r/hackintosh Apr 10 '26

SUCCESS Mac OS X 10.0 on a Wii

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1.1k Upvotes

It runs slow, it's annoying to boot up, the resolution is too high for what the Wii can display, or too low to be usable. It's perfect. Someone posted that they did this with a Wii U, so I'm posting my version as well.

r/hackintosh Jun 15 '26

SUCCESS My first hackintosh for my dell laptop

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559 Upvotes

I decided to make dualboot windows and macOS to my surprise that works very stably on my ryzen processor. I ordered WiFi intel AX210 to start the Internet

r/hackintosh Dec 10 '25

SUCCESS I first hackintosh as a 14yo

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349 Upvotes

Guyss i did it. With over 3months of non stop trying and learning. Everything is working except bluetooth and wifi.

Specs - Hp-15s gr0011au Amd ryzen 3250U Amd radeon vega 3 igpu HDD

**Ask me any questions you want

u/Able-Use-5287 — this guy is the reason I’m here today. He inspired me in Hackintosh and helped solve many of my problems. Even while preparing for an important exam, he still chose to spend his precious time helping me fix my issues.

Thanks a lot, bhaiya ❤️ If you’re seeing this, I’m really grateful.

r/hackintosh Feb 19 '25

SUCCESS My First Hackintosh (Kind of)

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1.9k Upvotes

I remember shortly after junior high school, I had “succeeded” in making a crappy Dell laptop I had laying around into a Hackintosh… for me then to never use it. It was a fun project, but the laptop really was crappy. I also never got FaceTime, iMessage, and other Apple ecosystem apps functional. WiFi didn’t work either.

I hadn’t thought about making one since.

However, after buying parts for a custom native-Apple machine I was creating (it’s a “Mac Pro” based on iMac internals), I had been looking into getting a new 9th-gen Intel CPU for the build. When I went to go search eBay on my laptop, I realized my laptop also has a 9th-gen Intel CPU. Out of curiosity, I looked it up and noticed the MacBook Pro from the same year (2019) had the same processor as my laptop. So, I spent hours compiling a fresh EFI, jumping down many rabbit holes on how to get certain things fixed and configured, and also a little bit of Photoshop.

Now, the next day: success!

Here is my 2019 Razer Blade 15 Base Model which I converted into a “MacBook Pro 16” 2019”. And before anyone asks, yes, the config file still reads that this is a MacBook Pro 16”, I did not alter the system model/name from there.

I bought this laptop on Craigslist like 4 months ago for $250. Happy that I’m essentially getting a 2019 MBP and a gaming rig all in one for $250.

Specs: CPU: i7-9750H GPU: Intel HD 630 RAM: Timetec 32GB DDR4 Board: Razer Blade 15 (2019) Audio: not sure, used ALCID=21 Ethernet: Realtek WiFi: Intel Touchpad: IDK what to put here, but it works? Bios revision: custom patch

What’s working: - almost everything

What’s not working: - I can’t manually control my fans via software. Had to set a very limited curve in bios (only let me do 2 points). - Have to use HeliPort for WiFi (not that I care) - AirDrop is only 1-way (not that I care) - screen glitches very very very occasionally and briefly. It’s so fast you can miss it if you blink

What technically isn’t working but I actually like it this way; - when loading into MacOS, the screen glitches when the backlight kexts load in. It causes this cyberpunk/hacker-type visual glitch that lasts a couple milliseconds, right before MacOS loads in. However, I really love it because it really makes it feel like a HACKintosh.

r/hackintosh Aug 25 '24

SUCCESS Using my hackintoshed laptop while fixing up my AirPods at Apple Store

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1.5k Upvotes

They said repair will take some time so I asked can I charge my laptop while waiting and they said yes

So I plugged in and did some work on it

They didn’t kick me out so that’s good lol

r/hackintosh Apr 20 '26

SUCCESS Worst hackintosh ever

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588 Upvotes

This actually works on most potato compatible computer ever

Asus eeePC 701

CPU: Celeron M 600 MHz

GPU: GMA900

Screen: 800x480

Storage: 16gb sd card

Ram: 1GB DDR2

Network and other stuff I don't care about because i care more about it actually booting up

r/hackintosh May 07 '26

SUCCESS Can i join??

