26 Şubat 2019 Salı

How to do a clean installation of Windows 10 using Bootable USB drive

How to do a clean installation of Windows 10 using Bootable USB drive / DVD

In this step by step tutorial we will tell how to do a clean installation of Windows 10 using Bootable USB Drive or DVD. The pre-requisite is obviously that you have created a Bootable USB Drive already and you can read our tutorial to learn how to do it.
If you want to perform a clean install on your PC, or if your PC doesn’t have an operating system, you can use the Bootable USB / DVD. Keep in mind that, if you format a drive partition during installation, any data on the partition will be erased. Be sure to back up any data you want to keep before you begin.
Step 1): Turn on your PC, insert the DVD or USB flash drive, and then shut down your PC.
Step 2): Restart your PC, and then press any key to boot from the DVD or USB flash drive.
Step 3): If you restart your PC and your current version of Windows starts, you might have to open a boot menu or change the boot order in your PC’s BIOS or UEFI settings so that your PC boots from the media. To open a boot menu or change the boot order, you’ll typically need to press a combination of keys (such as F2, F12, Delete, or Esc) immediately after you turn on your PC. For instructions on changing the boot order for your PC, check the documentation that came with your PC or go to the manufacturer’s website.
Boot Menu
You will see the next screen. Now choose Windows 10 Setup and hit enter
Windows 10 Boot Manager
If changing the boot menu or order doesn’t work, try again by signing into Windows, shutting down, and then starting your PC.
Step 4) On the Install Windows page, enter your language and other preferences, and then select Next.
Windows 10 clean install 1
Step 5) Select Install Windows.
Windows 10 Install screen
Step 6) On the Enter the product key to activate Windows page, enter your product key. The product key should be in a purchase confirmation email if you bought Windows 10. It looks like this: PRODUCT KEY: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. Or else you can use this nifty tool to find your product key.
Windows 10 activate key
Step 7) On the License terms page, if you accept the license terms, select I accept the license terms, and then select Next. On the Which type of installation do you want? page, select Custom.
Windwos 10 setup
Step 8) On the Where do you want to install Windows? page, select the partition that you want, select the formatting option you want to perform (if needed), and then follow the instructions. When you’ve finished formatting, select Next.
Follow the rest of the setup instructions to finish installing Windows

https://thewincentral.com/how-to-do-clean-installation-of-windows-10-using-bootable-usb-drive/

How To create Windows 10 Bootable USB Drive using Rufus or Media Creation Tool

How To create Windows 10 Bootable USB Drive using Rufus or Media Creation Tool (MCT)

In this simple step by step tutorial we will tell you how to create Windows 10 Bootable USB Flash Driveusing either of Two methods: Using Rufus that works for any Windows 10 Build including Insider Preview builds and Media Creation Tool (MCT) that lets you create Bootable USB Windows 10 Drive for the Official general release Windows 10 Build.

Using Rufus (Method 1):

This works for any of the the Windows 10 Builds, officially released for everyone or even for Insider Preview Builds.
1) As the first step you need to download ISO for the Windows 10 Build you want to create Bootable USB drive for. You can check our downloads section for ISO download links for many Builds. For the Windows 10 official ISO download click here.
2)  USB drive should ideally have minimum 4 GB for the Windows 10 32-bit version and 8 GB for the Windows 10 64-bit version.
3) Now Download Rufus (.exe file) to your desktop from here. Rufus doesn’t need any installation and the .exe file is ready to use.
4) Connect the USB Flash Drive to PC that you want to make Bootable
5) Run the Rufus .exe file, and click/tap on Yes if prompted by UAC.
rufus Windows 10 Bootable USB Drive
6) Set Rufus using the settings below which are valid for both 32-Bit and 64-Bit Windows 10 ISO files.
  • Device option: Select the USB flash drive you want to format
  • Format Options:
    • Check create a bootable disk using
    • select the ISO Image option
    • Click/tap on the Disk icon to navigate to and select your 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10 ISO file
    • Select Standard Windows installation
  • Partition scheme and target system type: MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI-CSM under
  • File system: NTFS
  • Cluster size: Default value (4096 bytes)
  • Format Options:
    • Check, Quick format
    • Check, Create extended label and icon files
  • New volume label: Any name that suites your taste
7) Tap / Click on start and click ok on the next prompt to confirm
8) Rufus will start creating the Bootable USB Drive and it may take around 5 minutes to accomplish this task or even more.

