How to install Linux Mint on a 2012 MacBook Pro
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Linux can revitalize your older hardware and one of the most popular distributions is Linux Mint. Today I show you how to install Linux Mint on a 2012 MacBook Pro.. there is a trick you'll want to watch this for.
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Have you tried this yet? If so, how’d it go?
I havent done mint, I have done kali, parront & Tails, I have ran into nonfree drivers issues when installing kali easy fix tho just plug in cat5 cable and sudo apt updata && upgrade.
@@debuggmysushi9461 Good to know, I haven't run Kali on this yet.. might be a good one to put on here.
@@EevnosLinux They are fun to mess with, change things up some, this one has been opened multiple times. switching to ssd next.
@@debuggmysushi9461 Haha.. I hear ya' on that one man.
I have a stack of SSDs with sticky notes on the so I can swap back and forth.
I have been Linux Mint as my daily driver for 10 + years. I have tried many Linux Distros but I love Mint.
Thank you! Years ago, I figured out how to upgrade my late 2011 MacBook Pro (Intel Core i5) with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, but sadly MacOS support ended a few months after. I just got Cinnamon running on it, and its breathing new life. This is my first experience with Linux in any capacity. Thanks again!
Glad you could revive it with Linux! How's battery life on the MBP running Mint?
@@blinddog1212 I would say about battery life is about the same as before installing Mint - but to be fair, the battery in the MBP is about 10 years old.
Thank you for taking the time to make this, the step by step worked flawlessly!
If you have a phone with tether hotspot capabilities it worked as a wired connection for me! Thank you for the video my 9 year old laptop from 2015 might just have another 5 years left in it
(I used the tether hotspot to download the drivers)
Bro just update your Linux to newer version whenever it's released.....I have a Dell Vostro 1014 with upgraded ram and it runs well on mx Linux........
Then you can use it longer
Yes!!! Please on a video regarding installing LMDE as dual boot on Macbook. Thank you. Great Video!!!
Thank you. Installed Linux Mint 22 Xfce Edition and after full installation wifi adapter driver was installed without Lan cable.
Hi, I have a problem when I’m trying to install Ubuntu and Linux Mint in my Mac Pro 2012, when I’m in the “Install” page (In this case Multimedia Codecs) and after clicked the “Continue” button the cursor still loading, and after 5 minutes I get a “Linux Mint is not responding” with options “Force quit” and “wait”, in Ubuntu I get “Install Ubuntu 22.04 is not responding”. I think that I need do something another step for avoid the crashing… Can you help me? 😊
I have installed multiple linux like linux mint , unbuntu , manjaro but all of them are jittery when used i have upgraded the ram to 10gb and a ssd still it happens can i get help? Mid 2012 macbookpro 13inch
Backlight is not working on Linux Mint,do you have any suggestions? Thanks
A couple of weeks ago I installed proxmox .. But..... I added xfce as a stand alone front end. I wonder how linux mint or other heavier distributions would peform. This is if you don't want to stick the computer in the corner and forget about it. This allows you to have a actual desktop and if you want to pull up proxmox web interface you can simply go to the IP address in the browser to control all of your VM's. This worked great until I changed my proxmox box into a full time opnsense router. Since I had to change network settings, I could no longer access the internet for the life of me. Still working on a new setup with proxmox separate from my router to test this out. If you could that would be great!
Nice video, but what about the webcam?
Probably the same issue as with my 2014 MacBook Air, there is no support for the built-in webcam when just plainly installing Linux Mint. There is a work-around available which requires downloading FaceTime HD and PCIE drivers from GitHub and installing them via Terminal/Command Line, but that usually only works until the next Kernel update, then the webcam is gone again and it can not be fixed by simply running the installation of this work-around again (at least it does not work for me). As much as I like Linux Mint and its performance on my old MacBook Air, the webcam issue is extremely annoying. Linux Mint should find a way to automatically and permanently support the built-in webcam after installation.
