Install Snow Leopard On Pc.

What You'll Need

• Supported hardware. I laid out my list of supported hardware in my previous post here. It's not the only hardware that will work with OS X, but it's the only hardware that's guaranteed to work with this guide.
• A USB thumb drive that's at least 8GB in size.
• A copy of the Snow Leopard Install DVD. You can use the $29 "Upgrade" disc to install, even though this is a fresh installation. Note: If you feel like being completely honest, go ahead and buy the Mac Box Set-though, honestly, Apple's practically made it hard *not* to buy the fully functional install disc.
• Another Mac to prepare your thumb drive. (You'll only need this other Mac for a few steps. I used my MacBook Pro, but you could also borrow a friend's for an hour or so, too.)
• The EP45UD3P Snow Leopard install package. This package allows you to skip all the command line work in my last guide, and you can download it here.

Step One: Prepare Your Thumb Drive

In this step, you're going to format your thumb drive and then restore the Snow Leopard DVD image to the thumb drive because later we'll be installing Snow Leopard to your hard drive using this thumb drive rather than the DVD. "Why?" you ask. Because in order to boot the installer, we need to customize the disk image with some special helper files of our own.
I'm just going to include the step-by-step video below (made by the same generous man who created the EP45UD3P Snow Leopard installer package). If you want to read the very detailed version for a thorough explanation of how to rip the Snow Leopard install DVD to a disk image and then restore that image to your thumb drive, go here. (Come back when you get to the "Semi-heavy Terminal work" warning. That's when you're ready for the new and improved easy part.)

Note: Watch the video in HD and fullscreen to get a closer look at everything that's happening.
As you can see in the video, after you restore the Snow Leopard install DVD to your thumb drive, all you've got to do is fire up the EP45UD3P Snow Leopard.pkg file (if you haven't already downloaded and unzipped it, you can grab it here), select your thumb drive, and, let the installer take care of all the dirty work that you previously had to do one line at a time in Terminal.
Once you've finished there, you're ready to set your BIOS and install Snow Leopard.

Step 2: Set Your BIOS

Before you can boot into or install OS X on your Hackintosh, you've got to make some small adjustments to your system BIOS (press Delete at system startup to tweak your BIOS settings). Rather than taking you step by step through every change you need to make, I've simply snapped a picture of the relevant BIOS screens and added some notes. Just click through these images and make sure your BIOS settings match up.

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Step 3: Install Snow Leopard

If you've made it this far, the hard part is over. Now it's time to install Snow Leopard, which—unlike what we've done so far—is extremely easy.
Make sure you've set the boot priority in your BIOS to boot from your thumb drive (you can see how in this pic), then simply plug your prepared thumb drive into your Hackintosh and power it up. Since screenshots aren't really an option—and since it's a fairly easy process—my install instructions come in video format:

The quick version goes like this: Boot into the Snow Leopard installer, format the hard drive you want to install Snow Leopard to (go to Utilities -> Disk Utility, then click on the drive, select 1 Partition, Mac OS X Journaled (Case-Sensitive Update: Several readers have suggested that case-sensitive formatting can cause problems with some applications, like Adobe's Creative Suite, so you may be better off sticking with plain old Mac OS X Journaled.), give it a name, and make sure GUID Partition Table is set in the Options. After you Apply the new partition, go back to the installer and install like normal to that drive. When you reboot after the install completes, press the arrow keys at the graphical boot menu and select the drive you just installed Snow Leopard to.

Two Last Tweaks

You could just stop there and be pretty happy at your new Hackintosh, but there are two little, easily performed tweaks you'll want to tackle to get everything in tip top shape: The first will get your sound fully working, and the second will allow you to boot into Snow Leopard without your thumb drive.
Tweak One: Snow Leopard should be up and running on your Hackintosh like a dream—with one exception: Sound isn't entirely working yet. You may notice that sound actually does work in some instances, but not all. In the old guide, you needed to install a custom audio kext (your Mac's equivalent to a driver); the setup has been slightly tweaked in this new method, so all you should actually need to do is open up the Sound preference pane in System Preferences (/Applications/System Preferences), click the Output tab, and change the output device to Built-in Line output (I haven't tested with digital out, but it should work fine in theory).

