EDIT: This guide is very outdated and it doesn't exactly go into specifics all that well. By now there are much easier and less time-consuming ways to install Mac OS X on a PC. It will be kept up here for archiving purposes.
Today I will show you how to install Tiger, Leopard, or Snow Leopard on your PC running Windows. This will also tell you how to dual boot Vista/7 and OS X. DISCLAIMER: IF YOU INSTALL OS X (OR ANY MACINTOSH OS) ON A PC OR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT APPLE BRANDED, YOU ARE BREAKING YOUR END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH APPLE! ALSO, YOU RISK MESSING UP YOUR COMPUTER IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING! I AM NOT, AND WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE! IF YOU'RE NOT A COMPUTER GEEK, I SUGGEST YOU STAY AWAY FROM THIS INSTRUCTABLE, AS IT INCLUDES A LOT OF TECHNICAL STUFF! AS SAID ALREADY, I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING YOU CHOOSE TO DO WITH THE KNOWLEDGE I AM PROVIDING YOU!
Also, when you install Mac OS X on a PC, the PC will officially be known as a Hackintosh PC (or Hac for short). And of course, be sure to back up your data before you start, just in case something goes wrong. With that out of the way, let's get started! Q: Why install Mac OS X on my PC if I can just go out and buy a real Mac while avoiding legal issues? A: It's so much cheaper. In addition, Hackintosh allows you to build a PC out of your own parts (assuming they're compatible) without needing to worry about Apple's low-end specs. Q: What's the difference between a legit Macintosh and a Hackintosh PC?
A: There are a couple, actually. First of all, as I mentioned in the last question, a Hackintosh PC would be much cheaper. Secondly, if you have a really high end PC, it can probably run Mac OS X better than on a Mac because, Macintosh computers aren't fast for their hardware configuration, but their operating system. Apple has made OS X so lightweight (except in terms of hard drive space it takes up) that they don't even have to make high end computers. And yet they sell like crazy. And lastly, YOU get to choose what version of OS X you want (Tiger, Leopard, or Snow Leopard).
They can't put you on the latest version. Q: Why would I want Tiger or Leopard when I could just install Snow Leopard, the latest version? A: Snow Leopard, like all other OSes, has system requirements, unfortunately. Your PC might not be able to handle the intense awesomeness of Snow Leopard. 'Can my PC handle the intense awesomeness of OS X?'
OK, maybe it isn't said quite like that, but it's a concern for many different people. I can't answer this, but a quick Google search and you'll have a list of compatible PCs.
I DO know that Snow Leopard requires the following: 1GB of RAM or more. DDR2 works, don't know about any other kinds. A compatible Intel processor that's at least 1.6 GHz (the newer Macs with Snow Leopard have Intel Core 2 Quad and Duo inside) AT LEAST 8 GB (estimate, don't know exact amount) of free hard drive space.
Then, Leopard requires: Intel SSE2 or better 512MB RAM or more I think it needs like 7GB of hard drive space to install Tiger is a bit more lean on your system resources. It needs: An Intel processor with SSE2 or better 256MB of RAM Around 5-6GB of hard drive space.
People complain that after dual-booting their system doesn't work right. They are forgetting to partition. So, what is a partition, you ask?
Well, partitioning is kind of like splitting your hard drive into little bits (not physically). To oversimplify, it's basically reserving a certain space on your hard drive for something else besides what you already have. Partitions can be used for recovery, installing other operating systems on your PC without harming the original (what we're using it for), organizing your hard drive into categories (pictures, videos, music, etc.), and many more things. For this OS install, we'll need to make a partition specifically for OS X and the programs within it. If you're using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you're in luck. The two have built-in, easy to use partition managers. Windows XP has one too, but I don't know how to use it, so I recommend EASEUS Partition Master (Home edition is free, and does what we want it to do), which can be downloaded from CNET's Download.com.
Once you have that, try looking on Google or YouTube on how to partition. Create a partition for your OS X installation and move on to step 5. There are many different patches of OS X that are designed to work with PCs. Try to find an ISO image of the OS you want.
