I get that Google moved the bar on security. I don't know if that's an issue with Mac hardware or what. * I still haven't been able to play a dvd movie or music CD, not even with VLC. It doesn't look like any other elementary app, but it works now, too. It's a bug related to GTK+ display, I gather, but the online fixes didn't work on the launch button. I downloaded, but it would immediately bomb at launch. I'm happier, and it really doesn't seem any slower. * Epiphany didn't allow me to put bookmarks in folders, or pin tabs. NOT intuitive! But at least it works now. After a sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade, and a reboot, it did work.

Wouldn't update, wouldn't install anything. In my case, it did: sound, backlit keys, etc.įollow-up.

At this point, you can run the live distro to make sure everything works.

Click on one of the icons that is not the hard drive.

When you hear the startup chime, press and hold the Option key.

Press the Power button to turn on your Mac (or Restart your Mac if it's already on).Insert the USB boot media into an open USB slot.For wireless configuration tips, see here.

As it happened, I had an old USB wireless dongle, which allowed me to add the driver later. But Ubuntu-based distros like elementary, and a few others, can install the correct driver easily as an option during installation. Macs, or at least these Macs, use a Broadcomm wireless card, which is not the default for most Linux distros.

If possible, plug the Mac into a wired internet connection.

Use a program - I recommend BalenaEtcher - to burn the file to a USB drive.

It doesn't matter if you download on a PC, a Mac, or another Linux distro. (additional same information for using firefox the same way will be more than welcome). I'd like to know, since I didn't find a good solution, what are the right ways to install Chrome on a MacBook Pro-R,Īnd to control all the files (EVERYTHING) that are related to it, so I'd know where to find them after I use it. Here is one for example: there are section that just don't work via safari.) (In case that you want to know about which sites I'm brabbling about, I mean, how Chrome and Firefox and even Microsoft's IE, supporting and running those uni. I want Safari to be able to run every site, even the main site of my university. I know it's the best browsing experience in a 'Chromebook', but in 'Rome be a roman',Īfter using this amount of money to buy the finest MacBook Pro out there, from some reasons, Yes, I don't want to, I hate it running on a Mac. Hello, I've arrived to a crossway which I need (don't want to) install Google's chrome browser or Firefox on my MacBook Pro.

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