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The Complete Guide To Building A Hackintosh

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.

September 7, 2011
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Ask LH: How Do I Choose The Right Hardware When Building A Hackintosh?

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?

July 23, 2011
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Ask LH: How Do I Upgrade My Hackintosh To Mac OS X Lion?

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

June 28, 2011
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How To Build A Hackintosh Mini For A Less Expensive, Faster Mac

We’ve shown you how to build a Hackintosh with enough power to rival a Mac Pro, but for those of you who want a still powerful Mac on a budget you can build a Hack Mini. We’ll show you what you need to build it and walk you through the entire OS X installation.

January 21, 2011
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How To Create A Portable Hackintosh On A USB Thumb Drive

There are tons of awesome live, bootable Linux systems, but what if you need to run OS X? Reader Will shows us how to put a portable version of OS X on a thumb drive and boot it on (most) Intel computers.

January 7, 2011
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How To Update Your Hackintosh To Mac OS 10.6.6

The Mac App Store may have pros and cons, but you Hackintosh users are probably itching to upgrade to 10.6.6 and check it out. Here’s what you need to know about the upgrade.

November 25, 2010
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How To Triple Boot Your Hackintosh With Windows And Linux

We’ve walked through how to triple-boot your Mac with Windows and Linux, but if you’re using a shiny new Hackintosh, the process is a bit more complicated. Here’s how to get all three operating systems up and running on your new PC.

October 26, 2010
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How To Build A Hackintosh Mac And Install OS X In Eight Easy Steps

Building a Hackintosh from scratch—that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Mac hardware—has never been easier, and the final product has never performed better. Here’s how it works.

July 10, 2010
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How To Run Mac OS X In VirtualBox On Windows

If you need to use OS X but don’t want to build a new computer, reader Bobby Patton shows us how to run Snow Leopard in a virtual machine with just a few tweaks.

June 26, 2010
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Our Hackintosh Build Upgrades Without Issue To 10.6.4

Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.4 just over a week ago, and if you’ve been waiting to hear whether it works on systems built following our start-to-finish Hackintosh guide or the newer no-hacking-required guide, I’ve got good news: I finally got around to installing the update, and the Hackintosh upgraded without issue.

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