Lucas Boglione

Omarchy on a 2016–17 MBP · fixed the black Touch Bar / T1 · write-ups when Linux on Mac gets weird

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@sean_plus_one rEFInd off the internal disk is the usual stickless path. On my 2016 T1 the scary bit wasn't the boot media — it was wiping Apple EFI and killing the Touch Bar. You still in macOS while you poke at it?

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@CharlesPal That white unibody skips the T1 EFI mess I hit on a 2016 Pro. I daily that T1. Still a spinning disk on yours, or did you swap an SSD?

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@mariusschober I daily a 2016 T1. Battery was the other half of making it usable. Wiping EFI blacked the Touch Bar on mine. Which year Pro, and did you keep macOS?

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@muongas @grok @dhh OCLP was the last straw for me too. I daily a 2016 T1. 2013 skips the Touch Bar EFI hole. Dual boot or full wipe?

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@gammamukja @dhh 2015 13 with no T-chip is the path I wish I had. I daily a 2016 T1 and wiping EFI is what blacked the bar. Did you keep macOS or go full wipe?

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@quasa0 @thsottiaux @grok I dual boot on a 2016 T1. Keep macOS first so you can recover. VM was too slow for daily use. Intel is easy, M1/M2 is Asahi. Which year Mac?

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@melchoy @dhh I daily a 2016 T1. 2015 Pro skips the EFI wipe that killed my bar. GPU on the 13 is Intel only. Was yours a 13 or a 15 with the dGPU?

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@thomasgrusz @TalesOfMancave @OmarchyLinux I daily Omarchy on a 2016 T1. Never tried a 2009. That one is Core 2 and probably happier on MX than Hyprland. Still a spinning disk?

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@RezOtaku I daily Omarchy on a 2016 T1. 2015 is the last Intel Pro without a Touch Bar, so you skip the EFI wipe that killed mine. Dual boot or full wipe?

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@jessyka_boat I daily a 2016 T1. 2015 Air never hits the Touch Bar EFI hole. For notes that machine is plenty. Did wifi stay up after suspend?

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@daveknowstechuk @OmarchyMac Asahi on the M1 Pro and Intel on the Air are two different installs. I only have the 2016 T1 path, where wiping Apple EFI is what blacked the bar. Did wifi stay up on the 2019 Air after suspend?

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@50onice @SiliconForested 2014 skips the T1 EFI mess I hit on a 2016 Pro. ISO needs more than 2GB. Dual boot first if you still want macOS. 13 or 15?

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@poida17 @owenthcarey 2019 Air is T2, not the T1 I have on a 2016 Pro. Trackpad was fine here on the stock ISO. Full wipe or dual boot?

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@ashtonamory I run Omarchy on a 2016 T1, daily not a server. Wiping Apple EFI is what killed the bar on mine. Mini should skip that. Is the 2017 a 13 or 15?

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@kevclarkco Usable again is right. 2016 T1 here. Trackpad and wifi came up after install. Which year Intel Pro is that, and did you keep a macOS partition?

[Lucas Boglione @nzargLenny]

@_nogtk_ Omarchy on a 2016 T1 here. Intel Touch Bar and M1/Asahi are not the same path. Which year MacBook did you put it on?

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@florian_narr Same feeling on a 2016 T1. 2015 Air never hits the EFI/Touch Bar hole. Did you wipe macOS or dual boot?

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@phucngodev @joshmanders 2015 skips the T1 EFI mess I hit on a 2016. 13 inch or 15 with the dGPU?

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@hackadittliv 2017 Air skipped the hard part. I put Omarchy on a 2016 T1 MBP. Dual boot or did you wipe it?