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Categories of Problems:

1. UniBeast or Apple Installer Errors

UniBeast couldn't copy base system, or other UniBeast errors/hangs creating install USB

Make sure you're using a 16GB or larger drive (some 8 GB drives aren't quite large enough)

Try the USB drive in different USB ports (USB2 might have the best chance of success)

Installer fails with 'An error occurred while extracting files from the package "Essentials.pkg"...'

One person got farther with a different flash drive

One person fixed it by running UniBeast on a different machine to create the flash drive

One person with 4 RAM sticks fixed it by removing all but 1 RAM stick (though in general, 2 sticks in dual-channel mode is more compatible).

2. Can't get to (Clover) boot menu

Clover doesn't boot, just shows boot0af error

Try recreating the installer USB using Master Boot Record (MBR) instead of GUID.

If that doesn't work, see this post

If using MBR in legacy mode, see this post

If you can boot from USB but not system drive, and one of the drives is using CoreStorage (e.g. from an old software RAID or encrypted drive setup) and you can do without it: Boot from the install USB to El Capitan (or Recovery) Open Terminal Run "diskutil list" to see all drives Run "diskutil corestorage revert /dev/diskX" (where X is the drive with CoreStorage) Install Clover again to the El Capitan drive



Clover doesn't boot, BIOS shows Boot1: error

BIOS is trying to boot legacy but the install was done UEFI

Ensure UEFI booting is enabled in BIOS

Use your BIOS hotkey to select a boot device. Select "UEFI:YourDrive" (either system drive or USB install drive, depending)

If the UEFI entry for your drive doesn't appear, look for CSM in BIOS and either set it to disabled altogether or UEFI only. Then use your BIOS hotkey to select a boot device as above.

Clover doesn't boot, BIOS shows Boot1: /boot then on a new line 5

Seen on a x58 and z68 with Legacy UniBeast USB

Try recommended settings for X58 install

Clover doesn't boot, system boots to blue and grey Boot Maintenance Manager

This happens when using USB 3 port. Use a USB 2 port or hub and a USB 2 drive for best results.

If you don't have any USB 2 ports, you can try to boot through Boot Maintenance Manager.

Can't find /System/Library/Kernels/kernel

Make sure you're booting to the Clover USB or drive. Use the BIOS hotkey if needed to bring up a boot device menu and pick a specific boot device. If you have two entries for the USB drive (one legacy, one UEFI) try both. If you don't see the USB listed, check the BIOS for allowing boot UEFI devices and/or boot Legacy devices.

One person reported this failure when BIOS was on Legacy and UEFI boot, but with BIOS set to UEFI boot only it worked

Unplug all devices except your keyboard, mouse, and the install USB drive and try again.

Try different USB ports for the USB install drive; use a USB2 port if you have one.

Can't boot: "Reboot and select proper boot device" error



Try setting BIOS to boot UEFI only, or otherwise make sure you're booting to a UEFI drive entry not a Legacy drive entry

Motherboard won't boot to a USB device

e.g. a "No bootable media device found" error

Try using your BIOS hotkey to select a boot device, and choose UEFI:YourUSBName

Make sure BIOS is set to boot Legacy and UEFI or UEFI only (and if one doesn't work try the other)

3. Kernel Panic or auto-reboot

Haswell Integrated Graphics Don't Start

Often a hang or reboot after hfs: set VeryLowDisk: vol:untitled

Often several lines after Missing Bluetooth Controller Transport Format your disk Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with GUID Partition Table before running the installation process Try Clover Configurator / ACPI / FixDisplay Confirm Inject Intel = true Try updating to current BIOS release Try using other digital outputs on your board (other HDMI/DVI/DP ports)



Kernel Panic or other Reboot Loop

If you only have one RAM chip, try different slots (dual-channel RAM is more likely to work well)

If this is an upgrade and you have EvOreboot.kext or CodecCommander.kext , remove it and rebuild the kernel cache and try again. If you have ANY non-Apple kexts (e.g. from prior MultiBeast or manual installs), remove them, rebuild cache, and try again. (For more, see procedure here.) If you need CodecCommander, try RehabMan's version instead.

