SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) I initially necroposted an older thread of mine to attempt to find that out, but I've basically given up on that thread. My hard drive is currently split for 2 OSes. 186 GiB for Windows 7 and 46 GiB for Linux mint (I'm planning to replace Linux Mint with a hackintosh : P ) it's been a while, so I'm quite nooby again. What's the easiest way to hackintosh this ancient (and uncommonly problem attracting, apparently) laptop while keeping windows 7 completely intact? (I need it for a hobby) By the way, I'm completely unsure what OS X version I want to use (which is why it's in new users instead of one of the actual hackintoshing categories), most likely Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Edited April 13 by SevenTheAppleKitty omg i said "snow lion" and didn't fix it for the longest time aaaaaaagh Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 it's been 8 hours, can somebody bother to accept the modified text? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2830962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) 3 hours ago, SevenTheAppleKitty said: it's been 8 hours, can somebody bother to accept the modified text? Hi, please don't take offense at my post but as far as I know, I have not come across any member here at IM who is clairvoyant or have the magical ability to conjure up the exact specs of your equipment. I would hazard a guess the reason you've not had a helpful response is due to the fact that you omitted to tell us, just like you did about your Gender (Gender doesn't matter but Specs do). If I am mistaken about you offering up your specs in a previous post, please forgive me but it would be a lot easier and invite aid to your query or future ones if you furnish your Signature with the Specs of your machine. That way every time you have a query, other members can see your Signature and the Specs of your machine and what help to offer. Hope this helps and you find the aid you're seeking. Cheers. Edited March 18 by eSaF 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2830966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 (edited) 1 hour ago, eSaF said: I would hazard a guess the reason you've not had a helpful response is due to the fact that you omitted to tell us, just like you did about your Gender (Gender doesn't matter but Specs do). Lawl! Yeah, sorry. tired me was hoping someone would give some sort of suggestion before asking for the specs for some reason, I'll get to outfitting my signature with the specs of my potato. edit: on another note, how do I show signatures I hid? I hid my own signature. edit edit: by the way, the message you quoted is actually to the mods, because i edited the text and it didn't get approved for public view until hours later Edited March 18 by SevenTheAppleKitty 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2830969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) Ok now we are armed with your Specs, I am sure that will invite all the help you need. Meanwhile, go to this site - https://github.com/topics/hackintosh?o=desc&s=updated - in the search bar place the make of your laptop. Hopefully you will see an example/examples running a macOS Version, where you can download the EFI Folder to get you started. Unfortunately you have to be a GitHub member by signing up to an account to D/L files. On another note, you should really read up as much as you can on the process of installing and running a Hackintosh. Yes it's a PITA but it will help in the long run. PS. I just done a search on the fore-mentioned site and found one example - https://github.com/mavethee/Hackintosh-OpenCore-EFI-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y530 - this one. The OC Files and kexts will need updating to the latest versions, it's advisable before using the EFI Folder. Edited March 18 by eSaF Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2830971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 (edited) 45 minutes ago, eSaF said: PS. I just done a search on the fore-mentioned site and found one example - https://github.com/mavethee/Hackintosh-OpenCore-EFI-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y530 - this one. The OC Files and kexts will need updating to the latest before its advisable to use the said EFI Folder. Oh, I thought this laptop was so obscure it wouldn't have a page (mostly because it's usually mixed up with the Legion Y530, which I don't have) Is the EFI compatible with most Mac versions? Still thinking of using the OS X versions I mentioned. edit: and hopefully external display support is preincluded, my laptop screen has a malfunctioning backlight edit edit: checked the repo's README, it doesn't support audio : ( Edited March 18 by SevenTheAppleKitty 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2830972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 I attempted to booting into a opencore USB with high sierra via dortania's guide, but it resulted in the return of the first problem i ever had with hackintoshing: THE BLINKY UNDERSCORE (the laptop technically boots, but does nothing) 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2830974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdazil Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I think this laptop belongs in a museum of rarities. Don't waste your time trying to run macOS on it - there is no full-fledged or at least minimally acceptable model of using it with macOS in 2025. I don't claim to be the ultimate truth. Take this as an opinion. One of several possible ones. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2830975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 (edited) 9 hours ago, verdazil said: I think this laptop belongs in a museum of rarities. Don't waste your time trying to run macOS on it - there is no full-fledged or at least minimally acceptable model of using it with macOS in 2025. I don't claim to be the ultimate truth. Take this as an opinion. One of several possible ones. most of my time with this thing has been wasting my time running useless things on it, when given the option to dedicate a ludicrus amount of time trying to run a useless OS on or using a small amount of time to install a useful one, i'll choose the useless OS because it's fun to troubleshoot essentially, I want to waste my time (albeit I'd only want to waste my time running an OS X version before yosemite because *eurgh*) Edited March 19 by SevenTheAppleKitty Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2830983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Unrelated, but I honestly don't see why people don't install older versions of OS X when they have the opportunity, it runs faster, same case with windows, except people actually run older versions Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberdevs Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 14 hours ago, SevenTheAppleKitty said: Unrelated, but I honestly don't see why people don't install older versions of OS X when they have the opportunity, it runs faster, same case with windows, except people actually run older versions I guess you are new to the Apple world and hackintosh scene, Generally when there is a new OS there are tons of new features that are not simply available in older OSes, you can only use apps for older macOS versions up to a point, for instance Chrome/Safari won't update on macOS Catalina and older versions beyond a certain version (which I don't recall the exact version and it really doesn't matter) so, many features and security updates won't be available which leaves you vulnerable to attacks and hacks and same goes for the OS itself and many other apps as well. In a nut shell it's best to use the latest OS and updates available simply because it is better but it does not apply to maOS versions that are still receiving active updates. I'm still using Monterey and Ventura as my daily driver, Haven't upgraded to Sonoma or Sequoia but that's me, many people want to use the latest OS because they want to stay up to date and take advantage on all the new features and stay more secure or simply because they can. So why crawl when you can run? 