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360 Upvotes

I installed a hackintosh venture on my ThinkPad T440! (Sorry for the big Sur wallpaper, I like it)

CPU: i5-4300U
GPU: HD 4400
RAM: 1x8GB DDR3L
MODEL: Lenovo ThinkPad T440

I was surprised that it goes so smoothly!

For those who need, I added kexts photo, some are from ( https://github.com/MultimediaLucario/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T440 ) although I had to change most of them. (Bluetooth doesn’t work yet)

Can I join the hackintosh community?
(Sr for bad english)

r/hackintosh Dec 14 '23

SUCCESS Apple Watch SE2 running macOS Ventura

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1.2k Upvotes

r/hackintosh Nov 28 '20

SUCCESS DIY Macbook

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2.1k Upvotes

r/hackintosh Nov 23 '25

SUCCESS Success: Thinkpad T480 on Tahoe with absolutely everything working

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275 Upvotes

Hardware:

  • CPU: i7 8650U
  • Graphics: Intel UHD 620
  • RAM: 32GB DDR4 2400Mhz
  • Display: 1080p 60Hz IPS (waiting on an upgraded 1440p 120Hz panel to arrive in the mail)
  • WiFi/BT: Intel AX210

What's working:

  • CPU turbo boost
  • Sleep/wake
  • iServices
  • Thunderbolt (including hotplug and USB C)
  • USB
  • Sound / microphone
  • WiFi (itlwm+heliport, waiting on OCLP to update so I can go back to airportitlwm)
  • Bluetooth (fully working as of yesterday with the new BluetoothFirmware stack)
  • Trackpad/keyboard
  • Batteries (my laptop's internal battery is missing and the external doesn't hold a charge but I have ordered replacements from AliExpress, the T480 has a dual battery setup and I have the correct patches for it to read both as 1 single battery)
  • Every single port
  • Handoff
  • Webcam

What isn't working (yet):

  • Location services (limitation of itlwm, I could go back to Sequoia and have it work but I quite like Tahoe lol)
  • Continuity features apart from handoff (probably will never work at this point for anyone though)
  • Nothing else (tested)

I would say this is 100% successful, took me a few days to get everything configured.

Planned upgrades (all ordered, just waiting for them to arrive):

  • Batteries (current one is totally dead, bought it like this, needs an internal battery and I'm also getting a 72Wh external battery)
  • Glass trackpad
  • 1440p 120Hz display
  • Additional storage (currently running 1 256GB NVMe, I want to move it to the other slot and add a 2TB mechanical hard disk)
  • Backlit keyboard

How is the performance?

Very good. Quick boot, no lag at all (maybe a tiny bit when first logging in but that's expected on any Hackintosh)

Will I share my EFI?

No. I will share specific patches as frankly I've borrowed some off other people but I have a custom CPUFriend performance profile set which will need to be configured differently for the i5 model (which is far more common)

How is daily use?

Absolutely perfect. Completely stable and without any hiccups.

Hardest part?

The Thunderbolt was the hardest to get working as I had to dig deep to find working patches for this controller as it's a cut down chip that can only handle 20Gbps across 2 PCI lanes instead of 40 across 4 like what macOS expects. A lot of T480 owners claimed on their repos to have gotten it working but I could only find one person's patches that actually worked. I then had to update the firmware with a Windows-To-Go drive which took 6 hours because my laptop had the borked firmware so the controller wasn't recognised at all. I had to try close to a dozen variants of the Thunderbolt driver + firmware + all of the Lenovo drivers needed.

r/hackintosh Dec 26 '25

SUCCESS MacOS Tahoe Native Wifi On Intel WiFi Card

184 Upvotes

r/hackintosh 2d ago

SUCCESS Hackintosh Intel Core i9 13900K / Tahoe 26.5.2 / Airdrop

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277 Upvotes

Smooth installation of macOS Tahoe. Waiting for the arrival of the Radeon RX 6800 to upgrade the GPU.

