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why bother? i paid 300 bucks for this machine a week ago, 1tb ssd, i7, 16gb, mint condition. needs a battery soon-ish but it's decent, without random kernel panics, driver issues, and lack of support for imessage, facetime, app store, handoff, and continuity.

I had my Hackintosh running and attempted to do that recent patch which bricked the install in spite of all the kext being updated. I'll get around to fixing it later on. I'm still debating whether I should just flatten it and install Ganoo/Linucks and leave the Hackintosh meme for my T420 which runs just fine.

>hackintosh
kek.

this might be the most autistic thing i have ever seen on Sup Forums.

first of all, why would you bother trying to replicated the cocoa experience on gentoo.

second of all, why would you make it look like a 10 year old copy pasted some ui elements over kde?

third of all, why would you use those disasters for icons?

fourth of all, why create this when you could have inhaled helium for fifteen minutes and made this world a better place?

>This hurt
>The usual "kys" post

Kek. Macfag btfo.

Where the fuck did you get that for $300?

Don't listen to this macfaggot That is one of the nicest looking installations of fagtoo I've seen on here, nice work

i'm not even mad. i'm just amazed someone can delude themselves this much.

jesus christ, i own a mac, and even i'm not this much of a fanboy. i certainly don't try to make my linux and windows rigs look like they're running macos. i'm definitely not an elitist; my workflow involves every operating system- this is just the most convenient. the entire appeal of the os is the core services and bundled applications, and the ease of getting more done in the field.

if you own a mac and it's a desktop, you're a retard.

if you own a mac and only use it for facebook, you're a retard.

if you rice your gentoo setup to the point of uselessness and then pretend to be a mac owner because you can't or won't pick up some 100 dollar macbook on craigslist, you're just plain delusional. and retarded. did i mention that part?

>The only situation where you can own a mac and not be a retard is mine

I think you're the one that should do everyone a favor and blow your fucking brains out

craigslist, new haven connecticut. broke ivy league students sell their laptops on there all the time for beer money and then have daddy buy them a new one because it was stolen. i've gotten four or five machines from this one kid that was rinse+repeating it over and over again. i think he does meth now and failed out of yale.

>rices his gentoo install to mimic redstar os
>keks at macOS

>broke ivy league students sell their laptops on there all the time for beer money
>i think he does meth now and failed out of yale

'murica

I need to create a javafx native package for osx.
Should I hackintosh an optiplex 7010 (i5-3470, 4gb) for $100, or pick up a used mac mini for $245?

Which do you value more, your time or your money?

A lot of people successes hackintosh'ing optiplex 7010, so it's fine if you choose the former.
But if you really just want something "just werks" then get the mac mini.

it isn't even murica- it's just kids that come from money. they're the same everywhere. it helps my business so i don't care.
honestly, running in a VM might be even easier for you if your main machine is up to it. there's a couple vmware images that are good floating around the web- just download workstation and patch the efi nonsesne
i like this image

i7-4790, 16GB. I have a Sierra vm, but it's laggy and has trouble playing javafx media - something about graphics hardware.

If the install process is anything like Linux/Windows that's fine. If it's a convoluted mess I'd rather spend the extra

Q: the i5-3470 has HD2500 graphics, which isn't supported by osx. Any cheap graphics cards that just work? Gtx 750?

it's a convoluted mess. you can probably find a macbook cheaper than a mac mini- i would grab that- better resale value and it's actually (kind of) upgradeable. you might get some use out of it as a spare. get anything 2012 or later, 2010 and 2011 models (everything) were plagued with the nvidia issues because of the lead free solder corroding and nuking boards/gpus

Nah, the AMD GPU just werks.

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I was looking at the mini so I could easily use a real keyboard, mouse, and monitor. I haven't been able to find a macbook with a power adapter for

i would say look 2012 and up. apple likes to do 7 year release cycles, so you'll be good for two years.

Literally anything, you just need lilu.kext and whatevergreen.kext and you're good to go. It only works for >10.12.6 though.

>icons are not la capitaine

Hello, I've just built a new Hackintosh with the below specs. It's been quite a few years since I last owned a hackintosh so I'm kind of a noob. I went with the Hackintosh Pro parts from the buyer's guide.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra-Gaming
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700k
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 630

I've successfully installed High Sierra and can boot up fine. I've gone through the post-installation steps and run Multibeast. I was able to lookup the audio driver I needed (ALC1220), but I don't see any output devices under System->Sound.

I wasn't able to find anything about which option to choose in Multibeast for networking. The Gigabyte specs just say "IntelĀ® GbE LAN." When I go to System->Network, it shows the status as "Cable Unplugged."

Not really sure where to go from here. I've looked at the "Before You Install Guide" but have no idea how to even follow those steps: tonymacx86.com/threads/...p-realtek-applehda-guide.219810/#post-1492288

Any help would be appreciated if you have experience with this particular motherboard.

I was able to fix ethernet by using the IntelMausiEthernet option in Multibeast. This post mentioned the kext tonymacx86.com/threads/...16gb-ram-gtx1080-250gb-evo-ssd-1tb-hdd.237961.

>it isn't even murica- it's just kids that come from money. they're the same everywhere.

I don't think so user. I think you're right with the money part, but in here beer is cheep enough and we can go to college and still get drunk without monstrous tuition fee debts, even in the private ones. Meth is just a thing we hear about in Breaking Bad or Nat Geo documentaries, people usually only get stoned with weed or hashish, and almost no parents want to spend a shitload of money in a new macbook just for the fucking college.

I have been trying for the past couple of days to get from El Capitan to High Sierra. I have followed the guide here and tried troubleshooting but I am at a complete loss of what to do now please could I get some help?

PC spec:
CPU: i7 6700K 4Ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170MX-Gaming 5 (micro ATX board)
GPU: AMD MSI R9 390X 8Gb
RAM: 16Gb DDR4

These are the steps I've followed

Downloaded High Sierra from Mac App Store (It wasn't the full download its file size is about 19.5MB)
Updated Clover EFI bootloader to latest version
Mounted the EFI volume using the provided tool
Moved FakeSMC from Library/Extensions to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/
Downloaded apfs.efi to /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI/
Installed High Sierra then rebooted and at clover boot manager selected install Mac OS from El Capitan (my drive name)

The result of all of this is the Apple logo appears and the loading bar gets about half way and then the circle with a line in it (prohibited symbol) appears and the light on my external HDD goes out. I have tried all my USB 2.0 ports as suggested in other threads on this forum and regarding BIOS having integrated graphics disabled doesn't make a difference and vt-d is already disabled from previously installing El Captian

Updating to High Sierra fails on my configuration.

It seems, my config is not too common, and I am not sure what is causing the problem - I might just be missing something.

"Specials" I am using:
i5-5675c with internal graphics
M.2 SSD ADATA Premier SP600
and with that iMac16,2 system definition.

It has always worked great until I tried to install the High Sierra Update.

When staring the update process, the system reboots from the Boot MacOS X Install part of my drive and panics relatively early.
It seems the crash happens in "cleanup_installer" - see below.

Any ideas what I am missing - or what I should change?

8 of 10 times I will lose some USBs after restart. So I need to unplug - plug to get it work. Like Bluetooth or Wacom tablet. I have 8 series board, Z87X UD3H. I guess this is related to RehabMan guide, and as far as I could understood, I only need to add two kexts, FakePCIID.kext and FakePCIID_XHCIMux.kext. I added them under Other in EFI, Clover. Under BIOS I have both XHCI and EHCI enabled. Did upgrade to High Sierra but I was having this problem with Sierra also.

Am I wrong doing just this?

As far as I know in High Sierra, you need to spoof the discrete GPU to make it works.

