Install Mac OS X Yosemite on a PC from Windows. We use a ready-made flash drive image. Step-by-step installation of Hackintosh on PC: How to replace Windows with Mac OS X

There are rumors that installing MacOS on a regular PC is "difficult and uneasy".
In fact, it all depends on luck :) On luck and on hardware.
In my case, installing MacOS X was a little more difficult than installing Windows 7.

There are a lot of installation paths. I will describe the simplest and most straightforward one. Complex options are not for me. If something doesn’t work out, it doesn’t mean that you can’t install MacOS. Perhaps it is possible, but in more complicated ways. For laptops, you can look for ready-made images of boot disks (modified by craftsmen).

The latest line of Macs is just a regular PC. An ordinary PC with a slightly modified bios. And MacOS only has drivers for a limited set of devices that come with Macs.

There is no need to reflash the bios (although this is one of the possible ways). I now have MacOS X, Win XP, Win 7 running on one hardware. But I’ll have to look for the firewood (written by craftsmen, even in the source code).

Briefly: "Download a special boot disk, reboot from it, insert the original MacOS X DVD, install it, update it, search for and install drivers. That's it."

0. Setting up bios

Optional, but desirable part.

1. Set the SATA controller to AHCI mode (I have always had it as AHCI).
2. Turn ACPI on (some people advise, on the contrary, turn it off).
3. Switch HPET (timer) to 64-bit mode (I didn’t find one like that).
4. Turn off all processor cores except one (I haven’t found one like this).
5. Turn off SpeedStep.

Everything works for me regardless of the ACPI and SpeedStep settings.

1. Is it worth visiting at all?

Burn .iso to CD-RW. We boot from it, if a disk selection menu appears - hurray, your PC is now almost a Mac. If it doesn’t work, try another .iso. I downloaded the very first one, for regular hardware: empireEFIv1085.iso.

If all .isos do not work, you can try older versions of EmpireEFI. If nothing suits you, then the simple option is not for you. There are a lot of complicated installation options left ( Google, forum and wiki to help), or buy Mac-compatible hardware (list), or buy a PC with MacOS already configured and installed (there are companies that do this), or find those who will supply MacOS, or still buy a real Mac ( having overpaid twice).

2. You need a regular MacOS X installation DVD

Now your PC is almost a Mac. You can insert the MacOS X boot DVD and install it.
For iPhone SDK 4.0, you need version 10.6 or older. I installed 10.6.3, auto update updated it to 10.6.4.

Where can I get such a disk?
1. From a friend of a poppy grower.
2. Buy in a store.
3. Download the image from the Internet and burn it to DVD-R DL (double layer) which is 8Gb.
4. Download the image from the Internet and make a bootable USB flash drive.

If you have a familiar Mac driver with a bootable DVD, this is the best way. It will help you install and configure MacOS.

If the “hi-tech crime department” often comes to visit you, buy the official disc. Installing MacOS on a PC violates the Apple license, but this license is not valid in the Russian Federation, because violates the laws of the Russian Federation (specifically, Article 1280 of the Civil Code). This license also violates laws and is not valid in Europe, but not in the USA.

You can download the image, for example, from here.
It is in Mac .dmg format.
This format for Windows can write (and convert to .iso): PowerISO, UltraISO.
You can simply convert to .iso using dmg2img.

You need to write to a two-layer DVD-R DL disc, at the minimum possible speed and with a recording check. If the installer cannot read anything from the disk, he will write to you that you can throw the disk out the window.

To make a bootable USB flash drive, you need an already installed MacOS (even one running under VMWare will do) and a flash drive with a size of 8Gb or larger.

3. Where will we put it?

I don’t know how to install MacOS on one physical disk without erasing the already installed Windows. Paragon Partition Manager can create MacOS partitions on the same disk with Windows; the MacOS installer even sees this partition, but refuses to install it on it. He wants a GUID for the entire disk, but refuses to install it on the MBR.

