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Omarchy on the 12" MacBook (MacBook8,1, Early 2015)

This setup gets the internal keyboard, trackpad, sleep and speakers working on a 12" Retina MacBook (A1534, MacBook8,1) running Omarchy.

Tested on Omarchy 4.0.4 with kernel linux-omarchy 7.2.5-3, the Limine bootloader and a LUKS-encrypted disk (September 2026).

Check your model first: cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name should print MacBook8,1. Other 12" MacBooks (9,1 / 10,1) use different fixes.

You'll need an external USB keyboard for the installer and for the first boots, until part 1 is done.

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# Start with 1 not 0
set -g base-index 1

# Automatic window title
set-window-option -g automatic-rename on
set-option -g set-titles on

# Dunno
set -g status-keys vi
set -g history-limit 10000

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Getting Started

Do yourself a favor and login as root to save yourself some time and headaches:

$ sudo su -

Install unattended-upgrades:

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class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  def something
    'derp'
  end
end