Fox's Hackintosh Install Tutorial PART 1/4

[brockcaldwell33]

if your going to spend all of that money building a computer you might as well just buy a mac...

[thingstosay1]

@brockcaldwell33 Its Alot Cheaper..

[TheROMX]

SATA hell yeah :)

[squertes]

Hi!

I have a question. I'm about to install a Hackinstosh myself and I was wondering if I need to fragmet my excisting harddisks with nothing but data on it? I can't seem to find my awnser on the interwebs, so I hope you can help me out!

Tnx in advance!

[phille58]

Ehh, i have bothvide cdrom and harddrive. works great just switch ide mode to AHCI or something like that in your bios

[themacman333]

Thank you for this vid...Good job !!!

[aerosmithkor]

hey fox, i was wondering, i'm an apple developer since a few days ago, and was wondering if it would be legit if I used my dev copy of Leopard or Snow Leopard on my PC? I know you recommend a store bought copy and not a hacked, torrent copy, I dont like using them myself. So I was wondering if the dev copy would be the same thing on a dual layer dvdr? Thanks, Ben

[MothaRushha]

hey please respond to my comment, 1. could i use a blueray player as my dvd drive

2. i know that apple doesnt want people to do this so does boot loader still work

3. Im now going to get the part for my pc but when i put in boot loader and the mac software am i suppost to have windows on my pc or no software on it at all?

[kc8pnd]

My IDE drive installs OSX fine..

[FlyBoyProductions513]

Best Hackintosh Tutorial EVER! Thank you so much!

[misn100]

thanks for the reply.. I've just moved from tokyo to kyoto just 2 days ago.. it will be a short stay until the power plants gets stable.. I'm not japanese but I hope you wish the best for japanese people.. love your videos Btw.. good luck..!!

[Hardipjatt1]

Hey Fox can you put up a video that shows us how to dual boot windows 7 and osx leopard? Also can you dual boot without messing up your windows os? I would highly appreciate it if you could help!!!!!!

[misn100]

hey are you still living in japan?? Im in tokyo right now.. I enjoy your videos.. just im checking how youre doing??.. good luck...

[thejapanesechallenge]

@misn100 I'm fine. I'm not in Japan anymore, I moved back to the US in 2009. I was there last summer, but it was just for 5 weeks on a training seminar.

[AnAznProduction69]

can i still install this when i still have my windows 7 or do i have to completely uninstall windows 7?

[BraigStudios]

What? O.O

[TheCollinCashio]

2 questions.

1. Can i install hackintosh if i have all the requirements on my windows xp?

2. How do i know which mother board i have without opening my pc?

[TheOrockmoney]

ok we get it will use this not this

[Rapagangsta]

You live in Japan? o.O I want there too!

[CollegialResemblance]

if ther plugged in when you install ( the hard drives ) it will screw it up it does the same when installing any os even linux

[northernstudio]

I'm wondering if there is a KEXT to correct the sample rate problem on this tutorial. It does sound like 96khz...or could it be your real voice?

[DirkZz]

Trying to find a tutorial for laptops ( Dell Studio 1555 ).. googled a bit but didn't find anything.

Did someone successfully install Hackintosh in a Dell Studio? And is there a tutorial/walk trough for it?

[HalbtagsFreak]

gut i love you

you are so funny :D

[jimmey303]

god i love japan !!!!

[muppetcp2000]

i have a hackintosh and it uses a ide opitcal drive and a ide hard drive and it works fine

[SuperPSTutorials]

@muppetcp2000 same here, i installed hackintosh with a normal dvd drive and hard drive lol, but i need to upgrade to 10.5.7 because i cant open up photoshop, o yeh and i only get 1024*768 resolution which is a killer, because i have 2 1920*1080 dual screens.

[EliasElElias]

I just want to say that i love cats in such videos XD

[redx11093]

hey i'm wondering if theres any way i can install mac on my Clevo M860ETU Gaming Laptop, Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo, T9900 (3.06 GHz) NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M, 4 GB DDR3 260 GB Hard Drive i have two boot loaders "BOOT-KABYL-BUMBY." "BOOT132" they both work fine. i have a legal copy of Leopard, but when i get to the apple logo nothing happens. PLEASE REPLY. i really need your help. anything i can do??

