My travels with OSX86

Hackintosh Mini

2011-10-04T10:47:00.000-07:00

If you are looking to build a fast, stable and economic OSX86 machine try this one, hackintosh mini for less than $600. According to Adam Dachis over at LifeHacker, he was able to put this hackintosh mini together for a very reasonable $599.65 and that includes intel i3 processor and a pretty nifty Silverstone case and power supply. The article states that this machine will run best if you

OSX86 Lion

2011-09-25T18:46:00.000-07:00

iAtkos has released the new install for Mac OSX Lion, you download it here as well as the instructions. I have not tested nor tried it yet. Let me know if you have and what you think. The forum, for more info and help, is here: http://uphuck.ggrn.org/forum/

How to run Snow Leopard via Ubuntu

2011-09-23T12:52:00.000-07:00

Instructions on how to run OSX via a virtual box in Ubuntu :) http://solancer.blogspot.com/2011/05/snow-leopard-on-ubuntu-using-virtual.html

Hackintosh Useful Links

2011-08-30T14:08:00.000-07:00

Snow Leopard kernels AnV 10.2.0 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD PJC 10.2.0 v8 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD Black-night 10.2.0 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD PJC 10.2.0 v9 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD Intel Atom 10.2.0 Only Mobdin 10.0 SSE3 AMD Only Legacy 10.2.0 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD Boot Loader - Chameleon RC4 DOWNLOAD Chameleon RC3 with PC EFI 10.3/4.1/5 Chameleon RC3 PC EFI 10.5 Chameleon RC3 PC EFI 10.4.1 Chameleon RC3 PC EFI

Man gets hackintosh repaired at Genius Bar?!

2011-08-24T18:28:00.001-07:00

Have to pass on this article because, well, it made me smile. Man Gets His Hackintosh Air Repaired at Genius Bar

New update to Asus P5ers OSX86 install

2011-08-20T13:43:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest install for osx86 on Asus P5s: http://osx86sv.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/os-x-10-6-snow-leopard-universal-on-pc-news/

New serial number

2010-01-11T14:09:00.000-08:00

After following these instructions from Pradeesh (pronounced Prasys), I have successfully changed my "About This Mac" info, including serial number and model type :)

Sleepenabler Kext not working

2010-01-11T14:05:00.001-08:00

Ok, everything, thus far, is working except "Sleep". I have installed the SleepEnabler kext to no avail, I think from posts I have read that it might be a conflict with the voodoo kext... I'll keep posting.

Hackintosh Screengrab of new installation

2010-01-09T18:31:00.001-08:00

Conti saved my weekend!

2010-01-09T18:06:00.000-08:00

I really wanted to get this Psystar crap of my Hackintosh so I did a search and found this thread on Insanely Mac that seemed to address my exact issue. I had a working Hackintosh that would only boot from my Rebel EFI CD (totally not acceptable). I went to Conti's site, http://www.osx86.sojugarden.com new site here and followed his VERY easy instructions... all I had to do was install his

Everything is working...

2010-01-08T20:41:00.000-08:00

well, even though it has been via the Rebel EFI installer (which I do not plan to use for much longer) everything (except sleep and I did install sleeper kext), so far, is working. Wireless, sound, video, applications, etc... But, I have to boot from Rebel EFI disk unless I pay Psystar for what I know I can eventually achieve on my own... if I could just get an installer to get past the little

iSuck ... please take it out!

2010-01-07T17:59:00.000-08:00

I'm going to try this one (titled: "Taking the iSuck out of iHack") tomorrow... or maybe Saturday since my Hackintosh does work right now. I feel so BAD >:)

Holy Crap! Hackintoshing is a b*&^#

2010-01-07T17:48:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I have MOMETARILY cheated. I needed to feel some progress, I needed to know my mobo could do it, hell, I needed a break from downloading, installing and failing with bootloaders and installers... I took out a 2 month old copy of Rebel EFI and used that. It worked like a charm! Made me feel better. Don't hate. I'm still looking for an install/bootloader for my mobo so I can do it on

errata...

2010-01-06T12:34:00.000-08:00

"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air." - John Quincy Adams DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT be an idiot (like me) and try to install using LifeHacker's guide unless you intend to either install Leopard with the build I have or... you install Snow Leopard ONLY with this build. Lifehacker's install guides, I have read, work

Part 1.1 - The Install Guide

2010-01-06T12:06:00.000-08:00

I forgot to mention that I am using this hackintosh installation I found on OS86 Project.

Part 1 - Built My Hackintosh

2010-01-06T12:02:00.000-08:00

Ok, the computer is built. Here is a quick rundown. This is the first time that I have built a computer so I was feeling challenged. But I found some great videos on "how-to". The video below got me started. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1X2Wpwl4dg 1. I installed the cpu/heatsink 2. installed memory sticks 3. installed motherboard in case (unfortunately for me since it is used did not

I'm on a Mac Spoof - good way to start the morning!

2009-12-30T10:54:00.001-08:00

The Hackintosh parts

2009-12-22T17:25:00.000-08:00

The parts are here and unpacked, now all I need to do is sneak outta' some family x-mas functions so I can start putting it al together.

My first attempt, not so great...

2009-12-15T09:38:00.000-08:00

I started this whole project and minor obsession because my MacBook Pro has been a blessing, a curse and a cause for anxiety for over a year. It runs hotter than normal (just had a dream last night that the cpu overheated and when I pulled it out it was bubbling!) and I am scared that it is going to down soon. I need to send it off to Apple for warranty work but that means I am out of an Apple