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Pastrychef, thank you for your reply. Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't every purchase, including os, contains Apple ID with which it was downloaded? Thanks for pointing to wifi info.

I would like to build a HackinMouse and install High Sierra on it. I am currently on PovoMac running Mavericks and the App Store won't let me download High Sierra because "it cannot be installed on this computer". My sister has MacBook Air running High Sierra. Would it be possible to log in to...

OK, I tested two setups and here are my results: 1. System installed on SSD, users on HDD through System Preferences > Users&Groups > Advanced settings, ~/Library symlinked to SSD. This worked pretty well, no malfunctioning. But looking at disk activity on HDD, I found out that the OS was still...

I have extensively searched this website for a guide on how to optimally set up SSD+HDD combo and I am kindly asking for an explanation I haven't found. On Mavericks, I want to put user folders on HDD and use the SSD for OS, applications and User/Library. Fresh installation, no copying. Is it...

Same here. Looks like we will either have to wait for an updated IO80211Family.kext or to fetch a new OOB wifi adapter. BTW, does your wifi adapter occasionally drop connection on Mavericks? Mine does it ever since 10.9.2 update.

Anyone made it on PovoMac? :-)))))))

You need to try one or more of the following boot flags: GraphicsEnabler=Yes npci=0x2000 PCIRootUID=1

Hello, there doesn't seem to be any error message on your screen. Did you give the installation enough time to start up? It can take up to a minute from what looks like a frozen text screen to the welcome screen. Otherwise, boot flags which are usually required are: GraphicsEnabler=Yes...

The dreaded Spotlight bug is back with 10.9.2 update but the fix doesn't work this time. Does anyone have a solution?

Article: OS X 10.9.2 Update You need to apply one or more boot flags.

Success on PovoMac. After first restart, the background flickered. Second restart was possible only with boot flags GraphicsEnabler=Yes, PCIRootUID=1, npci=0x2000. Reapplied sound and network kexts through Multibeast. If after repairing permissions you cannot boot, apply again the listed boot...

I solved the problem. On many Apple discussion groups, general advice for solving the Spotlight issue is to add the hard drive to the Privacy list. This will delete the Spotlight index. After restarting, the drive should be deleted from the Privacy window and indexing should restart in a proper...

[SOLVED] Spotlight in 10.9.1 behaving again... Hello everyone, Spotlight in 10.9 was giving me a hard time because it was reindexing all over again and all the time. None of the remedies suggested on Mac discussion groups have helped, so I added drives to the Privacy list and, basically...

Update solves the problem of Spotlight reindexing endlessly. Since update, every video I try to play in Safari freezes after 5 seconds.

Try adding npci=0x2000 or npci=0x3000.

Hello and thanks for your response. Unfortunately, no such setting in my BIOS.

Hello everyone, under Mavericks, all my hard disks, including the system drive, appear as external (see image attached). They are all internal and attached to SATA buses on the MB. HD icons on the desktop are not orange but correct, as if they were recognized as internal. However, here is what...

Bump! I have found the culprit: it is the faulty Spotlight, which is continuously reindexing the drives. As described earlier, immediately after system startup, the Spotlight indexing kicks in, mdworkers begin working and the RAM gets saturated to the max in a matter of minutes. This slows down...

OK, sorry for posting this before doing a bit of research. I have done my homework and I see there is quite a discussion on the Internet about new memory management in OS X Mavericks which sees free RAM as wasted RAM and tends to fill it as much as possible. There are those who say that it is a...

Hello everyone, I am noticing that memory management on my 10.9 system is behaving very strangely. Immediately after system starts up and stabilizes, RAM usage is around 2GB with no applications running. Starting applications will begin filling up RAM but will not free it after exiting, so that...