or , remove it and rebuild the kernel cache and try again. If you have ANY non-Apple kexts (e.g. from prior MultiBeast or manual installs), remove them, rebuild cache, and try again. (For more, see procedure here.) If you have a DSDT.aml for your board, copy it to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched and try again

If it's a panic in a AppleUSBUHCIPCI.kext or AppleUSBXHCIPCI.kext : Try adding a DSDT.aml to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/ if you have one If it's an X58 chipset, try these settings in config.plist (the same may also work for P35 chipsets) If it's an X79 chipset, try these boot arguments (how to add boot arguments) If you have a third-party USB add-in card, try disabling or removing it

or : If it's a panic in AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext , try adding boot argument cpus=1 until you get through the install. This is very common for 2600K and similar Sandy Bridge CPUs. Alternately, use a proper SSDT.aml for your CPU. After install either get proper CPU power management working or install NullCPUPowerManagement.kext to /Library/Extensions Another option that might work is to set KernelAndKextPatches/AsusAICPUPM to true in config.plist

, try adding boot argument cpus=1 until you get through the install. This is very common for 2600K and similar Sandy Bridge CPUs. Alternately, use a proper SSDT.aml for your CPU. After install either get proper CPU power management working or install NullCPUPowerManagement.kext to /Library/Extensions If it's a panic in AppleTyMCEDriver.kext and you don't have ECC RAM, change your system definition to something that doesn't use ECC RAM (e.g. not MacPro5,1 or MacPro6,1)

and you don't have ECC RAM, change your system definition to something that doesn't use ECC RAM (e.g. not MacPro5,1 or MacPro6,1) If it's a panic with the message " Unable to find driver for this platform ", try installing and booting in UEFI mode instead of Legacy mode

", try installing and booting in UEFI mode instead of Legacy mode If you only get a reboot loop when booting from the system drive (not the USB installer), try copying the USB EFI data to the system drive EFI partition.

If you have a reboot loop and an Nvidia card and you can't progress any other way, try removing the card, installing on integrated graphics, installing Web drivers, and then putting the Nvidia card back in.

If it's a panic just after ACPI: sleep states S3 S4 S5 , that's come up a few times, but no clear solution yet

Reboot before reaching the installer with an unsupported Nvidia card, or

Screen shuts down ("no signal") when you reach the installer

Try booting with nv_disable=1

Unsupported Nvidia cards include 'Maxwell' GeForce GTX 750, 750 Ti, 950, 960, 970, 980, 980 Ti, or TITAN X At least one GT 730 didn't work without drivers on some machines One GT 740 GDDR5 known to require drivers, one GT 740 DDR3 known to not require drivers In general more Nvidia cards seem to require Nvidia drivers in El Capitan



4. Freeze or hang on apple logo, progress bar, prohibited sign, or grey/white screen

170 board hangs with Still waiting for root device

See the http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capitan-desktop-guides/179221-skylake-starter-guide.html

Missing Bluetooth Controller Transport

Try troubleshooting graphics card issues: If Nvidia card, try booting with nv_disable=1 If integrated graphics, make sure config.plist sets Graphics / Inject / Intel to <true/> or see Haswell Integrated Graphics Don't Start If both integrated and discrete graphics, try removing the graphics card, installing with integrated graphics, then post-install putting the graphics card back in and installing Web drivers if needed.

In at least one case it was caused by a bad Clover config on the system drive, and replacing the system EFI partition contents with the USB EFI partition contents fixed it.

Try different USB ports for the USB install drive; use a USB2 port if you have one.

"Prohibited" sign on boot

Try booting verbose. If it's complaining about OsxAptioDrvFix and relocation block, make sure you're booting from a drive with the latest version of Clover (3270+). This was a common problem with older versions of Clover.

If OsxAptioDrvFix doesn't work, try OsxAptioDrv2Fix (but not both at once).

