[Guide] Success! Install 10.8 on old unsupported Mac

[redheeler]

Hi everyone on the forum!

I downloaded MLPostfactor 0.2.2 and tried to install Mountain Lion 10.8.5 on my MacBook1,1 (2006, 32bit Core Duo, 1GB). I got the error message "You can’t open the application “MLPostFactor” because it’s not supported on this type of Mac.". I though that this model was in the list of MLPostfactor supported devices, any way to solve this?

thanks for your replies,

geb

Your Core Duo MacBook1,1 is fully 32-bit. Unfortunately, MLPostFactor can only be used to install Mountain Lion on a 64-bit (Core 2 Duo) Mac with 32-bit EFI. You're stuck on Snow Leopard or a version of Lion that's been modified to work on 32-bit Macs.

 

[m-franco]

Hi guys ... I have two questions
I installed Mountain Lion 10.8.4 with MLpostfactor but I'm not updating and normal?
Yosemite you can install on MacBook 2.1 06/2007?

 

[C++]

Thanks for your help.

For the MacBook 3.1 running on Mavericks 10.9.5, that has worked perfectly and the audio was recovered.

But for the MacMini 2.1 running on Mountain Lion 10.9.5, nothing has changed and there's is still the no audio devices found message.

Another clue or trick ?

Anybody can help me ? I've tried many times without success.

 

[redheeler]

I did not go through all the posts here… how can I get the Bluetooth Preference Pane working? thx (MLPF 10.8.5, Late 2006 iMac 17")

Copy the one from Lion into your Mountain Lion install (/System/Library/PreferencePanes/Bluetooth.prefPane). This has gotten it working for me.

 

[pbtgbottle]

great thread i just updated my two old Imacs 5.1 to mountain lion , clean installed snow leopard upgraded to lion ,ran Macpostfactor on my hard drive ,no extra partitions , went through setup followed on screen instruction ,once done booted into new macpostfactor setup, selected to do a clean install on my main hardrive partition , ran setup ,setup complete ,all running fine , did updates , once rebooting had to hold options key ,selected recovery drive ,clicked on hack install again, mac booted up into mountain lion all updates complete ,all features of mac working ,machine is running awesome ,thanks a bunch for all the info in this thread , ,,didn't use any extra partition's or create any USB installer's ,

super easy ,love it , great program/utility that macpostfactor is ,

cheers

 

[jon8214]

Hi all just tried to install 10.8.5 with mcpf but when I go to reboot into it I keep getting an apple logo with spinning wheel and no further. Anyone any ideas? TIA

 

[cyberish]

Copy the one from Lion into your Mountain Lion install (/System/Library/PreferencePanes/Bluetooth.prefPane). This has gotten it working for me.

Yes, indeed, thank you !!

 

[cyberish]

Hi I've almost tried everything with bluetooth, no success. Built in hardware not working, dongle csr too, I tried to install10.8.5 Supplemental update, as Cyberish suggest, but "osx combined can't be installed on disk ...., volume does not meet the requirements for this update ..." I unpacked the package by pacyfist and copy the bluetooth kexts - no bluetooth available.

Hi!
did you find a solution in the end? - Actually my iMac's behavior is the same as yours on the bluetooth side I guess: MagicMouse is working , bluetooth can see my iPhone but can't connect… as I never tried connecting via bluetooth before, I didn't know about this issue in my configuration.
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It's been years since I've played with this but I've had a 2006 iMac with X1600 graphics running 10.8.4 very well for a couple of years now. I thought it's time for a fresh install of 10.8.5 with MacPostFactor which I did but now I get graphical glitches and crashes. It only recognises 6MB VRAM in About This Mac.

Is this expected behaviour for 64-bit kernel? I'm assuming the reason for my issues is that the 64-bit kext for X1600 does not work properly and there's nothing I can do?

I'm now in the process of doing a fresh MLPF 10.8.5 install using the 10.8.4 option then will edit system.plist back to 10.8.5 and try and install all updates. I guess if it does not boot after an update, I'll just need to boot from my MLPF install USB and run MLPF again?

Edit: It turns out that minor updates error out so the trick is to install the OS, install supplemental update and security update 2015-006 via command line while booted from the install media then run MLPF then update SystemVersion.plist and install updates for iTunes, Safari etc once in the OS.

Where do you put the supplemental update and security update ".dmg's"? You run them also from the install media?

 

[jon8214]

Can anyone put up a link to download their lion bluetooth prefs, I'm having a problem with mine on my macbook 3,1. Thanks

 

[cyberish]

Can anyone put up a link to download their lion bluetooth prefs, I'm having a problem with mine on my macbook 3,1. Thanks

sure… Lion 10.7.5 PrefPane

 

[jon8214]

sure… Lion 10.7.5 PrefPane

Thanks for that but I've installed it and in my system report it says there was a problem loading the info about my bluetooth. Do you have any idea about how to fix that?

 

[sredmondus]

In short, it didn't work.

I followed the sequence above to recreate the Mac OS installer by using the installer inside the root directory of the bootable ML USB drive, then imaging the bootable USB drive into an image called InstallESD, and then creating a SharedSupport folder inside the installer app and copying the Install ESD image into the SharedSupport folder. When I ran MCPF, I got the "Installer not found" error. Drats!

I'll use the Mac OS Extractor program. Thanks!

