There is a new version of Clover (r4862) that fixes the problem:
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/files/Installer/Clover_v2.4k_r4862.zip/download
Toss <em>NullCPUPowerManagement.kext</em> into your EFI partition (or a Clover USB lifeboat) to get past this error, but then we'll need to dig into the real issue of why it started.
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What hardware are you running?
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What OS version?
Show me your setup and I'll give it to you.
Just kidding, but here. I got it from the clover theme manager app, but here its also on sourceforge.
https://sourceforge.net/p/cloverefiboot/themes/ci/master/tree/themes/El%20Capitan/
if that doesnt have a dl, i'll upload mine when i get home.
Yes, they can and will blacklist your Apple ID. As Beowolve suggested, you should probably stop.
Apple's verification for iMessage authentication has changed dramatically and it's basically not working for anyone. See this link for full details: http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/110471-how-fix-imessage.html
On a side note, if you're hackintoshing you should really stay on top of the latest out of the community; it'd be foolish not to.
Use -v boot flag to boot and show a picture where it hangs ;D With only that apple logo there are no informations ;)
Otherwise try some boot flags like -x, GraphicsEnabler=No / Yes
Also check your bios settings again.
It’s easier to say what doesn’t work. I can’t get the back light to come on while booting into Mac OS it takes a minute to come on but when it does there’s no issues. FaceTime video doesn’t work but iMessage and airdrop work just fine. I could even track it in find my iPhone! But it is a bit hard to get working it took me about 3 weeks to get everything to get it working but I’m a noob at this Hackintosh world so your results may vary. You do need to replace the ssd and the Wifi card. For ssd I used the Samsung 970 EVO SSD 1TB and for the replacement WiFi card I used this REDLIAN For Hackintosh BCM94352Z 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN + Bluetooth 4.0 M.2/NGFF Mini Card 867Mbps DW1560 06XRYC https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FF67V43/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MDz5DbJRDZF24 Battery life isn’t bad once you turn off you gpu and just use your integrated graphics. General usage gets me 4 hours but if you start pushing using final cut or photoshop it drains quick in like 2 hours
> Apple's been marketing thunderbolt 3 as the future for laptops. I doubt they'd just give that up to make their own ARM processors.
Intel has actually been opening up their standard for thunderbolt 3.
Literally the second link that came up when I googled Pentium G3258 Hackintosh.
This is a good way of removing existing duplicate entries. The guide here fixed the issue permanently on my GA-Z170X-UD5 TH.
Generally, every SATA drive works. If you are using them only for storage, then you can use basically every drive. There is one issue with "Advanced Format" or 4K drives when using them as your boot drive but this can easily be fixed http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/65706-boot0-error-official-guide.html
TL;DR: don't worry about the hard drives.
Definitely recommend the VPS route, it isn't that much more expensive than shared hosting anymore. I would highly recommend Digital Ocean.
They have a variety of operating systems and full stacks that you can deploy. They also have a ton of guides to help secure your site and get things set up.
Here is my referral link if you're interested. You get 10 bucks, I get 25. https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=d669cfd3f8d6
VMS are not really that great. They provide no acceleration. If you want to boot a VM to create a USB installer, then check out this link: http://www.macbreaker.com/2015/01/virtualbox-yosemite-zone.html
I prefer El Capitan, but many people are using Sierra when doing full installs. 2 Hard drives are recommended for ease of install.
did you check out this?
http://www.tonymacx86.com/436-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-june-2014.html
you wont need a gpu, which will save you money. if you can, get a haswell i7, if not i5, or if that's too expensive an i3.
as for the rest of the parts, what size case do you want? matx are typically the right combo of more manageable size, and decently priced.
VirtualBox will do. Here's a tutorial to go with it
Alternatively, if you want to skip UniBeast entirely, you can use Niresh's build of Mountain Lion. It comes in ISO format, and you burn it to a DVD.
Like, can you be a little more specific? What error did you run into? Or did you run into an error at all? How much ram do you have? What chipset are you running with? What WiFi card do you have?
If you want a step by step guide on how to set one up for beginners, start here:
https://lifehacker.com/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh-o-5841604
It should be noted, there have been major issues with iMessage on hackintoshs. Apple recently stepped up the verification checks and people have had their hacks locked out left and right.
More on that can be found here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/110471-how-fix-imessage.html
Umm.. from the sound of it, you're looking to swap out a hard drive in an official Apple laptop, right? This forum is for hackintoshes (i.e. PC hardware running OSX), but no worries bud! I'll still see if I can answer some questions for you.
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CCC and SuperDuper assume you're using a Mac as a host computer to do the backups. If you're using a Windows machine, there might be a way to do it? But since Windows doesn't natively read or write HFS+ file systems, things can get more complicated.
