[Guide] Installing 10.9 Mavericks on older Macs. -HackerWayne

TMRJIJ · Jul 22, 2014

srihari83 said:
Hi there, about the OS X 10.9/10.10 on X3100 card based systems, were you able to get the system up & running with graphics acceleration?? I have a vanilla proof of concept install with me, everything except graphics acceleration works.. the only 64bit kexts available for X3100 are officially compatible only with Snow Leopard 10.6.. user: RV-ABZ has been continuously saying it might not be possible to get these older gen cards (GMA 950, 965, X3100 etc) up & running on 64bit since newer OS has shifted to OpenGL framework..
MLforALL's been struggling himself to get it run stable.. could you please send me the 4 graphics kexts if you have it up & running with graphics acceleration.. Thanks!!

No Graphics Acceleration yet. I've been working with Wayne and MLforAll on this issue. The 10.6.2 kexts are the only ones with 64 bit support but it does help a little. If you want to help, contact MLforAll on Skype: kelian.dumarais. More people means more ideas and help.

srihari83 · Jul 23, 2014

TMRJIJ said:
No Graphics Acceleration yet. I've been working with Wayne and MLforAll on this issue. The 10.6.2 kexts are the only ones with 64 bit support but it does help a little. If you want to help, contact MLforAll on Skype: kelian.dumarais. More people means more ideas and help.

Have inboxed you.. please do read.. thanks for the reply!

TMRJIJ · Jul 24, 2014

OS X Yosemite on Unsupported Mac

Yep. Getting ready to dissect this OS X 10.10 Public Beta (14A299I). I will have a guide for GMA 950 and X3100 soon.

caliman · Jul 24, 2014

TMRJIJ said:
I've working with multiple Macbook early 2008 (X3100) for Mavericks and Yosemite. I don't want to post a full guide here but I can email you instructions.

I just sent you a PM... I also have an Early 2008. Would appreciate emailed instructions.

Thanks.

Ismelito · Jul 25, 2014

TMRJIJ said:
Yep. Getting ready to dissect this OS X 10.10 Public Beta (14A299I). I will have a guide for GMA 950 and X3100 soon.

Will the white iMac 24" users (Nvidia 7300GT) get a bit of love as well?

I'd love to use Mavericks or Yosemite on this old but beautiful Mac :/

TMRJIJ · Jul 25, 2014

Ismelito said:
Will the white iMac 24" users (Nvidia 7300GT) get a bit of love as well?
I'd love to use Mavericks or Yosemite on this old but beautiful Mac :/

Sure! I look in the it. Don't have working 64 bit iMac 24" kernels right now though.

Ismelito · Jul 26, 2014

TMRJIJ said:
Sure! I look in the it. Don't have working 64 bit iMac 24" kernels right now though.

If you need any help, I can provide you with anything you want!

Thanks for the effort :3

hermit · Jul 26, 2014

Has anyone successfully gotten Mavericks to run on MBA 1,1 ? I tried using SFOTT script but could not get the Mavericks USB to boot.

peic · Jul 26, 2014

TMRJIJ said:
Sure! I look in the it. Don't have working 64 bit iMac 24" kernels right now though.

I have a MB late 2007 X3100 4GB RAM on Lion and it's super slow.... Do you think it would get better with a new fresh Mavericks ? If so please send me the instructions

bobobobo · Jul 27, 2014

TMRJIJ said:
Yep. Getting ready to dissect this OS X 10.10 Public Beta (14A299I). I will have a guide for GMA 950 and X3100 soon.

WAIT for your guide
May b my MACBOOK 2007 GMA950 can reborn wth OSX10.10

amitkottur · Jul 27, 2014

OS X Yosemite on unsupported MacBook

Yes, even I am looking forward to getting instructions. Let me know how to contact you for the necessary information.

TMRJIJ said:
Yep. Getting ready to dissect this OS X 10.10 Public Beta (14A299I). I will have a guide for GMA 950 and X3100 soon.

