El Capitan Boot Screen Compatible Video Cards For Mac Pro 31
Mac Pro introduced in early 2008 or later Xserve models introduced in early 2009. To find your Mac model, memory, storage space and macOS version, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu. If your Mac isn't compatible with OS X El Capitan, the installer will let you know.
I've unfortunately gotten rid of my trusty Mac Pro 1,1, and therefore this repo will no longer be updated.
Upgrades I have completed on the Apple Mac Pro 1,1 in order to get it El Capitan (OS X 10.11) ready along with code, scripts and links to products and utilities. Magicscan software download for mac.
Install El Capitan from Spare Mac
- Attach the Mac Pro boot drive to a Mac.
- Download El Capitan from the App Store on this Mac.
- Run Disk Utility and wipe the destination drive, making sure to used GUID partition table.
- Run the El Capitan installer and make sure to select the Mac Pro drive.
Prepare the New Drive
- Boot from the new El Capitan drive in restore mode with cmd+R
- Run terminal app
- type
csrutil disable; reboot(this reboots the Mac) - Once booted, download the post-install script
- Run the script to fix permissions on boot.efi
- The script will also Replace CoreServices and /User/boot/32 with the new Boot.efi
Install Nvidia Drivers (If Needed)
Migrate the Drive
- Shut down the computer you are using to make the drive
- Insert the El Capitan drive in your Mac Pro 1,1 (2006)
- Boot the Mac
- You will hear it chime twice, this means you've done your job!
- If all goes well, you'll see it boot (if not, make sure you've used GUID partition type - this happened to me :) )
- If you're using a PC graphics card, it might take 2 minutes to boot up to the login screen