xxxrichievxxx Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Hello everyone! I have finally been able to run and install Mountain Lion 10.8.2 on my Acer Aspire M5 laptop, and let me tell you, my laptop is flying fast! The only thing is that I am unable to use my fn controls on my keyboard. meaning I cant change the brightness on my laptop. The only fn buttons that DO work are: fn+F4 = Puts the laptop to sleepfn+F6 = Turns off screen (In case you are using HDMI and both screens aren't on) fn+F7 = Turns touchpad off fn+F8 = Mutes sound fn+F9 = Turns off keyboard backlight fn+Up arrow = Volume up fn+Down arrow= Volume down The brightness control hotkeys are fn+Left for higher brightness and fn+Right for lower brightness. I have tried the app called "Shades" but it sometimes makes my screen flash randomly from low brightness to the highest brightness i've ever seen on my laptop. Here is my specs: Acer Aspire M5-581T-6405Mountain Lion OSX 10.8.2 Processor Name: Intel Core i5-3337U Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 4000 RAM: 6 GB Display: 15.6" HD widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit display (1366 x 768) P.s. I have another issue with not being able to upgrade from 10.8.2 to 10.8.4 I have the 10.8.4 combo update file and when I install the update I get kernel panics that say: Kernel Extensions in Backtrace: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement and then when I reinstalled 10.8.2 again (fresh install) and I update to 10.8.4 from the update file, I am able to boot up in safemode (with -v -x) mousepad everything works, but I am unable to boot up normally? Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnthusiast Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Touchpad could be kext related and how the keys were mapped. After using the combo update, did you re-patch AppleIntelCPUPowermanagement.kext or use your previous version of the kext? You need to do this for all Apple kexts after each update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Super_LoP Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Hi! I just bump this thread because I have the same problem. But only for Brightness key (left/right), everything else work. Is there a way to remap my ApplePS2 kext? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
android Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Hey OP, could you post a tutorial or directions you followed in order to hackintosh your Aspire M5? I have the same laptop and am interested in doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyhayden Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 This thread is probably long dead, but I am also interested in whatever tutorial/directions you may have. I have an acer aspire m5-481. Essentially that same laptop, but with a 14" touch, instead of standard 15". I would love to hear any advice anyone has on installing mavericks to this laptop (drivers, kexts, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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