyone has had any issues with MIGRATION ASSISTANT? Just curious, seeing as to how this whole process is "unsupported". It wont be a killer if i lose my stuff, everythings backed up in the cloud or dropbox, but itd be nice to have the same users, wifi passwords, tabs etc again on my older macbook.
thank you for the post. and please lmk, thank you again.
I plan to install MLPF on my black macbook 2,1 and I was wondering if anyone has had any issues with MIGRATION ASSISTANT? Just curious, seeing as to how this whole process is "unsupported". It wont be a killer if i lose my stuff, everythings backed up in the cloud or dropbox, but itd be nice to have the same users, wifi passwords, tabs etc again on my older macbook.
thank you for the post. and please lmk, thank you again.
Short addendum to jabbawoks Mac Pro guide for OS X 10.9 Mavericks
This guide (if you want to call it one) has been completely tested to work perfectly. Both the latest versions of Chameleon and/or Chimera can now dually be used to BOOT both OS X 10.8.4 AND OS X 10.9 Mavericks.. While these variations are necesary, basically all one needs to do to successfully install OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" is to follow jabbawok's guide for installing OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on an unsupported Mac Pro. You will be using the exact same “Extra” folder you use/have used, as well as blessing the "BOOT" partition and editing the OSinstall.mpkg with flat package editor exactly as explained/described in jabbawok’s guide. The ONLY needed adjustments deal with creating/building your OS X 10.9 installer in conjunction with this (jabbawoks’s) guide. Firstly you will need to install the latest Chameleon version (a new version that includes the File: NVRAM.dylib to /Extra/modules/ which enables/fixes iMessages & FaceTime) and the alternative method of copying over the “mach_kernel” which as a refresher is:
It is necessary to copy a OS X 10.9 Mavericks “mach_kernel” into the root of the Installer disk image you created. To acquire your own “mach_kernel” from the original OS X 10.9 Mavericks .app here is how:
You will need to launch/open the Pacifist .app. Once you have done this, you will need to Locate your 10.9 installer. Right-click and chose ‘show package contents’. Locate InstallESD.DMG in the SharedSupport folder. Double ckick on InstallESD.DMG to mount it. Once mounted, you will see a folder entitled “Packages”. Open that folder and locate the OSinstall.mpkg file. Take that file and “drag and drop” it into your Pacifist .app. Continue clicking through the following content folders: “Contents of EssentialSystemSoftware”, then “Contents of EssentialSystemSoftwareGroup”, then finally “Contents of BaseSystemBinaries.pkg”. About half way down the list you will come across the “mach_kernel”. Before clicking on the “mach_kernel” file, find the “Not Authorized” lock icon located in the top upper right hand corner of your Pacifist .app and click it. Enter in your admin password when prompted. Then click on the “mach_kernel” and select the “Extract To…” icon in the upper left of the Pacifist menu list and extract the “mach_kernel” to the root of the OS X 10.9 “Installer” boot image that you created.”
The only other necessary step new in building the/your OS X 10.9 Mavericks installer is a simple edit you will need to make to the file "InstallableMachines.plist" located in OS X Install ESD/Packages folder. Here you will perform the identical edit as performed when using "Flat Package Editor" and editing the "Distribution List" in the OSInstall.mpkg while adding the same logic board ID (Mac-F4208DC8) exactly as described in jabbawoks guide. The only difference being that you will perform this edit in"InstallableMachines.plist" in TextEdit.app and not Flat Package editor.
So in short, you will be following jabbawoks guide verbatim though when applicable replacing and/or adding these additional steps in installing the latest Chameleon version, extracting the mach_kernel as I have described, and editing "InstallableMachines.plist".
And that is it.
PS. Oh and just to make you aware, the OS X 10.9 Mavericks Gold Master is the Final Release. It simply precludes the "retail" release and is identical to the version that will be made available to the general public.
