You should print the guide part, and maybe the specs part if you really need to.
It's really a good idea. If you don't have a printer, write down the steps briefly. Obviously, if you have a second computer just look back on this.


Software and Hardware Requirements/Recommendations


* USB mouse and keyboard: regular macs don't have your standard input for mouse and keyboard, so your mac won't recognize what to do with random things plugged into ports it doesn't know what it does, so you either need an adapter for them, which costs like 5 bucks (US) on eBay like I did, or you could just be lucky and already have them. But trust me, you do need both.
* I would seriously recommend you have at least like 1gb of ram. The thing is, when you first boot it, it's like slower than me taking a ~love~ (long time), and it's sucking out all your cpu usage (until you delete a certain file, but I'll tell you about that later). You can pretty much forget about it if you have less than 512mb of ram. 512 might be good but I just really really wouldn't recommend anything below that (through personal experience). Feel free to try though, it's always good to know that other options exist.
* Windows operating system to start from (it will be erased, but that's why its good to be backed up onto a dvd-r/w or something).
* I would really say any media storage device that can hold a 1.28gb file without being resized (this file will be extracted to 6gb, so you need winrar too).
* Backup all your files if you really think they're precious. I like to keep what I have simple and just put it on my 30gb black iPod video (works good enough, that's also where I have my 1.28gb file of mac).
* A dvd-r/w or cd-r/w.
* DVD decrypter (or any program you have that'll burn .iso images).


This is my guide to getting Macintosh OS x on a pc.

Guide

Step 1: Download the software.

First you need the OS x file. You can either get your version off a torrent (1.28gb) like 10.4.9 I think is the newest version; or you can get the one I'm providing for you (which I think is 10.4.1 or 10.4.2 I'm not really sure). I'm going to be providing the links at the bottom of the guide.
Just remember that torrents take about 80 years to download (exaggerated obviously) and goes slow as balls. If you have rapidshare.com premium then you'll just be lucky to have the file download fast compared to the torrent.

Now I would suggest to back this file up, because if for some reason it doesn't work, you wouldn't want to lose it and have to re-download it would you? Probably not unless you don't have anything better to do. So make sure to back this up!

Step 2: Extract.

When it's downloaded, use HJSplit to fuse together the split files.

When you get your final .tar.bz file, extract it using winrar. This extracting process should take about 15-20 minutes, give or take. It took me about 15.


Step 3: Create your directory.

When the extracting is done, dig through the couple folders until you come to like 13 files or something. Look for "tiger-x86-flat". It's a .img file and its the only 6gb mass in there.



I would suggest going to your C:\ drive and creating a folder named "tiger" or whatever you want and putting this .img inside so it would be in "C:\tiger\tiger-x86-flat.img".


Step 4: Get the livecd.

You'll need an Ubuntu livecd. You can get it from the Ubuntu official website by downloading or requesting cd's (requesting says 6-8 weeks. I requested them like 11 weeks ago and still haven't gotten them even though it says the request was approved). Requesting is free but you probably don't want to wait years to get it.
I posted mirrors from the official Ubuntu website for this file.

Step 5: Burn your livecd.

When you have it, burn it to your cd (or) dvd-r/w as the image using dvd decrypter or your favorite image burner. I posted the link to dvd decrypter below.



Step 6: Backup your personal files.

Now that you have your .img and your livecd burned, you're almost ready to install mac os x! This step isn't necessary but I would highly suggest you backup all of your personal files on a disk. If they're pictures, make a photobucket and upload them there. If they're music, you can probably get it back. If they're videos, you might be a little screwed, but I'd say youtube or megaupload/rapidshare links (and save those links!).




Step 7: Check to make sure you have everything ready.

If you forget something, it might set you back a little bit. The next steps are going to be pretty nerve-wracking and hard if you're new to doing computer stuff like this. If it's your family's computer, don't do it. Do it on your own computer.

Step 8: Breathe.

Breathe. It'll really help you live.

Step 9: Booting from Ubuntu livecd.

Alright, now you think you're ready to install OS x do you? Well, here goes nothing! Insert your Ubuntu livecd into your computer. Restart it, and set your BIOS settings to "boot from CD/DVD". Resume the booting from Ubuntu. When prompted, select the first option available. Let the GUI (graphical user interface) finish loading. You should now be on the Ubuntu livecd desktop with an icon that says "install", making it look as if it were installed on your computer, but it isn't. It just makes it look like it is.



Step 10: Copying the .img to your filesystem.

At the the top, click on "Places" then Computer. You should now see a bunch of drives your computer has but in linux GUI. Double click the icon with the name "(HD space number) Volume".




You should be seeing what you know as your "C:" drive. Navigate to your "tiger-x86-flat.img" and right click it; select properties. Highlight and copy the directory in which the file is in, but don't x out of the window that has it, otherwise it will un-copy itself, so move it over to the side for now.