https://thewincentral.com/how-to-create-windows-10-bootable-usb-drive-using-rufus-media-creation-tool/

How to Create a macOS Mojave Public Beta Installation USB

Here's a quick guide to create a macOS Mojave 10.14 Public Beta Installation USB using Clover. Please note, this guide is not universal, and may not work for all systems.


STEP 1: Download macOS Mojave Public Beta

1. Enroll in the Free Apple Beta Software Program
2. Download Public Beta Access Utility 
3. Run installer. The Mac App Store will open.
4. Download macOS Mojave Public Beta

The Application Install macOS Mojave Beta will appear in /Applications.


STEP 2: Prepare Bootable USB Drive
This step extracts the Installer contents, then installs Clover bootloader to the USB stick.

1. Insert the USB drive
2. Open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
3. Highlight the USB drive in left column
4. Click on the Partition tab
5. Click Current and choose 1 Partition
6. Click Options...
7. Choose GUID Partition Table
8. Under Name: type USB (You can rename it later)
9. Under Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
10. Click Apply then Partition
11. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
12. Type the following, enter password and hit enter. This command completely erases the USB, then creates native installer media from the Install Mojave Beta Application.

Release:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app --nointeraction
Beta:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave\ Beta.app --nointeraction
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Upon completion, the USB will be renamed Install macOS Mojave Beta.

13. Download the most recent standalone Clover installer from the download section.
14. Install UEFI or Legacy Clover version using the USB (Install macOS Mojave Beta) as the target.
15. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ and add FakeSMC.kext
16. (Optional) Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Otherand add your ethernet kext
17. (Optional) Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ and add NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

Your Clover Installation USB is now finished.

For post installation instructions and screenshots, please see
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/unibeast-install-macos-high-sierra-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.235474/

Clover Developers:
Slice, with help of Kabyl, usr-sse2, jadran, Blackosx, dmazar, STLVNUB, pcj, apianti, JrCs, pene, FrodoKenny, skoczy, ycr.ru, Oscar09, xsmile, SoThOr, rehabman, Download-Fritz, Zenit432, cecekpawon


https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/how-to-create-a-macos-mojave-public-beta-installation-usb.254626/

Mac OS 10.14 Mojave - VMware 15 DIY Guide

Mac OS 10.14 Mojave - VMware 15 DIY Guide (no 3rd party images)

Hi! I usually don't fiddle much with Mac OS but I always like to have a Mac virtual machine ready on my Windows Laptop in case I need ...
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Hi!
I usually don't fiddle much with Mac OS but I always like to have a Mac virtual machine ready on my Windows Laptop in case I need to demonstrate some procedure on a Mac. Since all "Mojave in VMware" guides that I could find all required to either download a 3rd party image or were incomplete, I thought I'd just share my successful installation procedure. The only thing you will need is an existing Mac OS system (virtual or real) to download the Mojave installer from Apple.
We are going to create our own installation iso and set up our own VM.