This guide (if you want to call it one) has been completely tested to work perfectly. Both the latest versions of Chameleon and/or Chimera can now dually be used to BOOT both OS X 10.8.4 AND OS X 10.9 Mavericks.. While these variations are necesary, basically all one needs to do to successfully install OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" is to follow jabbawok's guide for installing OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on an unsupported Mac Pro. You will be using the exact same “Extra” folder you use/have used, as well as blessing the "BOOT" partition and editing the OSinstall.mpkg with flat package editor exactly as explained/described in jabbawok’s guide. The ONLY needed adjustments deal with creating/building your OS X 10.9 installer in conjunction with this (jabbawoks’s) guide. Firstly you will need to install the latest Chameleon version (a new version that includes the File: NVRAM.dylib to /Extra/modules/ which enables/fixes iMessages & FaceTime) and the alternative method of copying over the “mach_kernel” which as a refresher is:
It is necessary to copy a OS X 10.9 Mavericks “mach_kernel” into the root of the Installer disk image you created. To acquire your own “mach_kernel” from the original OS X 10.9 Mavericks .app here is how:
You will need to launch/open the Pacifist .app. Once you have done this, you will need to Locate your 10.9 installer. Right-click and chose ‘show package contents’. Locate InstallESD.DMG in the SharedSupport folder. Double ckick on InstallESD.DMG to mount it. Once mounted, you will see a folder entitled “Packages”. Open that folder and locate the OSinstall.mpkg file. Take that file and “drag and drop” it into your Pacifist .app. Continue clicking through the following content folders: “Contents of EssentialSystemSoftware”, then “Contents of EssentialSystemSoftwareGroup”, then finally “Contents of BaseSystemBinaries.pkg”. About half way down the list you will come across the “mach_kernel”. Before clicking on the “mach_kernel” file, find the “Not Authorized” lock icon located in the top upper right hand corner of your Pacifist .app and click it. Enter in your admin password when prompted. Then click on the “mach_kernel” and select the “Extract To…” icon in the upper left of the Pacifist menu list and extract the “mach_kernel” to the root of the OS X 10.9 “Installer” boot image that you created.”
The only other necessary step new in building the/your OS X 10.9 Mavericks installer is a simple edit you will need to make to the file "InstallableMachines.plist" located in OS X Install ESD/Packages folder. Here you will perform the identical edit as performed when using "Flat Package Editor" and editing the "Distribution List" in the OSInstall.mpkg while adding the same logic board ID (Mac-F4208DC8) exactly as described in jabbawoks guide. The only difference being that you will perform this edit in"InstallableMachines.plist" in TextEdit.app and not Flat Package editor.
So in short, you will be following jabbawoks guide verbatim though when applicable replacing and/or adding these additional steps in installing the latest Chameleon version, extracting the mach_kernel as I have described, and editing "InstallableMachines.plist".
And that is it.
PS. Oh and just to make you aware, the OS X 10.9 Mavericks Gold Master is the Final Release. It simply precludes the "retail" release and is identical to the version that will be made available to the general public.
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I've used Migration Assistant twice to transfer accounts to upgrade my MLPF install to 10.8.4 from 10.8.2.
It's worked out great for me.
Ok one thing Im not quite understanding is the partitioning. Are we supposed to have 2 ADDITIONAL partitions on top of our original 1? so 3 total? And what happens to all the extra space if i make the 1 8gb INSTALL partition, and the 20GB ML partition on my 250 gb hdd...
will I be pressing "option" all the time to boot into Mountain Lion, and will that only have the "20 gb" minimum hd space i gave it?
just want to be clear on the process and what im doing.
I'm having a couple of issues after using MLPostFactor v0.3 and ML 10.8.4.
1. Unable to connect to any SMB shares (Windows Server 2008 R2 and Server 2003). I am able to connect from my other 2 "supported" macs. This is important.
2. Opening a second tab in Google Chrome crashes Chrome. Every time, doesn't matter what website is occupying the first tab.
MacBook 3,1 (late-2007)
° 2.2 GHz C2D
° 3GB RAM (upgraded from 1)
° 320GB 7200RPM HDD (upgraded from 120GB 5400)
° When installing, I went from a clean install of Lion 10.7.2 Retail, configured the partitions as recommended, and patched the ML installation exactly as instructed.
On another note, I was having all kinds of trouble with iCloud, iMessage, and Facetime immediately after installation, but after a couple tries and a couple reboots, all of those appear to be working correctly!
