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@andyvand
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Can you give us some more info pls? which modules are necessary to boot (with a core i7 socket 1156 processor) · How can we enable P and C-states?
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 · AMD Phenom II X6 1090T · 16GB DDR3 1333 · Asus GTX-460 · OSX 10.6.7 · Chameleon build752 · Legacy Kernel 10.7.0 · If you want to use my kernel the same way as the nawcom one following boot arguments: · std_dyld=Yes arch=i386 -force64
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| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution I've worked hard together with the Chameleon team to make this possible. Big thanks go to Prasys for implementing the GMA GraphicsEnabler fix. I devised the solution for getting CI/QE/OpenGL on the GMA card I'm using now... I also fixed up… | 10.X Core | 407,228 reads 2010-02-12 · 41 notes |
| Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support The full package included, as usual. I've also added support for VIA (Nano) cpu's (the cpuid of those can be modified by a few rdmsr/wrmsr instructions). Furthermore I included the new SSE3 emulator as default (thanks for the person who… | 10.X Core | 165,733 reads 2011-08-10 · 291 notes |
| 10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download Nawcom has implemented support for newest cpu's. I updated the latest patch to include a custom dyld. The dyld has also been rebased for security purposes (patch for rebase included in patched/ld...) and has been pre-patched for sysenter… | 10.X Core | 109,368 reads 2011-01-15 · 169 notes |
| Snow Leopard xnu kernel test patch rapid share.com/files/285287767/xnu-1456.1.26-AnV_test.diff I can't compile it since I use Leopard and xcrun doesn't work under it. Could somebody please do a test build for me? NOTE: It could still contain a few errors or mistakes at this… | 10.X Core | 106,479 reads 2009-09-26 · 81 notes |
| Atheros AR9285 (0x002b168c) fix for Snow Leopard As you may know Apple was kind enough to fix the support for AR9285 WiFi card on 10.6.5 I will show you the easy way to make the driver load using DSDT and not touching the original kext: From within OS X install the new IO80211Family.kext… | 10.X Core | 102,890 reads 2010-10-17 · 18 notes |
| AnV XNU 9.8.0 V1.6 My new kernel has been built. Like indicated in some other posts the port was a breeze. Enjoy... Download including sources: rapid share.com/files/267686106/AnV-XNU-980-1.6.zip | 10.X Core | 95,354 reads 2009-08-15 · 43 notes |
| AnV XNU 9.8.0 V1.7 This is the latest (and probably last) kernel for Leopard. New features: - tsc up scaling (to scale to 1Ghz for slow cpu's, new fix) - improved faster power management functions - newly home built libstdc++.a for building dyld (should fix… | 10.X Core | 79,843 reads 2009-09-25 · 50 notes |
| AnV Qoopz based Darwin 10.2.0 kernel 32/64-bit No full on-the-fly cpuid patcher yet and not all of my patches have been implemented yet but I fixed it for generic 32/64-bit support... More to come... Really big thanks go to Qoopz and he might want the code mods. Note: 64-bit mods are… | 10.X Core | 73,341 reads 2009-12-30 · 51 notes |
| AnV XNU 9.7.0 V1.5 I recently had a lot to do with my life so... no time… But now I've found the time for the new and improved AnV kernel with extra good memory management and Core i7 optimizations. Enjoy... Download for the new version (including source):… | 10.X Core | 65,248 reads 2009-07-02 · 51 notes |
| New bootloader for Lion and before made by cparm and me This is a new bootloader for Lion and older that has all the functionality possible with a modular system. Put the modules in /Extra/Modules in order to enable them to load. I use only the ones that I really need. This can also boot Lion… | 10.X Core | 63,402 reads 2011-05-23 · 72 notes |
| Legacy kernel 10.4.0 updated I finished the modifications to the kernel. It now builds for both 32/64bit easily. The patch is also here, as well as the binaries Update: I fixed the patcher and updated it to be able to recognize any Intel instruction. Since we don't… | 10.X Core | 61,378 reads 2010-09-14 · 85 notes |
| Legacy kernel 10.7.0 with custom dyld (now also with atom patch) I updated the sources so that dyld builds with Xcode 4. This fixed the issue of Finder / SystemUIServer crashing with the custom dyld. /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs still needs to be packed with upx though. Also some apps that use… | 10.X Core | 59,085 reads 2011-04-12 · 71 notes |