128kmacintosh · Jul 27, 2014

installing mavericks on mac pro 1.1

Hey everyone , I am having trouble installing mavericks on my 1.1.
I upgraded to 3.0ghz 8 core
got 10gb memory
an ATI 5770 hd card
and when I reboot with the USB drive in I get the apple screen with the
circle circle circle circle ...
and that goes on for a really long time
Actually, I don't see anything happening apart of the circle.
does it take more than 20 mins to process and then start?
I downloaded the Mavericks version from the app store on my macbook pro and installed on the USB via the SFOTT tool.

mrazevedo · Jul 28, 2014

caliman said:
I just sent you a PM... I also have an Early 2008. Would appreciate emailed instructions.

Thanks.

Please I have MacBook2,1 - MB21.00A5.B07.
Please send me a GUIDE too, to install Mavericks on it.

thanks a lot. :apple:

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Hi.
Anyone help.

Please I have MacBook2,1 - MB21.00A5.B07.

Please send me a FULL GUIDE to install Mavericks on it.

Thanks a lot.

Now I am using Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8.4 MLPostFactor V 0.3) :apple:

mrazevedo · Jul 28, 2014

hackerwayne said:
We'll be downloading it first hand and get it tested out - From HackerWayne & MLForAll (MLPostFactor)

What we know so far.

- Won't work with anything that doesn't run Mountain Lion.
- EFI64 only, just like 10.8.
- 64-bit support for older Macs (that currently runs MLPFv0.3) is not going to be easy as many things has changed.

SUCCESS!!! Maverick on old 2006 iMac!! Pics up later.

Got it working on X3100 based MacBooks too. Tons of issues. Bugs and glitches everywhere and graphics doesn't quite work yet. Its gonna be like how MLPF started at first. So be patient.

Hi.

Please I have MacBook2,1 - MB21.00A5.B07.

Please send me a FULL GUIDE to install Mavericks on it.

Thanks a lot.

Now I am using Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8.4 MLPostFactor V 0.3)

srihari83 · Jul 28, 2014

mrazevedo said:
Hi.

Please I have MacBook2,1 - MB21.00A5.B07.

Please send me a FULL GUIDE to install Mavericks on it.

Thanks a lot.

Now I am using Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8.4 MLPostFactor V 0.3)

@mrazevedo: Check these posts, the guide in the 2nd link one worked like a charm on my MB 3.1.. but still no graphics acceleration, everything else works though.. it'll just be a proof of principle attempt at this stage..
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18413581/

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18417489/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1661990/

You say you have ML 10.8.4 running on your MB2.1, do you have it running with proper graphics acceleration? ML like Mavericks & Yosemite also needs 64bit kexts for graphics acceleration.. MB2.1 has GMA950 card, right? If it's working on your system, could you please post the 64bit kexts??

mrazevedo · Jul 28, 2014

Hi.
I only need do use this(link) to install Mavericks on my Macbook 2.1?

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18417489/

Dear friend.

To install ML, I follow this GUIDE:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1325709/

mrazevedo · Jul 28, 2014

srihari83 said:
@mrazevedo: Check these posts, the guide in the 2nd link one worked like a charm on my MB 3.1.. but still no graphics acceleration, everything else works though.. it'll just be a proof of principle attempt at this stage..
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18413581/

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18417489/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1661990/

You say you have ML 10.8.4 running on your MB2.1, do you have it running with proper graphics acceleration? ML like Mavericks & Yosemite also needs 64bit kexts for graphics acceleration.. MB2.1 has GMA950 card, right? If it's working on your system, could you please post the 64bit kexts??

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I need OSInstall.mpkg right?

Is this it: http://www.hackintoshosx.com/files/file/172-osinstall-mbr-osinstall-mpkg-10-9-x/

I am not sure to do the guide you sent me now. I need to read again and understand the procedure.

Did you do it on Macbook 2.1?
Are there problem with ntel GMA 950 64 MB of Shared System Memory

I´m trying to discovery my boad-id... and I used this command: ioreg -lp IOService | grep board-id

But I don´t have asnwer..

128kmacintosh · Jul 28, 2014

Hey everyone , I am having trouble installing mavericks on my 1.1.
I upgraded to 3.0ghz 8 core
got 10gb memory
an ATI 5770 hd card
and when I reboot with the USB drive in I get the apple screen with the
circle circle circle circle ...
and that goes on for a really long time
Actually, I don't see anything happening apart of the circle.
does it take more than 20 mins to process and then start?
I downloaded the Mavericks version from the app store on my macbook pro and installed on the USB via the SFOTT tool.

atvusr · Jul 28, 2014

mrazevedo said:
I need OSInstall.mpkg right?

