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Running OSX on Client Hyper-V on Windows 8

Last post by Jason404 « Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:28 pm

by Jason404 » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:28 pm

Has anybody managed or has any information/links regarding running OSX on Client Hyper-V, the high performance bare-metal hypervisor in Windows 8?...

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Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:28 pm
X220 Tablet Owners-A modified BIOS!

Last post by Klaymator14 « Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:00 pm
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by thinkpadinside » Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:07 pm

This may be useful for any X220 Tablet owners seeking to run Mac OS X Lion/Mountain lion on their hardware. i have patched the BIOS to disable...

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Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:00 pm
R61i Thinkpad Issues w/ Snow Leo

Last post by musashiz « Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:19 am
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by superorc » Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:37 pm

I have been able to install Snow Leopard on my Thinkpad R61i recently because I replaced the Intel 3965ABG Wifi card with an Apple Wifi card. I used...

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Last post by musashiz
Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:19 am
Which combo has best OSX support/easiest to install?

Last post by musashiz « Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:12 pm
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by EricMGB1974 » Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:36 am

Well, I have a copy of Snow Leopard on it's way and am ready to try to install it on one of my Thinkpads. I've looked over a number of different...

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Last post by musashiz
Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:12 pm
x230 ML with MBR partition "the clean way"

Last post by Klaymator14 « Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:32 pm
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by benjs » Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:34 am

I'll provide a step-by-step instruction to setup OS X 10.8 ML/mountain lion here.

Please bear in mind, that this is work in progress.

What I'm...

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Last post by Klaymator14
Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:32 pm
Anyone could upload a IOGraphicsFamily.kext of 10.6.7 ?

Last post by musashiz « Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:05 pm
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by castled » Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:40 pm

I updata my 10.6.8 today with the
and it stayed at white screen after reboot
I check it in windows, and found both IOGraphicsFamily.kext and...

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Last post by musashiz
Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:05 pm
Backlight, all resolutions and hot plug DVI/VGA for T60p

Last post by lvs1974 « Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:28 am
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by bgm » Wed May 11, 2011 2:15 pm

Finally got backlight, all resolutions and external monitor output/detection working on my QXGA T60p (v5200) with 10.6.7

Updated May 12 2011: Dual...

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Last post by lvs1974
Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:28 am
Lenovo T61-8897 w/10.7.5 Almost complete, Sleep of death.

Last post by musashiz « Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:03 am
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by Zcar » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:55 am

From my post @

I have to admit, A TON of reading this week, I'm not at the DSDT level yet, but maybe thats the last step?

I can sleep from Fn-F4,...

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Last post by musashiz
Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:03 am
10.6.3 on a T60p 8741-CU1, thanks to Silencer! Some issues..

Last post by musashiz « Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:21 am
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by retack » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:57 am

This laptop is great! I picked it up off craigslist for $150 somehow, all it needed was a new battery.

I went with the T60p files that Silencer said...

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Last post by musashiz
Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:21 am
Snow Leopard or Lion on Thinkpad X60 Tablet?

Last post by DocSmoke « Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:41 am

by DocSmoke » Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:41 am

I'm not new to Hackintosh, but I recently bought this (Thinkpad X60) and I feel the need to hackintosh it. Now, I'm looking to do a...

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Last post by DocSmoke
Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:41 am
T61 Lion Which Wifi card to buy

Last post by Zcar « Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:23 pm
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by Manxmann » Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:12 pm

Hi Folks,

First time post, I'm wondering if any of you clued up Thinkpad guys can point me in the right direction.

Using iBoot/Multibeast/xMove I...

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Last post by Zcar
Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:23 pm
NVidia 140M on a T61 - anyone got Lion working?

Last post by LonelyTV « Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:33 am
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by paul778 » Tue May 15, 2012 3:27 pm

Going around a little in circles. I've already installed Lion 10.7.3 on my desktop machine and am now trying to get it working on my old laptop....