[mendozairis]

Your cat is so cute!!

[TaroDTakagi]

@thejapanesechallenge

so im reaaally interested in making a hackintosh but like on steroids and i need it to blow the best mac pro out there. I want to use an intel i7 cpu with Asus P7P55D motherboard. 8 gig of ram and all that good stuff. To get to the point, I want to make a hackintosh reaaally fast. I need to know, does it matter what mother board and cpu i use? do u think the cpu and the motherboard will be able to run a mac os?

Please reply,

thank you.

[marco10125]

gddr4?

[NewbieDangerfield]

@thejapanesechallenge

What CPU do you use in the build?

[NewbieDangerfield]

Could you please do a tutorial on how to build a pc using those parts?

[Damour5H]

When using boot 132 do i have to use a retail snow leopard?

[eldaguinio]

I installed Snowl Leopard using IDE DVD/RW port connection.. there's no problem with that! xD

[A135S4656]

Could I do this on an Intel Celeron M laptop? 1.6 GHz, 2 GB of DDR2, 80 GB hard drive, I can spare 20 GB, (It runs Windows 7.

[facetrop]

can you say my your system things like graphic card...or all compatible things ???pls

[macintoshbaby]

what cpu and ram are you using?

[GreatDude2008]

What kind of Processor do you recommend?

[thejapanesechallenge]

@GreatDude2008 Look at the latest Macs being released, see what they have, and then buy one of those. It's going to be Intel, of course.

I would never try to force Mac OS X onto hardware it was not designed for. On occasion it can work, but it's often riddled with problems and reinstallation headaches.

[adiphoto]

Hey.

I've installed 10.5.7 on a Asus M2N-E, AMD 64x2 4800+, 2GB ddr2@800MHz, nVidia 8500GT made by Gigabyte 512mb/128 and a 250GB WD SATA whit a LG DVD-RW IDE. It works fine and i'vd installed it with no problems.

[thejapanesechallenge]

@adiphoto

I'm glad to hear it! Make sure to buy a legal copy of Leopard :-).

[A135S4656]

@thejapanesechallenge If you buy a Mac how much times can you install OS X from the disk your mac came with? Is it unlimited in case your Mac crashes or something?

[vaguedustin]

@thejapanesechallenge Really tho what does it matter? Putting MAC on a PC is illegal so what difference does it make?

[bharatkumargupta]

@thejapanesechallenge plz tell is it compulsary to use usb keyboard only, what if i have ps2 keyboard type?

[RuiMMSousa]

I still try find out where to find the white cd with the bootloader, i try go to the info that have in button bar but well, dont have any link with the iso, something like that?!

[thejapanesechallenge]

@RuiMMSousa

Search for boot loader, GRUB-DFE.ISO, or boot-132 iso file. You may need a particular one for your motherboard.

[RuiMMSousa]

@thejapanesechallenge Tks for taking the time to reply, I will try!

[A135S4656]

@thejapanesechallenge Could I use chamelion?

[thejapanesechallenge]

@A135S4656 Of course, that's what I'm using for dual-booting Mac OS X and Windows 7

[A135S4656]

@thejapanesechallenge Kewl! I'm also dual booting Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. I'm only doing this just to have around sometimes though, I already have a MacBook.

[anurag4urs]

hi fox, m using a asus P5N73-AM mother board, core 2 duo 2.8 ghz, 2gb ddr2 ram, sata dvd, i couldnt even find any mac distro to instal in my PC, is there is any way to do this..

[benjamina222]

it took me some time to do it, but it worked. and i also reconfigured a config file so that the bootloader will set a time limit of 0 and load mac instantly

[benjamina222]

will a SATA-connected HDD also be necassry?

and will ATI Radeon Mobility 4200 1.05g be compatible?

[thejapanesechallenge]

@benjamina222

IDE may give you trouble, but it depends. Try it out. I dunno about the Radeon Mobility.

[Ochenter]

lol when ask to the cat "join us ?"

hahahahha

Nice tutorial man !!

[bigboybalkis94]

are you able to update the hacked snowleopard? and does time machine work, because previous hacked Leopard versions did not support it.

