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. 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 the Paragon Partition …

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.