| Qoopz AnV xnu 10.4.0 Rel4 I have recently begun rewriting the patcher (again), it should now work. I've also modified the segment loading code (custom for non-encrypted on AMD, stock routines on Intel) The dyld which got built in is a stock Apple dyld with sysenter… | 10.X Core | 41,686 reads 2010-08-18 · 69 notes |
| Lion+Snow bootloader and Lion DP2 atom 64bit kernel We've worked hard on making a non-double faulting bootloader (the credits go to cparm for this). I've constructed a PC EFI 10.6 that will work on both Lion and older. It is no longer required to use the kernelcache (you can use also… | 10.X Core | 39,419 reads 2011-04-26 · 21 notes |
| 10.6.5 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD (32+64bit) This is the latest xnu release: - Supports everything the previous legacy kernel support + 64bit working kernel (Intel/AMD) thanks to Azimutz Download: rapid share.com/files/431601452/mach_kernel_10.5.0_legacy.zip Sources: rapid… | 10.X Core | 33,290 reads 2010-11-18 · 46 notes |
| ATI ATA Driver optimized for Snow Leopard I have rebuilt the ATI ATA driver so that it runs perfectly and without deprecation on Snow Leopard. Download including sources: rapid share.com/files/293932720/AppleATIATA-7.zip Enjoy... | 10.X Core | 33,131 reads 2009-10-16 · 11 notes |
| VoodooPS2 optimized for Snow Leopard, Leopard and Tiger I rebuilt (and slightly rewrote) VoodooPS2 for Snow Leopard, Leopard and Tiger. This does not need a nub so delete AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext before install (Don't delete on Tiger though). The nub is built directly into the VoodooPS2Controller.… | 10.X Core | 30,557 reads 2010-12-22 · 24 notes |
| 10.6.5 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD V2 (32+64bit) - Supports everything V1 supports + VMWare fix + mac model override fix (credits go to Nawcom) Download kernel: rapid share.com/files/433298253/legacy_kernel_10.6.5_V2.zip Download source diff: rapid… | 10.X Core | 29,006 reads 2010-11-26 · 35 notes |
| New ALC861-VD AppleHDA driver I was so annoyed by the fact that hdapatcher couldn't make a driver mod out of my codec dump that I created a custom one myself... The new driver supports: - Internal (built-in) microphone - External microphone - Internal (built-in)… | 10.X Core | 24,942 reads 2009-04-28 · 10 notes |
| AnV AppleSMBIOS Version 10 (X) based on AppleSMBIOS-33 My latest AppleSMBIOS that can fully spoof Mac identification and even fool Geekbench. Get binaries and sources from: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=129930 They are for Mac OS X 10.5.6... | 10.X Core | 23,672 reads 2009-04-26 · 20 notes |
| AnV AppleSMBIOS-38 Just like it says the new version of AppleSMBIOS for 10.5.7 Enjoy Download including sources: rapid share.com/files/265362698/AppleSMBIOS-38-AnV.zip | 10.X Core | 23,287 reads 2009-08-09 · 6 notes |
| Any USB Apple keyboard / mouse... I've made some new kexts that allow you to use Apple's AppleUSBHIDMouse.kext or AppleUSBHIDMouse.kext. All you need to do is replace 4x the USB Vendor and USB Device entries with the decimal value of your keyboard or mouse and install… | 10.X Core | 21,833 reads 2010-03-19 · 7 notes |
| My first earning doing OS X... I recently made a complete upgrade package with all improvements (kernel and kexts built specific for the system) and custom DSDT mods (added the custom Apple devices MCEH, PNLF and SMS0, HDEF fixes, and power button fixed) + EFI strings… | General | 20,644 reads 2009-05-02 · 20 notes |
| radeonFB for SL 32+64bit The rebuilt version of radeonFB for Snow Leopard. It includes sources. Download including sources: rapid share.com/files/414233296/radeonFB-Updated_SL.zip.html | 10.X Core | 20,433 reads 2010-08-21 · 14 notes |
| AMD sysenter trap patch (10.6.4) This will fully enable 32bits apps under 64bit mode on most Qoopz/Qoopz+AnV kernels. I have used maxxuss patcher to change the bytes (manual lookup + writing of patch). It also includes pre-patched binaries. Enjoy and let me know if it… | 10.X Core | 19,819 reads 2010-08-21 · 19 notes |
| Apple Shipping Drive DVD fix (DeviceMergeNub for Snow Leopard) I recently rewrote AppleUSBMergeNub for PCI linked devices. The injector can operate against any IOPCIDevice entered device and can function for lots of things. For fixing your DVD drive (to get it recognized in System Profiler as Apple… | 10.X Core | 17,872 reads 2010-11-24 · 9 notes |
