In Part 1: Using VMware Converter On A Vista PC, we learned how to use the free VMware Converter 3.0.3 to create a Windows Vista virtual machine from an existing Windows Vista server. Now that we have the Vista VM copied to our OS X hard drive, we boot into OS X Leopard and install VMware Fusion 2.0 More »
I have been using Parallels for almost a year to run Windows Vista on my MacBook Pro. Well, that was after I ran into problems with VMware Fusion. Now, with the latest Fusion 2.0, it’s time to put it out to a test again and see how it fares with Parallels 3.0. I wouldn’t want to install it on my Macbook Pro just yet so I’m going to use my Hackintosh to install Fusion 2.0 on it. More »
Apple has just released Mac OS X 10.5.5 Delta Update for Macs running 10.5.4, and 10.5.5 Combo Update if you are running 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3 or 10.5.4.
Now, you can just click Software Update on your Hackintosh just like you do on an ordinary Mac… if your Hackintosh has been installed with a Mac OS X Retail DVD with Boot-132 and Chameleon EFI that is. So you might ask, “What the hell are those?” Well, just read my other post “Hackintosh Tutorial: Install a Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD on a PC”, and you will be on your way to your hackintosh nirvanah. More »
After building hackintosh machines using different modified OS X installers, the hackintosh community has come a long way and is within grasp of achieving the holy grail of running Mac OS X on PCs—installing the original, unmodified OS X DVDs created by Apple for Macs on ordinary IBM compatible personal computers. Well, almost.
While we can now use a retail Mac OS X DVD to turn our PC into a hackintosh, we still need a bootloader to get it to recognize and install OS X the first time. The good news is, after a successful installation, we can now install any updates from Apple without breaking our system or reinstall the operating system without having to add the same kexts (drivers) that we already have that makes our non-Mac standard hardware peripherals work. More »
If you like to be on Hackintosh 10.5.4, you can try and install the new iATKOS v4i. You can download it from the usual place where the “green thing” resides. The file is 2.64 Gb in size so expect to wait for a few hours if not a few days to download. The file is an image file so you need to burn it on a DVD drive prior to installing on a PC.
I did manage to install and boot into OS X 10.5.4 without problems but I had to edit some configuration files in order to make some of my computer peripherals work.
1) I had to edit my network configuration file in order to make my Wi-Fi work (hint: I just copied my AppleYukon2.kext from a working 10.5.3 installation and repaired permissions before rebooting).
2) On my NVidia 7200GS (same ID as 7300SE) Graphics Display, Core Image works only by software and Quartz Extreme is not supported. I tried several fixes including installing NVKush but to no avail. Finally I installed NVInstaller 5.2 using Pacifist and now graphics are a lot zippier. More »
For those of you who followed my last Hackintosh tutorial and continues to encounter problems, Mysticus has come up with a new update–version 1.4b.
Here are the changes in 1.4b:
a) Most if not all errors have been fixed!
b) No more terminal error, or deletion of login… terminal works just fine after update
c) No suid errors! no ahci error (if used with compatible systems, no jmicron ids added, so you may need to add them by yourself to test, other than that, it should work with all ICH controllers…) no hdd icon errors..
d) Package backups entire extensions (drivers) folder to /backupkexts so if you wanna restore your working acpi? or audio? or network? just replace the files from your backup folder to extensions folder afterwards so that you wont have any problems afterwards…
e) By default if no kernel choosen, it will install 9.2.0 sleep kernel 9.2.0 system.kext (so there should not be any usb mount issues unless you do some manual changes by your self, to kernel/system.kext or u have left pcgenusbehci driver in iousbfamily/contents/plugins/ which will cause conflict!)
Follow this link to his thread in InsanelyMac and click on the little emoticon with the trumpet to download the 10.5.3 Combo Update Package v1.4b and try it out.
Good luck guys. Hope you finally get your own Hackintosh up and running.
If you are building a Hackintosh for the first time, please read my previous posts as a backgrounder.
