Mac OS X 10.7.4 Update

Today Apple released Mac OS X 10.7.4 the fourth major update to Mac OS X Lion. To eliminate any potential issues, we generally recommend to update any supported systems using the standalone Combo installer, and not the built-in Software Update.

Download the Mac OS X 10.7.4 Combo Update

Be sure to back up any important data, and if possible clone your hard drive before applying the update.  If you have any issues post-update, boot using UniBeast or rBoot.

What we know about 10.7.4 so far...

10.7.4 Power Management and Sandy Bridge CPUs

• 11.4.0 Darwin kernel
• No native Ivy Bridge CPU Support
• Ivy Bridge Users- BridgeHelper 4.0 Released.
• Improved AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA graphics drivers.
• If you use customized or edited graphics kexts, it will be necessary to make the edits again using the new drivers as a base. 
• If you use Combo OpenCL Enabler, reapply it before reboot
• The update will replace your AppleHDA.kext. 
• If you use ALC8xxHDA for onboard audio, you will have to reinstall AppleHDA Rollback using MultiBeast before rebooting. 
• If you use toleda's AppleHDA for onboard audio, you will have to reinstall the Patched AppleHDA using MultiBeast before rebooting. 
• If you use VoodooHDA, you will not need to make any modifications.
• If you use Sleepenabler.kext, remove before updating.
• If you use SpeedStepper for UEFI motherboards, do not update yet- there is a new speedstepper script coming soon. 
• Install patched AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext for 10.7.4 from MultiBeast before reboot. 

Good luck, and let us know how it goes! Report your results in the forum here.

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MultiBeast 4.4 Update

Today MultiBeast was updated to version 4.4 for Lion. The latest version of MultiBeast is now available at tonymacx86.com/downloads.

Please do not upload or redistribute MultiBeast to any other sites. 

What's new in MultiBeast 4.4:

• Added toleda's patched AppleHDA's to Drivers & Bootloaders -> Kexts & Enablers -> Audio -> Realtek ALC8xx -> Patched AppleHDA
• Added ALC898 to Drivers & Bootloaders -> Kexts & Enablers -> Audio -> Realtek ALC8xx -> Non-DSDT HDAEnabler.
• Added HWMonitor Application to Drivers & Bootloaders -> Kexts & Enablers -> Miscellaneous -> FakeSMC Plugins.
• Updated Chimera to v1.9.2
• Updated ALC8xxHDA to v2.0.1
• Updated FakeSMC to v4.2 rev609
• Updated FakeSMC Plugins to v4.2 rev609+
• + designates MacMan's addition of Ivy Bridge CPU detection to this source.
• Updated hnak's AppleIntelE1000e Ethernet to v1.9.5 and changed install location to /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns.

Special thanks to the Project OS X Team for their continued development of FakeSMC and FakeSMC Plugins, and mozo and Navi for the new HWMonitor App.

If you have Bug Reports or Feature Requests, please let us know in the MultiBeast section of the forum.

-tonymacx86 & MacMan

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Intel's New Ivy Bridge Socket 1155 CPUs and 7-Series Motherboards Now Available

This past week Intel unveiled and released it's new Ivy Bridge CPUs. These CPUs are compatible with any of the available Socket 1155 motherboards- including Sandy Bridge ones! So users with existing Sandy Bridge compatible H61, H67 and Z68 motherboards have the option to upgrade to new Ivy Bridge CPUs.

Ivy Bridge feature improvements over Sandy Bridge include:

• Tri-gate transistor technology (less than 50% power consumption at the same performance level as 2-D planar transistors).
• PCI Express 3.0 support.
• Max CPU multiplier of 63 (57 for Sandy Bridge).
• RAM support up to 2800 MT/s in 200 MHz increments.
• Intel HD Graphics 2500/4000 with DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1, and OpenCL 1.1 support.
• The built-in GPU is believed to have up to 16 execution units (EUs), compared to Sandy Bridge's maximum of 12.
• A new random number generator and the RdRand instruction, codenamed Bull Mountain.
• Intel Quick Sync Video.
• DDR3L low voltage for mobile processors.
• Multiple 4K video playback.                                                      Source: Wikipedia

Recommended Ivy Bridge CPUs

We recommend Ivy Bridge Socket 1155 CPUs featuring Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics. Other available CPUs not listed here have lower quality HD 2500 graphics.

	Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5 Ghz	4 Cores / 8 Threads Unlocked for Overclocking 8MB L3 Cache	Amazon  Newegg
	Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 Ghz	4 Cores / 8 Threads 8MB L3 Cache	Amazon  Newegg
	Intel Core i7-3770S 3.1 Ghz	4 Cores / 8 Threads 65w Lower Power 8MB L3 Cache	Amazon  Newegg
	Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4 Ghz	4 Cores / 4 Threads Unlocked for Overclocking 6MB L3 Cache	Amazon  Newegg

Recommended 7-Series Motherboards

We recommend these Gigabyte 7-Series motherboards based on their compatible audio and ethernet. Gigabyte UEFI motherboards also have an exclusive new feature of working with sleep/wake without a DSDT.

	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	Realtek ALC898 Audio Atheros/Intel Dual Ethernet DVI-D, DisplayPort, VGA, HDMI	Amazon  Newegg
	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H	Realtek ALC887 Audio Atheros Ethernet DVI-D, VGA, HDMI	Amazon  Newegg
	Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H	Realtek ALC887 Audio Atheros Ethernet DVI-D, VGA, HDMI	Amazon  Newegg
	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3P	Realtek ALC887 Audio Realtek Ethernet DVI-D, VGA, HDMI	Amazon  Newegg

Other major manufacturers such as ASUS, ASRock, and MSI also have compatible audio and ethernet, but could have Power Management problems with locked MSR in their UEFI. View a list of some of these non-Gigabyte motherboard recommendations here.

PLEASE NOTE:  Ivy Bridge CPUs and chipsets are not currently supported natively by Mac OS X. We can't recommend Ivy Bridge systems yet, as there is no official support. Hence, please don't view this as buying advice. We don't recommend using a patched kernel for the long-term. The vanilla kernel is a much more desirable solution for a stable system.

Can't wait to hear your experiences with these new CPUs and motherboards. Have fun!

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BridgeHelper 3.0 - Enhanced 10.7.3 Kernel for Ivy Bridge CPUs

This week, Intel announced and released it's next generation of Socket 1155 CPUs, codenamed Ivy Bridge. As part of Apple's commitment to Open Source, they make the kernel source available via opensource.apple.com. MacMan has added support for these new CPUs to xnu-1699.24.23 (AKA the 11.3.0 Darwin kernel shipped in OS X 10.7.3) and we're happy to announce it's release.

BridgeHelper 3.0 will replace your 10.7.3 system kernel with MacMan's 10.7.3 Darwin kernel with Ivy Bridge CPU support. The installer is now available at tonymacx86.com/downloads.

PLEASE NOTE:  Ivy Bridge CPUs and chipsets are not currently supported natively by Mac OS X. We can't recommend Ivy Bridge systems yet, as there is no official support. Hence, please don't view this as buying advice. We don't recommend using a patched kernel for the long-term. The vanilla kernel is a much more desirable solution for a stable system.

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UniBeast 1.2 Update

Today UniBeast has been updated to 1.2. The latest version is available for download at tonymacx86.com/downloads.

Please do not upload or redistribute UniBeast to any other sites.  

Full list of changes:

• Updated Chimera to v1.9.1

If this utility has helped you, please consider a contribution to support further UniBeast development.  Thanks in advance, and enjoy!

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