com.Apple.Boot.plist

[alvin777]

Hi. I'm adding the fsb line on my plist so that 10.4.9 will detect the overclock but how do I overwrite the com.Apple.Boot.plist. I won't let me save to overwrite it? Thanks in advance.

[SDRacer48]

Type the following in Terminal

 

sudo -s

your password

nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

then scroll down and insert your changes, then after your changes are inserted...

 

press <alt> + x to exit

press y to save

press enter to save as same name

 

then you will be back at the terminal normal screen, and type...

 

exit

exit

 

restart

[boinkytwo]

what cpu were you using?

 

 

well with my overclocked cpu, i dont have to edit my boot.plist file.

 

 

it is detected straight from the "about my mac" menu.

 

 

my poor intel celeron 2.4 oc to 2.8 is correctly detected as 2.8.

 

 

i dont know if that would be the same case with core duos.

 

but if you really wanted to edit the file, browse to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration

 

and then copy or drag the com.apple.Boot.plist to your desktop.

 

then open it with text editor and edit it as you wish. close and save after edit.

 

now drag it and drop it to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration and overwrite the previous file.

 

 

then open terminal window and type sudo -s, hit enter and enter your password, hit enter again.

 

now enter this commands:

 

chown -R root:wheel /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

hit enter.

 

 

chmod -R 755 /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

hit enter.

 

now exit term window and reboot to try it.

[capybara]

SDRacer suggested using nano. He's right, i tried all sorts of other stuff

[vim, textedit, drag and drop] and nano is the way to go.

Thx, SDRacer !