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The Complete Guide To Building A Hackintosh [OS X 10.7.3 UniBeast]

9:30AM February 7, 2012 | Adam Dachis

Building a hackintosh — that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware — used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now your options are vast and the installation process is fairly simple. With that in mind, here is our always up-to-date guide to building a hackintosh that will walk you through purchasing compatible parts, building your machine, and installing OS X all on your own. Thanks to a new process, it’s even easier than before. More »


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Learn About All The Special Files That Help Your Hackintosh Run

11:00AM January 31, 2012 | Adam Dachis

Creating a hackintosh has become incredible simple, and we’ve kept you up-to-date on the latest process. But as things get easier, you can lose sight of how everything works under the hood. Knowing the special files that make your hackintosh run and understanding what they do can be very useful when you need to troubleshoot. More »


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Follow These Best Practices When Dual-Booting OS X And Windows 7 On A Hackintosh

9:00AM January 20, 2012 | Adam Dachis

Windows and Mac OS X don’t always get along so well when they’re required to co-exist on the same drive, but that doesn’t mean they can’t. Hackintosh master tonymacx86 outlines the best practices for setting up a dual-boot environment on your hackintosh in this charming video. You’ll get all the information in the video above, but here’s an outline of the steps you should take for reference: More »


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A Buyer’s Guide To Hackintosh-Compatible Parts

5:30AM December 23, 2011 | Adam Dachis

We’ve looked at how to find the right parts for a hackintosh on your own, but now hackintosh expert tonymacx86 has posted a comprehensive list of builds and parts for creating Intel-based machines of all kinds. It includes a quite a few sample builds as well as a very helpful, long list of compatible graphics cards. More »


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Ask LH: Can I Hackintosh My Laptop?

5:00AM December 21, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Dear Lifehacker, I have a Sorny Inspironbookmate 2564300iP00. Can I make Hackintosh? But seriously, I know a lot of people ask if they can hackintosh their obscure laptop that nobody has ever heard and I know it’s very unlikely that they can, but when is it possible? When can Mac OS X be installed on a out-of-the-box laptop and run just like it would on a real Mac? Thanks, Dream the Impossible More »


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Directly Install Mac OS X Lion On Your Hackintosh

2:30AM November 3, 2011 | Adam Dachis

If you’ve read our guide to building a Hackintosh you know that installing Mac OS X Lion requires a bit of work. You have install Snow Leopard, then go through a fairly tedious upgrade process rather than just installing from scratch. Fortunately, thanks to a new utility called UniBeast (from tonymacx86, of course), that’s no longer a problem. More »


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How To Troubleshoot A Hackintosh

5:30AM September 30, 2011 | Adam Dachis

We love building hackintoshes, but seeing as Mac OS X wasn’t exactly made to run on third-party hardware you’re bound to run into problems now and again. When you do, here’s how to deal with them. More »


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The Complete Guide To Building A Hackintosh

1:00AM September 20, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Building a hackintosh — that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware — used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now your options are vast and the installation process is fairly simple. With that in mind, here is our up-to-date guide to building a hackintosh that will walk you through purchasing compatible parts, building your machine, and installing OS X all on your own. More »


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Ask LH: How Do I Choose The Right Hardware When Building A Hackintosh?

3:00AM September 7, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Dear Lifehacker, I’ve read your guides on how to build a regular Hackintosh and a Hack Mini but the hardware I want is a little different, plus some of the parts in those guides are no longer available. How can I figure out what hardware will work so I can build the best Hackintosh for me? More »


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Ask LH: How Do I Upgrade My Hackintosh To Mac OS X Lion?

3:00AM July 23, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Dear Lifehacker, I really want to try out OS X Lion, but I have a Hackintosh I built using one of your guides. I’m scared to just update it normally; is there anything special I have to do? Sincerely,Looking Forward to Lion More »