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I have been running a Hackintosh for about 12 years and am now ready to switch back to a real Mac, probably a Mac Studio. I need a hard drive enclosure for my mechanical hard drives that are currently inside my Hack. I'm looking at this: https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MEQCTJB000/ When...

It's come to my attention that my build (Core i7 6700K - Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH - AMD RX 580) will not run Ventura. I realize that at some point I will need to switch to a real Mac (Studio or Mini probably), but for now I would like to explore the option of upgrading my CustoMac. Would it be...

This looks like a good deal on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QV692XY/?tag=tonymacx86com-20 $104.99

I'm trying to get my Intel HD 630 graphics working under Monterey with OpenCore and want to try some different frame buffer settings. But I'm completely confused by the whole hex swapping thing. I'm sure it's probably really simple, but it's one of those things that everyone seems to assume you...

I am trying to clean install the latest Monterey (12.3.1) on a GA-H270N-WIFI with a Kaby Lake processor (i5 7600K) using the HD630 graphics. I have followed Dortania's guide and the computer successfully recognizes the USB and seems to get to the installer, the Apple logo appears for about 2...

I've been running Big Sur since August and last night decided to upgrade to Monterey. I backed up to an external SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner beforehand. The upgrade went well, but my bluetooth dongle wasn't working. I did some searching and found a kext that is supposed to enable that. I...

I'm currently running macOS Catalina 10.5.7 and would like to upgrade to Big Sur now that it's matured. I'd also like to switch from Clover to OpenCore as that seems to be the way of the future. Can someone point me to a step-by-step guide that would get me to that goal? I found this post and...

This is the Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD drive and is currently priced at $59.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BN4NJ2J/?tag=tonymacx86com-20 This is the Plus version of the same drive, currently priced at $89.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BN4NJ2J/?tag=tonymacx86com-20 Is there any real advantage...

I am wanting to update an old Ivy Bridge based system from High Sierra to Mojave so it will run the latest InDesign. Should I use the latest version of Clover (which appears to be 5126), or an older version (my system is currently running 4586)? Also, my system definition is iMac12,2. I...

My wife's system is based on a Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI board with a Core i5 7600K processor, using the built-in HD630 for graphics. It was running the latest version of Mojave. Last night I decided to update to Catalina 10.15.4 using the installer app downloaded from the App Store a few days...

Ever since I upgraded to Mojave I've been unable to use Photos because within a minute or two it freezes and brings down my whole system. Recently I've started to get random freezes in Final Cut Pro X. I did some research and found that I could stop the freeze issues if I switch the built-in...

I was following this guide to update my wife's Mini ITX build which was running High Sierra 10.3.6: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/update-directly-to-macos-mojave.260654/ Core i5 7600K - Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI - HD630 I updated Clover to the latest, as well as Lilu and Shiki kexts. I...

I've read over and over again on this site that I need to set up my USB ports properly. Every time I look at Rehabman's guide on how to make a custom SSDT for that I break out into a cold sweat. So I decided to follow this guide, which looks much simpler...

My wife's system has been running great for quite some time now, but over the weekend it has started a really odd and frustrating behavior: whenever ANY sound plays, the screen immediately goes black and the machine reboots. So, for example, if she boots the computer and a calendar alert plays a...

On Saturday evening I upgraded to Mojave. When I upgraded to High Sierra a year ago I opted to stay with HFS+ for the format of my boot drive, but this time I went ahead and converted to APFS. Since then I have had warnings from Drive Genius 5.3.0 that my drive has problems. However, running...

In High Sierra, whenever I would install an OS update I would have to re-install the audio drivers from Multibeast and reboot my computer. There's a place to choose ALC1150 and another place to choose support for 100 and 200 series board, and I always just checked those and ran Multibeast's...

I currently have a Skylake system with a Nvidia GTX 970 and have just purchased an AMD Sapphire Radeon Pulse 8GB and I want to switch them out. I'm using the 17,1 SMBIOS, so have had to use the AGDPFix script every time after updating the OS. Recently I also had to change something regarding...

I was running Sierra on my wife's ITX build (Core i5 7600K - Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI - HD630) and everything was fine. I upgraded to High Sierra a few weeks ago, and ever since then she has been experiencing terrible screen glitching. Parts of the screen turn black, others flash in and out, and...

I built an Ivy Bridge-based Mini ITX system in 2012 for my wife and am now ready to update it for her to a Kaby Lake based system. Hopefully by the time these parts arrive there will be an updated Unibeast/Multibeast procedure for getting Sierra installed on a Kaby Lake system. Here is my list...

On the CustoMac ITX built in my signature, I am on Sierra 10.12.3 and this morning I updated Clover (thought that might be a good preparation for updating to Sierra 10.12.4). However, now all I get when I try to boot is an Apple logo with a progress bar about 1/3 across. I don't even get a...