v3ct0r Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Dual booting is definitely possible ! I'm typing this from my E6410 running Windows 8.1 and OS X 10.9! From Windows, get a program like Minitool Partition Wizard and shrink the Primary partition to whatever size you want (just make sure it's greater than about 8-10 GB; I just split my disk in half, so half for windows and half for OS X) and then reboot into the OS X installer and format the second part of the disk as "Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)." Remember, MBR disks can only handle 4 partitions, so if you have 3 partitions dedicated only to Windows, you'll need to remove at least 1 to install OS X, because OS X needs 2 (one for OS X, the other as an EFI partition). Take a look here to find out how to remove the Windows "System Reserved" partition (do parts 1 and 3 without BootIt). Also, if you have a "Reader" partition, that can be removed too if you don't use it. Also, if you get the error from the installer again, try recreating the installer and selecting "yes" in myHack to MBR Support. It should throw back an error, saying 10.9 doesn't have support yet, but when it finishes, just add the files from the MBR support folder and you should be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhink Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 So I tried to shrink the drive using the program you suggested. Then I launched the installer and clicked on the new partition. I went to the erase tab and chose the format to be Mac OS X Journaled. I still got the error that I couldn't modify the partition map. I am rebuilding my installer right now as you suggested with clicking yes to MBR support. Hoping that will work! Only have 3 partitions right now. System reserved, Dell HD (Windows) and my Mac partition. I also upgraded the hard drive to an SSD a few months ago. Not sure of any of this helps but I hope it does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamousdice Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 hey i installed mavericks succesfully! i like how the menu bar is transparent on mavericks and in ML it is not. but in mavericks i can't watch a youtube video without it jittering up every other video same thing for other site like worldstarhiphop. the only way i get around this is putting the video on full screen then it will play normal. is there any fix for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v3ct0r Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Intel or Nvidia? If you are using safari, try chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted December 3, 2013 Administrators Share Posted December 3, 2013 did you remove problematic kexts? removing one of them can cause flash issues in safari. restore them if you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhink Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Hi all! So I decided that I am just going to run Mavericks off an external drive. Just one thing. I cant get Wifi to work! Is anybody else having problems?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v3ct0r Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Do you have a Dell Wireless 1510 or other compatible Wi-Fi card? If you have the intel one that came with the laptop, it will not work with OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 All, Does one of you has Shutdown working already . Reboot does work. At shutdown the screen does black but the power LED and BT LED stay on. Only pressing the power button for 5 to 7 seconds does really shuts down the laptop. Is their something I can test for one of you that has experience with this kind of issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamousdice Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Intel or Nvidia?If you are using safari, try chrome. Intel graphics I tried with chrome and it does not jitter any more. what if the fix for safari? did you remove problematic kexts? removing one of them can cause flash issues in safari. restore them if you did. Yeah I removed all 3 problematic extentions. which one should i restore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeahoon Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Hello all, I updated VoodooPS2Controller.kext to resolve Trackstick issues. Please try and share the result. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2545-new-touchpad-driver-for-e6520-alps/?p=31354 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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