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[HOWTO] osx86 on a T60P 2623DDU OR X60S

Last post by Tedy1939 « Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:04 am
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by MaloventEvil » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:22 pm
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EDIT: INSTALL SCRIPT FOR T60P.

This is a guide for fully installing OS X on your T60P 2623DDU. I struggled with a few things but got everything...
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Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:04 am
Mavericks 10.9 on a T61(p)

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Working on a stable build... when I done with that, I'll write a guide for you guys :wink:

If anyone had a success please post your results here.
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Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh

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by sebileis » Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:31 pm

Hi all, I've been looking into Hackintoshing one of my ThinkPads and am wondering two things:
-What is the easiest ThinkPad to Hackintosh period...

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Install OSX 10.6 on T61（Is it possible in 2022?）

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by crackberrypie » Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:10 pm

Hi everyone.
I have an idle thinkpad T61 (Intel GMA X3100 only, without a dedicated graphics card). It has been more than 13 years since I got this...

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Sat Oct 08, 2022 9:27 am
OSX Sierra 10.12.3 on T61 (X3100) working

Last post by my03 « Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:38 pm
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by my03 » Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:36 pm

Hi,

Just wanted to share my trials and tribulations around getting OSX Sierra working on this old (but yet great) machine. I own three Thinkpads...

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Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:38 pm
Lenovo 330S is cheapest “Hackintosh” and faster than MacBook Air

Last post by crashnburn « Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:33 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:14 am

I just came across this interesting article:
At $339, Lenovo 330S is the cheapest “Hackintosh” yet is faster than the MacBook Air
Not my cup of tea...

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Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:33 pm
iPC (10.5.6) Guide for T60p (2007-CQ8) 1400x1050

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by bozilla » Mon May 25, 2009 1:52 pm

06-07-2009 - I noticed Superhai stopped supporting the GenericCPUPMControl program which I love so I updated it with changes from googlecode...

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Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:19 am
T420 Hackintosh Catalina Power Managment

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by thewezel » Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:39 pm

Hello,

I have a t420 (with nvidia graphics) that ive installed catalina on and I notice that i'm getting poor battery life. I have used dosdude1's...

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Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:39 pm
mac os on R61

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by Gosha2007 » Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:39 am

how to install mac os (any version) on ThinkPad R61. Answer please. Help me.

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Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:01 am
Best Mac Antivirus?

Last post by atagunov « Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:31 pm
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by Tatena » Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:30 am

Hi, Thinkpads,

I have two mac devices I would like to protect. We have Mac OS High Sierra on both. Reasonably healthy password habits.

I have read...

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Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:31 pm
OS X on my SL410k

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by thealphaoverseer » Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:57 am

Hi everyone,
Just for fun, I want to partition my drive to have Mac OS and Windows 10 - is this possible? Would Catalina be faster than WIn 10? How...

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Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:25 am
Intel got one in the goolies from Apple...

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by RealBlackStuff » Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:50 am

Apple to move Mac to Arm CPUs

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Wed Jun 10, 2020 12:20 am
Fan control under Catalina with T440p

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by marras » Sat May 30, 2020 10:35 am

Hi, in my t440p I've successfully installed MacOs Catalina, and it's a real pleasure to use. The only problem I've it's the bad fan speed management,...

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Last post by marras
Sat May 30, 2020 10:35 am
10.6.X on X60/T60/X61 (CoreDuo, Core2Duo / GMA950, GMA3100)

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by Sebinouse » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:18 pm
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One post to summarize my installation method of 10.6.X on my X60t (based on Martin255's and Silencer's DSDT guides)

I'll try to keep this first post...
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Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:35 am
X240 & OS 10.14 Mojave questions

Last post by backlituser « Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:31 am
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by Whitieiii » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:34 am

I'm thinking of getting an X240 and want to know what's it take to run os 10.14 Mojave on one of these? i'm wanting to get one and try out 10.14 on...

