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Open virtualbox and click ‘New’ to create a new virtual machine with the following details: Name: El Capitan Type: Mac OS X Version: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64 bit) Click next, select 4GB of RAM, and next again. Select the El Capitan image that you have downloaded and unzipped as the disk image, and create the machine.
El Capitan is freely available from this link. How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan – Apple Support. Here are the instructions. Go to Section 4 and click on Download OS X El Capitan. This downloads InstallMacOSX.dmg to your Downloads folder. The next section can only be done on a mac that is capable of running El Capitan, a mac that came. Download El Capitan. This will explain another way to install El Capitan to your device using external images file. DMG is a mountable disk image created for all Mac OS X versions and used to.
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Mac OS X El Capitan was released last year. The operating system boasts of great features and a streamlined user experience. Fortunately, this incredible operating system by Apple is available for download. But you are wondering why this information is relevant to you since you have a PC, not a Mac. Well, read on to learn how you can install Mac OS X El Capitan on PC without a Mac, using VirtualBox.
Virtual Box
VirtualBox is a virtualization software that enables an operating system to run as a program or application. VirtualBox allows operating systems to be installed on it, by creating a virtual machine.
Requirements to install Mac OS X El Capitan on PC
The process of installing this operating system on PC requires VirtualBox. VirtualBox is free for download. You will also need the downloaded image file of the OS (Google drive file courtesy tactig.com). You will need an extraction software such as Winrar to extract the OS.
There are system requirements for this process. You need Windows 7 or a newer version of Windows. The BIOS of your PC ought to be virtualization enabled. There needs to be free disk space of at least 3GB.
Step-by-step Guide to install Mac OS X on PC using VirtualBox
Step 1: Install VirtualBox
If you do not have VirtualBox, download and install it from this link. The installation process should be easy. After downloading, click on the setup and follow the prompts as required.
Step 2: Extract Mac OS X El Capitan
The image file you downloaded from Google drive (downloaded image file of the OS) needs to be extracted using WinRAR. You will simply have to right click on the image file and select the option ‘Extract Here’.
Step 3: Open VirtualBox and create a Virtual Machine
- This whole process is dependent on VirtualBox. Open the application and select ‘New‘. In this case, we will name the new machine ‘OS X El Capitan’. After naming the machine click ‘Next‘.
- On the next window choose the amount of RAM you want for your virtual machine. The virtual machine will need at least 2GB RAM. After choosing the desired RAM click ‘Next’.
- You will now be required to select the hard drive. You should check the option that states ‘Use existing virtual hard drive file’. The file you are referring to in this case is the OS X El Capitan image file, you extracted from the step 2, above.
Step 4: Edit the new virtual machine
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- There are three main properties of your virtual machine that you will need to edit. When you open the virtual machine you created, head to ‘Settings‘.
- Open the ‘General‘ tab. Here, set everything to default.
- Open the next tab, which is ‘System’. Here, there are three tabs which are horizontally arranged. The first is ‘Motherboard’ Disable Floppy, Enable EFI and select the Chipset PIIX3 or IHC9.
Step 5:Add Code to VirtualBox with Command Prompt
- Run command prompt on your PC as the administrator.
- You will have to add code to VirtualBox using Command Prompt. Copy the code given below and paste it in Command Prompt.
- Note: In the code given below replace the words ‘Your VM Name’ with the name you gave your virtual machine.
For VirtualBox 5.0;
cd 'C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox'VBoxManage.exe modifyvm 'Your VM Name' --cpuidset 00000001 000106e5 00100800 0098e3fd bfebfbffVBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct' 'iMac11,3'VBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion' '1.0'VBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct' 'Iloveapple'VBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey' 'ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc'VBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC' 1
For VirtualBox 4.0;
cd 'C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox'VBoxManage.exe modifyvm 'Your VM Name' --cpuidset 00000001 000306a9 04100800 7fbae3ff bfebfbffVBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct' 'MacBookPro11,3'VBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion' '1.0'VBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct' 'Iloveapple'VBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey' 'ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc'VBoxManage setextradata 'Your VM Name' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC' 1
Step 6: Install OS X El Capitan in your virtual machine
- Your virtual machine is now ready for the new OS. Open VirtualBox and click ‘Start’. A code will run on the screen.
