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Hello, I have a PC that I build about a year ago for gaming and photo editing. I also have a little unibody macbook. I love OSX, but I wish my dinky little laptop had a bit more umph.

I've always wanted to put a hackintosh partition on my PC, but have always snagged myself with a mess of problems and given up. My system has Phenom II 955 BE, a MA77OT-UD3P Gigabyte motherboard and a HD 4890. I'm wondering if it's even possible to hackintosh it. If so, could someone please give me some help on the project. Thanks in advance.

I would have to agree with the others, I have also tried it with my AMD Phenom II 940 build. It was not solid so I gave on on that rig.

I did however get a Q9550 and a Gigabyte board that doesn't need ICP or any of the other hacked versions to install. It will take a straight Snow disc and install with the help of a few programs for the boot loader. It updates as it should and runs stable.

I have found on my Amd builds and laptops I enjoy running Ubuntu 10.04 along with Windows 7 and with cairo dock I can make it look just like a mac with a dock theme with one click of a button. Best answer selected by huntern321. N nI am contemplating the AMD Hackintosh build i have been doing some research and found that the problems where specific to the kernels being used. Evidently there is a new Kernel the 'Modbin' Kernel. N nHere is a link: n n n nI would be really excited if i had some more assurance that this could be pulled off with out too much trouble though it looks like many of you are running into problems. I am a 20 year Apple user but have recently discovered Linux which looks like a very viable alternative.

I know I will probably be using Windows 7 'just because' To get my system up and running and stable.I used to feel like a fringe user but now the tides are turning fast. Apple is becoming mainstream.

I suspect though its only speculation that Jobs may be contemplating making availble to the masses distrubutions of OSX that will comply with what ever system you decide to build. The reason i say this is because Linux is upping its game as the Droid OS ( I have a Droid Captivate TYVM) is stellar in speed, gui, and every other application you can think of. Having said al that hats off to al you Die hard hackers and thank you for reading my post. My AMD phenom quad core runs sweet with Snow Leopard 10.6.4 and it's on an XFX nForce motherboard, using SATA's only (in AHCI mode) I don't know what everyone else is talking about.It's really not that big of a deal I made a custom boot CD (boot 132 they call it) to do a retail install of Leopard 10.5.6 and then installed snow leopard (retail) onto another drive using what they call the.mpkg way that I followed from ihackintosh.com any way, good luck to ya! Could you please share a little more detail on how you were able to run OS X on your AMD PC?

Where did you find instructions for making the 'custom boot CD'? What changes did you make? I have been running OS X for 5 years on PC's.

On AMD (2 builds) and on Intel (3 builds).

Hackintosh.com links to everything you need to build a Hackintosh and get macOS Mojave (10.14) as well as many earlier versions of Mac OS X running on an unsupported computer -, step-by-step 'how to' guides, and tutorials - in addition to installation, of compatible computers and parts, and for support. For, side-by-side, a tool to, an installable and more, see, too.

For iPod, iPhone and iPad info, hit. Want to share Hackintosh.com or save a link for future reading? Options to abound. Hackintosh Instructions & Tutorials   Helpful individuals have provided step-by-step 'how to' guides and tutorials as well as general advice on installing OS X on everything from self-built desktop systems and notebooks to netbooks, tablets, and more.

Installation guides for macOS Mojave (10.14), macOS High Sierra (10.13), macOS Sierra (10.12), OS X El Capitan (10.11), and OS X Yosemite (10.10) follow. For older tutorials, see the further below.

Be sure to see the Hackintosh, too. The current version of the Mac operating system is macOS 10.14 'Mojave'. A number of useful tutorials to install this version of macOS on a PC include:   - How to create a macOS Mojave installation USB from the famous using the site's own application. How to create an install drive from the macOS Mojave 10.14 application from. How to format a drive to install macOS 10.14 Mojave from the well-respected.

If the 'official' guide wasn't sufficient, this step-by-step guide to install macOS 10.14 Mojave from newcomer may help. How to install macOS 10.14 Mojave in the VirtualBox virtualization environment for testing on a Windows PC. Note that is more limited than it is for that preceded it. Be particularly certain to verify hardware and app compatibility before upgrading an older Hackintosh to this version of the operating system or buying parts for a new one. The previous version of the Mac operating system is macOS 10.13 'High Sierra'. In addition to potential hardware compatibility issues, you also might have 32-bit apps that do not run, or do not run well under the newer macOS 10.14 'Mojave,' and this version of the macOS might be preferable.

Quality Hackintosh tutorials for High Sierra include:   - How to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra on a supported computer from the well-known using the site's own application. The site has and for building your own system, as well. It covers the, and updates, too. How to update to macOS 10.13 High Sierra on any compatible PC using the application, also from. How to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra on a Gigabyte Z370-HD3P with.

