Comments on: Hackintosh Tutorial: Install a Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD on a PC

By: billnightly

billnightly — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:34:34 +0000

Thank you for such an excellent guide, I have spent the last month looking for guides and this is by far the most simple. The guides seem intent on excluding anyone who isnt comprehensively familiar with the terms tec so thank you!

For some reason i cant get past the white screen with the apple. I get a gray circle with a line through it.

Using a toshiba tecra m3 laptop, could that be the prob?

By: janonee

janonee — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:54:42 +0000

Hi Menoob

I have Dell Vostro 1700 with Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7250 processor. I have tried 10.5.5 several time with no success. Installation work fine but after installation when I am botting to Mac, I get an error 'You must restart you computer' Can you please help?

By: anil777

anil777 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:27:15 +0000

try going in add user in system configurations and change the user name and password also if that don't work
try youtube.com

also the os you installed on your acer aspire one is it the original dvd or a download pls inform

alex

By: zaczimmerman

zaczimmerman — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:00:19 +0000

Help! So i got osx running on my Acer aspire one, but somehow it set an administrator name and password so now i cannot make any changes, when i try to start up from macosx it asks for my password again, any help is greatly appreciated!

Thank you

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By: Osabir

Osabir — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:27:13 +0000

does this method works with snow leo?

By: jblunden

jblunden — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:23:21 +0000

The boot CD works and i insert the MAX OS X DVD and wait for the light to stop but when i press enter it says “loading darwin” Than the screen goes black. Help please?

By: stevecal

stevecal — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:20:01 +0000

If I understand it right, the iso file is an image of a disc. Using a utility like Nero, you can burn that image onto a disc. Since the disc that was originally imaged into an iso file was a bootable disc, the the disc you create from this iso file will be a bootable disc.

By: church

church — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:18:34 +0000

having issues on my custom PC (so i'm not sure what the hardware is since I inherited the system). The modified kabyl-bumby ISO actually loaded for me when the generic.iso did not.

The bootloader (kabyl-bumby) loads, i press enter. it asks to me type in the 2 digits. i put the OSX retail dvd in, press enter (still at the “enter 2 digits” screen), it then tells me to “press enter to start up Darwin/x86…” so I press enter, it then asks me to enter 2 digits, I press enter, it then says “using default 90, press any key to start up from the cd, so then if i had made sure to use the “-v” switch, then it runs through a short list of “loading xxxx…” and then it stops. it never goes anywhere else.

any sort of suggestion?

By: Levanius

Levanius — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:07:46 +0000

please could you tell me how did you make installation? i have the same laptop. thx

By: anil777

anil777 — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:37:03 +0000

can u pls send me a link from where you download the operating system

By: hafaisy

hafaisy — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:30:23 +0000

does it works in Motherboard Intel DG41TY ?

By: ralph93

ralph93 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:07:17 +0000

hi guys … i installed the mac os on my hp pavilion dv6000 … everything worked out with the installation but when the mac os start loading … it freezes after 20 seconds … could anyone help ?? plzzzz

By: crwchf

crwchf — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:00:43 +0000

First off I am very new to this and have no idea how to create / modify kexts I have been able to get ipc osx86 on my system but have not found anything that fixes isues with my scrolling just folds over on itself instead of the screen scrolling. So I thought I would give the retail install a try and all i get is as soon as it reads original OSX to start install the screen flashes to white and reboots. any help would be great.
Intel Q6700
EVGA 680i SLI
4Gb
9800GTX+

By: Levanius

Levanius — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:45:26 +0000

hi all
after bootCD i insert my mac os x dvd and then appears apple logo, after that i select language and then it says “max os x cannot be installed in this computer”. PLEASE help i'm new on this so i don't know what to do.
my latpot is HP dv6597 with intel core 2 duo 2.00ghz. and i have max os x 10.5.6 install dvd.
PLEASE HELP
thank you

By: ali

ali — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:31:39 +0000

did u get the solution for the problem you had
of installing mac os x on pc (pinkish screen loading)

Ali

By: Juju4000

Juju4000 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:37:47 +0000

Yes, this is the same problem I'm having.

By: bblue101

bblue101 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:13:08 +0000

Hi. I downloaded successfully the Boot-132 Generic ISO by following the link. On your instructions you mentioned “burn the Boot132″, does this mean i have to burn all the files included on the it or simply the “generic.iso”? I've burned the generic.iso only (not including the other files) and followed your procedures but after inserting the original OS X Leopard DVD nothing happened with no activity at all. Not even booting. Please advise. Thank a lot.

