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@Taisto
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Lead Dossiers Authored by @Taisto (26)
453,483 cumulative reads on threads started by @Taisto
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Realtek HD Audio Drivers Anyone has those ? Drivers, or kext, whatever they`re called Could someone share them with me ? ( well, friend of mine installed Zeph AMD with the same card, but it doesn`t seem to be working : | Leopard 10.5 | 266,589 reads 2008-02-01 · 10 notes |
| October Desktops Well, june desktops topic got a little old...why don`t show your new desktop ? Here`s mine : | Software & Kexts | 23,621 reads 2008-09-14 · 23 notes |
| iPhone OS 3.0 & iPhone 3GS Well, probably many of you already know that, just want to notify those who missed it www.apple.com/iphone/preview-iphone-os/ iPhone 3.0 with : - Copy&Paste - Horizontal Keyboard - MMS - AdHoc WiFi - Spotlight - And over 100 new functions… | Hardware & Dev | 19,554 reads 2009-03-31 · 24 notes |
| Steam for Mac Platform Guys, The Steam app from Valve is up in open beta. http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/12/steam-for-mac-client-available-for-download-service-not-yet-active/ ( The article says it's not yet active, but it already is ) Here's the info. You can… | General | 17,893 reads 2010-05-12 · 13 notes |
| BenQ P52 Laptop Family BenQ P52 : If you think of Mac OS X, and have BenQ P52 laptop - you`re lucky, it`s 99% compatible in a very easy way So here`s your cheap - not so bad looking - MacBook Pro substitute. Actually the only thing that does not work ( at least… | 10.X Core | 13,416 reads 2009-02-11 · 22 notes |
| Windows 7 taskbar Have you seen new taskbar in Windows 7 ? Is it only me or it works just like dock in Mac OS X ? You can pin programs to it, open them ( opened ones get highlighted ), when we close them, they stay in the taskbar, of course we can unpin… | General | 11,821 reads 2008-12-23 · 12 notes |
| Booting screen - can we change it Like in the topic - can we change the booting screen in leopard ? I mean this white screen with grey apple logo while the system is booting up. If we can change it - does anyone know how ? | Software & Kexts | 11,482 reads 2008-10-12 · 13 notes |
| Mobility Radeon X1600 problems with 10.5.5 I wondered if i should ask here but why not - here goes. I`ve updated to 10.5.5 cause on 10.5.4 new Voodoo kernel shuts my laptop down randomly and i can`t really get my GFX working. I`ve noticed that after the installation EQ\CI and… | Leopard 10.5 | 9,904 reads 2008-12-13 · 7 notes |
| Cant see my HDD... Well, im trying to install Leo on my BenQ P52 Laptop but the installer can`t see my HDD..there`s only CD Drive in the DiskUtilities. I cant affo external drive right now so…if there`s anything i can do ? Or will the next relase help in… | Leopard 10.5 | 7,955 reads 2008-01-30 · 29 notes |
| QE & CI Working, but...not working I`ve got strange problem ( using Zeph. 10.5.2 on laptop with Mobility X1600, SB Chipset, Turion ) - managed to enable resolution, qe and ci - everything works on the desktop. i have acceleration, i can use spaces, expose etc. but i cant… | 10.X Core | 7,245 reads 2008-07-01 · 7 notes |
| Help with sleep - gfx doesn`t wake. Guys can anyone help me with fixing my sleep function ? It seems that both xnu kernels are working in this matter, system sleeps and wakes properly, i know this because i hear it`s working ( adium for example ) but after waking from sleep… | Leopard 10.5 | 6,748 reads 2008-10-15 · 14 notes |
| Psystar might be dead Groklaw reports on the early outcome of the Apple vs. Psystar case from a report filed on Friday. According to the court documents, Apple's motion for summary judgment on copyright infringement and DMCA violation is granted. ( extract from… | 10.X Core | 6,017 reads 2009-11-14 · 5 notes |
| Cooling up the system Just to gain some information - do you guys have ideas how to cool the system ? It`s quite good now, especially on idle state with things i`ve already done, but i`m wondering if there`s anything else i could try to lower the fans. New… | 10.X Core | 5,485 reads 2008-12-20 · 1 notes |
| Apple Hardware Test Error meaning. Guys, do you know, by any chance, what this error of MacBook's Apple Hardware Test might be related to ? That's the error : Failure Code: 4SNS/1/40000000: IN1R I know that it's probably logic board / sensors related, but i couldn't find… | General | 5,355 reads 2009-09-09 · 2 notes |
| Using DX9 Emulation with VMW Fusion Have you tried it ? On my OS it seems to be broken, since i can`t run any full 3d game using Windows XP on Fusion. I guess is it the Fusion software or my OS, hmm... Does it work for anyone ? | Software & Kexts | 4,068 reads 2008-07-28 · 3 notes |
| ATI Mobility problem... Tried everything, so far nothing has worked that`s why im posting this. So…Did anybody make ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 work ? Can somebody help me with this ? If it`s possible of course... - i`ll provide every needed information, just post… | Leopard 10.5 | 4,010 reads 2008-02-22 · 7 notes |
