Mac os x installation how. How to Install Mac OS X on Windows PC Using VirtualBox
Mac installation OS on a regular PC - the operation is not particularly difficult. First, let's choose Mac version OS. And now there are a lot of them, starting from versions 10.5, ending with the latest 10.7, but there is 10.8 in development Mountain Lion, but I won’t touch on it for now because it’s not ready.
Hackintosh: Installing Mac OS X on PC
What do we need for a successful installation? Not much is needed:
1. MacOS Image – I chose MacOS 10.7 Lion.
2. Directly Mac-compatible computer.
There are no special comments on this item, since 10.7 is installed on many desktop PCs. I would like to note that assemblies for Intel are more widespread, so if you have an Intel processor, you are in luck.
I have this configuration:
- Motherboard: ASUS P5QT-CM
- RAM– 4 GB
- Hard SATA drive 250 GB – in in this case It should be noted that the drives must operate in AHCI mode, otherwise installation may not be possible (almost all motherboards support this mode, you just have to look in the BIOS)
- Video card – ASUS GeForce 9500GT 1GB
3. It is also necessary free time– installing the OS itself takes 15-20 minutes, but setting it up takes much longer.
4. Internet – where we will look for drivers (kexts) for our system.
That's it... Now it's time to prepare your computer for installation. Let's start with the BIOS:
First you need to translate hard disks V AHCI mode, as shown in the screenshot.
Let's allocate a fraction disk space to install a Mac system. For this operation I recommend using Acronis Disk Director.
First, let's look at the disks - the disk must have MBR (Master Boot Record) markup, then an unallocated area is required - about 20 GB. In my case - this area I will “cut off” from the logical drive:
Note: It is best not to leave the area unmarked, but to give it file system ReiserFS.
Installing the system on a computer
When you reboot, the following picture will appear:
The bootloader will prompt you to press F8 to select the disk from which to boot, or press any key to install the system.
After pressing a button (for example, spacebar), a bitten apple and an indicator below it appear:
A welcome menu will then appear, prompting the user to select a language for installation (and for the system itself):
Let's take a look around:
On the left side we show all hard drives and partitions, and on the left - operations that can be performed with a specific disk (partition). Select our ReiserFS partition and go to the “Erase” tab. Let's choose Mac format OS Extended (registration of keyboard, journal) and give some name to the section (preferably on English language), then the “Erase” button.
All! Can be closed Disk Utility. After closing, the system installer will appear before our eyes:
The next window is the window hard choice disk:
Select our newly created disk and click “Install”.
Note: This item contains a menu for setting up system components:
And on the screen we have a countdown...:
Once completed, the computer will notify you that the installation was successful and require you to restart:
Then, when the screen that is already familiar to us appears, you will need to press the F8 key, after which we will go to the device selection menu. Our disk will be highlighted with the sign of a bitten apple.
Hello dear readers.
There are several major operating systems that many users use. And Windows and Mac OS are considered among the most popular. The latter comes with computers from Apple Corporation. When purchasing such units, people try to use the security they already have. But sometimes some people need to switch to an OS from a “competing” developer. In the following article I will tell you how to install Windows on a Mac. This can be done in several ways - it all depends on the needs of the users.
There are several options Windows locations on computers from Apple. This could be a second system (installed on an SSD or on external drive), built into the first or even the main one. We will review each of these cases as they become popular.
So, one of the most common is the use of Win as a second system. Fortunately, the Mac OS developers latest versions provided for such a situation and placed the appropriate tool. Therefore, this method describes the option of installing an additional OS via Boot Camp. The application is located in " Programs" In addition, it can be found in the search Spotlight.
For the procedure itself you need:
Download the image with the operating system from the official Microsoft website.
Availability empty flash drive 8 GB.
Sufficient volume empty space on your hard drive.
It’s worth saying right away that this option is perfect for devices without a DVD drive, since the entire installation will take place from a flash drive.
So, now we need to do a number of actions:
To get back into the Microsoft environment after using Apple's OS, you need to reboot and hold down the Option button.
Parallels Desktop( )
Besides additional system, it is possible to place the required OS “inside” the main one. This can be done using a virtual machine. There are specially different software, allowing you to carry out everything you need. So, for example, you can install via Virtualbox- a good free solution.
