Written by Jonathan Richter
Step 4: Tiptoe through the waters of MorphOS on CD At this point, you have the option of playing around with MorphOS for a while without obliterating your Mac's existing OS X installation.
In this step, you can download Mac OS X Capitan free. Mac OS X El Capitan is one of the greatest operating systems for Mac and Macintosh, Mac OS X EL the twelfth major release of Mac OS X. Which can support desktop and server operating system for Macintosh systems? It is the successor to OS X Yosemite and focuses on the security and performance. Fist of all, my Microsoft old dock works with mini display port out! (use few my old monitors)My Specs:Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512 SSD, Microsoft Dock.
In an attempt to get PHP-GTK2 to work on Mac OS X 10.4, I found very little information and support on that subject. After a lot of failures and errors I got it to work.
Below I'll write every step I took. I am not very comfortable with Terminal and half of the time I have no clue what I am doing. So you can use this information but totally on your own risk. I just worked for me. I hope it will help anybody else too.
please be adviced that doing all steps below takes several hours.
Resources I found helpful:
Get the newest Xcode (also called: Developer Tools) from Apple. You really need this. Go to connect.apple.com. Sign in or sign up (for free). Go to Downloads.
On the right in the Downloads Box, click Developer Tools and download the newest Xcode. In my case version 2.4.1, 923 MB big. After downloading, use the installer and follow the instructions.
I started with using Fink, but halfway it failed by not having a package that was needed (GTK 2.6 or higher). I started all over using Macports.
Go to macosforge/InstallingMacPorts.
You already did part of the first step by downloading Xcode. I followed all instructions on that page and it worked fine.
The newest version didn't have a normal Apple installer. So I downloaded this: DarwinPorts-1.3.1-10.4.dmg
Install Macports by double-clicking the installer in the disk image.
In Terminal, type: sudo port install gtk2
I already had a standard OS X PHP 4.4.4 installation and a PHP5 installation from Entropy.ch, but it didn't work out. I deleted my PHP5 installation from Entropy.
If you want to run Apache 1 or 2 with PHP4 or 5, Entropy is absolutely the best place to get it.
In Terminal, type: cd / and sudo port install php5
Take a coffee, this takes a while.. about 2 hours on my machine. (Macports installs everything in a folder called /opt. I put the 'cd /' to place that folder in the root.)
On the other tutorial, you see a --disable-libglade as a parameter for installing PHP-GTK. I don't know why they wrote that. Be very sure that you really don't want Glade. Read about it here: glade.gnome.org.
Check out the screenshots too. I installed without Glade but after a day I did it all over to get Glade working too. If you want to continue without Glade, skip the next step.
For some reason, I got errors doing this. Then I tried again the same in Terminal, but now with X11 open in the background with no errors this time. So, open X11 and hide it (apple-h).
In Terminal, type: Take another coffee..
Instead of using current CVS, you might want to use the latest official version from the PHP-GTK2 download page.
Leave X11 open to be on the safe side. phpize and php-config should be both in /opt/local/bin/. Check that before you run this. In Terminal, type:
After it is done, you will see in the output of Terminal a remark about extensions being installed with a path that probably looks like this: /opt/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613. Apple-c that path or write it down. You will need it later.
In Finder, choose Go > Go To Folder.. (or press shift-apple-g) and type /opt/local/etc.
Find the file php.ini-recommended and copy it. Rename the copy to php.ini and open it with - preferably - BBedit.
Find the line extension_dir = './' and replace it with this: extension_dir = '/opt/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613' (That path, you copied from the Terminal output in the previous step)
Find the block with all extensions and add this line after them: extension=php_gtk2.so
Save the file.
Start X11 and hide it (apple-h) if not already done.
Start Terminal and type: The demo should open in a window in X11.
To work with Glade, start it in Terminal like this (with X11 open): /opt/local/bin/glade-2
In my humble opinion: the interfaces in X11 look like crap when you are used to working in OS X. To get other themes, go to art.gnome.org to check them out. In order to use one of those, we need to do one more step.
In Terminal, type: sudo port install gtk-theme-switch
After that is ready, download a theme from the link above. Installing it can be done in two ways:
Stare at a cylinder mac os. Move or copy the downloaded .tar.gz (without unpacking!) into /opt/local/share/themes/
Start Glade by typing this in Terminal (with X11 open): /opt/local/bin/switch2
Press the + sign and click the Install New Theme button. Point to /opt/local/share/themes/.tar.gz
Click OK and now your new theme shows up in the list.
Unpack the .tar.gz and move or copy the new theme folder to /opt/local/share/themes/
Start Glade by typing this in Terminal (with X11 open): /opt/local/bin/switch2
Thief, but worse mac os. The name of the new theme should be in the list.