I have created the USB using UniBeast on a Mac as required. It seemed to go fine, saying it completed successfully and created two new 'partitions', being the EFI and the Installer for High Sierra. I did all the BIOS tweaks and then booted up and went to boot drive option. When I choose the UEFI boot options for the USB, it boots into Clover fine. However, I then get no option for the High Sierra installer.

I have disconnected everything except keyboard, mouse and USB drive and tried different USB2 and USB3 ports but always the same result. I have two SSDs connected, one with my Windows 10 Pro install and am trying to install OSX on the other so I can then dual boot with an SSD for each OS. However, when I get into Clover it doesn;t seem to be able to see the High Sierra installer and only sees the Windows 10 SSD partitions.

Anybody able to give any thoughts or advice please?

Hi, I just installed High Sierra 10.13.2 using unibeast on my build. The installation went fine my problem is once I use Multibeast to install drivers and restart the system I am no longer able to boot off the SSD. The Apple logo shows and the progress bar gets about half way and then Clover randomly restarts and is stuck in a loop. The same happens for the recovery and other tabs in the Clover selecter. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

Pretty good, really glad to have Logic Pro X and FInal Cut Pro X

I have gone through the installation guide a number of times and am having problems.

I had an old hackintosh system used for music production and I stayed with a "if its not broke don't fix (update) it" approach. Unfortunately Logic would not update anymore so I was forced to look into upgrading, figured I would future proof and go with high sierra. Sadly I was not able to get an update to work on old system, and was torn between getting a true mac system over Christmas or trying again with a hackintosh.
I decided on the hackintosh, hoping that if I would get parts from the working parts list on the site it would go a lot smoother, sadly I am having problems.

---- I am not able to get Unibeast (clover boot loader to allow me the option to install mac osx) I am able load clover but I do not have the option to install.

Here are my parts list and I will ask a few questions it would be really great if I could get some help with this, I really would like to start working on my music again :(

CPU
-Intel Core i5 unlocked 7th gen (i5-7600k LGA 1151)
Motherboard
-gigabyte h270n-wifi (LGA 1151)
Ram
- Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2x8 (16GB) 2133 MHz
Video Card
- EVGA Geforce GTX1050 (2gb Gddr5)
Hard drive
- Seagate Barracuda 3tb 7200rpm
USB drive
16 gb (have tried 2 so far)
+(mouse and keyboard)

Using UniBeast 8.1.0
Used (High Sierra patcher application) to download the high sierra files
using a mid 2012 mac book pro 13" to format the flash drive (os x Yosemite)

What I have tried (trying for new/fresh install)

I have tried both UEFI and Legacy with injecting and not injecting Nvidia drivers
using the flash drive in usb 2.0 and 3.0 ports
3Tb hard drive is formatted in journal mode

>Thinks a panel, titlebar, and dock are "ricing gentoo to uselessness"
>Assumes I'm pretending to be a Mac owner, yet I proudly display Gentoo logos
>$100 Macbook
>Complaining about pretending to be a mac owner in a hackintosh thread

Yeah, you're an idiot. I'd rather have a thinkpad for the $100 anyway, and I'd choose gentoo over macOS anyday; as I already have.

>Cuckintosh
no thx.

Hi folks, I sincerely hope a good samaritan out there can help me figure this out. I'm bumbling along as best I can with Google searching, but I'm not making any headway.

Target Machine is i7 4770k, on a Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H-CF with a GTX 970.

I built my installer using Clover v2.4k r4369, and Clover Configurator Vibrant, with a copy of High Sierra downloaded directly from the App Store.

FakeSMC.kext is the latest from RehabMan: RehabMan-FakeSMC-2017-1017

I got through the installation process, but as soon as I try to boot into the new installation I get stuck in a boot loop. I'm not even sure what is causing the kernel panic, because it doesn't look like other panics I see when searching for the answer.