Turn Your PC Into a Mac
http://menoob.com/2008/02/08/turn-your-pc-into-a-mac/
Updating to Leopard 10.5.2 on a Hackintosh
http://menoob.com/2008/02/15/updating-to-leopard-1052-on-a-hackintosh/
A Better Hackintosh: Fixing the Black Spots in Leopard
http://menoob.com/2008/03/06/a-better-hackintosh-fixing-the-black-spots-in-leopard/
While this post will particularly deal with updating your Hackintosh OS X version to 10.5.3, it can also be used as a guide to noobs building their first hackintosh. After all, new hacks are being built as fast as Apple can update their own operating system and also previous problems being addressed by the hackintosh community. More »
It’s been several days now since I updated my hackintosh from 10.5.1 to 10.5.2 and I have found some minor problems.
1) Shutdown and reboot sometimes do not work properly.
2) Sleep mode never works
3) It takes about 2 and a half minutes to start my computer.
4) High-speed USB port doesn’t work most of the time preventing me from connecting my iPhone.
5) Kernel version remains at Darwin 9.1.0 instead of 9.2.0 like my Leopard 10.5.2 MacBook Pro.
Since I still have an extra hard drive inside my hackintosh with OS X Tiger on it, I decided to re-install Leopard using a different approach and try fixing these minor problems. This is what’s nice in having extra internal drives as you can reformat them without affecting other OS installations residing on separate drives. After all, Vista on the first drive and Leopard on the second drive are both working fine, except for the minor problems I mentioned above.
First thing I did was to download the iATKOS r3 patch by EqUaTe and follow the guide by Mysticus. More »
So Apple released it’s first major update to Leopard 10.5.1 with 10.5.2. As I have mentioned in my previous post, I have my Hackintosh running on iATKOS v1.0r2 Leopard 10.5.1. Likewise, I mentioned that with EFI support, all you have to do is use Apple’s “Software Update” to keep your PC up-to-date just like legit Mac users, instead of waiting for new patches made available by kind and usually anonymous hackers on the Web. Well, that didn’t work for the 10.5.2 update. I guess Apple knows about this hacking going around that is getting easier and popular by the day. So stop that update until you read how to go about it below.
The 10.5.2 Leopard update installs a kext that says “Dont Steal Mac OS X”, and if you’re not careful and follow other hacker’s advice, it will essentially “brick” your PC (a bigger brick than an iPhone). The first to release a solution to the 10.5.2 update is a guy that goes by the alias “Netkas” and others have basically expounded on and made his instructions a little bit easier to follow. Go ahead and head over to his site and try to follow his instructions. The other is from Devin and is easier to follow. More »
I mean, Hackintosh!
Hackintosh - A Personal Computer that is running a patched Intel Mac OS X operating system; also called OSx86; or an ugly PC trying to look and behave like a Mac.
So I have a Hackintosh…one that I created almost a year ago. It runs an OSx86 version created by a guy who uses the name “Uphuck” in hacker forums. It is a hack of the Mac OS X Tiger version 10.4.9. Is this legal? If it is, then we wouldn’t be calling it a “hackintosh”. According to Apple Inc’s licensing, you can only legally run OS X on a “Single Apple-labeled computer” (in short, a Mac). So it is best to buy a real Mac if you want to use OS X for your everyday tasks. The problem is, there are a lot of people stuck with ugly beige boxes running MS Windows either by choice or by force. It becomes an issue by choice when they can’t afford a Mac, or if their employers give them no other choice, then it is by force. Ever since Apple ported their OS to the Intel platform, hacker communities have been all abuzz in making it run on PCs. If only Apple Inc. will allow OS X to run on ugly computer boxes…
Ok, enough of the intro. I am now going to document the process I followed in building a hackintosh running on Apples’ latest and greatest OS… Leopard version 10.5.1. I am doing this because I regretted not doing it when I built my first hacked Tiger box. It would have saved me a lot of time and effort to run Leopard on basically the same hardware that I used previously. With this, I also hope you won’t need to scour and read many hackintosh forums and blogs (I suggest you do however to learn more) to get you up and running. More »