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Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:31 am
X210 working graphics?

Last post by flyingfishfinger « Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:02 pm

by flyingfishfinger » Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:02 pm

Hey,
Has anyone tried turning an X210 into a Hackintosh successfully? I've gotten most things working on Mojave except for graphics.

I spent a few...

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Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:02 pm
WQHD MacOs scaling on t430s?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:59 am
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by moofish2842 » Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:55 pm

I currently have a t430s which I just finished the hackintosh process on. It currently has a 900p screen, but I am considering/planning to get a...

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Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:59 am
X280 with MACOS 10.15 Catalina - Success

Last post by moofish2842 « Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:51 am
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by Niteman1969 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:43 pm

Hi All just a quick one to let you know that I have successfully got it working on this beautiful little machine.
Everything works apart from...

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Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:51 am
Sierra/High Sierra on the x220/x230 with nitrocaster's FHD Mod

Last post by simpancz « Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:19 pm
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by jmill » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:57 pm

Hi guys,

Has anyone gotten a configuration to run Sierra/High Sierra (at this time 10.13.3) in conjunction with Nitrocaster's FHD mod? There is some...

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Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:19 pm
VGA Port Edid patch for mojave? (T440p)

Last post by ameeno « Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:29 am
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by ameeno » Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:32 pm

Hello Thinkpadders!

I Have a t440p with Mojave/Win10.

the vga port for external displays does not work.

Do you know how i might get it working? My...

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Last post by ameeno
Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:29 am
Thinkpad T430 Mojave, mostly working, some issues

Last post by GrifterGuru « Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:55 pm
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by rcrdlclr » Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:52 am

Specifications:
Processor: i5 3320M 2.6Ghz
Chipset: Mobile Intel QM77 Express
Graphics: Intel HD4000
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600
Hard drive: 256GB SSD...

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Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:55 pm
MacOS on M73 i7 T/C ??

Last post by GrifterGuru « Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:59 pm
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by GrifterGuru » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:23 am

As per the title really.

Given how enjoyable I find MacOS on my T420 and the need to have cross compatabilitu across my systems, is it possible to...

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Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:59 pm
[PICS][GUIDE] Install MacOS 10.14 Mojave

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by GrifterGuru » Fri Oct 12, 2018 6:56 pm
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Installing MacOS Mojave
Rev: 1.1 - 8/Apr/2019

WARNING : There are 60 images in this thread!

This guide was originally compiled for personal...
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Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:53 am
ThinkPad Keyboard with OS X

Last post by Viqsi « Sun Sep 02, 2018 9:06 am
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by ZaZ » Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:16 am

I have a 2014 Mac Mini running macOS Sierra and recently, I've been using my ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth keyboard with the Mini. For the most part it...

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Sun Sep 02, 2018 9:06 am
how do you backup your system?

Last post by Thinkpad4by3 « Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:37 pm
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by krahni » Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:20 pm

hi,
i am running osx el capitan and windows 10 on a 480gb kingston ssd on my x220 ...
what is the easiest way to backup the whole harddisk?
i tried...

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Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:37 pm
ThinkPad T61 Hackintosh | gma x3100 drivers problem

Last post by zod « Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:44 pm
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by antek2220 » Thu Dec 28, 2017 12:05 pm

Hello, I tried to install MAC OS X Yosemite on my ThinkPad, but I have big problem with graphics. Animations aren't smoth, resolution is 1024x768 not...

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Last post by zod
Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:44 pm
Mavericks on a Macbook with El Capitan?

Last post by automobus « Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:16 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sun Oct 15, 2017 2:31 pm

A friend of mine has an older Macbook with Mavericks and a newer Macbook that came with El Capitan.
She wants to run the music program Sibelius on...

