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Hey all, just got my first SSD drive and an OWC MacPro Mount. I tried a search but can't find an exact scenario to my question. I will be using this 500GB drive as the future home for my Windows 10 Parallels VM image. So basically, just using this SSD as a data drive, and not a boot/system...

So I have a 2TB mechanical hard drive, about 1.3GB used. I'm thinking of getting a 500GB SSD, and using the 2TB old drive for my /Documents and home folder. Of course, I can't use SuperDuper to restore 2TB to 500GB. So what's my plan of action? Do I have to do a fresh install of OSX from...

E-element Z-77 mechanical keyboard I found this yesterday, watched some youtube review/demo videos and seems to hit all my needs/wants: + wrist rest + LED backlit + Mechanical + big form factor + nice aluminum construction (should match my MacPro case and Cinema Displays) + white keys (easier...

I've verified that using a Logitech wireless mouse and/or keyboard on my build causes instant wake. (It goes to sleep, and within a second wakes up.) I swapped it for a wired keyboard and mouse and that instant wake problem doesn't happen. Is there another wireless mouse/keyboard solution...

Just want to share this... Well, I have 16GB on my Hack and sleep/wake is working fine. I decided to upgrade to 32GB, and all of a sudden I'm having wake-up issues.... not successful in waking up, monitor black, and just dead. I have (4) pcs of RAM, bought at 2 separate times as a pair...

So I'm building a second machine, and planning on handing down my Z68 machine to my wife (whose iMac 27" is now dead, seems like a logic board problem). I have an old Z87 mobo on the shelf, so I just got some used parts on eBay (4790K, GTX970 at a great deal!) and put it all together with some...

Anybody using this in their Hackintosh? Does it work? http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tango3pcie.html

I'll try to describe this as best as I can. Previously, I have an Apple Cinema 23" plugged into the DVI port of my 6870 card. I also have a Samsung 213T plugged using "passive" DP-DVI adapter. Everything works, dual monitors on during bootup, etc. Then I bought a second Apple Cinema 23". I...

I must have clicked the Update All button instead of just updating iTunes. How do I cancel the "Installing" message/procedure in App Store? I've tried deleting the /SoftwareUpdates folder in /library but everytime I start App Store, it goes to trying to install 10.11.6

My old Samsung 213T monitor is broken again. I fixed this last December doing component level repair, but now it's broke again. I think it's time to retire it for good. So I'm thinking of getting a new 2nd monitor. I'm looking at a Dell U2525H monitor, with native resolution of 2560x1440...

I've never had problems with purchased movies not playing on my Hackintosh (past 5 years now). But last week, I purchased a movie and was surprised I can't play it anymore. Black screen. None of my previous purchased movies are playing also. I tried signing out/signing in, de-authorize and...

Any issues with reliability with hybrid solid state drives? I've read reviews and some users report failing around 6 months or less. Users of hybrid drives, I'm interested to hear your experience.

Hey all, does the Z68x (more specifically -UD4 and related) motherboard support hard drives larger than 4TB+ via SATA? This is an old mobo, circa 2011? and on it's official manual, it says it supports 3TB+ HDD. But back then, there were no 4TB, 6TB drives. So the manual doesn't specifically...

El Capitan. I added another Noctua fan to my case (front fan). hooked it up to a spare header on the mobo. According to Stats, it's MBFan1. But this MBFan1 seems to be running at half the speed 900rpm, vs my other (2) fans running at 1900rpm (average). So I downloaded smcFanControl software...

Anybody here using ESATA connected hard drive enclosures with multiple drives (2-4) with their Gigabyte motherboard? Right now, I just have a single drive connected via ESATA, but am exploring if using 2-4 drives access via a single ESATA works in OSX? I know that my Gigabyte mobo supports...

For some reason, the Multibeast post install tool doesn't work on my machine. I mean, I can click Build, it seems to run and seems to be copying files, but when I look at the EFI partition, it's empty. On my initial El Capitan install, I tried Boot EFI, Boot-Legacy, Boot-Legacy-Root and nothing...

My 10.8.4 install was using an old Parallels version and I learned I needed to upgrade my Parallels software if I'll be upgrading my OSX. Checked the Parallels website and they have a 10th anniversary sale going on... Parallels Desktop Pro for Mac for $37.50 going on right now... 4 days left I...

Hey all, I finally tried installing El Capitan on my old/trusty 10.8.4 setup. I have a GA-z68x-UD4-b3 motherboard, XFX 6870 video card... using a Sonnet NIC (Yukon), and a USB sound card. USB stick booted with no problems. I was very surprised the AMD Radeon 6870 video card worked OOB...

FIXED: upgraded to 2TB drive, can't boot using new 2TB drive. Chimera 2.0.1 Hi all, it's been a long time since I was last here. Need some help. I have a 10.8.4 OSX installed on a 1TB drive. It's now almost full so I cloned it's content to a new 2TB drive. ... then I ran Chimera 2.0.1 and...

This 10.8.2 update has me beaten. I've tried several things... Used Combo update then use AppleACPIPlatform from my 10.8.1 backup deleted OEMSMBios.kext used ATI6000kext from 10.8.1 used IOUSBFamily.kext from 10.8.1 - I can get to the desktop, but mouse shows a frozen rainbow wheel and...