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Fix Google Drive Error:fa45 and Invalid Root_Local_IDS Set On El Capitan 10.11.5

One day, both of my laptops running El Capitan 10.11.4 and 10.11.5 failed to sync with Google Drive. “An unknown issue occurred and Google Drive needs to quit. Error: Invalid root_local_ids set” and Error:fa45. After searching on the Internet, I found a way to get it back. It seems the newer version 1.30 and multiple

El Capitan 10.11.5 Combo Update

Every time Apple has OS X update, there are 2 ways to do it, from the Apps store or from combo update DMG. I like to do the combo update, so I downloaded from the Apple Website and installed it. Since my Haswell HP X360 has patched ALC282 HDA and IOUSBFamilyHost.kext, I backed these 2

Extract Yosemite 10.10.5 and El Capitan 10.11.5 InstallESD.dmg Using 7Z

Someone brought up an error on extracting payload on Yosemite and El Capitan with 7Z in Windows. Yes, since Yosemite and El Capitan, we can’t extract the essential.pkg to get the Kernels using 7z in Windows. You have to get the Kernels from the Mac OS X using Pacifist. So, for those who don’t have

How To Create an ISO image with files and folders on Mac OS X

Sometimes I want to create an iso image so I can use with Windows OS and burn to a DVD if I need to on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.4. I documented this so I can use it later. 1. Use diskutility to create a blank image of 4.6GB = 4600MB (most DVD is

Complete Guide To Install El Capitan or Yosemite On PC and Laptops

I decided to create a MacBookPro8,1 out of the old Lenovo G770 HD3000 Sandy Bridge, i5-2410M with built-in WIFI AR9285, Ethernet AR8152. I’m going to make a tutorial on installing El Capitan 10.11.4 and Yosemite 10.10.5 on this machine, but it can be used for all other PCs or Laptops: HD3000, HD4000, HD4600 (Haswell), anything