Creating the installation media image iso

  1. On your existing Mac system, download Mojave from the App Store (and cancel the installation process once it's finished downloading) or perhaps this tool may help you if that option falls flat for you for some reason.
  2. Create a virtual disk image .dmg to fit the installation media. This command will do the trick: hdiutil create -o /tmp/Mojave -size 8000m -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J
  3. Mount it using this command: hdiutil attach /tmp/Mojave.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build
  4. Step 5 failed for me on the first attempt and would destroy the integrity of the image. A random fix I found was to open the finder and rename the mounted volume from "Untitled" to something else, e.g. "Mojave".
  5. Use the createinstallmedia tool that is packed in the Mojave installer that you downloaded from the AppStore to write the Mojave Installer to the virtual disk image we just created. remember to use sudo!sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Mojave Note that this is just the command template and that the Mojave Installer may be named slightly different and that you have to replace Mojave in the very end with whatever the virtual disk volume is called. ls /Volumes may help here.
  6. Convert the .dmg to a .iso by running: hdiutil convert /tmp/Mojave.dmg -format UDTO -o ~/Desktop/Mojave
  7. Give the iso the proper extension by removing .cdr from the name. (by hand or using the command: mv ~/Desktop/Mojave.iso.cdr ~/Desktop/Mojave.iso. You now have the final installation image on your desktop. Copy it to the machine running VMware.

Creating the virtual machine inside VMware

  1. Update to a VMware version that supports Mojave (I don't know which version that is, 15 definitely works).
  2. If you haven't already, unlock VMware on Windows to support Mac OS clients using this tool by DrDonk / Dave Parsons. Note the "Releases" button in the top middle.
  3. Create a new virtual machine saying "install later", Mac OS Operating System and something like a Quadcore CPU, >= 4GB RAM and >= 40 GB SCSI/SATA HDD.
  4. After the machine is set up, go to the VM setting and enable "Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI" for the CPU.
  5. Right click on the VM and do "Open VM directory". Open the .vmx file and add these lines: smc.version = "0"and ahci.port.hotplug.enabled = FALSE. The first line you are likely familiar with from older tutorials, the second line ensures that the HDD is correctly identified as an internal system drive (which may cause update problems otherwise).
  6. Go to the VM settings again and mount the previously created iso.
  7. Power up the VM. The installer should show. Go to the disk doctor first and partition the virtual hard drive appropriately (Mac OS Extended, Journaled). Encrypted drives did not work for me.
  8. Close disk doctor and install Mojave normally.
That's it! Hopefully you got your Mojave VM running!
Credits
Proof
PS: I wrote that guide from memory, if you find errors please let me know

https://www.iatkos.in/2018/12/mac-os-1014-mojave-vmware-15-diy-guide.html

Mojave and GPU. What are my options?

Mojave and GPU. What are my options?

Hey guys, first post in this forum (obligatory "long time lurker-first time poster"), first vanilla hack as well (yay me!). Curre...
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Hey guys, first post in this forum (obligatory "long time lurker-first time poster"), first vanilla hack as well (yay me!). Currently running Mojave on 9900k/Designare 390/GTX980 Combo. I used the workaround to get the HS 980 WebDrivers to install on Mojave but the overall experience is at the very least meh on the graphical side.
My main issue is the GPU and what to do about it. On one hand I'm quite pleased with my 980 in the windows side of things, both for gaming and Premiere editing (i think something to do with CUDA cores?). I was thinking of upgrading at some point in the future, probably to one of the newer nVidia cards. However this whole Mojave webdriver support feud between nVidia and Apple has gotten me worried


https://www.iatkos.in/2019/01/mojave-and-gpu-what-are-my-options.html

MacOS Mojave " 24 september 2018 "

MacOS Mojave review

Mojave, the latest version of macOS, is available to download, but should you? We've had a good look at Mojave and here's what we think about the new features from Dark Mode and Desktop Stacks to the News app and some clever iPhone meets Mac continuity features.

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Should I buy macOS Mojave?

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Upgrading to Mojave is a no-brainer. It’s free and there are enough new features to make the download worthwhile. There are also some under-the-cover enhancements that will provide a boost to your Mac too. Just beware if you are using very old versions of apps that they may not work in Mojave.

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macOS Mojave full review

Mojave is the latest update to the Mac operating system. It arrived on 24 September 2018 as a free update, if you want to install it, here's how to download Mojave.
Apple’s highlighting two features that essentially turn down the lights. One such feature is Dark Mode, which will mute the interface to better suit working at night, or conditions where a user might want to focus solely on an application rather than the menus and toolbars. The other feature is the Dynamic Desktop, which will cause your desktop image to change to match the time of day.
We can also look forward to a more tidy Desktop, the addition of Mark Up tools in Quick Look, a new Gallery View in the Finder, and more flexibility for screenshots.
We've been trying out the new features in Mojave, here’s what we think. We also compare Mojave with High Sierra here.

