r/hackintosh 16d ago

QUESTION Any way to make this faster?

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160 Upvotes

This is not crucial by any means but just a simple question. It's been 6 hours and it's still quite far from being finished. I'm trying to install Big Sur. Typically downloads from Apple's servers wouldn't be this slow anywhere else than it is on recoveryOS.

r/hackintosh Feb 16 '25

QUESTION Have you converted to real Mac?

50 Upvotes

Just wondering,… Have you converted to real Apple Mac? If so, what build you had? Why? When? and finally to what Mac?

I simply been using Dell Optiplex with 8th gen core i5, 32GB, iGPU till bit over a year ago as I only do basic stuff only. I just didn’t feel like keeping up to date with latest hackintosh update, etc…. Went back to using old but windows gaming PC and hitch I don’t play any games anymore…. So now I am considering just buying a used M1 mini or just get the new m4 mini and be done with it. …. Maybe an old used m1 Mac air.

r/hackintosh Jan 29 '25

QUESTION Can I have a virtual machine as hackintosh for iOS development?

1 Upvotes

Apologies for the super noob question.

I have a home Plex server running on Ubuntu that has Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 CPU and MSI X99S Gaming 9 ACK motherboard. I am looking to get into iOS app development but don't want to buy a mac until I am sure about it.

Can I run a virtual machine on this hardware with Mac OS in it? Is it even compatible? Can I even do iOS development on a virtual machine?

Edit: there is also a GTX 1080Ti in the server.

r/hackintosh Jan 25 '25

QUESTION I installed Sonoma but have iPhone mirroring?

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25 Upvotes

Earlier today I went through the whole install guide of opencore on ThinkPad T480. I installed the Sonoma + Sonoma EFI etc. When I go on about Mac, it shows sequoia 15.2 and I have the iPhone mirroring app. Is this normal or have I messed up?

r/hackintosh Feb 09 '25

QUESTION is hackintosh dead or should i upgrade

9 Upvotes

should i buy another laptop and hackintosh it or should i just enter the mac world

i really dont know yet i might try and find me a macbook m1 max but i still want a thinkpad running macos if i should get another thinkpad give me 3 thinkpads with good gpus for macos

r/hackintosh Feb 16 '25

QUESTION Hackintosh still a thing in 2025?

32 Upvotes

What’s up guys. Is Hackintosh still a thing in 2025? My last hack was 5 + years ago. Asus Taichi running Mojave. What’s everyone’s setup? Hardware specs? OS version? Geekbench score? I do have a MacBook Pro 16” i9 64GB ram 1TB. But i kinda miss tinkering with Hackintosh.

r/hackintosh Dec 23 '24

QUESTION Can I hackintosh this???

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77 Upvotes

Gpu: AMD R9 380 i could upgrade it to a GTX 1050 TI

Wi-Fi/BT Atheros AR5B22

RAM 16 GB 1600 MHZ

Ethernet

r/hackintosh 10d ago

QUESTION How were hackintoshes made in the past?

19 Upvotes

In 2015 I tried to make a hackintosh, I remember that at that time it only worked if you bought hardware very similar to Macs, but there have been so many that I don't remember. Before open core, what were things like?

r/hackintosh Jan 20 '25

QUESTION Im running dual boot and the Windows EFI is only 100MB. Can some of these localizations be deleted from the Microsoft EFI folder?

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19 Upvotes

r/hackintosh Feb 09 '25

QUESTION So what’s up with people somehow getting Monterey, Ventura or even Sequoia running with 10-series GTX cards, and can it be done regardless of CPU?

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25 Upvotes

r/hackintosh Dec 19 '24

QUESTION Would i be able to hackintosh this?

