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Quick OS X Installation Guide for Lenovo® ThinkPad T61model

(7665_DN3)

Contents:

BIOS Settings for OS X ……………………………………….. pages 1- 8

Updating BIOS (removes Wifi whitelist and AHCI speed limit) …… 9

Replacement for Intel Wifi with OSX compatible Wifi ……………. 10

How to get OS X operating system? (fresh installation) …….. 11-13

Installing OS X on Lenovo ThinkPad T61 …………………….. 16 - 18

Settings and files to optimize OS X (After installation) ……. 19 - 22

Extra information and tips …………………………………………….. 23

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BIOS Settings for OS X

Turn T61 on and press on the blue ThinkVantage™ button.

Or just hit F1 key

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Enter setup (BIOS) and you will get a screen similar like shown below

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Then select: Power. You get a screen as in picture shown here below.

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Make sure that the settings are exactly the same as in the picture..

Save this settings (press F10) and go back to the first BIOS screen.

Now select USB section.

And make sure your settings are the same again as in picture on the

next page.

Save settings for USB and now go to 'Display' section also found in

BIOS config menu as shown in picture on next page 2nd picture.

#Save settings and make sure that your settings are the same as shown

in the pictures provided on the next 3 pages..

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IMPORTANT!! #

Now get back to the 1st BIOS screen and select 'Security' In this menu you select 'Memory Protection’ #

And make sure that this setting is enabled other wise you will get an instant reboot at start! #

See picture below for setting in BIOS.

Save this setting as enabled and get back in the security menu of the

BIOS and take a look at I/O PortAccess section of this menu.

You can set all to enabled if you want all your hardware to be available

to you. Now make sure that all your settings are saved.

#To save a setting just hit F10 key in BIOS menu and choose 'yes'

After reboot your settings are stored in BIOS

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Your BIOS settings should be right now to boot Mac OS X now!! …….

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Updating BIOS for OS X #Your default BIOS from Lenovo has a blacklist for replacing wifi and

other hardware. This means that you can only replace hardware that is

supported by Lenovo only. But I’ve provided an ISO image that can

unlock this. The standard Wifi is Intel Wifi hardware that isn’t

supported by OS X. Now get your self a Wifi card that is supported by

OS X, like:

#Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN #There shall be many other Wifi cards to choose from.

Find out which Wifi is native supported by OS X by default.

Check the internet for this information there's a lot to Google..

Once you found one and obtained it you can start Flashing the BIOS or

before.. You decide..

#And in case you can get a cheap SSD (SolidStateDrive) DO IT!!

That should make this already outdated Lenovo a lot nicer to work

with. But for a laptop from the year 2006 OS X really performs well!

#Now get a USB drive key or a CD-R writable and burn the ISO image

7luj27uc.iso included in Thinkpad T61 Essential folder. Assuming

you’re on a Windows OS you can also make a bootable USB key.

Check google for an app that makes iso’s mountable on a USB drive.

#Press F12 after turning your ThinkPad on and choose DVD drive or

USB key drive to Flash the BIOS. This will unlock wifi whitelist.

#WARNING!! Make sure that your ThinkPad is properly connected to

both a power source and battery. Because during flashing you don’t

want any power loss! This can make your laptop un-usable..

#The flashing menu will speak for it self, I don’t think there are many

options available, besides yes or no…

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Wifi (Wireless Card) replacement

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#Buy in a 2nd hand computer shop a compatible wifi for your ThinkPad.

Or search the internet and buy it online. There a lot of information…

Check www.youtube.com for a video to see how replace your Intel Wifi

with one that is supported by Mac OS X by default. Check link:

#http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDXEIC2ns2A

#Here can see very quickly where al the parts are..

#But also I’ve included the original Lenovo PDF in Extra Stuff folder. If

you take the Memory replacement section you also find very fast the

Wifi if you take a good look.. You shall notice that there is 1extra

'ground’ wire with the Intel Wifi. This one you don’t have to connect

with a lot of other wireless wifi cards. Seal it off, so it can not interfere

with the electricity on the main-board Make sure that you connect the

wires correctly other wise you won’t get any connection! Windows OS

should be able to connect with a Broadcom 4311 and likewise with

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Getting Mac OS X operating system

I am still assuming that you are running Windows OS, what version

that might be. In my opinion to get as fast as possible OS X on your

ThinkPad is still to get an image from Piratebay pre-loaded with boot-

loaders to get it bootable right away! OSX is free from 10.9 Mavericks.