| 10.3.0 Qoopz + AnV kernel rel3 I've finished the preliminary work on the new kernel (with on-the-fly patching). There are still 2 issues to be resolved: - The custom dyld doesn't work for all apps, if somebody could check my patch... If problems with it you can use the… | 10.X Core | 17,491 reads 2010-08-07 · 12 notes |
| PC EFI 10.5 AnV Style with major updates to the ACPI Patcher I have recently reworked PC EFI 10.5 so it can replace/add more tables (or drop them) They also have been updated with Apple data (identification set the same as real macs). The following ACPI tables can be added/replaced/dropped: DSDT… | 10.X Core | 16,880 reads 2009-12-25 · 16 notes |
| AppleNForceATA 1.0.4 Snow Leopard (32/64 bit) Same as AppleATIATA I made... It has no deprecation nor warnings and has correct dependencies for loading out in 32 and 64 bit mode. If the other drivers didn't work for you in 64 bit mode, try this one... Download including sources: rapid… | 10.X Core | 16,491 reads 2010-02-26 · 9 notes |
| AppleSMBIOS-38 for Snow Leopard My newest release of AppleSMBIOS for SL. Thanks to SaCleoCheater for recompiling the sources : Enjoy... Download including sources: rapid share.com/files/286270185/AppleSMBIOS-38-AnV-SnowLeopard.zip | 10.X Core | 16,262 reads 2009-09-28 · 9 notes |
| SuperVIAATA 1.0.3 AnV for Moutain Lion Tested it on my Packard Bell with VIA chipset and it works great (fast and stable). I changed the code so the deprecated functions are replaced with their better counterparts. Source is also included. Enjoy... NOTE: This can be rebuilt for… | 10.X Core | 15,422 reads 2012-12-03 · 2 notes |
| Callisto framebuffer for Snow Leopard I have adapted the Callisto framebuffer so that it works on Snow Leopard with the 32-bit kernel. Handy for ATI cards that aren't supported by the Apple ATI framebuffer (to get resolution support). Download: rapid… | 10.X Core | 14,998 reads 2009-10-16 · 9 notes |
| AppleUSBEHCI with legay fix for 10.6.5 (PCGenUSBEHCI for 10.6.5) I decided to make the PCGenUSBEHCI driver for 10.6.5. Install under /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ Download: rapid share.com/files/432517164/AppleUSBEHCI_legacy_10.6.5.kext.zip | 10.X Core | 14,746 reads 2010-11-22 · 3 notes |
| Get your UVC webcam working as Apple iSight (Universal Video Camera WebCam fix) Just edit the 3 vendorId and productId entries to match your webcam. Install the driver in /S/L/E. Reboot. You now have your UVC class webcam working as if it was an iSight... : NOTE: an UVC webcam is an Universal Video Camera webcam, it… | 10.X Core | 14,356 reads 2010-12-02 · 4 notes |
| Chameleon 2 RC4 with all AnV fixes I've added all of my previous fixes along with some new things: Added someone's USB Legacy Off patch (USBLegacyOff=Yes) Added Preferred Power Management override (PMProfile= ) Added restart fixing function for some computers… | 10.X Core | 14,145 reads 2010-01-31 · 12 notes |
| FakeSMC V2 Netkas has released FakeSMC V2 Get it from: http://netkas.org/?p=215 | 10.X Core | 13,840 reads 2009-09-26 · 13 notes |
| VoodooPower 1.2.3 for Snow Leopard 32/64bit I've remade VoodooPower 1.2.3 with my extensions for Snow Leopard. This one is 64bit fully ready. You may not use Disabler.kext with this installed or the kext will not be loaded. You also can not use this kext with vanilla kernels (it… | 10.X Core | 13,083 reads 2010-02-07 · 2 notes |
| PPF-O-Suite 4.4.2 for Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger, Panther and Windows I reworked the code in this old classic of mine. It now fully supports auto-opening binaries (by opening a .dmg, .iso, .bin, .ppf file and clicking the appropriate select button, it will then auto-link in through the Finder). The… | 10.X Core | 11,970 reads 2011-12-07 · 13 notes |
| USB3 capable IOUSBFamily (10.6.5, USB3 fix + legacy fix + errata fix + sleep fix) I rewrote IOUSBFamily to be capable to use USB3 devices at full speed. I also implemented the Orbyte legacy fix and the Slice errata fix + sleep fix (made sleep fix togleable in Info.plist of AppleUSBEHCI and AppleUSBOHCI). Download… | 10.X Core | 11,909 reads 2010-12-07 · 4 notes |
| AnV PPF-O-Suite V4.0.2 These are my self made utilities for applying and making PPF patches... They consist of: - PPF-O-Matic (utility for applying PPF patches) - PPF-O-Maker (utility for making PPF patches) - command line tools for applying and making PPF… | 10.X Core | 11,762 reads 2009-04-26 · 1 notes |