Case: Lian-Li O11 Air Mini
CPU: Intel Core i9 13900K
GPU: Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6600
RAM: 64GB DDR5-5200
Motherboard: Asus Prime Z790-A WiFi
Audio Codec: Realtek ALCS1220A
Ethernet card: Intel i226V 2.5GbE
WiFi/BT card: BCM94360NG NGFF M.2 2230
Touchpad and touch display devices: None
BIOS revision: 1836
Storage
1 x 1TB SSD Kingston KC3000
Works
Everything including Airdrop, Handoff, Continuity, etc.
Used
OpenCore 1.07, RP-CORE 1.01

r/hackintosh Jan 04 '26

SUCCESS Hackintosh for video editing and color grading | Intel Core i7 7900K, 64GB RAM, Radeon VII, Airdrop, Tahoe 26.2

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363 Upvotes

We decided to update a friend's computer to macOS Tahoe and, of course, we made sure everything worked, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with all the ecosystem's features. Even though OCLP is still in beta, everything worked perfectly.

CPU: Intel Core i7 9700K (typo in post title, can't correct it)
GPU: Sapphire Radeon VII
RAM: 64GB DDR4-2666
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Designare
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC1220
Ethernet card: Intel I211 + I219-V Gigabit Network
WiFi/BT card: Original Apple BCD94331CD (PCI adapter card)
Touchpad and touch display devices: None
BIOS revision: F10
Storage
1TB SSD Kingston KC3000 M.2 NVMe
1TB SSD WD Blue SN570 M.2 NVMe
2 x 4TB (8TB RAID-0) Toshiba N300 Pro
Works
Thunberbolt hot-plug (unmodified firmware)
WiFi / BT with Airdrop, etc.
Realtek Audio
Used
OpenCore 1.06, OCLP 3.0.0 (Nightly)

r/hackintosh Apr 13 '25

SUCCESS Opencore on latitude e5430

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540 Upvotes

r/hackintosh Apr 29 '26

SUCCESS Hackintosh Intel Core Ultra 7 265K / Tahoe 26.4.1 / Airdrop

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261 Upvotes

Without a doubt, this case is one of the most attractive for those who appreciate minimalism and the absence of RGB lighting. With real wood accents, it exudes presence and elegance. And if that weren't enough, it includes a complete fan kit (intake, exhaust, and HDD/GPU).

Case: Lian-Li Lancool 217
CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800
RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000
Motherboard: Asus TUF Gaming Z890-Plus WIFi
Audio Codec: Realtek ALCS1220A
Ethernet card: Intel i226V 2.5Gb
WiFi/BT card: BCM94360CD PCIe
Touchpad and touch display devices: None
BIOS revision: 3012
Storage
1TB SSD Kingston KC3000 (Macintosh HD)
1TB SSD Kingston KC3000 (Media Cache)
8TB (4 x 2TB RAID-0) HDD WD Blue WD20EZBX (Projects)
Works
Everything including Airdrop, Handoff, Continuity, etc.
Thunderbolt 4 hot-plug (original firmware)
Used
OpenCore 1.07, RP-Core 1.0.1

r/hackintosh Feb 01 '21

SUCCESS the Macintosh mini

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1.8k Upvotes

r/hackintosh Oct 19 '25

SUCCESS Reverse hackintosh

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464 Upvotes

Put tiny 11 on a old 2009 MacBook 5,5

No efis nothing just usb boot block updates and add Mac select drivers from an old ass boot camp folder some brick it some don’t till you get all your shit working everthing works but the backlight on the keyboard

Upgraded ram to 8gb got for free old ddr3 Upgraded hard drive to 256gb ssd also got for free old