I hope that helps some, and I'm sure your girlfriend will be very happy with it! Let me know if you have more questions and I'll see what I can do :)
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Side note - I have no problem helping you out with this, but you might also get more ideas posting in /r/Apple, /r/Mac, or /r/OSX
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Edit: As for this question:
>are there any brands I should avoid or size requirements I'll need to keep in mind? I was thinking a Samsung EVO 240 GB
I use a pair of Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSDs in my rig, one for OSX, one for Windows 10 - and they work wonderfully. I might advise a larger drive as 240 can get cramped. I feel fairly comfortable with the 500 - but I also have 7TB of HDD storage, so I can offload a bunch onto that.
It is - typically, you'll use a VM and a (I know it's blasphemy, but) distro like Yosemite Zone. Once you get the VM running - you can use that to create your own vanilla USB installer for El Cap, and use that to get your Hackintosh up and running!
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Have a look at this guide for step-by-step info.
You could probably start of with a virtual machine of OS X running within Windows 7, just for the purpose of making the USB installer, then following one of the usual methods (Clover, Chameleon, Chimera) to get OS X on your machine natively.
Or you could burn Niresh's OS X distro straight to a DVD and do it that way, but in general, I wouldn't recommend Niresh's distro just because it makes updating to future versions a lot more difficult.
Would you prefer if he said:
curl $url > script.sh; bash script.sh
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Would you prefer if he said "download [this]($url) script and run it in a shell"?
The fact is that the majority of people don't audit every random script they run. curl | sh
just skips the bullshit.
>This bug has HUGE potential for exploitation, and you can bet that those who would exploit it have been working furiously to take advantage before the window of opportunity closes.
No it doesn't. First off, an attacker would need to be MITMing your traffic already, which is a whole security exploit in and of itself. Second, they would need to get around the tls of ops link, which is anoher security exploit. Finally, they would need to have seen this post in particular in order to know which script to replace. And yet, somehow, you think they would be incapable of replacing any hash op posted? Not likely.
Among legit security experts, curl|sh
is considered a non issue. See for example this post: https://sandstorm.io/news/2015-09-24-is-curl-bash-insecure-pgp-verified-install
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102888
Behold, the Radeon 5870 with 2 gigs of ram. Generally regarded as the best card on a Hackintosh system.
Currently, this is the best Radeon card you can buy with an official Mac Pro... and even that one comes with only ONE gig of ram.
http://store.apple.com/us/configure/Z0M4?mco=MTg2OTQ5OTk
There was a table of all compatible gfx cards somewhere... looking for it now.
You need to 4 to 3 splitter. Then you can plug in the mic cable into the mic port and the speaker cable into the audio port. Here's a link StarTech MUYHSFMM 3.5mm 4 Pin to 2x3 Pin 3.5mm Headset Splitter Adapter - F/M https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058DOWH6/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Y5BRub08HK731
Check out Tonymac's buyer's guide: http://www.tonymacx86.com/building-customac-buyers-guide-october-2015.html
I am partial to gigabyte. They are also the most common in the forum there, which makes it easier to troubleshoot.
That processor/DDR4 looks like a waste of money. I'd get the best i5 you can get and use the savings towards the best graphics card you can get.
Any nVidia cards work with their Web Drivers. I have a 970. It's the most bang for the buck, IMO.
Any hard drives/SSDs will work. Don't put OS X and Windows on the same drive, and don't use hard drives as boot disks.
Know what you're getting into. There will be problems. If I were you, I'd just get a Mini for your girlfriend and build yourself a PC gaming rig. A hackintosh is not worth loosing your relationship over ;)
Parts list:
Intel Core i5-4590
Gigabyte H97M-D3H
Sapphire Radeon HD 5670
OCZ Agility III 120GB SSD
IOGear Bluetooth Adapter
Apple Trackpad
Ran the install using the Tonymacx86 Clover method: http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capitan-desktop-guides/172672-unibeast-install-os-x-el-capitan-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
Did not use any boot flags, used inject-ATI.
Audio (Realtek ALC-892) fixed with: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307003-clover-os-x-el-capitan-usb/
iMessage and FaceTime not working right now, but I have no intention on making them work either.
First: you can do this in Yosemite zone, when you get to the install menu, click on utilities on the menu bar and select disk utility. But I don't recommend this anyway -
Please actually take the time to read and learn about what you're doing and then ask questions. You obviously haven't done that. Anyways, what I recommend:
I would do a case mod for sure. It will take more time and money but the end result will be a far more powerful and unique machine that is definitely more capable. Maybe for the time being pick up a compatible used hard drive to play around with the current system then case mod it ;)
This forum has been by far the best IMO for G5 case mod inspiration: http://www.tonymacx86.com/powermac-g5/
Yup, that is it. But createinstallmedia uses the .app not the DMG
Unsigned kexts like FakeSMC, NvidiaGraphicsFixup VoodooHDA etc etc -
Wipe your USB stick, format it GUID/OSX Jounaled, download the latest Sierra Installer from the appstore.