| Looking for ALC282 kexts. cant find them ANYwhere. Does any of you have them by any chance ? | Leopard 10.5 | 3,863 reads 2008-10-18 · 1 notes |
| MacBook Air clone from MSI Well, take a look at this one : egi elda.com.pl/images/news/5e1345af33856dfa0825e255f9e29f12.jpg they released 2 versions, 13,4" and 15,6", with C2D ULV processors etc. Prices from 699-999$. Well maybe it`s not a copy but it`s very… | General | 3,834 reads 2009-02-24 · 3 notes |
| Finder Crash ## Automatic notice to thread opener: If you post this kind of message into the News Category again, your Account will be disabled Got my Leo working. When i boot with -x it works perfect without wifi. But when i boot with -f ,i got wifi… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,625 reads 2008-02-02 · 4 notes |
| Problem with AppleMobileDevice.pkg Well, maybe some of you remember - i had problem with overheating after installing iTunes - i`ve finally found the reason. It starts to heat up after installation of AppleMobileDevice.pkg from the iTunes installer. Without it - it`s ok,… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,604 reads 2008-10-27 · 1 notes |
| Sleep Kernels guys - i know that some of you use working sleep kernels, i`ve tried many of them but nothing worked. If you have working amd kernel with sleep ( working sleep ) - could you please upload it for me ? I want to try all of them. | Leopard 10.5 | 3,210 reads 2008-09-14 · 1 notes |
| Disappearing boot.plist Well, it`s like in the topic. boot.plist disappeared from my hdd already twice, preventing system to boot. I`ve managed to fix it and it`s not very big deal but i`m just wondering - what could have caused it ? Especially that it`s the… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,935 reads 2009-02-03 · 1 notes |
| GFX Card doesn`t wake. maybe you can help me with that ? I`m using new StageXNU kernel 9.4.0, many ppl reported that sleep is working with this kernel - and it really does work, but...my laptop goes to sleep ok, when i wake it up - it works, i can tell because i… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,881 reads 2008-09-15 · 1 notes |
| Safari 4 Tabs Safari 4 Final is out. Everything is perfect, it works nice, has many new features but...looks like "old users" really did win this "battle" The "old tabs" have returned. Many of you guys will probably be happy with this - unfortunately i… | Software & Kexts | 2,834 reads 2009-06-09 · 6 notes |
| AirPort under -x mode ## Automatic notice to thread opener: If you post this kind of message into the News Category again, your Account will be disabled Is there a method to force Mac to load AirPort and Audio driver while loading -x mode ? I`ve got some… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,777 reads 2008-02-03 · 4 notes |
| Can we disable main display As in the topic - i`m using full hd external monitor on my laptop with 10.5.6 and i wonder if i can use only the external display ? I have the options to mirror displays, to extend, to use external as main desktop but i`m concerned if… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,757 reads 2009-01-16 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)
Direct links into threads where @Taisto contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “i'm having problems with reading NTFS partitions on another hdd.. i installed macFUSE and NTFS-3G and Paragon NTFS and none of those work. is there something i need to do first ? Bu what exactly happens ? Note that you shouldnt have install…” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-07 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Yeah, 22, unfortunately. Well...i`d suggest that you borrow an usb keyboard from friend for an hour, or buy the cheapest one to solve it. It`d be the easiest way. You could also try downloading the kext onto pendrive, boot into installer an…” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-01 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Well, easiest way is to use this : mac.soft pedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Kext-Helper.shtml You can also copy it manually but i`d suggest you to use the app.” | 10.X Core | 2009-02-28 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Try this thread. PS2 Keyboard Error If it doesnt help, look at insanelymac.com for ps2 kexts, there are about 3 different versions, one of them should work.” | 10.X Core | 2009-02-28 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Boot with -x so they won`t load, and remove them normally - browse to system/library/extensions with finder. Or boot with -s, if you can`t make any changes - write mount -uw / , browse to extension folder and remove them manually with rm co…” | 10.X Core | 2009-02-28 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Oh i see, it worked in LawlessPPC release, i thought they`re the same drivers. I`ll wait then - guess i don`t really need the dvd if i`ve noticed that it doesn`t work after few days” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-26 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “I`ve just noticed that my os doesn`t see my dvd drive - i remember that someone had the same problem but i can`t find it. Anyone knows what could be the reason ?” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-26 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “PPF2 didn't work on my SB600 chipset. Tried about every single setting in my BIOS possible. Mitch, try booting few times. It worked for mine sb600 but sometimes VIAATA doesn`t load - have no idea why. try to run installer few times.” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-25 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Reporting patching with the second PPF for SB600 works, installation goes very quick, and as for now - it`s working. Too early to say hurrah but 10.5.6 is working on my pc with no problems ( yet ). The only problem is that AppleACPIBatteryM…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-24 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Yeah, it`s most likely problem with chipset. I don`t have nForce though, i`ve ATI SB600 but i`ll give it a try. It hangs on the "root device" thing. have tried all possible ways from the topic with the root device problem but nothing helped…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-24 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “yeah, nothing works for me, i still don`t know how to make EFI for my Mobility Radeon X1600 - that`s why my pc can`t sleep. sorry for offtop guys -- got it, and well - still no 10.5.6 for me installer doesn`t even start, it hangs after 10-1…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-23 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Getting it now, hope my gfx kext will work with this” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-23 965,272 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “can anyone help me? Reading Your post - it seems that You actually boot using the vanilla kernel. Copy the test7 kernel to the / directory of the drive, set permissions, and during boot - write the kernel full name when prompted, to make su…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-11-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “Now, I'm having a different problem: here's a picture of it. Still waiting for root device is almost for sure a problem with Your chipset. You have to add proper kext with support for it.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-11-01 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “Boot into leopard, copy the mach_kernel.test7 file to Your 10.6 root folder, open terminal and set permissions : sudo chown -R 0:0 mach_kernel.test7 sudo chmod -R 755 mach_kernel.test7 Restart. While booting, press F8 if needed, and in prom…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-17 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “Infinitemac was originally OSX86-AMD scene only so... =) Anyway, about the problem - To be honest, i have no idea what could be the reason. Maybe Your downloaded image is broken. Try checking the MD5 - nothing else comes to my mind.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-16 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “Chipset and video kexts from Leopard work with Snow Leopard - at least with this method, using 32 bit mode. If You have chipset kexts working in Leo, they should work with Snow as well. So, give it a try =)” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-16 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “I have mbr partition so I have to restore it in order to change the OSInstal.mpkg. Hmm, how about going through the 10.5 install again and creating GUID partition table ? It has some advantages over MBR ( check Wiki ) and it would save You …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-16 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “I have that ready, but I can't restore the image to the empty drive. What's the error that it's giving ? Maybe You have to Verify the image ?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “Try converting the DMG to read/write ISO in Disk Utility. Dont know if it isn't protected against it, but it's worth a try.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “No problem mate. We all learn here. As for the internet - how do You connect ? Wifi, Eth ? Try disabling FireWire port, it sometimes makes it laggy. And check if it's slow just on Safari or every browser.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-13 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “@lemn - You have to add Your chipset support kext to the system before You can boot into it. If You had working leopard earlier - and have it now, cause You needed it - copy AppleVIA / AppleATA/VIAATA kexts from leopard Extension folder, to…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-13 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “glad to hear its work on your system... yes this is a 32 bit kernel only.. but you can try to boot kernel n kext in 64 bit mode (use -64_bit on boot arg) but is not working for me .. we have to wait for a new patched kernel to enable 64 bit…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-12 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “I guess this kernel is 32bit only right now, so no >4Gb yet. But i might be wrong.