Tweak Two: At this point, in order to boot to your newly installed Snow Leopard installation, you need to have your thumb drive plugged in so it loads the custom bootloader, from which you can select your new Snow Leopard hard drive. To install the custom bootloader to your hard drive (so you no longer need the thumb drive to boot), again download the EP45UD3P Snow Leopard.pkg zip file and run it, but this time, instead of choosing to install the package to your thumb drive, select the hard drive you've installed Snow Leopard to. Once the installer completes, you'll no longer need your thumb drive plugged in to boot into Snow Leopard.

Congratulations! You've Got a Fully Functional Hackintosh—the Easy Way

Comments are most welcome......

Applications for ease

• Acquisition - Gnutella file sharing client
• Adium - Multi-protocol instant messenger client
• Address-o-sync - Sync multiple Macs without .Mac
• Amadeus - Great tool for audio enthusiast
• App Fresh - Keeps all of your Mac applications up-to-date, automatically.
• Audio Hijack Pro - Custom audio output filtering
• Backlight - Menu extra toggles screensaver as your desktop
• Basecamp - This is web software, a todo list manager which will make u more productive
  
• BurnX Free - Burn multiple sessions on CD
• Butler - Get more out of Finder
• CandyBar - Change your application and system icons
• Carbon Copy Cloner - Easy-to-use backup/cloning utility
• Camino - Camino is a more native OS X app. Fast and simple browser.
• Chmox - An OS X native CHM file (Compiled HTML/eBook) reader
• Cocktail - Simplifies use of UNIX functions in OS X, and more
• Colloquy - IRC client
• CSSEdit - Visual CSS style editor
• DeepVacuum - Download entire websites
• Default Folder - Expanded functionality in "Save As.." dialogue boxes
• Deja Vu - Schedule regular file backups
• Delicious Library - Catalogue your books, cd's, games, dvd's
• Dimensionizer - Contextual Menu to display an image’s dimensions
• DeskShade - Hide desktop icons, terminal lock, and more
• Desktastic - Doodle on your desktop
• Dock-It - Add multiple multi-fucntion docks
• DragThing - An alternative to the dock
• DV Backup - Use your DV camera as a backup medium
• Evocam - Webcam application with built in web server, FTP, etc.
• FileJuicer - Extract images from Powerpoint, PDF, HTML, and CAB files
• Fink - Unix Ports for X
• Firefox - Open source web browser
• Fugu - An SFTP, SCP and SSH frontend
• Huevos - Customisable search engine helper
• HyperEdit - live previews of HTML and PHP pages
• iBank - Intuitive personal finance manager
• iBiz - Self-employed time billing manager
• iConquer - 1-to-6 player world conquest game
• iPodDisk - Copy music off your iPod in the finder, like a regular disk drive.
• iRooster - Great free alarm clock
• iWipe - Secure disk and file deletion
• iZoom - Crop and resize your photos
• KisMac - The best wireless scanner for Mac.
• LiteSwitch X - Keyboard application switcher
• Little Snitch - Alerts you of outgoing network connections
• MacJanitor - Great tool for running & rescheduling OS X maintenance tasks
• MacMame - Multi arcade machine emulator
• MacSniffer - View all traffic on a network connection
• MacTheRipper - Go Ahead, Back that DVD up
• MacTracker - Database of all Mac models
• Mac Vim - The aqua version of Vim
• Mail.appetizer - Enhance Mail with this small but handy notification plugin
• MpFreaker - Program that autofills in the missing info in your music library, art & lyrics
  
• Mplayer for OS X - Another great video player
• Net Monitor - Network throughput monitor
• Net Tool Box - Handy tool for the toolkit - for network issues
• NetNewsWire - RSS aggregator (If you're gonna use one, use NetNewsWire)
• Onyx - System tweaks and configuration
• OSXvnc - VNC remote control protocol
• Parallels - Run Windows programs on your computer in their own window at full speed.
• PDF Browser Plugin - Allows web browsers to display PDF files
• Pixen - Pixel graphics editor
• Quicksilver - Application launcher and much more
• RCDefaultApp - Preference pane to set default applications
• Renamer4Mac - Rename files en masse. Useful for digital cameras
• Seashore - "Photoshop" ur photos without buying Photoshop. 100% free and open source
• Senuti - Get music off of your iPod onto any computer.
• SideTrack trackpad driver - Enhanced trackpad driver for Apple Laptops
• Simon Extreme - Classic Milton Bradley Simon game
• Skype - world known application.
  