For a 2500K, 2600K, or other Core i5 and Core i7 'K' Sandy Bridge CPUs you may need to boot with cpus=1 until you can either install the correct SSDT.aml or finish the install and put NullCPUPowerManagement.kext into /Library/Extensions/

If you get all garbled text and/or the message "Still waiting for root device" with the prohibited sign: Try the install USB in every single USB port on your case, motherboard, add-on PCI card, USB hub, etc. and see if it gets farther on any of those If you're using a USB3 stick, use a USB2 stick and try all USB ports again Try booting with cpus=1.

If you have USB hub or a port replicator, try putting the install USB in there

Double-check SMBios selection: MacPro3,1 may be the most reliable in general

System freezes on boot

Typically a failure to load FakeSMC.kext

Try removing all numbered directories under EFI/CLOVER/kexts and putting FakeSMC.kext into kexts/Other/ (and if that works you can put additional kexts in there too). Putting things in Other/ won't work unless the numbered dirs are removed.

If it's still not working, on the Clover screen, try selecting "Boot with injected kexts" and/or ensure config.plist has InjectKexts set to YES

If it's an upgrade and still not working, make sure you have a current version of FakeSMC.kext and/or remove any copy from /System/Library/Extensions/

Might also be an unsupported Nvidia card: if so, try booting with nv_disable=1

If you have already installed to the system drive and you're trying to boot from a USB, use your BIOS hotkey to select a boot device and select the USB. If you actually boot from the system drive and just select the USB from the Clover menu, you may be using a broken Clover config on the system drive instead of a working config on the USB.

Hang on [ PCI configuration begin ]

If you have the option, try to disable USB3 in the BIOS (fixed a GA-H61N-USB3). Then for the H61N, see this post.

Alternately, try setting FixDarwin_0002 in config.plist (worked on Z68X-UD3H with Award BIOS)

X79/X99: try booting with npci=0x2000 or npci=0x3000 (also check boxes on the Clover Configurator boot screen)

Nvidia 980 Ti: you may need to remove the card and do the install without it, then install Nvidia Web drivers, then put the card back in. One user reported being able to boot from a UniBeast install USB configured for Legacy, but didn't go on to try installing Web drivers from there.

Hang on P-State Stepper Error 18

Disable CPU EIST in BIOS

Another option for Sandy Bridge K systems: in BIOS set XMP Profile=1 and fix the CPU Speed to desired clock speed e.g. 40 (4 GHz) on all Stepper levels

Or try cpus=1 until you get through the install to generate a proper CPU SSDT or install NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

Hang on DSMOS has arrived

If using a VGA monitor, try a digital connection (DP, HDMI, DVI)

Boot freezes on Apple logo, verbose shows only 2-3 lines

Seen on MSI Z97/H97 and GA-Z97MX

Replace VBoxHfs-64.efi with HFSPlus.efi in EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI/

Boot fails with Error allocating 0x#### pages at 0x####... alloc type 2

5. Install completes but can't boot from system drive

Can boot from the install USB but not from the system drive

Check that the BIOS is set to boot UEFI

Confirm that you've installed Clover to the system drive and selected Install for UEFI Booting Only and Install Clover in the ESP

Remove everything inside EFI/CLOVER/ from the system drive, and replace it with everything inside EFI/CLOVER/ from the USB drive

If you're using a DSDT.aml, try booting from the system drive without it

ASRock boards (97/87/maybe more): follow this guide to add system drive Clover boot to UEFI BIOS configuration

If the system drive is using CoreStorage (as shown in "diskutil list"), revert to previous partition type.

Worst case if EFI partition is messed up (e.g. can't write files to it), wipe the drive and repartition.

Install reboots or completes but El Capitan drive does not appear as a boot option in the Clover menu

Try booting to the installer again. It may just have more work to do, and you'll see the El Capitan system drive after the next phase of the install.

If BIOS Boot Mode Selection is currently set to Legacy only: You may need to change it to UEFI and Legacy to use the UniBeast install drive, and then after installation, change the parameter to UEFI (only) to boot from the installation drive.