Dark Mode

When Mojave arrived, probably the most excitement was be reserved for Dark Mode - the new look that mutes the colours of the menus and interface so that you can give all your attention to what you are working on by day, and so that you won’t strain your eyes by night.
It’s the first time Apple has offered a true Dark Mode on the Mac. There was an option to turn on Night Shift in earlier versions of the Mac operating system, which would tone down the blue light in the evening, as well as an option to make the menu and dock dark, although that latter feature only applied to Apple apps. Now, with Mojave, Mac users are able to darken every element of the interface via System Preferences > General > Dark.
When you click the Dark option your windows, menus and other elements of the interface will change their appearance. We particularly like how the Reader view in Safari looks, with a grey background and white text. Of course, normal web pages won't take on this look because their appearance would normally be dictated by the web design team, but in Reader mode everything is stripped down so that you can just see the text and associated images. If you aren't using Reader mode, be ready with the sunglasses.
Dark Mode Safari
With this change in mind, it's odd that Apple doesn't make the same changes in Pages. When Dark Mode is turned on the page itself is white while the menus and text are black.
Dark Mode Pages
In the Dark Mode versions of Calendar, Messages, Notes, backgrounds become dark, while the text is white. It’s particularly beneficial in apps like Photos, where you can focus entirely on the photograph you are editing, rather than have that vie for attention with the rest of the interface.
Dark Mode apps in Mojave
No doubt it will be creatives who will get the most out of this new interface option, along with anyone who prefers to work at night. For the rest of us, it’s probably just a novelty that we’ll end up switching off at the point when we feel it’s just a bit too dark for day-to-day use.

Desktop Stacks

Once the excitement about Dark Mode has died down, we feel that there’s another new feature in Mojave that is much more revolutionary in terms of how you will use your Mac. Over the years Apple has come up with various ways to help us keep things in order on our Macs without actually needing a filing system.
In past versions of MacOS Apple has refined Spotlight so that we could quickly locate a document we needed, allowed us to Tag documents so that they could automatically appear together with other related items, added Quick Look so we could see a preview of the file before opening it, and made it easy to create Smart Folders so that certain types of file could be located.
One thing that Apple seems to have recognised is that for most of us ‘filing’ involves saving something to the Desktop. In Sierra the company added one of our favourite features of all time - the ability to sync the Desktop to iCloud and access it from any Mac or iOS device. So if you have a Mac at home and one at work you can share the same Desktop and access everything you need. Of course the side-effect of making the Desktop the go-to place is that for most of us, everything is stored on the Desktop.
While you may drag and drop all these files and images into a Stuff folder from time to time, things can get very out of hand and good luck finding anything in amongst that desktop clutter - especially if it’s mostly screen shots.
Desktop Stacks is a new feature in Mojave that builds on Smart Folders to create folders on your Desktop automatically. These folders can be sorted according to file type, date modified, date last opened, tags, and more. With Desktop Stacks turned on you can sort all the files on your Desktop into neat folders.
To turn on Desktop Stacks you need to click on the Finder menu, View > Use Stacks. When you turn it on, your Desktop will tidy itself. Folders won’t be filed away (although the few smart folders we had on our desktop were). Date last opened is a good option as it makes it easy to find the projects you are currently working on.
How to Stacks
Just click on a Desktop Stack to see its contents, which will automatically appear on your desktop (we prefer this to the way that Stacks works currently - the Downloads folder is an example of a Stack, and in High Sierra and earlier you have to open in the Finder to actually do anything other than open something in that folder). In Mojave when you click on a Desktop Stack the contents will appear on your desktop so you can find what you are looking for without opening a Finder window.
Stacks on Mojave
While Desktop Stacks should spell the end of desktop clutter for Mac users, whether it will help us become more organised remains to be seen. We’re hopeful though.