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Last post by automobus
Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:16 pm
Yosemite on x220

Last post by Dawsey « Fri Oct 13, 2017 3:52 pm
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by mozso » Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:42 am
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Hello all Thinkpad and OS X enthusiasts

I have a working 10.9.5. on my x220 and would like to try out Yosemite also.
Can someone post a full step by...
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Last post by Dawsey
Fri Oct 13, 2017 3:52 pm
X230T, hackintosh, and coreboot

Last post by as.nielo « Sat Sep 30, 2017 2:24 pm
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by jlee » Sat Apr 01, 2017 3:59 pm

I have an x230T and would like to make a hackintosh out of it. If I flash the bios using coreboot and use the payload seabios to flush out the...

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Sat Sep 30, 2017 2:24 pm
10.10 on x220

Last post by Fusion « Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:51 pm
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by Whitieiii » Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:22 pm

does anybody have Osx 10.10 Yosemite on the x220? would love to install it on the x220 when I get an x230 but what is all needed? how is it? I got 4...

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Last post by Fusion
Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:51 pm
Yosemite 10.10 on X230

Last post by jrab66 « Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:21 am
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by gdemonta » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:43 pm

I have successfully installed Yosemite on my x230 using clover with UEFI method.
I have followed this tutorial to create a USB key and then install...

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Last post by jrab66
Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:21 am
x230 - Mountain Lion

Last post by goji « Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:43 pm
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by fraisdos125 » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:49 pm
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Processor 2.6GHz Intel Core i5-3320M
Memory 8GB, DDR3
USB 2 USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0
Chipset Intel HM77
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000
Audio Realtek AL269...
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Last post by goji
Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:43 pm
Lion Mac OS X 10.7 on Thinkpad X61

Last post by hackintoshmalang « Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:18 am
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by Anastasius » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:56 pm
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I installed Lion on my X61 7767 Tablet. Everything seems to work fine, except I didn't test some hardware yet (see below).
I already had 10.6.7 and...
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Last post by hackintoshmalang
Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:18 am
El Capitan on T61 nvidia possible

Last post by Fusion « Fri May 27, 2016 3:05 pm
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by miljoneir » Tue May 24, 2016 3:09 pm

Hello, I would like to give a heads up to show that osx 10.11 can run and work perfectly on our laptop. Sadly I don’t have time to write a decent...

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Last post by Fusion
Fri May 27, 2016 3:05 pm
howto add particular custom display resolution choices (and HiDPI)

Last post by automobus « Wed May 18, 2016 8:46 pm

by automobus » Wed May 18, 2016 8:46 pm

This information gleaned from tonymacx86.com Forum ( Adding/Using HiDPI custom resolutions ) and MacRumors Forums ( Scale 1680x1050 on rMB without an...

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Wed May 18, 2016 8:46 pm
OSX on W500

Last post by Fusion « Wed May 18, 2016 3:01 pm
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by sixstyle » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:54 pm

Does anyone have OSX running on the W500?

Could I get some tips?

thanks.

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Wed May 18, 2016 3:01 pm
What is the best choice for OS X on thinkpad ?

Last post by downlord « Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:37 am
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by jbmpark » Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:38 am

I want to buy a ThinkPad within 1200$ budget to run OS X on that.
Then, what is the best choice for me?

E560 is a good one?

And can I activate...

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Last post by downlord
Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:37 am
Yosemite on T61 and T61P development

Last post by crashnburn « Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:10 pm
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by JaavrOS » Tue Nov 04, 2014 12:22 am

I'm opening this discussion for development of Yosemite (Mac OS 10.10) on Thinkpad T61 and T61P. This is a continuation from .

This is my latest kit...

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Last post by crashnburn
Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:10 pm
OS for Thinkpad L530

Last post by masadeh85 « Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:42 pm

by masadeh85 » Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:42 pm

good evening guys ,

i need your help

i want to install OS on my thinkpad l530 ,

and can i have both OS and Windows on this , if i want to use...