The panic details go by fast, but I recorded a video and grabbed a few important frames.

DSMOS1.jpg
I get to Waiting for DSMOS... and then it seems to fail with an unexpected session. But it keeps on going for a little while before failing out.
DSMOS2.jpg

Searching Google for various key words in there failed to yield results relevant to my problem.

I've tried a lot of tweaks to my Clover Boot Args (npci=2000, PCIRootUID=1, nv_disable=1, etc) but none of them seemed to help. I also tried Binary Patching (AppleRTC, KernelPM, AsusAIPCM) but these likewise failed.

I'm totally stumped. Here is a screenshot of my Clover EFI partition on my USB drive, and I've attached a zip of the whole folder.
EFI Partition.jpg

If anyone has any suggestions I'd be grateful. Both myself and Google seem to be out of ideas. I've been stuck at this point since Monday!

Gigabyte GA-Z79X-UD7, i4790k

I upgraded from Sierra to High Sierra back in October via the App Store was working just fine.
I did the 10.13.2 update back in December and my Mac got stuck in a boot loop, can no longer get to the desktop.
Since I did an OTA update, I didn't have a USB of High Sierra to try to boot from so I made one with my MacBook - did a install over the existing High Sierra installation and still can't get into it.
I just need to get to my desktop to backup a few files to an external hard drive and then i'll do a fresh install from scratch.
Any suggestions on boot flags or any way to get to the desktop to backup the files?

It's pretty cool, finally felt like installing Photoshop CC 2018. I could only get 2015 working easily, but it turns out the fix for 2018 was incredibly easy.

>Uses my screenshot of AMD Hackintosh
I guess I'm internet famous even if it is for only one thread. I might install a tiling WM (muh minimalism) or a script that enables tiling windows.

Shit, I need to upgrade my cc to 2018. Currently on 2017 here.
Thanks for reminding me, user.

My specs if you want something compatible.

gigabyte ga-ab350m-hd3
gtx-970
Ryzen 5 1600

I was able to install Sierra just fine, not High Sierra. Sierra is more stable for AMD Hackintosh.

I see more Hackintosh projects done with this motherboard, so you might be better off with this motherboard instead of mine.
gigabyte ga-ab350m-gaming 3

I ended up buying Affinity Photo. Yes, you could use Gimp, but I wanted something like Paint.net or Photoshop. It costs less than Photoshop as you are paying only once for it instead of monthly.

I like Photoshop, but this seems to be a solid program.

I just achieved installing my ALC1150 with the great tutorials and guides of toleda (big thanks btw.). But the script "audio_cloverALC-130_v3.0.command" gave me following output:

Configuration:
Apple Internal: disabled
Kext Signing: disabled
Filesystem Protections: disabled
Debugging Restrictions: enabled
DTrace Restrictions: enabled
NVRAM Protections: enabled
BaseSystem Verification: enabled
This is an unsupported configuration, likely to break in the future and leave your machine in an unknown state.

What does the last sentence mean? Why is it unsupported and what can I do to improve my situation?

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This is my first time building a Hackintosh and I have gone through the early stages with relative ease. However, I seem to have encountered an issue with booting the software on my PC through the BIOS. This may be the cause of the problem, but I am attempting to Hackintosh a pc I currently own, which is an HP Pavillion Slimline s5-1240d (specs). After selecting the USB flash drive in the BIOS to boot and passing through the Clover screen, the slightly distorted Apple logo (without a progress bar) pops up on the screen... and stays there. I've left it on for a few hours and it just simply isn't working. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this problem and knows of an easy fix. Also, I am not looking to spend any significant amount of money upgrading the hardware on this PC; the main point of this project was just to get MacOS High Sierra running on my current PC, if possible.

