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This version of BootCamp is not intented for this computer

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:04:39 +0000

Dear reader,

Recently I updated my Windows version of my MacBook Pro 16,1 BootCamp setup to Windows 11. Now I ran into the problem that my build in keyboard and trackpad were not working anymore. I had to overcome this issue by connecting a separate keyboard and mouse on a USB port.

I downloaded the software in the BootCamp utility on macOS that is compatible with my laptop, in this case version: Boot Camp drivers 6.1.6655. But when trying to startup the setup.exe I get the following error: This version of boot camp is not intented for this computer.

OCLP update gives a circle with diagonal at boot

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:27:55 +0000

What Mac are you using?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
Model Identifiers: iMac17,1

What version of OCLP are you using?
2.3.1

What OS version do you have installed or are trying to install?
Installed: Sequoia 15.3.2 (24D81)

What exactly is the problem you are facing?
After installing OCLP 2.3.1 to disk my iMac refuses to boot. At boot I press the Option key to get the menu I choose the blue OCLP icon. Normally it proceeds with the apple logo but now it shows a circle with a diagonal.
Luckily with my old USB stick that has OCLP 2.2.0 I booted of my USB. That worked fine. Then I mounted my EFI removed the OC folder and replaced it with the one from my USB stick. So now my iMac boots again but with 2.2.0
Use the tool: MountEFI Available on GitHub: https://github.com/corpnewt/MountEFI

Now I have been able to fix it with the following settings in OCLP:
My iMac is a late 2015 27" with Model nr 17,1

In the OCLP utility in settings I put:
Target Model: 17,1
Build: Debug: Check all 3 options: Verbose, Kext Debugging and OpenCore Debugging
Extra’s: Check: 3rd Party NVMe PM
Security: Check all the options under SIP
SMBIOS: SMBIOS Spoof Level: Moderate and SMBIOS Spoof Model: iMac19,1
Then I Build and Install OpenCore to disk

By the way in the mean time OCLP was updated to 2.3.2 and I used this version.

Putting the Microsoft EFI boot files on the EFI partition

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:49:33 +0000

Boot into the Windows installer

On the first screen press SHIFT + F10


# diskpart
# list disk
# select disk 0
# list part
Look for the Windows partition

# select part 3
# assign letter=W
# format quick fs=NTFS
# list volume
Look for the EFI volume

# select volume 2
# assign letter=Z
# exit

# D:
Goto the USB installer of Windows
# cd D:\sources
# dir install*
The file install.esd exists

# dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\Sources\install.esd
Select the Index of the version of Windows you want

# dism /Apply-image /ImageFile:D:\Sources\install.esd /index:6 /ApplyDir:W:\
# bcdboot W:\Windows /l en-us /s Z: /f UEFI
Shutdown your computer and remove the USB installer
Now we have the Microsoft EFI boot files in the EFI partition in its designated folder

Follow the normal procedure of installing Windows

Create a USB rEFIt boot disk

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:45:53 +0000

# hdiutil convert /path/to/refit-0.14.cdr -format UDRW -o /path/to/refit-0.14.img
# diskutil list
# diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
# sudo dd if=/path/to/refit-0.14.img.dmg of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m
Using rdisk2 here seems to speed up things

# diskutil eject /dev/disk2

Concourse starting automatically at boot with systemctl service

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:55:47 +0000

/home/martijn/Downloads/concourse
$ curl -LO https://concourse-ci.org/docker-compose.yml

$ cat /etc/systemd/system/docker-compose-concourse.service

[Unit]
Description=Docker Compose Application Service for Concourse
Requires=docker.service
After=docker.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
WorkingDirectory=/home/martijn/Downloads/concourse
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker-compose up -d
ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker-compose down
TimeoutStartSec=0

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target