But you can install MacOS, and then Windows (using BootCamp).
I did a simple thing - I bought a new disk specifically for MacOS.

4. Installation

We boot from the EmpireEFI CD, when the disk selection menu appears, remove the CD and insert the MacOS DVD (or bootable USB flash drive), select the disk from which the installation will take place. That's all.
For advanced installation diagnostics: in the disk selection menu, press Tab (which will switch to text mode), select the disk (up/down arrows) and type "-v".

If you see a language selection menu, then you're in luck the second time :)

If the USB keyboard or mouse does not work, then try removing and inserting them until they work. This only happened to me once, all other times everything worked without problems.

Switch languages: Win+Space.

The installation is no different from installing on a Mac.

When prompted to select a disk where to install, go to the menu (which is at the top): Utilities -> Disk Utility, select the disk, go to the Erase tab, set Format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and click on Erase. After formatting, we exit the utility and see that a new disk has appeared suitable for installation.

MacOS will take up 7 GB of disk space.

5. After installation

After installation, my network card and Internet immediately started working. Updating the system to 10.6.4 via the Internet was successful (Apple -> Software Update), it downloaded more than a gigabyte. If the driver for the network card does not work, you can always configure it later.

I disabled all sleep modes (System Preferences -> Energy Saver). I have them disabled in Windows, and they wrote on the forums that there could be problems: either it won’t fall asleep, or it won’t wake up. I didn’t even try it myself. Restart and Shut Down - work.

MacOS will not boot on its own. To boot, you must first boot from the EmpireEFI CD and select the drive where you installed MacOS. To boot ourselves, we need myHack or Chameleon, both of which are on the EmpireEFI (Empire EFI/Post-Installation) CD. First, install myHack; if MacOS will not load, install Chameleon. And don’t forget to set the first boot disk with MacOS in bios.

If MacOS does not boot (wrong bootloader or driver does not fit), you can always boot from the EmpireEFI CD.

I have a new myHack, downloaded from the Internet, but it doesn’t work. Chameleon - got up, the old myHack with CD Empire - also got up, stopped on it, because... it boots MacOS without any extra clicks.

MyHack and Chameleon prompt you to select a boot disk at startup - this way you can boot into Windows (if you have one). You can also select the boot disk when you start the computer using Shift+F8 (my bios can do this).

6. Drivers

Drivers in MacOS have the extension .kext
The main (system) drivers are here: /System/Library/Extensions/
Drivers for PC: /Extra/Extensions/

A basic set of drivers is on the EmpireEFI CD: /EmpireEFI/Extra/Preboot.dmg/Extra/Exten sions/
Copy all these .kext to /Extra/Extensions/

Information about hardware as MacOS sees it: Apple -> About This Mac -> More Info.

If the network card does not work, you can search for drivers under Windows. MacOS can read NTFS and FAT drives. My MacOS sees all WinXP and Win7 disks in read-only mode. You can also download the drivers onto a flash drive.

Place drivers in /Extra/Extensions. Sometimes you need to put the driver in /System/Library/Extensions, replacing the system one (this is written in the driver description). Sometimes you need to erase the system driver.

After changes in drivers, you need to update the driver cache.
This is easy to do using pfix. We launch it, it will ask for the password for the system and the number of the disk where the system is located. It works for a long time, about 15 minutes. If the system has an empty password, pfix does not understand this; it needs at least a 1-letter password (change the password here: System Preferences -> Accounts).

The driver for NVidia installed right away, I tried the first one I came across: NVEnabler 64.kext
After updating the driver cache and rebooting, the mode changed from 1024x768 to 1920x1080 and new modes appeared in System Preferences -> Displays.

I didn't find a driver for my mother. Everything worked as is, except for the sound. I read on the forums that my mother needs a universal sound driver, VoodooHDA.kext. I tried different drivers: either there was no sound, then volume did not work, then volume worked, but there was noise at maximum. This driver worked with a bang when the system AppleHDA.kext was erased.