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-12 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “are u sure u have change the kernel.. the vanilla kernel make reboot om AMD. u can also use chameleon 2 rc 3 to replace the boot file. install chameleon2 rc 2 and change the boot file with rc3 Got it working. Now trying to win with the gfx …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-12 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “Tried it on my machine few times, but it never worked. Keeps rebooting after loading all kexts files.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-10 694,068 dossier reads |
| *Updated 11/12* DMG mounting issues Sandbox.kext/Seatbelt.kext “You`re actually trying to make a folder named "Seatbelt" inside the folder "Backup" which doesnt exist. Type : mkdir backup && mkdir backup/seatbelt this will do” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-26 334,965 dossier reads |
| iPC X-DL 10.5.6 Release “Should work on IDE aswell. It`s all case of kexts, but i think it`s SATA which sometimes doesnt work - think IDE mainly works.” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-04 274,027 dossier reads |
| iPC X-DL 10.5.6 Release “Yes it could be the trick. Get DVD-R and try it.” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-01 274,027 dossier reads |
| iPC X-DL 10.5.6 Release “Umm, a write-protected blank dvd seems a little strange. Maybe the disc is broken or something ? U sure that your rewriter can burn DL discs ?” | 10.X Core | 2009-02-24 274,027 dossier reads |
| iPC X-DL 10.5.6 Release “Pcwiz, does it include any changes from your beta release except new drivers etc. ? Cause your beta with ppf2 is running very well with everything from hardware supported etc, on my machine. so i dont know if there`s a need for me to change…” | 10.X Core | 2009-02-06 274,027 dossier reads |
| Realtek HD Audio Drivers “Oh well...can`t really find it. I guess injecting them all wont work ? I`ll try to look further ( it`s BenQ P52 - maybe someone knows model of it`s card ? )” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-01 266,589 dossier reads |
| 10.5.8 is out “Update went without problems here. 10.5.8 working with 9.6.0 kernel from Andy.” | 10.X Core | 2009-08-07 265,008 dossier reads |
| How Can I burn The MAC OS X distro to USB flash memory “If you want to boot from a CD/DVD you should use non-compressed image. If you cant boot from it after burning ISO image to the DVD - i would suggest you to burn it again, slower. It should boot so probably either your ISO is broken or the D…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-03-22 232,072 dossier reads |
| AMD Patcher 0.31 available to download “Hmm, i don`t really have much experience with it but - when i patch iTunes ( the newest one ) with ASU, it detects some cpuid`s and does the patching ( on the same file ) - while AMD Patcher doesnt detect any - anyway, it works in both case…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-08 230,773 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “i think it may work, at least it works with 10.5.4. anyway i wonder why some bugs appear on some cpus but do not show up on others...i`ve never seen division by zero problem or any errors. i`ve got only mouse-bug and sound stuttering” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-11 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “it`s not yet released right? is it possible to get this beta ? and what is the release date cause 8th was delayed” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-11 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “Sly55 can You explain what idlehalt=0 does ? Anyway, iTunes 8 is working for me at last, no heating after installing it and newest QuickTime, but i grabbed it from this forum ( someone posted pre-patched version ) so - maybe asu does`nt wor…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-09-14 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “There`s one of possible solutions that works on my laptop - do not install iTunes with Leopard. Use Lawless relase without it. I don`t have this problem anymore, but first time when i installed iTunes - problem came back, CPU was heating li…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-09-05 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “Ok, i unfortunately have to join you all here… My system : Benq p52 laptop with Turion 64X2 TL-52, 667Mhz Ram, Mobility Radeon X1600, SB Chipset. System works perfectly for about 2-3 hours. After that problems keep showing up. I experience …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-25 134,652 dossier reads |