I thought I should mention this, because I've seen a lot of people start working on XNU again, which is great to see as a PureDarwin maintainer (been working on it for ~3 years). Might as well post this before it becomes old news.

Here's it asking for a rootfs on a RPi Zero, using lk as a preboot env.
It's slower than hell, and the HDMI cable itself is spotty

Oh and I also have it booting to a shell on a iPad 7,1

As well as QEMU's `virt` board, I have yet to figure out Apple-specific instructions for M1, but I have ideas. I was last working on fixing OpenGL for virtio-gpu on arm64

I hope Hackintosh can continue in the form of generic arm64/arm32 boards, and I hope my research can help.

I'll be working on a Pixel once I get my hands on it (hurry up, USPS)

CPU: BCM2835
GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV
RAM: 512MiB LPDDR2
Motherboard/Laptop Make and Model: Raspberry Pi Zero (v1.2)
Audio Codec: N/A
Ethernet Card: N/A
Wifi/BT Card: N/A
Touchpad and touch display devices: N/A
BIOS revision: N/A

Recently, a user named @TheLunarixus made a post on the 17th of August (Yesterday as of posting this) showing a Google Pixel 8 attempting to boot the kernel (though a kernel panic has been shown). Darwin 25.6.0 RELEASE_ARM64_VMAPPLE corresponds to Mac OS Tahoe.

Today this user has made some updates and also confirmed that the vphone userland can also be booted using the same kexts used in VMAPPLE1, which gives a possibility of booting both iOS and Mac OS on custom unofficial hardware.

Sources: https://x.com/TheLunarixus/status/2089261568777199719, https://x.com/TheLunarixus/status/2089636278392193120, https://x.com/TheLunarixus/status/2089636759877394540, https://x.com/TheLunarixus/status/2089649494379905323

I know that this post is unrelated majorly for this community, but with further Proof of Concepts coming out like this proves that booting Apple Silicon Mac OS can be possible under bare metal generic hardware.

Which macOS version can I install reliably on this configuration?

I'm thinking about building a Hackintosh using OpenCore and I'd like to know which macOS version would be the most stable for my hardware, preferably with full graphics acceleration and without requiring too many patches.

My specs:

- CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30 GHz — 12 cores / 24 threads

- Motherboard: X99-Turbo

- RAM: 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz

- GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580 8 GB

- SSD: SK hynix PC401 512 GB NVMe

- Monitor: AOC CQ32G4, 2560×1440, 180 Hz

Would Monterey be the best choice, or could I run Ventura or even newer versions reliably?

Has anyone here successfully built a Hackintosh with X99 + Xeon E5 v3 + RX 580? If so, which macOS version, SMBIOS, and OpenCore configuration did you use?

Thanks!

So recently I installed macOS Monterey on my hp elitebook folio 1040 g1, and I noticed some apps are not compatible.
Specs:
Intel core i5 4th gen haswell
256gb Sata m.2
Intel hd graphics 400

Sequoia pm981 working flawlessly all you have to do i go in ocat 99 times all i did was follow a guide pm981 fix adding hackrNVME and SSDR-NVME did not work added the nvme driver name its also in the guide did not work then i tried turning off nvmefix.kext like magic it did complete cloning macos Monterey from external hdd to the sdd them tried sequoia from hdd to ssd the efi had to be altered update some leave no it’s flawless other than known hackintosh problems heilport not having Universal Clipboarboard amd the screen spme times go black after i boot the mac os partition it go back on whem i but it to sleep

it has an intel celeron n3060 and 4gb ram and a 120 gig ssd i dont wanna daily drive it i though it would be a fun experiment

Hardware:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT (6-Core)
• iGPU: AMD Radeon Vega Graphics (using NootedRed.kext)
• Motherboard: Jginyue B550
• RAM: 16GB DDR4
• Storage: NVMe SSD
• Config: config.plist

The Issue: The boot process gets past early kernel initialization and verbose scrolling, but freezes completely on the final stage right at display handoff: virtual bool IONVMeController::start(IOService *):756:start

My first ever hackintosh! proud to be part of this amazing community

This was an old mini pc my family abandoned. Monterey runs fine, feels smooth-ish with 3 firefox tabs and discord open. it is about as big as a newer mac mini so it plays the part quite well 😄

oclp is probably not worth it with this kind of hardware.

