how to install mac os on a pc running windows 7?

Question

how to install mac os on a pc running windows 7?

Answer 1

It's rather difficult and often not possible. Plus, it is technically illegal because Apple's license agreement says that you can only install OS X on Apple's hardware.



So here's the problem- while the hardware itself is the same, the firmware is not. Apple's devices use a new-ish (13 year old) system called EFI in order to boot, while most Windows machines still use the BIOS developed in the 1980s. Mac OS X will run under BIOS but it won't install if you don't have EFI because it tries to write to it to set up the boot. In addition, there are no drivers for the components that Apple doesn't use. So if your motherboard, graphics card, network card, sound card, or anything else is not used in Apple computers, that component won't work. Regardless, you will not get the seamless experience that Mac users expect unless you actually buy a Mac. You'll probably have to wipe your computer in order to install OS X anyway- look up Hackintosh and OSx86 if you want to find out more.

Answer 2

First of, Apple says it's illegal to install their os on a computer not made by them. So Apple can sue you. And they did (for example psystar, who made normal computers but installed mac os x on them).



But it's against the law for apple to say that you can only install it on their computers. So when YOU do it (and not a company that does it for you), you are allowed to install it. Even though it's against the license agreement, it isn't against the law.



I know, it's a little bit weird.



Second, Mac os X uses the EFI to talk to the hardware, while every other computer use the BIOS. That's why you can't just install Mac os X on any computer. Mac OS X must be modified (which is against the law though) to run on a pc other than macs. For more information about how to prepare your computer and which Mac OS X you should download (in case the original, bought, mac os x doesn't work) search for hackintosh. It's the term for pc's (which are not mac) that run mac os x.



Third, Mac os X is built for mac's. So it only support a small variety of hardware. Why should they support hardware they don't even use? So your computer should have hardware that's compatible with mac os x. Once again, search for hackintosh to see which parts are supported.



If you want more information, go look for hackintosh guides or forums.

Answer 3

Here you go in a simple 3 step process and is 100% legal.



Step 1: Destroy PC

Step 2: Go to Apple Store

Step 3: Buy a Mac





Any other way is a violation of Apple's End User License Agreement. As Section 2 of that agreement, prohibits the installation of any Mac OSX on any non-apple computer.

http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx106.pdf

Answer 4

Steps to install:

1. Download OSx86 10.5.x

Go to your favorite torrent site and Download 10.5.x of your favorite flavor among the listed ones. Latest version is 10.5.7. Though 10.5.6 is also a fair deal. Burn the downloaded “.ISO” file to DVD using PowerISO / MagicISO or any other burning software.

2. Create Partition, preparing Disk:

In windows 7 or vista, Right click My computer > Manage, click Disk Management. Here create a primary partition with minimum 8GB space, though recommended is 15GB. There is no need to format this partition. After Partition is created, right click > Mark Partition as Active.

Burn the OSX86 ISO that you downloaded from torrents on to a DVD and reboot with Boot from DVD. Now you should see Darwin load screen.

3. Booting and starting Installation

As countdown from 10 starts, press F8 key and you will be able to have some more option’s. Now type -v and press enter now entered in VERBOSE mode, this will enable you to see any errors if they occur. In case your screen freezes for more than 10 minutes than note last lines and google them to find out a solution for your problem. If every thing goes fine after 15-30 minutes installation screen appear’s hold your breath we are not quit yet here.

Alternatively, to skip the booting errors, you can try these parameters on Boot: prompt

-cpus=1, -cpus=2.

4. Configuring Installation

After boot, you enter the Graphical interface and you should be able to see a top menu. From the menu Click Utilities > Disk Utility.

Here, select the destination drive where you want to install Mac OSX. this will be the same partition we created earlier in step 1.

Now click on ERASE on right hand side and under the format option select “MAC OSX Journaled Extended” and click Erase. The disk will be erased and mounted. Close the disk utility and agree to the terms and conditions, then select the partition which you erased recently.

5. Customize the Install

The most important part is this step. Now, choose wisely what all components you need to support your running hardware. Browse at http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Navigate to the HARDWARE section and choose your version(10.5.x) and computer type (Portable/Desktop). This page should give sample hardware examples that people have tested, and modules they have selected.

If you have doubts, you can check the Insanelymac.com forums.

For most of the INTEL based systems Vanilla Kernel works very smoothly & for AMD system try Voodoo kernel. It is recommended to remove all the extra unnecessary languages as they take up about 2 gigs. Also, dont add extra Drivers (.KEXTS) which might cause conflicts. e.g. if You have NVIDIA geforce on your laptop, you should select NVDarwin from the “Graphics” section, not all.

Hit Ok when you are convinced!

6. Checking the disk and Installation of System files

Now your disk(DVD) will be checked for consistency, then, installation begins. It will take 20-45 minutes as per your hardware juice. After the installation is over, it will ask for a reboot. Remove the DVD after it has rebooted.

You should be able to automatically boot into OS X at this time.

7. Setting up the Boot Loader

Now that OS X is all working, we have to make the previous installation of Windows 7 or Vista to work. for this, I`ll use the Windows boot loader rather than chameleon boot loader built-in to OS X. This helps you prevent re-fixing MAC OS installation when you re-install windows at some time in future.

Put in your windows 7 or Vista disk, and boot from it. When installation starts, it prompts for “Recovery”. Select the recovery option. On you will be prompted to choose tools available for recovery. Select “command-line”.

DISKPART> list disk // displays the available HDD

DISKPART> select disk n // select the disk which has windows installation

DISKPART> list partition // list partitions on the selected disk

DISKPART> select partition n // select the partition number where windows was previously installed.

DISKPART> active //sets partition active

DISKPART> exit

REBOOT.

Now your vista /windows 7 should boot, If it doesn’t try this:

Boot with installation disk into windows setup, choose recovery again, and select automated recovery of boot area. Windows should fix the boot automatically, then click Fix and reboot button.

8. Adding MAC to the Boot menu via Windows:

Boot into windows normally and download EasyBCD from google. Open it, click “Add/Remove entries” navigate to “Mac”. Select Type in the dropdown to “Generic x86 Pc” and give some name in the text box below. This name will appear in your boot screen. Click “SAVE” when done and REBOOT.

9. There is no Step 9. You should be able to boot into booth MAC OSX Leopard and Windows without any issues.

Answer 5

There is no legal way to run Mac OS on non-Apple hardware.

Answer 6

As far as I am aware it cannot be done.

Correct me if I am wrong.



The best you can hope for is an emulator to enable you to load Mac Software.

But it will be very slow, because the Win 7 will run and the Mac OS will run together.

Like one is piggy back on the other.

Answer 7

you need to partition your hard drive to separate the two operating systems



*edit* @ the people who said its violation apple/cant be done, you guys are morons. You can run any OS on any computer, you could even run windows on a mac if you wanted to. Its all about the hard drives.

Answer 8

You could always build a "Hackintosh" and install Windows 7 within using Bootcamp.