henjon123 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I have a macbook pro 15 inch with a broken screen and logic.(thats what apple said) I would like to put the still working hard drive into hackintosh compatible pc and boot up without hacking at all. Is this possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Yes it is possible, but if you want to use it in a PC it's not possible to do it "without hacking" unless you are extremely good at picking compatible notebook hardware. And even then, some hacking will be required. Practice getting a fresh retail install of OS X running on your PC with as few modifications as possible and with the bootloader + patches separate from the system, as much as you can in /Extra/Extensions. Preferably the same version of OS X as is installed on your macbook's old drive. Once it is working well, you can then use the same configuration to boot the drive from the macbook and it should work. It's possible that some registered, store bought software will stop working as it will be tied to your macbook pro's serial number and/or ethernet MAC address. Of course there are ways to spoof these on a hackintosh (or a real Mac). It will not be easy to pull all of this off and get away 100% clean, but it should be possible if you know what you're doing. It'll be a lot of work. Good luck and keep us updated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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