READ ME PLEASE

If you CANNOT unzip files onto a flash drive, please step away from the keyboard and urgently read the book “Computer for Dummies: A Detailed Guide on How to Use a PC”!!!

1. All files are uploaded to MEGA. Those who are having problems with it have re-uploaded it to the torrent in the comments.
2. Please don't ask me about installing Macs on laptops. I ask you to. Please. This is a very hemorrhoidal process. Install Ubuntu and connect the Mac theme. You will get the same experience
3. I rarely answer on Habré, write to VK for all questions.

This manual/guide/etc was written for those who are too lazy to piece together this or that information about installing a Mac on a PC, everything is clear and straightforward.

To begin with, before actually installing the system itself on a PC, we need to decide whether we need it or not, since the system itself is very specific in terms of installation and configuration, unless, of course, you have an Apple device. There is no point in explaining that deploying a system that was not originally planned for desktop PCs is a complex matter and it can take anywhere from 2 to N hours, depending on the compatibility of the hardware.

Now, let’s figure out what Hackintosh is: the word “hackintosh” was formed from the merger of two words “Macintosh” and “Hack”, which essentially means “hacked Mac”, although there is nothing to do with “hacking”.

In this guide, we will look at creating an installation flash drive from Windows (since this is the most popular system among “beginner hackintoshers”), installing the system on a blank disk, kernel extensions for your hardware and, in fact, installing and configuring the bootloader (it is at this point that many and problems arise)

CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 3.2 GHz (Haswell)
Memory: 16 GB Crucial Ballistix Sport
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2048MB
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81-S2V (UEFI Bios)

Well, let's go.

Step 1. Iron assessment and analysis

Processors

ACHTUNG 2

Problems are observed on socket 2011-3 processors, in particular on the X99 chipset. Usually it appears due to too many bells and whistles on the motherboard.

Video cards

List of supported Intel graphics cores

Intel HD 3000
Intel HD 4000
Intel HD 4600 (laptops)
Intel HD 5000

List of exactly supported AMD cards

Radeon HD 4000 series
Radeon HD 5000 series
Radeon HD 6000 series (Preferably 6600 and 6800)
Radeon HD 7000 series (Preferably 7700, 7800, and 7900)
Radeon R9 200 series (R9 290 does not start)
Radeon R9 300 series (There may be problems with the R9 380. I haven’t personally tested it, but judging by the reviews on Reddit with these cards There is Problems)

The situation is completely different with cards from NVidia. Almost everyone gets turned on, with the exception of some especially gifted ones. Problems are observed in the 10th episode, but, most likely, they will not appear soon. Everything is already normal. On GTX cards, the graphics start up with half a kick, GT cards are also not lagging behind, although there are some exceptions.

List of working NVidia cards

GeForce 7000 series
GeForce 8000 series
GeForce 9000 series
GeForce 200 series
GeForce 400 series
GeForce 500 series
GeForce 600 series
GeForce 700 series
GeForce 900 series
UPD 14.05 Geforce GTX 1000 Series

Network Controller

Newby guide

Open the Task Manager → performance tab → Ethernet (Windows 10), there will be a network connection in big black letters.

By the way, you can also look in the BIOS

Network cards

Intel Gigabit

Realtek

Atheros

Broadcom

Marvell

Killer

Memory

Actually, we sorted out the hardware. If at this stage you have not changed your mind, move on.

Step 2. Make a bootable USB flash drive and deploy the installer to it

You will need a flash drive >8 GB. Any.

1. Launch the utility
2. Destination disk → select our flash drive
3. Format disk

Now we wait. The flash drive will be formatted in Apple HFS and split into two partitions, one of which will have the bootloader installed (CLOVER), and the second will remain blank so that the installer can be deployed there.

