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I need help. I screwed up. I’m running mac os mojave perfectly when I decided I wanted to update to big sur. I updated clover, updated whatevergreen, lilu, and smc (just overwrite on the old kexts files) and edited the config plist (just added the quirks part). I haven’t installed big sur yet...

Hey, so I'm new to tonymaxc86 and the installation of Hackintosh. I'll get a future compatible pc with macos, I've already get a macbook air and I want to know if I can restore my save of this Mac to my future Hackintosh

I recently did an OS upgrade from El Capitan to High Sierra but due to unresolved NVIDIA driver problems, I decided to go back to my previous El Capitan install. -Before the HS update, I had used CCCloner to make a backup of my El Capitan internal SSD startdisk on an external HDD. -I rebooted...

Hello, I am about to install Mojave over my current OSX Mavericks (I think, I haven't been able to access it for a while which is why I am upgrading) Here is my question: Anytime I need to do an update I have to format my drive and install fresh, at which point I have to go through the...

I accidentally deleted the whole /System/Library/Extensions when I tried to delete a kext I was messing around with. I mounted the recovery partition and copied the directory from it. But after restarting I won't get past the login screen. What should I do now?

Hi, The title speaks for itself. And more generally, the question is : how to restore higher OS X backup version. Just after my downgrade following this thread, I wanted to restore TimeMachine backup during the installation process but it poped a windows saying "You must install Mojave to...

Hi guys, after many attempts I've got my hackintosh working perfectly on 13.5. Now I was wondering, is there any way that I can completely clone the SSD that I have the SO running on with every partition (EFI) to an external hard drive? So if I mess anything up on the ssd I can always boot from...

Hi all, Just finished by first hackintosh build recently, so very new and scared lol. I've always been using Time Machine to backup once a week. Never really had to use the backup as final resource, but of course having something as a safe door is nice. So can I use Time Machine on a...

Hi, I just bought a macbook pro 13" on ebay (after trying a surfacebook for 2 years - I don't recommend it) and am wondering if there is a simple way to restore/copy the software from my hackintosh desktop rather than having to reinstall all software individually. I imagine I can create a time...

Hi everyone, i updated my hackintosh from sierra to high. Due to performance issue i want to restore sierra from a USB Backup i made with CCC. How can i do that? How to return to HFS+ from APFS? thanks

Hi, I have an issue with my new build. I successfully managed to install Sierra to my SSD in my hackintosh. However my trouble is my backup is from a single disk, and my user folder can't fit on the SSD, I thus want to restore it to my HDD, but I can't find any option in migration assistant to...

Greetings, I couldn't quite find an answer to this specific type of time machine restore. I am about to build my first hackintosh for work. Currently I work on a macbook pro running sierra. My question is; is it possible to set up a fresh hackintosh from a time machine back up? I'd like to...

Build: gigabyte z170 ud5 th evga gtx 970 Samsung 950 m.2 mvme i7 6700k vengeance lxp ram (2x16gb) Issue: I had an old mac mini that I backed up using time machine before I sold it. Now that I have my hackintosh built I was trying restore from the backup. All seemed to work well. I installed...

I have been using Time Machine and now for several reasons I would like to boot into macOS Recovery to restore from Time Machine backup. I found that when using real mac it can be done by pressing Command (⌘)-R before the apple logo appears. In my case that is not possible because of clover...

Hi there, New to this forum and Hackintosh building. I have a general question. I'm sure it's been addressed on forums and guides out there, but I'm having a hard time finding it stated clearly. I just finished tweaking my Sierra 10.12.1 install. It's now stable and at a point where I am...

Dear all, I had a Macbook pro, untill last week when somebody stole it from me in the campus... lucky for me I had a external hard drive back up at home, now with the black friday coming up I will build a hackintosh as i can't afford another macbook pro right now (they even increased the...

I have a 1 terabyte hard drive with 4 guid partitions. The first is an empty 200GB partition named "El Capitan". Second is 150gb named "Mavericks" with working Mavericks. Third is 100gb partition i named "Windows" with working El Cap. The fourth took the remaining space and named it...

Hello, I have make a fresh installation of El Capitan and I try to restore my applications, files, Itunes music with time machine. If I do that directly with the Apple utility, I've a crash at reboot. I try to restore at the parameter screen just after the first step of installation...

Hello you all! This is my very first post here, so first of all I'd like to say many thanks to the community, which made it possible for me to make my first successful Hackintosh! Now, my question is, I was using the OS X Yosemite (Unibeast/Multibeast/Chimera method), and now I've done a clean...