With your USB stick formatted, the volume labeled Untitled, and the Sierra installer in your Applications directory - copy and paste the below command into terminal.
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction &&say Done
Type in your password when prompted and press Enter. Don’t interrupt it until you see the final line that says Done. This can take a while.
This is the Apple recommend way to create a real installer.
Then install Clover to the USB stick.
Make sure during the install, you change Install Location and select your USB stick. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Then click Customize. ALSO IMPORTANT.
Choose these options. http://imgur.com/c9r1jwV
Once you install Clover to the USB stick, a new EFI partition will be present and you should see it on your desktop if you have Finder configured that way.
At that point, you configure the config.plist, drop all your kexts into EFI/EFI/Clover/Kexts/other then eject the stick and try booting on your hack on a USB 2.0 port. Boot from BIOS to UEFI:Name of stick and start the install.
This is most likely because you have not updated clover before updating macOS. To get the latest version onto a USB using windows:
Search for CloverISO and download the latest off here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/files/Bootable_ISO/ and make sure you download the latest .lzma file and extract it using either WinRAR or 7Zip. Once you have gotten the iso/img file use rufus to burn it to a black USB Drive using ISO Mode (Reccomended)
Put that USB into your PC then select your macOS drive and hit enter, if you have boot commands you need to enter do those first.
No, not really. There is a beta legacy kernel that supposedly makes Mac OS X Lion compatible with AMD processors, but unless you're a big fan of self-abuse, it's probably not worth the effort to try to make it work.
Nobody is probably taking you seriously because you're not exactly taking this seriously either. If you need help, we need you to be more specific than "all kinds of other junk" so we know what you've tried and what is and isn't a waste of time. Otherwise we'll be having a back and forth for a week and ain't nobody got time for that.
Your motherboard and processor are going to be finicky because they're a whole generation newer than anything used in actual Macs. A Z87 board would have been easier.
This thread suggests to check and make sure you have the F5 version of your board's firmware. Have you tried that?
Edit: Here's a semi-working list of options you should select when using Multibeast.
Hey there, so everything works (as far as I can tell) besides the wifi/Bluetooth card, which is a known issue. Fortunately, compatible cards literally cost $5 on eBay (which I've just purchased).
I own a Mid 2009 17" MBP, and last summer I dropped some cash on a memory upgrade and a SSHD (hybrid). I considered going the full SSD route but I do a lot with media and just need the space. Even with the upgrades the machine is just starting to become old and tired and has really become unreliable for a daily driver for work. Instead of spending $1500-$2000 on a new 15" MBP, I thought that there has to be another way, and fortunately the HP ProBook series seems to be a flawless donor computer. Not only that, but it's not hard to find a lightly used one in the $300-$400 range.
Coming from the MBP with discrete graphics and a big nice display, I'm going to have to adjust because the ProBook display is pretty low res. otherwise, it's smokin' fast and should definitely handle what I throw at it.
For anyone interested in learning more, tonymacx86 forums user RehabMan is an incredible resource and has done all of the heavy lifting. All I did was follow this list of instructions and an hour later I had a new Hackintosh.
Edit: typo
Read through as many build logs as possible on http://www.tonymacx86.com/powermac-g5/ and decide which route you want to take. Ask yourself these questions: Do I want a micro ATX or full ATX motherboard? Will I ruse the factory PSU case and mod an ATX PSU to fit inside or keep the ATX PSU in tact and top mount it? Do I want a backpanel and motherboard tray from mountainmods or laserhive, or do I want to create my own motherboard mounts and possibly use the factory PCI brackets? Where do I want to position my drives?
Sorry it took longer than expected. Do you have another computer running OS X right now that you can use to download Mavericks? If so, use this guide and you shouldn't have any problems installing OS X on the 80 GB hard drive. I'd recommend disconnecting the 1 TB hard drive from your system while you install OS X just to avoid any issues (or accidentally deleting your windows install, which I've definitely never done...).
Let me know if you need any more help! I've got a little bit of a busy day today, but I'll help when I can.
Hmm.. First of all, that's a K series processor on an H67 motherboard. It's such a waste since you can't overclock with that motherboard.
Second, you should check out the hackintosh resources and do some more research about the build. I think Gigabyte motherboards work best for hackintoshing since there are already a ton of DSDTs pregenerated for various gigabyte motherboards somewhere.
The other stuff should be fine, they don't matter as much.
EDIT: Here you can find some available DSDTs. I think they are drivers so that your OSX install can work with your motherboard properly. Most of them are for Gigabyte boards. If there isn't one for your motherboard, you'll have to make one yourself and this makes it more complicated. You can also check out their CustoMac builds..
When you boot up are you able to input your FileVault login password using the laptop's keyboard?
The lack of a Clover EFI PS2 keyboard driver makes this a problem at the moment on many (most?) hackintosh laptops making it necessary to attach an external keyboard to log in.
