#NEW KEYBOARD CASE FOR 2011 MAC BOOK PRO INSTALL#
#NEW KEYBOARD CASE FOR 2011 MAC BOOK PRO UPDATE#
#NEW KEYBOARD CASE FOR 2011 MAC BOOK PRO SOFTWARE#
#NEW KEYBOARD CASE FOR 2011 MAC BOOK PRO PASSWORD#

Since I selected an encrypted disk, I am asked to enter my password.

Once the system is shut-down, IвЂ™ll remove the USB Drive and power back on the mac. Pop!_OS has finished installing and is asking us if we want to restart or shut-down. This will take a few minutes, so lets get another coffee.

#NEW KEYBOARD CASE FOR 2011 MAC BOOK PRO PASSWORD#

IвЂ™ll enter my password I want to use and continue. I will always recommend you use this, but itвЂ™s up to you. The next step will erase everything on your computer. I only have one in my mac, so I select it.

#NEW KEYBOARD CASE FOR 2011 MAC BOOK PRO INSTALL#

It also wants to know what drive I want to install on. In my case I want to do a clean install, so I will select that. Next we are asked how we want to install Pop!_OS. My keyboard is standard US so I will continue past this screen. If you use a non-standard keyboard, you can select that layout now, and test it out. It also wants to know what country I am in, so I select that and continue. In my case I use English so I will press the Select button at the bottom right of my screen. After about a minute you should be booted into an install screen with a robot wanting you to select your language. After this you will see a lot of text scroll across your screen. You can either hit enter, or wait 10 seconds. Next, you will see a boot screen with a countdown. Use the arrow key to select that one and hit enter. Keep holding it down until you see a list of drives show up. Next, press the power button while holding down the Option key. Shut down your mac and plug-in the USB drive we flashed. In my case, I didnвЂ™t have anything I needed to keep around. This process will also erase everything on your mac. You wonвЂ™t be able to restore from a time-machine backup once you have Linux installed. First, make sure you backup any important files. The flash will take a moment or two so grab a coffee or a tea and sip on that.ДЄssuming the flash finished successfully, congrats! You can unplug your USB drive. It will ask you for your password, and possibly ask permission to access the USB drive. next point balenaEtcher to your USB drive, and then hit flash. Select the iso file from where it was saved. Warning: The following steps will erase everything on your USB drive. Plug in your USB drive, and open up balenaEtcher. You can download it from their website.ДЄlternatively if you have homebrew installed, you can run the following command. (I recommend one that is at least 8GBG in size, but for this I had a 32GB laying around that I used.) - My tool of choice is called balenaEtcher. Next we will need a tool to write that onto a USB Drive. This will download an iso file, which is a disk image format. My mac doesnвЂ™t have an NVIDIA card in it, so I will use the normal version. At the time of writing, Pop!_OS 20.10 is the latest version, so lets use that. I have had good luck with a version called Pop!_OS in the past, so lets try that. Traditionally, it has been difficult to get linux running on a mac, but lets give it a shot anyway. You can also go to most websites and download a version of your favorite software, same as if you were on Windows or macOS.

#NEW KEYBOARD CASE FOR 2011 MAC BOOK PRO SOFTWARE#

A lot come with something similar to an вЂњApp StoreвЂќ where you can search for software you want to install. These days many variants of Linux come with a lot of polish, and a really easy to use interface. Wait Linux? IsnвЂ™t that like a really advanced operating system? I hear its hard to useвЂ¦ So how does a machine like this finally die? Well, itвЂ™s when Apple no longer provides updatesвЂ¦ Yes you can use third party tools like Catalina Patcher to run more modern versions, but that requries disabling hardware acceleration and will render the machine almost useless.

#NEW KEYBOARD CASE FOR 2011 MAC BOOK PRO UPDATE#

At the time of this writing, it got a security update 40 days ago, but there are so many things you are missing out on. The last macOS version this machine will run was 10.13.6 High Sierra.

It has followed me across multiple continents, produced feature length films, built apps for multiple clients, and, although the GPU died under warranty a few times, it still runs fairly well. Almost 10 years later and this machine is still kicking. At the time, I was majoring in film, and anyone who didnвЂ™t use a Mac to create digital media was frowned upon.

New keyboard case for 2011 mac book pro