Hackintosh / Os X 86 Thread

[FTLN]

Strange because if I don't use iMac 12,2 smbios then I get agpm errors all over the place .....

Im only using fakesmc and and a modded hdaudio kext, all the rest is dsdt edits in uefi....

Allthough the multi beast and unibeast are very user friendly you have no idea what them kext's could be monitoring on your Pc ...

 

[Chris230291]

Sorry mate i wished i could help you with that.

LOL! They aren't installing anything malicious. If they did then little snitch would pick up anything like that. Multibeast is by far the best solution i've found, then again i've not heard of whatever it is you are using so i cant really comment on it. But for the past 3-4 years Multibeast has been my preferred method

Chris.

 

[FTLN]

I'm on 10.8.3
I use an IB CPU too. So you think setting it to an iMac would make it quicker because they ship with IB? I'm led to believe my system is fully functional with speedster etc working correctly.

Here is a geekbench run with ivy bridge power management -

and here is one with sandy bridge power management -

Differences are not that much but consistent over multiple runs.

Also with Ivy Bridge power management my cpu drops down to multiplier x8 800mhz when power is not needed to save enerygy whilst with sandy power management minimum multiplier is x16 1.6ghz ..

The differences are not much but they are there ...

 

[Dicehunter]

After blood, sweat and tears I finally got OSX to run and found out I didn't like it lol
But I did do a geekbench run, Judging by other peoples scores I think mine might be faulty, I repeated the test several times and it always came out roughly the same.

 

[FTLN]

After blood, sweat and tears I finally got OSX to run and found out I didn't like it lol
But I did do a geekbench run, Judging by other peoples scores I think mine might be faulty, I repeated the test several times and it always came out roughly the same.

Or could be that I'm not optimized properly....

There are a lot of 3770k's with scores in the low 20ks

 

[FTLN]

Just ran a geekbench in windows and got the same,, I'm thinking that them 20k scores are borked somehow !!

 

[Feronix]

Had an old Snow Leopard (1.6.8) machine that didn't work very well as I used an Ivy chip in there which didn't exist yet when this software was written. Updated to 10.9 Maverick yesterday via a Unibeast flash drive. Formatting and installing was an absolute breeze.

I noticed that my video, ethernet and audio worked out-of-the-box in Mavericks. Still installed the correct drivers/kexts using Multibeast and everything works really well. Spent a good 3 hours browsing the web, installing apps and all that yesterday and most of it went pretty smoothly.

Also installed the Chimera 2.2.1 bootloader via Multibeast but it didn't seem to work. Still needed the Unibeast flash drive to boot, or else I'd get a Boot0 error. Turns out my HDD has 4,096 bytes block size instead of the older 512. Had to unmount my drive with Mavericks on it, go into Terminal and type this command:

dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/disk0s2

After that, I shut down the machine, pulled out the flash drive and booted. Yay, it boots on its own now

Specs list:
- Core i3 3225
- HD 4000
- Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
- 2x4GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz RAM (still have to clock this right)
- 1TB WD Caviar Blue

All packed into my good old Shinobi. White and green of course!

The LED fan is gone now:

(Sorry SuB, the post became a tad longer than expected )

 

[MetroBaz]

Some great info here, I've been contemplating a dual boot (with windows) for a while.
I occasionally use Linux distros from ext. HDD and I love tinkering with unfamiliar OSes.

 

[Feronix]

Some great info here, I've been contemplating a dual boot (with windows) for a while.
I occasionally use Linux distros from ext. HDD and I love tinkering with unfamiliar OSes.

It's good fun to do. In the OS itself there isn't much to do tweaking wise (especially when you're used to Linux).

You also need quite specific hardware (Intel platform and preferably a Gigabyte mainboard for the biggest part). If you don't have that, it can be a serious nightmare to get things to work or it just won't get you anywhere from the start.

For a list of the best hardware, golden builds and full guides on making the install USB, I would recommend you to take a look at the Tonymacx86 website

 

[Bean_Burrito]

I myself have produced quite a few hackintoshes to go along with my rig builds. I'll post some photos and info when I have the chance. Nice rigs everybody. Mostly all hack macs I've put out are all graphical workstations for photo/video/sound stuff production.

 

[Genesius]

ive got mavericks on mine and everything worked fine out of the box including the GTX770 but its really buggy. im waiting for the new update to come.

