Mac Pro 2006 1.1 running El Capitan - GPU options expanded?

Caseymartin707 said:

Yes I do. I have a hackintosh as well as a MacBook Pro running El Capitan.

So will that video show me how to get it ready to install while I have the 7300 GT in the Mac Pro and then when I go to restart it the first time I just pop in the 960 or 970?

That's the dilemma I'm having.

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Can you attach the SSD externally to the MacBook?

And are you gonna install Yosemite or El Cap on the 2006?

ps can't instal Yose/El cap with that card

Duffloop said:

Can you attach the SSD externally to the MacBook?

And are you gonna install Yosemite or El Cap on the 2006?

ps can't instal Yose/El cap with that card

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I can't because I don't have an adapter. I plan on installing El cap on it preferably but Yosemite would be fine as well.

However I've installed El Capitan on other macs just with a USB boot drive. Is that what you're getting at?

Caseymartin707 said:

I can't because I don't have an adapter. I plan on installing El cap on it preferably but Yosemite would be fine as well.

However I've installed El Capitan on other macs just with a USB boot drive. Is that what you're getting at?

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Well I just found installing Elcap on the SSD as an external drive via my MacBook before putting it into the MP2006 was quickest, then just change the efi files - simples. There are lots of ways to do it - even a hackintosh method.

In fact you could attach the SSD to the macbook using Target Disk mode!

This thread has a script to do it all for you too - here


either way you'll need a supported gpu when you get it going.

Actually it's really easy if you have a clean install of say Yosi - just means replacing 2 system files with Pikes boot.efi.

The only bit i got stuck on was deleting the original boot.efi files out of the system.

replace with new boot.fi here:

/volumes/Yosemite/usr/standalone/i386

/volumes/Yosemite/system/library/coreservices


To delete core boot.efi….

3. Go back to Terminal and copy and paste the following:
sudo rm -rf
Do NOT press ‘Return’. Instead, press the Spacebar once, then use your cursor to drag the boot.efi file