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OSX 10.8.4 Upgrade

Posted on 10th June 2013

Apple release the 10.8.4 update to it’s popular operating system a few days ago. The fixes in this version are fairly minor with no extra edits needed on the Hackintosh project. The AppleHDA driver was replaced in the upgrade, so applying the sound driver from MultiBeast was necessary to get audio to work on the on-board chipset. Download the latest version of MultiBeast here (login required).

Details on what is included in the update since 10.8.3 can be found here. The update can be downloaded through the App Store.

As always, running a system update on non-apple hardware is not always 100% bullet proof. Make sure that you have another way to boot the system if something goes wrong. Multibeast may be needed on your setup.

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iMessages now working in OSX

Posted on 10th March 2013

For those of us using Apple’s OSx on custom hardware (Hackintosh), iMessages has failed to connect in recent months. This is due to how iMessages verifies the hardware and sees that we are not running a true Apple device.

Chimera, the bootloader included in MultiBeast, has been updated to 2.0.1. In the 2.x release, they have added a fix that allows iMesaages to work on your home-brew OSx machine. This update is not currently a part of Multibeast, so it will require downloading and installing separately. Just follow the install wizard and make sure to install on your Hackintosh primary partition/drive. Any custom configurations should not be overwritten, but always make a backup just in case.

Download Chimera (Requires an account).

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Hackintosh 10.8.2 Upgrade

Posted on 21st September 2012

Apple has released yet another update to it’s popular OSX operating system. Is there any coincidence that they released this around the same time that iOS6 hits the mobile devices? The answer is no. With Passport, Facebook, and Twitter integration, it only makes sense to add these features to their computer operating system as well. See the official Apple changelog for the full list of details here.

As for updating your custom-built hackintosh, eveything should go through ok, but always make sure that you have an alternative way to boot the system in case something goes wrong. You can download this update from the Software Update app or download the official combo update from Apple’s website over here.

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Mountain Lion 10.8.1 Update

Posted on 4th September 2012

Apple has rolled out it’s first major update of 10.8 Mountain Lion. This release is quite small and weighs in at around 44Mb. The great news for those of us running custom hardware is that there is no major kexts that are replaced. So there is no real need to update your collection of kexts, but you should always make sure that you have a solid backup prior to installing or restarting when you are notified to restart.

Apple Update Available

Apple Update is requesting a restart.

Once you have a solid backup of the system, you can now restart and see. On my mackintosh, there was no issues. The system resumed normal operation. You can head over to tonymacx86 for more information on the update.

Remember to never restart your Hackintosh until you have confirmed if you need to replace any kexts with future updates from Apple.