![]() If so, then I could install a fresh 10.9 on that, pull the 10.7.5 drive/install the 10.9 drive and pull the 7300 GT/install the GTX 560. Lastly, I have a USB swiss army knife tool kit that would let me mount a SATA drive hanging off USB from the MBA if I can install direct to it. Knowing the 7300 GT does not support Mavericks AND that my GTX 560 won't let me select a boot screen what is my best approach? Given the fact I'm running 10.7.5 will the USB stick I create using Tiamo's boot.efi file actually boot? Secondary, which of his two (that I've seen) boot.efis should I use? Should I create the USB stick on the 2013 MBA or download it to the MBA, transfer it over to mac pro 2,1 and build the USB stick there? I am confused on the following in particular: What is the easiest/fastest way to achieve a Mavericks install on the Mac Pro 2,1? ![]() I also have newish (Spring 2013) MacBook Air that is running the latest iteration of 10.8. I have a Mac Pro 2,1 -running 10.7.5- with 10GB RAM and both a 7300 GT card (which let's me pick my boot partition via the option key at start-up) and a EVGA GTX 560 that I intend to use once everything is set (it currently boots fine under 10.7.5 but, missing the proper macEFI it boots black until the login screen ). Most people interpret that and go “oh I don’t like the way Yosemite does things in the finder therefore I’d prefer to stick on Mavericks.” That is a complete misinterpretation of what the spirit of what that asterisk is meant to be which is to say that 99.9998% of people will be fine upgrading if their machine supports it how ever, there is a very small subset In 0.0002% of the population that doing an upgrade will severely break mission critical systems such as those involved with safety of life, health, or other things that really shouldn’t be toyed with.Okay for the past week I have been doing my best to read various posts and threads and get a complete grasp of what is the best approach for my specific situation after my first attempt at the USB Mavericks Install drive failed for reasons unknown. The asterisk is “only upgrade if it won’t adversely impact mission-critical apps such as those for safety of life, health, etc.”. However, there comes an a very prominent asterisk with that I don’t bother to tell most about because most people will take that asterisk and misinterpret it. Note that I encourage most people that if your device supports the latest and greatest to upgrade for security, stability, and usability reasons. I don’t know how Apple thought that forcing 64-bit on Mac and dropping all traces of 32 bit support would be even a viable option because some people (myself included) are “edge cases” and still rely on 32-bit software where the manufacturer either has gone out of business or is refusing to recode their app. I unfortunately cannot move to the latest 10.15 Catalina because of the fact that my medical support software requires me to run 32 bit only and the company that makes the software is no longer in existence. ![]() I have found installer images for Yosemite moving forward and intend to download them all and keep them on standby just in case. ![]() The reason I am asking this is for my own sake does anyone know where to obtain an installer image for OS X 10.9 Mavericks? The reason I ask this is because I had to sit through about a six hour download process over 4G using Internet recovery to get the Mac back to factory and wiped from the previous owner. Thankfully I know both people that previously owned it. This is a third hand Mac as I bought it off somebody who bought it off somebody else. I recently acquired a late 2013 MacBook Pro with the retina display. ![]()
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