if you've dived
Dove div into the world of computer
building you might have noticed a Common Thread in most howto guides out there on
the internet they almost all end showing
you how to configure Windows after you're done piecing everything together
but what if you've grown tired of Cortana the start menu or lack thereof
and that frowny faed blue screen of death
and you want a different kind of computing experience well you could
choose one of a number of free Linux distributions as we discussed in this
episode but some people find themselves
irresistibly drawn to the interface of
macOS just not to the high price tag
Apple says tough luck to you bud but
fear not a community has popped up
around building hackintoshes PCS that run macOS on
non-apple Hardware but how does this
process work just throw macOS onto a
USB drive boot from it and click
install yeah no first of all Apple only
guarantees compatibility for macOS with
a very limited number of Hardware
configurations there's unlike Windows which is supposed
to work on any x86 or x86 64 based
system provided it meets the minimum requirements so how in the world then
are you supposed to know what will be
compatible well although there isn't really a good way to know if the extreme
gamer over 9,000 motherboard will work with macOS outside of just trying it
and seeing what happens the Hackintosh Community has actually compiled lists of
components that users have had good luck with on websites like
osx86 and dsdt all right then so once you've built
your system or verified that your existing one is compatible the next step
is to get a copy of macOS typically
this means using an actual Mac to download the latest version through the
app store or buying an older version on
optical media directly from Apple so you
got your grubby little hands on macOS now you need to create a bootable USB
using some special software unibeast is a popular one simply click through the
menus and indicate whether you'll be installing macOS on a newer UEFI
capable system or on an older computer and your boot media will be ready but
before you shove it into your PC you'll want to tweak your bio settings this
typically involves disabling features designed more for windel machines that
macOS won't play nicely with such as vtd CFG lock secure boot IO serial port
and and even USB 3.0 if you're rocking something older like a motherboard with
an Intel 5 series chipset enable xhci
handoff and you are ready to install macOS from your usb drive but after you've
done this now you got to make your macOS Target disc bootable as it doesn't
happen automatically a popular option is to use a utility called multibeast which
will not only make your machine bootable but will attempt to install additional
necessary software like drivers note how ever that you'll probably still need to
find Mac drivers for your graphics card on your own and that's it theoretically
by this point you're good to go but hold
on a minute I've heard that Apple is extremely unhappy with people building
hackintoshes will I get in trouble will Apple sue me will I do hard time in a
white collar minimum security prison so here's the deal with that
downloading Ma from the Apple Store is
free but the fine print stipulates that
you may only install it on a Bonafide Mac system so that means that
technically even though you downloaded it for free from Apple it's software
piracy because you are in breach of the end user license agreement so Apple
indeed does strongly frown upon people
building and using Hackintosh systems but with with that said the chances of
Apple coming after a single user that just wants to use a Hackintosh at home
are virtually nil and if they do find out somehow the most they are likely to
do is something like ban your machine from the app store though it should be
noted they did Sue a company back in
2009 that was marketing and selling
hackintoshes which could actually be considered a crime under US federal law
so the takeaway then is that we're not telling you what you should do we are
not your legal advisers but if you are going to dabble in hackintoshing do it
for personal use not to make a quick buck and in any event you are far more
likely to run into technical rather than legal issues iMessage is infamously
tough to run on a Hackintosh and you'll probably find other things small or deal
breaking that aren't exactly on par with the authentic Mac experience but there
are plenty of resources online to help both newbies and Veterans so so go check
them out and just hope that Steve Jobs isn't watching you from Beyond the
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