I have a mac Pro Desktop OSX Lion 2x 2.66 GHz Dual Core Intel Xeon and 16 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM running right now and I got a free software update to install OSX Mavericks and when I clicked on it to install it and it read that it couldnt be installed ? how can I get this free upgrade and install it on my MacPro? anybody come across this issue? please help. thanks
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Yours and mine are 1,1 models, the infamous EFI-32 and does not support 64-bit drivers and kernel mode. Snow Leopard+ are 64-bit mode only. The only way is non-Apple installer and boot loader tools.
so yes well known, it was two years ago when 10.8 came out.
Yours and mine are 1,1 models, the infamous EFI-32 and does not support 64-bit drivers and kernel mode. Snow Leopard+ are 64-bit mode only. The only way is non-Apple installer and boot loader tools.
so yes well known, it was two years ago when 10.8 came out.
So do you know how this can be done?
Do you ever use Google? it is not an approved method but there are forums and sites of course.
2006 Mac Pro upgraded and refreshed - 2 x Xeon 5355 + Mavericks - Macrumors forum is a good start. \
There is a complex set of hacks that can load the 64-bit firmware into Main RAM and execute it from there. It takes extra RAM, and you need to be a developer (or think like one) because it takes a bit of fiddling to get working, and especially to keep it working if you run into a problem.
This is unsupported software, and Apple will not help you with it if you get into a jam.
It has gotten easier and smoother, as complex as..... ?
there is support for the 2 or 3 methods, on 3rd party sites though
Why can't I upgrade to Mavericks when running OSX Lion ?