But the most convenient and most suitable for OS X is considered to be placement via Parallels Desktop. At the same time, the application is also considered the best in terms of performance and battery life.
This option is perfect for users who need to use programs designed for Windows, but at the same time they only have a Mac at hand. It is perfect for clients who do not want to understand the tangle of settings.
True, there is one big drawback - the program is paid. Of course there is an option trial version. But it will end sooner or later. You can always find a demo version or buy the full version on the official website. It also provides detailed help on all features of the application.
So we need to do a few things:
As a result, users are offered complete working Windows, which runs inside Mac OS. At the same time, in the future, users will be able to easily change various settings virtual machine.
If something suddenly becomes unclear to you, the application provides detailed help.
You cannot write code for iPhone on PC. Apple party politics. Although the iPhone SDK is classic GCC, I don’t know of cases where it was written on a PC. But you can still install the iPhone SDK on a jailbroken device, write and run code directly on the phone/tablet.
There are rumors that installing MacOS on a regular PC is "difficult and uneasy".
In fact, it all depends on luck :) On luck and on hardware.
In my case, installing MacOS X was a little more complicated Windows installations 7.
There are a lot of installation paths. I will describe the simplest and most straightforward one. Complex options are not for me. If something doesn’t work out, it doesn’t mean that you can’t install MacOS. Perhaps it is possible, but more in complex ways. For laptops you can search ready-made images boot disks (modified by craftsmen).
The latest line of Macs is just a regular PC. An ordinary PC with a slightly modified bios. And MacOS only has drivers for a limited set of devices that come with Macs.
There is no need to reflash the bios (although this is one of the possible ways). I now have MacOS X, Win XP, Win 7 running on one hardware. But I’ll have to look for the firewood (written by craftsmen, even in the source code).
Briefly: "We're downloading a special boot disk, reboot from it, insert the original MacOS X DVD, install it, update it, search for and install drivers. All."
0. Setting up bios
Optional, but desirable part.
1. Set the SATA controller to AHCI mode (I have always had it as AHCI).
2. Turn ACPI on (some people advise, on the contrary, turn it off).
3. Switch HPET (timer) to 64-bit mode (I didn’t find one like that).
4. Turn off all processor cores except one (I haven’t found one like this).
5. Turn off SpeedStep.
Everything works for me regardless of the ACPI and SpeedStep settings.
1. Is it worth visiting at all?
Burn .iso to CD-RW. We boot from it, if a disk selection menu appears - hurray, your PC is now almost a Mac. If it doesn’t work, try another .iso. I downloaded the very first one, for regular hardware: empireEFIv1085.iso.
If all .isos do not work, you can try older versions of EmpireEFI. If nothing suits you, then the simple option is not for you. There's a bunch left complex options installations ( Google, forum and wiki to help), or buy Mac-compatible hardware (list), or buy a PC with MacOS already configured and installed (there are companies that do this), or find those who will supply MacOS, or still buy a real Mac ( having overpaid twice).
2. You need a regular MacOS X installation DVD
Now your PC is almost a Mac. You can insert the MacOS X boot DVD and install it.
For iPhone SDK 4.0, you need version 10.6 or older. I installed 10.6.3, auto update updated it to 10.6.4.
Where can I get such a disk?
1. From a friend of a poppy grower.
2. Buy in a store.
3. Download the image from the Internet and burn it to DVD-R DL (double layer) which is 8Gb.
4. Download the image from the Internet and make bootable USB flash drive.
If you know a poppy grower with bootable DVD- this is the most The best way. It will help you install and configure MacOS.
If the “department for combating crimes in the sphere of high technology" - buy the official disk. Installing MacOS on a PC violates the Apple license, but this license is not valid in the Russian Federation, because it violates the laws of the Russian Federation (specifically, Article 1280 of the Civil Code). This license also violates the laws and is not valid in Europe. but not in the USA.
You can download the image, for example, from here.
It is in Mac .dmg format.
This format for Windows can write (and convert to .iso): PowerISO, UltraISO.
You can simply convert to .iso using dmg2img.
You need to write to a two-layer DVD-R DL disc, at the minimum possible speed and with a recording check. If the installer cannot read anything from the disk, he will write to you that you can throw the disk out the window.
To make a bootable USB flash drive, you need an already installed MacOS (even one running under VMWare will do) and a flash drive with a size of 8Gb or larger.