If you have different SATA controllers on your motherboard (e.g. Intel & Marvell), try a different SATA port

6. USB Problems

Can't boot from install USB, or

Mouse and Keyboard don't work in installer

Check BIOS settings (these names from a Gigabyte board): XHCI Mode=Smart Auto, EHCI Handoff=enabled, XHCI Handoff=enabled

Try installing the El Capitan USB Fix on your install drive. That should make any USB port work for the install.

On a 5-series board set FixUSB_1000 in config.plist (or Clover Configurator / ACPI / DSDT / Fix USB)

Try plugging into different USB ports. USB2 ports might be the best bet. El Capitan is known to have issues with certain USB ports being disabled on certain motherboards (see next).

On P55/H55 boards, many things to try, no single solution for everyone: Disabling USB3 in BIOS might help Try these config.plist settings Try in Clover Configurator / ACPI / DSDT check the box for Fix USB Try using a completely different procedure. A compatible add-in USB2 PCI card is reported to work. Using an external USB2 hub is reported to work. There's this procedure to install with USB working



USB3 not working, or specific USB ports not working

Try installing the El Capitan USB Fix on your boot drive. You should be able to get all ports working for USB2 and USB3 devices this way.

A more detailed recap of the issue and solutions by RehabMan

http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capitan-desktop-support/172337-el-capitan-usb-issues-possible-fix.html

A full procedure for identifying USB ports and adjusting DSDT and using port injectors to remap them all to work in El Capitan

If using Pjalm DSDT patches, try avoiding any part that renames XHC to XHC1 because that may run afoul of Apple funky USB logic that applies only to "XHC1"

List of USB3 add-in cards known to work with El Capitan

7. Audio Problems

Audio not working after install (for most ALC### devices)

Probably a good idea to back up /S/L/E/AppleHDA.kext, just in case

Use the audio_CloverALC-110 script: You need to mount your EFI partition first, with EFI Mounter v3, or a terminal command like Code: mkdir /Volumes/EFI && sudo mount_msdos /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/EFI

If it still doesn't work, particularly for an ALC1150 on a 97 board, try the audio_RealtekALC-110 script.

audio_cloverALC script fails with Error: no IOReg/HDEF; BIOS/audio/disabled or ACPI problem

For p55/X58: your audio device may be named AZAL instead of HDEF. First try opening your config.plist in Clover Configurator and checking Acpi / FixHDA. If that doesn't work, you can fix it by editing the DSDT. See this post.

Detailed audio script troubleshooting

See the first post in the pinned threads at the top of the audio forum (for no sound device or no sound, depending on whether you see an entry in System Configuration / Sound / Output)

The first post of each has a Problem Reporting section. Post the details to that thread.

8.Video Problems

Any problem with a VGA monitor

VGA is not well supported. Use a digital connection (DVI, HDMI, DP) if at all possible.

Otherwise, use an active adapter (active DVI-D to VGA, active DP/HDMI to VGA, etc.). Do not use a DVI-I to VGA adapter.

Dual Monitors but only one works at startup

Seen with Nvidia card, powering monitor off and on again or unplugging and replugging resuscitates it

Try changing the SMBios system definition to iMac14,2

Nvidia Web driver always says you're using native drivers

May just be cosmetic; check performance in a game or something

If really not working, try nvda_drv=1

HD3000 shows in About This Mac as HD2000

Believed to be cosmetic only (no reduced functionality)

Crappy graphics performance in Chrome

Try Chrome beta

9.Bluetooth Problems

Freeze on Missing Bluetooth Controller Transport

Bluetooth not working

Be aware that Bluetooth on a PCIE half-mini or m.2 card uses a USB interface to the motherboard under the covers. Look in About This Mac / System Report / USB and see if there's an entry in there anywhere for your Bluetooth device. If there is, note the vendor ID and device ID and try to get drivers installed If there is not, you need to troubleshoot USB issues to get the USB port that your Bluetooth card is attached to working.