After the completed manipulations we get approximately the following picture:

Downloaded.

1. We extract from the archive HFS Partition File (HFS+), a file with the extension .hfs.
2. In the BDU “Destination disk” utility window, select Part 2 of our broken flash drive.
3. Open “Restore partiton”.
4. Search and select our *.hfs file. Please note that it must be no larger than PART 2 partition.
5. We are waiting for it to be unpacked.
That's it, the installer on the flash drive is unpacked and ready to go.

Now we will need some files for your system. I have collected everything I need in this archive. Later I will explain what and why.

You will also need this kext, download it too: click. We unpack the folder from the archive into the root of the section with Clover, and the kext into the folder that we unpacked. That's it, it's ready. The flash drive is done. Let's move on.

Step 3: Install macOS Sierra on Intel PC

Clover is a Hackintosh downloader and installer.

Press the down arrow until we get to the Options menu. Press Enter. All we need here is this line:

We write the following into it:

Kext-dev-mode=1 rootless=0 -v npci=0x2000 nv_disable=1
Let me explain what each of these arguments does:

kext-dev-mode=1 is a necessary arg, without which the hack will not run. Allows you to load kexts into the system (Initially, FakeSMC.kext).
rootless=0 - disables SIP (System Integrity Protection). Required arg.
-v - “Verbose mode”. Instead of a beautiful apple, we will see a “console” loading so that we can identify an error if one appears.
npci=0x2000 (or 0x3000, depending on the PCI-e version) - optional. We prevent the download from stopping at the PCI scanning stage. You don't have to register it.
nv_disable=1 - optional. To avoid loading artifacts and other garbage, disable the graphical shell. We load in native graphics mode in Orthodox 144p resolution. You don't have to register it.

Fix

We reconnect the flash drive to another 2.0 port, boot with the following arguments:
kext-dev-mode=1 rootless=0 cpus=1 npci=0x2000 -v UseKernelCache=No

Fix

We load like this:

Kext-dev-mode=1 rootless=0 -v npci=0x2000
Or like this:
kext-dev-mode=1 rootless=0 -v -x npci=0x2000

Kext-dev-mode=1 rootless=0 -v npci=0x3000 darkwake=0 nv_disable=1 cpus=1
In other cases, only Google will help, although these fixes should solve these problems.

We wait. At some points it may freeze. If it freezes for more than a minute, reboot. Should help in some cases.

And here we are, actually, in the installer. Select a language and click on the arrow. The language pack will load (it may freeze for a minute). Now open Utilities>Disk Utility, we need to format the disk for macOS. Select the desired disk and click “Erase”. For convenience, we call the new disk “Macintosh HD”. Format and close Disk Utility. Next, select the disk on which we will install the system (in our case, Macintosh HD), and install it.

Installation takes from 15 to 30 minutes, it all depends on the speed of writing to the disk. After installation, the system will prompt us to set up an Internet connection - skip it, we’ll do this later. We create a user. Done, we're in the system. Or rather, in her stump. Nothing is working for us yet. If you reboot the machine, it will be impossible to get into the system (due to the absence of a bootloader).

Fix

If the computer still reboots or switches off, you can choose to boot from a flash drive, then select “Boot macOS Sierra from Macintosh HD” in the clover menu, not forgetting to write boot arguments in the options menu.

Step 4. Basic system setup and installation of kexts

Let's figure out what kexts are.

Kext(Kernel Extension) - kernel extensions that run this or that equipment that is incompatible with the original Mac (For example, where in the aimak can we find a network card from Realtek or a sound card?). These are what we need now.

First, we need the PostInstall folder, which you unpacked into the CLOVER partition on the bootable USB flash drive. From there, we first need the Kext Utility, which allows us to install kexts on the system. We launch it, enter the user’s password, wait until we see the inscription “All done”.

Done, we set up the Internet, USB and allowed the system to boot at all (FakeSMC.kext imitates the System Management Control chip, which is present only on Apple motherboards. Without this kext, the system simply will not start).

