About half the time, the main problem that people report with the OS X installer (typically when installing from a USB flash drive) is that it stalls at some point during the process, and you just need to wait, even when it displays 'About a second remaining'. Sometimes the install takes another half-hour or so, and sometimes it requires several hours. Even when you're installing OS X onto a newly-erased solid state drive (maybe especially SSDs?), which you'd expect to be so fast that you wouldn't see these kinds of installation delays, sometimes people still experience this problem. I haven't seen a good explanation for this, though one possible explanation is that the installer is downloading files from the Internet, as if you'd booted into the Internet Recovery option, even though you're installing from a USB flash drive that's supposed to contain a complete, local copy of the OS X installer app.

But the problem you report is different, though not unheard of--you're getting an error message that says the installation failed, even onto a new SSD, and with new (presumably good) RAM. It's possible your Macbook has some other hardware issue (maybe a failing logic board), though another possibility is that your OS X installation USB flash drive has a problem, or maybe simply a bad copy of the OS X installer. You might want to format the USB installer flash drive and reinstall the OS X installer onto it, and try again. You shouldn't have to use an earlier version of OS X than El Capitan, since both of the 2007 Macbook Pros (the 15 inch and the 17 inch) are capable of running it. However, I've found that four gig of RAM will run El Capitan rather slowly, though your SSD will compensate for that significantly, since virtual memory swaps to the SSD will be a lot faster than to/from a mechanical hard drive. However, if you're still not satisfied with the speed, you might want to upgrade to six gig of RAM, which is the maximum that the Mid 2007 Macbook Pros can take. The best way to do this is to install two 4-gig RAM boards instead of just replacing one of your two 2-gig boards with a 4 gig board, since having two RAM boards of the same size (and preferably the same type, bought at the same time from the same source) will allow the Macbook to enable memory interleaving, which will allow a Mac to run about 15% faster. However, the Macbook will still see only 6 gig of that physical total of 8 gig.

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• User Reviews of this Guide
  • Fair Logic’s video demonstration on YouTube – September 3, 2016
  • Pyroisonfireee’s review on Reddit – June 24, 2016
  • imtony’s video demonstration on YouTube – March 15, 2016
• General Suggestions
  • Do not encrypt your boot drive with FileVault. Doing so will prevent the system from booting correctly.
  • Keep your El Capitan installation USB on hand. After installing OS X system updates it is sometimes necessary to boot the system with the USB and re-install kexts to get everything working properly again.
  • Use Clover Configurator if you need to mount the EFI partition
  • Using Clover Configurator to edit the default config.plist is not recommended. This program will automatically and without warning makes changes to the default settings in the <key>ACPI</key> section that will prevent the system from booting. If edits are needed, open config.plist with TextEdit and follow the format explained here.
  • If a kernel panic occurs, boot from the installation USB, select the installation drive, hit the space bar and select Boot Mac OS X in safe mode to successfully boot and make necessary changes.
• Touchpad, TrackPoint and Tablet Input
  • Touchpad and TrackPoint use RehabMan’s VoodooPS2Controller.kext found here.
  • Turn off the touchpad with the <PrtSc> key if you will only be using the TrackPoint – this will prevent an issue with unintentional double-clicks with the TrackPoint buttons.
  • Touchpad supports three-finger swipe right and left (forward and back) in Finder, Safari and other browsers
  • For X220 Tablet models, pen input should already work properly. For touch input, install ControllerMate and use the script written by user jakibaki available here. Jakibaki’s script also adds some gestures including swipe from top to get Mission Control, swipe from bottom for Launchpad and swipe from left/right to switch workspaces.
• Special Keys
  • The <PrtSc> key toggles the touchpad on and off
  • The <ScrLk> and <Pause> keys adjust screen brightness as do the standard <Fn>+<Home> and <Fn>+<End> keys
  • The <Insert> key will eject the CD/DVD drive (attached by USB or docking station)
  • The blue ThinkVantage button will toggle between normal fan speeds and the maximum fan speed
• Fan Speed and Noise
  • Fan speeds can be reduced by installing the alternate dsdt.aml and ACPIPoller.kext available here
  • Fan noise can also be regulated by changing the BIOS setting under Config > Power > Adaptive Thermal Management to Balanced
• Video / External Displays
  • To enable scaled resolutions of 1536 x 864 and 1920 x 1080 on the stock LCD panel, follow the steps here
  • Video output through VGA, DisplayPort and docking stations works normally for single external monitor configurations (internal LCD + one external monitor)
  • If an external monitor is not automatically detected, open System Preferences > Displays and press the Option key (the Windows key on the X220 keyboard). This will show a Detect Displays button which should make the external monitor show up immediately.
  • If DisplayPort or VGA connections on Core i7 systems do not function properly:
    • Launch Clover Configurator and mount the EFI partition of your installation drive
    • Click File > Open… then select EFI > EFI > CLOVER > config.plist
    • Select SMBIOS in the left panel and click the “magic wand” button on the right
    • Select the MacBook Pro image (second image from the left) and then select MacBook Pro (8,1) – Core i5/i7 (Sandy Bridge) from the pulldown menu at the top
    • Click the OK button and then File > Save to write the changes to your config.plist
    • Restart the computer
• Miscellaneous
  • To enable docking station headphone and microphone ports, use the alternate AppleHDA_20672.kext available here. Simply place this alternate version in Utility and Kext Pack > EFI > CLOVER > kexts > Other and repeat steps 28-30 above.
  • DW1510 wireless cards can be rebranded to identify as native Apple AirPort Extreme cards by following the steps here
  • SuperDuper is an excellent free utility to create a full, bootable backup of your drive that can be restored later if necessary. Follow the steps here to make your backup bootable.
  • HWSensors provides a convenient way to monitor the status of your system from the menu bar
  • Smart Scroll can be installed to enable middle-button TrackPoint scrolling even when the touchpad is disabled
  • Ukelele can be installed to create customized keyboard layouts
  • If the Bluetooth radio is turned off in Windows or Linux it may no longer show up when booting into OS X. Boot back into Windows or Linux to turn the Bluetooth radio back on.
  • If FaceTime or Messages (iMessage) does not work correctly, follow the steps in the guide here
  • Custom “OS X220” desktop wallpaper by user Will is available here
• Sources / Credits
  • Original source of modified BIOS 1.46 is here
  • Included dsdt.aml,config.plist and kext installation script are from the ThinkPad T420 guide found here
  • Guide to editing dsdt.aml with MaciASL can be found here
  • Custom ssdt.aml script source is here
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  • SD Card reader
  • Fingerprint reader
  • Microphone mute button

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