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Last post by masadeh85
Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:42 pm
Audio kext X200s

Last post by delingren « Thu Nov 05, 2015 1:57 pm
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by cugia1991 » Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:43 am

Hey all guy,
i'm just install 10.9 on my X200s but i can't find audio kext for that.
i try ALC888, voodoovoodoo 2.8.4 but it doesn't work
my audio...

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Last post by delingren
Thu Nov 05, 2015 1:57 pm
did anyone try install OSX in X301

Last post by Radioguy « Sun Oct 25, 2015 9:32 pm
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by ronshc » Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:15 am

My Macbook is going to die soon, and now I am looking for a ultrapotable to replace my MB. After comparing with the Macbook Air and X301, I perfer...

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Last post by Radioguy
Sun Oct 25, 2015 9:32 pm
10.8.4 successfully installed on T60P

Last post by SimplyRyan « Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:30 pm
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by SimplyRyan » Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:34 pm

They said it couldn't be done!!! But after I successfully upgraded my daughter's late 2006 iMac5,1 to Mountain Lion 10.8.4 using HackerWayne's...

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Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:30 pm
Is it possible to install OS X on x201

Last post by gpetrowich « Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:39 pm
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by JoeGatz » Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:29 am

I am hearing mix answers due to the intel GMA. I just want to understand if it possible to due a x201 i5 520m

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Last post by gpetrowich
Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:39 pm
Trying SSD w/ Mac OS from gone MacPro on Thinkpad

Last post by linux4life « Sun May 10, 2015 8:38 am
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by Thinkpad_W520 » Wed May 06, 2015 10:04 pm

Hello,

I have a SSD made by Crucial, their M500 , which fits both my Thinkpad and Mac Pro desktop. My Mac Pro is now gone and I only have that SSD...

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Last post by linux4life
Sun May 10, 2015 8:38 am
Yosemite 10.10 thru 10.10.3 for Thinkcentre M57 USFF

Last post by DDinghoya « Mon May 04, 2015 12:06 am

by DDinghoya » Mon May 04, 2015 12:06 am

I want to share OSX information for M57 USFF !!! :)

* Machine : Thinkcentre M57 USFF

* Upgrade Parts
1. ATI HD 5450 512MB
2. 8188 CU Wireless USB...

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Last post by DDinghoya
Mon May 04, 2015 12:06 am
[HOWTO] Yosemite 10.10 on a T61

Last post by bd4utonite2 « Sat Apr 11, 2015 6:54 am
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by manuelthink » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:47 am

I would like to install yosemite on my t61 with NVS140M.

I saw many people using clover as a bootloader, but T61 is not UEFI, what are the...

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Last post by bd4utonite2
Sat Apr 11, 2015 6:54 am
Yosemite on T500

Last post by matsukan « Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:49 am

by matsukan » Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:49 am

Have any tried to install Yosemite to the T500 laptop ? :?:

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Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:49 am
Mavericks on X220

Last post by johnmcdonnell « Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:15 pm
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by manuforce » Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:38 am
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so I have a fully working 10.8.5 on x220 Thanks to this forum.

So Now I am trying to get 10.9 working as well.

Starting point:

X220 with...
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Last post by johnmcdonnell
Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:15 pm
Good annotation/note-taking apps for an x201 tablet hackintosh?

Last post by hackintosher « Mon Mar 09, 2015 7:59 pm

by hackintosher » Mon Mar 09, 2015 7:59 pm

I've got a working x201 hackintosh with a working tablet (after much DSDT-diving and installing TabletMagic). I'm so psyched to have a tablet...

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Last post by hackintosher
Mon Mar 09, 2015 7:59 pm
X201 tablet DSDT

Last post by guylhem « Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:31 pm

by guylhem » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:31 pm

Hello

Would anyone have a working X201 tablet DSDT?

What I've found has problem with sound, or runs too hot. Ideally, if the digitizer could also...

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Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:31 pm

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