Now let's install the bootloader. Go to the PostInstall folder → Clover_v2.3k_r3949. There is a *.pkg file, open it.

For UEFI boot, set the following settings:

Step 5. Bootloader setup

First, we need to get to the EFI partition with the bootloader. In the left menu, click Mount EFI. Next, click Check partition, a table of all partitions will appear. The partition we need should be on the same partition as Apple_HFS, it appears as EFI EFI. Click Mount partition. In the list, select the disk we need (For example, disk0s1). Please note that there is a bug where all sections are not visible. Roll the mouse wheel so you can scroll between sections and select the one you need.

Next, click Open Partition. It will open a “folder” with the desired section. Go to EFI>CLOVER. Copy plist.config to the PostInstall folder for convenience. Also, just in case, we copy it somewhere else, since the one we just copied will be edited. And one more for backup. Copy and open plist.config.

We see something like this:

ACPI - We don’t touch the fixes, we drop (DropOEM) our video card (DropOEM_DSM works when two DSDT patches are encountered. Therefore, we leave the original autopatch method as the bootloader, and disable ours, if one appears).
Go to the BOOT section.

So this is where we need to dig in. We set the arguments ourselves, depending on the system.

-v (verbose) - the already familiar “text” boot mode. It is better not to enable it, but to register it manually if necessary.
arch - architecture. In my case x86_64
npci is a key already known to us. We post if necessary. I recommend doing the first boot without it, but in Verbose mode.
darkwake - responsible for sleep mode and hibernation. Has 7 modes. If the dream does not start by changing hibernatemode in the terminal, then I recommend using trial and error to find the desired darkwake mode.
cpus=1 - launch using only one core. I don't recommend choosing.
nvda_drv=1 - activation of the NVidia web driver, which we will install a little later. Choose if you have nVidia.
nv_disable=1 - disables non-video graphics and runs on the native Mac driver. It’s better not to choose, but to register manually if necessary.
kext-dev-mode=1 and rootless=0 have already been explained earlier.

Default Boot Volume - the partition from which the disk selection to boot will begin by default. By default LastBootedVolume (last selected partition).
Legacy - Legacy Boot for older versions of Windows and Linux. It very much depends on the hardware and the design of the BIOS, so several algorithms have been developed:
LegacyBiosDefault - for those UEFI BIOSes that have the LegacyBios protocol.
PBRTest, PBR - PBR Boot options, this is just overkill. In my case PBR works.
XMPDetection=YES is an important parameter. Fixes the amount of RAM, slots, dies, frequency and number of channels.
DefaultLoader - if there are several loaders on the partition, select the default one. Must not be empty!
Timeout - time before automatic boot.
Fast - a parameter that skips the selection of a partition and immediately proceeds to downloading.
-1 (Timeout -1) - disable autoboot.

Do not touch the Inject NVidia parameter! There will be artifacts at launch. It is designed to run older GT line cards

Kernel and Kext Patches - patches and kernel customization. By default, Apple RTC is selected. It's better not to touch. SMBIOS is the juice, customization and counterfeit of the poppy.

To configure factory information, click on the magic wand icon. Next, select iMac (if PC) or MacBook (if laptop).

ACHTUNG 3

You can also look among older configs, such as MacMini or Mac Pro. Your task is to choose the one that is most similar to your hardware.

WARNING: Nvidia video cards without policy-kext edits only work on iMac13.1 and iMac14.2 Mac models.

In AppleGraphicsControl.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy.kext/Contents/info.plist we correct Config1 to none here:

Ready. We don’t touch anything else, we’ve done the basic settings. We save our file. Now copy it to the CLOVER folder of the EFI partition, log in, and replace it. Let me remind you that before this you should have made a backup.

