Does anyone have Tails running on a MacBook Pro? I can boot Tails on my MacBook, but can't move the cursor or type anything. Do I need a mouse and an external keyboard? Does anyone have experience?
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504 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw 13 Jan freebie
Do you have wifi working for it? As some people with Mac’s have Broadcom chips which are not supported by Tails. Tails do list some of these things as known issues.
Those with similar issues often use an external mouse & keyboard as workaround. Here was a very thorough ‘custom install’, although having only just glanced over it it may be overkill:
https://github.com/T2minator/mbp-tails
Can’t imagine it will help creating a partition for the Mac and to flash the partition with Linux, but could be an option. Or to run Tails inside a VM each time. Otherwise might just be preferable to purchase dongles/accessories.
With Bluetooth disabled, you probably want something with a simple wire or a 2.4ghz dongle. ‘Gaming’ keyboards or ones with special features often use other protocols to drive their advanced features and may not work.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @macarena OP 13 Jan
Will try mbp-tails, thank you.
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21 sats \ 7 replies \ @Natalia 13 Jan freebie
I guess it depends on which MacBook, my current one doesn't work with TailsOS, but my old one works great with it, I guess Apple does this purposely.
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @macarena OP 13 Jan
Maybe you have a M18/M2. I have one with Intel chip.
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42 sats \ 5 replies \ @Natalia 13 Jan freebie
just found this.
My solution is I keep using my old mac with tails, but then I'm curious what's the problem for yours.
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31 sats \ 3 replies \ @PRA3S3NT1A 13 Jan
This is so bad by the way. I bought the new M2 chip Macbook air and I did not know that with these new chips I can not use Tails. It was a very sad moment to me. Unfortunately I sold my old macbook which had an intel chip and tails worked very well. I am not sure what other options left for me because I do not want to buy another computer. Maybe next time I will buy a windows computer but it will be many years later after this got too old 😂
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Natalia 13 Jan
I didn't know either, so annoying - apple is so evil!
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @PRA3S3NT1A 13 Jan
Yeah, probably I would get an older mac or a thinkpad if I knew this before..😏
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 13 Jan freebie
I'm happy that I have kept the old one, so less hassle to deal with, but we should give this warning to others, like I wish someone had warned me!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @macarena OP 13 Jan
Yes, I found this too. My MacBook is an older Mac with an Intel chip.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 13 Jan
I've used Tails on a Mac. The wifi doesn't work but you can use an Ethernet cable.
No issues with the mouse or keyboard.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @macarena OP 13 Jan
Intel Mac?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 14 Jan
Intel Core i5
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @wingalt 14 Jan
Wifi doesn't work on all the Macbooks I have tried so far (pre-2017 air and pro) with Linux distros but this adapter fixes it and I also managed to run Tails with it
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00762YNMG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @brave 14 Jan
What is Talis again 😕
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231 sats \ 0 replies \ @cyberpunk0101 14 Jan
An OS you can boot from a USB drive. Security Focused.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Eobard 14 Jan
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