| VoodooHDA with prefPane optimized for Snow Leopard + Leopard + Tiger This one is the optimized warning free version... It is 32/64 bit optimized for SL. There are 2 versions present under build... The first (Release) is using the Voodoo clipping routines. The second (Release AppleClip) is using the clipping… | 10.X Core | 11,349 reads 2010-02-21 · 5 notes |
| USB Card Reader Apple Optimized Legacy Driver I have succeeded in making Apple's new driver for memory cards (since 10.6.5) working on any USB card reader (internal or external) Installation steps: first edit the plist and insert your card readers vendor and device id (where needed).… | 10.X Core | 11,211 reads 2010-11-13 · 7 notes |
| lspci-3.0.1 for SL Just as the topic says, lspci for Snow Leopard. I also fixed the device type issue, it works great now. Download including sources: rapid share.com/files/414233723/lspci_darwin_port_AnV_SRC_SL.zip.html | 10.X Core | 11,034 reads 2010-08-21 · 2 notes |
| Mac OS X 10.5.7 to be release this friday... According to some "super-secret Apple source"—who hopefully is not the Infinite Loop campus' building #5 janitor's brother in law who has a son working at the Minneapolis' Apple Store in—Mac OS 10.5.7 will be out this Friday. It'll bring… | 10.X Core | 9,711 reads 2009-05-07 · 15 notes |
| Chicony D150 driver for OS X This is for Chicony cameras like integrated in Acer Aspire One. Device ID: 0x04f2 For use in quicktime show your own video, open quicktime 7, activate video recording, wait till your image becomes visible, close quicktime 7, start… | 10.X Core | 9,215 reads 2010-02-25 · 5 notes |
| AnV ALC861VD Leopard / 32-bit Snow Leopard Fixed up version with external headphone autodetection. No more assertion errors with this release Download from: rapid share.com/files/299506671/AnV-ALC861VD-AppleHDA_Fixed.zip | 10.X Core | 9,071 reads 2009-10-29 · 1 notes |
| Various decompiled original Apple DSDT's and ioregs Get them from: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=152566 | 10.X Core | 8,938 reads 2009-04-26 · 12 notes |
| Broadcom BCM2045/2046 optimized legacy bluetooth driver (Uses Apple optimized driver) This legacy kext enables use of the optimized Broadcom bluetooth drivers instead of the standard generic one. You need to put your USB Bluetooth Vendor + Device ID inside the plist (3x) After this you just install it under /S/L/E. The… | 10.X Core | 8,285 reads 2010-11-05 · 2 notes |
| Mac .ioreg files with all info extracted A new bundle with lots of additions. The following models have been collected with acpi tables and smbios information (for some also device-properties): -iMac5,1 -iMac7,1 -iMac8,1 -iMac10,1 -iMac11,1 -iMac11,2 -MacBook1,1 -MacBook2,1… | 10.X Core | 8,164 reads 2011-05-25 · 9 notes |
| Direct kernel memory access kernel extension I recently made a kext that can completely dump out the kernel memory through a /dev/kmem device. You can get the kernel extensions & the sources from: rapid share.com/files/218537266/KernelMemoryAccess-1.0.1.zip I've used this for dumping… | 10.X Core | 7,831 reads 2009-05-10 · 11 notes |
| NVidia GTX460 (and similar) video drivers I hacked the installer slightly so that it will allow installation even on non-MacPro's. Use Chameleon 2 GraphicsEnabler to get your card fully working. This driver is for Snow Leopard (32+64bit). Tested it myself on an Asus notebook and… | 10.X Core | 7,766 reads 2010-12-02 · 3 notes |
| AnV IOPCIFamily 110 The latest IOPCIFamily with PCCard code applied Download including sources: rapid share.com/files/265364604/IOPCIFamily-110-AnV.zip | 10.X Core | 7,216 reads 2009-08-09 · 3 notes |
| FakeSMC 2.5 for Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger 10.4.11 I've remade FakeSMC so it can add a Fake Sudden Motion Sensor. I've also built a Tiger version (for 10.4.11, maybe some older ones too). Code for adding fake sudden motion sensor to DSDT: Add in the LPC device section (before Device (EC)… | 10.X Core | 7,128 reads 2010-02-09 · 1 notes |
| SimplyBurns 416 updated for Snow Leopard (Optimized version of SimplyBurns, 32+64bit) I rewrote the SimplyBurns project so it works optimized under Snow Leopard. So far it works quite well Update: I replaced the deprecated QTKit metadata functions with taglib-1.6.3 library. It now builds warning free and is capable of… | 10.X Core | 6,758 reads 2010-12-12 · 2 notes |
| Think differently... I just saw my mother's friend calculating the hours he did a month with a calculator on some papers... Since he is a trucker he needs to do this each month... I thought I'd help him a little... I've made for him the perfect calculation… | General | 6,517 reads 2009-05-07 · 7 notes |
