Creating a hackintosh out of my current Windows PC

[Magikarpdrowned]

Greetings!

I would like to know if anyone could point me in the direction of instructions to create a hackintosh out of my pre-existing windows system. My aim is to partition one of my windows drives (of which there are three, one boot SSD, one data SSD, which I would like to use for MacOS, and one HDD for data overflow.) I have been looking around online for some instructions but the general instructions I am finding assume you are building a purely MacOS rig and that you are starting from scratch. If anyone could provide instructions for how to convert my pre-existing rig into a hackintosh without losing any data or having to do mass backup/restore schemes it would be greatly appreciated. I can provide detailed system specs and information if needed.

 

Thanks!

[iLostMyXbox21]

no hackintosh talk on the forums.. against the rules

 

/s 

 

i am kidding

 

 

yes, could we have the specs?

[lewdicrous]

Specs are important

 

I provided a couple of links for hackintoshing discord servers in the S.U below.

One is for AMD CPU's: AMD OS X

The other one is for Intel CPU's: /r/Hackintosh Paradise

Spoiler

https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/479699-lewdicrous/?status=212114&type=status

There are other dedicated forums, like the ones below, that may have guides for specific hardware

Spoiler

https://www.tonymacx86.com/

https://www.insanelymac.com/

https://osxlatitude.com/

[Magikarpdrowned]

14 minutes ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

no hackintosh talk on the forums.. against the rules

 

/s 

 

i am kidding

 

 

yes, could we have the specs?

i5 6600k, ASRock 4sPro Z170 MOBO, 16GB DDR4 RAM @ 2333MHz, (1) Samsing 860Pro 500GB [Not touching for Hackintosh], (1) Mystery SATA SSD [Using for MacOS, IDK the brand name, got it from a friend of a friend out of a dataserver xD] and (1) Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB HDD [Not touching for MacOS.]

[Magikarpdrowned]

12 minutes ago, lewdicrous said:

Specs are important

 

I provided a couple of links for hackintoshing discord servers in the S.U below.

One is for AMD CPU's: AMD OS X

The other one is for Intel CPU's: /r/Hackintosh Paradise

  Reveal hidden contents

https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/479699-lewdicrous/?status=212114&type=status

There are other dedicated forums, like the ones below, that may have guides for specific hardware

  Reveal hidden contents

https://www.tonymacx86.com/

https://www.insanelymac.com/

https://osxlatitude.com/

Invalid invite for the /r/Hackintosh Paradise discord server.

[lewdicrous]

1 minute ago, Magikarpdrowned said:

Invalid invite for the /r/Hackintosh Paradise discord server.

Fixed it.

You can also look through their reddit if you want some guides

[duncannah]

Use an utility like GParted to shrink your NTFS partition and create an HFS+ partition, since the macOS Disk Utility sometimes refuses to interact with NTFS partitions, and ignores free space.

 

Guide for readying the drive with GParted: https://hackintosh-multiboot.gitbook.io/hackintosh-multiboot/uefi/1-disk-+-winders-loonix

After that, use this guide to set up an USB installer without a Mac: https://internet-install.gitbook.io/macos-internet-install/

Then, use this guide for installing (skip the USB creation part) : https://hackintosh.gitbook.io/-r-hackintosh-vanilla-desktop-guide/

 

Using tools like Unibeast and Multibeast might be tempting, but these tools can cause stability issues because of the way they patch the system and such.

 

EDIT: Haven't asked if you're using UEFI or Legacy. Legacy is a bit trickier usually. Look into the other tabs in the first guide if you're using Legacy.

[Magikarpdrowned]

1 hour ago, duncannah said:

Use an utility like GParted to shrink your NTFS partition and create an HFS+ partition, since the macOS Disk Utility sometimes refuses to interact with NTFS partitions, and ignores free space. 

 

Guide for readying the drive with GParted: https://hackintosh-multiboot.gitbook.io/hackintosh-multiboot/uefi/1-disk-+-winders-loonix

After that, use this guide to set up an USB installer without a Mac: https://internet-install.gitbook.io/macos-internet-install/

Then, use this guide for installing (skip the USB creation part) : https://hackintosh.gitbook.io/-r-hackintosh-vanilla-desktop-guide/

 

Using tools like Unibeast and Multibeast might be tempting, but these tools can cause stability issues because of the way they patch the system and such.

 

EDIT: Haven't asked if you're using UEFI or Legacy. Legacy is a bit trickier usually. Look into the other tabs in the first guide if you're using Legacy.

Thanks! Will look into this. What do you reckon is the smallest partition I could get away with? Including OS, would it be usable for light tasking and a few crucial apps if I allocated 100GB?

[duncannah]

7 minutes ago, Magikarpdrowned said:

Thanks! Will look into this. What do you reckon is the smallest partition I could get away with? Including OS, would it be usable for light tasking and a few crucial apps if I allocated 100GB?

That is quite more than enough. Looks like the OS uses less than 12GB installed. Good luck!

[Magikarpdrowned]

7 minutes ago, duncannah said:

That is quite more than enough. Looks like the OS uses less than 12GB installed. Good luck! 

Thanks! Excited to get underway