There's an active ticket on SourceForge to address this issue here.
> THIS IS THE MAGIC. I want to know how the magic works. In excruciating, nothing-hidden full-frontal pants-around-the-ankles spare-no-detail transparent nudity. How exactly is the installer and OS "fooled"?
It would be somewhat impossible to fully answer this question within a reddit comment. The source code for Clover, FakeSMC, and numerous other tools is freely available, but you need background knowledge in order to understand it (e.g. how UEFI works in order to understand how Clover/macOS' boot.efi works, and low-level knowledge of the macOS boot process in order to understand how kext/kernel patching and kext injection works).
The source code for RehabMan's FakeSMC fork is available here.
The source code for Clover is available on SourceForge here.
Just did it today. Updated directly from AppStore without any issue (this is by no means a "guide", just what I now know works for my build):
I'm on i5 6600, Asus H170M-Plus, Gtx970 (over display port).
Thunderbolt Displays will work with non Apple Hardware IF they're connected to an Thunderbolt port.
So yes it would work to get one of the compatible Asus MB with an ThunderboltEXII Dual card. You can also go for a Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH which has two Thunderbolt 2 ports. BUT there are the new 100-Series Chipset utilizing TB3 which can be adapted to TB2 which should work too (for example: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH )
BUT they all only use the iGPU! And you want to use them for (VR!) GAME development, so i don't think the iGPU will suffice at all!
I would sell those Thunderbolt Displays (you'll get a good price still for them) and get a pair of Dell U2515H or U2715H or similar and forget about Thunderbolt entirely.
If you're building for a friend, he's going to call you whenever it has an issue. Drop the Xeon/ASRock board in favor of 100% compatibility. There are plenty of builds for 700 Euro.
You can install Clover onto the existing Chimera-based system. First thing you might want to do is experiment with a Clover boot stick to see how it should be configured to boot your hardware.
Definitely possible. Integrated graphics will work absolutely fine, but the discrete 970M probably won't (it may remain active for rendering software, etc. to use, but you cannot use it to drive your laptop's internal display for games, etc.). The WiFi card needs to be a supported Atheros or Broadcom WiFi card. It's definitely possible, but will require effort. If you decide to try, make sure you attempt RehabMan's guide here. Don't use UniBeast or any legacy solution, you want native UEFI, especially on a laptop.
Using my Hackintosh is pretty much exactly like using a regular Mac. Turns on normally, goes to sleep normally, wakes up normally, etc. It has more kernel panics than a regular Mac though. Perhaps around 1 every other month, but that's not a big deal to me.
The only thing that isn't like a regular Mac is watching Netflix. I can't get it to play in Safari. On Chrome however, it works fine. So I always have a Chrome window open with Netflix in it. I even update my computer normally, but I have to reinstall my audio driver afterwards. But that's only 30 seconds + a restart.
All my hardware is supported because I followed tonymac86's hardware guide. Here's a link to the guide for the current month.
It would, but I would recommend against using UniBeast, especially with newer hardware, and especially with laptops. I'd try using Clover instead.
Most of the information is covered here:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/os-x-updates/162108-os-x-10-10-4-update.html
Generally downloading the standalone combo update is better than using Software Update.
If you want to install OS X to a different hard drive than Windows 10, then it's pretty simple: Just unplug the SATA cable for your Windows 10 hard drive (so that OS X doesn't mess up anything in the process) and follow a guide for hackintoshing with Clover (such as the Tonymacx86 Clover Guide) and after you are done setting up OS X, just replug your Windows 10 drive's SATA cable and Clover should display it as a boot option automatically.
>but it appears that chimera/chameleon hackintoshes are infinately easier to get outing running than clover based systems
that's just it . . . "appearances".
the ~beast people do a good job making it look easy, but the devil is always in the details . . .
I only started investing hackintoshing seriously last week (when I decided/realized Apple had finally drifted too far from where I want to be, hardware-wise) but I see how Clover works vs. ~beast and I respect the EFI approach a lot more --the EFI layer is the place to do hacking, instead of fighting Apple for control of /S/L/E.
At first ~beast's googly eyes made it attractive, "this looks easy". But the deeper I got the more I respected Clover, and the less it seemed complicated (other than DSDT table changes, that's just pretty hairy!)
http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-desktop-guides/144426-how-install-os-x-yosemite-using-clover.html
doesn't seem any more complicated than unibeast, pretty much identical, yes?
with modern MBs, using the /EFI partition to do our pre-boot hacking is great if you can pull it off, and I think the Clover people are.
Apple will probably release a 10.11 developer beta next week, so we'll know what changes they're making to /S/L/E security.
Worst worst case, we're totally screwed from 10.11 forward.
Next worst case, we've got to DL patched binaries from someone with security deactivated to run.
Next worst case, ozmosis-level hacking is enough.
Next, EFI changes are enough.
