Within 24 hours of the release of Mac OS X Leopard, dailyApps has posted a tutorial on how to install Leopard on a PC (aka HackinTosh) in three easy steps using a patched DVD image based on information posted to the OSx86 Scene forums.
Well its been only a day since the Mac OSX Leopard was released officially by Apple and the hackers have managed to create a patched DVD that everyone like you and me can use to install Leopard on PC’s without having to buy a Mac. Please note the tutorial that I am going to post is still experimental and things might not work the right way simply because it is still early days in hacking Leopard to work on PC’s. Well if you don’t mind your PC getting screwed then go ahead and try out this tutorial.
UPDATE 1: Eric points out that dailyApps is currently down due to the massive traffic their Leopard hack post is generating. While you are waiting for it to come back up, why not enjoy the latest Laugh-Out-Loud Cats by Ape Lad.
UPDATE 2: Joe let us know that Coral Cache has cached the blog post.
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Scott, it appears they’ve exceeded their bandwidth – dead link as of 10/27
Coral Cache to the rescue–add nyud.net to the hostname.
http://dailyapps.net.nyud.net/2007/10/hack-attack-install-leopard-on-your-pc-in-3-easy-steps/
pictures are not cached. also the article is mostly just a description–it doesn’t link to the hacked version of the leopard dvd which works on windows.
Ok, I’ve tried hundred’s of guides out of there, some are complex, some are useless, some are incomplete, I was so damn frustrated until I found this one that was easy to install via USB Install Snow Leopard on PC
LOL Cats on flickr!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/
OMG thats awesome! Hey, after you’ve installed it, can you install OS X apps like iLife? and can you upgrade OS X easily without stuffing everything up?
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hi i try to install mac os 10.4.6 on my dell 1501 but i can find my hd i all run a partion of fat32 an 16 but still no mac os hd with acronis disk software that sucks i have partion my drive too many time an i have give up now i need help so plz helpp!!
my require
amd 3500+ 1.80ghz , 60gb hard drive , ati xpress 1150
Our new Mac OS X Leopard is very complex, even the “hackinTosh” can’t cover every thing the genuine Mac OS X Leopard can. It is most likely that if you try this hack your computer will reformat the C: drive out of some error.
But, if thats okay to you go ahead and try it.
Lol, just use virtual machine to try it. Just dont do the installation directly on your hd, otherwise you’ll have some trouble since it’s still experimental only.
After struggling with MAC installation for several days, I finally wrote a blog to help all of u guys.
I bet this is the easiest way to Install Mac OS X Leopard OSx86 on PC Dual Boot Windows 7, Vista in 9 Easy Steps
http://www.taranfx.com/blog/?p=1204
I have a mac book pro but have deleted the leopard os and install xp. I would like the leopard to be reinstalled on it but i have had no luck so far. i have tried restarting my laptop then using the leopard boot cd to install the leopard os holding down F12 but its not booting up, the screen goes dark until xp starts up. i have even tried installing the boot cd using transmac but i am getting a error message ‘ no mac HFS volume found’. Please help me to get back leopard!!!
Jade,
Reboot/turn on your mac and hold the down ‘C’ key.
- that should have you booting from the install CD.
Go to the disk utility in the menu bar to reformat your internal hd.
You shouldn’t have any problems after that.
Good luck hun.
Hi everyone,
I m trying to install Mac OS X 10.5.6 on a ASRock 775i65G board, with 1 GB Ram, 2.80 GHz CPU Intel (R), ATI Radeon 9200 256 MB and a 80 GB Maxtor HDD.
My only problem is that i can’t chose the right customize of installation.
At kernel i have tried all the boxes one by one. The installation finished successful and when the Mac OS X boot, the screen stocks at apple logo with the spiral of loading below.
And i tried again with a different option of kernels but no different, still not working, still the same problem.
All the other box option are unchecked. The only one are iPC OS X 10.5.6 base system and kernel(one of them).
What should i do ?? Please help me i m so confuse, i have tried 15 times to install but without success. I really need this one.
Thanks for any subscribe and reply. Any advice will be helpful for me.
i tryed to install ipc osx86 10.5.6 on my dell laptop(inspiron 1525) but the error message displayed. the message says error in “kernel_panic”
help me?plz
I would like to install os x on a dell inspiron laptop. Its a p4 2.0ghz with 1GB ram. It has a 512mb video card and an 80gig HD. Can I install leopard on a P4 machine?
I saw no mention of Sony machines & have learned that even re-installing Win XP without the original Sony restore disc is challenging. I’ve just had it with Windows & would welcome having NB work as reliably as my MACmini! Knowledgeable experience welcome!
Ok, I’ve tried hundred’s of guides out of there, some are complex, few are useless, others are incomplete, I was so damn frustrated until I found this one that was easy to install via USB Install Snow Leopard on PC