1. Unable to connect to any SMB shares (Windows Server 2008 R2 and Server 2003). I am able to connect from my other 2 "supported" macs. This is important.
2. Opening a second tab in Google Chrome crashes Chrome. Every time, doesn't matter what website is occupying the first tab.
MacBook 3,1 (late-2007)
° 2.2 GHz C2D
° 3GB RAM (upgraded from 1)
° 320GB 7200RPM HDD (upgraded from 120GB 5400)
° When installing, I went from a clean install of Lion 10.7.2 Retail, configured the partitions as recommended, and patched the ML installation exactly as instructed.
On another note, I was having all kinds of trouble with iCloud, iMessage, and Facetime immediately after installation, but after a couple tries and a couple reboots, all of those appear to be working correctly!
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@nezwick: Im almost sure that samba shares dont work atm.
and I dont know about chrome as I dont use it, Ill test it but I have a later computer than yours. macbook 4,1.
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Anyway, as for me I decided to stick with MLPF, been using my computer hard core for the past 2-3 days and all my apps work and everything new Ive tried work perfectly and cant thank appler68 enough for letting me know about Hands Off.
And of course the developers of this great hack thank you so much.
cloning to my ssd right now.
(I did seem to have some buffering problems in safari when viewing youtube but I dont use safari, I use firefox, no problems.)
and I dont know about chrome as I dont use it, Ill test it but I have a later computer than yours. macbook 4,1.
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Anyway, as for me I decided to stick with MLPF, been using my computer hard core for the past 2-3 days and all my apps work and everything new Ive tried work perfectly and cant thank appler68 enough for letting me know about Hands Off.
And of course the developers of this great hack thank you so much.
cloning to my ssd right now.
(I did seem to have some buffering problems in safari when viewing youtube but I dont use safari, I use firefox, no problems.)
You will be making two additional partitions on your hard drive: one 8GB "Install" partition, and a Mountain Lion partition. I believe that 20GB is the smallest plausible size for the Mountain Lion partition: you can most certainly make it larger than 20GB. Once you've installed to a partition, it's not easy to add more hard disk space to it, so it may be a good idea to plan ahead and make a partition as large as you need first.
I doubt that you'll have to use the option key each time you want to boot into Mountain Lion: the installer should set the Mountain Lion partition to be the one it automatically boots from. If that doesn't happen for whatever reason, you can easily set the boot disk from System Preferences in "Startup Disk".
or he can just install MLPF to a thumbdrive and install from there overwriting his current install. if thats what he wants. but i think making an install partition is ridiculous. just use a thumbdrive.
personally I removed the stupid superdrive on my macbook long ago and replaced it with a hard disk cady so I had no problem keeping my Lion installation while I tested MLPF.
@nezwick: Ive tested chrome and I get the same as you. but I found out that if you open a new chrome window you can open as many tabs as you want on that, chrome will not crash. you can close the original window and keep working on the new one normally. strange...
edit: ok playing with it more found that if you have enabled "Continue where I left off" on the startup options of chrome, it will crash. turning it off will make it work pefectly but you wont get your tabs from last time. hope that helps.
edit2: I FIGURED IT OUT! go to settings>advanced settings> disable hardware acceleration.
edit: ok playing with it more found that if you have enabled "Continue where I left off" on the startup options of chrome, it will crash. turning it off will make it work pefectly but you wont get your tabs from last time. hope that helps.
edit2: I FIGURED IT OUT! go to settings>advanced settings> disable hardware acceleration.
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I knew others were having issues with SMB shares but wasn't sure if anyone was able to find a workaround yet. I tried SMBup but quickly discovered that's to fix Samba SERVER issues not Samba CLIENT issues.
Yeah!! Awesome! Thanks Eweie!@nezwick:
edit2: I FIGURED IT OUT! go to settings>advanced settings> disable hardware acceleration.
@nezwick:
edit2: I FIGURED IT OUT! go to settings>advanced settings> disable hardware acceleration.
I just deactivated the flash plugin in chrome:/ / plugins. After, downloaded the last version at adobe.com
(sorry my english)
upgrade?
