OS X 10.8 for old Macs (Graphics Working!)

[OS 9 Classic]

So the Ati Radeon X1600 works with Mountain Lion, Does it work as good as it was on OS X Lion

 

[nctmattcutt]

Thanks

I am very interested in doing this in my old MacBook2.1, but I think you need a little more detail (maybe screenshots) in the guide.

Greetings!!

 

[iMoCks]

Hi guys. I have MacBook 4.1, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD and have a little poblem with it.
I can't restore my disk with MacOS X Base System
Is anyone can help me?

 

[roipiotr]

Hello, i have mac pro 2006 1.1 with a nvdia 7300gt

I want to pass to mountain lion because i can't install my new sapphire 7850 on 10.7.5
So i bought it on the net, and i can't download.
So i went to download installESD.dmg on a site.

I have in my possession the kext for my new graphic card, but i'm scared to do an error.
What if both cards are no recognized? Please help me

 

[foongaz]

Michelasso,

- The GMA 950 kext are from Lion 10.7.5 !! I create a combined OpenGL.framework for their support on Mountain Lion !!!!!

- The sleep worked, like brightness !!! The graphics card is FULLY SUPPORTED !!!!!

- You can download the file here !

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MacBook 2,1 Graphics Performance on ML here.

Hey,

is there any chance you reupload the files?

I'm struggling with the 950 which make the graphics not so good at all.

is there any detailed procedure I must follow?

thanx

 

[Luminary Crush]

Hello, i have mac pro 2006 1.1 with a nvdia 7300gt

I want to pass to mountain lion because i can't install my new sapphire 7850 on 10.7.5
So i bought it on the net, and i can't download.
So i went to download installESD.dmg on a site.

I have in my possession the kext for my new graphic card, but i'm scared to do an error.
What if both cards are no recognized? Please help me

Why not just install on a new partition, or an external drive or even USB stick? Mac OS X is really great that way - so easy to multi-boot from about any device you can stick onto it.

Then report your findings...

 

[spn0381]

Anyone has tested recently this guide? there is anyone who can upload the files?

I have my Mac Mini 1.1 to update

thank you for all cooperation!

Hi !

Sorry if my English is bad, I'm French.

I recently succeeded to install Mountain Lion 10.8.2 on my Late 2006 iMac with ATIRadeon X1600 graphics who is worked very well (with graphics acceleration and OpenGL Support) !

Macs who work with v2 :

iMac X1600 : Perfect
iMac GMA 950 : Perfect
MacBook GMA 950 : Perfect
MacBook GMA X3100 : Perfect
Mac Mini GMA 950 : Not tested, should work !
MacBook Pro X1600 : Not tested, should work !

Macs who work with v3 :

iMac X1600 : Perfect
iMac GMA 950 : Doesn't work yet
MacBook GMA 950 : Doesn't work yet
MacBook GMA X3100 : Doesn't work yet
Mac Mini GMA 950 : Doesn't work yet
MacBook Pro X1600 : Not tested, should work !

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Hack ML v3 : A Totally new Hack for ML !



Change log :

- Add 64 bits support
- Add 64 bits Graphics support with sleep and QE/CI
- Fix Networking problems
- Fix kexts problems
- Fix iSight problem (lags).

Public Testing !!!!! : download the beta here !!!

SAME GUIDE !

State :

- This works perfectly on my iMac Late 2006 ! Should work on MacBook Pro who have ATI Radeon X1600 Graphics !
- This doesn't works on any MacBooks yet because there isn't 64 bits driver for GMA Graphics... (PM me if you are skilled in decompiling, in c.....)
- It takes more time to boot than v2.
- You can't choose your startup disk from ML (System or Installation).


Can I add my graphics card to the Hack ?

- To add your Graphics Card, the kexts must be 64 bits and from Lion 10.7.5.
- PM me if your Graphics Card (except ATI Radeon X1600) works.



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Here the method I created (Text) :

1. Buy ML via the MacAppStore
2. Go to your Install Mountain Lion Application -> click Show Packages Contents -> Contents -> SharedSupport -> and mount InstallESD.
3. open a terminal and type : open /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/basesystem.dmg
4. Partition your Hard drive (see pics)
5. Restore your Installer partition with Mac OS X Base System
6. When restoring operation is finished, eject Mac OS X Base System DISK IMAGE and rename your Installer partition to ML Setup (with a space between ML and Setup).
7. on terminal, type : sudo rm /Volumes/ML\ Setup/System/Installation/Packages
sudo cp -R /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/Packages /Volumes/ML\ Setup/System/Installation
8. When copying operation is finished, download this file here (Hack ML v2, don't download if you want to test v3 !).
9. Unzip this and move the folder on your startup disk (/).
10. Go to the Hack ML folder, and open Install.command
11. After running, you should be see the message : Done ! You can....
12. Boot into your ML Setup partition and Install ML on a partition who must be named : ML
(If it's doesn't boot (Waiting for DSMOS), boot into your main system and type on a terminal window :
sudo chmod -R 755 /Volumes/ML\ Setup/System/Library/Extensions
sudo chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/ML\ Setup/System/Library/Extensions
13. After installing, you should see Installation Failed. It's not important, It's normal !
14. When you see this error message, go to Utilities -> Terminal and type : /Hack.command
15. After hacking, close terminal and reboot into your ML disk (It named ML).
16. enjoy with ML on your iMac or MacBook !

The method in images :

The "rm : No such file or directory" error is removed with Hack ML v2.


Continue to follow steps 11, 12...

PS : To Upgarde to 10.8.2, apply the update via the Mac App Store. After installing, reboot into your Installation and reapply /Hack.command on a terminal. Then, reboot into your ML disk.

MLforAll on twitter, please follow, I publish news (In French, sorry) for the Hack's state.