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Things have changed a lot since the days of the first 8-bit Apple 1 computers. They’ve changed a lot since the days of the first Macs. They’ve changed a lot in the last 5 years. It’s hard to keep up. Let me help.

Knowledge is power, and the more I know in advance the better able I am to resolve your issues quickly and efficiently. Email and texts with system information and symptoms get the fastest resolution

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Full configuration; name, model, year, and OS version plus all devices installed in or connected to computer (RAM, drives, trackball/keyboard/mouse, printer, display, dock, network, etc.)
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When issues were first observed and any events preceding onset of issues.

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Everything from Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to the current system and all the Intel hardware up to the current Apple Silicon.

I’m currently running Sequoia 15.2 on my daily machine which I built from scratch. It was made with 9th generation hardware and identifies as a Retina 5k 27” 2019 iMac. It can operate 5 displays simultaneously but I’m only using 2 at this time. I’m using software named OpenCore to run macOS Sequoia on all this non-Apple hardware that I assembled. While I’m using a Hackintosh and running in an unsupported configuration I don’t normally provide support for unsupported non-Apple hardware configurations or activities but will now make exceptions.

macOS Sequoia was released September 16, 2024. Currently running 15.2, released December 16, 2024.

macOS 15

MacOS Ventura and Sonoma gradually dropped support for WiFi hardware that was traditionally used and supported in Hackintoshes (Broadcom). The WiFi in my Hackintosh which I built in 2020 was initially unsupported in macOS Sonoma so I delayed installing it until recently when I found a solution. I don’t support Hackintoshes, only authentic Apple Macintoshes, so discussion of solutions for Hackintosh problems are not offered or provided for free here. The Hackintosh Sonoma and WiFi solution and others are available in support sessions but not by complimentary emails or phone calls.