Category: "Apple"

Hackintosh VM

August 24th, 2021

I ran across a YouTube video recently describing how to set up a hackintosh VM - OSX running in a qemu vm.  This goes a bit above and beyond to actually assigning a separate GPU to the VM and performance should be pretty good.  I started working on this but had some issues with getting networking set up the way I want to and haven't had a chance to get back to it.  Here are all the links for reference.

Apple won't like this... - Run MacOS on ANY PC
New and Improved Mac OS Tutorial, Part 1 (The Basics)
Example-OSX-Virt-Manager
Mac OS VM Guide Part 2 (GPU Passthrough and Tweaks)
Creating an Ubuntu 20.04 KVM Networked Bridge Interface
iommu.sh
Prepping OSX VM for Apple ID
example-config.plist
macOS Catalina Patcher
Setting up Qemu with a tap interface
macOS-Simple-KVM
virt-manager guest resize not working
1920x1080 resolution works with basic.sh but not virt-manager
How to install Liquorix kernels
QEMU Invocation
Qemu Documentation/Networking
Setting up Qemu with a tap interface


Mac Mini 2006 - Maxed out

May 24th, 2021

I have a first gen Mac Mini (2006) that I use for Mac specific software on occasion.  It's so old at this point that I can't install most new software, webpages won't load because the browser is so outdated, etc.  With a few modifications, I can get OS X 10.7 Lion installed and eke out a few more years (hopefully).

Mac mini (Late 2006)
OS X 10.7 Lion
CPU Upgrade Options for 2006 and 2007 Mac minis
dosdude1's Personal Web Server (OS Patcher)
How do Install lion on a 2006 macminiWith core 2 duo?
How to Install Lion on any CoreDuo Mac upgraded to a Core2Duo
How to Install OSX Lion: PC/Hackintosh and Thorough