Modifying OSInstall.mpkg: extract with xar -x -f OSInstall.mpkg then add your Board-ID to the Distribution file and finally make a new OSInstall.mpkg: xar -c -f OSInstall.mpkg *

The command ioreg -lp IODeviceTree | grep board-id should display: | "board-id" = <"Mac-F4208CA9">

Better use the SFOTT App-Script to create a Install-Medium. Have a look at my Post regarding a Guide for installing Mavericks.

128kmacintosh · Jul 28, 2014

128kmacintosh said:
Hey everyone , I am having trouble installing mavericks on my 1.1.
I upgraded to 3.0ghz 8 core
got 10gb memory
an ATI 5770 hd card
and when I reboot with the USB drive in I get the apple screen with the
circle circle circle circle ...
and that goes on for a really long time
Actually, I don't see anything happening apart of the circle.
does it take more than 20 mins to process and then start?
I downloaded the Mavericks version from the app store on my macbook pro and installed on the USB via the SFOTT tool.

bump

mrazevedo · Jul 29, 2014

atvusr said:
Modifying OSInstall.mpkg: extract with xar -x -f OSInstall.mpkg then add your Board-ID to the Distribution file and finally make a new OSInstall.mpkg: xar -c -f OSInstall.mpkg *

The command ioreg -lp IODeviceTree | grep board-id should display: | "board-id" = <"Mac-F4208CA9">

Better use the SFOTT App-Script to create a Install-Medium. Have a look at my Post regarding a Guide for installing Mavericks.

Dear atvus.

If I understand well, wasting time installing the Mavericks in my MacBook2, 1 - MB21.00A5.B07, is a waste of time. Right?

It will not be good. Is that right?

That's because my video card will not work well.

airborner · Jul 29, 2014

srihari83 said:
@mrazevedo: Check these posts, the guide in the 2nd link one worked like a charm on my MB 3.1.. but still no graphics acceleration, everything else works though.. it'll just be a proof of principle attempt at this stage..
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18413581/

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18417489/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1661990/

You say you have ML 10.8.4 running on your MB2.1, do you have it running with proper graphics acceleration? ML like Mavericks & Yosemite also needs 64bit kexts for graphics acceleration.. MB2.1 has GMA950 card, right? If it's working on your system, could you please post the 64bit kexts??

Hi,

I happened to view your post. Recently, I've installed ML 10.8.4 (MLPF v0.3) on my black macbook 2.1 and everything is working beautifully, including proper graphics acceleration.

atvusr · Jul 29, 2014

mrazevedo said:
If I understand well, wasting time installing the Mavericks in my MacBook2,1 is a waste of time. Right?

It's basically possible to install Mavericks on a MacBook 2,1. You could use that for educational purposes or to see whats new and so on. But if you really want to work with it, it is at the moment no recommendable solution because of the lacking of appropriate graphics driver (64bit kexts). Maybe MacPostFactor could help if it is released sometime.

srihari83 · Jul 29, 2014

airborner said:
Hi,

I happened to view your post. Recently, I've installed ML 10.8.4 (MLPF v0.3) on my black macbook 2.1 and everything is working beautifully, including proper graphics acceleration.

Hi there, Thank you for the update!! Does your black MB 2.1 have GMA950 card or GMA X3100?? My MB 3.1 has X3100, so if you have an X3100 card, could you please post the graphics kexts?? I badly need an upgrade from 10.5.8 to atleast 10.8.. Thanks!!

srihari83 · Jul 29, 2014

mrazevedo said:
Dear atvus.

If I understand well, wasting time installing the Mavericks in my MacBook2, 1 - MB21.00A5.B07, is a waste of time. Right?

It will not be good. Is that right?

That's because my video card will not work well.

Yes, you might want to install Mavericks only as a curiosity at this stage.. can't yet use it as a fulltime OS on unsupported macs just yet.. older cards don't work at all & processor has to do all the graphics work, so overall experience is very slow.. the only 64bit kext for GMAs came with 10.6.2 beta & that too is pretty buggy.. so we gotto wait! .. good luck !

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