By: Javier Carrillo

Javier Carrillo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:15:43 +0000

I'm sorry for the bad english, I'm from colombia.
I want to know, if I can do this with the snow leopard dvd retail or just I can do it with leopard.

or I have to Install leopard for first and then udgrape to snow.
thanks

By: Juju4000

Juju4000 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:40:27 +0000

When I'm trying to install it just says Loading Darwin/x86 and stays there. The DVD drive isn't doing anything

By: timothychew

timothychew — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:11:44 +0000

I am using Asus nvidia 7300gs 256

I try many ways but it will not give me the QE

what should i Do now
and where is the extra enxtion folder

By: Elijah Primachenko

Elijah Primachenko — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:46:07 +0000

what is # A retail Mac OS X DVD Installer (not an Upgrade OS X DVD).

Is it Snow Leoperd

By: Elijah Primachenko

Elijah Primachenko — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:43:49 +0000

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By: ultimo

ultimo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:46:36 +0000

Is it kinda same for a Snow leopard menoob ?

By: fullmetal99012

fullmetal99012 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:34:03 +0000

Nevermind, i used the Lenovo Thinkpad kextst iso and it started up. im going to install now and ill post again if i have probs.

By: fullmetal99012

fullmetal99012 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:15:38 +0000

I need Help. I have a Lenovo with a Dual Core. and when i boot, it does the Grey screen, and then goes to the spinning wheel and sits there. My HP desktop just freezes at the apple logo, what should I do. I'm using 10.5.6 and the generic iso

By: fierypianist

fierypianist — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:09:56 +0000

Hi, I downloaded the .ISO thingy and burned it to a disk, and then i re-booted my Dell Dimension 2350. I then pressed “f12″ and selected to boot from the disk. All that happens is the screen goes black and then it starts to boot windows normally. this is not what i want. can i have some help with this? much obliged

By: Tom Sargent

Tom Sargent — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:15:45 +0000

Hi,
I have a Dell 1520 laptop, that I am trying to dual boot with windows 7, and I have followed the instructions above to install the Mac OS.
I get stuck after I have swapped the Boot 132 disc with the Mac OSx disc. I get a white screen with the rotating circle, then a blue screen, then it goes black and stops working. I have tried using -v and I still get the same problem....
Can you help?

My computer spec is:
Dell Inspiron 1520
Intel Celeron 540 1.86 GHz
1Gb RAM
Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

Cheers
Tom

By: kernelpanic

kernelpanic — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:43:30 +0000

my realtek hd audio 3.5 mm jack is not recognized please help!!! it says no output devices found in sound preferences. I tried installing all audio kexts available but i couldn't find a realtek hd.

By: traylor1

traylor1 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:19:25 +0000

I followed the directions here, After the grey Apple screen I get to the starry sky, but the I just sit with the spinning wheel. This is similar to the same thing Abhijeet was experiencing about a year ago, but never saw any real suggestions.

Someone on another board recommended using a different Distro than 10.5, but not sure where I get it. Can anyone help?

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By: theboo

theboo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:59:50 +0000

I NEED SOME HELP PLEASE!
Actually the boot process goes pretty fine, then i see a the setup background but the rainbow wheel keeps spinning and spinning forever with no activity either from CPU or Hard disk, what should I do? help!
I use iATKOS 10.5.5 on an Intel Chipset.
By the way, MAC OS runs ok as a native installation… but with vmware i couldn't do it yet!

By: leonarddavinci

leonarddavinci — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:14:21 +0000

hello there…..anybody can help me please.
finally i did a installation on my sony vaio VGN FE31M, but my keyboard and mousepad doesnt work…..im using USB mouse and keys.
I'd like my input keyboard and mouse work……how i woul do it?
Thank you again
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By: akg7

akg7 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:44:33 +0000

Hi,
I have got an acer aspire 8930g and i booted upwith BOOT123 iso and then Mac OSX Retail DVD and it get to the apple logo screen and then freezes with the 'banned' symbol on top, how do i fix it and get it working?

