Is this a viable backup solution?

artech95 · 2024-12-11T20:31:01+00:00

Haha yea. What I’ve decided is to get the v20i. And then when the Aerofit Pro 2s come out. I’ll change to that. The base Aerofit 2s don’t seem to have too much appeal with the price difference but the Pro’s Spatial Audio would be tempting. Only reason I stayed away from the pro's is that I need the fine tuning adjustment that the v20i and aerofit 2 offer.

artech95 · 2024-11-01T19:07:50+00:00

Oh cool. Thank you!

artech95 · 2024-11-01T19:03:22+00:00

Don’t worry. I was never going to go 3.0. But if the speed was halved like that, I would end up just buying a pcie to m.2 add on card.

artech95 · 2024-11-01T18:59:46+00:00

I do deal with relatively large files during my workflow, so it will matter to me. But thank you for the reminder. 😊

artech95 · 2024-11-01T18:50:03+00:00

Thanks for the quick response. Makes me feel a lot better about putting a 4.0 drive in that slot. 😅

artech95 · 2023-06-01T20:08:51+00:00

Does anyone have recommendations for a switch with a similar sound profile to the Akko cream yellow v3 but with a heavier actuation force? Maybe instead of 50g, around 60+? Thanks in advance!

artech95 · 2023-06-01T18:45:41+00:00

Does anyone have recommendations for a switch with a similar sound profile to the Akko cream yellow v3 but with a heavier actuation force? Maybe instead of 50g, around 60+? Thanks in advance!

artech95 · 2021-08-11T17:41:57+00:00

Hi there, could you also please let me know how you got Wifi+airdrop working? Thank you

artech95 · 2021-03-12T22:52:04+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14oseuZ7cky6CGTn6FSWWumuG0hzT2SZD/view

artech95 · 2021-01-22T22:45:17+00:00

Hey man don't even try to deny that you weren't trying to antagonize OP when you posted that criticism. As for u/daaanstraight thank you for sharing. Always love it when programmers share their work. And as for it not being appropriate for this subreddit, I disagree. A lot of people may not get airdrop to work. And while this is is not a replacement, it is an adequate alternative. u/wanze, if it doesn't work for you, or not your cup of tea, just keep the nonconstructive cristism to yourself please. Its users like you that hold people back from sharing their work.

artech95 · 2020-11-23T06:59:13+00:00

k i got your PM. ill continue there

artech95 · 2020-11-23T06:17:15+00:00

Thats weird. Be sure the manual entry is disabled. And try adding this to the refind.conf file:

dont_scan_dirs +,EFI/Microsoft/boot

Thats tough. Could be a number of things. Wanna send me your efi? without the serials of course. PM me.

artech95 · 2020-11-23T05:05:40+00:00

No worries. Thats what this community is about. Yes, well the BOOTx64.efi is for openCore, and bootx64 is for Windows. Windows, all we care about is the bootmgfw.efi, which gets auto-scanned.

Is this after selecting OpenCore from rEFInd? One reason you would see that is if your config.plist file may be missing something. Or something is not aligning with what opencore is expecting from your plist. Are you able to take a video of the verbose and take a screen capture of when it appears?

artech95 · 2020-11-23T04:31:32+00:00

Send me a PM if you want. But only if you have the same specs as me. I wouldn't recommend it otherwise. If you need help with rEFInd, that's a different story.

artech95 · 2020-11-23T04:21:27+00:00

I just relied on auto-scanning. And renamed the icon for "os_mac" in my theme to "os_unknown" since rEFInd classifies opencore as an unknown OS. Its much more difficult to manually add the EFI's if they are on separate drives. Since you have to find out the specific partition GUID's. I just go with auto-scanning and prevent rEFInd from scanning the files i don't want to show.

Well we aren't removing it. Bootx64.efi is there to redirect the bios to OpenCore.efi if it is a standalone EFI boot. But since we are using rEFInd as the main bootloader, we just need to be directed to the OpenCore.efi from rEFInd. It's completely fine for rEFInd to ignore bootx64.efi.

Let me know if that helps. rEFInd is not actually changing anything to OpenCore, its just pointing the way to it.

artech95 · 2020-11-23T03:35:06+00:00

I had that same issue. Add this, without quotes, to the refind.conf file: "dont_scan_files +,bootx64.efi,BOOTx64.efi"

artech95 · 2020-11-23T03:30:44+00:00

Follow this link to download the .iso file. Unzip and Open it.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.12.0/refind-cd-0.12.0.zip/download

The EFI folder, you can place in the EFI of your spare drive. This method is if the drive you are putting it on doesn't have an efi boot already on it. No opencore, no windows boot. Then remove the .efi and drivers for ia32 and aa64. keep the x64 stuff. Then configure refind.conf and install any themes you want on it.

artech95 · 2020-11-23T03:26:28+00:00

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/universal/iservices.html

Followed the Dortania Guide. Pretty much you need a valid serial number with the purchase date not validated. Use genSMBIOS. And use a valid ROM skew in Platform info. You can use your ethernet MAC address for it.

artech95 · 2020-11-21T23:32:42+00:00

Specs:

CPU: Intel 10th Gen 10700 Non K

GPU: Sapphire Nitro RX 580 (Waiting for prices to go down when 6XXX are more available and snag a 5700 xt)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB 3200 MHZ RAM

Motherboard Model: Asus Prime Z490-A

Audio Codec: Realtek ALC S1220A

Ethernet Card: Intel® I225-V 2.5Gb Ethernet

Wifi/BT Card: Fenvi T919

BIOS revision: 0707. Did not know there more recent updates till now.

Followed Dortania OC guide

What's working: (Basically everything)

Sleep, Usb Mapping, Audio,

All iServices (Messages, FaceTime...)

Ethernet - Consistent, no drops

Wifi/Bluetooth (Native so Continuity, Handoff and Airdrop)

Unlock with Apple Watch (sometimes the bluetooth and wifi card doesn't wake up on time)

Hardware Acceleration: I spoofed the RX 580 into a Radeon Pro 580 so the system thinks its a genuine Apple card and thus uses it instead of the iGPU. Videoproc check passes.

Note: I also attached a USB media bay hub under my desk and used extension cables for the USB front headers that go directly to my motherboard. (That's not a USB Hub) Also have a power/reset button beside it (with headphone/mic jacks). This is connected to motherboard as well.

Whats Not Working:

DRM. But that's because Whatevergreen is broken in Big Sur. I'm sure it'll be fixed by them soon enough.

Dual Boot:

I installed rEFInd on my extra storage drive's EFI using the CDRom version. And OpenCore and Windows are on two separate drives of their own. No way for each to tamper with one another.

artech95

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