Installing macOS on a Microsoft laptop

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"Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Review" - Nobel Tech

"[SFM] Who the hell is Steve Jobs?" - CoreyLaddo

[silencer]

IIRC, the reason for Russian as the default language in OpenCore's sample config is that it forces the user to actually read the Dortania guide in order to learn how to set it to English (and then, perhaps, the user will read the rest as well, thereby being able to solve 90% of problems)

[tigeroats]

I love how Matt just is realistic I feel his frustration and the method he uses to tackle the issue is fascinating

[Ashanmaril]

Minor correction: while force touch was discontinued on iPhones and Apple Watches, they still exist on modern Mac trackpads. You can click down with a normal amount of pressure, and then click harder for a further click which is what your clicks were being read as at first.

[realtuber]

I used to love using hackintoshes as a kid, but then I actually got into the tech industry... After fixing bugs all day, the last thing I want is a kernel panic on my personal laptop, so stock macbook it is for me.
I still have spare computers I sometimes play around with crazy software setups on, but it's nice having the ability to just walk away from that when I am not in the mood.

[EnderSpy]

This is great. You’ve combined two of our least favourite tech companies into one big bad bundle of… horror

[bankruptsee]

I've been in this scene for over a decade. These days, I have MacOS running on a Dell XPS 15 with full touchscreen working on MacOS, along with a Dell T1700 PC that runs an iMessage AirMessage server so I can get iMessage and Facetime on Android. It's a fun yet challenging hobby.

[arijeanz]

i love how your video perfectly captures the essence of computer tinkering, especially on the software side: "yes, this is tedious, there's no real reason to do it, and there is a clearly superior alternative to doing so, but it's fun, so who cares?"

[DenselPlayer]

I love this channel because it makes me feel like when I do it myself, with all the problems, try and error and the success emotion

[DavidSanguineti]

Imagine having so little confidence to not be able to recognize that BigSurface is an S-tier name for their project. The developers gotta own that name.

[trippyunicorn]

The no sleeping issue may be linked to how Microsoft pushes Modern Standby (S0ix) over traditional sleep (S1-S3) in the ACPI power configurations. If I recall correctly, macOS has no support for S0ix.

[C]

I've also built a ton of hackintoshes over the years. Like a lot of people, I did so for music production. If you run a home studio, you likely know how expensive music gear can be. A common scenario you can get into with music gear like audio interfaces or control surfaces is that many years after purchasing it the hardware likely still functions perfectly, but whatever company made it has stopped making drivers for newer operating systems. Usually newer audio interfaces and control surfaces don't even really offer much of a benefit over older models aside from a more up to date USB connector and current drivers. As far as audio quality or what the control surface can do, it's likely exactly the same or very close.

Running a hackintosh means you have real full x16 PCIe slots, which a lot of this older hardware needs. You can also use hacked / patched drivers to get older hardware to work properly in newer versions of mac OS, saving you a ton of money from having to needlessly replace gear that still actually physically functions. It's also a common scenario to stay 1 or 2 full OS versions behind with a studio computer because music software companies can be slow to update. If you have a ton of plugins / virtual instruments / etc. installed it can be a bit of a choreographed dance to keep it all running properly on the same system. Running a hackintosh allows you the flexibility of getting the best possible hardware for your particular situation without Apple's business choices they make to appeal to consumers holding you back.

I'm both sad and happy to see the hackintosh coming to an end. Sad because, while frustrating, finally getting a hack up and running exactly the way you want it is satisfying and I learned a lot in the process about how mac OS works internally. However, once I truly have no choice I'll be happy that I'm not spending as much time tinkering and maybe more time actually creating. I'll likely need to get a 2011 mac mini on ebay or something to run some of my older MIDI hardware that requires mac os 10.11 and then use the network MIDI functionality to share it with a newer mac. That will likely be the only viable solution, because purchasing replacements for some of this older gear that physically still functions properly but only has old drivers would cost far more than a new mac.

[ywsrujw]

getting macOS to run on a PC is like almost drowning but then being pulled onto a small island made entirely of fireants

[UltraCenterHQ]

Apple: "HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS"

[isweartofuckinggod]

If you're curious I2C is basically the USB of internal connections. It's super common for multiple circuit boards inside a device to be using I2C to talk to eachother. One cool thing is that it's daisy-chainable, so you can connect a bunch of devices to the same wire and they'll all work. But that comes with the major drawback that disconecting anything while the system is running breaks it (that's why you never see it anywhere besides buried in places you're not meant to see).

[Suprithjadhav]

I appreciate the effort and research you have done to make this finally work 👍

[pdlbackup]

Oh my god, I have never had a surface before, so that boot screen at 13:06 when you're booting into Ubuntu caught me off guard LOL

[MayoImad]

Now we need Windows on an iPhone/Android device, would be cool if possible.

[repoversemedium]

Nice to see your videos are still good after all this time.

[TheCinaedus]

I am so glad I've discovered this channel. My compliments!

[Girvo]

I2C is inter-integrated-circuit interface :) it’s a nice master-slave bus that lets you communicate with other chips in a standard way. I use it all the time at work!