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[Guide] Success! Install 10.8 on old unsupported Mac

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tyadkins92

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Nov 23, 2013
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Hey new to this, but I got mountain lion retail, and downloaded MLPostFactor I did everything but used 10.8.4 instead of 10.8.4. it seems to go fine until after I until after it installed. It then stays on a grayish black screen. you can move the mouse around but the screen doesn't change. If you restart it a no smoking type sign comes up. I have a late 07 macbook running lion, 2 gigs of ram and Intel GMA X3100 graphics. any help would be greatly appreciate.
 
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RV-ABZ

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Apr 11, 2013
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:D Well, if you used 10.8.4 instead of 10.8.4, how about using 10.8.4? And remember that OS X strictly is a non-smoking Operating System!

Ok, ok, I'm out...
 
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pfeoora

macrumors newbie
Oct 30, 2013
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tyadkins92 said:
Hey new to this, but I got mountain lion retail, and downloaded MLPostFactor I did everything but used 10.8.4 instead of 10.8.4. it seems to go fine until after I until after it installed. It then stays on a grayish black screen. you can move the mouse around but the screen doesn't change. If you restart it a no smoking type sign comes up. I have a late 07 macbook running lion, 2 gigs of ram and Intel GMA X3100 graphics. any help would be greatly appreciate.
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Have you run MLPostFactor from the Utilities menu after the installation completed? It needs to patch the OS to work properly on older machines. The dark grey background seems to be normal. I just rebooted manually and it works pretty good.
 
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FlorisVN

FlorisVN

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Nov 8, 2013
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Hi all,

i have tried the kext file Rastafabi, and rebooted and tried with different user account.
But i still cant download or install Mavericks nor Mountain Lion..

Is there a fix for me ??

Im running a MacPro 2,1
 
Rastafabi

Rastafabi

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Mar 12, 2013
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FlorisVN said:
Hi all,

i have tried the kext file Rastafabi, and rebooted and tried with different user account.
But i still cant download or install Mavericks nor Mountain Lion..

Is there a fix for me ??

Im running a MacPro 2,1
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Try resetting…
…NVRAM -> From Lion/Snow Leopard run "nvram -c" in Terminal.app
…PRAM -> while booting hit cmd+alt+P+R on a USB-keybaord and hold it until you've heard the second boot chime
…SMC -> unplug your Mac's power cord and hold the power button for at least 5 seconds

Now try again.
If it's still not working report back please.
 
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hack4rmwin

macrumors newbie
Jan 16, 2013
9
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Graphics,imessage,icloud,store

good news i have successfully installed 10.8.4 using MLPostFactor v3 and i also applied it after installtion in utilities but i didnot get graphics to work which is GMA X3100 as i was using it in Lion 10.7.5. imessage is also not working saying couldnot sign in to imessage neither icloud or itune working

plz help

thx
 
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SteaKnife

macrumors member
Aug 19, 2012
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Grover CO
mourarm said:
Hi, i'm with 10.8.3 and i want to update to 10.8.5, just got the combo update but it gives me an error -- An error occurred while evaluating Javascript for the Package.

Any tip to perform the update? What steps should i follow?

Many thanks.

Ps: Macbook late 2007 (3.1)
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Depending on your storage situation, you can partition a new install and migrate your data, then wipe the old partition and clone the new one back to the original partition..
 
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hack4rmwin

macrumors newbie
Jan 16, 2013
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any help anyone


hack4rmwin said:
good news i have successfully installed 10.8.4 using mlpostfactor v3 and i also applied it after installtion in utilities but i didnot get graphics to work which is gma x3100 as i was using it in lion 10.7.5. Imessage is also not working saying couldnot sign in to imessage neither icloud or itune working

plz help

thx
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Rastafabi

Rastafabi

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Mar 12, 2013
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hack4rmwin said:
the install partition stuck at "still waiting for root devices" what may be causing this?
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This usually occurs if the drive is somehow damaged. This can be a hardware failure, but also could be a problem with the partition scheme. Try repairing the drive as well as the partition and try again. If it's still not working purge the drive and try again or use a different drive.
 
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TyShawn

macrumors 6502
Jul 17, 2010
262
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maccoylton said:
I installed 10.8.0 on a 2006 Mac Mini, updated with EFI 2.1 and a 2Ghz Core 2 Duo.

I was getting the message about not being able to active iMessages and to contact Apple with a particular reference numbers. I already use the iCloud account on another Mac and my iPhone, and checked I could log in and out on those devices. I also have a valid credit card registered. I tried changing the card, that didn't work. However I then tried changing my password and that cleared the issues for me. YMMV
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How did you upgrade the EFI to 2.1?

Never mind I was able to do this.
 
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Pegatinas

macrumors newbie
Nov 30, 2013
3
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MLpostfactor and eduroam network

Hi guys

I just installed ML with mlpostfactor in my old mackbook white and all work well but i can't connected in my university network because my mackbook don't conect whit eduroam. I installed the profile for mac os ML and i used my user and password. Any recomendation¿

Sorry I speak english very bad.
 
Rastafabi

Rastafabi

macrumors 6502
Mar 12, 2013
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Pegatinas said:
Hi guys

I just installed ML with mlpostfactor in my old mackbook white and all work well but i can't connected in my university network because my mackbook don't conect whit eduroam. I installed the profile for mac os ML and i used my user and password. Any recomendation¿

Sorry I speak english very bad.
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What version of OS X are you using? What did you select during setup?
 
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Pegatinas

macrumors newbie
Nov 30, 2013
3
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Hi Rastafabi,

I´m using 10.8.5, and I selected 10.8.4 and I changed the version in "about this mac" to 10.8.5 with terminal

Thanks.
 
Rastafabi

Rastafabi

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Mar 12, 2013
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Pegatinas said:
Hi Rastafabi,

I´m using 10.8.5, and I selected 10.8.4 and I changed the version in "about this mac" to 10.8.5 with terminal

Thanks.
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I think somewhere in this thread is a fix for this issue but I did not find it…
You may try to rename /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist.
This will reset your network configurations. If it does not help rename it back to the original name.
Also you might keep searching the thread although this is a tough task… (starting early october - the release of 10.8.5)
I'm sorry that I can't help you any further. If I remember/find which system file needs to be replaced I'll contact you.
Else you might try getting the 10.8.4 installer somehow as this should work properly.
 
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Pegatinas

macrumors newbie
Nov 30, 2013
3
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Rastafabi said:
I think somewhere in this thread is a fix for this issue but I did not find it…
You may try to rename /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist.
This will reset your network configurations. If it does not help rename it back to the original name.
Also you might keep searching the thread although this is a tough task… (starting early october - the release of 10.8.5)
I'm sorry that I can't help you any further. If I remember/find which system file needs to be replaced I'll contact you.
Else you might try getting the 10.8.4 installer somehow as this should work properly.
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Thanks Rastafabi, but not work :(
 
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