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[solved] Unable to Install/Update Clover

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I tried to install Clover 4411 update but every time the machine boots up showing the previous version. I am pretty sure that the update was either not installed or installed to somewhere else. My laptop is a Dell XPS 15 9560 with 1 1TB NVMe SSD, with "diskutil list" commands showing the following:

Code:
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:           Windows Recovery                         471.9 MB   disk0s1
   2:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s2
   3:         Microsoft Reserved                         16.8 MB    disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         255.3 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Linux Swap                         16.4 GB    disk0s5
   6:           Linux Filesystem                         294.9 GB   disk0s6
   7:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         456.9 GB   disk0s7

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +456.9 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s7
   1:                APFS Volume OSX                     159.6 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 22.1 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1

I guess Clover installer was confused by the "synthesized" /dev/disk1 of APFS container. So it looks to install Clover into /dev/disk1 rather than the EFI partition of /dev/disk0. Any way to get around, e.g, a command line option instructs the installer to pick /dev/disk0?
 
I tried to install Clover 4411 update but every time the machine boots up showing the previous version. I am pretty sure that the update was either not installed or installed to somewhere else. My laptop is a Dell XPS 15 9560 with 1 1TB NVMe SSD, with "diskutil list" commands showing the following:

Code:
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:           Windows Recovery                         471.9 MB   disk0s1
   2:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s2
   3:         Microsoft Reserved                         16.8 MB    disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         255.3 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Linux Swap                         16.4 GB    disk0s5
   6:           Linux Filesystem                         294.9 GB   disk0s6
   7:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         456.9 GB   disk0s7

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +456.9 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s7
   1:                APFS Volume OSX                     159.6 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 22.1 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1

I guess Clover installer was confused by the "synthesized" /dev/disk1 of APFS container. So it looks to install Clover into /dev/disk1 rather than the EFI partition of /dev/disk0. Any way to get around, e.g, a command line option instructs the installer to pick /dev/disk0?

Make sure you install with the correct options (install for UEFI, to ESP...) in "Customize".
 
I tried to install Clover 4411 update but every time the machine boots up showing the previous version. I am pretty sure that the update was either not installed or installed to somewhere else. My laptop is a Dell XPS 15 9560 with 1 1TB NVMe SSD, with "diskutil list" commands showing the following:

Code:
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:           Windows Recovery                         471.9 MB   disk0s1
   2:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s2
   3:         Microsoft Reserved                         16.8 MB    disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         255.3 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Linux Swap                         16.4 GB    disk0s5
   6:           Linux Filesystem                         294.9 GB   disk0s6
   7:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         456.9 GB   disk0s7

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +456.9 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s7
   1:                APFS Volume OSX                     159.6 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 22.1 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1

I guess Clover installer was confused by the "synthesized" /dev/disk1 of APFS container. So it looks to install Clover into /dev/disk1 rather than the EFI partition of /dev/disk0. Any way to get around, e.g, a command line option instructs the installer to pick /dev/disk0?

Make sure you install with the correct options (install for UEFI, to ESP...) in "Customize".

Also, I recommend latest RehabMan Clover (latest sourceforge is likely broken in regards to finding EFI).
 
Make sure you install with the correct options (install for UEFI, to ESP...) in "Customize".

Also, I recommend latest RehabMan Clover (latest sourceforge is likely broken in regards to finding EFI).

Thanks much, Rehabman. You are right that the latest sourceforg does have the problem in finding EFI. I used your 4423 build and the Clover is updated.
 
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