External Bluetooth dongles need to be attached to a working USB port (and often some USB ports will have problems per the issue above) Try the dongle on different ports, on case, on back panel, USB2/USB3, etc.



10.Sleep/Wake/Shutdown Problems

Audio not working after sleep/wake

Sleep/Wake doesn't work with a Radeon card

Seems to be affecting most Radeon users. Discussion thread here. Latest: maybe 5xxx can wake but 6xxx and up cannot?

Short Sleep works OK, Long Sleep ("standby") causes reboot

Run this at a terminal to disable standby:

Code: sudo pmset -a standby 0 && sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0

Now sleep and wake should work, it will just never go into the deeper-sleep standby mode. Perhaps that will mean using trivially more power. Oh, well.

Shut down restarts a few seconds later

Disable Wake On LAN in BIOS, if enabled

Try loading your config.plist in Clover Configurator and checking FixShutdown on the Acpi screen

On the Broadwell NUC: problem observed in the latest BIOS (v0350/v0032) but solved by backing off to the second-latest BIOS (v0248/v0030).

11.Clover and Dual Boot Problems

Just don't grok Clover

See Clover Basics and Switching Advice

Clover theme keeps changing

Clover stores themes in EFI/CLOVER/themes/ one per subdirectory

You typically get "embedded" (the blue one) and "random" by default, along with any theme(s) you selected when installing Clover

If you used UniBeast it may have installed the tonymacx86 theme as well

If "random" is in there it'll switch themes on every boot

Delete the subdirectories for any themes you don't want

If you want the same theme every time, you can either delete "random" and all other themes except the one you want, or specify a theme in your config.plist

Not sure which Clover config file to use

EFI/CLOVER/config.plist On your EFI partition on your system drive for UEFI booting or for Legacy booting with UniBeast 6.0.1 and higher (use EFI Mounter v3 if needed to mount the EFI partition) On your system partition for Legacy booting with UniBeast 6.0.0, or for a manual Clover install where you did not select "Install Clover to ESP"



System Works but Doesn't Start OS X Automatically from Clover Menu

Edit EFI/CLOVER/config.plist and put the name you gave your El Capitan drive in Boot/DefaultVolume and then it should boot automatically in Boot/Timeout seconds.

Dual Boot on separate hard drives only boots to Windows

Use your BIOS boot device selector hotkey and make sure to select the UEFI entry for your OS X system drive (or the non-UEFI entry for a legacy install).

If that brings up the correct Clover menu, change your BIOS to boot to that entry by default

Dual Boot on same hard drive only boots to Windows

12.Other Hardware/Software problems

Overclock doesn't seem to work (CPU capped at stock max)

HWmonitor or Intel Power Gadget only shows standard turbo frequency

Set EIST to disabled in BIOS (fixed Ivy Bridge i5-3570K)

Memory shows at wrong speed

If using an XMP memory profile in BIOS, try setting XMPDetection in config.plist

About This Mac shows wrong i3/i5/i7 type but correct speed

Seen on Broadwell NUCs

Believed to be cosmetic only (no reduced functionality)

Install works but spontaneously logged out during use (window server crash)

If you have a very old video card, replace it.

If you have two video cards, try with only the newer or more stable of the two.

Can't see SATA devices in System Information

HWsensors/iStat no longer works in El Capitan

The current version of HWSensors should work; iStat may still not work.

See this thread for a download link and install instructions

iMessage / Facetime not working after install

Run iMessageDebug v2 to make sure system ID/serial/MLB/ROM values look right (not blank, null, lots of zeroes, 12345, etc.). Save the output, reboot, run it again, and make sure the values didn't change across boots.

Make sure your Ethernet kext is loaded for the en0 device

In config.plist, check SMBIOS/SerialNumber, RtVariables/ROM and MLB, and SystemParameters/InjectSystemID

For more see http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/110471-how-fix-imessage.html

13.Model-specific tips

Some specific system notes

14.Selected Troubleshooting Techniques

(Dual Boot) Windows installed UEFI vs. Legacy

List of Common Boot Arguments

dart=0 Force disable VT-d (shouldn't be necessary if disabled in BIOS, but a common failsafe)

Force disable VT-d (shouldn't be necessary if disabled in BIOS, but a common failsafe) nv_disable=1 Disable any graphics acceleration on Nvidia cards. Since the OS X drivers usually hang or fail to start the UI on unsupported cards, this is a workaround for unsupported cards until you can install the Nvidia Web drivers.

