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OS X Yosemite on Mac Pro 1,1/2 (or any 64 bit OS X)
posted by Greg Whynott on Jan. 5, 2015, 4:10 p.m. (6 days ago)
If you don't care or use mac's, bail now.


The original first few models of Mac Pro (1,1 and 2,1) had 32 bit EFI firmware which prevented you from installing the newer versions of OS X when they dropped the 32 bit kernel. Mountain Lion was last version which would install on these machines. This is silly of course as the entire machine excluding the EFI firmware is 64 bit capable.


The other day someone offered me one of these machines for the taking. I thought I'd install linux on it and turn it into a media server for home. Runes quiet enough to put in-behind the TV set and not be annoying.

Anyway - Poking around on the net I stumbled upon a guys web site who has a work around for this, so you can install the 64 bit versions of OS X onto these 32 bit EFI machines, breathing new life into them for some...

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1740775


The procedure is lengthy and I was debating if it was worth the effort for a media server, then I found a link (on that page) to a dmg file you can download of megadownloads which is ready to go. I copied the contents to a usb stick, popped it in and it installed without issue. Did a system upgrade without issue as well.


and there you have it.. this particular machine is a 8 core 3.0 GHz, with a SSD in for a system drive, it appears -almost- as snappy as my 3.2 Ghz i5 imac which is only a few months old, in the few minutes I have been playing with it. Not bad for a 7 or 8 year old machine.



-g






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If you don't care or use mac's, bail now.


The original first few models of Mac Pro (1,1 and 2,1) had 32 bit EFI firmware which prevented you from installing the newer versions of OS X when they dropped the 32 bit kernel. Mountain Lion was last version which would install on these machines. This is silly of course as the entire machine excluding the EFI firmware is 64 bit capable.


The other day someone offered me one of these machines for the taking. I thought I'd install linux on it and turn it into a media server for home. Runes quiet enough to put in-behind the TV set and not be annoying.

Anyway - Poking around on the net I stumbled upon a guys web site who has a work around for this, so you can install the 64 bit versions of OS X onto these 32 bit EFI machines, breathing new life into them for some...

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1740775


The procedure is lengthy and I was debating if it was worth the effort for a media server, then I found a link (on that page) to a dmg file you can download of megadownloads which is ready to go. I copied the contents to a usb stick, popped it in and it installed without issue. Did a system upgrade without issue as well.


and there you have it.. this particular machine is a 8 core 3.0 GHz, with a SSD in for a system drive, it appears -almost- as snappy as my 3.2 Ghz i5 imac which is only a few months old, in the few minutes I have been playing with it. Not bad for a 7 or 8 year old machine.



-g







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