[thejapanesechallenge]

@bigboybalkis94

Yes, updates work as normal. Some updates that add a number to the version number of the OS (like 10.6.2) will require a small modification to work properly, but in general, all updates should work normally through Software Update.

[bigboybalkis94]

@thejapanesechallenge is it hard to access those tweaks? and like i said, does time machine work?

[pencil97859]

how much was the mac dvd

[thejapanesechallenge]

It's a very fickle matter, but for most people who have tried, the IDE drive proves to be problematic at best, and non-functional at worst.

[prophetofsorrow]

Will this work on an HP p6203w?

[claycas92]

will driver be a problem with this hackintosh?

[pinstripe13]

would this work or do u no how to do this for a soney vaio

[yourmum50]

what cases are you using

[thejapanesechallenge]

In that video, I was using a case I received from a friend. I am not aware if it ever had any brand name or label on it.

[4KEnterprises]

I've been searching how to do this for almost a year now.

and I have never heard that I had to have sata connected dvd drive.

It didnt work for me either, I guess I'm gonna have to pick one up. Thanks.

[gxryd3r]

Never say "will not work," cuz my P4C800 with both IDE DVD drives and both IDE hard drive work installing OS X 10.5.4. Please use "may." LOL

[thejapanesechallenge]

I don't believe I ever said that it "will not work," but that it has given a lot of people problems and in many or even most cases "doesn't work."

I never said that it simply "will not work."

[gxryd3r]

hmmm skip to 2.47

[thejapanesechallenge]

You got me.

[GODZILLAMANASS]

never has been. but who cares?

[ShadowscytheInfinite]

would snow leopard also work?

[ShadowscytheInfinite]

would any hard drive work?

[thejapanesechallenge]

Pretty much. Best to get a 7200 RPM HDD for speed. Also, aim for SATA drives. eSATA should also work just fine.

[ShadowscytheInfinite]

sata? would sata II work?

[thejapanesechallenge]

Any HDD that connects via SATA will be no problem.

[ShadowscytheInfinite]

you live in japan? can u speak japanese?

[thejapanesechallenge]

I used to live in Japan, I just got back this year. Japanese was my college major, and I spoke primarily Japanese with the Japanese people I met and interacted with while in Japan.

[ShadowscytheInfinite]

cool

[webmessia]

My IDE DVD drive works perfectly :S Eject and burning all works. Perhaps this is Leopard only

[thelethalmoo]

omg my old pc used that case xD is it cooler master?

[thejapanesechallenge]

Raidmax Smilodon. It is not as spacious on the inside as I had hoped. I'd love to grab the HAF 932. Overkill? Sure. But I love the cable management and the extra space.

[torchwo0d90]

dude i really need some help ive downloaded "boot 123" do i need to make the files into an iso. because i put all the loose files onto a cd hoping that it would work but it didnt.

[clarkkov]

I don't see a reason why not to use "pirated distro" instead the retail DVD. Installing retail copy on non Apple PC is illegal (not that I care) while "hacked" (patched) distro is completely legal. And there is no difference, patched distros are even easier to install and work with more hardware than the retail ones.

Anyway, nice job Fox, but you do realize that you are braking the law by doing this? (Installing a retail Apple DVD on non Apple PC)

[thejapanesechallenge]

You are misinformed. The EULA merely states that you must install the software on "Apple-labeled hardware." This is sufficiently vague, and no courts have yet ruled on the issue, as Apple has not brought it up. The legality of installing a legally purchased retail copy of Mac OS X on a "regular" PC is undetermined, and has not been ruled on.

A hacked distro is completely illegal, since it is tampering and there is a history of case precedent against such behavior, making it clearly a violation.

[clarkkov]

LOL! Yaeh, but both issues are "vague" if you look at it that way. The thing is, "Hackintosh" installations are so few Apple does not want to be bothered by them. But that "Apple labeled" argument is shallow, no court will recognize a PC with Apple sticker as "Apple LABELED H/W". By law, a "Label" is MANUFACTURERS label, only Apple can label their PC as Apple PCs.

Don't get me wrong, I am building "Hackintosh" PC for a while, I support your tuts, but I don't like your "distro hostility"

[thejapanesechallenge]

Clarkkov, I don't think you have a basic understanding of IP law. I've discussed this issue and issues like this with a variety of IP lawyers, and the "Apple-labeled hardware" clause is, according to them, too vague and difficult to defend in court. Apple would have a hard time trying to pin down what exactly "Apple-labeled" is.