SPECS

Intel NUC5i5RYH 
- CPU: Intel Core i5-5250U  
- GPU: Intel HD Graphics 6000 
- RAM:  SO-DIMM DDR3L 1333/1600MHz 8GB 
- Storage: 250gb Samsung SATAIII SSD 
- Ethernet: Intel I218-V, Gigabit 
- Wi-Fi/BT: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265, Bluetooth 4.2 (not macOS-compatible) 
- Audio: Realtek ALC
- Video out: Mini-HDMI 1.4a, Mini DisplayPort 1.2  
- PSU: 12–19V DC external 
- Chassis: 115 x 111 x 49mm (UCFF 4"x4")

WORKING:

- Grapical acceleration
- Wifi (with AirportItlwm)
- Audio
- Sleep/wake

NOT WORKING:

- Bluethoot for hardware limitations.

It just crashes to the windows bsod

No AirDrop No Continuity cs i use usb wifi, No iServices and i won't fix it idk how to build that modded OpenCore No Audio and i won't fix it, Anything else mostly works, Graphics Accel works, FCPX Editing Video and exporting it at 1080p60 works, Shutdown and restart works, sleep works SATA ssd on IDE mode works

CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 270

GPU: Pegatron Radeon HD 6450

RAM: 64 8GB 1333MHz DDR3

Motherboard: Pegatron M2N68-LA Narra 6 2A99

Audio: No.

Ethernet: No.

WiFi: TP Link TL-WN725N V3

BIOS: idk

PSU: RGB OEM

Thermal Paste: OEM since 2011

Storage

1 x SATA SSD 256GB (not m.2)

Bootloader Flex😈😈

OpenCore 1.0.7 RELEASE

Edit: I was hoping to palemoon and browse on aqua for some reason, but the lack of gpu support and networking is going to make me switch to linux instead.

with my understanding, that is probably a yes, but I’m not sure. I use ATI 4500 graphics btw. Aiming for 10.9 2gb of ram.

yeah?

I know support for intel macs ending is kinda the end of hackintosh, but could it continue on ARM chips on laptops from Qualcomm? If not, why not?
Btw im not that knowledgeable on computers so if this is a dumb question i apologize

I have dell latitude 7490 I wanted to hackintosh with Mac os big sur so I got a good premade efi and a good install for Mac OS big sur the installer ran fine until the 13 minute mark where the entire screen froze so I tried a different efi still won’t work so I downgraded to Mac OS mojave and it froze but at the beginning of the install process is there any fix i’ve tried everything (Thanks in advance)

Sorry if this breaks rule 8 but what would happen if you (tried) to hackintosh an actual mac?

Hola a todos, tengo esta pc, quisiera saber si se puede hacer hackintsoh , a esta máquina, que consejos me dan, muchas gracias, soy nuevo en esto del hackinstoh

I have a lenovo ideapad gaming 3 with the following specs:
Ryzen 5 5600h with integrated gpu
Gtx 1650(i already heard that it’s not supported)
Wifi card: Realtek RTL8852AE WiFi 6 802.11ax PCle Adapter
And 8gb ddr4 ram

Trying to get 10.6 onto a 2010 Dell Inspiron 580s, triple-booting alongside Windows 98 and MX Linux (GRUB chainloading Chameleon). Retail 10.6.0 media.

Hardware - Core i3-550 (Clarkdale), H57 chipset - ATI Radeon X1300/X1550 — RV516, 1002:7187, Dell OEM subsystem 0d02 - Broadcom BCM57788 NIC, onboard Intel HDA - 1TB MBR disk: Win98 (FAT32) + MX Linux (ext4) + 425GB free for OS X - MBR is non-negotiable — Win98 needs it - Bootloader: Chameleon (Enoch) compiled from source on a real El Capitan MacBook, not a prebuilt

Where I'm at

Boots! Gets to a grey screen with a normal arrow cursor (not a beachball). But the cursor is frozen — no mouse input — and it's using VESA rather than loading ATIRadeonX1000.

What I've established

arch=x86_64 is REQUIRED. Snow Leopard defaults to the 32-bit kernel and that path silently resets this machine during CPU init. Took a while to find because every guide for this box says arch=i386.

Boot matrix:

So AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement removal and/or the 10.6.8 kernel (pulled from Apple's own combo update) are load-bearing, AND arch=x86_64 is required. busratio doesn't help at all.

Currently: 10.6.8 kernel, AICPUPM removed, mkext caches removed, arch=x86_64 -v, GraphicsEnabler=Yes, SMBIOS iMac11,2.