I think that if you could arrange to install ML OVER Lion, you would just be doing an upgrade and all of your stuff would be safe. Hope that makes sense.
I just read a bit about it but I wouldn't know. I have no need to connect to windows computers. Im so glad AFP and VNC work great. I use them alot...
and Im glad I could help. I actually switched to chrome, I like it.
cool theres another workarround, but I do need flash for some other websites. (I watch computer chronicles religiously while working)
Just disabling the hardware acceleration is a better solution and nothing seems to be affected, I dont know if it's the hardware acceleration of flash or just the UI of chrome itself, but nothing seems sluggish or wrong. scrolls as fast as safari. (firefox is kinda laggy for example in youtube)
anyway enough of me. I got my system perfect and I love this computer even more now. see you all till next update or something
I hope mavericks works sometime soon.
Help
I have done install MLPF on my MacBook 4,1. When I boot into the EFI (Install Partition), I received a Kernel Pacnic error!!!
Please help me!!!
I have done install MLPF on my MacBook 4,1. When I boot into the EFI (Install Partition), I received a Kernel Pacnic error!!!
Please help me!!!
OS X 10.8 on MacPro 2,1 Anyone ?
Heya,
I have trawled this thread & can't seem to locate any users who have the same situ as mine, so I figured I'd just put it out there
MacPro 2,1 8 Core, 3.0GHz ( BTO version, bought in late 2007 )
2 x Optical drives installed ( SONY DVD RW DRU-840A & SONY DVD RW DRU-V200A )
All four of the internal HDD bays loaded with drives of varied sizes, incrementally larger, bought & installed as the storage was required.
Accompanied by a huge compliment of FW & USB external storage facilities. ± 16GB Total storage actively wired on this Beast !
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
( upgraded the older ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB to the newer card, specifically to do the 10.7.4 upgrade from 10.6.8, but first I had to do the upgrade from the 10.5.8 that I was running, since about 2009, which I upgrade to from the original 10.4.9 that was the current OS when I did the original purchase )
Bumped my original compliment of RAM, from 9GB to 24GB ( also in the assumption that I would see benefits in the newer OS )
OK, so I installed all the new hardware bought in, followed by the all relevant levels of OS upgrades etc, up to OS X 10.6.8 that is.
Had previously bought, downloaded 10.8.2, to load to my MacBook Pro. As it appeared to be operating OK on the laptop, I decided that it was time to get my main production WorkHorse onto the same level of OS. Saved the installer file, when purchasing it via the AppStore, as per the guides provided by Apple, so as to enable the installation to my other machines.
Only to then find the "handbrake" that Apple have laid at my door. Not only will my MacPro not run the 10.8 level, but Apple have also removed the 10.7 level off the AppStore.
So now I am stuck on 10.6.8, on my MacPro !
I have subsequently read up on the various issues related the numerous models that Apple have "discontinued support for" in the 10.8 ( and future OSX releases )
The part that I just can't get over is that my "far less capable" MacBook Pro, is able to run on 10.8 ( & beyond ) but the " Beast ! " even by today's standards is NOT ?
[ MacBook Pro specs: Pre-UniBoby 2.4 GHz, 17" Hi-Def 1920 x 1200, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD ]
So I left asking myself " Surely I can't be the only one faced with this problem ? "
I am wondering are there any soles out there who have faced & overcome this problem ?
Anyone who could offer some level of solution ? That is aside from "contacting Apple" as there is just about zero " Apple " support here in South Africa.
I have already tried to contact Apple, internationally, in the US & the UK, but have failed to manage to attract any level of reply. This now going back to about Feb this year [ 2013 ].
I am growing ever desperate to get my MacPro over to the newer OS, as I do see that many of the apps are now only available as minimum OS requirements of OS X 10.7 & upwards Hopefully there is a kind sole out there who can be my " HERO of the YEAR ! " ?
Heya,
I have trawled this thread & can't seem to locate any users who have the same situ as mine, so I figured I'd just put it out there
MacPro 2,1 8 Core, 3.0GHz ( BTO version, bought in late 2007 )
2 x Optical drives installed ( SONY DVD RW DRU-840A & SONY DVD RW DRU-V200A )
All four of the internal HDD bays loaded with drives of varied sizes, incrementally larger, bought & installed as the storage was required.