Disable any graphics acceleration on Nvidia cards. Since the OS X drivers usually hang or fail to start the UI on unsupported cards, this is a workaround for unsupported cards until you can install the Nvidia Web drivers. nvda_drv=1 Turn on Nvidia Web drivers after they've been installed

Turn on Nvidia Web drivers after they've been installed npci=0x2000 or npci=0x3000 Used only for X79/X99 boards to avoid freeze at PCI Configuration Begin

or Used only for X79/X99 boards to avoid freeze at PCI Configuration Begin cpus=1 Disable all but one CPU core, temporary workaround for CPU power saving issues, normally only for Sandy Bridge CPUs

Disable all but one CPU core, temporary workaround for CPU power saving issues, normally only for Sandy Bridge CPUs -v Verbose mode (also available via space bar at Clover menu)

Verbose mode (also available via space bar at Clover menu) -x Safe mode -- almost never useful during installation (also available via space bar at Clover menu)

Safe mode -- almost never useful during installation (also available via space bar at Clover menu) -s Single user mode -- never useful during installation (also available via space bar at Clover menu)

Single user mode -- never useful during installation (also available via space bar at Clover menu) -f Boot without caches -- almost never useful during installation (also available via space bar at Clover menu)

Boot without caches -- almost never useful during installation (also available via space bar at Clover menu) darkwake=0 Disable "dark wake" (partial wake from sleep mode), seems unlikely to be useful during installation

Disable "dark wake" (partial wake from sleep mode), seems unlikely to be useful during installation uia_exclude=... One recommended way to fix USB ports on El Capitan is to use USBInjectAll.kext and then disable certain ports to stay under the 15-port-per-controller limit (e.g. ports on unused motherboard headers). This boot argument lists ports to disable. Only meaningful when USBInjectAll.kext is installed.

PCIRootUID=0/1 -- no longer used

-- no longer used GraphicsEnabler=Yes/No -- replaced by graphics injection settings in config.plist

-- replaced by graphics injection settings in config.plist IGPEnabler=Yes/No -- replaced by graphics injection settings in config.plist

-- replaced by graphics injection settings in config.plist rootless=0 -- only used during early betas of El Capitan

-- only used during early betas of El Capitan kext-dev-mode=1 -- replaced by RtVariables settings in config.plist

How To Add (or Remove) Boot Arguments like nv_disable=1 or cpus=1

How to Copy USB EFI contents to System Drive EFI

If you can only boot from USB installer and not the system drive, boot from the USB installer to the desktop Mount both EFI partitions. Tools such as EFI Mounter v3 don't always like mounting two EFI partitions at once, so try terminal commands like this: Code: mkdir /Volumes/EFI && sudo mount_msdos /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/EFI mkdir /Volumes/USBEFI && sudo mount_msdos /dev/disk1s1 /Volumes/USBEFI You should see both EFI partitions in Finder. The system drive EFI should have a hard drive icon and the USB EFI should have an external drive icon and an eject icon Go to the system drive EFI (hard drive icon) and delete everything inside EFI/CLOVER/ Go to the USB drive EFI (external drive icon) and copy everything from inside EFI/CLOVER/ to the EFI/CLOVER/ directory of the system drive EFI (drag and drop in Finder or whatever)

How to Use Boot Maintenance Manager

Choose Boot Maintenance Manager and hit Enter Choose Boot From File and hit Enter Choose USB and hit Enter (or to boot to a system drive, choose that instead) Choose EFI and hit Enter Choose BOOT and hit Enter Choose BOOTX64.efi and hit Enter

