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- Jan 1, 2012
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- Motherboard
- Acer Aspire E5-575G-53VG (laptop)
- CPU
- i5 6200U
- Graphics
- HD 520, Nvidia GeForce 940MX 1920x1080
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
I'm running macOS 10.12.6 currently, I plan to attempt updating to 10.13 after I get the dedicated GPU disabled. I haven't done so yet because editing the SSDT files seems pretty advanced and I'm pretty new to all of this, so I'll tackle that problem next. I wanted to ask if somebody knows what might be causing these problems though to start with? I listed them in order of importance.
I followed RehabMan's laptop guide and am referencing @jackharvest 's thread with a successful install with my model as well
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...spire-e5-575g-53vg-and-sierra-10-12-5.223055/
1. Strange issue installing Clover on my hard drive partition. It's missing the entire EFI folder and when I try to copy it from the flash drive version it looks like its loading the default Clover settings instead of the customized ones including proper screen resolution fix. Not sure if it's something simple I missed but I'm confused because from what I can tell I am installing it the same way I did to the flash drive. (Using Clover v2 from Source Forge)
SOLVED
2. Audio works with VooDooHDA but with headphones only one channel seems to work properly. It's missing vocals and full sound. Also microphone doesn't work. For more information, I initially used the VooDooHDA kext from RehabMan's guide, and got the same problem with headphones and NO sound from the speakers. Now I've installed VooDooHDA 2.8.8 (pkg) as recommended in jackharvest's thread which enables me to select speakers as an output which work fine, but I get the same issue with headphones. Also, it doesn't automatically switch when you plug in a headphone jack which is mildly annoying but not the issue.
3. Sometimes when I boot, external drives do not show up on the desktop or in the finder, however they are MOUNTED in Disk Utility and I can unmount, unplug, and re-mount and they still won't show up. I'm not entirely sure but it seems if I leave nothing in the USB 3 ports on boot this issue doesn't happen.
4. Trackpad drivers work (VoodooPS2Controller.kext) however I was wondering if there are better drivers available? It lacks customization, doesn't support two finger clicking or scrolling and has no gesture support. Not sure if gesture support is possible but it would be a godsend.
Thanks in advance to anyone able to help, I know you don't have to waste your time sharing your knowledge with strangers and I have a lot of respect for what you do.
See my diagnostic files attached.
I followed RehabMan's laptop guide and am referencing @jackharvest 's thread with a successful install with my model as well
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...spire-e5-575g-53vg-and-sierra-10-12-5.223055/
SOLVED
2. Audio works with VooDooHDA but with headphones only one channel seems to work properly. It's missing vocals and full sound. Also microphone doesn't work. For more information, I initially used the VooDooHDA kext from RehabMan's guide, and got the same problem with headphones and NO sound from the speakers. Now I've installed VooDooHDA 2.8.8 (pkg) as recommended in jackharvest's thread which enables me to select speakers as an output which work fine, but I get the same issue with headphones. Also, it doesn't automatically switch when you plug in a headphone jack which is mildly annoying but not the issue.
3. Sometimes when I boot, external drives do not show up on the desktop or in the finder, however they are MOUNTED in Disk Utility and I can unmount, unplug, and re-mount and they still won't show up. I'm not entirely sure but it seems if I leave nothing in the USB 3 ports on boot this issue doesn't happen.
4. Trackpad drivers work (VoodooPS2Controller.kext) however I was wondering if there are better drivers available? It lacks customization, doesn't support two finger clicking or scrolling and has no gesture support. Not sure if gesture support is possible but it would be a godsend.
Thanks in advance to anyone able to help, I know you don't have to waste your time sharing your knowledge with strangers and I have a lot of respect for what you do.
See my diagnostic files attached.
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