If you purchase a third-party HDD for a Mac Pro and install OS X on it, is that breaking the EULA? What hardware must it be installed on? The HDD? The CPU? The RAM?

[thejapanesechallenge]

[Continued]

As you see, Apple's clause is likely indefensible in a court of law that requires very particular definitions.

A distro is completely illegal for a number of reasons. It is absolutely NOT the property of whoever hacked it. It's akin to taking a copyrighted Hollywood movie, and then editing a few scenes out and claiming it's now not copyrighted content.

Currently, it is NOT illegal to install a retail, legally purchased OS X on a PC. There is no basis for calling it illegal.

[evin674]

Actually there was a court case where someone stuck on an apple sticker and because the OS was installed, there was a Manufactures label, along with a fake, digital Manufactures label on the PC itself. Apple lost the case. Your are informed though.

[thejapanesechallenge]

I would need references to this case. I don't believe such a case ever existed, it may very well be an "urban legend." The only case I know of remotely close to the issue is the battle Apple is having with Psystar, but the issue at contention is not relevant to home users installing Mac OS X on their systems.

[Dragon125125]

how do u make the disk i can't get that done

[thejapanesechallenge]

Do you have the files? If so, they generally come in an ISO format. You can burn the files to a CD using Disk Utility in Mac OS X, or by using the built-in disc burning in Windows 7. I am not sure about Vista, but you can always download a third-party application to do it. Search for "free iso burner."

If burning on a Mac, open Disk Utility, go to File > Open Disk Image. Then, highlight the new disk image from the options below, and click the top icon labeled "Burn."

[Dragon125125]

I downloaded it and out it on a disk but it"sjust not working can u give me a link cuz the other one is not working

[Dragon125125]

ok i figured out what was wrong i had sum bad disk that would not work what tipe of disk do i need to right it on

[Vman446]

Wtf, on the list my gfx card isnt listed there. i got a XFX Gforce 285 1gig physx but do i have a chance to get it to work? MAC is so damn wierd. cant make it work unless u have compitable parts! lol

[1piano4rahman]

please help me? im new to all this stuff. can u tell me if my system is compatible? its a toshiba satellite pro L310. intel centrino. running on vista basic. when i check in control panel, says intel(R) core(TM)2 duo CPU T 5670 @ 1.8 GHz it has 3.0 gb ram, system type is 32 bit operating sys, i have no idea what any of these mean. its a kinda new laptop. been in use for a while. i am getting a mac OS X 10.6 snow leopard cd tmr. will my laptop work?

[maw88ify]

great video

[Build7000]

I used a IDE-DVD for my build and it worked great. Guess I was lucky.

[clamyhands]

Could i do this on a laptop with a new hard drive?

Thanks

[thejapanesechallenge]

Depends on if the hardware is compatible with Mac OS X. Use the links referenced to find out.

[gtgidemgreen]

can you give me a direct link to the boot cd install, I cant find it on the site

[3254carlos3254]

i have a this system

CPU:E5200

GPU: GTX260

Ram: 4GB OCZ 1066MHz

Mobo: MSI Ms-7366

i did´n find in the list doi have on chanse to make it working??

sry for my bad english

[borbos75]

you could try ipc osx86. The disk works well and there is less hardware issues. Although I strongly think you should use a boot 132 disk

[eyesgotyourgoat]

What do you think of the Rebel EFI that Psystar released?

[thejapanesechallenge]

Ridiculously expensive solution to a problem that has free solutions that work just as well.

[eyesgotyourgoat]

Nice way to sum it up haha

[Cmac787]

did you save any money after all the parts you had to purchase + the computer

wouldn't it be more cost friendly to buy an official macintosh computer.

[thejapanesechallenge]

I saved a LOT of money. Although a genuine Mac Pro is a better machine because of the motherboard and RAM, there's no way to get what I need for HD video editing without spending at MINIMUM over $2700 for a genuine Mac. The best iMac right now isn't as good as what I have, and it costs about $1000 more than what I paid (and I have dual monitors).