| AnV IOUSBFamily-343.4.3 The new IOUSBFamily with EHCI Legacy support. Download including sources: rapid share.com/files/265366531/IOUSBFamily-343.4.3-AnV.zip | 10.X Core | 6,373 reads 2009-08-09 · 2 notes |
| DPCIManager 0.3 for Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard I've rebuilt and updated the sources of DPCIManger 0.2. It has apps for the 3 major versions of OS X. The built apps you can find in the build folder under the folder DPCIManager - Release (Snow Leopard) - Release Leopard - Release Tiger… | 10.X Core | 5,894 reads 2010-04-26 · 2 notes |
| IRKeyboardEmu optimized and fixed for Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard This is the new version of the Apple IR Remote emulator (needed for ATV etc...). The new version works also fine for Snow Leopard (32/64 bit). Credits go to the original author and me. Download Tiger: rapid… | 10.X Core | 5,529 reads 2010-03-21 · 5 notes |
| Mac startup sound app Copy this app into /Applications and add to your login items under the "accounts" preference pane to enjoy the Mac startup sound on login You can modify the app to play any .mp3 file renamed to StartupSound.mp3 and put under the apps… | 10.X Core | 5,191 reads 2010-09-01 · 2 notes |
| DeviceMergeNub for _DSM style injection (Injecting values into PCI devices with kext) This is an example of using the DeviceMergeNub for injection. The stock plist injects into an SMBus controller. In the case of the example it uses -Vendor ID: 0x8086 (Intel) with vendor-id -Device ID: 0x27da with device-id And it injects… | 10.X Core | 5,060 reads 2010-11-26 · 2 notes |
| Setting the preferred sleep mode hibernation or deep sleep (S4) / RAM sleep (S3) Set newer portable Macs' sleep mode by Rob Griffiths, Macworld.com The other day, I created a mixed text/video blog for the Mac911 column discussing the Safe Sleep feature on newer laptop Macs. Read the article for a more detailed… | 10.X Core | 5,049 reads 2010-02-21 · 1 notes |
| Video Hardware Info tool for Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard This tool will allow in a simple manner to check what version of OpenGL you have supported on your displays + Shading language and wether or not Quartz Extreme is supported. I redesigned this tool to also allow you to show display… | 10.X Core | 5,014 reads 2010-04-05 · 1 notes |
| Some new toys I bought myself a MacBookPro8,2 (MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011). It runs Lion fine. I tested my kernel on it and it works (so it's not the patches that are wrong). Apparently there is something missing for getting it to run on AMD (something… | Lion – Catalina | 4,715 reads 2011-12-12 · 2 notes |
| Patched AppleHDA for ATI SB450 HDEF audio needed... Does anybody have a patched AppleHDA.kext for an ATI SB450 HDEF audio controller (0x437b1002)? It is Realtek ALC861VD compatible (0x086210ec). I've tried Linux codec dumps but it doesn't add the nodes down in the Info.plist and thus the… | 10.X Core | 4,400 reads 2009-04-27 · 2 notes |
| AppleHDA Codec verbs decoding/analyse tool I created a little application to get all of the information out of AppleHDA verbs. You need to put the codec verbs into an empty text document and make sure that you don't add an enter at the end. You can separate the codec verbs by… | 10.X Core | 4,393 reads 2012-02-10 · 1 notes |
| Decoding tools for Mac OS X I decided to share my tools I use for generating the Mac information (from the .ioreg files) This package contains 3 tools for decoding data. -> iasl You know this one, allows decoding (and coding) of AML data. iasl -d .aml iasl -tc .dsl… | 10.X Core | 4,383 reads 2011-12-03 · 3 notes |
| FireWireMergeNub (FireWire device and classes injector) I have completed (upon request) also a FireWire injector. It functions in the same way as AppleUSBMergeNub or DeviceMergeNub. The default plist contains the class injector for DVD drives (can be modified to inject anything anywhere on any… | 10.X Core | 4,147 reads 2010-11-26 · 4 notes |
| New LaptopNeeds V2 Beta For all you laptop users out there... Has a lot of improvements since the last version... Get it from: *URL removed, link will be updated shortly! | 10.X Core | 4,070 reads 2009-04-30 · 2 notes |
| Updated Perian codec pack for SL This is a custom build of Perian optimized for SSE3 machines. It also uses the latest SVN build of ffmpeg I also included libebml 1.0 and libmatroska 1.0 (for better .mkv support) On my machine (low end atom N280) it even plays high def… | 10.X Core | 4,033 reads 2010-09-11 · 2 notes |
