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karabiner preferences -> misc & uninstall> open private.xml -> open with text editor or Xcode. My code only does: F11 Brightness Down F12 Brightness Up F1 Mute F2 Volume Down F3 Volume Up Of course I set the Fn-Lock off. It's on in Windows, though . fn-f6 and f6 no longer changes the display. but fn-F1, fn-F2, and fn-F3 still changes their respective volume keys. I also loaded the stock karabiner settings for: Change F1...F19 Key & Functional Key, whereby F7, F7, F9 are loaded for music controls. You can clear the entries and put the code entered below in; save file; karabiner preferences; reload xml. <?xml version=[/size]"1.0"[/size]?>[/size] <root> <list> <item> <name>Remap Brightness Keys</name> <appendix>Darker, Brighter</appendix> <identifier>remap.brightnesskeys</identifier> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F11, ConsumerKeyCode::BRIGHTNESS_DOWN</autogen> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F12, ConsumerKeyCode::BRIGHTNESS_UP</autogen> </item> </list> <list> <item> <name>Remaps Volume Keys</name> <appendix>Mute, Up, Down</appendix> <identifier>remap.volumekeys</identifier> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F1, ConsumerKeyCode::VOLUME_MUTE</autogen> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F2, ConsumerKeyCode::VOLUME_DOWN</autogen> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F3, ConsumerKeyCode::VOLUME_UP</autogen> </item> </list> </root>

any recommended apps/programs? 10.11.4 users can try out safari technology preview - some of the adblock extensions still work with it. Boom 2 is a great system wide sound enhancing app. Also have a scripted app that toggles my Wemo Light switch on and off -> it's not as elegant as what I have on the windows side of things, where i can say 'hey cortana, trigger lights off' or 'hey cortana, trigger lights on" personally, i was wondering if there was a way to schedule the 'Blue' and 'Graphite' Appearance based on day/night. any ideas?

did you try about this mac -> system report -> network>wifi? either that, or you can just open up the service panel with a phillips (two screws) and ID the WLAN card.

system preferences -> bottom of the panel -> clover this is assuming that when you installed clover after the install that you enabled the system preference pane, opening the clover preferences should tell you the version number.

for preventing auto-update: system preferences -> app store -> uncheck install os x updates.

just to double check, since I failed my 10.11.4 update before. you rebuilt the kextcache, not the actual new ALC293 kext? and did you just drag and drop AppleHDA_ALC293.kext into S/L/E with redoing the permissions and kextcache rebuild? edit: nevermind, i already had the new AppleHDA_ALC293.kext installed. I put it in after a fresh reinstall of 10.11. followed with a 10.11.3 combo update -> 10.11.4 combo update. everything is running well with the .4 update.

Apple Logo -> About This Mac -> System Report... -> Software>Extensions There is a column that indicates whether or not a kext is loaded. On my 4 cell 54 Watt hour battery @ ~50% display brightness, I average 5.5-10.5 hrs. My activities on battery usually involve - Microsoft Word - One Note - Safari & Firefox - mysms text messaging - Whatswin for Whatsapp - e-mail (Mail) - Kodi & youtube - VMWare for CentOS - bluetooth is always on - backlit keyboard usually off during the day time - volume on when necessary; using Boom 2 to improve sound quality, since it's the closest thing I can find to the sound enhancement suite that comes on Dell's Windows side of things

yep - F1 F2 F3 works i have no no issues with it, and that's through a couple installs of osx

damn, the volume works for me. curiously, it did not work at first for me. in text edit, for it to work, i copied <item> <name>Remap Brightness Keys</name> <appendix>Darker, Brighter</appendix> <identifier>remap.brightnesskeys</identifier> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F11, ConsumerKeyCode::BRIGHTNESS_DOWN</autogen> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F12, ConsumerKeyCode::BRIGHTNESS_UP</autogen> </item> within the xml, and retyped the volume consumer key codes, and then it ended up working. not sure why it worked, but it worked... it might have to do with the hyphens/dashes, but i still dunno, it was just a trial and error that ended up working. although i lost expose on f11, i mapped the middle button for it through the stock keyboard shortcut settings, and kept the karabiner stick scroll - that is just my personal preference.

On the topic of Karabiner... I wanted a better match for the symbols on the keyboard for brightness and volume keys. Therefore I changed the lines in private.xml to <?xml version="1.0"?> <root> <list> <item> <name>Remap Brightness Keys</name> <appendix>Darker, Brighter</appendix> <identifier>remap.brightnesskeys</identifier> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F11, ConsumerKeyCode::BRIGHTNESS_DOWN</autogen> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F12, ConsumerKeyCode::BRIGHTNESS_UP</autogen> </item> </list> <list> <item> <name>Remaps Volume Keys</name> <appendix>Mute, Up, Down</appendix> <identifier>remap.volumekeys</identifier> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F1, ConsumerKeyCode::VOLUME_MUTE</autogen> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F2, ConsumerKeyCode::VOLUME_DOWN</autogen> <autogen>--KeyToConsumer-- KeyCode::F3, ConsumerKeyCode::VOLUME_UP</autogen> </item> </list> </root>

i repaired permissions and rebuilt the cache following the drag to /S/L/E. i rebuilt the cache as soon as i did it. i think i probably did things in the wrong order. i'm not sure at the moment - i ended up wiping my OS X partition and reinstallation 10.11. >.>

I went to the clover guide, updated clover, and installed e7x50 AppleHDA_ALC293.kext.zip My sound still does not work. Perhaps my methods were wrong: I simply dragged the kext file to the Systems/Library/Extensions. Since it did not work, i tried to rebuild the cache, but to no avail. I think I completely messed up the next part, I renamed AppleHDA_ALC293.kext to AppleHDA.kext and replaced the vanilla file in the extensions. What am I doing wrong here? [Also, if I still require the vanilla AppleHDA kext file, I would greatly appreciate a replacement file! And perhaps a way to resolve the sound issues surrounding the latest El Capitan update.] edit: after a fresh install of 10.11 and an update to 10.11.3, I had put in the new AppleHDA_ALC293.kext in S/L/E. downloaded 10.11.4 combo update from Apple's website, and all is well.

To get the Clover Bootloader, did you try: BIOS settings -> Boot order where Clover is higher in the hierarchy than grub & Windows Boot Manager? To get Clover to recognize CentOS in the Boot Menu, try 1) Boot into OS X 2) mount EFI from disk0s1 3) there should be a Boot and Clover folder (and perhaps a Microsoft folder - my Microsoft folder contains Boot and Recovery folders) 4) Create a CentOS folder 5) Copy CentOS /boot into the newly created folder. I'm not sure it will work, but if I remember correctly, I had to move the Microsoft folder into the OS X EFI to get it listed in the Clover boot options.