As such it's easer to start with a OS X version that is stable rather than fighting/debugging multiple problems caused by a new boot loader and a new version of OS X. Getting the system to boot via Clover is one of the hardest parts of this new build and took me a long time to find a working solution. I recommend starting with a working Mavericks build (as detailed in my first guide). My main goal for this new build was to switch to using Clover as the boot-loader, primarily because it has much better support for injecting NVRAM values over legacy based boot-loaders, however Clover offers many other useful features such as dynamic kext patching at boot time allowing the use of Native / Vanilla Apple kexts which means that you can update the OS and all the laptop devices should continue to work without having to re-installing custom or modified Kexts. It's possible that this method of installing Clover may help others with laptops other than Sony Vaio 'S' that use the Insyde H20 BIOS - as long as you can find an updated/modded BIOS that enables UEFI booting it should work (the attached BIOS utilities and ROMS are for Sony S series only !!) however there are no guaranties and i'm not responsible for any data loss or hardware problems you may encounter by using this guide. In order to negate these problems you must flash your BIOS with a modified BIOS that allows for Hybrid EFI boot support and access to the normally hidden ‘Advanced’ menu. I was not able to get Clover to work correctly in legacy mode no matter what boot and disk configuration I used, the only way I was able to get Clover working correctly was in a hybrid EFI mode, unfortunately almost all official Sony S series BIOS's do not support UEFI booting and those that do will only boot white-listed EFI files. There are many guides on installing Clover and Yosemite on this and other forums, however I found none of them worked with the Sony SE2 laptop, most of the issues seem to be down to limitations imposed by the Insyde-H20 BIOS which the first and second generation Sony S series laptops use. This guide is a follow on to my previous Mavericks Install Guide and although specifically written for use on a Sony Vaio SE2 (VPCSE2C5E) laptop ( see my original guide), it should work on Sony SA / SB & SC VAIO S series laptops as long as you have a stable DSDT and a working kext for your trackpad if it is not a Synaptics one. Whereas the Samsung T7 is fully satisfactory.Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide In the future, I hope to avoid dock/hub arrangements. My dock/hub, an $80 HyperDrive Duo, is also less then fully satisfactory. Probably it doesn't fully conform to all USB and Thunderbolt standards. I agree with Greybeard2017 - it is likely to be a hardware issue with your dock. I’m wondering if it’s the Mac falling asleep and the drive thinks computer is off is there a setting to turn off Mac from falling asleep? Is it bad to keep it on all day if not using ? If works great, if not can always return it. Won’t be hidden under dock but it’s small and sleek enough to keep things neat. I was going to try getting a SABRENT USB 3.2 enclosure which Amazon has on sale for like 24 bucks and see if it makes a difference. Or it’s the dock but card fits fine in it. I’m thinking possibly cable that comes from dock into Mac but I can’t change that. So still getting that ssd not ejected message again after left computer on all day.
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