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A question: Can/should I reverse a pixlas mod, or should I just unplug the Vega and let the cables lay in there disconnected? I purchased a modded 5,1 about a year ago, but am now having debilitating watchdog/windowserver crashes and have switched back to a different machine while I troubleshoot my Monterey system. I want to try it without the card and with a different one, to see if it is the issue. GPU is not important to me as I work in audio.
 
trackmarkedamoeba said:
A question: Can/should I reverse a pixlas mod, or should I just unplug the Vega and let the cables lay in there disconnected? I purchased a modded 5,1 about a year ago, but am now having debilitating watchdog/windowserver crashes and have switched back to a different machine while I troubleshoot my Monterey system. I want to try it without the card and with a different one, to see if it is the issue. GPU is not important to me as I work in audio.
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I wouldn't Worry about the pixlas. All it is, is just wiring, does not effect the heat. Just slap back in another card in it.
 
Hi all trying to install Monterey on an iMac 8,1 with SSD. Metal with oclp goes with no issues until the timer completes on the 2nd part of the install with the apple logo. The mac rboots into the installer again. I have tried pram rest 3 times and selecting the internal disc but it keeps going back to the installer.

Anyone any ideas? Thanks
 
Wait it out. It will reboot perhaps four times. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING.

You will know it's on the last boot, it shows a % bar.
 
I have an iMac8,1 that I test on OCLP. It's a challenge to reinstall, or update. It will often miss the OCLP EFI during a system intstall or update. I often will not allow it to restart on its own, but will shut down, then boot, specifically holding Option, to make sure that it first picks up the EFI boot partition, then goes on to boot from the actual installer, or the boot drive (depends on where it is in a system install. I am currently booting to Sequoia 15.3. I think it helped a lot when I upgraded the RAM to the max 6GB. I also use an external macOS installer when updating (less "troublesome" compared to letting the system update itself through System Settings/ General/ Software Update)
 
I guess you mean that it boots into the Recovery system, with the menu giving you the choice to continue on with the installer.
What happens if you watch for that reboot, and hold the Option key, then choose the EFI partition, press return, then choose the installer (which should appear to already be selected (in bold), and press return again to go ahead with that choice (?)
 
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I guess you mean that it boots into the Recovery system, with the menu giving you the choice to continue on with the installer.
What happens if you watch for that reboot, and hold the Option key, then choose the EFI partition, press return, then choose the installer (which should appear to already be selected (in bold), and press return again to go ahead with that choice (?)
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Thanks mate it worked, did a pram reset as well
 
I would like to update - totally new method for me - to Safari 17.6 and macOS 12.7.6 using Terminal:

Last login: Fri Feb 14 14:18:33 on ttys000

❯ sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 12.7.5
BuildVersion: 21H1222

❯ sudo softwareupdate -l
Password:
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* Label: Safari17.6MontereyAuto-17.6
Title: Safari, Version: 17.6, Size: 152370KiB, Recommended: YES,
* Label: macOS Monterey 12.7.6-21H1320
Title: macOS Monterey 12.7.6, Version: 12.7.6, Size: 11226114K, Recommended: YES, Action: restart,
* Label: macOS Sequoia 15.3.1-24D70
Title: macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, Version: 15.3.1, Size: 14867195K, Recommended: YES, Action: restart,

Are the two CLI commands below correct to be used on macOS with OCLP 2.2.0 installed?


"sudo softwareupdate -i Safari17.6MontereyAuto-17.6"

"sudo softwareupdate -i 'macOS Monterey 12.7.6-21H1320' -R'" <-- the use of 'label'

Any heads up much appreciated.

Sources:
MR: How to Update macOS Using a Simple Terminal Command
More recent: How to Update Mac from Terminal with Softwareupdate Command Line Tool?
 
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