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 I just think crawling is more fun : P so... is there really no real way to hackintosh this thing? I feel like this laptop just really doesn't like OSx86 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, SevenTheAppleKitty said: so... is there really no real way to hackintosh this thing? I feel like this laptop just really doesn't like OSx86 Even if it is possible, I feel as you're somewhat a newbie it will be an up hill battle. But as they say .....'Nothing ventured nothing gain'.....Which doesn't really work in the Hack game. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 15 minutes ago, eSaF said: Even if it is possible, I feel as you're somewhat a newbie it will be an up hill battle. But as they say .....'Nothing ventured nothing gain'.....Which doesn't really work in the Hack game. dang : / Unless someone can give a different suggestion, I guess my only real bet is just cheating (and replacing linux mint with windows XP, which is eugh) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 My computer #4 in the signature is still useful no matter what dortania may say. 4. GA 965P-S1, E6300 Conroe, Radeon HD5570, ALC888, OS⌘ 10.11.6 (15G22010), Clover 4928. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSaF Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, Slice said: My computer #4 in the signature is still useful no matter what dortania may say. Maybe you can help our friend in need @SevenTheAppleKitty with his problem machine. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1. Take ElCapitan iso anywhere. 2. Take Clover EFI even latest. https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BCqj/geU7Z93wP or other 3. Read manual about tuning and about ACPI https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases/download/5160/Clover_Of_Khaki_Color_5160-en.pdf 4. Try to install the macOS ElCapitan 5. Make preboot.log, debug.log, screenshots and add your observations what is wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 8 hours ago, Slice said: 1. Take ElCapitan iso anywhere. 2. Take Clover EFI even latest. https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BCqj/geU7Z93wP or other 3. Read manual about tuning and about ACPI https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases/download/5160/Clover_Of_Khaki_Color_5160-en.pdf 4. Try to install the macOS ElCapitan 5. Make preboot.log, debug.log, screenshots and add your observations what is wrong. Already installed winXP instead ._. maybe I'll do it eventually since I don't actually really have a good reason to have XP installed 8 hours ago, Slice said: macOS ElCapitan ew Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 (edited) On 3/22/2025 at 3:09 PM, Slice said: Read manual about tuning and about ACPI https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases/download/5160/Clover_Of_Khaki_Color_5160-en.pdf i tried reading this... It's an information overload. they keep in details that simply aren't needed and therefore causes my brain to explode, also couldn't find mentions on how to install mac os with windows already installed (or atleast, i couldn't find any through the noise. seriously meant it when i said it was an information overload) (love the outdated screenshots though, could probably get an older OS X version working assuming clover hasn't dropped support) Edited April 6 by SevenTheAppleKitty Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Clover hasn't dropped support. The brief instructions are here On 3/22/2025 at 10:09 AM, Slice said: 1. Take ElCapitan iso anywhere. 2. Take Clover EFI even latest. https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BCqj/geU7Z93wP or other 3. Read manual about tuning and about ACPI https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases/download/5160/Clover_Of_Khaki_Color_5160-en.pdf 4. Try to install the macOS ElCapitan 5. Make preboot.log, debug.log, screenshots and add your observations what is wrong. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 On 4/6/2025 at 8:08 PM, Slice said: Clover hasn't dropped support. The brief instructions are here again, i've tried looking at the instructions and the manual you linked is an information overload. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Niz Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 I was looking for the same thread. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Hosehead Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 My first hack was a Clover install and was so long ago that I don't remember much. It worked but was a little funky as I recall. My next one was an OpenCore mod to a MacPro that my company was recycling. I put in a new GPU and got it to run Catalina. It still runs today and overall is pretty solid. It helps with other things such as preparing hard drives for other hackintosh installs. Putting MacOS on old hardware is always an additional challenge. Many talented people here can achieve it but it will take extra effort. The end result may not be as good as you want. I like Cinnamon and would choose over XP anyways. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTheAppleKitty Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 (edited) On 4/9/2025 at 2:13 AM, Mac Hosehead said: Putting MacOS on old hardware is always an additional challenge. Many talented people here can achieve it but it will take extra effort. The end result may not be as good as you want. I like Cinnamon and would choose over XP anyways. Then I guess I should use chameleon as that's basically as old as this laptop and the version of OS X I'm wanting to run? XD That assumes chameleon accepts a OS X install disk that's not in the DVD drive as I don't have a physical OS X install disk.. does it? Edited April 10 by SevenTheAppleKitty Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Hosehead Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Chameleon? Wow, something else I might have played around with long ago but I don't remember much. I guess it is still around. I've had better success with install DVDs on old hardware. In your case maybe Sierra or High Sierra. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360792-how-do-i-start-hackintoshing/#findComment-2831431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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