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How To Install Mac OS X On A PC (Without Using A Mac) PDF
How To Install Mac OS X On A PC (Without Using A Mac) PDF
There are many great tutorials on the web for using a Mac to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on a PC (http://lifehacker.com/5360150/installsnow-leopard-on-your-hackintosh-pcno-hacking-required). Unfortunately, you may be unable to follow such tutorials if you do not readily have access to a Mac to perform the preparation necessary for the installation. Great progress has been made in hacking PCs to run OS X, and it is now possible to install Mac OS X without a Mac. Thanks to some great tools put together by some brilliant hackers, it is also much easier and does not involve nearly as much time and effort as was once required.
I did not purchase a hard drive or video card, as I used some I already had from another PC, but you will need those items as well. As of the time this article was written, you can get a 1TB drive shipped for $75 (http://muo.fm/atzrfP) and an NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT video card for $65 (http://muo.fm/dBRCf3). I also purchased v10.6.3 of OS X Snow Leopard retail DVD for a mere $29 (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MAC_OS_X_SNGL) (was about $35 with shipping & handling). All-in-all, the full system (without monitor) will run you around $600 (you could also add a 22 monitor for $170 (http://muo.fm/arxAIp)). You could certainly try doing it even cheaper with different hardware, but youll need to figure out the appropriate changes to make in the BIOS and boot loader installation. I did my best to put together a fairly modern system for a very reasonable price. Having used this set of hardware, I can affirm that it runs OS X Snow Leopard very well. Without a doubt, $600 $800 is a far cry from what you would spend on an equivalent Mac from Apple. Granted it wont be as compact or pretty as an iMac, but it will be just as functional.
mac-os-x-on.html) (by tonymacx86 and MacMan (http://macmanx86.blogspot.com/)) Empire EFI (by Prasys) I successfully used both of them with my hardware setup. However I recommend you try iBoot first, as it is a bit leaner and doesnt take as long to boot. If youre using my hardware configuration, be sure to download the iBoot Supported disk image. If you use Empire EFI, download the Empire EFI v1.085 R2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?o4t0i5wdzkm) image. You can use one of many free programs to burn CDs (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-free-alternatives-to-nero-cddvdburner/) if you dont have one. Be sure to use the disk image burning mode in your CD burning software. Do not just simply copy the disk image file to a blank CD. I like InfraRecorder (http://infrarecorder.org/), because it makes this very easy. All you have to do is click the Write Image button, select the image, and burn it. Once again, you may wish to use rewritable media if youre using a different hardware configuration than mine.
make a few changes within three sections of the bios: Advanced BIOS Features, Integrated Peripherals, and Power Management Setup.
4.1 First, go to Advanced BIOS Features and set the First Boot Device to CDROM. I have my USB drive as the second drive and then Hard Disk as third you can configure yours the same way if you wish to ever boot from a USB drive. Just be sure that Hard Disk is the Second Boot Device or Third Boot Device.
4.2 Next, configure SATA to run in AHCI mode in the Integrated Peripherals menu. Youll need to set both PCH SATA Control Mode and Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode to AHCI.
4.3 Finally, go to Power Management Setup and set the HPET Mode to 64-bit mode.
5.3 Insert the Retail Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD, wait a few seconds, and press F5. 5.4 When you see the screen below, select Mac OS X Install DVD (it should already be selected) and press Enter.
5.5 If all goes well, you should eventually see the language selection screen for the installer. If all did not go well and you do not make it to the language selection screen, try downloading a different version of iBoot (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-xon.html) or Empire EFI. 5.6 Select your language and click the arrow to proceed. 5.7 Next, you need to partition your drive. Click on Utilities > Disk Utility. 5.8 Select your disk drive. 5.9 Click Partition. 5.10 Select 1 Partition for the partition scheme. Note: If you have a drive that is larger than 2 TB, do not create partitions larger than 1 TB. Split the drive into multiple partitions, and be sure the main installation partition is 1 TB or smaller. 5.11 Enter a name for the partition (I used Hackintosh). 5.12 Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the Format.
5.13 Click Options, select GUID Partition Table, and then click OK.
5.14 Click Apply. 5.15 Quit Disk Utility and proceed with the installation. Install on the Hackintosh partition.
UserDSDT System Utilities Advanced Options > Kexts > Audio > LegacyHDA > ALC889 Advanced Options > Kexts > Graphics > NVEnabler Advanced Options > Kexts > Network > RealtekR1000SL Advanced Options > Patched Kernels > 10.3.1 Supported Kernel
After MultiBeast finishes installing, eject the iBoot CD and reboot the system. You should be able to boot right up from the hard drive, and all your devices should work just fine.
If you do seek assistance from any of these or similar resources, be sure to search for your problem before posting it. You will be flamed to no end if you ask a question that has already been answered. Another tip for posting in these forums: never call it a MAC (in all caps) instead of a Mac, or you will solicit many abusive responses. Mac is an abbreviation not an acronym. Here are a few more links that provide tools and files to help you set up a Hackintosh on hardware other than what Ive mentioned here: myHack (http://osx86.sojugarden.com/) Another bootloader/kext installer, similar to Multibeast Kexts.com (http://www.kexts.com/) A good resource for downloading Kexts (device drivers) Kext Helper (http://cheetha.net/) A tool that makes it easy to install new Kexts Kext Utility (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php? showtopic=140647) A tool to ensure proper kext installation Chamelon Boot Loader (http://chameleon.osx86.hu/) The boot loader that pretty much all the boot disks out there use (including iBoot and Empire EFI). netkas PC EFI (http://netkas.org/?cat=5) Used in combination with Chameleon to provide maximum compatibility for booting OS X. Most boot disks use this as well. BootCDMaker (French) Utility (for Mac) to create your own custom boot disks A million thanks to tonymacx86 and MacMan (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com) for developing iBoot and Multibeast to make installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on PC a piece of cake. Enjoy your new Hackintosh and let us know what you think of it! Disclosure Statement: Please note that the links to the hardware in this article are affiliate links. MakeUseOf will earn a small commission on any purchases you make. Commissions earned will support the staff of MakeUseOf and allow us to continue to bringing you more great articles. Disclaimer: Please note that running Mac OS X Snow Leopard on hardware other than a Macintosh is against the Mac OS X End User License Agreement (EULA) (http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx106.pdf). If you have concerns about this, you may wish to read Is Making Your Own Hackintosh Legal (http://lowendmac.com/ed/fox/09ff/hackintosh-legality.html)? By installing Mac OS X you are in breach of a contract (breaking a contract is not the same as breaking the law). As long as you own a legal copy of the software, you are not in violation of copyright law.
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