Hackintosh From Start to Finish (Part 3): Key Pre-Installation Concepts

In this video series, I hope to explain everything that you need to know about building a hackintosh. Throughout this series, I take you from the beginning stages of planning and researching, all the way to having Mac OS X fully running on your PC!

In part 3 of the series, I talk about some key terms and concepts that you need to know before installing OS X to your PC. The better you know these terms, the easier this process will be for you and the less issues you'll have!

More questions? Check me out on Twitter: @cpukid

Also be sure to check out the TonyMacx86 forums. This process wouldn't be possible without TonyMac and his community!

[cpukid]

@Christian Sipes Thanks for the kind words! I would honestly wait for Ivy Bridge to be fully supported. With that said, there are a lot of 1155 motherboards that would be a great starting point.

[cpukid]

@DrMohanadHouse Thanks for watching! I'm glad the video helped!

[cpukid]

@fagerbag No, but don't worry! I have a full dual booting video coming up in the series!

[cpukid]

@toqi786 I know there's an app you use to do it, but I personally have never done it. You can ask around on the TonyMac forum.

[HodainGraphine]

Great video as always, Installing the Mac OSX and kext is the hardest part for me I'll have to do alot of research

[Sarge]

my guess is dsdt is diferentiated system device table but i cant be sure anyway will the new ivy bridge cpus work on osx

[cpukid]

@wiigamer136 Thanks for clearing that up for me. I wasn't quite sure. There are some things that require a DSDT, though.

[wleikko]

Thank you for this video, it really helped me learn some things about running OS X on PC hardware..!

[amaterasu]

Your knowledge based on your research is quite impressive. That is the kind of quality that will be useful when you actually work in a company. I'm very sure you will do well.

[cpukid]

Many things have changed since January 8th when I uploaded this video.

[craigkinsleyDOTcom]

Quick question: I found the DSDT section on the TonyMac site, but my specific motherboard isn't listed. it's a EVGA x58 E768. It looks like the E764 is listed though. Not sure what to do, very noob.

[DrMohanadHouse]

Thank you very much for this great video I didn't know half of the information in this video keep up the good work

[HABEEBBANG]

hey i am having trouble with booting os .. as i press enter for boot with the unibeast usb pic on the screen my pc restarts every single time i try to boot.. can you help me

[DevDamian]

Bob, i cannot find DSDT for my motherboard. I tried to search but no results. My motherboard is Acer Predator G5900 (i know its name of computer) but it what CPU-Z and HWINFO tells me. I found DSDT Editor but i cannot find patch so it doesnt help me too. And year ago I had OSX (Snow Leo) installed and i have old DSDT (but its old and it didnt worked well). What should i do? Where i can find DSDT for my computer. Thanks

[pertileluca]

Nice video as always! Greetings from Italy!

[siekiersk]

so i have a core i7 920 x58 chip set, is there a motherboard that you would recommend. if i could get any of them what one should get ?

[cpukid]

@MrNinjaboy100 Definitely. There's no real risk involved as long as you back up everything that you don't want to lose.

[DrMohanadHouse]

FYI the DSDT database is a bit outdated in asus p67 side becase there ire DSDT files for sabertooth deluxe and pro
in fact i am using one right now for sabertooth motherboard P67 and it is not in the data base
SO DO YOUR RESEARCH ON EVERY PART YOU ARE PLANING TO BUY

[flawns]

hmmm will my new gtx 670 work? I didn't find anything. You said osx 10 will recognize everything once I download the dsdt for z77 chipset I have. So then I wont need the nvenabler.kext?

[cpukid]

@MrNinjaboy100 It's "frowned upon" by Apple, but not illegal.