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How to install Windows 7 (and beyond) onto a mid-2010 Mac mini with Mac OS X Snow Leopard without Boot Camp or an optical (DVD) drive
This problem is very similar to How to install Windows 10 into a 2011 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, an optical (DVD) drive or third party tools? - Ask Different, with the following ...
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Trying to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard, stuck on the Apple logo
This is a weird goofy story or something. I'm trying to install Snow Leopard so I can upgrade it to Mavericks, to anyone asking; it's for nostalgia as I used to use it all the time. But this crappy ...
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2008 iMac rebooting every 15 seconds
I have a problem with my early 2008 iMac (2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, 24-inch, model A1225) that is intriguing me. The HD had stopped working for some time, which resulted in the lost of all my files. On this ...
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Does High Sierra's firmware update preserve legacy osx booting capabilities?
I have a 2011 Macbook Pro with a 10.6.8 and 10.11.6 partitions and want to add a 3rd one for 10.15 (via dosdude patcher) but need to update the firmware to support the APFS file system first. I need ...
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Is there a way to make a 2009 MacBook (A1342) boot from USB?
I have a 2009 MacBook which I'm trying to factory reset/re-install. I have a USB bootdisk but sadly holding option to boot from USB doesn't work - I don't believe these models support it (A1342). It ...
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Old MacBooks no longer boot Snow Leopard
I have several old MacBook (MacBook2,1 units, from 2006) that have been running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard just fine, and been in use to teach a robotics class.
I know we used them in December, but a ...
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Snow Leopard Clean Install
I have an iMac from 2010 and the Snow Leopard DVD and I am trying to do a clean install of Snow Leopard on it. Then, if I use the Install Snow Leopard option from the DVD, when it restarts it hangs on ...
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Will updating macOS from SL to El-Cap cause problems after disabling discrete GPU permanently from EFI (EFI mod and resistor removal)?
Currently on Macbook Pro 2011 17" 10.6.8 which was resurrected using the resistor-removal mod from "Realmacmods" as well as their EFI script.
Would like to upgrade to El Capitan. Will i run into ...
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Stuck on Apple Logo while trying to install Snow Leopard on MacBook Pro
I purchased a used MBP (without a hard drive). See model details/specs below. I am trying to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard (Version 10.6.3). I have successfully done this using the same process on two ...
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My Mac repeatedly beeps three times on startup. What does this mean?
When I try to boot my Mac I get nothing but strange beeps. They beep as follows:
BEEP BEEP BEEP [3 second pause] BEEP BEEP BEEP [3 second pause] and it continues until I power off.
So far, I have:
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How to start Internet Recovery Mode of El Capitan with multiple OS installed?
Thank you for your time. Here is my problem:
A) Goal
Start into Mac OS X El Capitan internet recovery mode and temporarily disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) to use (X11 functions of) ...
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Are loading times using a USB hard drive slower?
I recently installed Snow Leopard on a 2 TB USB 3.0 hard drive for my 2009 White MacBook, since the internal hard drive is broken (it no longer shows up during boot or in Disk Utility).
The external ...
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iMac 2006 stuck at grey screen with apple and spinner
I have an imac 2006 running snow leopard. The matte screen is great on the eyes so I found a few articles on upgrading the hard drive and processor to a core 2 duo (had the core duo) that might allow ...
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Unable to reset VRAM or boot a 2007 MacBook in Safe Mode or otherwise
Recently I made a hasty mistake in forcing a shutdown when it was becoming unresponsive. Previously I've been able to boot the system with no problems by starting in single user mode (to bypass the ...
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How to downgrade from El Capitan to Snow Leopard?
I am not happy with El Capitan, and it is also not compatible with both music hardware and software that I have, so I want to go back to Snow Leopard on my late 2009 iMac.
After installing El Capitan ...
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