So I don’t assume you still think this is stealing from Apple! It’s after

all free!! Which was a very wise decision in my opinion from Apple.

#In my case Clover boot loader won’t install or boot OS X from this

ThinkPad. Clover is made for computers with (U)EFI in it. This model

ThinkPad is too outdated for UEFI I suppose. But that won’t stop this

project, we still have Chameleon Bootloader!! This will boot OS X on

ThinkPad T-Series!!

#Download at Piratebay:

#http://bayproxy.me/torrent/9086005/

OS_X_Mavericks_10.9_bootable_USB_for_Intel_PCs_(13A603)

#or:

#http://thepiratebay.ac/torrent/9086005/

OS_X_Mavericks_10.9_bootable_USB_for_Intel_PCs_%2813A603%29

#Piratebay is banned/blocked in several places around the world but I

don’t think that you won’t find it, there are a lot of mirrors and

proxy’s around the web. If you paste behind a proxy:

#/torrent/9086005/

OS_X_Mavericks_10.9_bootable_USB_for_Intel_PCs_(13A603)

#I’m sure you will find it.

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In case you have a Mac or can make use of a Mac, then this process is

even easier. You can download OS X Mavericks for free in the Apple

App Store. Open Disk Utility in Utilities folder found in Application

folder on OS X installation.

#Assuming that you have the OS X Mavericks installer in your

Applications folder, and you have a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)-

formatted volume named "Untitled" mounted on the system, you can

create a Mavericks install drive by typing the following command into

the Terminal.

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction

The command will erase the disk and copy the install files over. Give it

some time, and your volume will soon be loaded up with not just the

OS X installer, but also an external recovery partition that may come in

handy if your hard drive dies and you're away from an Internet

connection.

Whichever method you use, you should be able to boot from your new

USB drive either by changing the default Startup Disk in System

Preferences or by holding down the Option key at boot and selecting

the drive. Once booted, you'll be able to install or upgrade Mavericks

as you normally would.

But this is a USB image that is original for Apple computers only!!

And therefore it won’t boot on a PC or Laptop and will only be

bootable at least when you install a bootloader like Chameleon

Bootloader.

Check http://www.osx86.net for a download of Chameleon boot-

loader if you have a Mac or another hackintosh. Then you can make

your own installer with files provided in Lenovo T61 (7665_DN3)

Ultimate Hackbook bundle.

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But when you stuck to Windows or Linux it should’t be hard either.

You can easily write the image from Piratebay in Windows or Linux to

an USB key drive. I’ve included tools to clone the image. It is also

recommended to have an option to read and write HFS+ volumes in

Windows OS. So check:

http://www.acutesystems.com/scrtm.htm

Download tmsetup.exe, this will be a 15 day evaluation version. But

this should be long enough to get your ThinkPad running OS X. But a

hackintosh expert or even an average normal Mac user won’t need it.

But it may also come in handy if you screwed it up OS X and your

Windows is still running. Maybe you can repair it with this tool.

I’ve included Win32DiskImager.zip you can find it in Extra Stuff/

Extra Applications folder. With this tool you can make a bootable USB

OS X installation key drive. Insert a 8GB USB Key-drive format it to

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FAT32. And unzip the file and start Win32DiskImager make sure you

can select all filetypes.

OS X Mavericks 10.9 image file from Piratebay has extension .RAW and

this isn’t supported by default. But if right you should be able to make

a bootable USB OS X installation with choosing the option as in shown

picture previous page.

You can also use Suse Studio Image Writer. This Windows app does

support .RAW by default. But needs Microsoft .NET framework

otherwise it will not work.