How to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra on these high performance motherboards. Includes hardware recommendations, also. A detailed guide on how to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra on these affordable, highly compatible tower PCs using the app. An updated guide to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra on this Lenovo notebook using the application. A guide to install macOS 10.13 High Sierra (or Sierra or El Capitan) on these computers using a collection of automated scripts.

If the 'official' tutorial isn't enough, this quality tutorial from well-established Mac site may be exactly what you need. The same author also covers the hardware components that he selected for his Hackintosh, which he has named '.' - How to update from one version of macOS High Sierra to another with troubleshooting suggestions if it doesn't go smoothly, also from. An easy-to-follow tutorial to create a bootable USB installer for macOS High Sierra using the respected app courtesy of. Note that is the same as that came before it, although not all Macs.

For maximum performance, be sure to confirm hardware compatibility with HVEC before buying parts. Although official is the same, you may want to have your Hackintosh run macOS 10.12 'Sierra' for compatibility with specific third-party software like Office for Mac 2011. Quality Hackintosh tutorials for Sierra include:   - How to install macOS 10.12 Sierra on any supported PC from the legendary using the site's own application. The site has if the installation does not work properly, as well. It covers the, and and updates, too. A short tutorial to upgrade a Hackintosh running OS X El Capitan (10.11) to macOS Sierra (10.12) using the application.

If the 'official' tutorial isn't sufficient, this quality tutorial from the long term Microsoft-focused site also covers how to install macOS Sierra on a PC using Unibeast. A short tutorial from newcomer that explains how to use the tool to install macOS Sierra. A in-depth tutorial that covers hardware selection with a focus on video editing as well as macOS Sierra installation. See the below, also. A noble effort to write an 'always up-to-date' guide to building a Hackintosh from. Ironically, it is not up-to-date, but it covers hardware selection and construction as well as installing macOS Sierra.

From, the author's personal experience of building a small PC and installing macOS Sierra using other tutorials. A straightforward tutorial to create a bootable USB installer for macOS Sierra using the well regarded app courtesy of. An archived tutorial from The Verdict (no longer online) that explains how to create a bootable macOS Sierra USB flash drive for a Hackintosh with Terminal. An archive of a helpful tutorial to build a powerful tower desktop Hackintosh from Dan Counsell. It includes hardware selection and basic software installation alike. Note that is more limited than that came before it. Be particularly certain to verify compatibility before upgrading an older Hackintosh to this version of the operating system, too.

Because is more limited than OS X 10.11 'El Capitan,' you may have hardware that is not compatible with later versions of the macOS but that is compatible with this version. Quality Hackintosh tutorials for El Capitan include:   - How to install OS X 10.11 El Capitan on any supported PC from the legendary using the site's own Unibeast 6 software tool. The site has if the installation does not go smoothly, also. It covers the, and updates, as well.

A simple tutorial to upgrade directly from OS X Yosemite (10.10) to OS X El Capitan (10.11) using the software tool. A basic tutorial to install OS X El Capitan (10.11) using the version of the older Chameleon bootloader. If the 'official' tutorial from tonymacx86 isn't as easy to follow as you would like, you might prefer this installation guide from, which includes step-by-step screenshots of the process. A step-by-step installation guide with easy-to-follow screenshots also from. Another quality tutorial to install OS X El Capitan on a compatible PC from the long term Microsoft-focused site. A long tutorial to select hardware and install OS X El Capitan as well as a performance evaluation written from the perspective of a designer.

How to install OS X El Capitan and Windows on separate hard drives on your Hackintosh for trouble-free operation. A detailed tutorial from that covers how to create a bootable OS X El Capitan USB flash drive for a Hackintosh (or a Mac) using the app. Note that although for OS X 10.11 'El Capitan' is extensive, such as support for the advanced 'Metal' graphics technology is more limited. If Metal capability (or another particular feature) is of critical interest to you, make sure that it is likely to work with your desired Hackintosh configuration prior to making hardware purchases. Although official is the same, you may want to have your Hackintosh run OS X 10.10 'Yosemite' for compatibility with specific third-party hardware or software. Quality Hackintosh tutorials for Yosemite include:   - How to install OS X 10.10 Yosemite on any supported PC from using the site's own and software tools.

For those interested in more detailed understanding of the process, the same site also provides an using. It covers the, and updates, too.