- After the code, you are ready to install the Mac OS X El Capitan. The installation process is very simple. It involves creating a new user account, selecting region, time and language preferences.
- After the installation, you can now run the OS X El Capitan on virtualBox on a PC.
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Installing Mac OS X El Capitan on PC using VirtualBox will break some sweat. But considering the usability of the OS, it is worth the time. In case you encounter problems following this guide, feel free to use the comment sections.
Warning: Please follow these instructions at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage or information loss that could result from following this guide. Also, note that installing OS X on PC is illegal. Please buy a real Mac if you're satisfied with your Hackintosh. This guide is for evaluation purposes only.
Requirements
- An Intel-based PC with UEFI bios
- A USB flash drive with at least 16GB capacity
- A dedicated hard drive (SSD highly recommended)
- A computer running OS X (10.9 or later) for preparing the installation USB flash drive
I chose to avoid the UniBeast installer (by Tonymacx86) because of its commercialized nature, as described here. Here is a vanilla guide to installing El Capitan on your PC!
Preparing the USB Installation Drive
First things first. We need to prepare a USB thumb drive that will contain the installation files as well as the bootloader and custom kexts for our specific Hackintosh build.
Download El Capitan from the Mac App Store
Head over to your existing OS X environment running 10.9 or later and open the Mac App Store.
Search for 'El Capitan' and click Download. The download is completely free if you're running OS X 10.9+.
Wait for the download to finish (this could take some time).
Format the USB Drive
Open Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities and locate your USB device. Make sure you've backed up anything important on that drive as it will be erased forever.
Select it, and then on the right, click the partition tab.
- Click Curent Layout and change it to 1 Partition.
- Set the Name to USB.
- Set the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
- Click Options and select GUID Partition Table.
Click Apply to format the drive.
Copy the Installation Files to the USB Drive
Now that we've downloaded the installation files from the Mac App Store and formatted our USB drive, let's copy the installation files to it.
Run the following command in the Terminal (Applications/Utilities):
The command will run a script inside the Install OS X El Capitan application that will copy the installation files to the USB drive.
This process takes about 15 minutes. Go out for a quick run, or a hamburger, or both. When you come back, it should have finished.
Installing a Bootloader
If you tried to boot from the USB drive as is after the previous step on a PC, it wouldn't work. We need a bootloader that makes it possible to boot OS X on x86 and x86_64 PCs.
There are 3 popular bootloaders to choose from.
- Clover
- Chameleon
- Chimera
I went with Clover as it seems to be the most popular choice among other El Capitan installers, mostly for the following reasons:
Clover is an open-source EFI-based bootloader created on Apr 4, 2011. It has a totally different approach from Chameleon and Chimera. It can emulate the EFI portion present on real Macs and boot the OS from there instead of using the regular legacy BIOS approach used by Chameleon and Chimera. For many, Clover is considered the next-gen bootloader and soon it will become the only choice since BIOS in being replaced by UEFI in every new motherboard. One big feature of Clover is that iMessage, iCloud, the Mac App Store works along with Find My Mac, Back To My Mac and FileVault since Clover can use the EFI partition. (Read more)
Install Clover on Your USB Drive
Installing Clover on your USB drive is relatively easy. It involves running an installation wizard and selecting some options.
Download the latest Clover installer from here.
- Run the installer.
- Click Continue twice.
- Click Change Install Location and set it to your formatted USB drive.
- Click Customize and check the following options:
- [x] Install for UEFI booting only
- [x] Install Clover in the ESP
- [ ] Drivers64UEFI
- [x] OsxAptioFixDrv-64 - fixes memory map created by AMI Aptio EFI. Booting OS X is impossible otherwise.
- Click Install and wait for the installation to finish. It shouldn't take more than a minute.
Copy Essential Kexts to the USB Drive
Next, we'll need to copy some kexts (kernal extensions, similar to drivers on Windows) to the USB drive.
- FakeSMC.kext - open source SMC device driver/emulator developed by netkas. Tricks OS X into thinking it's installed on Apple hardware. Absolutely required for Hackintosh installation.
