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I installed Mavericks on my dell XPS 8300 three years ago and it has been running beautifully over these years. (However I was never able to upgrade it.) The experience was so good that I have been telling my wife I will buy the next mac mini as soon as it came out, unfortunately it never did. Now the original SSD was running out of space so I installed El Capitan on a new 500GB SSD yesterday. It was much easier then I expected.
I read the instructions here but did not use any file in the post.
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/success-idell-xps-8300-yosemite-10-10-4.168929/
I basically followed the generic unibeast guide on this site:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...pitan-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.172672/
For the BIOS settings:
At Unibeast Bootloader Options screen I picked Legacy Boot Mode
Installed Multibeast with Legacy boot mode and I did not add any custom options. (I believe here if you choose to patch the audio file, it will modify the AppleHDA.kext thus later you can't apply toleda's script successfully.)
The installation reboots and works except the Ethernet and Audio:
Overall the installation took less than an hour and half. I used OSX's migration tool to move data from my old SSD to the new one and it was a breeze.
I found this post very useful and recommend anyone who is new to El Capitan to read it.
Explaining OS X El Capitan Security Changes - Workarounds and Current Information
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...s-workarounds-and-current-information.170611/
My previous mavericks installation
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/success-idell-xps-8300-mavericks-10-9-fresh-install.118522/
I read the instructions here but did not use any file in the post.
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/success-idell-xps-8300-yosemite-10-10-4.168929/
I basically followed the generic unibeast guide on this site:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...pitan-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.172672/
For the BIOS settings:
- Hard Drive mode is set to AHCI.
- Disable Intel Speed Step
At Unibeast Bootloader Options screen I picked Legacy Boot Mode
Installed Multibeast with Legacy boot mode and I did not add any custom options. (I believe here if you choose to patch the audio file, it will modify the AppleHDA.kext thus later you can't apply toleda's script successfully.)
The installation reboots and works except the Ethernet and Audio:
- For the Ethernet, I installed the BCM5722D.kext (from my old maverick installation) using Kextbeast. (File attached)
- For the audio, followed instructions here: https://github.com/toleda/audio_CloverALC I got the prompt: "No Clover/Chameleon files, confirm Osmosis/other install (y/n):" and got confused a bit but I picked "Y" and it did the magic. Audio started working after reboot. However the audio is disabled the next time I reboot. So I went back and read the toleda's instructions again, then redid the steps. The key issues I learned from the process for me were: (1) Must have the native AppleHDA.kext; (2) Disable SIP (In Clover configurator, set csr-active-config to 0x3 and booterconfig to 0x28 in RtVariables; (3) Turn off all the ACPI/DSDT/Fixes in the Clover configuration. All these are mentioned in toleda's readme.
Overall the installation took less than an hour and half. I used OSX's migration tool to move data from my old SSD to the new one and it was a breeze.
I found this post very useful and recommend anyone who is new to El Capitan to read it.
Explaining OS X El Capitan Security Changes - Workarounds and Current Information
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...s-workarounds-and-current-information.170611/
My previous mavericks installation
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/success-idell-xps-8300-mavericks-10-9-fresh-install.118522/
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