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Last post by LonelyTV
Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:33 am
Thinkpad T400, iATKOS OSX Lion

Last post by glasgood « Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:31 am

by glasgood » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:31 am

Here is a downloadable guide that I have put together on how to install OSX Lion on your Thinkpad T400 using iATKOS disc.

You can also use...

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Last post by glasgood
Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:31 am
T60p 10.6.8 ATI v5250 on battery: screen turns blue

Last post by unbehagen « Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:34 pm
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by unbehagen » Sun May 06, 2012 11:15 am

I am currently really happy with my T60p running 10.6.8. Everything works including sleep thanks to this forum. There is one issue I cannot seem to...

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Last post by unbehagen
Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:34 pm
X61 7762 with Atheros AR5212 in Lion 10.7.5 | Not detected

Last post by jzhang18 « Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:09 pm
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by doc_gt7 » Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:04 pm

Hello everyone. First post, long time reader. I have an X61 7762 thinkpad that I installed Lion 10.7.5 on. Most everything works fine except for the...

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Last post by jzhang18
Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:09 pm
NVidia Optimus and OSX...

Last post by griven « Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:12 pm

by griven » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:12 pm

Not a Thinkpad, but i just got hands on an IdeaPad z360 with NVidia Optimus Technology on which I´d like to install OSX 10.7.X on.

The installation...

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Last post by griven
Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:12 pm
Question about SSD for Mac sorry Bill

Last post by houndkr « Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:50 pm
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by teladoy » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:17 pm

Excuse me for ask this but you are a community with a lot of knowledge.
I have finally been able to go back to mac full time and I am holding a very...

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Last post by houndkr
Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:50 pm
OSX Lion on T420

Last post by durmada « Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:44 am
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by Coilvect » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:43 am

Edit: Got it working after a couple of weeks if you want an elaborate guide please let me know. Im willing to help out the community.

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Last post by durmada
Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:44 am
SSDT.aml for i7 2640M to install 10.7.4 or ML on x220

Last post by miaumiau2 « Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:45 pm

by miaumiau2 » Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:45 pm

Hey folks,

Has anyone managed to get 10.7.4 power management working with a SSDT for the i7 2640m CPU?

I extracted the SSDT tables (5 in total) but...

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Last post by miaumiau2
Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:45 pm
XXX Tiger 10.4.11 on Thinkpad T42

Last post by DaKKS « Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:56 am
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by DaKKS » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:55 pm

I recently acquired T42 that was going to fix up my old T40, but it is in such good condition that i didn't have the heart to strip it. And by good,...

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Last post by DaKKS
Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:56 am
Thinkpad T61 Audio Problem

Last post by lanyo « Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:09 pm

by lanyo » Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:09 pm

Hi Everybody!

I have installed Lion 10.7.4 onto my T61 laptop. The functions that are the most important for me are working but I cannot make the...

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Last post by lanyo
Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:09 pm
Looking for help with QE/CI on T60p (ATI FireGL V5250)

Last post by thatcrazycommie « Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:57 pm
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by shstevens » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:54 pm

I used finetuned kexts (thank you very much by the way) - I have a (i think) very similar setup, but i am having trouble getting QE/CI working. I...

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Last post by thatcrazycommie
Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:57 pm
t60p, 8743CTO - anyone done this succesfully?

Last post by thatcrazycommie « Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:24 am

by thatcrazycommie » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:24 am

just curious if anyone's ever heard of a successful osx86 installation on the widescreen t60p (8743). i tried to do it once like five years ago when...

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Last post by thatcrazycommie
Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:24 am
os x on t430s

Last post by idoraemon « Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:31 am

by idoraemon » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:31 am

anyone interested in working on it or have a method/installed already????

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Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:31 am
Instant Linux, Win7x64, Mac OSX on Diff HDDs merge into SSD?

Last post by crashnburn « Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:31 am

by crashnburn » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:31 am

Instant Linux, Win7x64, Mac OSX on Diff HDDs merge into Multi boot config on one SSD?

