Recommended specs for Windows Development computer.

[Martin Koob]

Hi JJS.

I can’t remember everything exactly — it was a while ago — but I think originally I could start in safe mode and tried to follow online help documents to try and install Mojave.  When I exhausted all the online support articles I could find I called Apple support.  They walked me through a number of steps and each time it got worse to the point they escalated it.    All in all the Apple support people were great.  They stayed on the line with me for an hour or so and finally they gave me a CS number which I gather stands for ‘Customer Satisfaction’   That meant I could go to an authorized repair place and get the work needed to get it back in shape done for free.


Regards,

Martin Koob





> On Oct 6, 2019, at 12:44 PM, JJS via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> ok that's really strange. You could also not start the safe mode?
> 
> Well the first update from Sierra to (the 1st) Mojave did also go wrong here, so had to reinstall Sierra then waited for a higher version of Mojave 10.14.2 or something and that one went flawless on the Hackintosh.
> 
> For a previous job i had a Apple Laptop 2015 model and on it was MacOs and Win8.1 with Refind bootloader, but as more customers started using win10 i wanted win10 as 3rd boot option.
> 
> It took me a whole weekend and i needed it Mondays again. It went wrong because they hijack the bootsector from each other. COuld not boot win8.1 and after that could not boot MacOs anymore, except for the safe mode. It's tricky because one needs to disable the SIP protection and mount ESP volume to get Refind on it.
> 
> So i can understand that your cautious, so if you are to hesitate than just don't do it and go for a safe way.