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> Because keeping a Hackintosh up and running is a hobby. It requires maintenance. macOS point release comes out? Better hit the forums/subreddits and start loo

by mbell 8y ago

> Because keeping a Hackintosh up and running is a hobby. It requires maintenance. macOS point release comes out? Better hit the forums/subreddits and start looking for driver compatibility/kexts/other hacks etc. Hackintoshes are crazy fragile. I had a Hackintosh during the Snow Leopard years and when Lion came out I just gave up. They aren't particularly fragile anymore, it's been quite awhile since an update broke something major. Even the upgrade to High Sierra which switched to APFS went off without a hitch on my machine. The only thing I have to check on before upgrading is if nvidia's drivers are supported.

knuththetruth 8y ago
Is there a community site that outlines recommended builds? I haven’t looked at Hackintosh stuff since the Snow Leopard days, but am reconsidering now that all my macs are getting up there in age (and none of Apple’s new offerings are appealing).
- dljsjr 8y ago
  https://www.tonymacx86.com https://www.tonymacx86.com used to be the go-to but like I said in my original comment I haven't Hackintosh'd since Snow Leopard so that may well be not the case anymore.
- tumblen 8y ago
  TonyMacX86 is the best single source as dljsjr mentioned but the subreddit is also a very valuable resource in my experience: http://reddit.com/r/hackintosh http://reddit.com/r/hackintosh I built a hackintosh 2 years ago. It's been fantastic and required very little time to keep updated and running smoothly.
- mbell 8y ago
  https://www.tonymacx86.com/ https://www.tonymacx86.com/ and https://www.insanelymac.com https://www.insanelymac.com tonymacx86 is the go to place for checking on hardware compatibility for the most part. insanelymac tends to be more technical, it's where a lot of devs that make it all work hang out. You likely won't need insanelymac unless you are trying to get some poorly supported hardware working. I should have noted in my previous comment but I purposely chose hardware for my build that I knew worked well. Things can get complicated if you are trying to make any random hardware work, although even that is much better than it used to be.

by mbell 8y ago

knuththetruth 8y ago

Is there a community site that outlines recommended builds? I haven’t looked at Hackintosh stuff since the Snow Leopard days, but am reconsidering now that all my macs are getting up there in age (and none of Apple’s new offerings are appealing).

dljsjr 8y ago
https://www.tonymacx86.com https://www.tonymacx86.com used to be the go-to but like I said in my original comment I haven't Hackintosh'd since Snow Leopard so that may well be not the case anymore.
tumblen 8y ago
TonyMacX86 is the best single source as dljsjr mentioned but the subreddit is also a very valuable resource in my experience: http://reddit.com/r/hackintosh http://reddit.com/r/hackintosh I built a hackintosh 2 years ago. It's been fantastic and required very little time to keep updated and running smoothly.
mbell 8y ago
https://www.tonymacx86.com/ https://www.tonymacx86.com/ and https://www.insanelymac.com https://www.insanelymac.com tonymacx86 is the go to place for checking on hardware compatibility for the most part. insanelymac tends to be more technical, it's where a lot of devs that make it all work hang out. You likely won't need insanelymac unless you are trying to get some poorly supported hardware working. I should have noted in my previous comment but I purposely chose hardware for my build that I knew worked well. Things can get complicated if you are trying to make any random hardware work, although even that is much better than it used to be.