| AnyiPod for making any USB MP3 player an iPod This little driver will allow you to use your MP3 player as if it where an iPod. It works for most MP3 players... Follow the howto in the zip... Download: rapid share.com/files/369123046/AnyiPod.zip | 10.X Core | 4,031 reads 2010-03-28 · 3 notes |
| AnyUSBDVD driver (get your external USB drive recognized as Apple Shipping Drive) This driver enables you to fully utilise your USB DVD drive as Apple Shipping Drive. This also fixes DVD Player for computers without internal DVD drive. Installation howto: You need to get your vendor and device ID through System Profiler… | 10.X Core | 3,794 reads 2010-11-19 · 1 notes |
| Optimized version of Apple Chess (10.5.6) I've recently rebuilt Apple Chess for those people having problems with it... It still requires Quartz Extreme for it to work though but no more deprecation on Leopard + bugs fixed... Get the patches and installer from:… | 10.X Core | 3,716 reads 2009-04-26 · 1 notes |
| MobilePPF (PPF patcher for jailbroken iOS 3.1.3 or better devices) Use Cyberduck to install... Install MobilePPF.app under: /private/var/mobile/Applications as user mobile (default password is alpine). The 2 command line apps are for MobileTerminal and need to be installed under: /usr/bin as user root… | 10.X Core | 3,519 reads 2011-03-06 · 1 notes |
| Decrypted system files for 10.5.6 These are meant to speed up your system and eliminate need of decrypter... They also have the code signatures removed... Available for Intel and AMD in one package (by selecting during install). Get them from:… | 10.X Core | 3,263 reads 2009-04-26 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)
Direct links into threads where @andyvand contributed solutions & commentary
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| Lion with AMD “But still. I mean, we have Atom kernel for months now. Or is Atom easier because its Intel? A lot... because Atom can be done with a simple patch. The same can not be said for AMD. I tried many methods (and kernels) but I haven't got it to …” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-12-23 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Thanks! Good luck Thanks, I finished making the patches yesterday. Now some minor changes to the build scripts and I can upload the sources + built product (NOTE: I'm using Xcode 3.2.6 atm for building them, wastez will afterwards recompile…” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-08-24 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Much work involved in compiling the kernel? I have a MBP running Lion... also have a PC (amd proc) that I want to get Lion onto... Allready on it... I'm currently adapting the source patches of my latest kernel for Lion. Work is progressing…” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-08-23 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard “I have same system as you and had the same problem with the first hazard distro which worked fine on my other system with athlon x2 and sb600. I got sl installed om the phenom 2 x4 sb750 system using the hazard client server distro. try tha…” | 10.X Core | 2010-02-08 459,566 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “So if I am trying to use this with a GMA900 with device id [8086:2592] What do I do? I need to patch the GMA900 kext and add the old AppleIntelIntegratedFrambuffer.kext? or what? Yes, use one of the 0x25XX series inside it to swap it. Remem…” | 10.X Core | 2011-07-28 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “note 1: its GraphicsEnabler=Yes under kernel boot args note 2: get boot rel3 (from insanelymac, same topic)” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-03 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “Yes SleepEnabler.kext = present and my machine goes to sleep but after wake it just boots up and fails to recover sleepimage...” | 10.X Core | 2010-04-25 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “No idea since I still don't have sleep working on my machine either...” | 10.X Core | 2010-04-24 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “hmmm well it seems your fix works on 10.6.3 for me. Yeah but it is previous version. New version fixes some OpenGL issues...” | 10.X Core | 2010-04-21 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “New version available for 10.6.3 for these 2 cards: 0x27AE 0x27A2 Get first package too for new installers” | 10.X Core | 2010-04-21 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “I'll make a 10.6.3 version as soon as I have