- Joined
- Oct 22, 2015
- Messages
- 37
- Motherboard
- GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD7 TH
- CPU
- i7-4790K
- Graphics
- GTX 970
I have a confession. I built my hackintosh about 4 years ago and once I got everything working, I never updated it, stopped looking at hackintosh discussion forums, and over time, slowly forgot everything about how it works in terms of the EFI, clover bootloader, etc. I’m still running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 and I use Time Machine to backup my data. Luckily the computer still works well and I haven't run into issues, but I don't like feeling so ignorant and helpless about my system and want to remedy that. Here are my questions:
1. I know that Time Machine is only backing up my user data and not the part of the system that allows OS X to run on this hardware. What’s the easiest way to backup that part of the system? I recall using a USB stick with some sort of hidden EFI partition on it when I initially set it up? I still have that drive, but I don’t know for sure if the right files are still on there, or if my current configuration is saved on the usb stick. I guess I would plug in the USB stick and try to boot form it instead of the internal SSD?
2. I have a GTX 970 in the computer and I’m using nVidia’s drivers. From what I understand, nVidia never released updated drivers for this card that work with anything beyond OS X 10.10.5. I want to upgrade my GPU (because I dual boot Windows 10 for gaming), but am not sure if that’s possible without building a whole new hackintosh with a newer mac OS. What are my options here?
3. My version of clover has a christmas theme all year and I have no idea how to change it. Obviously I can continue living with it, but it is slightly annoying. Is it worth updating clover or am I just asking for trouble since the hackintosh is working properly? How would I even do that?
I'm hoping I can re-learn how all this stuff works so I don't feel so lost about my system just in case anything happens to the hardware or I want to make an upgrade. Thanks so much!
1. I know that Time Machine is only backing up my user data and not the part of the system that allows OS X to run on this hardware. What’s the easiest way to backup that part of the system? I recall using a USB stick with some sort of hidden EFI partition on it when I initially set it up? I still have that drive, but I don’t know for sure if the right files are still on there, or if my current configuration is saved on the usb stick. I guess I would plug in the USB stick and try to boot form it instead of the internal SSD?
2. I have a GTX 970 in the computer and I’m using nVidia’s drivers. From what I understand, nVidia never released updated drivers for this card that work with anything beyond OS X 10.10.5. I want to upgrade my GPU (because I dual boot Windows 10 for gaming), but am not sure if that’s possible without building a whole new hackintosh with a newer mac OS. What are my options here?
3. My version of clover has a christmas theme all year and I have no idea how to change it. Obviously I can continue living with it, but it is slightly annoying. Is it worth updating clover or am I just asking for trouble since the hackintosh is working properly? How would I even do that?
I'm hoping I can re-learn how all this stuff works so I don't feel so lost about my system just in case anything happens to the hardware or I want to make an upgrade. Thanks so much!