You don't need to use scripts to get audio to work. You just need to put the proper kext for your audio into /EFI/EFI/Clover/Kext/Other/

i`m trying to install high sierra i`m booting into clover (where i have only one option to install macos not 3 like in other videos i watched) the keyboard is working i hit to install high sierra it loads the screen but when it goes to language and then to utility the keyboard doesn't work anymore.
i have a wirelees keyboard connected to ps2. do i need to use a cable keyboard?
thanx

You could probably use a wireless keyboard, but I ended up using a wired keyboard.

Hey there, thanks for seeing my struggles. This is my first time Hacking! I'm trying to get OSX High Sierra 10.13.2 on my desktop. I've bought a new MSI Mobo (in description) and an i5 8600k and also kept my 770. Checking and seeing that all parts are in the green This should work right? Also, this Install is going on a Samsung 840 Evo 1TB

Using a 13" MBP with the source High Sierra file to upload to the installer for the bootable USB.

Ive done about 3 different ways around 20 times and nothing is working.
I'm having some serious Problems!

I have 2 USB drives 16GB and 32GB that I'm trying different methods with:

Method 1:
Unibeast in UEFI (at first) would not complete installation because the Plist could not be modified. And I got another error for another file as well. After about 5 times trying it seems to be successful with the install on the USB.

I've followed the guides on YT and read the guides on here and I'm coming up with Boot0af: error.

Method 2:
Unibeast in legacy mode comes to the same results as I'm getting Missing Operating System. Or another time where I get to a blue screen with text and I have no options to select.

Method 3:
Using Clover and going through about 3-5 youtubers guides on getting it to run. Alls I get is "Press any Key to boot from USB"
And with a wired keyboard mashing every button, nothing happens from this. Even with all their "modified files and different presets" during installation of the USB drive. Nothin....:thumbdown

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Now, in my MSI bios there is UEFI + Legacy options and I've gone ahead to just use refi, and its just going straight to the Bios after restart, and when UEFI + Legacy are on I get the above problems.

by that logic, there are containment sites for every hobby and interest so nobody should post on Sup Forums

What is the reason to use hackintosh over linux?

better UI and more software

muh proprietary softwares

yes

homosexuality

It is something unique.

>Mac OS is not unique, normies use it
But, can you run it on non official hardware and have it outperform official Mac hardware?

It is easy to use, has lots of software, and comfy.

I agree user
comfy af on my x220

Couldn't agree more, senpai.

hi closet homos

There's no Leopard like Snow Leopard.
Everything after 10.6 sucks, why even hackintosh?

>not all software is supported, especially new software
>bugs and exploits that wont get patched by Apple
You are pretty limited on what you can do.

Wait some people unironically use macos?
What the fuck.

Either way, FCP7 and Logic versions are awesome and still represent a very comfy and productive environment.

Modern versions of macOS have the same privacy concerns as Windows 10, and have a horribly designed UI, prone to cognitive ease and limiting options.

>cognitive ease and limiting options
No.

>ease
Yes, you are correct. Being easy for people is not wrong

>limiting options
You can install a different desktop environment or modify shit with the terminal. You can even install a package manager called homebrew.

I'd have it if homOSeX had vulkan support.

Why does Apple need Vulkan when it has Metal? There is also 3rd party support for Vulkan.

Modern UI design (Win10, macOS) is objectively horrible, from a fundamental cognitive neuroscience perspective. (please actually look into cognitive ease, this trend in UI design has been noted in various papers recently).

> different desktop environment or modify shit with the terminal. You can even install a package manager called homebrew.

I can do this in 10.6 as well, in fact I have homebrew installed.

I would much rather use a Linux distro or Windows 10 AME / LTSB with modifications than modern version of macOS, and many people share that opinion.

Because it's multiplatform. Why maintain 500 codebases for competing standards when you could have a single one?

Mac OS has 3rd party support for Vulkan anyway. Windows uses Direct X. Why don't they switch to it, if it is so great.

I like this. It kind of reminds me of an Android-stylized macOS.