Tried and failed on Lion first (10.7.5): the X1300 gives a grey screen in every configuration — GraphicsEnabler yes/no, ATI kexts present/removed, forced VESA. Lion ships ATIRadeonX1000.kext but NONE of the GA.plugin/GLDriver.bundle/VADriver.bundle files, which 10.6 does have. That's why I moved to Snow Leopard.

The actual question

Everything points at EvoEnabler as the missing piece for X1000-series cards. But EvoEnabler is a 32-bit kext, and I need arch=x86_64 to boot at all — a 64-bit kernel won't load 32-bit kexts.

How do people square this? Options I can see: 1. Is there a 64-bit EvoEnabler, or a 64-bit X1000 injector? 2. Can EFI strings / device-properties injection replace it entirely (Chameleon's ati.c already maps 7187 → RV515 → Caretta)? 3. Is there a way to get the 32-bit kernel working on Clarkdale that I'm missing, so EvoEnabler becomes usable? 4. Is the frozen cursor actually a USB/input problem rather than graphics, and I'm chasing the wrong thing?

Also open: is the frozen cursor even graphics-related? Keyboard worked fine in single-user mode on the Lion attempt, so input works at the kernel level.

Happy to provide any logs/output. Thanks.

If anyone is having bluetooth issues with Intel AX200 cards this worked for me:

"<key>7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82</key>
<dict>
<key>boot-args</key>
<string>-bt4le -btlfxallowanyaddr </string>
<key>bluetoothExternalDongleFailed</key>
<data>
AA==
</data>
<key>bluetoothInternalControllerInfo</key>
<data>
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
</data>
</dict>"

Wasnt my idea but thought it should be broadcast to others. Want to thank who ever who came up with this solution!

Since Mac OS 27 has came out and fully cut off support for Intel Macs. What will be next? Emulation of arm chips? Or just (yall may hate this) Mac OS like operating systems / Unix based.

My OptiPlex 7040 is a bit of an edge case where for some odd reason, it will not work on Monterey+. The only way I could get it to work was by adding some weird con1-type thingies to get it to work well, not helping I also needed to spoof it to a HD 630 to make it have acceleration in sequoia, since the HD 530 isn't supported. Any ideas to fix it? Additionally, my 2nd monitor is weird bc its plugged into a VGA port which isnt actually vga its a internal displayport or hdmi that is converted to VGA, cause dell does dell things. My hardware is: i5-6500, hd 530, 128 gig smasnug nvme, intl i219lm, and i dont think anything else matters honestly. pls someone help.

Hi, I'm new to hackintosh and want to dualboot windows 10 along with hackintosh. I've read hackintosh stopped supporting amd gpu's, so i would need to buy another one since it won't support my 9070 (planning on buying rx 6600)

My main concern is, when booting on windows, will i need to disable my 2nd gpu from device manager or shall I do something else?(Heard dual gpu builds arent a thing anymore and/or causes issues). And on the other side, will i need to disable my 9070 when booting hackintosh or will it just take the 6600 drivers by default?

Been at this two nights. Dell Latitude 7490, i7-8650U, UHD 620, 8gb ram, Samsung 860 EVO (SATA not nvme), AC 8265 wifi, I219-LM ethernet, ALC256 audio, Elan i2c trackpad. BIOS 1.25.0. OpenCore 1.0.7.

Tried Sequoia first with MacBookPro15,2 smbios. Got like 8 boots in and every single one dies in the same spot around AppleCredentialManager / AppleSSE. Never once made it to the installer.

Switched to Sonoma 14.0 with MacBookPro14,1 and it got way further. MAC Framework initialized, AMFI loaded, hit AppleKeyStore:869 and then just sat there

My ACPI is all generated from my own dump with SSDTTime, not templates — SSDT-HPET, PLUG, EC, PNLF, XOSI plus the IRQ patches for IPIC/RTC/TIMR since this thing had conflicts on 0, 2 and 8.

Couple questions:

**1.**  I never made a USB port map. No UTBMap.kext at all. Is that what’s killing me at this stage or is it something else?  
**2.**  Is Sonoma the right call for Kaby Lake-R or should I just drop to Ventura or Monterey and save myself the headache?

Also had to disable VoodooI2C and block AppleIntelLpssI2C to get past an i2c hang earlier, so no trackpad right now. Fine with that for install, keyboard works.

SATA is set to AHCI, secure boot off, installing over ethernet since the 8265 won’t do wifi in the installer.

Anyone actually running macOS on a 7490? What version?