Would love a quick guide too, I have everything required just not sure what to do with it all. Trying to get El Capitan on White MacBook 4,1
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Would love a quick guide too, I have everything required just not sure what to do with it all. Trying to get El Capitan on White MacBook 4,1
Hello TMRJIJmacOS Extractor Graphical Kext Update 1.2
Models Updated
Support all listed Unsupported Macs in Post 1 for macOS Mavericks, Yosemite, and El Capitan.
- Intel Integrated Graphics GMA 950
- Intel Integrated Graphics GMA X3100
Features:
- Brightness Control app added in Utilities. Icon shows in the menu bar
- Fixed issue where the Kext Cache would sometimes not reset.
- Addressed Issue where the Mac would not use the Sound Kext.
- cDock app added in Utilities. Easily makes the dock transparent.
- Updated 950 Kexts to use AppleVADriver instead, as it previously only had an i386 slice.
- General Improvements of GMA 950 Kexts
- Updated AppleIntelGMAX3100GADriver with a newer binary.
- Addresses compatibility issue for GMA 950 Kexts in El Capitan.
Other Changes:
- Compatibility with OS X Hackers app for enable and disabling Graphical Animations.
- Compatibility with macOS Extractor 1.41 Beta's AutoPatch Feature
File Size: 12 MB
Internet Required. Installation may require up to 40 MB of free space.
The Graphical Kext Installers in macOS Extractor 1.32 or later will support the installation of these new features (They should still be in the Applications/OS X Patch Files folder.
Download Link:
GMA 950 Kext Installer
GMA X3100 Kext Installer
Still hoping you will find time to help me overcome the problems with the X1300 graphic new kexts installer.
Thank you in advance!
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It's a bug on the program's servers, it happens to me too. So we'll have to wait until it gets fixed.
Yes, I'm stilling working on a fix. Honestly, I don't know what the specific problem is. It gets harder to program these patches the more features and OS are added. I might have to rewrite it from scratch again.
I have no control over that. Only MLforAll hosts the script to verify that step so we have to wait for his response.
No work is really required to this patch. Install this on a secondary partition or flash drive then boot into it. Note: Kexts are not preinstalled in this beta.
Ok, so I do it, it installs, but when I boot into it I get a loading bar under the apple logo and then a circle crossed with a bar.
EDIT: The installer booted with Yosemite, but it says Yosemite is already installed on this mac and forces me to restart
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Ok pardon me for being confused, but at this current moment, I'm running Yosemite on a MacBook Pro 2,1. El cap didn't work in MCF. Will this app let me install el cap or sierra? Or should I stick to Yosemite?
No macOS Sierra 10.12 on a MBP2,x because it requires at least the SSE4.1 CPU instruction set, the minimum CPU model is now a Intel Core2Duo/Xeon Penryn from 2008 - see the macOS 10.12 Sierra - Thread.
A possible solution with OSX 10.11 El Capitan on the MBP2,x (beside MacPostFactor): see Post #567.
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So basically I'm SOL unless I want to upgrade my logic board to an Early 2008 Penryn? And even if I do that, I'll have unsupported Wifi/Bluetooth if I upgrade to Sierra. I know because my MB 5,2 has had the same problem. Ironically, My iMac 9,1 has full on wifi support.
is there anyway to install the new kext from a Sierra machine as i don't have a El Capitan install on any of my supported mac. Thanks
the bug is present at the site indicated that the fixed adf.ly
I wanted to write email on website but sending mail is not working
Trying OS X Extractor on my Macbook2,1 I cannot get it to boot the installer, It just reboots into lion. I have tried blessing the drive and using another drive. Nothing works. I am pretty certain my MacBook is EFI64 so I have not tried the 32bit steps
Same for me with SFOTT on a macbook 3,1. With an usb stick it shows on boot menu but boots into lion, with an internal hdd partition it doesn't show up on boot menu, the only method that let me boot into the installer was macOS patcher, but it told me that installer couldn't continue because mavericks/yosemite/el capitan was already installed on my machine
I'm pretty certain the MacBook 2,1 has EFI32: see this list .
