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Title: Noppoo Choc Mini on OSX without PS2 bypass **FIXED**
Post by: skryl on Mon, 11 June 2012, 22:53:35

Step by step instructions on how to get the Choc Mini working on OSX:

1. Make sure the Choc Mini is not plugged in
2. Download this (https://github.com/skryl/iousbhiddriver-descriptor-override/zipball/master) zip file and unzip it
3. Move the IOUSBHIDDriverDescriptorOverride.kext bundle from inside the unzipped directory to /System/Library/Extensions

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cd /location/of/the/unzipped/project
sudo cp -r IOUSBHIDDriverDescriptorOverride.kext /System/Library/Extensions
4. Download and install KeyRemap4Macbook (http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/)
5. Restart
6. Plug in your choc mini and go to town

Notes:

The kext was compiled in Lion so I can't guarantee that it will work in other versions of OSX.

This solution was originally proposed by thefloweringhash here (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?24672-Noppoo-Choc-Mini-on-MacOS). I just wanted to make it a bit more user friendly.

Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini on OSX without PS2 bypass **FIXED**
Post by: Gerk on Sun, 12 August 2012, 12:54:45

Awesome :)

I was thinking about trying one of these board out but I have a couple of questions if anyone is using this ...

Has anyone tried this on Mountain Lion yet?  Chances are probably good it'll be fine but I have no idea what they changed in the lower levels from Lion->ML

Are there any issues with it?  Would it still work in single user mode, for bootup key combinations, etc?  (neither are a huge deal just want to know what I'm getting into)

Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini on OSX without PS2 bypass **FIXED**
Post by: polpo on Tue, 14 August 2012, 17:42:59

I'll give a report on how it does in Mountain Lion.

And I was just about to sell my Choc Mini...

Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini on OSX without PS2 bypass **FIXED**
Post by: frub3nz on Thu, 16 August 2012, 15:31:41

Just tried this on 10.6, even compiled my own .kext and it still does not work :|

Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini on OSX without PS2 bypass **FIXED**
Post by: mztriz on Mon, 10 December 2012, 16:54:36

Has one one gotten this to work with OS X Mountain Lion? I've tried using the kext and the pkg (with KeyRemap4MacBook) and it still doesn't work properly.