Mark Up and the Finder

This next new feature we love combines two featured that have been available in the Mac operating system for some time. Quick Look and Markup tools.
Quick Look is one of those nifty little features that as soon as you start using you really can’t do without. Remember when you used to have to actually open a file or photo in order to see what it was. For many years now it’s been as simple as pressing the space bar when you have a file selected and you see a preview.
As if that feature wasn’t already life-changing, in Mojave it is be coupled with another feature that arrived a few years ago: Mark Up. When it launched Mark Up was a tool for editing PDFs and email attachments. In Mojave you are able to use Markup tools while viewing a Quick Look preview. So you can just Quick Look at a PDF and add a signature or fill in your address details, no need to open up Preview (or another PDF editor to do this). If it’s an image you are looking at, you can use editing tools such as crop, rotate and even trim video.
These tools also come to the Finder in Mojave. For a while there has been a Cover Flow view in the Finder which took its inspiration from a feature in iTunes many years ago. So long ago, in fact, that the view is long gone from iTunes.
In Mojave this old iTunes-inspired view is replaced by Gallery View, which takes its inspiration from Photos. You’ll see big previews of photos (and other documents). You will also be able to see the metadata associated with an image in a sidebar on the right, and, of course, you will have the Mark Up tools handy for any quick edits you want to do.

Screenshots and video

Those Mark Up edits are also available when you take a screenshot. Taking screenshots in Mojave is reminiscent of iOS - the screenshot shrinks to a thumbnail in the bottom right that you can click on to open and edit. This means that you can crop and rotate a screenshot without needing to open a separate program, so you can send it to someone, or add it to a document immediately.
To take a screenshot in Mojave you use the same keyboard combination as in previous versions of the OS - such as Command + Shift + 4 - but once the screenshot is taken, it appears in the bottom right, you can then click on it and gain access to tools to crop, as well as draw on the screenshot, or add shapes to draw attention to something. Once you are finished, just clicked on Done to see options to save or share.
Edit Mojave Screenshot
Video gets the same treatment. Previously if you wanted to record video of what is happening on your screen it was necessary to fire up QuickTime and record screen that way. In Mojave this feature is embedded into the OS in a similar way to taking a screenshot is. And as with screenshots, that video will be easy to edit with those markup tools.
To take a video of something on your screen in Mojave, press Command + Shift + 5 and you'll be able to choose a section of the screen to record or just record the entire screen. Then click on Record Entire Screen or Record Selected Portion accordingly, and when you are done click on the stop button that appears in a tool bar in the top right.

FaceTime

Group video calling (video chat with up to 32 people) was missing from the first verison of Mojave, but it arrived in FaceTime just in time for Christmas 2018.
The feature means that you can make a FaceTime call with more than one person at a time, as long as they have Mojave or iOS 12 installed. Just like we used to be able to do with iChat many moons ago. Read all about how to make a FaceTime call with more than one person here.

iOS and MacOS

A new Continuity feature arrived in Mojave. Continuity is the name Apple gives to features that bring the iPad, iPhone and Mac together. Such as the ability to receive and send text messages, or make and take phone calls on your Mac, and Hand Off from one device to another so you can continue working on a Pages document on your iPad when you leave the office, or read a Safari web page on your Mac that you were looking at on your iPhone.
In Mojave you are able to open a document on your Mac, say a newsletter you are designing in Pages, or a presentation in Keynote, and use the iPhone as a capture device. In a similar way to how you might choose a scanner as a source, you can select the iPhone, take a photo or screenshot with it, and have that automatically appear in your document on your Mac.
All you need to do is right click on the area where you want to add the image and choose the option Take Photo. You will then see the option to Take a photo with "Name's iPhone" indicating that you should use your iPhone to take the photo. Your Camera app will automatically open, you take the photo and choose Use Photo. At which point the photo will appear in the document on your Mac. It's very easy, we just wish there were more opportunities when we might use this ability (we can't imagine that many now).
Image added to Pages from iPhone
There are other features that are new in Mojave which will make your iPhone and Mac seem a little more unified. Mojave will bring the News, Home, and Voice Memo apps to your Mac.