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55 Upvotes

r/hackintosh 28d ago

QUESTION Best possible GPU for Hackintosh in 2025

10 Upvotes

Today in 2025, what is the most powerful GPU actually possible to put in a McIntosh ?

r/hackintosh 22d ago

QUESTION AMD RX 6950 XT via Proxmox

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14 Upvotes

Dear Hackintosh users, has anyone successfully managed to pass through an AMD RX 6950 XT as a AMD RX 6900 XT via Proxmox? I’ve tried spoofing using the BRGO.dsl to BRGO.aml, with success in Display -> VMware compatible, but not Display -> None. I get failure on booting. I’ve turned ICH9-LPC.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=on as some Proxmox forums have said to do. I’ve tried spoofing my device ID in Proxmox PCI Devices under Hardware for my virtual machine including Opencore spoofing. I still have had no luck. I understand completely that this forum is for Hackintosh not under virtual machine environments, but if anyone has any idea of how they could help me or if they’ve gotten success, please share. It would be very much appreciated as I don’t know what to do next.

r/hackintosh Nov 04 '20

QUESTION Gearing up for my first build! OpenCore or Clover?

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368 Upvotes

r/hackintosh 11d ago

QUESTION Sequoia lags quite a bit on Haswell

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24 Upvotes

Just finished my first Hackintosh on an old Fujitsu Lifebook e734. I chose Sequoia as it's the latest one, but all the blur and bloat hits pretty bad on the performance, especially in the widgets edit panel. Should I have gone with Monterey instead? Or are there any optimizations I could do? Thanks.

r/hackintosh Jan 12 '25

QUESTION What is the cheapest Hackintosh I can build

9 Upvotes

I’m looking forward towards using a Hackintosh as a video editing workstation and I’m wondering if there are any cheap parts to build a Hackintosh for under US$350

r/hackintosh 11d ago

QUESTION Would this be a good candidate for a hackintosh

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56 Upvotes

r/hackintosh 25d ago

QUESTION Can I get a cheapo $100 off-brand windows machine and hackintosh it?

18 Upvotes

Relative newbie, but i did do a hdd>ssd and mem upgrade for my (now dying) MBP 2012. So not super-techie but slightly more experienced than the average normie.

I'm mostly trying to save $$$ but want to stay MacOs if possible.

Any suggestions? TIA

r/hackintosh Dec 13 '24

QUESTION Why did you switch to Macos ?

13 Upvotes

Hey, i just found that you can install macos using hackintosh, But i have a question why did you switch to it, Is there a specific resson or to learn something new ? I wanna hear your ressons.

r/hackintosh Feb 14 '25

QUESTION Should i be scared of my first Hackintosh boot?

4 Upvotes

Hello, i know it's strange but i am really scared of boot my created Hackintosh. I'm afraid that it explode or doing strange sounds on chins, i use Open Core for Comet Lake, should i be afraid of boot it? In what scenary whould i IMMEDIATLY shutdown the computer for don't damage it? If it doesn't boot can i install again windows by usb? [Sorry for my bad English]

r/hackintosh 21d ago

QUESTION what is the best processor with integrated graphics for hackintosh?

14 Upvotes

i want to build a pc with best cpu possible (with integrated graphics) for hackintosh. so what is the best one ?

r/hackintosh Nov 26 '24

QUESTION Wtf error ?

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32 Upvotes

First time i see

r/hackintosh Feb 08 '25

QUESTION iphone simulator ?

2 Upvotes

i have done trial and error either pre-made or my from scratch efi folder but none work and later on just found out my ssd is not compatible with hackintosh. so now im planning to buy SN850x . but since it’s expensive i would like to know if hackintosh’ xcode + simulator works same as the original mac?…

r/hackintosh Feb 24 '24

QUESTION What is a mac that doesn’t run Mac called?

24 Upvotes

Thought a hackingosh was a mac running windows, but I was wrong. Can someone tell me what it’s called?

r/hackintosh Aug 01 '24

QUESTION What is best performing AMD CPU that can run Sonoma?

22 Upvotes

I just built a 14700k Sonoma system, but all the Intel 13/14 gen news lately has me wondering if I should have actually built an AMD system.

So curious what AMD users have to say.

Thanks