I will hopefully get time to this kind of experiment after...

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Last post by crashnburn
Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:31 am
OSX on Thinkpad X1

Last post by pdwayne « Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:34 pm
Replies: 10
by kikendo » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:19 pm

Hello everyone,

After literally months of pulling my hair out trying to install OSX on my machine I am still pretty much at the same spot and I come...

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Last post by pdwayne
Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:34 pm
Lenovo X60 OSX combo update 10.6.8 installation failed

Last post by Sebinouse « Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:51 am
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by IXUS40 » Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:23 am

Hello at all,

I need help! I have an Lenovo X60 Laptop. I successful install iATKOS S3 Snow Leopard 10.6.3, but I have a problem with updateing....

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Last post by Sebinouse
Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:51 am
T60 CTO2008 (core2 ATI Graphics) OSX10.6.8 Resolution issues

Last post by griven « Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:25 pm

by griven » Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:25 pm

Hi Folks,

for now my Thinkpad runs great on OSX 10.6.8 almost everything works like expected (Wireless,Bluetooth,Speedstep,QE/CI,Sleep). I followed...

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Last post by griven
Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:25 pm
Opengl slow Motion issue?

Last post by norcimo « Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:19 am

by norcimo » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:19 am

Hi, for those who asked for my kexts, I'm setting up a fileshare, it will be there soon.

has anyone figure out the slow motion on opengl?

my old...

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Last post by norcimo
Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:19 am
Where should a newbie begin? Old mac (tiger) user with R51

Last post by crashnburn « Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:52 pm
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by writebunny » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:05 pm

Could you point me at what I should read about this please?

I've been a mac user for more than 15 years now. Due to hardware starting to seriously...

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Last post by crashnburn
Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:52 pm
Newbie question about kext files

Last post by SmoothRunnings « Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:36 pm

by SmoothRunnings » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:36 pm

I have a newbie question for kext files and seeing there was no direct forum on this site to post it I thought I would try here, if I am in the wrong...

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Last post by SmoothRunnings
Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:36 pm
EFI Strings

Last post by prggmr « Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:47 pm

by prggmr » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:47 pm

Hello,

I currently have a 14' T60 SXGA with vanilla OSX 10.6.8 ( thanks to Silencer )

I'm going to be moving the motherboard, keyboard, cpu, ram...

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Last post by prggmr
Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:47 pm
10.6.8 is the most problematic update yet

Last post by swinger « Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:34 pm
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by Silencer » Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:46 am

I've updated to 10.6.8 and found it to be very different from previous updates. Usually I had almost no problems after any of the previous updates...

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Last post by swinger
Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:34 pm
Need Help To Run Mac OS X Lion on Edge E320

Last post by isaac_ho « Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:52 am

by isaac_ho » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:52 am

Hi All Gurus,

I have a ThinkPad Edge E320 and want to run Mac OS X Lion on it. There is a lot of problem occurs after the installation.

ThinkPad...

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Last post by isaac_ho
Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:52 am
T61 - Bluetooth stopped working "Bluetooth: Not Available"

Last post by m4f1050 « Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:18 am
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by dave343 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:10 am

I have Lion installed on my T61 with everything working 100%, and yesterday I had the BT Magic Mouse connected, working awesome... until it stopped....

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Last post by m4f1050
Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:18 am
T61- No Trackpoint in Snow Leopard.

Last post by m4f1050 « Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:36 pm
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by mustangzach » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:00 am

Exactly as it sounds. I've tried installing Apple's PS2 drivers, and I've tried using VooDooPS2. I've even tried the plugin on these forums, with no...

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Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:36 pm
t61 built-in camera not working with LION

Last post by daillest319 « Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:13 am

by daillest319 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:13 am

I installed lion to my t61 but my built-in camera not working with photobooth or facetime. for example i would open the app and the camera light will...