News app

News will import your existing settings from your iPhone so you can now view stories from Apple News on your Mac. We suppose this is part of Apple’s assault on Google and an attempt to combat Fake News.
Funny enough, this alternative to reading news in Safari isn't particularly affected by Dark Mode, articles still have white backgrounds, which struck us as a strange omission. Maybe it's because it's an iOS app.
We are a little frustrated by the way articles will only open in News - it seems to be impossible to divert them to Safari if you want the web version. Another issue is the fact that you can only have one article open at a time in News, for that reason it's no good for research.
Apple News in Mojave

Safari 12

Of course the other way you can get your news is by browsing in Safari. Despite some big changes in 2017 when Safari 11 bought the end of auto-playing video and made it harder for cookies to track you. More anti-advertising features have arrived in Safari 12 - which is available for older versions of MacOS too. New features include prohibiting cookies and making your Mac look just like everyone else’s so that ‘Fingerprinting’ is impossible. We look at Safari 12 in our Best web browser for Mac article.

Home

The other app to make its way over from iOS to MacOS is Home. Of course, how use this app will be depends entirely on how many HomeKit ready appliances you have in your house. We don't have many as you can see, not because we don't have the appliances at home, but because they aren't HomeKit, which, sadly tends to be the case. Read about the best HomeKit devices here.
Home App on Mojave

Mac App Store

Apple has completely overhauled the Mac App Store. To help you find good apps, you can read in-depth articles about the best and most essential Mac apps - written by Apple’s own team of editors. Plus various tabs highlight the apps that suit certain industries, for example: Create tab for design apps, Work tab for productivity apps, Play tab for games, and a Develop tab for all the developer tools and services.
You can also see auto-play videos that demonstrate what an app is capable of before you download it - a feature that was already available in the iOS App Store.
Mac App Store Mojave
Another change to the Mac App Store is the way updates are delivered to your Mac. Previously you got subsequent updates to the OS by going to the Mac App Store and clicking on the Updates tab, or you could go to the Apple menu on your Mac and click on Software Updates. In Mojave you have the option of opening Software Updates via a new System Preferences pane. Updates can still be found in the Mac App Store too and via the Apple Menu > About this Mac > Software Updates.
Speaking of apps, there may a reason to put off updating to Mojave: Apple has said it will be the last MacOS to run 32-bit apps, which should mean that they will run, but you can expect there to be problems with them as High Sierra was the last macOS to run 32-bit apps "without compromise". We don't know just how bad this will be for 32-bit apps, but it is likely that users will want to start thinking about updating their older apps, and developers who are still stuck in the 32-bit age will want to get a move on updating them... You can read about 32-app and what to do if you still need to use them here. Incidentally, our copy of Photoshop CS5 no longer works despite it being 64bit.

Verdict

Dark Mode has probably received the most attention, but Mojave has a lot more to offer than a second interface design. Stacks will help you keep your Desktop tidy, being able to edit images in Quick Look is useful, and the new enhanced screenshot - and video capture tools are excellent. 
FaceTime.
We like that more iOS apps, such as News and Home have come to the Mac with Mojave — although News does annoy us somewhat when articles insist on opening there, especially because it isn’t possible to open more than one at once.
The Mac App Store has had a redesign, but the biggest change you will probably notice is that macOS updates no longer arrive via the Mac App Store, instead you need to go to System Preferences > Software Updates. The other app related issue is that some older apps may start displaying warnings about incompatibility, or stop working altogether, such as Photoshop in CS 5 (find out how to get all your apps to work here).
In conclusion, we’d say that there is a lot in Mojave that makes it a very worthwhile update - and since its free there really is no reason not to, unless you rely on old versions of apps that may not work sufficiently well (or at all) in the 2018 macOS


https://www.macworld.co.uk/review/mac-software/macos-mojave-review-3681227/