• SubEthaEdit - Use Rendezvous for collaborative editing
• Synergy - Adds iTunes controls to your menu bar
• Transmit - FTP client
• Tofu - Makes reading on your computer much more like reading a book.
• Unison - Usenet newsreader handles messages, files, & media
• utorrent - The most simple and best bit torrent client.
  
• Virtue - Virtual desktop manager
• VLC - Play DivX encoded movies (and more).
• VoodooPad - Notepad with many advanced features
• Wallsaver - Allows you to run the Screen Saver of your choice on your desktop.
• Word Browser Plugin - Allows web browsers to display Word files
• Writeroom - A full-screen writing space that eliminates distractions
• xPad - Notebook/scrapbook supports drag & drop
• XRay - Expanded version of the Finder's "Get Info" window
• xScope - Suite of screen tools for UI designers

Nintendo Emulators

• Sixty force - Trouble finding good games for you Mac? Then turn it into a Nintendo64! MarioKart works great, even on a Powerbook G4.
• Nestopia - Kick it old school with this NES emulator for Mac

For anyone who ever wanted to make a remix, DJ a party, or play with beats.
Ableton live is the right choice.

Install & Dual boot OS X with windows XP/Vista on PC

Dual boot OS X with windows XP/Vista

You will need:

1. SSE2/SSE3 enabled processor: Download WCPUID application and run it. See if your processor is supported.

2. Mac OSx86 image: Google for one of the following named torrents ideneb, iatkos , iPC , Leo4ALL(different versions are available so select the latest one.

3. DVD Burner and DVD ROM

4. UltraISO or PowerISO: Download it. Trial version works for us.

5. Partition Magic (or any other partitioning software)

6.Windows bootable disc: Your Win XP installation CD works and we need this just to be on the safe side.

Creating the DVD:

Should install on most hardwares although you would still need SSE2/SSE3 enabled processors.

Now burn the .iso file onto a blank DVD(It is recommended to burn the DVD at a very low speed like 2x).

Creating Partitions:

Make sure you have two partitions and also make sure that the Mac OSx86 partition has more than 6 GB in it. If you already have this setup and Win XP installed, then you can proceed to the installation step. Otherwise, you can google for creating two partitions using Partition magic. This is basic stuff and anyone should be able to do it.

Installation:

• Insert the burnt DVD in your DVD ROM. Make sure your BIOS is able to boot from DVD before a hard disk. Now you will be presented with a boot menu.
• Press enter to proceed. After the spining ball, you should see the Mac OS X installation setup.

• Click on Utilities in the top menu and select Disk Utility. This would show you two partitions in it.

• Select the non-WinXP partition and format it as Mac OS Extended (journaled) - PLEASE NOTE: Make sure you select the correct partition. If you don't (and in some cases, even if you do) you might lose all stuff on the hard disk, so be very CAREFUL. Don't blame me, if you lose data or if your computer starts acting wierd.

Once you have completed the formating of the partition, you can quit Disk Utility (press alt-Q on the keyboard). Now you will be back in the setup. Now you can simply do a next, next, next to complete the installation.Of course you have to choose the drivers specific for your machine in the "customise" button.

Advanced users can choose not to install printer drivers by clicking on the customize button during the setup. Once, your installation is complete, your computer would reboot.Don't remove the os x installation disk from the drive.

• While Booting from the Mac OSx86 DVD and dont hit any key at the boot menu.
• See whether the system starts properly with the music music thing and then create an account and logon to os X. If everything goes fine then Restart the system by clicking on the apple logo on the left upper corner. If the system doesn't boot on os leopard then on the boot screen type "-v" , this will let u go through diagnostics where you can jot down the error and google it to sort out the issue.
  
• If u want to use darwin bootloader then the installation finishes here itself, but if u want windows bootloader then go to the next step. Still don't remove the installation DVD.
• This time while Booting from the Mac OSx86 DVD hit enter at the boot menu.When the Mac OS X setup starts again, goto Utilities (in the top menu) and select Startup Disk. It would show three disks - Win XP Partition, Mac OSX Partition and the DVD Drive (your options might differ). Select the Win XP partition and reboot the computer.
  
