Hi James,
A few notes and questions for you...
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Then I run the combo updater from apple to get up to 10.7.4
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But this is not ideal as you can simply download a complete 10.7.4 installer fresh from the app store, right?
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Then I run the standalone chimera installer.
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Ah, but that's what UniBeast eliminates... it makes Chimera for us, but doesn't require the user to know what he's doing... UniBeast just does it. This was a big point of confusion for me -- then I figured out that UniBeast is a combination of many of the older tools, all-in-one.
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Then I use multibeast and tick the following:
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Again, I just used EasyBeast settings, and with the exception fo the E1000 ethernet, very few changes... I think I added the nvidia 4xx/5xx support.
Done. Easy.
I know you have been doing this longer than I have and your learning curve is well documented (and appreciated!) - wondering why you did the custom DSDT when EasyBeast eliminates this need? What am I missing by using EasyBeast?
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you can optionally enable trim for SSD drives,
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Can you elaborate? What is TRIM and why do we need it?
Although my rig is performing at 100% of my expectations - I want to get a 2nd video
[edit: port working] and I need to deal with more SATA ports... and I'll treat each issue separately... but for a noob, DSDT is intimidating, and I think UniBeast/EasyBeast GREATLY simplifies things. Am I missing something important?
Thanks for sharing your results!
J