You can close out of the "disk" folder. At the top bar, go to "Applications" and locate "Terminal" in the Accessories sub menu. The next thing you need to do can mess up your system bad (or iPod in my case), so you need to be VERY CAREFUL as to what you're typing. In the terminal window, type in this series of codes, when each new code box is signifying the separation of commands:

sudo passwd root nuts
(enter after each ending of (code)
New password:

nuts

Verify password:

nuts



su
nuts
It will ask you for the password, type in "nuts" and hit enter. It will make it look as if it isn't typing, but it is for security reasons.




It should now say "root@ubuntu: /home/ubuntu#".
Now, type in this next code VERY carefully, this is it. This next code will copy mac OS x to your hard drive and want to be booted from!

dd bs=1048576 if=(right click here and paste the folder directory you did before)/tiger-x86-flat.img of=/dev/hda




Hit enter.
If you get something like "you do not have sufficient permissions to do that action" or anything along those lines, you did the sudo wrong. Start from the sudo code again, and then type the dd code again. When you hit enter, and you don't see anything happening, that's a very good thing! Your computer is copying that 6GB file onto your hard drive. It should take about 10 minutes or so of sitting there doing nothing, so browse the internet if you please. When you see something that tells you "the file was copied", that means.... YOU DID IT! Next time you boot your system, you will be booting Mac OS x. Exit all open windows on Ubuntu, and shut it down (using the menu at the top). The prompt will tell you to remove the cd and press enter. Do it. Trust me, everything isn't as happy as you think yet...

Step 11: Booting Mac OS x.

Turn on your computer, making sure no external drives are plugged in or anything like that, besides your mouse and keyboard etc. This is where you should go swimming or take a shower or play Playstation or anything like that, because booting this sucker takes around 30 minutes to an hour (I know it really sucks). LEAVE YOUR MONITOR ON! I noticed that when I was booting OS x, I was watching it closely the first time, keeping the monitor on. Then I found out I needed to make it faster, so I had to go and reinstall Windows.. I know right? So i searched for a week or two on why my OS x was going so slow. I re-installed OS x but decided to turn off the monitor and shower, I came back and all I had was a very small portion of the Finder Bar and my mouse. I had to reboot again, but I hadn't realized it was my monitor yet so I turned it off. I came back later and I had the same thing! I kept it on the 3rd time and came back and viola! Everything loaded. So keep your monitor on...
I'll get to why it's going so slow in the next step.

Step 12: Getting a faster system.

Now, when you finally have the Hard Drive icon loaded (named tiger-x86), you'll have full access to your new Mac. I'm pretty sure you'll notice one small problem though; It's slow. If you've already went to check what process is making your computer so slow, it's called "kernel_task". Yeah, tell me about it. For all you computer-nerds, this means that a very vital system process is making your computer go slower than nuts. This is because on regular Macintosh computers, the system is looking for a kernel extension for the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) in the Intel chip. Well, you don't have that, but it looks for it anyways. This puts your CPU usage at around 95%! Not good! We need to do something about it. We need to delete the kernel extension that's causing your new computer to go so slow. All you have to do is delete one simple little file. Where is it you ask?

Open tiger-x86 (your hard drive). Locate to "System/Library/Extensions" (this will take a while, because it's going so slow!). Look for the file called "AppleTPMACPI.kext". You want this gone, that's causing your system to go so. Drag to the trash can. At that time, it will ask you for a password to delete this system file. The username is already there (deadmoo). The password is: "bovinity". Let it delete. Reboot your computer (pretty much by turning it off manually or unplugging it and turning it back on).

Step 13: Where did all my hard drive space go?!

Yeah, so you installed Mac OS x. But your hard drive... OS x is only using 6GB out of your whole HD. Well, the OS wants to be gay and only use up 6GB. I know right... I haven't tried this part yet (I switched to Vista to write this and upload the files). My friend, whom which was doing lots of research and testing with me, told me about a program for Mac called "Raid". Personally, I've never heard of it. He told me that in order to get your full HD space, you need to create a new partition using the Mac Disk Utility and using all the unallocated space, and use this "Raid" program to combine your two partitions together. I asked him if it would ~censored~ things up with your system, but he said "no, it fuses your partitions together to create one partition". Remember, I haven't tested it yet, so I can't tell you if it works or not. Otherwise, you're all done. You've got Mac OS x working and running normally!




Download links:

HJSplit Pro



tiger-x86 parts SIZE: 1.28GB, extracts to 6GB.


Ubuntu 7.04 Desktop (choose mirror closest to you) SIZE: 697.9 MB


DVD Decrypter burn .iso images. SIZE: 878KB

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