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This tutorial will show you exactly how to get the latest version of Mac OS X on your PC in a few simple steps, its also free.

I know many people that don't believe me when i say that Mac OS X works on PC...well it works and i want to share how to do it with you guys thats don't already know how :]

What you will need:

A dual core intel based PC
A torrent program or alternatively you could use rapidshare
A dvd burner
A blank 4.7GB dvd
InfraRecorder program (you can get this at http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/InfraRecorder/1179241924/1)
Determination and Patience :P

 
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Step 1: Download iatkos v4i ISO

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You can search "iatkos v4i" or "iatkos" on google and find a link to a torrent

or

you can goto this link: http://hotfilms.org/non-windows/iatkos-v4i-intel-only-macos-10-5-4-a-99694.html it has all the rapidshare links for the ISO image. If you use this method to download the file you have to download all 24 of the parts.

Once you have downloaded all of the parts you must make sure they are all in the same folder and you have to extract the first file and it will automatically extract the rest into one folder. In order to extract these files you must have Winrar (can be found at www.rarlab.com/download.htm)

epicnoobpwn says: Jan 30, 2011. 1:06 PM
Is there a way I can get it to boot into windows by default and Mac OS X as a secondary OS?
epicnoobpwn says: Jan 30, 2011. 12:58 PM
I tried iAtkos v7. That worked. I tried iAtkos S3 v2 (its snow leopard) and it worked so much better. I mean everything worked. All my hardware. I could dualboot windows 7 and os x successfully. You'll find my instructable in the related bar on the right.
iLikeCoolStuf says: Apr 30, 2009. 5:01 PM
Is this a real mac os x, os or is only something fake? and wat is iatkos v4i or iPC, Kalyway, iDeneb?
xeonfuze (author) in reply to iLikeCoolStufMay 3, 2009. 6:17 AM
Yes this is installs REAL Mac OS X on a PC...it is not a lookalike it is simply Mac OS X that has been modified to run on a PC. iPC, iAtkos, Kalyway and iDeneb are all different distros...they are different versions that have different bootloaders, kernels and drivers.
iLikeCoolStuf in reply to xeonfuzeMay 3, 2009. 6:25 PM
So lets say that i will use iPc if i download it and install it how many space do i will need
xeonfuze (author) in reply to iLikeCoolStufMay 7, 2009. 12:15 AM
Mac OS X will take up around 9-10 Gigabtyes of hard drive space
iLikeCoolStuf in reply to xeonfuzeMay 10, 2009. 4:21 PM
So how do i can make mac bootable from a 16 Gigabtyes jump drive?

this will be my last question
epicnoobpwn in reply to iLikeCoolStufJan 30, 2011. 12:54 PM
Yes. Thats what I did. Takes 1hr to install.
xeonfuze (author) in reply to iLikeCoolStufMay 11, 2009. 3:22 AM
well um, there are two ways of doing that, you could either make something similar to a live cd...but on a flash drive or you could install it on your flash drive by selecting it as your drive when you install it...but that would mean you could only boot it on your computer or a computer that is completely identical to yours...ok im not sure exactly how to do either of those but i will tell you this... google is your friend
iLikeCoolStuf in reply to xeonfuzeMay 12, 2009. 4:25 PM
Ok thx
jetsmiley123 says: Aug 4, 2009. 2:27 PM
after its all installed, does it have garage band and imove and all that stuff pre loaded, or do i have to jump through hoops to get it?
epicnoobpwn in reply to jetsmiley123Jan 30, 2011. 12:52 PM
No that comes separately in the iLife package. Get it form Apple for $40 or torrent it.
xeonfuze (author) in reply to jetsmiley123Aug 4, 2009. 10:32 PM
It really depends on what hackintish distro you decide to download...there are a couple of different versions...some of them come bundled with extra software...some do not. Once the operating system has been installed its exactly like running it on a mac...there is no real difference, so there is no need to worry. You can download software just as you would for a mac.
pako1990 says: Mar 25, 2009. 10:16 PM
hey....this is an interesting project ...but i have a question 'will my games and other programmes work with this change in os' thanks in advance
TheOneAndOnlyMissingNo. in reply to pako1990Apr 9, 2010. 9:19 PM
No. Windows and Mac have different file formats that are unique to each OS. Unless you could find software like Wine, only for Mac, then no, your Windows stuff will not work.
Chief7Rings in reply to TheOneAndOnlyMissingNo.May 12, 2010. 7:45 PM
 Actually, Wine also works on Linux.
TheOneAndOnlyMissingNo. in reply to Chief7RingsMay 13, 2010. 6:49 PM
I know, I meant, for Mac instead of Linux. I have an Ubuntu machine with Wine.
gamingman in reply to TheOneAndOnlyMissingNo.Jan 25, 2011. 9:41 AM
Actually, through MacPorts and X11, Wine works great for me on Snow Leopard 10.6.6.
dakushi in reply to pako1990Sep 11, 2009. 3:15 PM
Can you play Xbox games on a PS3? Well, obviously Windows and Mac apps are totally incompatible since they are completely different OSs. You'll find the same apps made for Mac as for Windows, but you'll have to buy new. Seriously, there have been debates as to which OS is best for over 20 years now!
xeonfuze (author) in reply to pako1990Mar 31, 2009. 11:48 PM
well you would have to resize your partition that you current OS is on then make a second partition for Mac OSX, then install it. Once its installed you can access all files from you other partition. But you would need mac compatible software...as Mac OS X uses a different software platform.
Freshbott2 says: Dec 16, 2010. 3:48 AM
Wouldn't you need one of the specific Mac compatible graphics cards?

