Mac Hacks – Top 10 Ways to Run Mac OSX on PC and Other Platforms!
by tanya on Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Whoever said “once you go on a Mac, you never go back” knew what they were talking about. While Microsoft continues its worldwide domination, Jobs and his motley crew’s share of the pie also keeps on increasing. As a not to recent Mac convert, I thought it would be fun to explore the wonderful world of tigers, leopards and snow leopards , etc. So we present you the best Mac hacks.
Run Mac OS X on a PC
While some may believe that a Mac and PC just doesn’t mix, we beg to doffer. A Mac OS operating system on PC hardware can be a match made in heaven so check out this hack here.
Here are the steps you’ll take to use PearPC to install Mac OS X:Download the PearPC PowerPC Architecture Emulator.Obtain hard disk images for use with PearPC.Obtain images of your client OS installation disk.Configure PearPC to use the hard disk image and the OS images.
Rest here.
OSX Timemachine and Samba/Windows Share
Learn how to use OSX 10.5.2 time machine with a Linux Server/Windows Server/Windows Share. Before you begin, make sure you have already set-up the samba server or windows share on the network. Instructions here.
How to Build a Hackintosh with Snow Leopard
Those who love tinkering with their gadgets and all sorts of hardware will love this one. Sure it’s challenging but the end result is more than rewarding. Read the details here.
How to Dual Boot Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7 on a PC
Get the best of both worlds by dual booting Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7 on a PC. This has to be every geeks wet dream. Get all the details here.
How to Build a Dell Vostro A90 Hackintosh!
Tinker with your Dell Vostro A90 and install OSX on it. The A90 is usually available with a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM, and 16GB SSD. Details here.
How to Run Mac OSX On Apple Tv
Run a full version of Mac OS X on your Apple TV and enjoy the wonderful of OSX in your living room, semthex from Hackint0sh.org, in collaboration with AppleTVHacks.net is the brains behind this hack. Details here.
How to Run OS X on DELL Mini 9!
Thanks to this hack, you can have your own little netbook that runs on OSX!
What You’ll Need
• Dell Mini 9 With 16GB SSD or higher (8GB SSDs will technically work, but it will take some fiddling not covered by this guide)
• Retail copy of OS X 10.5.x (NOT an OEM copy that comes with a new Mac)
• A USB flash drive 8GB or higher
• An external USB DVD drive
• The “Type11″ Bootloader: DellMiniBoot123v8.01.iso.zip
Read the details here.
Admin Hack
Create an admin account on your Mac even if you have forgotten the urgent administrator password.This process will take about 5-10 minutes and this will even work of the computer doesn’t have an Open Firmware Password. The instructions are here.
How to Install Leopard on your PC in 3 Easy Steps
Yet another hack that runs the wonderful OSX on a good old PC. This hack is for those who want Leopard OS and may not work for Tiger or Snow Leopard users.
Here are the things that you will need before Install Leopard on your PC…
The Patched DVD Image
The zip file containing the patch
One pen drive or USB Flash Drive formatted as FAT32
Instructions here.
1. Enable X-ray folders in Quick Look in Snow Leopard
2. A very simple hack which doesn’t require any technical skills! Just run the below mentioned command and see all the contents of folders cycled in Quick Look.
3. defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders -boolean yes
Hope you enjoyed reading about these hacks and who knows may you can try them at home and channel the gadget wizard inside you. In case you do build your own very little hackintosh, do post the pictures below.
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