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Updating to Snow Leopard 10.6.2

February 12th, 2010

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Note: This update requires you to be running 10.6.1. If you aren’t already, you can download and install the 10.6.1 update from here. And don’t worry, just install and restart when prompted and you’ll be good to go.
Snow Leopard has been available to the public for almost 6 months now, has received 2 updates, and [...]

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Quick Fix to get 10.6.2 Working on Atom Netbooks

November 11th, 2009

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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 [...]

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Latest Snow Leopard Update Breaks Atom Support, Makes Pandas Cry

November 10th, 2009

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There have been rumors about it happening for awhile, but now that the 10.6.2 update has hit, it looks like it does break Intel Atom support, so for all of you using Atom-based hackintosh’d netbooks, it’s some pretty bad news.
But, on the bright side, like Jeff Goldblum said in Jurassic Park, “[Hackers] will find a [...]

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Retail Snow Leopard Installation Guide

September 4th, 2009

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*Many thanks to John Demented for all his help and patience when trying to get me running Snow Leopard*
For 10.6.2 woes see Flackend’s comment

Snow Leopard, Apple’s next OS in their lineup after Leopard, was recently released. Thanks to the widespread hackintosh developmeant of Leopard, Snow Leopard can be installed on your PC just a few [...]

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OS X 10.5.8 Installation Guide

August 10th, 2009

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The first time I tried installing 10.5.8, my keyboard and trackpad didn’t work. I reinstalled OS X, and tried again. My keyboard and trackpad worked fine after the update. When Thomas updated, he kept getting kernel panics until he booted into safe-mode (-x) and installed the audio drivers. Just goes to show that this can be [...]

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OS X 10.5.7 Installation Guide

May 13th, 2009

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With the release of OS X Leopard 10.5.7 (codename Juno), you probably want to upgrade to the latest version. 10.5.7 boasts tons of new fixes ranging from Parental Controls to Server issues. Lucky enough, 10.5.7 is actually very easy to install and doesn’t break too many things. So with that in mind, lets jump right [...]

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