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I found a snag with 10.13 already... The app you download from the App Store is just a small 5MB application that then downloads the entirety of the OS... Hopefully I can figure out a way to get this to work on unsupported machines.
 
I just build a budget Kaby Lake Pentium gaming PC, when apple's prices stay as crap as they are (1299$ = 1499€ WTF???) and they don't make a new, more powerful mac mini I can't wait to hackintosh the hell out of it. I really need to get my mind more into this subject. I hope my motherboard will be compatible
 
I just build a budget Kaby Lake Pentium gaming PC, when apple's prices stay as crap as they are (1299$ = 1499€ WTF???) and they don't make a new, more powerful mac mini I can't wait to hackintosh the hell out of it. I really need to get my mind more into this subject. I hope my motherboard will be compatible
Hmm. You should have checked over on tonymacx86 for your motherboard before you bought it (they also have a buyer's guide). Wouldn't hurt to do a quick search over there - see if there's any issues with your sysbrd....and return it if it looks like it'll be a major PITA. :)
 
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Early indication for 10.13 does not bode well for unsupported Macs… apparently, even if you install to a second partition, the installer necessarily updates EFI on the Mac in order to boot APFS. Surely no firmware update for "unsupported" Macs, I'd think, ergo no APFS booting… hopefully 10.13 doesn't REQUIRE APFS on the boot partition!
https://twitter.com/jnadeau/status/871838025826709505

Also, "macOS 10.13 is the last release of macOS which will run i386 apps 'without compromises'"
https://twitter.com/jnadeau/status/871843118605148160
THAT sounds ominous!
 
Early indication for 10.13 does not bode well for unsupported Macs… apparently, even if you install to a second partition, the installer necessarily updates EFI on the Mac in order to boot APFS. Surely no firmware update for "unsupported" Macs, I'd think, ergo no APFS booting… hopefully 10.13 doesn't REQUIRE APFS on the boot partition!
https://twitter.com/jnadeau/status/871838025826709505
Actually, not only is Apple File System optional and NOT required, but several people have already reported success running 10.13 on unsupported Macs using the same post-install methods that worked in 10.12.
 
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Actually, not only is Apple File System optional and NOT required, but several people have already reported success running 10.13 on unsupported Macs using the same post-install methods that worked in 10.12.
Sounds promising.


Hmm. You should have checked over on tonymacx86 for your motherboard before you bought it (they also have a buyer's guide). Wouldn't hurt to do a quick search over there - see if there's any issues with your sysbrd....and return it if it looks like it'll be a major PITA. :)

The problem is, Kaby Lake wasn't supported officially by apple until.. well now. So in the buyers guide where mostly Sky Lake based systems. And it's only since Kaby Lake, that the Pentiums are finally great again so I wasn't sure. I have an Asus Prime B25 Plus, I've read on tonymacx86 that some people installed Mac OS on that, so it sounds promising
 
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Not really. Sierra .5 is working just fine for me and "High" Sierra, feature-wise, feels more like a point update.
However defaulting to APFS is big. Anyone willing to share their experience with the APFS preview?
I do it every year for my hackintosh
I call it....fun
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Sounds promising.




The problem is, Kaby Lake wasn't supported officially by apple until.. well now. So in the buyers guide where mostly Sky Lake based systems. And it's only since Kaby Lake, that the Pentiums are finally great again so I wasn't sure. I have an Asus Prime B25 Plus, I've read on tonymacx86 that some people installed Mac OS on that, so it sounds promising
It will definitely be posible
 
Excellent news about APFS being optional. I see that Steve Troughton-Smith actually had to disable the APFS migration himself (potentially due to Fusion drive problems).
https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/872071617119211520

Good to hear. Still more than a bit miffed that Apple decided to stiff the 2009 MacBook Pro 5,5 owners when it is pretty much functionally the same as the 10.13-still-supported 2009 MacBook. :mad:
 
Excellent news about APFS being optional. I see that Steve Troughton-Smith actually had to disable the APFS migration himself (potentially due to Fusion drive problems).
https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/872071617119211520

Good to hear. Still more than a bit miffed that Apple decided to stiff the 2009 MacBook Pro 5,5 owners when it is pretty much functionally the same as the 10.13-still-supported 2009 MacBook. :mad:

I don't think the APFS would cause us any problems. I think his problem was that he was already having issues with his fusion drive.
There is a thread on here showing people using the same post install and patches that were used for this build. I don't really see why it would be a problem. Now to get it installed on my hackintosh :)
 
while I am typing this here on my iMac G5 I must say, that nothing Intel based from apple could ever keep up with the soul and the design that these machines had. I found it intriguing that this whole Mac vs. PC crap actually had a proper foundation for discussion back then. Of course Intel Macs have always been more versatile than their PowerPC predecessors but, nothing fascinates me more than knowing, that something completely different than standard x86 architecture was present in the consumer market. Even the Game consoles these days are all based on PC architecture, Which is kinda boring
 
