Bucknasty

Well it’s been a long time since I’ve made an entry here. My life’s focus has shifted many times and I’ve strayed far away from Ubuntu, and ...

It’s been a very long time since I’ve made an entry here, so I guess I need to post something. I’m still rocking my MacPro 5,1 and most thin...

Recently I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my Mac Pro 5,1 running Catalina 10.15.4 as a host. It’s installed in a vm (VMWare Fusion). I gave i...

It’s been a while since I posted anything here so I decided to do just that... Last month, a tornado touched down in my front yard and rippe...

With the release of macOS 10.15 Apple has blocked the install onto the MacPro 5,1. With all the updated hardware on my MP51 (Metal Capable G...

Today I added another NVMe SSD to my system. This entry is just a quick placeholder to mark the install. I’m cloning my primary macOS drive...

Feeling the itch to upgrade something on my Mac Pro 5,1 again, and needing some more storage space for various purposes, I added another 1TB...

I can’t convey enough, my level of outrage and anger at Microsoft. Let me tell you how this organization rolls and trolls. Several weeks ago...

I hope everyone had a good Christmas, I have no complaints. Our family does exchange a few small gifts, but nothing grand anymore. I got mys...

So, as many Mac Pro users have learned, Mojave requires the boot drive file system to be formatted as APFS and the installer converts it to ...

Make sure you have downloaded the Sierra Installer package from the Mac App Store, and placed it in your Applications folder. Then open a co...

A long while back, I was asked to do a write up on making a DVD Installer Disk for OS X El Capitan. I’m sorry it took me so long to do this...

It’s been a long time since my last post, but I have to write about my newest upgrade to my Mid-2012 Mac Pro. I’ve been adding 2.5” SSD driv...

I’ve had Ubuntu 17.10 running great in VMware for a couple of days now. It’s revitalizing my interest in Linux. I’ve forgotten much of what ...

So, for anyone struggling with screen resolution for a VMware Fusion 10, Ubuntu 17.10 install, try the following. vmware tools seems to ins...

So, it’s been a pretty long time since my last entry. The reason being that my life has been ripped apart, turned upside down, and I’m slowl...

  So my precious kitty of about 7 years got sick 2 days ago. My wife called me while I was away and told me she couldn't stand or walk...

First, let me give credit where it's due.  This guide was written by Mac Rumors user TyWebb13. Here is the original post. To do th...

Sonnet Allegro Pro USB 3.0 Fresco Logic Chipset ​ Today I installed the Sonnet Allegro Pro card in my cMP 5,1. The card is well made and...