Torrent sites are great for this, but if you're using a torrent site and are downloading it with a torrent client, expect it to take at least an hour for it to download at the minimum. Torrent files are very large, and take a large amount of time to download. If you're doing Snow Leopard, you're looking at around 4.3GB. That's more than half the amount of storage space on the average iPod (unless it's more than 8GB). NO PIRACY! This bears repeating, my friends. You should NOT pirate software. If you go to retrieve the ISO off the Internet, at least have a license for OS X.
The people over at Apple work hard to create an operating system that a lot of people like. You should at least buy a license to help support the workers at Apple and let them feed their families. OK, now that that's done, insert the DVD into the computer if the PC ejected it, then reboot the computer. Pba 2k series free download.
If your BIOS is already configured to boot from CD/DVD drive, it will boot directly from the disc. If nothing happens and your computer loads Windows like normal, you'll have to configure your BIOS to boot from the CD/DVD drive (the process is slightly different depending on what computer you have, but a quick Google search should bring you instructions). If you already know how, then configure your BIOS to do so.
The OS X installer, like most other installers and wizards, is pretty easy to follow through, so I'll spare you the text. There are TWO things I should point out though. When the installer asks where to install OS X on, you'll notice there's no place to put it. But have no fear, this CAN be fixed easily. Click on Utilities at the top of the screen and click on Disk Utility. FACT: Disk = Hard Drive, USB Flash Drive, etc. Disc = CD/DVD Anyway, once in the Disk Utility, select the partition you made for OS X and click on the Erase tab.
NOTE: Be sure you select Mac OS Extended (Journaled). That is the best partition format for OS X to be partitioned on. Then click Erase. MAKE SURE THE PARTITION YOU SELECTED IS NOT THE WINDOWS PARTITION IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DUAL BOOT!
If you select the wrong partition, then you'll be stuck with OSX. The second thing: when you're about to install, (to be exact, on the 'Installation Type' screen) MAKE SURE YOU CLICK 'CUSTOMIZE'! You MUST configure the settings for your specific PC. When that's all done, click 'Install'. If you only want OS X, then you're finished.
However, if you also want your Windows configuration, I suggest looking at this YouTube video: And no, I didn't make that video. Credit goes to acdcdude55 on YouTube. Just skip to the part where he's done installing OS X, and follow instructions from there. Thank you for reading this Instructable, and I hope you have success! You're not quite done!
Have you ever installed Windows XP on a computer? If so, then you'd know that after installation, you have to install drivers. If you're unfamiliar, drivers are pieces of software that tell the operating system how to use the hardware it's presented with (say, a graphics card, a sound card, or even external devices such as a game controller or webcam).
Well, Mac OS X doesn't use drivers, but the principle is the same. It needs to know how to properly use the hardware in your computer. This is where kext files come in. Kext is short for Kernel Extension.
It basically is the OS X equivalent of drivers. After installing OS X you'll need to hunt down the proper kexts for your system.
If you're lucky, kexts for the hardware you own will be available by default (for example, I downloaded an OS X update and included was a kext for my AMD Radeon HD 5670). Other times, you'll have to Google search for them. This is a good time to have another computer on hand, or to boot back to Windows. The reason for this is because since OS X doesn't know the hardware in your computer, it might not be able to connect to the internet. Anyway, just search 'mac os x (version) (model of hardware you want) kext.'
I can't guarantee there will be kexts available. Since Apple only makes kexts for the hardware they support, all the kexts for unsupported hardware must be made by dedicated programmers.
Hi,it seems that the Apogee Duet is the best-sound audio interface for the Mac. What would be the equivalent for a PC (Windows 7 x64)?I've been using a Line6 Toneport UX2 for quite sometime and would like to upgrade to a new high-quality audio interface, but it's been difficult to get a solid recommendation. It seems nothing compares to an Apogee Duet, but as it's only available for Macs, it's not helping me.I'd appreciate any recommendations. Been looking at more Line6, Onyx, etc - all seem to be ok but none has so far stood out.BTW, I only need 2 inputs at the same time (guitar, mic).Thanks. The major sound differences between audio interfaces are the mic-pre sectionsif you're just using inputs and outputs on line level the differences are virtually non-existent as long as it's a proper card and not some integrated AC97 codec thingIf you're using spdif or aes input/output there is no sound difference between audio interfacesIt's mostly a matter of S/N and latency and reliability when it comes to pro gear.