Step 6. Install the graphics driver and reboot for the first time

Now let's make sure that we are not booting from a flash drive, but from hard drive in UEFI mode. Select Boot macOS Sierra from Macintosh HD. Let's start.

Note

I recommend using the -v switch for the first run, so that if something goes wrong, you can immediately identify the error. If the bootloader is broken and you cannot get into the system, then boot from the flash drive, enter the necessary keys in the options and boot the system into Verbose mode.

A sure sign that the Nvidia driver is working will be its logo on the taskbar. I turned it off, by the way, because it gets in the way, but you can access the invisibility control panel through “System Settings...”. We can check the Internet through Safari. USB 3.0 is trite by plugging a flash drive into a 3.0 port.

Additionally

- Sound

Regarding AppleHDA

The following conditions must be met for it to work:

1. Availability of vanilla (pure) kext AppleHDA.kext in the system.
2. The presence of the HDEF section in your DSDT (or the clover fix FixHDA_8000->True)
3. Specify the layout in DSDT (or in the config.plist of the clover Devices->Audio->Inject->1,2,28...etc. Select from those specified for your codec above)
4. Put away ALL sound patches (if they were in your config.plist) from the KextsToPatch section
5. Remove DummyHDA.kext (if used)
6. If you used VoodooHDA.kext, delete it. Also delete AppleHDADisabler.kext and rebuild the cache.
7. For Intel HDMI 4000/4600, a clover fix is ​​required: UseIntelHDMI->True

UPD from 05/14/2017

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The network is now full of copy-pastes, essentially the same article about installing MacOS X on a Hackintosh with approximately the same title. I’ll tell you how to install Mac OS X from a flash drive on a Mac.

There is nothing complicated here, but not everyone is a pro, and reinstalling the system on a Mac is quite a rare thing, this is not Windows. When is this necessary? In my case, I needed to upgrade from an old version of Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) to the next Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6).

The question arises: why write about such old stuff when OS X 10.9 is on the way, but today we’ll leave the topic of novelty alone, the essence of the question doesn’t change. Disk image OS X Snow Leopard Install DVD 10.6.3 Retail I took it from the inmac.org torrent.

In general, you can install both OS X Lion (10.7) and Mountain Lion (10.8) from a flash drive. You can legally purchase OS X Mountain Lion in the App Store (issue price is only 625 rubles).
Once the download is complete, a utility will appear in the Applications folder. installing Mac OS X Mountain Lion.
Right-click on the installer and select “Show package contents.” Next, copy the OS image from the “SharedSupport” folder to any convenient location InstallESD.dmg.

Creating a bootable USB flash drive or Mac OS X disk

To record an image of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, a double-density DVD is required (6.3 GB will not fit on a regular disc), and there was no drive for recording this either. I wasn't upset. At a time when spaceships are roaming... use CDs bad manners.

We plug a suitable flash drive into the computer and launch Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.

1. First of all, we format our flash drive. In the “Erase” tab, specify a new name (for example MAC_OS_X) and file system Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
2. We mount the image of the future system by double-clicking on the image file. In my case it's Mac.OS.X.10.6.3.Retail.dmg(or InstallESD.dmg as described above). The image will appear in the left pane of Disk Utility.
3. Go to the “Restore” tab. From the sidebar of Disk Utility, in the “Source” field, drag (Mac OS X Install ESD). In the “Destination” field, drag the created partition on the flash drive (MAC_OS_X).
4. Click the “Restore” button. This process is not fast, so you will have to wait a little.

Booting Mac from USB flash drive

We boot the system by holding the Alt key (aka Option) until a selection of boot options appears. Well, then all you have to do is follow the installer’s instructions.

By the way, all user data, even the desktop screensaver, remained untouched when moving from one version of Mac OS X to another. Although at the time of installation, a lonely cold ant ran down the spine when it suddenly became clear that the user did not store some of the documents on the server and did not make backup copies. So, I recommend not to be lazy and, just in case, create a backup copy of important documents in advance.

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