Next, self-signing our own kexts with Apple-blessed developer certificates is enough.
Best case it's a nothing burger like 10.10's kext security.
Kinda sorta??? I guess is the answer to that.
Patching kexts can still be a pain, and getting Apple's iCloud services to work (specifically iMessage) can cause a fair amount of trouble. But other than that it isn't too bad.
To go into more detail...
There is a new bootloader on the scene called Clover, which provides a much more native installation that talks directly to the UEFI on the motherboard. The previous bootloader king (and still very popular) Chameleon is likely the bootloader you've used in the past. That bootloader emulates a UEFI, and always seems to break after major system updates if not upgraded properly.
Because of Clover's design, it theoretically provides better performance and better compatibility with OS X in general. HOWEVER, Apple started requiring signed kexts in Yosemite as an added security feature. Kinda threw of wrench in the situation.
Luckily the signed kexts security feature can be disabled, but it is still a hassle to ensure that security feature stays disabled. And it still can't be a painful process to find the right kexts and get everything working properly. Audio in particular is usually a giant pain in the rear in my experience. BUT, thanks to Clover, usually everything remains working after a major system update... unless Apple specifically patches something regarding lower-level system drivers.
The other issue people are having is getting iMessage to work. I personally have never had an issue with it. BUT, a lot of people do... especially if they are using Chameleon (but it seems to happen on both bootloaders).
Well consider your fears (mostly) unfounded then since the arm macs aren’t any more locked down than any other recent macs. The bootloader can be unlocked and secure boot disabled. Only thing that’s changing wrt installing a different OS is losing the decades of standardisation across vendors that X86 or UEFI have provided, but that’ll be replaced in due time with custom solutions like corelliums Linux builds for M1 or Asahi Linux
It’s a version of Arch Linux with a more friendly user interface. Both are really light on using pc resources so old pc can gain a second life, as my mid 2011 nearly dead MacBook Air
Do some research. If you don't know how to enter boot flags, you're going to have a bad time. A much easier options for noobs is to download Niresh's Mavericks (10.9) ISO and boot that off a flash drive. However, if you use this method, updating to a newer version will almost always have issues.
Actually, the hard drive idea would probably work. You can stick the real Mac hard drive into a Hackintosh and then boot it with iBoot. From there, just run Multibeast and select the appropriate options, and you should be good to go.
I didn't realize that Apple would allow people to jump from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. If that's true, then I don't see any problem with waiting 1-3 weeks.
The latest news over at TonyMac is that iMessage works for absolutely no one that's using a Hackintosh. If it's still working for anyone, it should stop if they logout or become disconnected from the internet.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/110471-how-fix-imessage.html
edit: I should say that it is possible to use a MLB/ROM ID from a real Mac to get iMessage to activate, however it's not recommended as there may be unknown future repercussions from Apple for doing so.
Chipset | Vendor Name | 802.11 protocol | BT |
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BCM94352 | Azurewave AW-CE123H | a/ac/b/g/n | 4.0 |
BCM943225 | AzureWave AW-NB290H | bgn | 3.0 |
AR9280 | (a lot) | bgn | ? |
AR9380 | (a lot) | abgn | ? |
Source here.
I don't feel to comfortable here either, every time I post here my karma takes a dive :/ But thanks to you for giving me a better experience! Intel i7 4770k, GA Z97X Gaming 7, 16GB Corsair Ballistix Tactical, Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD, MSI Gtx 780.
Post over @ tonymac: Yosemite, iMessages working, good news! I can't get mine to work in Mavericks lol. The AppleIntelFrameBufferAzul.kext have being causing me trouble as described over Quick Fix for Intel HD 4600 Graphics Acceleration on 9 Series Motherboards the firefox crashes have extended to more applications and I' haven't been able to determine it by the crashlogs. I think fixing the graphics issues might could have some effect though, would be a good place to start.
I found this link on the side of this subreddit. Seems to have a ton of custom build ideas that are guaranteed to work along with coming from a trusted source. Try it out! http://www.tonymacx86.com/420-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-april-2014.html
I picked up an HP Probook 4430s with a 2.5GHz i5 on eBay for $300 (though usually they're around $350-370 delivered), it's my first Hackintosh and runs Mavericks just dandy. Any minor issues it would have had (small graphic artifacts etc.) are fixed by patches which are bundled in the convenient "Probook Installer". Most reports I'd read said the internal microphone wasn't working, but I have Skyped with it working fine, and the webcam is very good (and functional!) The only compromise I'm aware of is that after waking from sleep, Bluetooth is disabled (although simply visiting its control panel and selecting hide and then display the icon seems to fix it.) It has a chiclet keyboard which is not quite as firm as my 2006 white MacBook's (which this easily replaces) but is very typeable and has a sensible layout.