I don't think the APFS would cause us any problems.
According to @jnadeau (who @stoughtonsmith RT'd), the 10.13 installer does a EFI firmware update to allow booting from APFS. Given that Apple surely wouldn't be including any firmware updates for our unsupported legacy hardware, we'd not be able to EFI boot into APFS, right? If, for some reason, Apple ever FORCES APFS for the boot volume, we'd be in a bit of a bind. (Though I'd imagine EFI projects like Clover might be of help…)
 
According to @jnadeau (who @stoughtonsmith RT'd), the 10.13 installer does a EFI firmware update to allow booting from APFS. Given that Apple surely wouldn't be including any firmware updates for our unsupported legacy hardware, we'd not be able to EFI boot into APFS, right? If, for some reason, Apple ever FORCES APFS for the boot volume, we'd be in a bit of a bind. (Though I'd imagine EFI projects like Clover might be of help…)

I was thinking of clover to spoof the build year and install 10.13 that way. Thats what i did for 10.12 before these installers came out
 
I found a snag with 10.13 already... The app you download from the App Store is just a small 5MB application that then downloads the entirety of the OS... Hopefully I can figure out a way to get this to work on unsupported machines.
I was just about to upgrade my 09' mini from el cap, but I'll wait until you can finalize a smooth transition into High Sierra (fingers crossed)

Thx for everything you do!
 
I do it every year for my hackintosh
I call it....fun
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It will definitely be posible

Is there already a "how to" for Kaby Lake System for hackintosh? I might me in the wrong threat here, but I would really love to try it out with my motherboard. The last working Hackintosh I had was in 2009 with a kernel patched Snow Leopard on it and a Pentium 4 Cedar Mill (that was pretty awesome by the way).

aboutthismacpentium4.png
 
Dunno, my unsupported, updated machine has been pretty flawless since last September.
(note graphic - currently on 10.12.5, OS updates have been no problem).
I expect High Sierra won't be an issue ... tho I will NOT test the new drive formats!

Sierra20170608 -MacPro.png
 
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hmmm.... am i forgetting to do something here. I made an USB installer for macOS Sierra (multiple times) and it keeps hanging. I boot in verbose and it seems to load everything but when it gets back to the apple screen to get ready to load the "desktop" it just hangs there and the progress bar doesn't move at all.
 
hmmm.... am i forgetting to do something here. I made an USB installer for macOS Sierra (multiple times) and it keeps hanging. I boot in verbose and it seems to load everything but when it gets back to the apple screen to get ready to load the "desktop" it just hangs there and the progress bar doesn't move at all.
You have to have the most recent installer and patcher (the ones he provided links to)... It's in dosdude1's Q&A on the patcher site
 
You have to have the most recent installer and patcher (the ones he provided links to)... It's in dosdude1's Q&A on the patcher site

If the newest ones are linked on page one that’s what I’m using. I used that patch to make the usb installer
 

Excellent picture for the Mini. Mine install was a little different. Worked well for early 09 Mac Mini, didn't work so well for late 09 Mac Mini. Read below.

- Attach the antenna plugs onto the new board outside of the system on a flat surface.

- I didn't make a plastic credit card cutout adapter. Just held down the new card by a single screw near the silver/grey antenna connection (A small washer is necessary for a good grip as the new card isn't thick enough before the screw hit the bottom) This screw and the ribbon cable held the board reasonably well. There isn't any pressure on it so this is fine.

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- Removing the antenna plug from the old board is a little tricky. If you try to lift up the antenna plug with the wire pointing perpendicular to the edge of the board, it puts force on the weakest part of the soldered surface mounted connector and can pop it off (one of mine came off and had to dig out the connector parts still held inside the plug). Probably much safer angle is the antenna wire pointing to inside of the board where the solder pads are the strongest. Maybe I had a weak solder to begin with. If you do loose a surface mount connector and want to repair it. Here is the spec

http://www.molex.com/molex/products...AX_CONNECTORS.xml&channel=Products&Lang=en-US

If you open the drawings link, you can see there are 4 pads under the connector and only 3 of them are soldered on the board. The remaining unsoldered pad points to the edge of the board so thats the weakest direction to pry off the antenna plug.

IMPORTANT NOTE : Late 2009 Mac Mini 3,1's antenna coax is physically incompatible with A1342 connectors. Please see this post macOS 10.12 Sierra Unsupported Macs Thread
 
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