Hackintosh as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2018-05-06
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1,112 words · ~5 min read
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if you've dived
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Dove div into the world of computer
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building you might have noticed a Common Thread in most howto guides out there on
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the internet they almost all end showing
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you how to configure Windows after you're done piecing everything together
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but what if you've grown tired of Cortana the start menu or lack thereof
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and that frowny faed blue screen of death
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and you want a different kind of computing experience well you could
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choose one of a number of free Linux distributions as we discussed in this
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episode but some people find themselves
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irresistibly drawn to the interface of
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macOS just not to the high price tag
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Apple says tough luck to you bud but
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fear not a community has popped up
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around building hackintoshes PCS that run macOS on
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non-apple Hardware but how does this
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process work just throw macOS onto a
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USB drive boot from it and click
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install yeah no first of all Apple only
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guarantees compatibility for macOS with
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a very limited number of Hardware
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configurations there's unlike Windows which is supposed
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to work on any x86 or x86 64 based
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system provided it meets the minimum requirements so how in the world then
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are you supposed to know what will be
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compatible well although there isn't really a good way to know if the extreme
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gamer over 9,000 motherboard will work with macOS outside of just trying it
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and seeing what happens the Hackintosh Community has actually compiled lists of
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components that users have had good luck with on websites like
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osx86 and dsdt all right then so once you've built
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your system or verified that your existing one is compatible the next step
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is to get a copy of macOS typically
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this means using an actual Mac to download the latest version through the
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app store or buying an older version on
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optical media directly from Apple so you
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got your grubby little hands on macOS now you need to create a bootable USB
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using some special software unibeast is a popular one simply click through the
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menus and indicate whether you'll be installing macOS on a newer UEFI
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capable system or on an older computer and your boot media will be ready but
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before you shove it into your PC you'll want to tweak your bio settings this
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typically involves disabling features designed more for windel machines that
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macOS won't play nicely with such as vtd CFG lock secure boot IO serial port
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and and even USB 3.0 if you're rocking something older like a motherboard with
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an Intel 5 series chipset enable xhci
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handoff and you are ready to install macOS from your usb drive but after you've
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done this now you got to make your macOS Target disc bootable as it doesn't
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happen automatically a popular option is to use a utility called multibeast which
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will not only make your machine bootable but will attempt to install additional
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necessary software like drivers note how ever that you'll probably still need to
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find Mac drivers for your graphics card on your own and that's it theoretically
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by this point you're good to go but hold
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on a minute I've heard that Apple is extremely unhappy with people building
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hackintoshes will I get in trouble will Apple sue me will I do hard time in a
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white collar minimum security prison so here's the deal with that
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downloading Ma from the Apple Store is
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free but the fine print stipulates that
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you may only install it on a Bonafide Mac system so that means that
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technically even though you downloaded it for free from Apple it's software
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piracy because you are in breach of the end user license agreement so Apple
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indeed does strongly frown upon people
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building and using Hackintosh systems but with with that said the chances of
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Apple coming after a single user that just wants to use a Hackintosh at home
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are virtually nil and if they do find out somehow the most they are likely to
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do is something like ban your machine from the app store though it should be
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noted they did Sue a company back in
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2009 that was marketing and selling
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hackintoshes which could actually be considered a crime under US federal law
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so the takeaway then is that we're not telling you what you should do we are
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not your legal advisers but if you are going to dabble in hackintoshing do it
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for personal use not to make a quick buck and in any event you are far more
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likely to run into technical rather than legal issues iMessage is infamously
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tough to run on a Hackintosh and you'll probably find other things small or deal
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breaking that aren't exactly on par with the authentic Mac experience but there
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are plenty of resources online to help both newbies and Veterans so so go check
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them out and just hope that Steve Jobs isn't watching you from Beyond the
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