[TheLaughingMan84]

thejapanesechallenge, please don't feel offended by this question... But.. are you gay?

[thejapanesechallenge]

I'm not surprised that this comment comes only a few hours after I changed my Hackintosh Installation video still to me and the kitty :).

The cat is my wife's. I am not gay.

[TheLaughingMan84]

Again, no need to feel offended. You just seem so jolly and happy ;P

Nearly every person that i know thats so bright and happy as you have turned out to be gay.

Great videos btw.

[dylanthorner]

thank you so much for this video, I made my laptop run mac os x lepard thank u!

[zeromx2]

Ive got a ASUS P5Q PRO, i followed your steps but it freezes after showing the mac logo.

[thejapanesechallenge]

I ran into the same trouble while helping a friend set up his Hackintosh. Unfortunately, the next day I left the country so I couldn't keep working on it. Check on the Insanely Mac website and see what people are doing to get around that problem.

[Gregor386]

Have the same motherboard. same problem.

[thejapanesechallenge]

Here's my idea... the BOOT-132 CD loads up properly on the first run, so try copying the kexts from that CD and put them into the Extras folder on the HDD after installing Chameleon boot loader. Just an idea, may not work.

Can anyone give a link to a photo of the -v output where it hangs, or a video of it loading up with the -v parameter?

[xxmajorsonx]

is a intel i7 cpu good

[xxmajorsonx]

yea but what cpu is good for mac

[thejapanesechallenge]

Newer Intel CPUs work well. For example, Intel Core 2 Duo series, Quad Core series, etc. the i7 is still too new and we should wait for more official support from Apple. Always wait for Apple to have official support for critical components like CPUs, graphics cards, and so forth.

[LilWayne56789]

How Much Did all of it Cost?

[thejapanesechallenge]

About ¥70,000, or around $700 USD.

[LilWayne56789]

id rather buy one instead

[muk546]

a mac mini is 599 USD so buy a real mac

[thejapanesechallenge]

Hi MUK546. Are you aware that the Mac Mini is bottom-of-the-line in terms of specs? My current system has: 3.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8GB RAM, 4 hard drives with 3.5TB of space, a full-featured ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card, and room for expansion with new cards/drives. A Mac Mini has no room for expansion, and *highest* specs are: 2.26GHz, 4GB RAM, *one* hard drive at 320GB, and a laptop-grade low-end GPU. Additionally, that "high-end" Mac Mini costs $1024 w/ no keyboard, mouse or monitor.

[muk546]

ok calm down the mac mini is a mini desktop! if you want to compare your hackintoish to a mac pro then you will be owned

[thejapanesechallenge]

"Calm down?" Anyway, yes, the Mac Pro is a beast in terms of power. Better motherboard with nicer RAM, CPU, etc. However, look at the base price for a Mac Pro: $2499. That's a crapload of money. That gets you 3GB RAM, 2.66GHz, and one 640GB HDD. Modern benchmarks show that higher clock speed is more effective than more cores beyond 2. My system costs a fraction of the cost and isn't that far off in power. Remember, most apps can't use more than two CPU cores.

[muk546]

look if you build a pc yes its always cheaper but come on have you seen a mac pro look at it! no wires on the inside its a beast and if you can afford a house like that and to build a computer like that you can afford a mac pro

[thejapanesechallenge]

And that's the point. They are VERY nice machines, both inside and out, but for the dollar, the value is relatively low in terms of sheer power. Apple needs to release a mid-line tower option, with a decent price and expandability. Until they do, Hackintoshes will fill that role. It's the largest segment of consumers looking for desktops, mid-line machines.

[muk546]

the imac fits the mid range needs...

[thejapanesechallenge]

For some people, but it offers zero expandability beyond increasing the RAM. I own an iMac, two MacBooks, and just sold two iBooks. As a video editor, I need a at minimum two fast drives to store and work with video. The iMac offers one. I could connect another via Firewire, but my video camera uses the Firewire, so that's out. USB is absolutely unusable for HD video. The iMac doesn't meet my needs, and the Mac Pro is serious dollar over-kill.

[thejapanesechallenge]

Most of my videos are cut on Final Cut Pro using my Hackintosh :-).