A how to guide to update a Hackintosh running OS X Mavericks to OS X Yosemite from using Unibeast and Multibeast. And - If the 'official' guide above to installing OS X Yosemite on your PC with tonymacx86's and isn't quite what you would like, try these tutorials from complete with extensive screenshots of the entire installation process. An OS X 10.10 Yosemite Hackintosh installation guide for beginners from a helpful forum member. Also see the ' from another helpful forum user. Forum postings from ' and ' may be useful, as well. These tutorials use the bootloader.

This tutorial from provides detailed screenshots to install Niresh's Hackintosh Zone distro with as well as a helpful comparison to other OS X Yosemite installation methods. The same site covers installing the Yosemite Zone distro, as well. This archived blog post originally from Geek Dime (now offline) covers inexpensive compatible hardware as well as OS X Yosemite installation with the EFI bootloader. How to install Yosemite on a number of different HP laptops using the UEFI. An in-depth guide, complete with screen shots, that covers installing both OS X Yosemite and OS X Mavericks on separate drive partitions.

Note that although for OS X 10.10 'Yosemite' is quite broad, widely. Although official and even essentially is the same, you still may prefer to have your Hackintosh run OS X 10.9 'Mavericks' whether for software compatibility or simply because you do not like the 'flat' interface design that OS X 'Yosemite' introduced to the platform. Quality Hackintosh tutorials for Mavericks include:   - An OS X 10.9 Mavericks Hackintosh installation guide from using the site's UniBeast app. The site also covers the, and updates.

From, a how to installation guide for OS X Mavericks using the sophisticated app. If the 'official' guide (above) isn't sufficient, you also may find this site's OS X Mavericks and its tutorial for the sketchy helpful, too. Explains how to install OS X Mavericks, as well as Lion and Mountain Lion, on Gigabyte motherboards using the Hackinstaller script. This tutorial also includes a list of FAQs that can be quite helpful for troubleshooting. From, explains how to install OS X Mavericks in using the dodgy Niresh distro. A brief guide to dual boot both OS X Mavericks and Windows 8/8.1 on -based Hackintosh systems using the bootloader program. Explains how to upgrade a -based Hackintosh from OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion to OS X 10.9 Mavericks using MultiBeast, Chimera, and other apps.

An interesting piece from that covers both the Quo 'Any OS' (AOS) motherboard - quietly designed to be as compatible as possible with OS X - and OS X Mavericks installation and configuration. An archived guide to building a Hackintosh from. Covers hardware selection and construction as well as installing OS X Mavericks. An tutorial that explains how to create a bootable OS X Mavericks USB flash drive for a Hackintosh (or a Mac) with the excellent. Although hardware compatibility is essentially identical to OS X 10.11 'El Capitan,' OS X 10.10 'Yosemite,' and OS X 10.9 'Mavericks,' Hackintosh installation procedures and tools can be different for OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion':   - A complete OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' Hackintosh installation guide from the legendary using the site's UniBeast installation tool.

The site covers the, and updates, too. An installation guide for OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' using the sophisticated app, which has more features than UniBeast and may be of interest accordingly.

If the 'official' tutorial from tonymacx86 wasn't enough, this one from may help. The same site also covers how to of the dodgy and Niresh distros of 'Mountain Lion' as well as how to 'Mountain Lion' in with Hackboot. A ten page tutorial covering hardware selection and construction for an inexpensive 'Ivy Bridge' OS X 'Mountain Lion' Hackintosh from. The author also provides shorter tutorials about OS X Mountain Lion and Hackintosh. Originally written for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and subsequently updated to cover OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and 'Ivy Bridge' motherboards, this archive of a twelve page Hackintosh tutorial from is geared toward amateur filmmakers. It covers hardware selection and assembly in addition to OS X installation.

How to install OS X 10.8.5 on a Hackintosh from. Covers hardware selection and construction as well as installing the OS X 'Mountain Lion' software.

A well-written tutorial to upgrade a Hackintosh running OS X 10.7 'Lion' to OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' from the excellent. The same blogger also covers how to on a compatible Gigabyte board.

An interesting article from about OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' installation on an HP ProBook 4530 from the perspective of a professional musician - and 'old school' Mac and Amiga user - interested in backwards compatibility. Significant coverage of emulation environments, too.

A detailed piece to create a bootable OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' USB flash drive for a Hackintosh (or a Mac) using the helpful app. A tutorial from that covers the process of configuring a Fusion Drive on a 'Mountain Lion' Hackintosh system. A useful walkthrough from that explains how to install an SSD in an OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' Hackintosh that already has a hard drive to significantly enhance performance. Note that just like its predecessor, OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion' does not support ' and cannot run written for the PowerPC processor. Those who need older software should instead consider Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard.' Hackintosh tutorials for OS X 10.7 'Lion' still may be of interest for compatibility with additional hardware, whether system components themselves or third-party peripherals:   - The quintessential tutorial to install the download version of OS X 10.7 'Lion' on a PC with compatible hardware using xMove and Multibeast from. The same site also covers upgrading a Hackintosh to,.