All in all it works with almost no flaws at all (just the bluetooth thing), looks stunning in its metal case (oh, apply the LCD color profile, an optional install from the aforementioned installer), and feels to me like the 2008 MacBook Pro I know I could never afford or justify affording. :)
EDIT: I forgot to mention, it's a well condoned/documented laptop, one of few laptops to be so completely functional as a Hackintosh, so there are lots of resources. Here are two alternative installation methods, to give you a gist of how little work is involved (others have paved the way):
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/289805-success-hp-probook-4x30s-4x40s/ (Method using any Mavericks image)
http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook-mavericks/112380-guide-installing-mavericks-hp-probook.html (method using Mavericks "app" as downloaded from the App Store)
Did you try tonymac? I think you should go over there and look around for a build description with your gear. They have forums too, where you can ask.
One thing I do know is that osx/hackintosh doesn't support SLI/crossfire.
There's this:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Hardware
BUt I'm not sure how up to date it is so I usually google "tonymac [hardware]" and you usually end up with a forum post about some sucess story or how it doesn't work.
I would recommend reading "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" prior to starting your hackintosh. After reading this book, I finally came to an understanding and a certain undescribable peace with technology in my life and my hackintosh projects have been filled with joy and pride ever since.
Also, if it is going to be your 'everyday' machine, budget for two identical hard drives. At some point something will fail, and by maintaining a mirrored system, I know I am only a dropbox download away from having everything I need to run my secondary system.
Don't feel stupid, they're talking complete and utter nonsense. The system definitions are not locked to graphics cards.
If you've installed the Nvidia web drivers, then I suspect that you're simply getting the black screen error caused by an additional hardware process being run through the OS with that sysdef (if you want the technical explanation, the OS loads a specific EDID (Extended Display Identification Data, i.e. like a barcode for the way the output data should be formatted) since it's expecting a 5k retina screen. This EDID will override and knock out your video output from the graphics card).
You need to put the kexts from https://github.com/vit9696/Lilu/releases and https://sourceforge.net/projects/nvidiagraphicsfixup/ into your Library/Extensions or EFI > EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.12 folder.
I'd recommend the latter folder.
If you want a similar experience to iOS where it pops up if you open the lid of the case, try AirBuddy: https://gumroad.com/l/airbuddy
It also includes a neat Batteries notification widget like on iOS, it even shows your iPhone and iPad battery status wirelessly. Definitely worth the purchase.
Did you forget to install Clover onto the Sierra SSD?
Your GTX 1070 has no driver support for macOS, and there's no indication whether or not nVidia will release one. You can make use of the HD 530 Skylake integrated graphics, and will want to add the boot flag nv_disable=1 to Clover to prevent macOS from trying to load an incorrect driver for the nVidia GPU.
No, you need to mount the EFI partition of your USB Installer, you can use this First you need to check what number your disk is, open terminal and type diskutil list in the result check what number your USB is, something like disk3s1 for example. Open the tool linked up, enter your password and select the option/number that correspond to your USB. Then a new EFI volume will appear, open it, you should see an EFI folder inside it, open it this way: ** EFI / Clover / kexts / 10.11 / ** and paste there your kexts and you'll be done.
Try with the nv_disable=1 bootflag and if you want to keep that system def (I don't recommend it) please read this post: Black screen with MacPro6,1
Personally I recommend you to use iMac14,2 (is for Haswell with dedicated GPU)
Your laptop can run OS X 10.11 El Capitan just fine. You won't have to spend $20 on an older OS. Install both OSes in UEFI mode, and dual boot ^^^should be a breeze.
RehabMan has an excellent laptop guide that should get you past the initial stages. If you need help with any of it, feel free to ask!
I went through more or less the same thing a little while ago, now I have two hackintoshes running and they are great. Your parts should work, but look into separate hard drives for windows and osx. here are the two guides I looked at to get my skylake machines running.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capitan-desktop-guides/178197-guide-el-capitan-skylake-h170n-wifi.html
As of now, the latest CustoMac Buyer's Guide is the February 2016 edition.
If you want, you can set a budget, and we can put one together for you! :)
> nv_disbale=1
There's your problem.
Jokes aside, did you check out the skylake starter guide?
I got my 6600k running without any particular flags except nv_disable=1 and -v.
It looks fine, though the Asus doesn't look like the most compatible of boards with the Intel graphics it has. See http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-builds/136796-tonymacx86s-asus-test-build-z97-i3-4340-hd4600-thunderbolt-ex-ii.html
Personally I'd get a gigabyte board from the buyer's guide there. If they really need an optical drive get a sony optiarc. It's what Apple uses themselves.
You can't buy OS X anymore, but if the iMac is running 10.6 you can just download El Cap from the App Store.
You are probably aware, but I would not build a hackintosh for anyone who couldn't maintain it themselves, unless I lived with them. With that money and the low specs they need I'd avoid any potential headaches and get a refurb Mini.
