Archive for December, 2008
512mb Sapphire 3870 driver
Just installed my shiny new 512mb Sapphire HD 3870 video card (p/n 100225L). Works very nicely! Simply unzip the hex file to the Video folder in your Uinstaller package and install. This method uses EFI Strings based on mitch_de’s release at InsanelyMac. I have a previous article on why the 3870 is better than the Quadro for Apple [...]
MSI Wind Package released
Got an MSI Wind? Try my BOOT-132 package: (for BIOS 1.0A)
Download here
Instructions here
A few notes:
I sold my wind; the keys were too small for my fingers. This will probably be the only package I release for the Wind.
This package doesn’t include the leaked Realtek drivers (I was using a 3rd-party Wifi card and didn’t need [...]
EFI-X Legal Discussion
Macintouch has a good review of the EFI-X chip on an EFI-X USA-supplied computer. At the end of the article, they have an excellent legal discussion covering the following points:
Is the EULA binding?
Product Tying
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
How do these issues affect the EFI-X USB Boot Module?
Personally, I don’t want to see OS X released for [...]
Apple Drobo
9to5 Mac is reporting that Apple is developing a Home Server with the following features:
MobileMe coupled with Dynamic DNS (Internet-accessible)
AFP file sharing for backups and file storage
iTunes sync (including sharing with iPod, iPhone, and AppleTV)
ARM-based hardware (not Leopard Server)
Plug in modem directly
Power saving features
RAID 5 option with multiple hard drives
I would buy this in a [...]
Sync your iTunes Libraries
How to sync your iTunes Libraries between multiple machines:
Buy Syncopation ($25, 5-computer license)
Install and configure on each Mac
Enjoy!
Syncopation from Sonzea automatically syncs your music between up to 5 Macs running iTunes (iTunes lets you authorize up to 5 machines for purchased music). It can sync Music, Movies, Podcasts, and TV Shows manually or automatically. It [...]
10.5.6 Status Update
Finally figured out my issue with the 10.5.6 update - my video card was causing the kernel panic at boot (modded Quadro FX 5600). My guess is that Apple put something in 10.5.6 that detects and disables video cards with modded ROMs. I’m sure we’ll find out more information as more people with modded cards [...]
Did Apple fail to copyright OS X?
Psystar seems to think so:
Mac clone manufacturer Psystar said that Apple’s copyright suit against it should be dismissed because Apple has never filed for copyright protection for its Mac OS X operating system with the U.S. Copyright Office, according to court papers.
Apple “is prohibited from bringing action against Psystar for the alleged infringement of one [...]
Mac vs PC
Awesome.
Virtualbox 2.1 released
Sun Microsystems has a freeware virtualization app called Virtualbox, which is similar to Parallels or VMware but without the pricetag. They’ve just updated their software to version 2.1, which adds the following features:
Support for Hardware Virtualization (VT-x & AMD-V)
Support for Nehalem virtualation enhancements (EPT & VPID)
Full VMDK/VHD support (including snapshots)
New NAT engine (better performance & [...]
How to fix Jailbreak on 10.5.6
volkspost over at the Hackin0sh forums has put together a nice little installer that replaces the 10.5.6 IOUSBCompositeDriver and AppleUSBHub kexts with 10.5.5 versions. Installation is simple:
Unzip the package to your Desktop (not your Downloads folder!)
Run the “Fix_DFU_10_5_6″ app
Click OK at the Readme
Type in your admin password
An “Updating Boot Caches” message will appear; don’t click OK [...]