The number of graphics card models supplied in Macs is quite limited.
xeonfuze (author) in reply to Freshbott2Dec 16, 2010. 4:30 AM
A lot of hackintosh distributions come preloaded with many graphics card drivers, though I suppose it would be limited to what Macs support. If you have one of the latest and greatest graphics cards, you may encounter slight trouble. I haven't had any issues with my 9800GTX+ thus far, but this is a fairly old card, so it certainly makes sense that it would work. Sorry if I'm not of much assistance, but I myself haven't encountered any issues with graphics card drivers, not have I heard of any problems.
Freshbott2 in reply to xeonfuzeDec 18, 2010. 5:29 AM
Nah man you've actually been of great assistance, I have the 9600. So it most likely would work.
mspearin says: Aug 13, 2010. 2:22 PM
Will iATKOS_V7 work with the rest of the programs that you said to use??
xeonfuze (author) in reply to mspearinDec 8, 2010. 8:12 PM
Any ISO will work with infrarecorder. Once the disc has been burned, all you have to do is follow prompts. Different Hackintosh distributions will require slightly different things, but all in all it's about following the prompts. Google will also be very useful.
raza.qadri says: Dec 25, 2009. 2:43 PM
 i have a laptop that i am thinking of doing this to
since this is a new laptop, i dont want to screw up and so i need to do my research. this laptop has a intel centrino core 2 duo t6500 2.10 GHZ processor... will this work?
xeonfuze (author) in reply to raza.qadriDec 27, 2009. 9:04 PM
Well you are going to need to make a separate partition in order to install it anyway.  So not a lot can really go wrong if you only mess around with your BLANK partition.  An intel centrino core 2 should work just fine in my opinion.  Newer Hackintosh distros even support AMD processors.   
Chief7Rings in reply to xeonfuzeMay 12, 2010. 7:48 PM
 Will an Intel Celeron Dual-Core work??? Thanks!
broken_to_fix says: Mar 7, 2010. 6:15 PM
 just buy the lepord thing or some thing and shuve it in your pc and it will run it or if you allready have a mac and a pc just put in a repair disk or some thing then woot you got a pac lol pc+mac=pac!
jttkill says: Oct 7, 2009. 12:38 PM
Is I possible to dual boot with this?
jacobjordan says: Jun 20, 2009. 12:24 PM
I have a problem when i go to install mac. When i boot from my dvd and it gets to the point where the apple screen comes up with the spinner on it, it will show an X in the middle of the screen and hang forever. I booted it again and made it show the diagnostic messages instead of the GUI screen, and it seems to get hung up here:

Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID = "2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>

