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It could be, then. I had at one point investigated the possibility of getting a 24" 8,1 board for my machine in order to use a 1066mhz bus CPU, and the boards appear physically identical. Might be that the only difference is the firmware. So I would posit that the volume issue on each of our iMacs is exactly the same thing. But at this rate I do wonder if something is different about the audio controller on the 20", since the master volume works for your friend's machine.
Thanks! Oddly enough, after I wrote that, I was playing around with Steam and some games, trying to get a joystick working, and I moved a few USB gadgets to other ports, did a couple reboots - and after the last reboot, now it's only occupying 1/4 of my memory! 18GB free! VERY very cool!
If anyone was having an issue with the Software Update Patch, I wrote up a guide which should help. http://dosdude1.com/sierraswupatch/
I'm on PB3 and the video plays very nicely in Safari -
beautifully clear with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1024 MB graphics card...!
Hi there, im Portuguese from Portugal and I tried your update patch several times and it didn't work. I followed your guide.
On the language field I wrote " Português " , that's what's on the language settings, but I also tried it in English and still no update showed up, I had to do it manually to the " 031-69393.pt_PT.dist " file, removed my macbook model from unsupported machine, put my board id on the supported line, and went on board id index changed it from ==-1 to ==0, after that everything went super
I think it has something to do with the language maybe, it doesn't patch the right file... If you would be so kind to see Im doing something wrong with the update patch?
Thanks and keep up with the awesome work
I reinstalled the PB1 using English as primary, then the patch works for PB3 But not support for PB2 anymore. However, i use the patch updated to PB3 without any problem. So may be before it's just the language settings problem. waiting for the new update patch for all languages.
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I think "16A270f is DB4"
Ok, yeah, that's what you would've needed to type in to the language box. I'll release an update later today that will no longer require that.Hi there, im Portuguese from Portugal and I tried your update patch several times and it didn't work. I followed your guide.
On the language field I wrote " Português " , that's what's on the language settings, but I also tried it in English and still no update showed up, I had to do it manually to the " 031-69393.pt_PT.dist " file, removed my macbook model from unsupported machine, put my board id on the supported line, and went on board id index changed it from ==-1 to ==0, after that everything went super
I think it has something to do with the language maybe, it doesn't patch the right file... If you would be so kind to see Im doing something wrong with the update patch?
Thanks and keep up with the awesome work
Is there a FAQ/Wiki in this thread somewhere? (did a couple searches, not finding my answer).
MacBookPro4,1 (2008)
PB3 (heh, I think - I downloaded it again and it's slightly smaller than the one I downloaded on the 29th)
Using dosdude1's patching tool. Beta installer was verified by the tool.
Getting "Failed to open macOS Installer" when booting from the USB drive.
Tried 2 different 16GB USB sticks.
Hard drive (256GB SSD) is already formatted/erased.
MacBook only has 4GB of memory (could that be it? Sierra require more than 4GB?)
USB's were properly formatted.
Edit: Looking at the info.plist of the installer, build appears to be 16A269e, short version 12.0.32, bundle is 1232.
If there's some troubleshooting info that someone could point me at?
MacBookPro4,1 (2008)
PB3 (heh, I think - I downloaded it again and it's slightly smaller than the one I downloaded on the 29th)
Using dosdude1's patching tool. Beta installer was verified by the tool.
Getting "Failed to open macOS Installer" when booting from the USB drive.
Tried 2 different 16GB USB sticks.
Hard drive (256GB SSD) is already formatted/erased.
MacBook only has 4GB of memory (could that be it? Sierra require more than 4GB?)
USB's were properly formatted.
Edit: Looking at the info.plist of the installer, build appears to be 16A269e, short version 12.0.32, bundle is 1232.
If there's some troubleshooting info that someone could point me at?
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There may be an incompatibility with the PB3 installer. PM me your email address and I can send you a copy of Public Beta 1.Is there a FAQ/Wiki in this thread somewhere? (did a couple searches, not finding my answer).
MacBookPro4,1 (2008)
PB3 (heh, I think - I downloaded it again and it's slightly smaller than the one I downloaded on the 29th)
Using dosdude1's patching tool. Beta installer was verified by the tool.
Getting "Failed to open macOS Installer" when booting from the USB drive.
Tried 2 different 16GB USB sticks.
Hard drive (256GB SSD) is already formatted/erased.
MacBook only has 4GB of memory (could that be it? Sierra require more than 4GB?)
USB's were properly formatted.