• Remove the Mac OSx86 DVD and let your computer boot normally.
  
• Now, your computer would boot into Windows XP. Login with an administrator account. Goto Start menu --> Run --> Type "compmgmt.msc" and hit enter.
  
• In the left hand column, under the storage menu, select 'Disk management'. Now right-click on your WinXP partition (most probably C drive) and select 'Mark partition as active'. The last step allows you to boot to Windows XP without a bootable disk.

Now go to 'Start Menu' --> Run --> type 'cmd.exe' and hit enter. Now type the following:

1. c: [hit enter]

2. cd \ [hit enter]

3. debug.exe [hit enter]

Now paste the following:

N CHAIN0 (note: after CHAIN it is not the alphabet "o" rather it is the number zero "0")

E100 fa 31 c0 8e d0 bc f0 ff fb 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c

E110 bf 00 e0 fc b9 00 01 f2 a5 ea 1e e0 00 00 66 31

E120 c0 66 a3 91 e1 a2 95 e1 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72

E130 0e 81 fb 55 aa 75 08 f6 c1 01 0f 95 06 95 e1 b0

E140 01 31 db 8e c3 bb 00 10 89 de c7 04 00 00 c7 44

E150 02 01 00 66 c7 44 08 00 00 00 00 e8 b2 00 72 08

E160 bf be 11 b4 00 e8 0f 00 fe c2 f6 c2 04 74 af be

E170 7b e1 e8 f6 00 eb fe 51 56 81 7d 40 55 aa 0f 85

E180 8b 00 89 fe b9 04 00 80 7c 04 ab 74 0f 80 7c 04

E190 a8 74 09 80 7c 04 af 74 03 e9 2b 00 b0 01 bb 00

E1a0 00 8e c3 bb 00 7c e8 67 00 72 1c 81 bf fe 01 55

E1b0 aa 0f 85 58 00 66 8b 44 08 66 03 06 91 e1 66 89

E1c0 44 08 ea 00 7c 00 00 81 c6 10 00 e2 ba 89 fe b9

E1d0 04 00 8a 44 04 3c 05 74 11 3c 0f 74 0d 3c 85 74

E1e0 09 81 c6 10 00 e2 eb e9 23 00 b0 01 31 db 8e c3

E1f0 bb 00 12 e8 1a 00 72 e9 08 e4 75 09 66 8b 6c 08

E200 66 89 2e 91 e1 fe c4 bf be 13 e8 6a ff 5e 59 c3

E210 51 f6 06 95 e1 01 74 0a b9 05 00 e8 24 00 73 0c

E220 e2 f9 b9 05 00 e8 06 00 73 02 e2 f9 59 c3 60 8a

E230 74 01 8b 4c 02 b4 02 cd 13 73 05 31 c0 cd 13 f9

E240 61 c3 60 89 e5 1e 1e 66 8b 0e 91 e1 66 03 4c 08

E250 66 51 06 53 30 e4 50 68 10 00 89 e6 b4 42 cd 13

E260 73 05 31 c0 cd 13 f9 89 ec 61 c3 bb 01 00 fc ac

E270 3c 00 74 06 b4 0e cd 10 eb f5 c3 0a 0d 43 68 61

E280 69 6e 20 62 6f 6f 74 69 6e 67 20 65 72 72 6f 72

E290 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

E2f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa

RCX

200

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Q

Now close the command-prompt window and open up C:\boot.ini in notepad. At the end, add this line:

c:\CHAIN0="Apple Mac OS X x86"

Save and close the file now.

Now you should have a dual-booting machine with Win XP and Mac OS X on it. When you will boot your machine, you will be presented with two operating systems. Note: If you select 'Apple Mac OS X x86', it will give you another boot menu. In this boot menu, you will have to select Mac OS X again, otherwise it would move back to the first boot menu.

If this breaks your computer somehow, please don't blame me. This set up worked perfectly for me and in most cases it should work for you too. If you are stuck and need help, google the error message or the problem you are encountering. You will find a lot of information at osx86project.org and ihackintosh.com. If everything fails, drop me an email and I can try to help you out.