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Mac OS X 10.4.10 AirPort bug undermines use of MacBook Pro on battery power, Andrew Conachey, Classic Mac Nostalgia, 2007.07.30. AirPort bug introduced with 10.4.10 update means MacBook Pro can’t access certain routers with encryption enabled while running from battery. 10.4.9 was fine. This software does not work anymore with this version of the operating system (or similar) So I installed a version of Mac OS X 10.6 (the one I got with my old iMac) and now it seems to work fine. Sometimes a few programs crash, and so I thought installing 10.6 wasn't the right way to go either.

In January 2007 I bought my first OS X device, a white 13.3-inch MacBook, running OS X 10.4 Tiger on a 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, having 1GB of RAM. Along the way I upgraded it to 2GB RAM and gave it a fantastic boost by replacing the HDD by an Intel 320 Series SSD. I also upgraded OS X to 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard and in the end to 10.7 Lion. At the same time YouTube started (2008) offering 720p HD videos. Now almost all videos are available in >720p format. What always frustrated me a bit is that this MacBook wasn’t 100% capable to show 720p YouTube videos. It was viewable, but with annoying frame-drop here and there.

Lately I stumbled upon this “Linux Sucks” YouTube video, which showed the enormous growth of elementary OS on distrowatch.com in the past years. I was interested. Normally I use Debian with i3 or sometimes Gnome3. But I was interested in this lightweight Ubuntu based OS to replace OS X on my MacBook.

I’d like to explain how I installed elementary OS on my MacBook including full disk encryption.

Creating a MacBook compatible bootable USB stick

First of all I downloaded the 32-bit ISO of the latest elementary OS release (Freya). To be able to boot this ISO from a USB stick on a MacBook, you have to create FAT32 formatted USB stick which contains an EFI/BOOT/ folder, with 2 files in there:

  • EFI/BOOT/bootIA32.efi (ISO-2-USB EFI-Booter for Mac, used ev–ery–where)
  • EFI/BOOT/boot.iso (renamed elementaryos-freya-i386.20150411.iso)

Installing elementary OS

Now you can boot from the USB stick. After a minute or 2 the live CD is started.

Start the installation by clicking the bottom-right CD icon and follow the wizard.

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When you get a question about unmounting /dev/sdb, just say “No”. /dev/sdb is your USB device. At the “Installation type” screen choose “Something else”.

The interesting part starts now. This screen shows the partition layout of the recognized devices. /dev/sda here is the internal harddrive. In my case it also says INTEL SSD at the bottom. Again ignore /dev/sdb, this is your USB device.

When OS X is installed you have a couple of partitions on the internal harddrive:

  • /dev/sda1: EFI partition, required for booting
  • /dev/sda2: HFS+ partition containing Mac OS X
  • /dev/sda3: An optional ~650MB recovery partition (since OS X 10.7 Lion)

Remove /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda3. Now create 2 new partitions on /dev/sda:

  • a 256MB ext2 partition, this will be the /boot partition
  • fill up the rest with a partition that will be used as “physical volume for encryption“

The installer tries to be smart now, by marking sda3_crypt to be formatted as ext4. Change this partition and configure it to not format it. After that “Quit” the installer.

We just quit the installer, because we want to create 3 partitions in the encrypted sda3_crypt for the root partition (/), swap partition and home partition (/home) using LVM2. This is not possible to configure this via the installer.

Open the terminal App. As you can see /dev/sda3 is encrypted and referred to as /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt. Now execute the pvcreate, vgcreate and lvcreate commands. We’ll create a 10GB root partition, 4GB swap partition and the rest is for the home partition. You’ll see it also created some device symlinks in /dev/mapper.

Now run through the installer once again. At the “Installation type” screen choose “Something else” once again.

Now you see that the installer sees the partitions we just created. Configure the partitions:

  • /dev/mapper/apple-home: btrfs partition mounted at /home
  • /dev/mapper/apple-root: ext4 partition mounted at /
  • /dev/mapper/apple-swap: swap partition
  • /dev/sda2: ext2 partition mounted at /boot

Continue clicking “Install Now” and click “Continue” to confirm to write the changes to disk.

Follow the wizard until it starts installing elementary OS and wait for a while.

It will fail to install the bootloader. Continue without a bootloader. After that the installation from the wizard is complete. Choose “Continue Testing” here.

Now we have to fix the bootloader manually. Open the Terminal App. Mount the required partitions and chroot into the new elementary OS installation. Install grub-efi-ia32 and run grub-install. Copy a grub.mo file to /boot/grub/locale/en.mo and run grub-mkconfig to generate the grub configuration.

To make the initial RAMdisk (/boot/initrd.img) aware that /dev/sda3 is an encrypted partition. Put the desired configuration in /etc/crypttab and update the initial RAMdisk.

