Feature #7084

Persistence support on Mac

Added by indolering 2014-04-14 21:50:33 . Updated 2014-07-22 23:16:42 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
Category:
Persistence
Target version:
Tails_1.1
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

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Type of work:
Code
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Starter:
0
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Description

Currently, persistence does not work for Mac users because Tails thinks it wasn’t created with the USB installer, which is correct.

Subtasks

Related issues

Blocked by Tails - Feature #6242: UEFI boot on Mac without rEFInd Resolved 2013-10-03

History

#1 Updated by indolering 2014-04-14 21:50:33

  • copied from Feature #6242: UEFI boot on Mac without rEFInd added

#2 Updated by indolering 2014-04-14 21:54:29

Could we just add mac/rEFInd boot support to Tails’ live-disk installer? Could I rearrange partitions after the fact?

#3 Updated by indolering 2014-04-14 21:56:07

I’m not sure where the right place is for this, but there is NO mention of this on the Tails website and it’s very difficult to Google for. It should be mentioned along with the instructions for OS X.

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-04-15 09:52:01

  • Subject changed from Persistence for Mac/rEFInd boot disks to Persistence support on Mac
  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-04-15 09:52:55

  • copied to deleted (Feature #6242: UEFI boot on Mac without rEFInd)

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2014-04-15 09:52:59

  • blocked by Feature #6242: UEFI boot on Mac without rEFInd added

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2014-04-15 09:53:54

This will come for free once we have UEFI support (Feature #6242), so I don’t really feel the need to track this separately. But why not, so I’m keeping this ticket open.

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2014-04-15 09:55:32

indolering wrote:
> Could we just add mac/rEFInd boot support to Tails’ live-disk installer?

That’s being done (no need for rEFInd actually). Test images are available on http://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_feature-uefi/.

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2014-04-15 09:58:13

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
  • % Done changed from 100 to 0

indolering wrote:
> I’m not sure where the right place is for this, but there is NO mention of this on the Tails website and it’s very difficult to Google for. It should be mentioned along with the instructions for OS X.

I think the persistence doc makes it clear that it only works when installed with Tails Installer. Doesn’t the installation doc make it clear that most Mac won’t boot Tails when installed with Tails Installer? If not, then I agree we have a problem, and please file a dedicated bug report. Thanks in advance!

#10 Updated by indolering 2014-04-16 06:05:58

intrigeri wrote:
> indolering wrote:
> > I’m not sure where the right place is for this, but there is NO mention of this on the Tails website and it’s very difficult to Google for. It should be mentioned along with the instructions for OS X.
>
> I think the persistence doc makes it clear that it only works when installed with Tails Installer. Doesn’t the installation doc make it clear that most Mac won’t boot Tails when installed with Tails Installer? If not, then I agree we have a problem, and please file a dedicated bug report. Thanks in advance!

Users don’t read docs to understand a system, they read docs to solve their immediate problem ; )

Depending on how close you are to having UEFI support, I would either link to the dev preview or just wait until you are finished. Either way, I would vote for closing this ticket : )

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 09:07:59

  • Status changed from In Progress to Fix committed
  • Target version set to Tails_1.1
  • Parent task set to Feature #5739
  • QA Check set to Pass

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 09:09:47

  • blocks deleted (Feature #6242: UEFI boot on Mac without rEFInd)

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 09:10:39

  • blocked by Feature #6242: UEFI boot on Mac without rEFInd added

#14 Updated by BitingBird 2014-05-27 10:44:22

  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

#15 Updated by BitingBird 2014-07-22 23:16:42

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved