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You've read it, this guide/repo will guide you on how to install macOS to your desktop computer (laptop could work too, I am not going to do that in this guide though since laptops aren't in the general level of difficulty hackintoshing wise).
In this guide we don't cover AMD CPU's, this guide is primarily focussed around Intel CPU's
This guide is meant for desktop PC's, you could follow the same steps for laptops but most laptops will require extra patches and fixes.
We are not "professional" hackintoshers in any way. We know how to get a hackintosh working and we would like to spread our knowledge.
This guide is made by a few people. All have different opinions and different approaches.
- Picking hardware for macOS
- Pre-Install
- Post-Install
- Troubleshooting
- Experiment test
- Multiboot
- iMessage/Facetime
- Audio
- HDMI Audio
- Power Management
- SMBIOS
- Tips
- Credits/Acknowledgements
- Vanilla guide by CorpNewt
- Kext/tool/installer spreadsheet
- Latest Clover
- Official latest Clover
- NVIDIA Web Drivers or here
- Hackintosh Discord server
A hackintosh is a pc running MacOS. There is no actual "Hacking" involved as you might think because of the name.
More info can be found here.
You will need a list of your computer's specifications, a general idea of how an operating system works and a high pain tolerance.
More instructions here.
Kext files are essentially drivers for Mac OS X. "Kext" stands for Kernel Extension; kext files "extend" Mac OS X's kernel, the core part of the operating system, by providing additional code to be loaded when your computer boots. "Hackintoshes" often require special kexts to enable sound, ethernet, and more. Some Hackintosh-specific kexts are modified versions of existing Mac OS X kexts, such as AppleHDA.kext. Other kexts are extra additions to the normal list of kexts that OS X runs on startup. In the end, all of these Hackintosh kexts serve the same purpose: to add support to hardware that isn't officially supported by Apple.
Technically, kexts aren't individual files. In fact, .kext "files" are essentially packaged like .zip files. If you copy a .kext file onto a Windows installation, it becomes a folder. That's because that's what kexts are-- folders. Much like Apple's .app files, you can access the inside of a kext by right-clicking the kext file and clicking "Show Package Contents". Once you've entered the contents of the kext file, you will be able to edit the plist (settings) files and make other modifications, if necessary. Editing the contents of kext files is occasionally necessary to activate certain graphics card kexts or fix glitchy kexts.
For more here
What is Clover about? Obviously not about the grass growing on a meadow for the cows' pleasure. It is about a software, a boot loader of a new type, that allows Mac OS X to run on a common PC.
Apple restricts the usage of its operating system to its own devices, arguing that it can not provide functionality on devices it didn't produce in the first place. Well, users will take the risk. No commercial advantage is taken in order to avoid other legal complications. A non-Apple computer into which Mac OS X is installed is called Hackintosh; the label's origin is self-explanatory.
In order to start a hackintosh, a special boot loader is needed. There is a big variety of boot loaders, but they can be divided into two groups: FakeEFI and RealEFI.
For more here
No, you can always ask for help from Discord server or anyone with some experience.
I won't say Uni/Multibeast is bad, they compile their package with too much outdated kext. Some pre-install kext can causing problem and you may not even know where's the problem when you got kernel panic or something like that. Yes, the idea is good at some points but this is hackintosh, it's not some thing like Windows and you can just install and let it go.
I recommend you check out this page here
If you feel the need to say something about the guide you can do that in the hackintosh discord server.