Again, I got it to work on my machines with above steps. My configs: iMac G5 2.0 GHz/1 GB RAM/OS X 10.4.8 and Mac mini G4 1.42 GHz/512 MB RAM/OS X 10.4.8. Please, fellow Mac users, post here any remarks, tips, tricks, etc. Let's get the PHP-GTK spirit to OS X too! Good hunting!
After successfully created a macOS bootable USB, the next step is how to use it to install macOS from external USB drive. This is not normal case because macOS is very stable and have less bugs/virus than Windows PC. So many Mac users don't know how to perform a clean install of macOS on their Mac when the device was broken or could not boot into desktop.
Please don't worry. We will share detailed steps on how to install macOS/Mac OS X from an USB drive. Even you had issues during this process, it is not thing to be afriad as we have offered the troubleshooting guide as well.
How to Install macOS on Mac from USB Drive (Normal Way)
If the target Mac computer already had a macOS or OS X on it, then installing macOS from USB is straightforward and this is called the normal way.
Step 1: Insert the macOS bootable USB drive on a USB port of Mac computer.
Step 2: Shut down the Mac and wait for 1-2 minutes. This will make sure the Mac is powered off.
Step 3: Hold the Power and Option key simultaneously for 15 seconds. This will bring up the Startup Manager on Mac.
Step 4: You will see all bootable devices attached to this Mac, including Macintosh HD and external USB or DVD. Click the drive name of your macOS bootable USB to start the installation process.
Step 5: Agree the terms and conditions and wait for the installation process to be done.
How to Install macOS on Mac from USB Drive (Advanced)
If the drive was not partitioned or the partition table was corrupted, then you can not install macOS on Mac with the normal way. You have to boot Mac into Recovery mode and format the hard drive or SSD to Apple file system first.
Step 1: Shut down your Mac and press the Power key to turn on the Mac; then immediately press Command and R keys.
Step 2: You will be directed to the macOS utility section and here you need to select 'Disk Utility' to format the USB drive. From the Disk Utility app, select Mac drive name under Internal section and then click on the 'Erase' button.
Step 3: You will get a couple of options from the Format. Pleasec choose APFS (macOS) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for old version Mac OS X.
Step 4: After the completion of the formatting process, go back to the macOS utility section and this time, select 'Reinstall macOS'.
Step 5: Further, go to the Startup Manager, move to the External drive section, and select your bootable macOS USB drive.
Step 6: Now, the configuration of MacOS will start. As soon as the process starts, it will provide Terms and Agreement page and your job is to agree with the same and then click on the continue button.
Step 7: After that, click on the 'Continue' button to start the installation process. This will take 30-45 minutes and once it gets completed, restart Mac.
Step 8: As you are using the fresh copy of MacOS on Mac machine, so you need to set up the OS and for that connect the Mac with the Wi-Fi and then sign in with the Apple account.
Step 9: After signing in, you can access the several products of Apple such as iCloud, DropBox and many more.
Quick Troubleshooting Tips if You Got Stuck during MacOS Installation
Could not write installation information to disk
If you see the message like 'Could Not Write Installation Information to Disk' when you are trying to install the OS, it means, some important files are missing from the bootable USB device. Mostly, this error happens when you download Mac OS file from an unauthorized site.
You can fix this issue just by downloading the original OS file from the Apple store and then create a fresh bootable USB using the same.
Compatibility error
If you are upgrading the OS X after having an older version, you can get the compatibility error message. In such case, just cross-check the system requirement for the OS you want to install on your Mac system.
You can fix this issue just by downloading the original OS file from the Apple store and then create a fresh bootable USB using the same.
macOS could not be installed on your Computer
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If you see the error message similar to 'macOS Could Not Be Installed on Your Computer' that means, either your system is not compatible or the Date and Time settings in your system is not up to date.
To resolve the problem, first, check the system combability for the OS X. If it's fine and still you are facing the error, then just update the system Time & Date with the option of 'Local Apple time server'.
Application is damaged, can't be used to install macOS
You the message 'application is damaged, can't be used to install macOS' appear on your screen, it means the OS certificated has been expired. And so, you won't be able to proceed further for installation.
The simple solution is; you need to create a fresh bootable USB by downloading the MacOS file from its official website.
MacOS couldn't install on this computer
Sometimes, the thirty-party tool which you use to create a bootable USB is the culprit. If the OS files will not be copied successfully using the bootable tool, then you may see the message like 'MacOS couldn't install on this computer'.
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In this case, you should avoid using a third party bootable tool despite you should create a bootable USB with the help of command.
Conclusion
The above tutorial covers most of the issues you could come across during the installation process. If you had other issues not mentioned in this article, please contact us and our technical team will help you fix it.