A simple tutorial to install OS X 'Lion' from the retail Apple USB thumb drive on a Hackintosh using the xMove software tool, also from. A detailed tutorial to install OS X 'Lion' from a bootable USB drive using the UniBeast tool, yet again from. A walkthrough from that covers OS X 'Lion' installation using Kakewalk on a supported Gigabyte-based Hackintosh. The site offers a 'Lion' walkthrough for, too. An insightful and detailed post from photographer.

Covers OS X 10.7 'Lion' installation, workarounds, limitations, benchmarks and more. A step-by-step post to install OS X Lion on an AMD-based Hackintosh from using the software tool and selected kexts. A short, but vital, post on upgrading a Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' via the App Store from the always excellent. A helpful post on building a 'Hackintosh' Mac mini running Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Server.

An archived post that explains how to install OS X 10.7 'Lion' on these vintage netbooks from my Mac Netbook (no longer online). Note that Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' does not support ' and cannot run for the PowerPC processor.

Those who need older software should instead consider Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard.' Hackintosh tutorials for Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' can be particularly useful for those who need their Hackintosh to be compatible with written for the PowerPC processor or for those who simply do not like the 'iOS-ification' that OS X Lion brought to the platform:   - Written in late 2013, an up-to-date and easy-to-follow guide covering hardware configuration and Mac OS X installation for a Snow Leopard Hackintosh from. An excellent guide to installing Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' from. The same blogger also offers an older step-by-step guide to a Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' from Mac OS X 10.5.8 'Leopard'. Bassheadtech likewise covers upgrading a Hackintosh to,. Straightforward instructions using the iBoot and MultiBeast tools from. The same site also helps one upgrade a Hackintosh to, and finally with useful blog posts.

From, an 'experimental' guide to installing Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' on an 'Ivy Bridge' Hackintosh with the iBoot Ivy Bridge software tool. The same site also provides a guide to on an older 'Sandy Bridge' system. A six page guide to installing Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' on a custom-built 'Sandy Bridge' Hackintosh from. Uses the iBoot Legacy and Multibeast applications. An insightful evaluation of a personal experience building a Hackintosh and a comparison of the resulting Hackintosh to a from. An older Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' installation process on a Hackintosh as well as custom details related to using an AMD-based system from. The same site also offers a list of that may be helpful.

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A guide to install Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' in VMWARE for Windows 7, also from., and - Archives of detailed and easy-to-follow guides from my Mac netbook (no longer online). Another great walkthrough for Snow Leopard on this largely compatible netbook courtesy of. An older walkthrough from the blog for the 'ultimate Snow Leopard netbook'. Hackintosh Compatible Computers, Parts & Drivers   You can't just install macOS on any old PC and expect it to work like it does on a Mac. Let's face it, given the vast assortment of configurations, you can't install Windows on any old PC and expect it to work like OS X does on a Mac.

Fortunately, many have experimented with Mac OS X on a wide variety of PC hardware and have shared their findings with the world. The following listings of Hackintosh compatible computers, parts, motherboards and drivers (kexts) should be helpful:   - The original wiki that lists desktop and notebook computers, as well as parts, that are compatible with a variety of versions of Mac OS X. A database of 'Differentiated System Description Tables' to make many motherboards from Asrock, ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, Intel and MSI 'aware' of Mac OS X. In turn, this is promised to make it possible for the operating system to 'utilize more of your hardware' - from (registration required).

A database of official and unofficial Mac OS X drivers (kexts) from the Dutch Hackintosh community. A well-researched article on top notebooks from Acer, HP, and Dell that largely are compatible with recent versions of macOS. A listing of select notebooks from Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo that are mostly compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9) courtesy of. This archived copy of a Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatibility chart of dozens of netbooks from my Mac Netbook (no longer online) can be particularly useful for those interested in 'legacy' Mac OS X use. Hackintosh Support Communities   There are a number of vibrant and active communities that focus on helping one another to configure, build, and troubleshoot Hackintosh systems. Notable Hackintosh communities such as the following may be useful to you:     Before posting a message in any of these forums, it always is good form to first search and see whether or not your question has been addressed previously. Those who do not do so can expect to be dismissed as 'noobs' or ignored.

Hackintosh Installation & Usability Videos   The following videos demonstrate the installation process of macOS Mojave (10.14), macOS High Sierra (10.13), macOS Sierra (10.12), OS X El Capitan (10.11), and OS X Yosemite (10.10) on PC hardware. For older versions of the Mac operating system, see the further below.