Stork's Zorro Build: Z68X-UD3H - i7-2600K - HD3000

[Stork]

Do you have plans to install Yosemite on this build, Stork?

Yes & No. Zorro is one of my two production desktops.

Yes, I am experimenting with installing the Yosemite release on a test partition. It's too early for me to recommend installing Yosemite on this 6-series motherboard as I am finding some quirks to the installation process that didn't show up in my Yosemite pre-release testing. Not surprising since this happened before with a new version of the OS X.

No, I will not move Zorro's production OS X to Yosemite until 10.10.3. History has taught me to wait until the major bugs are worked out of the OS X.

However, since I have an iPad and iPhone, I'm impressed with the what Yosemite brings to the integration of the Mac and the iDevices. So, I may rethink awaiting for 10.10.3 as I complete more testing.

So, as a retired coach, I'm going to follow some of my own advice - don't rush to fail.

 

[EddyMac]

OK sounds like a good strategy.

I've already upgraded my MacBook Air, and had previously installed the Preview version because I'm part of the Appleseed program. Can't wait to get it on my Hack.

 

[Stork]

Dug up a HDD and created a Yosemite partition on the HDD. Notes below:

Zorro has 16GB of memory - needs the boot flag maxmem=8192 for installation and running. I added this to the /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist file, too, in the Kernel Flags.

For 6 Series motherboards, you'll need to add to your MultiBeast for Mavericks created .mb file

Drivers > System > AppleACPIPlatorm Rollback > 10.9.5 AppleACPIPlatorm Rollback​

Here's the MultiBeast Build Summary:

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So I am recommending that, if you have more than 8GB of memory, to hold off updating to Yosemite for a while.

Next, I'll try to update over a copy of my Mavericks 10.9.5 on this HDD partition.

 

[EddyMac]

Are you saying that Yosemite will only use 8 GB of my RAM? (I have 16).

 

[Stork]

Yes, as it stands right now.

 

[jiteshpatel]

Does this apply to all Yosemite mackintosh users, or just those with a Z68X-UD3H motherboard.

 

[Stork]

Does this apply to all Yosemite mackintosh users, or just those with a Z68X-UD3H motherboard.

No, it doesn't apply to all Yosemite systems. The above information is just what I've found out on this system. I'm still testing.

 

[wanye]

thank you stork.

its nice to have this thread to reference for all of us still chugging along on our (still capable) sandy bridge systems.

I come here every time a new OS update releases to check on Zorro. It'll be a sad day whenever you send him out to pasture.

 

[Stork]

Zorro has been one of my best systems. It's stable and easy to update. It's my production system, and I'm constantly amazed that, with the i7-2500K process, it can handle everything I can throw at it, although the most "taxing" application I use is GarageBand. A great system.

 

[Stork]

Yosemite has changed it's audio output settings. So, in the Sound Preference Pane, do the following:

Sound Effects: Check the box "Play feedback when volume has changed." This is a new option and was the default on Mavericks and earlier. You now need to turn it on to test your speaker volume.

Use Internal Speakers instead of Line Out. Again, Yosemite changed the default.​

Now, audio works!

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