Tag Archive | "osx86"

Snow Leopard Theme Pack for Windows 7

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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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 [...]

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Quick Fix to get 10.6.2 Working on Atom Netbooks

Wednesday, November 11, 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. [...]

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Latest Snow Leopard Update Breaks Atom Support, Makes Pandas Cry

Tuesday, November 10, 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 [...]

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An Accidental Stroke of Brilliance

Thursday, March 19, 2009

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Today, when I left my newly installed and configured HackBook (running XxX 10.5.6) downstairs for awhile, the display went to sleep. I thought nothing of it of course. I closed the lid and took it upstairs. When I opened the lid, it gave me the boot prompt. “Strange,” I thought, and when I pressed enter [...]

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Your Own HackBook Pro Banner

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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Show your love for all things Apple with your own signature banner. Well, it’s mine but I’m nice enough to let you use it. If you look closely, you can even spot one of my previous Leopard screenshots inside the Dell Inspiron. This unique graphic coupled with the infamous Mac Button and Apple Wallpaper, who [...]

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Upgrade Your Hackintosh To Mac OS X 10.5.5!

Monday, September 15, 2008

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Get ready to unleash the fury of your inner Leopard with one of Apple’s biggest updates, Mac OS X 10.5.5. Weighing in at 321MB (Cool, huh?), there are dozens of bug fixes and additions to make this a real “worth while” update for your fully licensed official Mac or your Hack. You may start the [...]

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iTunes 8, QuickTime, “Let’s Rock!”

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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Apple kicked off its “Let’s Rock” iTunes event this morning out on the west coast. For those of you looking to upgrade to the latest versions of iTunes and QuickTime released after the event — go right ahead! For anyone running Mac OS X using my tutorial, please be aware that once you reboot from [...]

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