3. Where will we put it?
How to put MacOS on one physical disk without erasing it already installed Windows- I don't know. Paragon Partition Manager can create MacOS partitions on the same disk with Windows; the MacOS installer even sees this partition, but refuses to install it on it. He wants a GUID for the entire disk, but refuses to install it on the MBR.
But you can install MacOS, and then Windows (using BootCamp).
I did it simply - I bought it new disk especially for MacOS.
4. Installation
We boot from the EmpireEFI CD, when the disk selection menu appears, remove the CD and insert the MacOS DVD (or bootable USB flash drive), select the disk from which the installation will take place. That's all.
For advanced installation diagnostics: in the disk selection menu, press Tab (which will switch to text mode), select the disk (up/down arrows) and type "-v".
If you see a language selection menu, then you're lucky the second time :)
If usb keyboard or the mouse does not work, then try removing and inserting them until they work. This only happened to me once, all other times everything worked without problems.
Switch languages: Win+Space.
The installation is no different from installing on a Mac.
When prompted to select a disk where to install, go to the menu (which is at the top): Utilities -> Disk Utility, select the disk, go to the Erase tab, set Format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and click on Erase. After formatting, we exit the utility and see that a new disk has appeared suitable for installation.
MacOS will take up 7 GB of disk space.
5. After installation
After installation, my network card and Internet immediately started working. Updating the system to 10.6.4 via the Internet was successful (Apple -> Software Update), it downloaded more than a gigabyte. If the driver is for network card didn't work - you can always set it up later.
I disabled all sleep modes (System Preferences -> Energy Saver). I have them disabled in Windows, and they wrote on the forums that there could be problems: either it won’t fall asleep, or it won’t wake up. I didn’t even try it myself. Restart and Shut Down - work.
MacOS will not boot on its own. To boot, you must first boot from the EmpireEFI CD and select the drive where you installed MacOS. To boot ourselves, we need myHack or Chameleon, both of which are on the EmpireEFI (Empire EFI/Post-Installation) CD. First, install myHack; if MacOS will not load, install Chameleon. And don’t forget to set the first boot disk with MacOS in bios.
If MacOS does not boot (wrong bootloader or driver does not fit), you can always boot from the EmpireEFI CD.
I have a new myHack, downloaded from the Internet, but it doesn’t work. Chameleon - got up, the old myHack with CD Empire - also got up, stopped on it, because... it boots MacOS without any extra clicks.
MyHack and Chameleon prompt you to select a boot disk at startup - this way you can boot into Windows (if you have one). You can also select the boot disk when you start the computer using Shift+F8 (my bios can do this).
6. Drivers
Drivers in MacOS have the extension .kext
The main (system) drivers are here: /System/Library/Extensions/
Drivers for PC: /Extra/Extensions/
A basic set of drivers is on the EmpireEFI CD: /EmpireEFI/Extra/Preboot.dmg/Extra/Exten sions/
Copy all these .kext to /Extra/Extensions/
Information about hardware as MacOS sees it: Apple -> About This Mac -> More Info.
If the network card does not work, you can search for drivers under Windows. MacOS can read NTFS and FAT drives. My MacOS sees all WinXP and Win7 disks in read-only mode. You can also download the drivers onto a flash drive.
Place the drivers in /Extra/Extensions. Sometimes you need to put the driver in /System/Library/Extensions, replacing the system one (this is written in the driver description). Sometimes you need to erase the system driver.
After changes in drivers, you need to update the driver cache.
This is easy to do using pfix. We launch it, it will ask for the password for the system and the number of the disk where the system is located. It works for a long time, about 15 minutes. If the system has an empty password, pfix does not understand this; it needs at least a 1-letter password (change the password here: System Preferences -> Accounts).
The driver for NVidia installed right away, I tried the first one I came across: NVEnabler 64.kext
After updating the driver cache and rebooting, the mode changed from 1024x768 to 1920x1080 and new modes appeared in System Preferences -> Displays.
I didn't find a driver for my mother. Everything worked as is, except for the sound. I read on the forums what I need for my mother universal driver sound VoodooHDA.kext. Tried it different drivers: either there was no sound, then volume did not work, then volume worked, but there was noise at maximum. This driver worked with a bang when the system AppleHDA.kext was erased.