Accompanied by a huge compliment of FW & USB external storage facilities. ± 16GB Total storage actively wired on this Beast !
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
( upgraded the older ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB to the newer card, specifically to do the 10.7.4 upgrade from 10.6.8, but first I had to do the upgrade from the 10.5.8 that I was running, since about 2009, which I upgrade to from the original 10.4.9 that was the current OS when I did the original purchase )
Bumped my original compliment of RAM, from 9GB to 24GB ( also in the assumption that I would see benefits in the newer OS )
OK, so I installed all the new hardware bought in, followed by the all relevant levels of OS upgrades etc, up to OS X 10.6.8 that is.
Had previously bought, downloaded 10.8.2, to load to my MacBook Pro. As it appeared to be operating OK on the laptop, I decided that it was time to get my main production WorkHorse onto the same level of OS. Saved the installer file, when purchasing it via the AppStore, as per the guides provided by Apple, so as to enable the installation to my other machines.
Only to then find the "handbrake" that Apple have laid at my door. Not only will my MacPro not run the 10.8 level, but Apple have also removed the 10.7 level off the AppStore.
So now I am stuck on 10.6.8, on my MacPro !
I have subsequently read up on the various issues related the numerous models that Apple have "discontinued support for" in the 10.8 ( and future OSX releases )
The part that I just can't get over is that my "far less capable" MacBook Pro, is able to run on 10.8 ( & beyond ) but the " Beast ! " even by today's standards is NOT ?
[ MacBook Pro specs: Pre-UniBoby 2.4 GHz, 17" Hi-Def 1920 x 1200, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD ]
So I left asking myself " Surely I can't be the only one faced with this problem ? "
I am wondering are there any soles out there who have faced & overcome this problem ?
Anyone who could offer some level of solution ? That is aside from "contacting Apple" as there is just about zero " Apple " support here in South Africa.
I have already tried to contact Apple, internationally, in the US & the UK, but have failed to manage to attract any level of reply. This now going back to about Feb this year [ 2013 ].
I am growing ever desperate to get my MacPro over to the newer OS, as I do see that many of the apps are now only available as minimum OS requirements of OS X 10.7 & upwards Hopefully there is a kind sole out there who can be my " HERO of the YEAR ! " ?
Just a quick side note:
The current version (0.3) of MLPF seems to be compatible to OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5, although it's not advertised yet (select 10.8.4 while installing).
At least it offers working graphics for our elderly devices. Whether there may be other unknown problems related to the tweaked 32bit files installed by MLPF is not known yet, but supposedly you shouldn't experience any issues different from the ones you currently have with MLPF on 10.8.4.
As it is not totally tested I wouldn't call it safe to update just yet, but at least new MLPF users, just able to download the latest version of ML legally should give it a try.
It would be nice if someone who will test it could give some feedback whether it working just like before (especially bluetooth, smb, afp, Graphics, wifi[! - fix was unique to 10.8.4]).
Best,
RastaFabi
The current version (0.3) of MLPF seems to be compatible to OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5, although it's not advertised yet (select 10.8.4 while installing).
At least it offers working graphics for our elderly devices. Whether there may be other unknown problems related to the tweaked 32bit files installed by MLPF is not known yet, but supposedly you shouldn't experience any issues different from the ones you currently have with MLPF on 10.8.4.
As it is not totally tested I wouldn't call it safe to update just yet, but at least new MLPF users, just able to download the latest version of ML legally should give it a try.
It would be nice if someone who will test it could give some feedback whether it working just like before (especially bluetooth, smb, afp, Graphics, wifi[! - fix was unique to 10.8.4]).
Best,
RastaFabi
Hi
I've just installed Mac OS X 10.8.5 on my Macmini2,1 (1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo, Intel GMA950, 4GB Ram, 128GB SSD) and it works ~95%.
I created a patched installer using MLPostFactor v0.3 with OS X 10.8.1.
