Installation Guides
From OSx86
This is a list of installation guides that will help you to get OSx86 up and running.
If you are new to OSx86, please use one of the guides in the Recommended section.
Please do not copy the content form one site to another site, please use original content in your site.
Please don't put your link anywhere; place it in the correct section.
Some of these guides don't tell you how to partition, please see the bottom of the page for details on partitioning or see Partitions.
Information for new users
If you want to install OSX on your Intel or AMD computer, your computer processor needs to support at least SSE2. You can check for SSE2 support with a program called CPU-Z. It is recommended that your computer supports SSE3 for application compatibility, speed and performance. Make sure to check which version of OSx86 you need for your processor.
Wikipedia on SSE2 and on SSE3. These pages feature a list of supported CPUs. Using CPU-Z is more accurate though.
10.5.5 Guides
- 10.5.5 on the Dell Inspiron/mini 9 Guide for 10.5.x to 10.5.5 on the Dell Inspiron/mini 9 .
10.5.2 Guides
- Make Coriolis Systems DVD boot on hackintosh machine . This guide helps you to patch Coriolis System DVD (iPartition) to boot it on a pc, to resize, remove, and re-partition your disk.
- Install 10.5.2 on an AMD nForce4 A8N This install uses Kalyway 10.5.2 AMD / Intel and is designed to be very step-by-step .
- Install 10.5.2 and XP on the same hard drive (INTEL ONLY) Easy-peasy beginners' guide. Uses Kalyway 10.5.2 and shows how to partition your drive in simple steps
10.5.1 Guides
- iAtkos v1.0i Leopard 10.5.1 on AMD! Also includes dual boot help! Uses iAtkos Leopard v1.0i
10.5.0 Guides
- NauGHTiBeaTZ's How to Install Mac OS X 10.5 on an Intel Pentium 4 Simple Guide on using Kalyway's bootable disc to make a bootable hard disk for Leopard. Kalyway's disc also works for previous versions of Mac OS X. Download and print all 4 pictures
10.4.9 Guides
- 10.4.9 10.4.9 Installation Guide
Install 10.4.9 on your AMD or Intel computer. This guide now includes instructions to update the kernel to 8.9.1.
10.4.8 Guides
- Quad Booting: XP/Vista/OSx/Linux
A comprehensive guide on quad booting. - How to Create a Simple Dual Boot System (Win XP/Mac OS 10.4.6/10.4.7/10.4.8)
A simple guide on how to get dual booting working. - Tiger on Asus EeePC
This guide shows how to install Mac OS X Tiger, on an Asus 701 Eee PC. - OSX86 10.4.8 PC Installation Guide
How to install OS X on a PC, A step-by-step with pictures.
10.4.7 Guides
- Complete OSX 10.4.7 Dual Boot Video guide
It's an excellent step by step tutorial. Password: gestapo
10.4.5 Guides
- Mac OS X86 10.4.5 Installation guide
This is a installation guide that should be used if you are starting from scratch with a myzar's DVD. - Install 10.4.5 on AMD using Myzars DVD image
- VMWare -> Native (Video)
Using myzar ISO for AMD and Intel systems. In English and Spanish.
10.4.4 Guides
10.4.3 Guides
- Install and Configure OSx86
This is a start-to-finish guide for 10.4.1 with 10.4.3 notes appended.