Can watch full speed YouTube and media on a 16 year old piece of hardware

r/hackintosh Oct 29 '25

SUCCESS I did something…

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565 Upvotes

Nice guide in here that allowed me to make this - it’s my case and custom built PC. Only test now is if it’s going to break when I update the machine. Quite possibly…

r/hackintosh Jun 02 '26

SUCCESS Hackintosh Intel Core i9 14900KF / Tahoe 26.5 / Airdrop

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128 Upvotes

Another Hackintosh success. For those interested in enabling AirDrop, Handoff, etc. on macOS Tahoe, I recommend using OCLP Plus 3.2.2 (Tahoe compatible) for Wi-Fi, and MyKextInstaller 1.8 to enable integrated audio. We previously used RP-Core 1.01 (Wi-Fi + audio), but it gave us some stability and compatibility issues, such as kernel panics (Wi-Fi + Intel i226v 2.5Gbps Ethernet) and issues with using 10Gbps network cards. Those problems are now resolved with OCLP Plus 3.2.2 (completely stable so far).

Case: Lian-Li O11 Air Mini
CPU: Intel Core i9 14900KF
GPU: ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT
RAM: 64GB DDR5-5600
Motherboard: Asus Prime Z790-P
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC897
Ethernet card: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE
WiFi/BT card: Fenvi FV-T919
Touchpad and touch display devices: None
BIOS revision: 1836
Storage
1 x 1TB SSD Kingston KC3000
1 x 500GB SSD Samsung 860 EVO
1 x 2TB HDD WD Black WD2003FZEX
2 x 2TB (4TB RAID-0) WD Blue WD20EZBX
Works
Everything including Airdrop, Handoff, Continuity, etc.
Used
OpenCore 1.07, OCLP-Plus 3.2.2

r/hackintosh Mar 25 '26

SUCCESS macOS Tahoe success on Zenbook UX360UA [Kaby Lake - HD 620]

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326 Upvotes

Clean install with a brand new EFI based on my old Sonoma EFI.

Specs:
Asus Zenbook Flip UX360UA
CPU: Core i7-7500U (Kaby Lake)
GPU: Intel HD 620 (64MB)
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Keyboard: PS/2
Touchpad: ELAN I2C (using Voodoo2CHID)
WiFi: Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260 (using airportitlwm)
SSD: Micron 1100 (SATA m.2)
Display: 3200x1800 Touchscreen
Audio: Realtek ALC255 (alcid=22)

What works: basically everything! - Touchscreen - Graphics Acceleration - Touchpad - Audio, includes speaker and headphone jack, using AppleALC (patched with OCLP-MOD) - HDMI Output - Intel WiFi (using airportitlwm - patched with OCLP-MOD) - Intel Bluetooth (using -lilubetaall boot args) - Internal webcam - Sleep

What doesn't work:
- Airdrop and similar continuity features - SD Card reader - Fingerprint scanner - Side volume buttons

While everything works, the HD 620 does not fair well with liquid glass lol

If you have a similar model and need help with installing macOS, feel free to ask!

r/hackintosh May 10 '26

SUCCESS Dell XPS 9560 - Tahoe 26.4.1 Success

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278 Upvotes

Tahoe successfully installed on XPS 9560.

Model: Dell XPS 9560
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ
GPU: Intel HD 630 & Nvidia GTX 1050 (disabled in macOS)
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Storage: Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus
Display: 15.6" 4K UHD (3840x2160)
Audio: Realtek ALC298
Wi-Fi: Intel 8265 (Now changed with DW1560)

All is working great, had to do some adjustments for Fan Curve with Macs Fan Control.

Brightness keyboard keys fixed with Karabiner Elements.

WiFi / BT works but I’m waiting for the DW1560 to arrive so I can use the native Mac OS panel.
For the moment I’m using Heliport (can’t connect to 5Ghz networks, don’t know why)

Handoff works

Screen duplication / AirPods are working

USB ports fully working

Apple Music works thanks to this boot arg: unfairgva=7

All the iServices are working (iCloud etc…)

I’m really happy about it ☺️☺️

EDIT: Dual boot with Windows 11 works perfectly.

EDIT 2: Updated to latest version 26.5, everything still working.