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Last post by daillest319
Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:13 am
Lenovo t61 Help install AtKOS l2

Last post by daillest319 « Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:02 am
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by daillest319 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:55 am

what are the setting for installing iatkos l2 to the t61. Im' trying to install it this week im just not sure what setting to choose in customize?

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Last post by daillest319
Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:02 am
Thinkpad R61 spontaneous reboot while starting

Last post by davidgurvich « Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:49 pm

by davidgurvich » Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:49 pm

UPDATE: Posted solution in a different topic.

I've recently gotten 2 R61(8935-A47) in and wanted to practice installing OSX on these. The problem...

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Last post by davidgurvich
Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:49 pm
T61 QE X3100

Last post by mustangzach « Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:56 am
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by tictoc » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:11 am

Currently the T61 works great and according to some tests QE/CI is in fact running but it does not show up under About this MAC.
Screen savers work...

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Last post by mustangzach
Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:56 am
Issue with X3100 on T61 (Snow Leopard)

Last post by tictoc « Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:46 am
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by azn1art » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:01 pm

I managed to install Snow Leopard 10.6.6 via Hazard on my T61. Everything works fine. The only issue is that I don't have QE/CI. I tried using the...

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Last post by tictoc
Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:46 am
I'm not able to run in 32 bit mode in SL 10.6.8

Last post by Azoro « Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:58 pm
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by Azoro » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:55 am

Hi everyone, I have a T60 with a T2700, an advanced dock with an ATI4600 card running great, AsereBNL booter. Everything is running fine in SL...

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Last post by Azoro
Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:58 pm
OSX86 on a ThinkPad T420!

Last post by gothic860 « Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:41 am
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by mulletman13 » Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:57 am

Hey everyone,

Looking to see if anybody has attempted or has successfully been able to get osx86 up and running on the T420 with integrated Intel...

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Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:41 am
Run Lion from bootable external hard drive

Last post by rjstewart22 « Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:10 pm

by rjstewart22 » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:10 pm

Hi,
First,
let me say I am not very acquainted with the rules of forums or this one in particular so excuse me if I have violated any rules or...

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Last post by rjstewart22
Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:10 pm
T61 QE/CI. issues

Last post by tictoc « Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:35 pm

by tictoc » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:35 pm

Currently the T61 works great and according to some tests QE/CI is in fact running but it does not show up under About this MAC.
Screen savers work...

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Last post by tictoc
Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:35 pm
[DSDT W520] Battery cycle count 0

Last post by gothic860 « Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:49 pm
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by gothic860 » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:22 am

Hi everyone,

i get my Thinkpad W520 nearly 99% working, but i have a little cosmetic problem. I use AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext and iStats is show...

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Last post by gothic860
Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:49 pm
Please help: T61 running Snow Leopard - No DVI

Last post by Dysan911 « Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:57 pm

by Dysan911 » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:57 pm

Hi folks, I have a Lenovo T61. It's model 7661 A12. I have everything working flawlessly on it with OSX 10.6.3. I wanted to switch over to using it...

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Last post by Dysan911
Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:57 pm
Annoying buzzing noise on T60p

Last post by mihai « Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:33 pm
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by mihai » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:03 am

I have a T60p with 10.6.6(T7600/V5250 graphics). Almost everything works fine(except for sleep and wireless, which I've given up on) thanks to the...

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Last post by mihai
Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:33 pm
Ultranavi Driver based on VoodooPS2

Last post by juraj « Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:02 am
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by adidasprince » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:57 am

Hi all,

Like all of you, I want my TP's middle key scroll works. So I did some homework and made a driver about it. This driver also makes...

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Last post by juraj
Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:02 am
Specific model questions for OSx

Last post by DaWiseMouse « Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:39 pm

by DaWiseMouse » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:39 pm

Can I load OSx on any model? I have available to me the following model T60's, 2007-44U, 2007-46U, 2007-W1H, 2008-WN2
Will any of them work?/Better...

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Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:39 pm

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