10.4.1 Guides
- Install OSX Tiger on Intel Machines (or USB Drives) Using Only Windows Software
- OSX.4.1 on your Intel
International Guides
- Please don't put Google or other translated guides in this area. This is for native language guides, please add translations beside your own guide
Greek
- Installation guide in Greek (OS X x86 10.4.7 και 8),
Απλος οδηγος εγκαταστασης στα Ελληνικα - Upgrade guide in Greek (OS X x86 10.4.8 σε 9),
Οδηγος αναβαθμισης στα Ελληνικα - Installation guide in Greek (OS X x86 10.4.6), Wiki guide in Greek
Οδηγίες εγκατάστασης και Wiki στα ελληνικά - Installation guide in Hungarian(10.4.4-10.4.7)
Magyar telep�t�si �tmutató és wiki
Turkish
- Installation Guide in Turkish (for OSX 10.4.6)
T�rk�e MacOS x86 Kurulum Rehberi
Spanish
- Installation guide in Spanish (for OSX 10.4.5)
Instalacion en espa�ol, con los torrents y parches para descargar. - C�mo Instalar Mac OS X desde wmware para iniciar en nativo
Programas- Native Install - VMware Install
Installation in Spanish - Guia de Instalaci�n Leopard 10.5.1 en Espa�ol
Guia de instalaci�n de Leopard en una PC
Arabic
- Installation guide in Arabic
Arabic guide to install OSX using the Vinc0r's DD method with screenshots.
French
- Installation guide in French
Guide d'installation en fran�ais de l'image VMware "deadmoo" sur disque dur. Convient pour les d�butants.
German
- Installation guide in German
Deutsche Anleitung zur Installation des "deadmoo" VMware Images auf einer Festplatte. Auch für Anfänger geeignet.
Update Guides
- Update guide for Leopard 10.5.x Update your 10.5.4 leopard
- Update guide for Leopard 10.5.3 based on the above
- Update troubleshooting guide for Leopard 10.5.5
USB Drive Installation Guides
- USB External Drive Installation.9 step guide
VMware Install Guides
- Mac OS X 10.4.8 VMware-only Installation Guide
Guide to installing Mac OS X 10.4.8 on VMware Workstation 5/6. Intel/AMD SSE2 or SSE3. Uses JaS Mac OS X 10.4.8 Intel/AMD SSE2 SSE3 PPF1 + PPF2 DVD. - Install Mac OS X x86 10.4.5 on VMware 5
Simple guide to installing Mac OS X86 10.4.5 on VMware. - Install Deadmoo OSx86 on VMware
How to easily install Deadmoo OSx86 on VMware.
Dual Boot
- Generic StepThru for MultiBoot using MBR install and boot_v8 bootfile with grub on Linux partition
- Stock XP and OS X Dual Boot
- Dual boot leopard and xp (Nederlands)(Dutch) '[Dual boot xp of Vista en leopard 10.5.1 op de zelfde harddisk ]
kan het nog makkelijker - How to create XP/Vista/OSX/Linux bootloader without any scripting
Use the easyBCD tool to add osx or linux partitions to your vista bootloader in one click! - How to Create a Simple Dual Boot System (Win XP/Mac OS 10.4.6/10.4.7/10.4.8)
A simple guide on how to get a dual boot running in less than 25 minutes! - How to dual boot OS X with Xp and any other operating system
An extremely simple guide on How to dual boot OS X with Xp and any other operating system. - Triple booting Windows, Linux, and OSX86
A guide on how to get a triple boot up and running. - Multibooting Uses CentOS and Grub.
- Use Multibooting Reference
Shows how to use WinGrub in place of Grub according to above article. - Install on a Partition, Simple and Accurate
Start with this one if you want to install. (Video on How to dual boot XP & Mac OSX)
Native Hardware (after installation)
- Laptop Install w/ home-made dongle
This is a forum link regarding laptop install problems, especially blue screens at boot. An external monitor is needed, or if you have none, this describes making a dongle that will pacify the OS. - How to patch .kext for ATI Radeon
Enable QE and CL with your ATI Radeon card and set your custom resolution
Other Helpful Information from this wiki
- Changing Screen Resolution[1]
- Speed Tweaks
- Building Darwin
- AC97 Audio Guide
- Good Tips and Tricks
- [Possible] Guide to Networking
- Tutorials and setup info for Mac OS X x86 From How to Set Resolution to Widescreen to How to get the touch scroll and tapping fixed.
