Recent content by rs695

I did try that, at your suggestion Neil. I don't understand how that function works, alas. Was hoping it would be more intuitive. Your second suggestions seems like the surer bet. Just ordered another SSHD for the Yosemite install, which would seem to leave all the other drives (and...

Right. The problem is steps 1-4. I can't even get Mavericks to load so that I can perform those steps.

Thanks for the quick reply, Jithin. No, I downloaded the update while I was running Mavericks and went straight to restart. (The "update as normal" instructions implied to me that I could do this without any preemptive steps.) I'm thinking I could create a new thumb drive with the latest...

That's fair. Intel Core i7-4790 Haswell Quad 3.6GHz Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI LGA 1150 Intel Z97 EVGA GeForce GT610 1GB 64-bit graphics card Samsung 840 EVO Solid State 250GB HD Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB 240-PIN RAM

I misunderstood an instruction about updating from Mavericks to Yosemite. I didn't remove some of the pesky kexts that get in the way, so I'm getting debugger panic messages on startup. It's been a while since I built this machine and loaded Mavericks; I'm definitely rusty. I feel like...

Hi there, I built the CustoMac Mini Deluxe almost exactly as spec'd by Tony, and it's been great! Went through all the usual bootloader issues, but finally got it working damn near perfectly. I did NOT install a graphics card; however, it's becoming clear that I probably should have. I'm...

I just bought the iogear gbu521, which was listed as a recommended device for hackintosh. I've plugged it into a few USB ports, but I get nothing. System preferences shows nothing for bluetooth; there's no bluetooth or iogear icon in the top right panel, nor any icon on my desktop. How does...