Check of the EFI version (32 or 64 bit) via Terminal command:
ioreg -p IODeviceTree -b -n efi | grep firmware-abi
So it is, I tried EFI32 anyway just to try and I get a black backgroung with white apple for a brief second then it freezes on the regular grey background. It will not boot the installer, any suggestions?
Hey guys, i did a few modifications to make Launchpad faster in Yosemite.
ps: don't use folders, they are still slow till i figure out how to disable their animation.
First step
disable animations in terminal
Disable Launchpad Open Animation
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -float 0
Disable Launchpad Close Animation
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -float 0
Disable Launchpad Scrolling Animation
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-page-duration -float 0
Killall Dock
Second Step
I compressed System/library/dock.app/ resources png`s files
Third step
Made it run always in background
Copy launchpad.plist to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
Copy launchpad.scpt to /
run in terminal
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/launchpad.plist
So far in my Imac 5,1 is running, but still beta.
FILES
if someone could upload it somewhere else, I would appreciate it.
ps: don't use folders, they are still slow till i figure out how to disable their animation.
First step
disable animations in terminal
Disable Launchpad Open Animation
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -float 0
Disable Launchpad Close Animation
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -float 0
Disable Launchpad Scrolling Animation
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-page-duration -float 0
Killall Dock
Second Step
I compressed System/library/dock.app/ resources png`s files
Third step
Made it run always in background
Copy launchpad.plist to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
Copy launchpad.scpt to /
run in terminal
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/launchpad.plist
So far in my Imac 5,1 is running, but still beta.
FILES
if someone could upload it somewhere else, I would appreciate it.
Did you use the maintenance package in macOS Extractor? Most of these commands should have already been added.
I saw the package, actually only the animation disabler is there. what i did was not only disabling the animations, but compressing all the PNG`s and compiling an apple script file to run in Launchd so that Launchpad won't close and will open faster. Now it opens almost instantly
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Can someone please help me out? i have tried to install el capitan on my macbook using the macpostfactor and os x extractor and not one of the have worked. after it also screwed my yosemite install i had on it which really made me upset. when i try and install it from macpostfactor i start the install and soon after it reboots and give a crash screen. no mater what i do i can't get it to install. Can some PLEASE help me?
Hello TMRJIJ
In your OSX Hackers site one reads about an update to the Extractor dated September 25 bringing the Extractor to version 1.4.0.
However after downloading the file and opening it, it still indicates 1.3.4.
Is it 1.4.0 although indicated 1.3.4 or is it still 1.3.4 and the September update did not take place in spite of the text????
Thanks in advance for making it clear
Ed
Try this ...
Drag the "Skip Ad" button directly to a Safari window. It should be a "Please Wait" page. Highlight the URL and drag the icon to the left of it back onto the white space in the MacPostFactor window.
That worked for me
I've just tried it, I drag the skip ad icon to safari, it loads the please wait page, the I press skip button on MPF and get the white page, I highlight the url on safari, move it to the white place, it loads the please wait page for a moment and then it redirects me to another adf.ly page, and this time when I press skip ad it loads publicityTry this ...
Drag the "Skip Ad" button directly to a Safari window. It should be a "Please Wait" page. Highlight the URL and drag the icon to the left of it back onto the white space in the MacPostFactor window.
That worked for me
Yeah, It worked man! Thank you so much, wonder why nobody realised before
Edit: Ok, so with MPF 1.0.1 I've been able to install Mavericks and Yosemite but with 2.0.1 I get an installation failed error code 1 message, so I can't install El Capitan. The same message appeared on v1.0.1 when I was trying to install Yosemite, but after changing the Install OS X Yosemite.app file for another one it worked, so can it be an .app file problem or something?
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