[albert3366]

will mac os x software work on this, like final cut and stuff like that???

[flashfith]

ide drive works here but only with ipc 10.5.6

[northstah]

The stuff you say about an IDE DVD-Drive, that's just not true My IDE-Driuve worked out of the Box just finde, without any additional KEXTs. It's the same with my Harddrives. I only have a SATA DVD-Rom-Drive in my PC, everything else is IDE and all Drives work fine. If you are going to buy new Hardware, buy SATA, but if you don'T have SATA Drives yet, just try with IDE

[thejapanesechallenge]

It's important to listen carefully and understand what is being said, not what you hear from a casual listening. I said that most people have trouble and cannot get it to work. This is a very common and well-recognized problem, and is discussed at length on a variety of threads at Insanely Mac. Some have had success, but most appear to have problems using IDE drives. Thanks for your comments, but just because it's YouTube comments doesn't mean we have to be purposefully argumentative.

[northstah]

Yeah, you're right. It just sounded to me, that no one ever was able to get IDE to work and I wanted to state out, that it actually is possible to use IDE Drives Apple used IDE Drives in their computers, so OS X supports them

It's, of course, absolutely right, to tell the poeple to buy SATA Drives for their Hackintoshes, if they buy new PC Components anyway, but in my opinion they should check if their IDE Drives work before they buy new Drives

[WSWai]

Hi! I need help :

After i running the bootloader disc, the screen just restart and hang on the Apple logo white screen, it doesn't goes in to the installation page, any idea?

Thanks!

[DJJRIZZO]

srry

[DJJRIZZO]

i used ide dvd drive and ide hdd and it worked with jas 10.4.9 and iatkos 1.0ir2

[007harry007]

Hellow Fox.

I'm from the Netherlands and I want to build a Hackintosh pc to. You said that you need a sata optical drive. Do you need also a sata hdd?

Thanx.

[EthernetKid]

Yes, I think so.

I put my ATA hd and it didn't show up in disk utitility, but my SATA did.

[TheOn3LeftBehind]

Thanks and WOW YOU ARE SO CUTE. : D

[nsfx]

Hi guys and Japanese Challenge, i managed to get my leopard disc installed its a 10.5.1 and it boots up just fine but i think it is failing to detect my graphics card. Its a 9800GT anyone knows what kext i must use?? I tried NVinject but it crashes my computer. Thankss

[yappers1]

hey can I install this on a PC i bought from a store or do i need to build my PC?

[dandical]

hey i wanted to do this on my computer but im having difficulty in getting the bootloader on a disc. The stuff on the link sounds a bit complicated. Any help??

[rookpsu]

Can you post a link to the specific P5K bootloader ISO you used?

I have the same mobo.

[mearsy09]

Sweet Tutorial man, but i have a dilemma....it runs fine on a virtual machine but because i have a custom built computer i don't have a DVD drive, so i've made an ISO image of the leopard disk...is there a way i can image it to a partition and boot from that?

[thejapanesechallenge]

well I've gotten a lot of questions by mail and comments, but never that one!

I honestly have no idea if that's even possible. The installation ISO file would not be Mac OS X "ready to use," so to speak.. it would need to run the installation. To my knowledge, there is no way to do outside of virtualization unless you have it on DVD. can you buy an external DVD drive that is bootable? If not, can you boot off USB? You'd need a huge USB stick though... or a USB drive if that's bootable.

[mearsy09]

hmm, is it possible to use the DVD drive from my laptop and use it for my computer??? Thanks for the reply.

[thejapanesechallenge]

Unfortunately no. You need one that can be connected to your computer directly, through USB/Firewire/eSATA/etc.

[mearsy09]

hmm, i have another idea, i can install it onto Vmware Workstation 6.5 or lower, so once installed can i "image" it to another partition and boot from that? Thanks for the reply again :D

[dj9mhz]

It is possible with Hackintosh Vmware. You can use leopard 10.5.6 and runs very well.

[jonsutubechannel]

does it run easier on a virtual pc?

[mearsy09]

if you mean installing and less risk of data loss then yes easier, but its ALOT slower

you want it booted from a native hardrive, unless you can bott from the virtual pc, if you know how tell me xD

[SCOVENOM]

Great tutorial man, thanx a lot.