Recent content by Pyromethious

I mulled it all over and ended up just getting a last-to-be-made Intel Macbook Pro with some nice stats for a good price. I pondered getting the newer GPU, more RAM, etc, but the purpose vs cost benefit weren't there. It's bad enough that I did it in the first place, but PayPal decided to offer...

I forget what icon site they're hosted on (if you know, please point!), but these are what I've grabbed before. I read that Apple changed to the abstract art with Monterey, but the previous style was so awesome. Have you guys seen any icons/wallpapers that more resemble the previous ones for...

If I stand back and look at it honestly, really not all that much. Which is the same logic that had me sell the M1 Mini I had (well, that and I found out you can't run/VM anything older than Big Sur on M1). IDK what my next contract will be, but for a time I was using VMs of basically all...

After reviewing the replies to my other thread(s), it's become painfully obvious that it's basically no longer worth trying to Hackintosh my existing hardware for what I actually want it to do. So then I thought about maybe doing a Mac Mini Clone, but perhaps that's too limiting. Before I go too...

We're not even nearly this far yet as the USB is not reading as a bootable device for some reason even though its older counterpart does (albeit as MBR). I've gone through and matched the MacOS UEFI profile (gotta love Gigabyte's features) to what's shown as required and disabled all other...

This'll be easy enough to test using HDMI, but I still think my current issue is that the installer isn't actually creating a bootable USB as I'm not seeing any hidden files that seem to relate to one. I've rebuilt the USB and get the same response and I've been choosing UEFI as the boot type...

I followed the basic guide for setting up the latest installer USB for a fresh/new install of Catalina using my Mid 2012 MBP, but when I try to choose either the Legacy or UEFI USB option for the boot device it does one of two things. Legacy: Gives the old "invalid boot device" error. Same as...

I wonder if it would be prudent to look into perhaps New a mini-ITX build that's compatible with what I have in mind? I probably couldn't afford to do it anytime soon, but I don't mind learning how to do it. I guess I'd have to look into the specs of say the last Intel Macs.

Well crap, That build started with a GTX 770 Ti, but that got fried along with the original PSU. :/ Looks like the Mid 2012 MBP I have has HD 4000 + GT 650M inside it. With the PatchedSur method, I was able to get Big Sur on the hardware with minimal issue, but I guess you're saying that even...

So it's been a while since I bothered with a Hackintosh as I eventually acquired a Mid 2012 MBP since I last built one. The two devices have basically similar core specs except for the better GPU and 32Gb of RAM in the PC. The latter is the real reason for the pondering as system memory has been...

It actually runs fine on my Ivy, but I have to boot from the Ivy-boot disc. I was just curious if there was a way to take the CD and turn it into a bootable USB instead as it would be less likely to get damaged.

Is there a way to copy the CD contents to a USB instead and boot from there? I'd rather leave a USB plugged in and simply choose it from the boot menu than dig up the disc every time I felt like jumping into SL (because I like to check stuff out). If That is possible, then what about being able...

To quote a certain show, "If it's worth doing, then it's worth Overdoing." :-p

Not helpful, but I'd like to know this as well as it would affect my decision to bother maxing out my RAM.