- Joined
- Nov 5, 2012
- Messages
- 204
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Xtreme
- CPU
- i9-9900
- Graphics
- RX-580
My Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Xtreme - i9-9900 - XFX RX-580 8GB continues to be a pain when trying to update. M older system on OC 0.6.3 updated like a normal Mac from the update notice after multiple reboots and the "macintosh HD" disk showing in picker. It is good to go.
My newer Xtreme, however, is still horked ( a technical term ) after finally getting Big Sur installed. It would not update apps from the store though it showed them needing updates. I tried everything google suggested to no avail. I finally copied Logic Pro from my other machine to update it and that worked.
First, the download would not work from the software update preferences panel. I downloaded the combo update and ran that. It ran to the reboot, and I had the install disk in the OC picker. It ran through a cycle then rebooted. The picker only shows install partition and Big-Sur Data which was the working Big Sur.
This morning I loaded my Big Sur backup via external PCIexpress enclosure. I am trying to partition/erase my internal M2 drive. Disk utility won't let me kill the existing EFI partition. I have tried erasing, repairing and get an error about the EFI partition have a problem. Why can't i just tell the disk utility to repartition the disk from scratch which should create a new APFS container, etc., with a NEW EFI partition right ???
I'm at work now so can't post pix. I will try again when i get home. I do have the working backup external M2 PCIexpress. So why can't I completely start from scratch on the internal that won't update?
My newer Xtreme, however, is still horked ( a technical term ) after finally getting Big Sur installed. It would not update apps from the store though it showed them needing updates. I tried everything google suggested to no avail. I finally copied Logic Pro from my other machine to update it and that worked.
First, the download would not work from the software update preferences panel. I downloaded the combo update and ran that. It ran to the reboot, and I had the install disk in the OC picker. It ran through a cycle then rebooted. The picker only shows install partition and Big-Sur Data which was the working Big Sur.
This morning I loaded my Big Sur backup via external PCIexpress enclosure. I am trying to partition/erase my internal M2 drive. Disk utility won't let me kill the existing EFI partition. I have tried erasing, repairing and get an error about the EFI partition have a problem. Why can't i just tell the disk utility to repartition the disk from scratch which should create a new APFS container, etc., with a NEW EFI partition right ???
I'm at work now so can't post pix. I will try again when i get home. I do have the working backup external M2 PCIexpress. So why can't I completely start from scratch on the internal that won't update?