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How To Install Snow Leopard On A Dell Mini 9

The good, good people over at the MyDellMini forums have been working hard to get Snow Leopard up and purring on the Mini 9 since September, and now everything finally works. I’ve been waiting to publish this guide until Meklort released the final version of NetbookBootMaker .8.3, which resolves the issue of audio in/out not [...]

Run Snow Leopard On Windows With VMware

VMware is a great solution for testing out different operating systems, but OS X clients have never been supported (for obvious reasons). Fellow hackintosh site iHackintosh has a great article on getting Snow Leopard to run on an Intel-based Windows machine. It involves getting a pre-made .VMDK file and tweaking some VMware settings. Overall, it’s [...]

Registration now open to the public

After much thought, we have decided to open registration to the public. Registration is absolutely free and takes less than a minute. While registering won’t allow you to post articles, it will be easier to post comments; You will no loner be presented with the information box but rather just a text box as all [...]

Snow Leopard Theme Pack for Windows 7

I just threw together a Windows 7 theme pack with Snow Leopard’s wallpapers and some sounds from OS X. Here’s a preview:

You can download the Snow Leopard theme here, and I’ve also taken the liberty of making a Leopard/Tiger theme as well, for those of you who are partial to the older wallpapers.
If you like [...]

Quick Fix to get 10.6.2 Working on Atom Netbooks

Have you updated your little Atom-based hackintosh to 10.6.2 and now are stuck with an unusable lump of plastic? Well, there’s an easy fix: downgrade your kernel. These simple instructions (courtesy of meklort) should get you back on your feet:

Boot from whatever medium you used to install OS X.
Go to Utilities -> Terminal.
Run these two [...]

Apple Regains Their Collective Sanity, Updates iTunes 9 With Option for Dark Background

Awhile ago, I wrote a post about iTunes 9 and how Apple had completely uglified it. Now, Apple has released an update, 9.0.2, that resolves one of my complaints: the eye-shieldingly white Grid View background:

Compare that to the new iTunes 9, with the option for a dark background:
Now, doesn’t that look better, Apple? The option [...]