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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...

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...

[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...

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...

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...

After installing OS X Mavericks, I noticed that the Dashboard had a new background: instead of rivets, it had grid. But after a few days, the grid disappeared and now it is plain gray, screenshot attached. Where did the grid disappear and have you noticed the same on your Mavericks? EDIT: When...

PovoMac Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2-B3 BIOS F10 clean install You can perform the clean installation entirely as described in Tony's guide. If you have the computer configuration like mine (PovoMac), the only difference which will take you to the installer are the correct boot strings. Use these...

I can now testify to the fact that freeing the dock and leaving only ten icons made my system slightly faster responsive and with less click-launch lag. Can anyone confirm this with own experience?

I searched the forum extensively but didn't find the agregated information so I am posting the question again: I am running OS X 10.6.8 on PovoMac configuration. I would like to modify the wrong CPU information in "About This Mac" and also to change model from MacPro to iMac - for purely...

[SOLVED] Snow Leopard on PovoMac - issues Good evening from my newly installed PovoMac running on Snow Leopard 10.6.7. Please help me resolve the following issues (hardware, software, bios and installation details at the bottom of the post). All issues are recurring after several clean...

Hello to everyone, this is my first thread which I am posting after extensive search on the forum, so apologies to moderation and other members if this has already been posted (and answered). I have ordered the following components from the PovoMac configuration: Intel Celeron G530 Gigabyte...