Salutations!
I was given a MacBook to re-install without any type of Operating Disks. It was an exhausting and tiresome experience. Most of you have heard of my many complaints concerning Windows; well let me tell, you dealing with Apple is no walk in the park either but Apple are more tolerable in some aspects.
I am familiar with Apple products so that was part of the reason why I was chosen. My first obstacle was to acquire a Bootable medium. I downloaded an DVD image of Mac OS X Lion but I didn't know the standard DVD medium of 4.3GB would not work. The .dmg image stated 4.5Gb but when converted to an .iso image it was 6.7Gb.
I had to use a 8GB USB dive. After doing some research on the internet, I found a method on how to do convert a dmg file to iso.. For those who may interested this is the procedure:
commands used to write Mac OS disk to usb.//convert dmg file to img file
dmg2img -s -v
Mac_Os_X.dmg Macos.img
//rename it as iso
mv Macos.img Macos.iso
//format and copy files to usb drive
sudo dd bs=4M if=Macos.iso of=/dev/sdb
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To choose USB as Startup Disk, press '[Option]' button after the startup chime then choose USB disk icon.
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Mac_Os_X.dmg is the name I rename the original file I downloaded for clarity. Macos.img the name of the file I expanded to.
the last string of command formats, copies and makes the USB drive bootable in one go.
Having done this, I was able to install Mac OS X on the MacBook and get it up and running. However the majority of APPS on the App Store stated that they needed OS X 10.9 or later to run. I proceeded to erase and re-install a copy copy of OS X 10.9.5 (MAVERICKS) which was not easy to find.
I'm happy to say that with all the updates finished, it is working reasonably well. I can be tolerant with it to a certain degree.
- Connecting to my network was simple and easy.
- My docs done in LINUX was readable without any 3rd party process.
- HD Movies played without any type of blitter.
- Program execution was fast
- Some of my favorite LINUX programs have Mac counterparts.
My dislikes:
- As much as LateralGM works, ENIGMA crashes and I have no idea how to solve it.
- setting up Xcode to work even in Gamemaker is difficult as fuck.
- Every time I install a 3rd party program outside of the App Store, I must input my password.
- why the hell must i put in my password so many fucking times.
- No right click button on the mouse pad.