Looks like a solid PC. But if you are going for ultimate compatibility for hackintosh I'd suggest buying from the Tonymacx86 buying guide.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/building-customac-buyers-guide-november-2015.html
>First off, I'm pretty tired, so I might have missed something else. However, I noticed you have an AMD GPU in there. Yosemite was built on Nvidia hardware. I don't think that would work. tonymacx86 buyer's guide goes in to really good detail with the compatibility. For me as a rule, I say don't use AMD (GPU or CPU).
>Link to the buyer's guide: http://www.tonymacx86.com/building-customac-buyers-guide-june-2015.html#Graphics_Cards
WTF ARE YOU TALKINH ABOUT , yosemite isnt built on any specific hardware such as nvidia or Amd , and IF we are going More specific then AMD har nativly supported by the OS while nvidia are supported by specific cards such as 750m. This is why alot of nvidia card have trouble with each update and need too update the prop drivers , while AMD are built into the OS.
Also the R9 390 is supported in 10.11 , maybe in 10.10.4 not sure but use clover bootloader wheb installning osx
The latest OS is Yosemite. Over on that right side bar --->
> How to install OS X Yosemite on a PC
Hackintosh zone is trash. Use it to make a bootable USB drive and reinstall with Clover using this guide http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-desktop-guides/144426-how-install-os-x-yosemite-using-clover.html
I'm running Clover on a BIOS computer too, Chameleon never worked as well
You should just read TonyMac's advices. There is always a post on new software updates, and how to install them correctly if there's something who might break.
For example on latest security update :
http://www.tonymacx86.com/os-x-updates/159898-security-update-2015-003-1-0-a.html
Apps side, you can update whatever you want.
The only way to get 4K@60Hz is to use Display Port. HDMI 2.0 is still not supported.
There are few examples on tonymacx86 forums.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/graphics/155176-success-gtx-970-two-4k-diplays.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/graphics/120184-my-hack-dell-ultrahd-4k-display-2.html#post789727
/u/TheRacerMaster has already explained, but I'll throw this out there anyway:
The EFI Firmware update only applies to actual Apple hardware but it won't do any harm to the X220 if you try to install it. It shows up since we're using the MacBook Pro 8,1 system definition in Clover. You should be able to right-click the update to hide it in Software Updates if it continues to show up.
The current Utility and Kext Pack in the X220 Sierra guide has Clover version 2.4k rev 4037 which should prevent triggering this firmware update. Clover has since been updated to rev 4061, so feel free to update if you want the very latest.
/u/Dylan112's system info script has been improved greatly this past week, adding lots of OS X specific output.
We also added a "progress bar" to print usage info for the CPU, RAM, disk and battery.
Come chat in our gitter room: <strong>chat</strong>
Direct link to the repo: <strong>neofetch</strong>
~~We're still waiting for the update to be pushed to Homebrew, but you can install version 1.4 now with brew install neofetch
. I'll update this comment when 1.5 is pushed~~ Neofetch 1.5 is now in Homebrew! Run brew install neofetch
to install it
So in development you end up using the terminal A LOT (probably like 10-20% of the time while you work) for different things like compiling, running tests, version control, etc. cause a ton of developer tools don’t have a UI but are terminal based only. While I love the default terminal app, these third party apps have extra features that make your time in the terminal easier or more pleasant, like nice themes, command highlighting, clipboard history, output search, etc. Look at iTerm 2’s features for example, it has a lot of stuff the default terminal doesn’t do that can save time
When using ATI cards, injecting ATI is not recommended...
HD7770 has specific needs, and kexts need to be patched with Vendor/Device ID.
http://www.macbreaker.com/2013/03/radeon-7000-hackintosh.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/install-bootloader-and-extra-to-efi-partition.115818/
If you are booting legacy and getting white screen, installing to EFI partition will solve this... If you need to sleep/wake computer to get working video, there is an app you can set at startup that will automatically sleep the computer on every startup -- which means you just have to touch a key or click the mouse or whatever!
Skylake is way too new for SL. Absent access to a Mac or working Hackintosh, you can set up a temporary OS X virtual machine in Windows, then use the VM to create your installer USB stick from the App Store El Cap installer.app.
See here for one way to a VM. See here for another. The second will require that you find a source for a recent OS X .iso, or alternatively a pre-made VM file to download.
Virtual machine.
One way.
First way makes use of an OS X image file (.dmg/.iso) from a vanilla OS X installer--you can ask here for an image file since you cannot extract your own.
Second way uses a custom 'distro' of OS X that normally is discouraged here, but can be a useful tool for getting an installer stick made from the genuine OS X installer downloaded from the App Store.
Set up an OS X virtual machine in Windows, create or log in to your Apple App Store account, then download El Capitan and create your USB installer stick according to whichever guide you choose.
One way, which requires an OS X .iso which someone will probably share with you if you ask politely.
Another way, which uses a 'distro' of OS X, normally discouraged here, but can be useful as a tool to get the installer USB made.