my laptop back... :-|” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-31 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “New version: This one also detects secondary display + auto patches (and it shows in System Profiler). It also fixes resolution support for 0x27AE8086/0x27A68086 thanks to the VBIOS ROM dump I made + code changes... Use RadeonPCI.kext and R…” | 10.X Core | 2010-03-01 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “Is it possible to add 0x2592 (GMA900/915) to it? I am still using Elliot's driver.. I tried to put Elliot and patched AppleIntegratedGMA into Extra (I even tried to add the 3 extra dependencies..) anyway that didn't work so I had to put it …” | 10.X Core | 2010-02-17 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “This fix also works for 0x27A28086. In this case you do everything but KEEP THE STOCK AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext and AppleIntelGMA950.kext” | 10.X Core | 2010-02-13 407,228 dossier reads |
| Intel GMA945 (0x27AE8086) resolution + CI/QE/OpenGL solution “Does this just allow us to replace GMA950 EFI String with GraphicsEnabler, or is it making it possible to work without bin-patching AppleIntelGMA950 & AppleIntegratedFramebuffer Kernel Extensions? EFI injection is done by GraphicsEnabler. B…” | 10.X Core | 2010-02-13 407,228 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “A propper manual/description of your works Andy would improve a lot. To my disapointment (for the better or worse) I must say I stopped checking out your developments, cos I am really left in the dark and only can figur some out when I read…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-06 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “I give up on getting any "proper" answers from you. I give up on trying to reply to you.” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-05 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “If you did modify the sources and know what you did, you wouldn't ask for patches, because you already have them It is for supplemental patches which someone claims to have... I would gladly check them and improve the IOUSBFamily if they re…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-05 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “"properly" First of all last release is more than proper... The technical questions about my port? Ask away... I've never seen any message directed at me with any questions nor have I ever received a mail stating any q's about it... My poin…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-05 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “yea i went to the google code web page but it there wasn't any info about it... it said the newest version was 9.5.0 not 9.6.0 Yeah I know... they still haven't completed their port to 9.6.0... I'll beat them to the punch too with 9.7.0 if …” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-02 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “Fortunately only once. OK then I doubt it is a kernel bug... It may just have been "bad luck"... Lets hope it doesn't happen again...” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-01 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “Works fine here, except I had kernel panic yesterday, after long time, but not sure what caused it, as both, Firefox and kernel was updated before that. Only Firefox was running and kernel panic error said it has something with the FF... Di…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-01 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “whats the benifets? is it like 9.6.0 Vanillia? does this mean we can boot retail? im very confused lol It's just like Voodoo but with improvements... For more info look at the download site...” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-01 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “Post links here when it's updated? Sure... next release will be for 10.5.7 though... I fixed up all of the major issues with the kernel so...” | 10.X Core | 2009-04-29 351,844 dossier reads |
