Re: [Tails-dev] Successfully Installed Tails on my MacBook A…

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Author: Yashendra Shukla
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To: tails-dev
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Successfully Installed Tails on my MacBook Air (2013)
Oh, best thing, i didn’t have to set up refind!!
On 05-Jun-2014, at 20:17, Yashendra Shukla <yashendra2797@???> wrote:

> Hey devs!
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> I downloaded the tails v1.1~beta1 iso from the website and verified it. After coming home, i formatted the usb drive (iball CORDIAL 8GB), using disk utility on my mac, into “fat32” and used the instructions given at- https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/installation/manual/mac/index.en.html to create a bootable usb of tails. midway, i hit into a bump that threw a ‘larger than 1024 cylinders, might not function on all devices’ error. so i formatted the usb into 'Mac OS X Journaled’. and… came up with the same error.
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> So, I threw caution to the winds and proceeded anyway. i had to use sudo for- dd if=[tails.iso] of=[device] , and nearly had a heart attack waiting for it to load. waited for about 10 minutes, then went to the bathroom. came out after 10 minutes and it was done!
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> I loaded up the usb, rebooted my mac, held down the option key, and voila! Windows drive! Clicked on it, loaded tails and logged in.
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> So far everything seems fine, although the sound recorder app crashed 4 out of 5 times that i loaded it.
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> I can’t believe it, you guys did it! Tails on mac!
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> My mac specs are as follows-
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> MacBook Air
> 13-inch, Mid 2013
> Processor 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5
> Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
> Graphics Intel HD Graphics 5000
> Software OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
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> Congrats!
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> BTW, can you make the mac trackpad scrolling gesture work in tails?
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> -Yashendra Shukla