I found that:

Safari crashes at the 'top sites' page if you try and move anything.
Logic X crashes
the magnification on the dock is slow and the graphics are a bit sluggish and buggy when navigating menus.

these problems are on real macs too so its nothing to do with what I have done, I just need that new beta to go live so I can update and see what it fixes.

 

[Antony1995]

A few weeks ago now I installed Mavericks on my PC, I didn't think it would work because of my specs but surprisingly it does quite well.
My Spec:
CPU: Pentium E5200 lga775 2.5ghz
4gb generic RAM
MOBO: Foxconn G31MXP-K motherboard
GFX: xfx amd 7770
POWER: corsair cx600m
STORAGE: 60gb ocz vertex 4 ssd and a 250gb and 160gb hdd's (mavericks installed on this drive)

I don't use it all that much but when I want to have a play around with some mac stuff it is pretty handy.

 

[meltd0wn]

WOW an OSX86 thread woohoo ill be right at home here.

My current machine is as follows

Case: NZXT Swtich 810 in white
Mobo: Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H
Chip: Intel i7 3770k
Ram: 16gig Corsair ram
GPU: Gigabyte 560ti
Power: Corsair 850 Gold
Cooling: Corsair H100
Storage: OCZ 256gig (main drive) Seagate 500gig Hybrid drive 3 Seagate 1.5tb storage drives 320gig seagate laptop drive for win 7

Running 10.9 stable.

I have a macbook pro 17 (last one made) and a 2010 mac mini but the mini will be replaced next year with another hackintosh.

 

[TheOuterOne]

Just got Mavericks working on my Asus N56VB, battery percentage works although the Elan kexts do not seem to work for my touchpad. Can't wait to get multi-touch gestures.. Also, sleep mode doesn't work, does anyone know a fix for that? It goes into sleep mode but the screen stays on (black) and I can see the mouse pointer, it doesn't move when I move the mouse, when pressing space I instantly get to the login screen.

 

[Dicehunter]

Is there any plus side to using the mac OS over the windows OS ?

Just curious as I've always wanted to try it out.

 

[Feronix]

Is there any plus side to using the mac OS over the windows OS ?

Just curious as I've always wanted to try it out.

Seeing as you like an open OS and customizability, OS X is probably not for you. I did find that it works pretty damn smoothly with Adobe applications such as PhotoShop or After Effects.

Also, the included Apple apps like iMovie and Garage band are pretty good for a bunch of free, included apps.

I also have a feeling that, someone correct me if this is impossible, audio sounds slightly better within the Mac OS X operating system (using a FiiO E10). Maybe this has something to do with the audio API that Windows uses.

Your board won't really work though, or at least not offer a butter smooth experience. Gigabyte is the way to go. For 'some reason' they are extremely compatible with OS X.

 

[RickPlaysWarr]

Gigabyte motherboards work well because they have parts very similar to the Apple macs. I have built 2 out of gigabyte boards and its very easy to do. The things that make it easy are having the LAN and Sound chips match what OSX is used to. Then the Graphics card is next. You can build without a card and add the card in later. EFI Bios is a must on a Hackintosh.

If you look at this site, all the hardware listed is easy to get running. I highly recommend TonyMacX86 site for advice, and utilities to make it easy to get up and running:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/420-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-april-2014.html

 

[Dicehunter]

Seeing as you like an open OS and customizability, OS X is probably not for you. I did find that it works pretty damn smoothly with Adobe applications such as PhotoShop or After Effects.

Also, the included Apple apps like iMovie and Garage band are pretty good for a bunch of free, included apps.

I also have a feeling that, someone correct me if this is impossible, audio sounds slightly better within the Mac OS X operating system (using a FiiO E10). Maybe this has something to do with the audio API that Windows uses.

Your board won't really work though, or at least not offer a butter smooth experience. Gigabyte is the way to go. For 'some reason' they are extremely compatible with OS X.

Cooleo thanks bud, In that case then I shall stay with windows, I like custom themes too much and tinkering ^_^

Gigabyte motherboards work well because they have parts very similar to the Apple macs. I have built 2 out of gigabyte boards and its very easy to do. The things that make it easy are having the LAN and Sound chips match what OSX is used to. Then the Graphics card is next. You can build without a card and add the card in later. EFI Bios is a must on a Hackintosh.

If you look at this site, all the hardware listed is easy to get running. I highly recommend TonyMacX86 site for advice, and utilities to make it easy to get up and running:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/420-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-april-2014.html

I'll keep it for future reference