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Hi Cliff, Pretty sure I had to create a custom rule to exclude the Intel Flash Programming Tool in Widows Defender before it worked, should have mentioned that but only just remembered now that you say you had problems with it :banghead: Glad it all worked out for you, and good to know that...

Hi Cliff, I tried everything but nothing other than downgrading the BIOS to F20 would either fix the IGPU issue and the massive drop in performance .... To downgrade the BIOS you can either use the method I used (Intel Flash Programming Tool) or you can use the Gigabyte QFlash+ feature which...

@CryingGod, As you can see from the wake reasons in your attached log, the cause of your non sleep issue is not the issue which is covered in the guide ... I did a quick google search using the wake reason in your logs and found several posts that indicate that this issue seems to be isolated...

Finally got around to updating my laptop hack from Ventura 13.6.3 to 13.6.6 Like some others are reporting, I also could not get the update to work using the small incremental update file as it kept failing during the preparation phase, after a few retries the system automatcaly downloaded the...

@OneDriftMan95, This looks like a hardware codec decode issue .... Having taken a look at your EFI I can see that you are using the iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS. The iMacPro uses a workstation class CPU that has no IGPU so it uses the dGPU for all hardware codec decode/encode. However in your...

To all Gigabyte Z490 Vision G users (and probably Vision D) Don't be tempted to update to a BIOS newer than F20 (or whats recommended in the build guide) Here's why .... I had been running BIOS F20 on my Z490 Vision G for a few years now, but in a moment of unclarity I ignored all of my...

Anther quick and easy MacOS update for Sonoma 14.4 -> 14.4.1 Install time was around 20 mins with the usual 3 reboots. Booting via OpenCore 0.9.9 + Latest kexts. Like the last 14.4 update you must set SecureBootModel to Disabled before attempting the update. Z490 Desktop system 1 (see White...

Successfully Updated from MacOS 14.3.1 to 14.4. Booting via OpenCore 0.9.8 with the latest kexts. IMPORTANT: You must set SecureBootModel in your OC config.plist to disabled before starting the 14.4 update, without this change the updater / installer will crash and the update will fail to...

@Raddles, Maybe check out this MacOS drive recovery script here :- https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/ddrescue-helper-sh-a-script-for-running-gnu-ddrescue.329199/post-2398257 Good luck Cheers Jay

With regards to the issues people are experiencing with Sonoma 14.4 Beta ... It seems that with Sonoma 14.4 Apple are getting ahead of the Quantum computer game as they will be introducing two forms of end-to-end encryption for iMessage in Sonoma 14.4 (also next release of IOS, IpadOS ..etc)...

@tyns, Apple used Intel 10th gen CPU's in the final generation of Intel based Macs so from a compatibility point of view, yes 10th gen is the most compatible. However much work has been done by the OpenCore dev team amd support for newer Intel gen processors is pretty good these days. The only...

Quick and easy minor update from MacOS Sonoma 14.3 to 14.3.1 Using the small incremental software update. The update took around 20 mins to install with the usual three reboots. Booting via OpenCore 0.9.8 with the latest Kexts. Z490 Desktop System 1 (White Knight 2.0 in my build sig) Cheers Jay

Have a look at Section 4-2 of this guide for some tips and advice :- https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/an-idiots-guide-to-lilu-and-its-plug-ins.260063 Cheers Jay

@northwinds, You can still use a Samsung NVMe SSD as a data drive, the known and well documented TRIM issue that effects Samsung and other NVMe SSD's that uses a non-conformant on-board controller only effects MacOS when MacOS is installed on it and you boot from it. I re-purposed my Samsung...

@wujekbogdan, The GPRW patch is meant to disable the ability to wake from sleep via USB, thats the whole point of it, it's only meant to be used on systems that change the USB or power states while sleeping, which can be caused be non conforming USB devices and/or non conformant DSDT/BIOS code...

Nice dGPU benchmark App, not seen this one before. Results on my main desk top system (See White Knight 2.0 in my build sig for full specs) My GPU is ROG-STRIX-LC-RX6800XT (Liquid Cooled) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT: Chipset Model: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Type: GPU Bus: PCIe Slot: PCIEX16...

@bhuether, In almost all cases FCPX only uses the dGPU for anything that can be "tile rendered" such as titles, effects and transitions. If you export as H264 or H265 then MacOS can use Intel Quick Sync on the IGPU (depends on CPU model and SMBIOS used) or VCE on a AMD dGPU to perform the...

Anther quick and easy MacOS update thanks to wonders of OpenCore. The update took around 20 mins to install with the usual three reboots. Install used the smaller incremental (~980MB) update source. Booting via OpenCore 0.9.7 with the latest kexts. Z490 Desktop System (White Knight 2.0 in my...

@JacCarson, FCPX only uses the dGPU for anything that can be tile rendered such as titles, transitions and effects, it wont improve transcoding render times. So the overall improvement of a RX 6800 over your current RX 6600 will be minimal. The RX 6800 will have a performance benefit when it...

@pizzaguy, In recent years each new release of MacOS has dropped support on more and more older 'legacy' macs which will result in the message you are seeing if you try to update MacOs on an unsupported model. Changing the SMBIOS and the machine identify parameters is the only way to ensure you...