Recent content by Gial Ackbar

I don't think that I can skip past it. I also think that the "recovery partition" has been booting the whole time, not the USB stick, so my creation might be a failure from the beginning. This is the only OSX-capable Mac I have (assuming I get it working), everything else is OS-6/7 era and...

Hi all. I have a new-to-me Mac Mini A1283. Putting in a new SSD drive. My other machine is Windows 11. Using TransMac, I created a USB install stick of El Capitan. The install routine forces a login with Apple ID credentials, however the login fails, my research indicates that the challenge...

Thanks for starting this section. I am looking at my Pippin now sitting on the shelf (hoping there are no angry capacitors in it). I have one controller and the keyboard/stylus pad. Pippin units were on eBay in 2008 or so for very cheap (as usually happens with hardware "just past its prime")...

Hi all. I have an eBay search active, but if anyone can point me to a source for either LB, please help? I have a MacTV and the innards were destroyed and I'm trying to get life back into it. Thanks!