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Question about installing on Intel MacBooks (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hey there, I'm trying to install Mint on a 2015 MacBook Pro and for some reason the laptop won't show the USB in the boot menu when I try to access it. I've tried using both baleneaEtcher on both my Macbook and my Linux desktop, and ventoy on the desktop to make the drive but neither has worked.

Does anyone have experience with this era of macs and installing Linux on them?

EDIT: Changing the flash drive worked ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Are you holding 'Option' down when it boots? So as to access the GNU GRUB menu?

Quick search:

  • First look: Linux Mint 21 beta, on a 10 year old Mac! [24:14 | JUL 17 2022 | Veronica Explains]https://youtu.be/D7wOcIvWdxc&t=210

Chapters:

  1. 00:00 Intro
  2. 00:26 Why use Linux Mint?
  3. 03:29 Booting from, and playing with, the live USB
  4. 06:51 Release notes and installing Linux Mint
  5. 09:50 First impressions of the new Linux Mint install
  6. 10:56 Walking through the "First Steps" guide
  7. 14:45 Updating for the first time and playing with the Panel
  8. 15:53 System settings in Linux Mint
  9. 16:32 Software Manager and installing OBS from Flatpak
  10. 18:21 Customizing the Panel (taskbar)
  11. 19:52 Trying OBS from the Flatpak, testing the camera
  12. 20:24 Other applications shipped with Linux Mint
  13. 22:56 Parting thoughts

Edit2: added below; forgot yt link, added

Another quick search:

This process should work on any Intel Mac pre 2018 (without T2 security chip & secure boot). Thanks for the suggestion to install Linux on this old MacBook Air! It has brought new life to this old computer and I am really enjoying getting to know Linux, as I have never really used Linux in this capacity. Let me know if you would like a more in depth video of how I set up my Linux environment!