Apogee's Mic-pre's are better than most, but not better than good outboard mic-pre'sHope this helpsBest regards -T. Hi,it seems that the Apogee Duet is the best-sound audio interface for the Mac.
What would be the equivalent for a PC (Windows 7 x64)?I've been using a Line6 Toneport UX2 for quite sometime and would like to upgrade to a new high-quality audio interface, but it's been difficult to get a solid recommendation. It seems nothing compares to an Apogee Duet, but as it's only available for Macs, it's not helping me.I'd appreciate any recommendations.
Been looking at more Line6, Onyx, etc - all seem to be ok but none has so far stood out.BTW, I only need 2 inputs at the same time (guitar, mic).Thanks. Been looking at USBPre2 and Babyface over the weekend - tough choice.I like the USBPre2 for its many in-/output options, especially the 2 deadicated headphone and 2 line outs. On the other hand, it's only got 2 line ins, and they don't seem to be deadicate instrument inputs (normal/hi-z). Reading through many posts it appears that the USBPre2 is used by many HiFi enthusiasts and DJs and is highly valued for its microphone pre-amps. I couldn't find many references to it being used as a guitar interface.The Babyface appears to be a true musician's interface. Personally, I don't like that the inputs and outputs are via an external adapter, although the instrument-in and headphone out are built into the box. It also seems that you can only use the 2 outputs as either headphone or line-outs and not both - or perhaps I misinterpreted the information on their website.I prefer the USBPre2 but would need to get some clarification about the Line-Ins and their suitability for guitar/electric instrument inputs.
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Hello,I now use my apogee duet firewire (plug with the thunderbolt display port) with my new imac 27 and Mavericks.When I listen to music with itunes, I hear, randomly, sounds, crackles, and hiss. Everything works fine for a few minutes then again these sounds, then it works again.When I record a guitar or a voice via GarageBand with a microphone (Rode NT2000), I have too, randomly, the noise that occurI never had a problem on my previous iMac (with Snow Leopard). I tried to plug again the Duet on it and all is going fine.I tried to plug a Line 6 UX2 on the imac 27: i don't have noises but the sound often cuts for a very short time (less than a second).Do you think that an updated firmware of the Duet (or an update of Mavericks) solve this problem?Thank you for your reply (and sorry for my english.).
Guys see my thread -For those of you who are using Apogee Duet (Firewire or USB) and just UPDATED to Maverics - DONT INSTALL NEW APOGEE DRIVERS!The reason is - once you install new driver, software volume control keys (on your keyboard) wont work! You will have to use DUET's knob which is not always confortable.There is no fix for this yet and maybe wont be, because of Apogee 'great' costumer support - (such problems with DUET first appeared in Lion)If your drivers from Mountain Lion (or older) works fine, dont update it or reinstall it. You will be unable to install previous version in Mavericks.If you're the one who installed fresh copy of Mavericks from USB Flash, i dont think there is a way to fix the problem. One thing that i didnt try was using Pacifist to force replace driver files.Hope this message was helpful 😉Seems like this problem appears not only on Duet, but on al Apogee products.
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Info:If you daisy chain FW800 with Duet last in the chain (Duet is FW400) - or have a FW800 hub - the speed from FW disks goes down 40-45% (to around 400 Mb/s.) after a while. Forcequitting/restarting duetDaemon brings up the speed again - for some time. This is new for Lion - did not happen in Snow Leopard.
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In Snow Leopard the speed was stabile around 6-700 Mb/s (thats what to expect from FW800 disks).Yes, I'm in desperate need for a new Lion driver update from Apogee.:-D. This is not good. Oh well - look like I'll be trying these work arounds then as it says September for Duet 1I appreciate it is no longer the current model and that stability is most important with kernel extensions but one of the reasons I choose Apogee was that it was recommended on the Apple site and integrated with Mac OS X. Many vendors for whom the Mac isn't their main platform lagged with support for new operating systems and point updates I had hoped for a near simultaneous release. I need to get experience of 10.7 and dual booting gets old really quick. I think Apogee is a lazy bunch of people:-D.