I really need to get mac working on my laptop, please help asap

Thanks

By: dipakbhtt

dipakbhtt — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:43:07 +0000

dear menoob please give me 10.6 snow leopard retail dvd installation guide your 10.5 installation guide help me lot and thanks for that

By: topspin2000

topspin2000 — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:13:47 +0000

Great Tutorial & Forum – just wanted to put this hardware profile out there – Vostro 220s – 2.8 GHz Core 2 with Intel G45 chipset and asus ati 3450 pcie w/ hdmi – The generic Boot 123 worked fine but you must turn off in advanced bios all the settings first. The OSX install & update to 10.5.4 went smoothly and Chameleon worked as advertised. Since I'm using this hackintosh mainly for downloading and video file conversions, I see no gain in trying 10.5.8.

Wired ethernet works from the start, no sound but I don't need it, and I have to type “Graphics Mode”=”1280×1024x32″ at the boot prompt, otherwise I get a fuzzy 1024×768. I tried adding the line to the boot plist but that doesn't do anything. Also Toast 8 installs but won't launch…

Any Tips ?

By: damian

damian — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:12:37 +0000

yes!!!

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:41:43 +0000

I´ve tried to install iPC OSX86 on eepc 1000HE (http://eeemeetsmac.webs.com/1000series.htm) on an external usb 2.0 drive. Installing and booting works, but then the system freezes.
But I dont think, that it´s because of the external drive.

By: farizaerra

farizaerra — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:07:18 +0000

My Mobo is ASUS P5Q Pro, Mac Retail 10.5.6 installed, update to 10.5.7 but quartz extreme not supported. Any suggestion?

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By: joey

joey — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:52:10 +0000

is this procedure applicable if i use 10.5.6 DVD?

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Ezzat Chamudi — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:03:38 +0000

Do you have any video or screenshot step by step

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The Best Hackintosh Distribution is No Distro — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:10:27 +0000

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By: matthews1193

matthews1193 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:01:59 +0000

menoob, what type of motherboard did you have when doing this install????

By: matthews1193

matthews1193 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:01:10 +0000

hey i read your post, what kind of motherboard do you have?

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tychocity — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:18:53 +0000

My experience with asus motherboard, in spanish.

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By: williamg

williamg — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:23:56 +0000

Hello

I have a HP Media center Pc 2008 – Inter core 2 Quad cpu q6600 2.40 Ghz memory 3.00 GB 32 bit operating system Total size of hard disk(s) 615 GB
Disk partition (C:) 307 GB Free (456 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 1 GB Free (10 GB Total)
Media drive (E:) CD/DVD
Disk partition (F:) 89 GB Free (149 GB Total)
Media drive (J:) CD/DVDCD/DVD
Media drive (N:) CD/DVDCD/DVDCD/DVD

Graphics
——————————————————————————–

Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Total available graphics memory 1535 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1279 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.6230
Primary monitor resolution 1152×864
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
——————————————————————————–

Network Adapter Realtek RTL8168C/8111C Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Network Adapter Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter

Please let me know if this will work for my computer. Thank you very much :)

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:57:42 +0000

Remember that the MacMinis are equiped with Core Duos. I happen to have one of the lastest issues of the Mac Mini, 2Ghz.. fine little sucker, but pricey….

I also have installed the 10.5.4 (and upgraded to 10.5.7) using my Lenovo T60 Thinkpad. Yes, it's a Core Duo, 2CPU, T5600 Running @ 1.83 Ghz. I feel no difference in performance at all.

I use my hack-intosh mainly for development in Xcode as the other one i have it also used by my partner for development and when one is using the simulator, the other cannot use it, so I decided to give a try on the Thinkpad I use for “other” work. No regrets here.

One of the key points in getting things started is to have the right set of “drivers” built into the boot132 cd. I was fortunate enough to find the right set at ( http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?show... ) where MACinized made a collection of boot132 custom for certain systems. Scroll through the limited list.. you may be lucky enough to find what you need there.

For folks who are having reboots, that is a clear sign that one (or some of ) the kexts are wrong for your hardware. kexts (kernel extensions) are like device drivers. If the install tries to load one of them and it's wrong for your hardware, things will go bad, being reboots, the most common symptom. This is a though situation for a novice on the realm of hackintoshes, but it's not impossible to solve. Read the link above which has links to other posts.

Sorry but I cannot help for specific kexts for your hardware. If you have nothing to start with, the best thing to do is to fetch the hardware that matches one of thost boot132.

-Alex