Problems with formatting USB key-drive:

Sometimes your 8GB or larger USB key-drive has to be repartitioned

other wise you don’t have the full capacity back if you format it with

the standard built-in Windows format utility. This lost free space is

easily to recover. I personally should be booting in Linux and launch

G-Parted. But if you are stuck to Windows…

You can also download HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. Google for

it and you will find it. Download it and use it as your default key-drive

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format utility. With this tool you can recover the lost free space.. By

choosing the options shown in picture…

#######Choose one of your method either with Suse Studio Image Writer or

Win32DiskImager. Clone the image to a 8GB USB key-drive. After

completion I’m sure Windows will ask to format the USB drive again

right away! Don’t do this! Off-course you won’t … :)

Now when the image cloning process has finished, you should have a

bootable OS X Mavericks 10.9 USB key-drive!

IMPORTANT WARNING!!

In this quick tutorial we gonna make the Lenovo T61 as real as

possible matching a real Macbook Pro. So the whole harddisk will be

erased! And partitioned like a real Mac! So no MBR partition table

anymore! We gonna format the harddisk a GUID partition table. So

back up your Windows OS if you wanna make use of it again! Or

prepare also for a fresh Windows OS installation when OS X is running

on your ThinkPad. Check the internet for making a image back-up of

your Windows and place it on an external drive so you can restore it

later. (You can also install OS X on an external harddrive to test it first)

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Installing OS X on Lenovo ThinkPad T61

Now prepare for installation. The only thing you need now is an

external USB keyboard. This is only needed during the installation and

you won’t need it once OS X is installed.

#- Now plug your USB key-drive into the ThinkPad and turn it on. - Press F12 to get the bootmenu of your ThinkPad and select the USB

key-drive and press enter. - Now press 1 on your keyboard (internal) and/or press it a couple

times more to get in Chameleon Bootmenu. When you do noting,

you will get into the Clover Bootmenu and Clover doesn’t support

T61 ThinkPad. - If you get into Clover Bootmenu, reboot and try a couple times

more to get into Chameleon Boot-loader menu, when done right

you’re screen should look like the picture on this page:

Type: cpus=1 -v

Just like in the picture shown here above. And hit enter.

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- Now you will see a lot of text, this is because of the boot flag: -v this means diagnostic mode. And is always the best option in case something is wrong. You can get to OSx86 forums to get help in case the installation will not boot correctly. But I don’t think this will be the case here. So…

- Wait to let the installation screen appears. Now plug in you’re external USB keyboard. Otherwise you won’t be able to continue your installation! Now choose you’re language and get to installation menu of OS X Mavericks 10.9.

- Choose in the upper screen for Utlities and launch DiskUtility. Now

you will get a screen like this. Now take over the steps show here.

#- After step 2 you choose ’Partition Layout’ to choose how many

partitions you want on your harddisk, choose you’re desired

number of partitions in this example I’ve just 2, one for OS X and 1

for Windows. But you can make a lot more then you can make in

Windows! That’s 1 of the benefits of GUID partition table. So select

in step 3: GUID Partition Table. And select ’apply’ as in step 4..

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- Now you’re whole harddisk is partitioned and erased. And is ready

to get OS X installed!

- Choose you’re partition you want OS X to be installed and get the

installation running! After a while… (this can be long, remember

you are running just on one core now during installation) I explain

later why this is needed. But after a while you’re installation should

be finished. Reboot… And turn off your ThinkPad.

- Plug out your USB key-drive. And turn on your ThinkPad again. You

should get into a Chameleon boot-screen menu, just like when you

installed OS X in the beginning. Now again use boot flag: cpus=1 -v

Now you should get into OS X after loading! Register your account and

make sure you use a password that is longer than 3 digits! You can

make a shorter one, but you will get problems when you enter the

terminal of OS X. It won’t accept passwords with less than 3 digits

anymore since Mac OS X Lion 10.7.

Now congratulations! OS X is installed!

But wait… It isn’t running like it should… We’ve gotta optimize it first!

