The Easy Guide to Installing Lion with Kakewalk

If you want to install Mac OS X Lion on your PC, Kakewalk makes the process incredibly easy. When you normally set up a "Hackintosh", you have to do a lot of extra work to enable things like sound, ethernet, sleep, and even the ability to boot from the hard drive. Kakewalk does all of this for you, by installing the appropriate kexts and configuration files for your Hackintosh beforehand. This way, after your initial installation, you can immediately boot into a fully-functional copy of Mac OS X Lion. Everything works out of the box!

Speed up your Hackintosh's boot time by changing the boot priority

If your Hackintosh is taking 10-20 seconds to get past the "Loading Operating System" screen every time it boots, there's an easy solution to your problem: adjust your boot priority. Hackintoshes have to use AHCI mode for their BIOS, but AHCI mode wastes a lot of time searching for extra boot devices, like DVDs or USB drives. If you're just trying to boot from your Hackintosh's hard disk, setting the hard disk at the top boot priority can speed up your boot time noticeably.

The Best WiFi Adapters For Your Hackintosh

If you want to connect your Hackintosh to the internet via WiFi, you'll have to install a wireless adapter (also known as a WiFi card). However, finding the right wireless adapter for your Hackintosh can be tricky, since Mac OS X only supports an extremely limited number of wireless chipsets. Instead, to save you a lot of time, we've compiled a short list of the most Hackintosh-compatible wireless adapters on the market.

Fix screen artifacts on your Hackintosh

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Any Hackintosh with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics can get full graphics support in a relatively easy process, but these HD 3000 graphics are known to cause occasional freezing and screen artifacts in OS X. Luckily, these graphics issues seem to be fixed by the newest release of FakeSMC 4.2.

Lion legacy kernel finally released!

A legacy kernel for Mac OS X Lion was recently released on OSx86.net, allowing AMD Hackintoshes to run Lion for the first time. The kernel is currently in beta, but any brave souls who wish to install Lion on their AMD Hackintosh should feel free to try it out (just be sure to make a backup beforehand).

The Best Lenovo Hackintosh Laptop of 2012

Today we've added the newest member to MacBreaker's 2012 list of Hackintosh laptops: the Lenovo IdeaPad B570. Touting a 2nd-generation Intel processor, and almost full compatibility with Mac OS X Lion, the IdeaPad B570 is an ideal choice for any veteran Hackintosher searching for a reliable, mid-size laptop.

The Ultimate Xeon Hackintosh Server

Most Hackintosh builds use standard Intel Core processors, and even high-end Hackintosh builds rarely use anything better than a Core i7 2600K. However, if you're looking to assemble the most powerful Hackintosh possible, then you'll want to check out the record-breaking Xeon Hackintosh build assembled by lightinhopkins of tonymacx86.

The Easy Way To Install Mountain Lion On a PC

Last month, we showed you how to install the developer preview of Mac OS X Mountain Lion on your Hackintosh, by manually creating your own installer USB drive. However, there is now an easier way to install Mac OS X Mountain Lion, by using the newly updated myHack app.

Four Cheap Hackintosh Builds Worth Your Money

For most people, Hackintoshes are meant to be a cheaper alternative to buying a real Mac. However, Mac OS X doesn't work with just any hardware, so building your own Hackintosh on the cheap usually need some extra research. In the interest of saving you time (and money), I've compiled a list of the 4 best discount Hackintosh builds, all of which can run Mac OS X Lion flawlessly. Best of all, every one of these builds costs less than $500 to assemble.

Disable internet download warnings on Mac OS X

You've undoubtedly seen warnings like the one shown above on your Hackintosh before; every time you download anything from the internet, Mac OS X drops you this warning before you can open the file. Ostensibly, this is for your own security. However, if you don't need Mac OS X warning you about everything that you download, it's actually very to disable this "feature". This tip isn't Hackintosh-specific, so it'll work with real Macs too.