Wanted to do a quick write up for people on OSX. I had to ask around a lot on IRC today and wanted to share how I managed to get everything working:

Step One: Install Python 3

Step Two: Install Brew

Step Three: Install libusb in Terminal ('brew install libusb')

Step Four: Install pyusb in Terminal (sudo easy_install pyusb) (if this doesn't work try sudo python3 -mpip install pyusb)

Step Five: Download Fusee.bin and https://github.com/reswitched/fusee-launcher
https://github.com/reswitched/fusee-launcher

Step Six: Get your Switch into recovery (I had best luck stripping both ends of a decently thick copper wire I had around, like in the Fail Overflow image, and attached it to pin 10 (furthest away from the screen with the right joycon removed, and the other end attached to the metal of the fan housing at the top of the console). Power the system down and then hold volume +, press power. If you don't see the Nintendo logo you did it correctly. There won't even be a backlight. If you did it wrong keep trying.

Step Seven: Run the Python payload command in terminal after you navigate to the directory you have it in, AKA sudo python3 ./fusee-launcher.py fusee.bin

And you should be good to go.

 

[Leonidas87]

Much appreciated

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Wanted to do a quick write up for people on OSX. I had to ask around a lot on IRC today and wanted to share how I managed to get everything working:

Step One: Install Python 3

Step Two: Install Brew

Step Three: Install libusb in Terminal ('brew install libusb')

Step Four: Install pyusb in Terminal (sudo easy_install pyusb)

Step Five: Get your Switch into recovery (I had best luck stripping both ends of a decently thick copper wire I had around, like in the Fail Overflow image, and attached it to pin 10 (furthest away from the screen with the right joycon removed, and the other end attached to the metal of the fan housing at the top of the console). Power the system down and then hold volume +, press power. If you don't see the Nintendo logo you did it correctly. There won't even be a backlight. If you did it wrong keep trying.

Step Six: Run the Python payload command in terminal, AKA sudo python3 ./fusee-launcher.py fusee.bin

And you should be good to go.

Does this get Linux up and running or just a way of testing the boot eploit?

 

[gbazone]

Much appreciated

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Does this get Linux up and running or just a way of testing the boot eploit?

It works for everything at the moment (ShofEL2/Linux, and Fusée).

 

[Leonidas87]

It works for everything at the moment (ShofEL2/Linux, and Fusée).

But your tutorial is it for Linux or specifically for homebrew that's what I needed clarification on.

If it allows homebrew will 4.1.0 work with this.

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It works for everything at the moment (ShofEL2/Linux, and Fusée).

Apologies for the questions just wanted to clarify

 

[gbazone]

But your tutorial is it for Linux or specifically for homebrew that's what I needed clarification on.

If it allows homebrew will 4.1.0 work with this.

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Apologies for the questions just wanted to clarify

There's no publicly released homebrew method for anything past 3.0 at the moment. Linux is your best bet to have some fun until things progress further. It will come soon.

 

[Leonidas87]

There's no publicly released homebrew method for anything past 3.0 at the moment. Linux is your best bet to have some fun until things progress further. It will come soon.

Thanks for the clarification. So this gets Linux running or are there added steps for getting Linux up and running fully. I hear Linux running but is that full gui or just for coding. This is all so new everything really going on. I have a hackintosh so I could use your method. Looks 10 times easier then on a Linux system unless I'm wrong. I'd be willing to do some testing on Apple with this method.

 

[Dread_Pirate_PJ]

Thanks! Very helpful and quick. I had some jumper cables on a breadboard for an Arduino project, so I used one of those jumpers. It was long enough to reach the fan casing.

 

[Eastonator12]

There's no publicly released homebrew method for anything past 3.0 at the moment. Linux is your best bet to have some fun until things progress further. It will come soon.

could i use a hacked together wire made of twisted aluminum foil? also, does it have to ONLY touch the 10th pin? i think that's my problem

 

[Dread_Pirate_PJ]

could i use a hacked together wire made of twisted aluminum foil? also, does it have to ONLY touch the 10th pin? i think that's my problem

You need something long enough to touch pin 10 AND create a circuit to ground.

 

[Eastonator12]

You need something long enough to touch pin 10 AND create a circuit to ground.

ok so i have 2 make a aluminum wire long enough to go from pin 10 and touch fan grill? does the wire have to only touch 10 for this to work?

 

[Dread_Pirate_PJ]

ok so i have 2 make a aluminum wire long enough to go from pin 10 and touch fan grill? does the wire have to only touch 10 for this to work?

Yep, just touch from pin 10 to the fan grill. Then hold down vol+ and switch on the console. If you get the Nintendo logo, reseat the wire and try again.

 

[Eastonator12]

Yep, just touch from pin 10 to the fan grill. Then hold down vol+ and switch on the console. If you get the Nintendo logo, reseat the wire and try again.

yeah thats my problem. the wire is too thick. but can i just hold a staple in my hand or would the staple also have to be touched to the fan grill

 

[Leonidas87]

Quick question should I be using a fresh sd card or is my currently in use sd card ok that's in the switch now?

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Wouldn't want to see myt sd card data deleted when I have a spare I could have been using

 

[Eastonator12]

Quick question should I be using a fresh sd card or is my currently in use sd card ok that's in the switch now?

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Wouldn't want to see myt sd card data deleted when I have a spare I could have been using

you need to use a fresh SD card. in order to use linux you need to format the SD

 

[Leonidas87]

you need to use a fresh SD card. in order to use linux you need to format the SD

I am currently on to steps 5 and 6

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you need to use a fresh SD card. in order to use linux you need to format the SD

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Eastonator12]

I am currently on to steps 5 and 6

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Thanks for the heads up.

what did you use to get the switch into RCM mode? i can't get it to work

 

[Leonidas87]

what did you use to get the switch into RCM mode? i can't get it to work

I'll let you know in a few minutes

 

[andijames]

Might be worth installing python3 via brew - works nicely IMO but good work

 

[gbazone]

Might be worth installing python3 via brew - works nicely IMO but good work

Yeah if that works it'll be faster. I didn't know to use Brew until libusb wasn't working through easy_install or pip, so it was my last step really.

 

[andijames]

Yeah if you install python through brew it goes on usr/local and pip or easy_install don't have the permission issues you get with native installs for cli tools. Brew is God basically on Mac for cli work. Use that as your source of truth