Even small companies and solo persons developing apps like PleaseSleep and LittleSnitch have delivered updates for Lion.I bought Duet just a year ago and have no plans for Duet 2. I don't think my next sound card will be Apogee at all - despite their beauty and good sound. They are just to slow in software - the driver we have now is over two years old and it's not 100% stabile. They didn't care to fix it.after two years.The Duet also drags down speed in a FW800 setup. No - I will look for other brands next time.(you can disagre - but if you questioning my right to complain I think you're an agent for Apogee. Click to expand.Your experience with the Duet doesn't mirror mine at all.
And some of what you say is misleading I think.If you put any FW400 item last in line before the computer it will slow down anything behind it. It has long been recommended that you use a FW Hub in order to mix speeds on the same bus so you don't burn a FW800 speed on a FW400 bus.Two the drivers in my setup (iMac 27, i7 CPU, 16gb ram) are not in the least unstable.
And as noted above the first work around did the trick on my system. Perhaps you have other things going on that conflict with Apogee.And third.not that I'm an Apogee PR firm.but they have been highly responsive to my inquiries and/or questions over the year I've owned a Duet. They have also been quite helpful and not the least bitsour.Now if they did listen to your tirade and put out the driver because of it.I take everything back. Added a 3rd workaround via user VoiceofReason and user vtk, who have completely uninstalled the Duet/Maestro software and have their Duets working well by completely bypassing the Maestro software for now.Personally, I've been getting on fine just killing the duetdaemon now and then if something gets funky, but I'm itching for both Apogee and Ableton to push their updates so everything is smooth and up to date.
So far, I know a lot of people are whining and fussing just like every other major OS update, but I friggin' love Lion, don't regret updating my main system at all. Added a 3rd workaround via user VoiceofReason and user vtk, who have completely uninstalled the Duet/Maestro software and have their Duets working well by completely bypassing the Maestro software for now.Personally, I've been getting on fine just killing the duetdaemon now and then if something gets funky, but I'm itching for both Apogee and Ableton to push their updates so everything is smooth and up to date. So far, I know a lot of people are whining and fussing just like every other major OS update, but I friggin' love Lion, don't regret updating my main system at all. Click to expand.I'm only having an issue with Ableton. When running the latest ableton beta (8.2.5b1) everything works except when I try to adjust the master volume.
Ableton instantly crashes, whether I adjust the volume using the keys, duet knob, or maestro to adjust the master volume.Funny thing is, I had less problems with my original solution. I only started getting problems again once I tried out the kill duetdaemon solution. At this point I'm too busy to do any further investigation, and Apogee is supposed to be releasing new Duet software sometime this month anyways.Anyhow, it's no big deal really. In the last week, I've still managed to compose 3 new pieces for a short film and 2 ambient pieces for a new game I'm making, even though you're not supposed to be able to accomplish anything with betas as they're SOOO unstable and unreliable that it just ruins your whole life, lol. Uninstalling was the solution that worked best for me.
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There's still some weirdness in the behavior of the volume keys and volume knob. It's as if each one has a different memory of where the volume currently is, meaning that if I use the Duet to turn the volume up and then later use the volume keys on my keyboard, the graphic on screen shows a completely different volume than what the volume actually is. Other than that, everything seems to be working quite well after uninstalling Apogee drivers.I'm looking forward to new Lion drivers though. That'll be great! Uninstalling was the solution that worked best for me.
There's still some weirdness in the behavior of the volume keys and volume knob. It's as if each one has a different memory of where the volume currently is, meaning that if I use the Duet to turn the volume up and then later use the volume keys on my keyboard, the graphic on screen shows a completely different volume than what the volume actually is.
Other than that, everything seems to be working quite well after uninstalling Apogee drivers.I'm looking forward to new Lion drivers though. That'll be great!
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