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Is there anyway to legally run OSX on a non Apple custom build?

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ofc its legal.

You can do it with dual booting, find a osx iso, put it on an usb, stick it in etc etc. there are lots of guides on the internet

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1 minute ago, rm -rf said:

Is there anyway to legally run OSX on a non Apple custom build?

OS X is free but I never read the TOS or License so. yeah. That probably wasn't helpful but still its free. You're not stealing anything really

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no it's not legal (it's against the apple osx terms of service)

but apple has never gone after anyone that i know of..

so dont expect the police to show up the next day and arrest you for building a hackintosh :)

and as @niccaa23 said, if you start selling hackintoshes and apple notices you making money off their product, then you're in trouble.

 

 

 

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10 minutes ago, rm -rf said:

Is there anyway to legally run OSX on a non Apple custom build?

Running OS X on non Apple hardware isn't illegal(just against Apple's terms of service), but if you obtain the OS X copy illegally then its illegal(if you own a Mac and make the installation disk with it then not illegal, but if you download OS X from the interwebz then illegal).

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Just now, QueenDemetria said:

Running OS X on non Apple hardware isn't illegal(just against Apple's terms of service), but if you obtain the OS X copy illegally then its illegal(if you own a Mac and make the installation disk with it then not illegal, but if you download OS X from the interwebz then illegal).

is going to the apple store with a usb stick and downloading osx there legal? xD

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4 minutes ago, mikat said:

is going to the apple store with a usb stick and downloading osx there legal? xD

Most apple store employees I know don't really care what you do on their floor demos as long as you buy something when your there. So like buy a pair of ear buds and then DL away :)

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5 minutes ago, mikat said:

i have a macbook air so i have no need to do that haha :)

When I use bae's Retina MacBook I use Bootcamp and Win 8.1, so I wouldn't need to do it either nor would I want to lol.

 

OS X and I don't get along very well :P

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