- NullCPUPowerManagement.kext - disables AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext which may cause kernel panics when you try to boot from the USB drive. It's optional, copy it only if you get an AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement-related kernel panic.
- ApplePS2Controller.kext and AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext - adds support for PS2 devices (such as PS2 keyboard/mouse). They're optional, copy them only if you still use PS2 devices.
Download these files from here and copy them to the EFI mounted volume at /EFI/Clover/kexts/10.11/.
Now that the installation USB drive is ready, let's install OS X El Capitan!
Boot from the USB Drive
Restart your computer and boot from the USB drive (Press Esc/F8/Del to access the boot selection menu).
Use the arrow keys to select Boot OS X Install from Install OS X El Capitan (It should be selected by default). Press the spacebar and select Boot Mac OS X in verbose mode. Verbose mode means that you'll be able to see exactly what's going on under the hood as OS X attempts to boot up its installer. You'll be able to see the exact error message if booting fails.
Press Enter and cross your fingers. Clover will now boot the installer from your USB drive. This could take some time, in my case, it takes around 5 minutes (Don't worry -- the startup time is around 5 seconds after installing on an SSD).
Did it fail?
It's more than likely that the boot will fail. Don't panic (ha-ha), as kernel panics usually mean that you forgot to copy an essential kext to the EFI partition. Look up the exact error you're getting before the boot log comes to an end and search Google for a solution.
Once you find an additional kext that your system needs, you'd attempt to copy it to the EFI volume, only to discover that it's gone! Not to worry, it's just unmounted and hidden. Follow this guide to mount the hidden partition, and then, follow the Copy Essential Kexts section above to copy it to the USB drive's EFI partition.
Format the Target Hard Drive
Once the installation wizard boots, the next step is to prepare the hard drive that you want to install OS X on.
Click Continue, followed by Disk Utility.
Select the target drive to install to (not the USB drive!) and click the Erase button. Make sure to back up anything important on that drive, as it will be deleted forever.
- Set the Name to El Capitan.
- Set the Format to OS X Extended (Journaled).
- Set the Scheme to GUID Partition Map.
Click Erase to format the drive.
Install OS X to the Target Drive
Exit the Disk Utility and click Install OS X.
Click Show All Disks and select the drive you just formatted to install OS X on it. Finally, click Install.
The process takes about 25 minutes. Be patient. For me, it hung at the end ('1 second remaining') for around 5 minutes. Don't be tempted to reset or cancel the installation.
When that's done, the system will reboot. Make sure to boot from the USB device again, and select Boot OS X Install from Install OS X El Capitan once again, in verbose mode. The installation is a two-part process that continues once you re-boot into the USB drive.
Finally, after about 25 more minutes, OS X El Capitan should be successfully installed on the target drive.
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Boot into El Capitan via the USB Device
After the second reboot, boot from the USB device once again, but this time, select Boot OS X from El Capitan, and select verbose mode.
Press Enter and cross your fingers again. If all goes well, you'll be presented with the setup wizard:
Take a minute to set up your new Hackintosh. Once you're done, there are a few things you need to do to finish off the installation.
Reinstall Clover on the Hackintosh Drive
In the previous step, we used Clover on our USB drive to boot our Hackintosh. This is fine, but most of us aren't going to keep that USB drive plugged in forever. Let's make it possible to boot El Capitan independently by reinstalling Clover on it.
Go back up to the Install Clover on Your USB Drive section and follow the steps again, but this time, select your El Capitan volume instead of the USB drive.
Once again, copy the essential kexts to the EFI partition that shows up after installing Clover.
Finally, make sure to add Clover EFI boot options which is possible by pressing Clover Boot Options in the Clover boot window (if there are 2 boot options -- find the one for your SATA drive). I literally spent 3 hours figuring out why Clover would not boot when I disconnected the USB drive before I figured out that I need to manually add the EFI boot options.
Now you'll be able to boot directly from the El Capitan hard drive, as it should be!
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If you're lucky, audio and networking will work right out of the box. If not, you're on your own from here. You'll need to research your exact hardware (by using System Information in Applications/Utilities) and searching Google to find the right kext or installer to make it work on El Capitan.
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That's it! Enjoy your new Hackintosh, and if you absolutely love it, consider buying a Mac!