Hey, if you dont have an Ethernet cable you can use an android phone and use usb tethering and it works flawlessly
While the OCLP patcher works well and up to date versions of MacOS work fine. Linux works better. Its easier to install as well.
Can I use a Windows PC to make the Linux USB?
I love this video did exactly what you told us to do and the drive partiion was ready and the install went great until I picked the partition and it stated "No Root" installed so the installation failed where did I go wrong?
was very easy actualli, maybe most than windows, i installed in a old macbook and works great, only when i close the screen, and when i open again, the screen goes black,
This is a great video thanks! Only problem I ran into is that plugging an ethernet cable into my MacBook 2012 did not resolve the problem because it won't recognize the ethernet cable. Still trying to find a fix
Hi, don't know fo anyone can help: I've tried everything to create a bootable usb key on the mac. The mac will not see the key when booting with the option key held down. It will only see the mac hd itself and not the usb key at all. I've tried with the key formatted as FAT and GUID, Apple journaled and GUID, FAT and MBR...you get the picture. Nothing is seen by the mac on boot except for the main HDD. No firmware password on the mac. Oh, and this applies for a couple of usb keys, so it's not the keys.
Hi. Installed Linux Mint on my 2016 MacBook Pro. I followed your steps. I searched for drivers to connect to my wireless router, I got a message "no drivers needed." However, I still cannot connect wirelessly. I can connect with a wired Ethernet connection. Also, for some reason, I have no sound. Program works great on my computer. How do I fix these two problems?
I got to the installer. My cursor does not work. How do I get it to work? I cannot click on the "Install Linux Mint" icon. I'm using a MacBook Pro 2016 13" with the TouchBar.
Okay. For anyone that ran into the problem that I did of not being able to pick up wifi, if the ethernet cable doesn't work you can tether internet from your phone
Howdy from Texas! I saw your last video on installing Manjaro and just curious do you prefer Linux Mint or Manjaro on your MBP 2012? I'm a newbie on Linux and can't decide which to use. I installed Linux Mint on my 10 year old Toshiba laptop and it runs great. But I'm worried if the keyboard layout (command keys) will be recognized on my MBP 2012. And you mention the all the ports were recognized on Manjero, are the ports recognized on Linux Mint with your MBP?
In my case, it doesn't even show the wired connection :( How do I install the driver? There's absolutely no internet connection to the macbook.
Thanks very much
I am wondering if I can install windows 10 to replace the linux directly without having to use the apple bootcamp
Curious, why would you want to go to Windows when Linux is a great option?
Tried this on my 2013 Air 13. Ubuntu 20.04 has working wifi drivers, Ubuntu 23.10 doesn't. Odd.
23.10 has a newer kernel than 20.04, I wonder if that’s where the issue is.
On my 2015 MacBook I have trouble with the camera on kernel 6.6 and above.
@@EevnosLinux Camera not working on kernel 6.15 something on 20.04. I really hate to be "that guy", but this is one of those things that keeps newbies away from Linux.
@@dr_bnc Oh I agree, depending on what hardware you're installing on you still have to be willing to track down problems, and a lot of people aren't.
That's part of the reason I do these types of videos. I love keeping older hardware alive and showing how others can do the same with tutorials to get around common issues.
So without cable i cnnot install linux then. I use a wifi dongle only. My macpro is from 2011. Any other solution?
If you have a wifi dongle made by another company other than broadcomm, then it might work automatically.
Hi, my question is somewhat irrelevant to this video, but after searching for hours on the internet to solve my desire this is the closest I`ve got the the solution.
So, I am running the latest Linux Mint version on my DELL 7720;
Codename - Virginia.
And, so I have an old HDD from my PowerBook G3 Pismo that I would like to access to review my old photos, etc.
It has a security access code that I know. But I was wondering if is it possible to emulate the MacOS 10.2.8 environment on my Linux Mint or somehow access all files that are present on my HDD.
I have installed the "sudo apt install hfsplus" and found no relevant topics on the internet regarding this issue of mine.
Can, anybody help me, please?
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