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    Open Core Legacy Patcher and Time Machine Restore

    OCLP 1.3.0 OSX Sonoma 14.2 Macbook Pro 13" early 2011 2TB Crucial SSD Using Open Core Legacy Patcher for a year. All works great except having trouble with Time Machine Restore The backup function of Time Machine works great. Issue: click "Browse Time Machine Backups" which opens the Time...
  2. mikew67

    Can't get beyond Mojave 14.0 on unsupported MBP 4,1

    Gentle folks: Have been a regular user of the work of DOSDUDE1 and others in support of running current versions of macOS on older unsupported Macs, specifically on my MacBook Pro 4,1 (early 2008). Have upgraded my macOS version through Sierra --> High Sierra --> Mojave 14.0, the last shortly...
  3. tellulah

    can I run el capitan on a mid 2017 imac?

    My trusty laptop finally died and I bought a mid 2017 imac which is running high sierra. My problem is that much of my software won't run on high sierra and I would like to either use the HD from the laptop (which has el capitan on it) as a start up disc or make a time machine back up of it and...
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    How to restore 10.12.x in VMware Fusion 10 using 10.13.2?

    I need to be able to restore a Time Machine backup of 10.12.x and 10.11.x so I can review the entire drive's data. I'd prefer to be able to do this using VMware Fusion 10 Pro to make things easier than having to do this to a hard disk or SSD drive. Current setup: 10.13.2 (High Sierra) on a...
  5. dstraigh

    Restore from Time Machine or Rebuild from Scratch?

    I've recently purchased a second 2015 MacBook Pro to replace my original 2015 MBP (which has a hardware issue). I have a Time Machine backup and, I'm sure, I could easily restore everything from my old laptop to the new laptop. But, now I have a competing idea. Would it be better to...