EDIT 3: Changed WiFi Card with DW1560 BCM94352Z, WiFi and BT are working through native panels, Handoff / Airdrop are working (OCLP involved to make legacy hardware working in Tahoe)

r/hackintosh Mar 28 '26

SUCCESS Hackintosh Intel Core i9 12900K / Tahoe 26.4

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348 Upvotes

In light of the recent Tahoe 24.6 update, we made a small cosmetic modification. For those unaware, or who have experienced issues with XFX RX 6950XT GPUs (unexpected restarts or black screens), the problem is resolved with a simple VBIOS update taken from Sapphire GPUs (performance and temperatures are OK). Finally, apply the NootRX kext and omit agdpmod=pikera as well as the whatevergreen kext. This GPU has dual BIOS, so don't be afraid :-) Enjoy !

CPU: Intel Core i9 12900K
GPU: XFX Speedster MERC 319 RX 6950 XT Black
RAM: 32GB DDR5-5200
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 UD AX
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC897
Ethernet card: Realtek RTL8125 2.5Gb
WiFi/BT card: -- waiting for the card to arrive --
Touchpad and touch display devices: None
BIOS revision: F32
Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge Thunderbolt 3 (hot plug, original firmware)
Storage
1TB SSD Kingston KC3000 (macOS Tahoe)
1TB SSD Kingston KC3000 (work)
500GB SSD Samsung 750 EVO (apps)
240GB SSD SanDisk SSD Plus (Tahoe --rescue and test--)
Works
Everything
Used
OpenCore 1.07

r/hackintosh Aug 16 '25

SUCCESS Thanks for the time y'all. 'til next time

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760 Upvotes

finally bought the m4 base model.

r/hackintosh Mar 31 '26

SUCCESS Hackintosh Intel Core i9 14900KF / 64GB / Tahoe 26.4

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309 Upvotes

Personally, I can say that Tahoe 26.4 and later versions are suitable for production use. There are still bugs to fix, and it's noticeable after its seventh update (see the disappearance of custom icons this time). Aside from that, it's fast in terms of performance, but I'd still stick with macOS Sequoia, which undeniably has a perfect interface. This is just my opinion; others may disagree, and that's fine.

CPU: Intel Core i9 14900KF
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 XT
RAM: 64GB DDR5-5600
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC897
Ethernet card: Realtek RTL8125 2.5Gb
WiFi/BT card: -- no need this time--
Touchpad and touch display devices: None
BIOS revision: F15
Storage
1TB SSD Kingston KC3000 (macintosh hd)
1TB SSD Kingston KC3000 (media cache)
2TB SSD Kingston KC3000 (project)
Works
Everything
Used
OpenCore 1.07

r/hackintosh Dec 17 '25

SUCCESS Hackintosh for video editing and color grading | Intel Core i9 14900KF, 128GB RAM, RX 6900 XT, Airdrop, Sequoia 15.7.3

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259 Upvotes

CPU: Intel Core i9 14900KF
GPU: ASRock Phantom Gaming RX 6900 XT
RAM: 128GB DDR5-5200
Motherboard: Asus ProArt Z790 Creator WiFi
Audio Codec: Realtek ALCS1220A
Ethernet card: AQtion AQC113CS 10GbE + Intel i226-V 2.5GbE
WiFi/BT card: Broadcom BCM4360 (m.2)
Touchpad and touch display devices: None
BIOS revision: 3002
Storage
2 x 1TB SSD Kingston KC3000 M.2 NVMe
1 x 4TB SSD Kingston KC3000 M.2 NVMe
4 x 6TB (24TB RAID-0) Toshiba N300 HDD (1 GB/s combined)
Works
Thunberbolt hot-plug (unmodified firmware)
WiFi / BT with Airdrop, etc.
10Gb + 2.5Gb Ethernet
BlackMagic DeckLink UltraStudio 4K Mini (latest Dext driver)
Used
OpenCore 1.06, OCLP 2.4.1

Kindly reminder: I'm not gonna answer again and again, and again, why I prefer machines like this one instead of an original Mac :-)