Recent content by Ptath

Grampa is rambling, be quiet! The transition from 68K to PPC saw older software supported in one form or another for about 5 years. The transition from RISC to x86 worked in about the same way. I expect x86 to be unsupported by Apple from 2025, though the big factor in that will be how fast M1...

So, essentially, this is a full 180 back to the days of the Motorola chips. Apple just decided that, considering their profit margins, they don't need economies of scale anymore.

Done. Thanks. I'm visually impaired, so TL;DR shows up a lot.

Second install attempt ending up at the same point: Will boot High Sierra new drive only if the USB key is mounted. Otherwise, starts booting then, around 3/4, I get a "ø". I tried to minimize settings in Multibeast to a strict minimum, but no go. The build itself is about two years old and...

Oh! I see your point, thanks! Let's give that a try... BRB! Bingo. Had been a while. Also, seems I have the partial installer, so will be away for while, there. Will report later. But as far as the OP problem, you nailed it, and gave me a great TS sheet I had missed. Thanks a whole lot!

Nope, not the issue, but thanks. New Kingston SSD I am currently installing to is a small 120GB, properly formatted. Reformated it again, just to be sure. But even if this was a new SSD issue, Unibeast has plenty of other potential targets to ask me to pick from, in the 2-6TB range. Somehow, it...

Upgrading from 10.11.6, installed as per instructions posted here. New SSD, tested and formatted as per instructions. Other multi-GB hard drives attached, internally and USB 3.0. So imagine my surprise when I get: UniBeast installation requires a HFS-partitioned removable disk with at least 7 GB...