Go first off all to System Preferences in the Dock, and choose:

Security and Privacy and click left under the key-lock. Enter your

password. And set: Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere

Otherwise you won’t be able to optimize your ThinkHack Pro at all!!Now navigate to your root of your harddrive and go to: System/Libarary/Extensions.. Delete the following kext files:

Disabler.kextFakeSMC.kext VoodooPS2Controller.kext VoodooPS2Keyboard.kext VoodooPS2Mouse.kext VoodooPS2Trackpad.kext Nullcpupowermanagement.kextAppleSmartBatteryManager.kext

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Settings and files to optimize OS X

In the Lenovo ThinkPad package you will find Lenovo Thinkpad T61

KEXTS Essential (S-L-E) folder in ThinkPad T61 Essential folder. Also

in this folder you will find ’extra’ folder inside Extra (Chameleon).

- Replace the extra folder on the root of your harddrive with the extra

folder from package. (You will be prompted for you’re password) - if you can’t see any extra folder on the root, then first copy the

applications show-hide and Kext Utility to your Application folder

also on the root of your harddrive. And launch show-hide and

select: ’show special files’ Now you should see every file, the

hidden files are a bit lower in color. Delete extra folder and place

the one from package into your root. - Now select all the kext files in Lenovo Thinkpad T61 KEXTS

Essential (S-L-E) folder. And drag it into the application icon of

Kext Utility. Just like in the picture above.

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Mount T61(7665_DN3)PHB.dmg (double-click on file)

You will be asked for you’re password. Enter it, and let the installation

begin of the T61 kext files. This are more or less the drivers for your

ThinkPad for OS X. Let the process finish. And wait a bit because OS X

need to update the kext caches…

#Now go to ’Extra Stuff’ folder also found in the package, and go to

Extra Applications Folder, and copy the folder OSx86 Applications

folder to your Application folder found on your root of your harddrive.

Launch Chameleon Wizard, this is a handy tool for Hackintosh users.

Make sure that you’re settings are exact as shown in the picture. This

screen below allows GUI editing of org.chameleon.Boot.plist located

in Extra folder on root of your harddrive. These are boot settings.

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Now launch Kext Utility again. But now by just double clicking on the

application icon. Enter password and let it run again to update your

kext caches completely. Wait a bit to let OS X finish its tasks…

####################Now you should be ready to reboot for the first time with DSDT and

kext-drivers enabled!!! Reboot and see if your ThinkPad will boot up

properly! You don’t have to type any boot flags anymore in Chameleon

boot-loader. But if you experience problems type just: -v The reason

that you won’t need cpus=1 anymore is just 1 kext. TSCSync.kext this

kext is needed otherwise the 2 cores of the processor won’t sync

correctly which results in a few weird problems and makes OS X

unusable. TSCSync.kext will fix this problem.

#If your ThinkHack Pro is booting correctly please launch DiskUtility in

Utilities folder found in Application folder on the root of your

harddrive. And select your OS X harddrive and Repair Permissions.

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###After this process is finished you should reboot once more. If your

ThinkPad is booting back into OS X installation you should be fine!

#Now there are a few things to optimize but for the main part your

installation is ready now.

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Extra information and tips:

In your ThinkPad T61 Essential folder in Application folder you will

also find RecoveryHD_Creator. Launch this script to create a Recovery

HD. This is needed to get iCloud and other features that Apple

provides like Games Center. If there is a problem with the script there

is also a manually method installation found in Extra Stuff folder.

#In Extra Stuff folder you find also a lot other tweaks and software.

Take a look, there are descriptions inside with information.

#If you have problems with bluetooth connection. You’re bluetooth

device maybe needs also a little help..

#1) First of all make sure your hardware Wireless switch is turned ON!

2)* Seems you need to turn ON Bluetooth in Windows or Linux and make it there also discoverable as well!!

• I guess you'll need dual Windows boot with Mac OS X on your Thinkpad

• Or just boot an Ubuntu Live CD or USB drive key if you have no Windows!

3) Now delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist!

4) Now rebuild your kext cache with Kext Utility!

5) This one you must do very QUICK after restart:

#• Turn on your Apple Magic Mouse or other device

• Wait for restart

• Click on Bluetooth in upper menu!

• Set Up Magic Mouse or other Bluetooth Device

#Made on ThinkPad T61 with Pages 5.0.1

By ProtocolX™

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