Edit: Looking at the info.plist of the installer, build appears to be 16A269e, short version 12.0.32, bundle is 1232.
If there's some troubleshooting info that someone could point me at?
Ok, thanks. Sent you a PM - though I'm pretty sure the other installer I downloaded should be PB2 - thinking I could try that one, then use your software update patch to get to PB3?
Any who - let me know which path you think is better - in the meantime, I'll give PB2 a whirl.
Nope - appears it's the same installer, so I'll get that link for PB1 from you please.
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Is anyone else having an issue with wifi syncing on PB2/PB3? I am not sure what the cause is or when it started but whenever I start Itunes, my phone icon shows up in the corner but it is greyed out and the only way to get the phone to sync is by plugging it up to the computer.
There was another thread which stated that they both have the same build number (16A270f)
If anyone is having issues with the software updates I got mine working for 10.11.6 by following: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7086683?tstart=0
@dosdude1 Thanks for that! The new image worked and I was able to load PB1. Now I'll patch it and see if I can't update to PB3 . *fingers crossed*
Edit: PB3 installed with no issues. The software update patcher worked like a charm. Then installed iTunes 12.5. All good. Thanks again @dosdude1!! Really appreciate the work you guys are doing!!
Additional background info: (in case anyone else hits this).
The installer I downloaded from the App Store on the 29th had build number 16A238k (the same as the PB1 installer) - though, at that point is should have been PB2. Creation date and size were different than the PB1 installer (odd, right?)
The installer I downloaded last night had a version number of 16A269e and a creation date of July 28th (figured this to be PB3).
Both of these installers didn't work with the usb creation tool - both installers failed to load, stating that "The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged." (funny, but it looked like that detail wasn't available until I formatted the hard drive).
Any who - PB3 now running great - trying to get a functional driver for my Edimax usb AC450 wireless nic now.
. *fingers crossed*Edit: PB3 installed with no issues. The software update patcher worked like a charm. Then installed iTunes 12.5. All good. Thanks again @dosdude1!! Really appreciate the work you guys are doing!!
Additional background info: (in case anyone else hits this).
The installer I downloaded from the App Store on the 29th had build number 16A238k (the same as the PB1 installer) - though, at that point is should have been PB2. Creation date and size were different than the PB1 installer (odd, right?)
The installer I downloaded last night had a version number of 16A269e and a creation date of July 28th (figured this to be PB3).
Both of these installers didn't work with the usb creation tool - both installers failed to load, stating that "The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged." (funny, but it looked like that detail wasn't available until I formatted the hard drive).
Any who - PB3 now running great - trying to get a functional driver for my Edimax usb AC450 wireless nic now.
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You know you should just iterate through every file in that folder that begins with 031whatever instead of using the language
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Have you tried applehdadisabler and voodoohda?
update not showing for me yet on pb2 anyone have link( thanks in advance )have tried update tool still no update showing
I just did that, actually. Just updated the tool a few moments ago, which removes the need to enter the system language manually. For anyone who wants to download, the page is here: http://dosdude1.com/sierraswupatch/ . If you already have a copy, it should automatically update itself to the latest version.
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Install the latest update for the tool, and try it again.
@dosdude1 you write in your guide:
If the system will not boot after installing the update, simply boot off your installer drive and re-run the MacOS Post Install patches on your volume Sierra.
Maybe with your superpowers
you can make a tool that creates a bootable USB pen drive with inside just the MacOS Post Install patch?
Hmm. I'm unable to use the recovery option (get the do not enter type symbol on boot if I try to).
Guessing the "Recovery HD 1.0 update" was required for this? (the update disappeared after I downloaded PB3 - got a message that "this update is no longer available in the app store".
How can I fix that? (want to boot into recovery mode, so I can disable SIP, to try to get my wifi driver working).
Edit2: Grabbed the update - no change - recovery option doesn't work. Anyone have a link how to fix?
Guessing the "Recovery HD 1.0 update" was required for this? (the update disappeared after I downloaded PB3 - got a message that "this update is no longer available in the app store".
How can I fix that? (want to boot into recovery mode, so I can disable SIP, to try to get my wifi driver working).
Edit2: Grabbed the update - no change - recovery option doesn't work. Anyone have a link how to fix?
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If you used the latest version of my patch tool to create your installer USB drive, there's a patch for the Recovery Partition in the Post Install tool. And you don't have to use the Recovery partition to disable SIP, you can simply run "csrutil disable" in Terminal within the macOS Installer drive. My patch tool does this automatically when it's ran, as SIP must be disabled for the modified kexts to be loaded.