Applying the 10.8.5 combo update was not possible within the installed system, hence I had to boot into the installer, mount the MacOSXUpdCombo10.8.5.dmg (if I remember right) using DiskUtility and run the following command in Terminal:
"installer -pkg /Volumes/MacOSXUpdCombo10.8.5/xyz.pkg -target /Volumes/ML" Same procedure for the supplemental update, afterwards. After reapplying MLPostFactor (10.8.4 chosen), I corrected the OS X version in
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist .
Everything worked out-of-the-box.
I encountered critical issues with my AudioQuest DragonFly USB-DAC (high quality USB sound card): After I enabled it in "System Settings" and tried to play a sound (like changing the volume), I encountered a kernel panic related to some audio kexts.
After tinkering around with some userspace stuff (tried to replace /usr/sbin/coreaudiod and its components with Lion 10.7.5 versions) and after realizing, that MLPostFactor makes use of Lions (10.7.5) audio kexts, I replaced some audio kexts with (even older) 10.7.2 versions. (From an old Lion recovery partition)
The kexts in questions were (as far as I remember) :
AppleUSBAudio.kext
IOAudioFamily.kext
AppleAUUC.kext
AppleHDA.kext
(I might put them together in a zip-file)
Audio works flawlessly, again.
I am really pleased with the system.
Browsing is faster, system feels more responsive...
A new spirit flows through the veins of my Macmini.
(Btw. The FireWire version of the iSight camera works, too.)
Thank you very much for your effort!
Looking forward to run OS X Mavericks on it...
(See https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18130114/ )
Best regards
schreiberstein
I've just installed Mac OS X 10.8.5 on my Macmini2,1 (1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo, Intel GMA950, 4GB Ram, 128GB SSD) and it works ~95%.
I created a patched installer using MLPostFactor v0.3 with OS X 10.8.1.
Applying the 10.8.5 combo update was not possible within the installed system, hence I had to boot into the installer, mount the MacOSXUpdCombo10.8.5.dmg (if I remember right) using DiskUtility and run the following command in Terminal:
"installer -pkg /Volumes/MacOSXUpdCombo10.8.5/xyz.pkg -target /Volumes/ML" Same procedure for the supplemental update, afterwards. After reapplying MLPostFactor (10.8.4 chosen), I corrected the OS X version in
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist .
Everything worked out-of-the-box.
I encountered critical issues with my AudioQuest DragonFly USB-DAC (high quality USB sound card): After I enabled it in "System Settings" and tried to play a sound (like changing the volume), I encountered a kernel panic related to some audio kexts.
After tinkering around with some userspace stuff (tried to replace /usr/sbin/coreaudiod and its components with Lion 10.7.5 versions) and after realizing, that MLPostFactor makes use of Lions (10.7.5) audio kexts, I replaced some audio kexts with (even older) 10.7.2 versions. (From an old Lion recovery partition)
The kexts in questions were (as far as I remember) :
AppleUSBAudio.kext
IOAudioFamily.kext
AppleAUUC.kext
AppleHDA.kext
(I might put them together in a zip-file)
Audio works flawlessly, again.
I am really pleased with the system.
Browsing is faster, system feels more responsive...
A new spirit flows through the veins of my Macmini.
(Btw. The FireWire version of the iSight camera works, too.)
Thank you very much for your effort!
Looking forward to run OS X Mavericks on it...
(See https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18130114/ )
Best regards
schreiberstein
Yesterday I installed OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 with MLPF 0.3 on my MacMini1,1 (upgraded to 2GHz Core 2 Duo, Intel GMA950, 2 GB RAM, 320GB HD). That is because I needed to purchase ML first and only 10.8.5 is available.
Installation went fine, but right after Safari opens up a web page the system crashes showing a popup forcing me to reboot the system.
I am connected via WiFi - that may have been the cause. I will try tethering it with a MacBook in order to establish a cable based ethernet connection to check.
I will post the result and the crash report later.
Question: supposing I have a stable running 10.8.5 on my MacMini1,1 and Apple System Update offers me an update to 10.8.6 can I:
- just install it worryfree
or - wait for an MLPF update to support this OS update
or - it´s depeding on what is changed within the update.
Thank you!