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- Mar 4, 2013
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- Motherboard
- GA-Z77X-UD5H
- CPU
- i5 3570K
- Graphics
- GT 640
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Hello everyone, i would appreciate a good advice on how to update my Hackintosh from current OSX (Yosemite 10.10.5) to the latest OSX possible. Since i have nVidia graphics card, i assume that Mojave would not be a good idea because of these issues with Apple not signing off on nVidia Mojave drivers?
Also, my current Model identifier is MacPro3,1, and i'm not sure if that is going to be an issue when updating? Can i change it?
What is important for me is to find the fastest and most reliable method of upgrading and keeping my existing applications and at least most of the settings. I work with photography and videography and have a lot of apps i use daily, so doing a clean install and reinstalling all the apps all over again is not an option.
My current configuration is this:
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H motherboard
Intel i5 3570K Ivy Bridge processor
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 1024 MB graphics card
16 GB RAM
120 GB SSD hard drive as a system drive
another SSD as a 'working drive' for applications that need a faster access to larger files.
Here is what i had in mind, and i'm wondering is it going to work and what possible problems could i expect:
I bought another SSD (250GB capacity), and i-m planning to make this one my new system drive. I made a Time Machine backup on an external hdd, now i would remove the old Yosemite SSD from the disk bay, install the new 250 SSD, and then do a clean install of High Sierra onto the new SSD. After doing a post-install and making sure all of my hardware works properly, then i would restore my applications, files and settings from Time Machine backup using Migration assistant. Now, since my current bootloader is Chameleon, and High Sierra uses Clover, my question is will the Time Machine restore screw up the bootloader? What if after the restore i manually delete the Extra folder from system drive, will that do the trick?
Am i missing something? Please help I'd like to avoid as much surprises as i can
Thank U all in advance
Also, my current Model identifier is MacPro3,1, and i'm not sure if that is going to be an issue when updating? Can i change it?
What is important for me is to find the fastest and most reliable method of upgrading and keeping my existing applications and at least most of the settings. I work with photography and videography and have a lot of apps i use daily, so doing a clean install and reinstalling all the apps all over again is not an option.
My current configuration is this:
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H motherboard
Intel i5 3570K Ivy Bridge processor
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 1024 MB graphics card
16 GB RAM
120 GB SSD hard drive as a system drive
another SSD as a 'working drive' for applications that need a faster access to larger files.
Here is what i had in mind, and i'm wondering is it going to work and what possible problems could i expect:
I bought another SSD (250GB capacity), and i-m planning to make this one my new system drive. I made a Time Machine backup on an external hdd, now i would remove the old Yosemite SSD from the disk bay, install the new 250 SSD, and then do a clean install of High Sierra onto the new SSD. After doing a post-install and making sure all of my hardware works properly, then i would restore my applications, files and settings from Time Machine backup using Migration assistant. Now, since my current bootloader is Chameleon, and High Sierra uses Clover, my question is will the Time Machine restore screw up the bootloader? What if after the restore i manually delete the Extra folder from system drive, will that do the trick?
Am i missing something? Please help I'd like to avoid as much surprises as i can
Thank U all in advance