How to Delete a Kext if OS X Doesn't Boot

From Clover menu hit space bar and try booting to single-user mode. If that works: Run the two commands it gives you (one fsck and one mount) to mount your system drive If you need to list all the unsigned kexts, run Code: touch /System/Library/Extensions && kextcache -Boot -U / Run these commands: Code: mv /System/Library/Extensions/[I]BadKext.kext[/I] /Users/[I]YourUsername[/I]/ touch /System/Library/Extensions reboot When it reboots, hit spacebar and select Boot Mac OS X without caches, just to be sure

If you can't get to single-user mode, boot the Recovery partition (a separate top-level entry on the Clover menu). Then: Select Utilities / Terminal If you need to list all the unsigned kexts, run Code: touch /Volumes/[I]YourDriveName[/I]/System/Library/Extensions && kextcache -Boot -U /Volumes/[I]YourDriveName[/I]/ Run these commands: Code: mv /Volumes/[I]YourDriveName[/I]/System/Library/Extensions/[I]BadKext.kext[/I] /Volumes/[I]YourDriveName[/I]/Users/[I]YourUsername[/I]/ touch /Volumes/[I]YourDriveName[/I]/System/Library/Extensions exit select Restart from the apple menu at the top left When it reboots, hit spacebar and select Boot Mac OS X without caches, just to be sure



How to Restore from Time Machine

Create a USB install drive (e.g. with UniBeast), including any settings or boot arguments your machine might need (such as nv_disable=1, cpus=1, etc.)

Boot to the installer

After selecting the language, open Terminal from the menu, and type this to start Time Machine: Code: /System/Installation/CDIS/Time\ Machine\ System\ Restore.app/Contents/MacOS/Time\ Machine\ System\ Restore

Keep Terminal open, select the backup you want to restore and the disk to install to, and then the restore should commence

A lot of people seem to run into the same problems, so here are some things that have worked for others... See if your problem is on here.If you continue to have trouble after trying the things here,rather than adding on to this one.For first-time Hachintosh builds, start with the basics Usually in Clover Legacy Boot Mode.This seems to indicate that you're not booting to the USB successfully; it could be that the system is attempting to boot El Capitan using Chimera in legacy mode from the existing drive. Chimera doesn't support El Capitan. You must choose the USB or system drive in UEFI mode for the hard drive to get Clover to load.Typically with a motherboard that supports UEFI, and usually means you're picking a Legacy boot deviceIf asking for help, boot in verbose mode (navigate to the entry you want to boot on the Clover menu, hit space bar, and select "Boot Mac OS X in verbose mode...") and add a photo of the screen just before it reboots to your post.If asking for help, boot in verbose mode (navigate to the entry you want to boot on the Clover menu, hit space bar, and select "Boot Mac OS X in verbose mode...") and add a photo of the screen where it hangs to your post.Often accompanied by the prohibited signThis isn't really the error, just something you commonly see last on the screen. Most likely it's a failure to start the graphics system, leaving a bunch of messages like this showing.Typically ends with a row of pluses or Using reloc... no Hibernate... noFor any audio problems involving the cloverALC script: if requesting help, please include the full script output in your post.This is not actually a Bluetooth problem, but typically a problem starting graphics. This just happens to be the last message on the screen when graphics can't start. Look here instead Often accompanied by "and I get this weird low-res blue theme"Generally you'll have the best luck if Windows and OS X are both Legacy or both UEFI. If you must boot Windows Legacy from Clover UEFI, see this post (preferred) or this post (another option).To check whether Windows is installed UEFI or Legacy, see this article (but don't use the first method of just looking for an EFI partition, since in a dual boot, OS X might have generated the EFI partition).To convert Windows from Legacy to UEFI if you had Legacy Windows but have now installed Clover/OS X in UEFI mode, see this article Don't bother using these in Clover/El Capitan as they will be ignored.For a one-time boot argument, see this post To add a boot argument for every boot, edit config.plist boot arguments (many of them are simple checkboxes in Clover Configurator / Boot)These steps will scan the USB using File Explorer and allow you to boot Clover from file.