Hello ebkseq,

I was in a similar situation where I only had the "InstallESD.dmg" for 10.8.1 and MacPostFactor wouldn't recognize it when mounted, or when I copied the "Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion.app" to the Applications folder. After a bit of searching I was able to find out what the structure of the ML installer from the app store looked like and recreate it.

1. Mount "InstallESD.dmg"
2. Copy the "Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion.app" from the mounted image or your USB to the Applications folder
3. Command click on "Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion.app" in your Applications folder and select "Show Package Contents"
4. Open the "Contents" folder and create a new folder named "SharedSupport"
5. Now copy the "InstallESD.dmg" file and Mac OS X Install ESD/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg the in to "SharedSupport" folder you created in step 4. If you only have the USB you will have to use DiskUtility to make a .dmg
6. Unmount the "Mac OS X Install ESD" disk image (just to be safe)
7. Run MacPostFactor and it should now recognize that what you have created in your Applications folder is the same as the ML installer from the AppStore.

Hope that this helps.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[cyberish]

Thanks for that but I've installed it and in my system report it says there was a problem loading the info about my bluetooth. Do you have any idea about how to fix that?

trash the bluetooth preferences?!

 

[onlee10]

MacPostFactor #TeaserImage Taken down temporarily. Can't handle the load of emails and tweets asking for release date.

 

[01mggt]

Please try to install these Kexts:
http://dl.osxhackers.net/Kexts/ATI Kext Installer.pkg

Link is down. Anywhere else to get these please?

 

[TMRJIJ]

Link is down. Anywhere else to get these please?

Sorry, We are having technical difficulties with our servers. Try finding it here:
http://osxhackers.net/dl/Kexts/

 

[01mggt]

Sorry, We are having technical difficulties with our servers. Try finding it here:
http://osxhackers.net/dl/Kexts/

Thanks!
[doublepost=1456301380][/doublepost]Ok, I am finally up and running full steam on a Late 2006 iMac. However, iMessage will not work. I tried to send my iPhone and my wife's iPhone a iMessage to test and it keeps saying both of those numbers are not registered to iMessage. It works fine on my 2011 Macbook Air. I have deleted all the related items I can think of in keychain, signed out of everything and nothing I do seems to make a difference. This is a bug I have not seen before. Usually these hacks only require validation with apple to activate. Any help?

 

[01mggt]

Nobody has working iMessage?

 

[cyberish]

Nobody has working iMessage?

I've working iMessage but do not know more about it…. (iMac late 2006 , 17", 2,33 Ghz, MCPF 0.3, 32bit, 10.8.5)

 

[pbtgbottle]

I have working iMessage and FaceTime. Kind of weird though it only works if I log into iMessage using my kids account or my wife's. Defeats the purpose ,But it refuses to activate iMessage on my account. Try another user account and see what happens. This is all on my test IMac. So not an issue for us.

 

[jema68]

I have recently updated a old Mac Mini from 2006 (2.33 C2D, 4 GB Ram) to 10.8.5 with the help of Macpostfactor. One little problem I have is that i can access the Mini with screen sharing I get only a black screen on the other machine (10.11.4) i can remote control it but hav only a black screen, means i need to sit in front of the Mini. Is there a solution for this?
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Nobody has working iMessage?

Its working fine here on a Mini, also Facetime. Funny is only that it works with one account while my other account gets rejected. I called Apple, gave them the code they sayd it should work nowbut it doesn't. But its ok since at least one account is working.

 

[solarix1578]

Hi! I've installed 10.8.2 on my white iMac 24" 2006 with MLpostfactor 0.3 and work well, but I don't have official update from Apple store (latest itunes, combo update 10.8.5 don't install ecc). If I try to install 10.8.5 with MCPostfactor 1.0.1, after installation I have a white screen of death! With 10.9 Mavericks I have a correct installation, but my graphics card (nvidia GeForce 76000gt) it's not supported and the system is unusable, can you help me please? I like Mavericks and Mountain lion too, but I have issue on installation and with graphics driver! Where find the nvidia drivers for geforce 7600gt 64bit? Thanks for your support!

Best regards

 

[JAitch]

One little problem I have is that i can access the Mini with screen sharing I get only a black screen

I'm also on a Mac Mini (2007). For me, turning off "Overscan" checkbox in the Displays pref pane fixes the issue.

Unfortunately, "Overscan" resets to "on" on every reboot. So I also installed TeamViewer to handle screen sharing. In fact, I've noticed that TeamViewer has better graphical quality than the built in screen sharing, which shows a lot of artifacts.

 

[Brainzyy]

I was able to install MacPostFactor 1.0.1 on my black MacBook 4.1, but I have one problem. So everything works fine, except I can't connect to my school's WiFi anymore. It uses WPA2-Enterprise encryption and connects using PEAP and EAP-MSCHAP V2. When I connect, it tries to authenticate using TTLS, but it keeps disconnecting and I won't stay connected. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I am using Mountain Lion btw.

 

[micropitt]

Hello all, I have a Mac Mini 2,1 running 10.8.4 (MLPostFactor) that was running flawless. Some strange issue occurred after adding a (non Apple) Bluetooth keyboard and a (non apple) wireless mouse (2.4GHZ). I have the 10.7 Bluetooth PrefsPane and pairing the keyboard with my Mac Mini is fine. The issue is that all of the sudden the "sleep" function of my Mac isn't working anymore. Not automatically and not manually. Even stranger, when I select "Sleep" manually it seems to completely freeze the system. The mouse still is working but I can't open anything and also not shutdown the Mac. I was just wondering if somebody else was running in to that same issue.
Thanks.