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Dell Mini 9 OS X Discussion Discussion for installing and setting up Mac OS X on the Dell Mini and Vostro A90
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| Junior Member Posts: 14 Join Date: Oct 2009 |  10.6.3 vs Atom Support? -
03-30-2010, 10:05 AM
Hi - Does anyone know if 10.6.3 has fixed the Atom support issue? I have a Dell Mini 9 running 10.6.1 and would like to know if I can update to 10.6.3. Or do I need the kernel hack? Also, is NBI 0.8.4 RC1 safe to install on it (or do I need to install it)? thanks! |
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| Senior Member  Posts: 194 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brampton, ON |
03-30-2010, 10:45 AM
Go ahead and install 0.8.4RC1. There are quite a few of us running well with it so far. Update to the new NBI first and then go ahead and update to 10.6.3, smoothest upgrade yet. If all goes well, you don't even need to run NBI ever again! BIOS A06 | DellEFI 1.2a5 | 10.5.8 | Windows XP SP3 |
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| Expert Member  Posts: 522 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Jersey City, NJ |
03-30-2010, 01:57 PM
To be clear, Apple won't very likely add Atom support back in, as least the didn't yet. But NBI patches around that issue for you. Get a new NBI and you good at least up the 10.6.3. MINI Cooper '02 | 1.6L | CVT | Moonroof | Red w/ White Stripes Want the ALC268 mini 9 sound fix? Get it here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2377323/Mini9SoundPatch.zip |
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| Junior Member Posts: 18 Join Date: Mar 2010 |
03-30-2010, 06:39 PM
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I have Sl 10.6.2 installed on the mini. Do I just download NBI .83rc4 and install it as i would a program? Or do i need to put in on the netbookcd? Thanks Mike | |
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| Super Moderator  Posts: 1,420 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: United States  |
03-30-2010, 07:54 PM
NO. You want NBI .8.4RC1 -- download and install on your Mini  I then rebooted and ran Software Update and upgraded to 10.6.3 from there... no issues. Meklort's Blog | NBI Google Code Page | osx.mechdrew.com -- the best OSX installation guides  |
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| Junior Member Posts: 18 Join Date: Mar 2010 |
03-30-2010, 09:03 PM
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| Junior Member Posts: 2 Join Date: Mar 2010 |
03-31-2010, 04:41 AM
Yep, 10.6.3 gives no issues... only if updated via software update and with 0.8.4rc1... Before that I did a stupid thing and updated via combo update and crashed the system... than I've actually red the freaking manual, and now everything is smooth... |
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| Junior Member Posts: 16 Join Date: Feb 2009 |
03-31-2010, 06:32 AM
So is there a fix if we updated to 10.6.3 before installing .8.4RC1? I didn't pay attention to an iTunes update, now its all futzed up. EeePC 4GB | 1GB RAM | TinyXP |Ubuntu | Xandros |
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| Guru  Posts: 1,353 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Colorado, USA   |
03-31-2010, 01:24 PM
The best way to fix it is to use your USB drive that you installed with, copy NBI 0.8.4 RC1 to the drive and run NetbookInstallerCLI (located at /NBI.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstallerCLI) from the terminal. Dell Mini 10v | Mac OS X 10.6.5 | 1 GB RAM | 160 GB HDD | BIOS A06 My Blog | NetbookInstaller code repository | NetbookInstaller Website | Want a Lockerz.com invite? message me. |
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| Junior Member Posts: 2 Join Date: Mar 2010 |
03-31-2010, 10:51 PM
I used my usb with 10.6(Retail) + NBI 0.8.3... After install I downloaded 0.8.4RC1 to desktop and installed it on top of 0.8.3 and ran it... After that I was able to run Software Update to 10.6.3 (with iTunes) and nothing got corrupted. |
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