This is a heads up for everybody with an Nvidia GTX 760 (other Nvidia cards may be affected as well) trying to install OS X Yosemite 10.10 using Clover on a Hackintosh. If you’re getting a blank/black screen at the start of the installation, try to add the boot flag nv_disable=1. My screen was getting dark …
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I’ve been using command-line commands or the Clover Configurator to mount Clover’s EFI partition to edit Clover’s main configuration file. However, I find it easiest to mount the hidden EFI volume in Disk Utility: The hidden partitions will only be shown if Disk Utility’s debug mode has been enabled. In a shell, type: defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility …
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Ever since I fusioned a SSD and a HDD into an OS X Fusion Drive, Clover has been unable to auto-boot the new logical Fusion Drive volume. Clover was just sitting on its startup volume selection screen and was waiting for me to select the volume to boot. I’ve found some hints that using an …
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Since OS X Yosemite, the CoreStorage service allows you to rename the logical volume name of a Fusion Drive if you wish to do so. sudo diskutil cs rename “Macintosh HD” “Fusion Drive” The Fusion Drive now shows up as “Fusion Drive” instead of “Macintosh HD” which was the name I’ve chosen initially. The OS …
Here’s an overview of natively supported PCI-e (64-bit) network interface controllers (NIC) for OS X. I’ve had the chance to test some of them in my current Hackintosh build. HP NC360T PCI-Express PRO/1000 The HP NC360T dual port PCI-e network adapter works out of the box in OS X. However, since OS X 10.8.2 Apple changed something in the driver …
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