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MAC DREAMINSTALLING MAC ON WINDOWS/LINUX MACHINE

MAC DREAM

You might need to install Mac OS on your non apple machine for one of the following:

To develop iOS/Mac OS apps

To Use the exciting Mac OS

HOW ?

Install Mac

Install the developer tools

INSTALLING THE MAC

IATKOS

Many version are out there

You can download them

WHAT IS NEEDED

SOFTWARE NEEDED

Hackint0sh

VitrualBox

XCode

SOFTWARE NEEDED

Hackint0sh

VitrualBox

XCode

A vitalization tool by SunIt will be used to create an run the mac

virtual machine

SOFTWARE NEEDED

Hackint0sh

VitrualBox

XCode

It is the modified version of the Mac OS, it is ready to be installed on the virtual

machine created by the virtual box

SOFTWARE NEEDED

Hackint0sh

VitrualBox

XCode

It is the IDE needed to develop Mac OS and iOS applications.

To develop iOS application, the iOS SDK is needed with the XCode

CLEAR STEPS

VIRTUAL BOX

Download the Virualbox from the official sun/oracle website

Install the virtualbox, it is straight forward 1

HACKINT0SH

It is the hardest part, search for one of the hackint0sh versions on some torrent websites

iAtkos, Hazard are the most known types of hackint0sh 2

CREATE VIRTUAL MACHINE

Creating a virtual machine on the system

Installation Steps follows 3

New virtual machine

Set type to mac machine

Set memory (RAM) virtual size, try to make it larger then 2 GB

Create new virtual hard disk, this option will start a new wizard to configure the new hard disk

Make it dynamic, no need to reserve the whole space before it is needed

Here you can set the virtual drive space, 20GB is min., 30GB is better. Here you can change the location to

save the space

The end of the hard disk creating wizard, click done

The end of the machine creating wizard, click done again :)

Machine > Settings > System .. uncheck EFI

Machine > Settings > System > Acceleration .. be sure that virtualization is enabled

VIRTUALIZATION

If you did not see the acceleration tab enabled, so your PC has no hardware virtualization or it is disabled.

Solution will be discussed in the common issues section

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Machine > Run > and continue ..

The first run requires an iso/dmg file to use as bootable medium for installation

Boot from the Hackint0sh iso image

Format the virtual space you have created using the disk utility

Select the device and click erase

Customize .. it is where you will go to trial and error, try to select some drivers to install

DRIVERS

Drivers are critical issue, you need to select some drivers that you think they match your HW, and check it.

If your choice was not correct reinstall and select other drivers

Sometimes you might need only the basic system and it works fine without installing any drivers, it is recommended for first time

The idea of “select all”, may fail because of drivers conflict, it is not recommended

CONGRATULATIONS :)

Expect that your machine will boot with your new mac machine

You will start to configure your machine, create user account, ..

XCODE

Download and install the XCode with the iOS SDK no problem with this step

Compatibility with Mac versions are listed in the known issues section 4

KNOWN ISSUES

XCode versions

XCODE AND MAC

Mac OS Version XCode and iOS SDK

Leopard XCode 3.0 and iOS 3.1

Snow LeopardXCode 3.2 and iOS 4

tillXCode 4.2

Lion XCode 4.3 and iOS 5

Virtualization issue

VIRTUALIZATION/ACCELERATION

There are two types of virtualization:

SW virtualization, it is found in almost all machines

HW virtualization, it is not found all the time

If the acceleration tab was not activated in the settings it means one of the following:

No HW virtualization

HW virtualization is disabled

WHICH ONE ?

Go to BIOS

If you found virtualization item, enable it

If you did not find virtualization, it is not supported :(

NO HW VIRTUALIZATION

If it was your case you can install only leopard version

Mac OS X versions: Lion, Snow leopard and leopard

So you will need to search for hackint0sh version which contains leopard

google example: iAtkos leopard

If you downloaded the iAtkos leopard, continue as the same, but you will need old XCode version supported on leopard

HAPPY MAC :)