| 9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo “Insanelymac What are the benefits of the new kernel? Working USB2, maybe? USB2 support has nothing to do with my kernel... BTW: this kernel is obsolete... The new one also has mac model override configurable and has a built-in decrypter... …” | 10.X Core | 2009-04-26 351,844 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “i could try it, to boot from external usb hdd, or usb stick.. if 2gb isn't enough then usd hdd will work, plenty of room there. 2 GB should suffise... (for small part) Probably needs to be set up as GUID with the same GUIDs as the AppleTV (…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-10 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “I think the plan is to build it into a pkg and add it to a Leopard DVD, to make a modified installer.. once its up and running that is.. How are the tests progressing? Any luck on making it boot properly?” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-09 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “Without further delay I announce: The AppleTV OS kernel... Get it from: rapid share.com/files/230399705/AppleTV_Kernel.zip” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-07 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “No it won't be... It is a Leopard kernel built for AppleTV (unlike the standard 792.XXX.XXX kernels for AppleTV) It will support also the newer kexts and run the rest perfectly... The other kexts will work (because of compatibility) and the…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-07 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “W00T.. Thankyou for doing this! OK... custom AppleTV dyld builds (i386 only...) The kernel is building as we speak... I think I'll have one very soon...” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-07 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “Making great progress here... Had to create a custom SDK to build dyld though... Work continues...” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-07 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “OK... I have got some free time on my hands and I'm starting to update the sources to create the proper kernel... Post after completion...” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-07 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “OK, I have a full system image (2.3.1) and restored to a designated partition. All ready to go lol to quote M$ fool Ballmer... Developers, developers, developers...” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-05 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “I would love to work on a project like this, but I severely lack the technical to know how to do it, I mean I know how Mac OS X works, fairly decent knowledge with UNIX and OSx86 in general... So, if anyone does want to work on this I would…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-04 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “If you think about making a custom AppleTV take2 OS for PC I'm willing to rebuild the kernel set for embedded AppleTV style parts... Mac OS X 10.4.11 install DVD I don't have anymore though so it will be hard to prelink the needed drivers i…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-04 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “Wasn't PC_EFI capable of booting tiger? Any EFI enabled booter should do... Chameleon V2 would work like a charm without any problems at all...” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-04 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “I'm using an Apple Remote by using an eHome-compatible IR receiver (f.e. from a Windows Media Center Remote) and the software mira. But that's something different. I know the IR Receiver Emulator Andy was talking of, it was neccessary to in…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-04 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “Wow, very indepth, thanks Andy.. seems a bit of a challenge then No idea AppleTV OS had so much protection... I forgot to add... The BackRow.framework binary also needs besides GUID of the disk the /dev/diskXsY replaced with the install par…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-04 229,460 dossier reads |
| Booting the AppleTV OS on a generic PC - Discussion “Right... the story is.. The AppleTV hardware is essentially a very low end Mac, it uses EFI. AppleTV software is basically Tiger (10.4.7 If I remember correctly) with a fancy GUI. I know you can install a replacement Finder or "Backrow.app"…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-04 229,460 dossier reads |
| Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support “I finished making the kernel patches yesterday. The code compiles well, now just some minor changes to the build script and we'll be on our way. I'll build the sources under Snow, upload sources and built product, then wastez can build it w…” | 10.X Core | 2011-08-24 165,733 dossier reads |