It would be SO much less trouble if you just used a VM.
Try this: http://www.macbreaker.com/2015/01/virtualbox-yosemite-zone.html
EDIT: Then you could store a portable version of VirtualBox and the VM files on a USB.
I actually took parts from all different tutorials to get it this far, what are your specs?
Like here http://www.macbreaker.com/2014/01/install-osx-mavericks-on-pc-with-niresh.html
here https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/2n9x0l/guide_fx8350_109_mavericks_hackintosh/
And a few different youtube tutorials I came across on the subject.
To the googles..
http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/11/how-to-edit-about-this-mac-on-hackintosh.html
BTW, you can do this on any mac. I did it on my new mac pro which I have changed to a picture of Darth Vader and instead of Mac Pro in now says Sith Lord.
You're right. The RAM, HDD, and SSD don't really matter at all. The only exception is for HDDs that have 4096-byte sectors. Those hard drives get the boot0 error, though it's pretty easy to fix.
The 7260 is not supported, as others mentioned. If you want Wifi-AC and BT 4.0 in a single package, you need the AzureWave AW-CE123H based on the Broadcom BCM94352 chip. It's not foolproof though, as I've had some issues with mine (e.g. one day it works, next day BT doesn't pair with anything)
Guide is here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/104850-guide-airport-pcie-half-mini-v2.html
Get hardware from this list:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/436-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-june-2014.html
Use the Unibeast method:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
Point updates are as simple as downloading and installing the combo updates, and re running Multibeast
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If I were you I'd go with 10.9.2 for native Haswell support, Clover and EFI booting. No boot0 errors, no Messages/App Store issues, it just works (or at least for me). To install it you do minimal setup and copy the EFI folder onto the EFI partition and update the config.plist, done.
In short, no. You could do the other updates except for the "OSX Update 10.9.1". You almost never want to to a system update from the App Store.
See here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/400-os-x-10-9-1-update.html
After you updated your BIOS, did you install an updated DSDT file as well?
If not, then that's probably the problem. You can fix it by booting into your Hackintosh with rBoot, downloading the appropriate DSDT file for your motherboard's BIOS version, and re-running UserDSDT in Multibeast.
Well this particular process doesn't assume you even have Mac OS X installed at all. I suggested it because it supposedly detects hardware etc. for you and saves some work in theory. Reading through it again now it seems pretty non-vanilla and I don't think I'll be using it.
Personally, I like to know exactly how to get things working and why they work. I''m hoping to be able to burn my legit Mac Store purchased copy of Lion to a DVD (see here) and make a fresh install using iBoot and Multibeast. These guys are no doubt already working hard to get eveyrthing to work nicely with Lion. Hopefully we'll be able to upgrade our hacks on launch day at the same time as our legit macs!
Follow this install guide and it works like a charm! Sadly the Radeon 5870 needs to be RMA'd and is being substituted by an NVidia 8800GTX for the time being.
Edit: Got the Radeon back in, Motherboard needed a BIOS update it seems.
Edit 2: It's running three monitors without a hitch. Also the girl in the picture is my girlfriend, not me.
PSA: Don't listen to idiots on reddit who make PSAs
ALWAYS edit your config.plist manually!!!!
Just don't be a potato and use the built-in TextEdit.app - Use TextWrangler
I think Inateck is just wrong. I use this exact card with Mojave and it works great:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JFR2H64
The chipset is Fresco Logic FL1100. I didn't have to do any configuration with Clover to get it to work either.
Might not be too helpful in your case, but have you tried sunflower? I had an issue with volume control, but maybe sunflower may be able to pickup your device
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-enable-mac-volume-control-for-hdmi-or-displaypor-1793607216
Did you choose Inject nVidia when running MultiBeast (not a great post-install tool)? If so, disable that setting. Your GPU is natively supported in macOS.
Look at this guide, paying attention to steps detailing how to remove failed audio patches (since you used MB for audio, which often fails).
Your hardware is correctly matched by SMBIOS iMac14,2. Don't choose some "MacPro" value because it sounds better.
ASRock firmware has a little trouble with Clover boot loader. It can be fixed as described here.
Try the above solutions, then see if your issues disappear.
Just wanted to leave you with this link. http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/success-i7-5820k-4-3ghz-2x-gtx-970-ga-x99-ud4-yosemite-hackintosh.151670/ It's a guide on getting the 5820k working on Yosemite. This is one of the few x99 extremes to actually work with full performance on Yosemite, though I think you'd have to wait a while for a Sierra guide.
IMHO it's more trouble than it's worth to upgrade the current parts - depending on your use for the machine of course but i assume a little more than just general browsing. Best place to start looking - http://www.tonymacx86.com/forums/mac-pro-mods.140/
There are various ways to fit pc standard parts inside, also take a look at http://www.thelaserhive.com/kits/mac-pro-kits/
Happy Hacking.