I originally thought my cd burn was corrupt, but after doing a bit more research it seems that mac can't find it's root device, as if it can't find the DVD it's running off of. I can specify the rood device manually when it boots, but i don't know the BSD device name that mac assigns the cdrom drive, or for that matter, i don't even know if mac is recognizing the cdrom drive as a device at all. I don't know how much of a mac person you are, but any advice you could give me would be much appreciated.
xeonfuze (author) in reply to jacobjordanJul 30, 2009. 1:19 AM
Well unfortunately the results differ greatly from computer to computer. Like...the above distro works on MY computer perfectly but not on my dads computer. At this point i am really not sure what causes all these errors...but you aren't the only one having trouble with hackintosh, it can be fairly unstable. Im sorry but i have no real solution as i am not all that good in experimental areas such as these.
jacobjordan in reply to xeonfuzeAug 6, 2009. 12:20 PM
I downloaded and installed iDeneb and it works fine.
ferrari484 in reply to jacobjordanSep 5, 2009. 6:33 AM
Does ideneb let your pc work faster than xp or no different from normal. And do any windows games work on it.
xeonfuze (author) in reply to jacobjordanAug 18, 2009. 5:07 PM
shweet
mayney93 says: Jul 5, 2009. 9:42 AM
has it got to be a dual core intel?
xeonfuze (author) in reply to mayney93Jul 30, 2009. 1:15 AM
as long as it is SSE2 or SSE3 it will work
Kasm279 in reply to mayney93Jul 29, 2009. 12:22 AM
no
disturbedreaper says: Jun 24, 2009. 7:18 PM
ahhhhhh i have 2 comps that have deul core amd and 1 comp that has an intel pentium m crap i wanted to do this too
Kasm279 in reply to disturbedreaperJul 29, 2009. 12:22 AM
you can still do it
DivideByZero says: Jul 28, 2009. 8:19 AM
Hey, cool Instructable :) Has anyone seen the Mac OS 7 on Windows Instructable?

If so, does anyone know how I could do a similar thing with OS X?
Yerboogieman says: Jul 15, 2009. 5:23 PM
I have used Mac OS 10.5 on single core processors, even an AMD!
benjgvps says: Mar 24, 2009. 6:45 PM
The link you posted to the actual download goes against Apple's EULA, thus violating copyright laws.
hcold in reply to benjgvpsMay 2, 2009. 9:40 PM
EULA is not a copyright. It is a set of rules, given to the user AFTER buying a product, and considered a contract by the company. It has not been tested in court, so you're safe at the moment completely ignoring the EULA.
cornflaker in reply to benjgvpsApr 30, 2009. 4:57 AM
So? Your point being?
xeonfuze (author) in reply to benjgvpsMar 31, 2009. 11:47 PM
no one cares...
conradev says: Apr 18, 2009. 8:52 AM
Even though its free, you forgot to mention its not legal

I used a Kalyway disk, never tried iatkos. what version does iatkos install?
xeonfuze (author) in reply to conradevApr 18, 2009. 10:40 PM
depends what version of iAtkos you download...but the one i have linked above installs version 10.5.4, so you would have to update it once its installed iAtkos probabaly isn't the best so i guess it might be better to go for iPC, Kalyway, iDeneb etc. they seem to be better and more stable, and i am going to do a fresh install with the latest iPC so hopefully that should be good
conradev in reply to xeonfuzeApr 19, 2009. 6:34 AM
iPC is sweet, it installs 10.5.6 right off the bat!
xeonfuze (author) in reply to conradevApr 28, 2009. 11:48 PM
yeah i know :P just got it, its great!
j.hov85 says: Mar 30, 2009. 7:15 PM
benjgvps: STFU! no one cares what you think
andou in reply to j.hov85Apr 8, 2009. 5:05 AM
I care, what benjgvps thinks. I just think he's wrong!

What part of Apple's EULA does it go against?

I'm sure that I'm not the only person that think at times Apple's EULA is a bit of a joke, and not something to be taken seriously, anyway.

Some people even seem to read into the EULA that all you would need to do to satisfy it is slap an Apple sticker on the case of whatever PC you wanted to install OS X on.

Others have also suggested that Apple's EULA basically demands that 'consumers' relinquish their 'established-rights'.

I'll leave you to draw your own conclusion, and I will admit that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, even if they are completely unsupported, and ridiculous.
xeonfuze (author) in reply to andouApr 9, 2009. 1:30 AM
i just think its stupid to comment when you know the person is not going to care...if i am posting links to an OS on the net then i obviously know what i am doing and the laws i am breaking...which would lead you to the conclusion i dont CARE, yes its ok to voice your opinion...but HE wasn't voicing his opinion, he was saying that i was in breach of Apple EULA which is not an opinion but a factual remark, thought it isn't true it was still suggested in a factual way, and i responded to that by expressing how i did not care and assumed that no one else would be kind enough to care...but obviously someone such as yourself has good moral values...a very good quality, im not exactly lke that myself as you can see
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