Thank you for this @CaseySJ !!!*** Mini-Guide ***
Catalina/Big Sur: Configure Carbon Copy Cloner for One-Key Bootable Backup
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There's a gold mine of Mac rumors today! Lots of exciting details. Let's see what the new Intel-based Mac features. It may be an update to Mac Pro or a speed-bumped 27" iMac.Just read that there may be one last i9 Intel iMac coming. A stay of execution for our way?
Glad to hear it! But please see this:Thank you for this @CaseySJ !!!
This is GOLD! Just got it all set-up and it ran perfectly.
For any not using this yet and looking for solid back-ups, this is amazing.
Thanks so much to CaseySJ, @byteminer and any others who contribute.
For the USB Hub yes that's the one, the NZXT AC-IUSBH-M3. No issue with it so far, my internal USB layout is like this :
Not issue so far, all connected devices work as expected.
- Z390 Designare USB 2.0 header (F_USB)
- NZXT AC-IUSBH-M3
- Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge (USB 2.0 header)
- Fenvi FV-T919 (Bluetooth USB header)
- Corsair Commander Pro (for which I used this"UPS" fix, a band-aid solution but it works)
- Lightning Node Pro
- Unpopulated
I'm not, what would be the purpose of this ? I do however have an actual second monitor that is sometime plugged directly to the GPU but not at all time and it doesn't seem to make a difference.
My video output layout is like this :
- AMD Radeon VII
- DisplayPort Out 1
- Gigabyte Z390 Designare - DisplayPort In
- Gigabyte Z390 Designare - Thunderbolt Out (to use the onboard TB ports as video out if needed)
- Usually unpopulated, sometime connected to the Ultrafine 5k for testing (it works fine except it's in 4k)
- DisplayPort Out 2
- Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge - Mini-DP In 1
- Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge - Thunderbolt Out 1
- LG Ultrafine 5k
- DisplayPort Out 3
- Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge - Mini-DP In 2
- Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge - Thunderbolt Out 1
- LG Ultrafine 5k
- HDMI Out
- Usually unpopulated, sometime with a WQHD HDMI display as a second monitor.
Have you also added this kext to config.plist --> Kernel?... I put "CommanderProFix.kext" in EFI/OC/Kexts and updated the NVRAM boot parameters with "-revbeta".
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Hello @zk2004mb,...
After installation I have three boot option in my bios:
1. Old EFI USB
2. New installation USB with same EFI
3. SSD drive where the Big Sur was in, I put the same EFI folder into the EFI partition
I can only boot by #2. Both #1 and #3 will give me black screen with single blinking underscore before the opencore boot picker. The blinking underscore will show up right after I exit the bios menu.
Which firmware is flashed on the GC-Titan Ridge? Have you tried the DSM2 version that we recommend for Big Sur?The second problem which bothered me more was the LG Ultrafine 5K monitor. (I have a dual monitor set, one is DP based and another is the thunderbolt based LG) It worked perfectly with flashed titan ridge card before reinstallation. All I needed was booting into OSX first, reboot, and did a hot replug.
But now, things changed. For the first cold boot, both monitors lit up, like before. Then I reboot, the DP monitor lit up, LG monitor won't lit up but all the USB devices work. At this step, everything is the same. But when I replug the LG display trying to activate the monitor, I wouldn't be able to lit up the screen, and I also lost USB peripheral devices.
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Well that's embarrassingHave you also added this kext to config.plist --> Kernel?