You can now reboot the MacBook. The funny thing is that elementary OS is snappier then OS X on this MacBook. And it now plays 720p videos flawlessly. 😀

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MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo Processor Up to Four Times Faster Than PowerBook G4

MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO—January 10, 2006—Apple® today unveiled its new MacBook™ Pro notebook computer featuring the new Intel® Core™ Duo processor which delivers up to four times the performance of the PowerBook® G4. The new MacBook Pro, the first Mac notebook based on an Intel processor, features a stunning aluminum enclosure just one inch thin, weighs only 5.6 pounds, includes a built-in iSight™ video camera for video conferencing on-the-go, and the Apple Remote and Front Row™ software for a simple, intuitive and powerful way for users to enjoy their content wherever they go. The new MacBook Pro, available in February, also features Apple’s new patent-pending MagSafe™ magnetic power connector, designed especially for mobile users.
“MacBook Pro delivers dual-processor desktop performance in a thin, sleek notebook,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The new MacBook Pro, with its Intel Core Duo dual-core processor, delivers the performance of not just one, but two G5 processors in the world’s most stunning one inch thin design.”
MacBook Pro features the new Intel Core Duo processor which delivers dual-core performance in a breakthrough power-efficient design, making it ideal for use in MacBook Pro’s thin and lightweight design. MacBook Pro is up to four times faster than the product it replaces, the PowerBook G4, running industry standard benchmarks.*
Every new MacBook Pro comes with a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go using Apple’s award-winning iChat AV, or recording a video Podcast or iMovie® using iLife® '06. MacBook Pro also includes Photo Booth, Apple’s fun-to-use application that lets users take quick snapshots with the built-in iSight video camera, add entertaining visual effects and share their pictures with the touch of a button.
The new MacBook Pro is the first notebook to feature Apple’s breakthrough Front Row media experience and the Apple Remote, turning MacBook Pro into a portable theatre. Front Row gives customers a simple way to enjoy their content wherever they go—including songs from their iTunes® music library, photo slideshows from iPhoto, videos including TV shows, Podcasts, iMovies and DVDs, and popular movie trailers streamed from apple.com—all from up to 30 feet away.

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The new MacBook Pro also debuts Apple’s patent-pending MagSafe magnetic power connector, designed especially for mobile users. The MagSafe power connector makes charging the notebook’s battery easier than ever by magnetically coupling the power cord to the MacBook Pro. The MagSafe power connector safely disconnects from the notebook when there is strain on the power cord, helping to prevent the notebook from falling off its work surface when the power cord is inadvertently yanked.
The new MacBook Pro features a 67-percent brighter 15-inch display, which is now as bright as Apple’s Cinema Displays, and offers a completely new system architecture for faster performance, including a 667 MHz front-side bus that is four times as fast as the PowerBook G4 and 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB that is twice as fast as the PowerBook G4. Each MacBook Pro comes standard with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 PCI Express graphics, with either 128MB or 256MB of dedicated GDDR3 graphics memory. Each MacBook Pro includes built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), integrated AirPort Extreme 54 Mbps 802.11g WiFi wireless networking,** a scrolling TrackPad and Apple’s Sudden Motion Sensor that is designed to protect the hard drive in case of a fall.
The new MacBook Pro includes iLife '06, the next generation of Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new versions of iPhoto®, iMovie HD, iDVD®, GarageBand™ and introducing iWeb™, a new iLife application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. All the iLife '06 applications are Universal applications that run natively on the new Intel-based MacBook Pros for maximum performance.
Every new MacBook Pro comes with the latest release of the world’s most advanced operating system, Mac OS® X version 10.4.4 “Tiger” including Safari™, Mail, iCal®, iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth, running natively on Apple’s first Intel-based notebook. Mac OS X Tiger includes an innovative software translation technology called Rosetta that lets customers run most Mac OS X PowerPC applications seamlessly.***
Pricing & Availability
The new 15-inch MacBook Pro will be available in February through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Visitors to the Apple Store (www.apple.com) can pre-order MacBook Pro beginning today.
The 1.67 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US), includes:
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  • 15.4-inch widescreen 1440 x 900 LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
  • 1.67 GHz Intel Core Duo processor;
  • 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB;
  • 80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
  • a slot-load SuperDrive™ (DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
  • PCI Express-based ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
  • DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately);
  • built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • Gigabit Ethernet port;
  • built-in AirPort® Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
  • two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire® 400 port;
  • one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;
  • scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard;
  • the infrared Apple Remote;
  • 60 Watt hour lithium polymer battery; and
  • 85W AC power adapter with MagSafe magnetic power connector.

The 1.83 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US), includes:
  • 15.4-inch widescreen 1440 x 900 LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
  • 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor;
  • 1GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB;
  • 100GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
  • a slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
  • PCI Express-based ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
  • DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately);
  • built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • Gigabit Ethernet port;
  • built-in Airport Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
  • two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port;
  • one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;
  • scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard;
  • the infrared Apple Remote;
  • 60 Watt hour lithium polymer battery; and
  • 85W AC power adapter with MagSafe magnetic power connector.

Additional build-to-order options for the 15-inch MacBook Pro include the ability to upgrade to 120GB (5400 rpm) or 100GB (7200 rpm) hard drive, up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, Apple USB Modem, and the AppleCare Protection Plan.

    *Based on estimated results of industry-standard SPECint and SPECfp ratetests. SPEC® is a registered trademark of Standard Performance EvaluationCorporation (SPEC); see https://www.apple.com/macbookpro for more information.**Actual speed will vary based on range from the base station, environmental conditions and other factors.*** See https://www.apple.com/rosetta/ for information on Rosetta supported Apple software. Contact the manufacturer directly for 3rd party software.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store.
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