Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580

[CaseySJ]

Wow. You are really stuck on this. Yes, there is a glitch. Its the time to do that versus booting a bootable disk. I already went through a scenario. What more do you want?

Read it again please.

 

[mm2margaret]

Read it again please.

??? Okay, I'm done.

 

[CaseySJ]

Hey planning upgrade to Monterey macos. Have same build, any tips or warnings before that?
Also, is there any information about RX 6600 XT GPU support on new OS?
What model identifier is best to use? Currently on Big Sur I use iMac20,2
By the way, I saw that Intel WiFi card support got better, does this offers native Wi-Fi on board activity?

Some words of caution:

• Make a full bootable backup! No excuses.
• If Big Sur is installed on a Samsung NVME SSD, consider delaying the upgrade to Monterey because your boot times could increase by a couple of minutes.
• Intel I-225V 2.5GbE port does not work in Monterey. The other Ethernet port is okay.
• No support for AMD RX 6600XT.
• iMac20,2 is okay to use.
• If using Intel WiFi/Bluetooth it will be necessary to use new BlueToolFixup.kext. Click here for link.

 

[CaseySJ]

** Experiencing Slow Boot Times in Monterey? **​

Please try this and report your results:

• In Terminal, type:

log show --last boot | grep "trims took"

• Give it a few seconds to run then press CTRL-C to stop.
• Post the output.

Here's the result from my Z490 Vision D with release version of Monterey:

kernel: (apfs) spaceman_scan_free_blocks:3153: disk3 scan took 1.913441 s, trims took 1.786507 s
kernel: (apfs) spaceman_scan_free_blocks:3153: disk2 scan took 2.299866 s, trims took 2.262432 s

Note that both operations took less than 3 seconds.

 

[UtterDisbelief]

something like:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08291CB6J/?tag=tonymacx86-21

That's quite a cool device. I've seen them, considered one, but never taken the plunge. I guess if they do a sector-by-sector, bit-by-bit copy then even copy-protected files can be cloned disk to disk. True, this is something more likely to be useful for Optical Disks, but still ... Used as a back-up cloner, what a great idea. And if you have any spare hard-disks lying around (I have a few!) cheaper than paying for cloning software, long term.

 

[Feartech]

Yes, I have one like that but I'm guessing that there is something similar for SSDs now.

the one in the link does SSD's

 

[UtterDisbelief]

Yes, I have one like that but I'm guessing that there is something similar for SSDs now.

Stick the SSDs in adaptors? I have some 2.5" to 3.5" for SATA devices....

 

[Feartech]

That's quite a cool device. I've seen them, considered one, but never taken the plunge. I guess if they do a sector-by-sector, bit-by-bit copy then even copy-protected files can be cloned disk to disk. True, this is something more likely to be useful for Optical Disks, but still ... Used as a back-up cloner, what a great idea. And if you have any spare hard-disks lying around (I have a few!) cheaper than paying for cloning software, long term.

have never used one before, always used software, back in the day to copy FAT32 partitions was a bootable Ghost disk

 

[P1LGRIM]

the one in the link does SSD's

Stick the SSDs in adaptors? I have some 2.5" to 3.5" for SATA devices....

Yeah I do that with mine but I was thinking about M2 etc.

 

[UtterDisbelief]

have never used one before, always used software, back in the day to copy FAT32 partitions was a bootable Ghost disk

It's a well-worn path, isn't it? I use the free copy of Acronis that came with my earlier SSDs. It was originally Windows only but I have a Mac version too now. Got a more recent version with a Sabrent USB to SATA adaptor cable. Free again !