Envy 4-1117nr

Dual Boot UEFI Windows 8.1 and Mavericks 10.9.4 Using Clover Bootloader

Make sure to run chameleon boot loader with NVRAM option to get the SystemId – then put it in the Clover config.plist for the iMessage and FaceTime to work. If not, you will get the “Validation code error”.        Dual boot installation on HP Envy 4-1115dx touchsmart ultrabook       I installed a dual

Create Mavericks 10.9.2 USB Boot and Installer With Windows 8 (No Mac)

2015-11-01 How to create El Capitan 10.11 USB installer Windows No Mac. Kernels_10.11, Kernels_10.11.1, config.plist sample, HFSPlus.efi, NTFS.efi. 09/20/2015 New way to create Yosemite 10.10.5 USB installer here. El Capitan 10.11 12/22/2014 A new version of tutorial is here – Now we only need 1 8GB USB flash drive instead of 3. But we need the download

Update Mavericks 10.9.3 from 10.9.2

So, Mavericks 10.9.3 just came out and I decided to update the OS although 10.9.2 was doing quite well. Things needed for updating without problems are: AppleACPIPlatform.kext, AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext (need to be patched), Wifi needs to be patched with device id again. So, the best is to have the external USB hard drive with Mavericks installed

How To Update Mavericks 10.9.2 Without Losing en0 built-in on Envy 4 i5-3317u

After updated to Mavericks 10.9.2 from 10.9.x, we may lose the en0 – Ethernet built-in which causes iCloud, iMessage, Facetime and Apps Store NOT working. To prepare for this not to happen, this is the way I did my update successfully without losing the Ethernet EN0 settings by the new 10.9.2.