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0 pointsuserbinator7y ago0 comments

IMHO it's easy enough to find a way if you want to test.

I had to do it a few times in the past and it's surprising how easy it is to run macOS in VirtualBox. Insert ISO, change some configuration, and it boots and installs. Plenty of tutorials and such too.

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josteink7y ago

What ISO? And where?

You mean those hacked ISOs from TPB for 3 year old OSX releases?

How can I, or anyone else for that matter, be sure they are safe to use and represents runtime behavior of the latest ever-changing (read: breaking) OSX?

It’s not as easy as you make it out to be.

userbinatorOP7y ago

How can I, or anyone else for that matter, be sure they are safe to use and represents runtime behavior of the latest ever-changing (read: breaking) OSX?

The Hackintosh community has plenty of very knowledgeable individuals who know what they're doing. If someone was trying to pass malware around they would be found out and ostracised very quickly.

You can also find the direct links to Apple's servers if you search. Hint: InstallESD.dmg and swcdn.apple.com .

josteink7y ago

That’s akin to use hacked or pirated Windows ISOs to build and test Windows-software. And nobody in their right mind would suggest that, right?

Why does different rules apply to OSX?

Also: DMG-files can’t be used unless you’ve already purchased that $1000 machine you don’t really want/need. It’s completely unsupported in any meaningful sense outside OSX.

So more roadblocks.

You know how I get a Windows ISO? I download it from Microsoft. Ubuntu? Download it from canonical. Etc etc.

Can we all agree that it is Apple who put up all these roadblocks?

No other OS vendor makes it harder/more expensive to support their platform than Apple does.

And then you can’t really blame developers for not bothering. It’s all on Apple.

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aikah7y ago

All Hackintoshs violate MacOS license. You cannot run MacOS on anything else than a Mac or it's just pirating the software.

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josteink7y ago

What ISO? And where?

You mean those hacked ISOs from TPB for 3 year old OSX releases?

How can I, or anyone else for that matter, be sure they are safe to use and represents runtime behavior of the latest ever-changing (read: breaking) OSX?

It’s not as easy as you make it out to be.

userbinatorOP7y ago

How can I, or anyone else for that matter, be sure they are safe to use and represents runtime behavior of the latest ever-changing (read: breaking) OSX?

The Hackintosh community has plenty of very knowledgeable individuals who know what they're doing. If someone was trying to pass malware around they would be found out and ostracised very quickly.

You can also find the direct links to Apple's servers if you search. Hint: InstallESD.dmg and swcdn.apple.com .

josteink7y ago

That’s akin to use hacked or pirated Windows ISOs to build and test Windows-software. And nobody in their right mind would suggest that, right?

Why does different rules apply to OSX?

Also: DMG-files can’t be used unless you’ve already purchased that $1000 machine you don’t really want/need. It’s completely unsupported in any meaningful sense outside OSX.

So more roadblocks.

You know how I get a Windows ISO? I download it from Microsoft. Ubuntu? Download it from canonical. Etc etc.

Can we all agree that it is Apple who put up all these roadblocks?

No other OS vendor makes it harder/more expensive to support their platform than Apple does.

And then you can’t really blame developers for not bothering. It’s all on Apple.

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aikah7y ago

All Hackintoshs violate MacOS license. You cannot run MacOS on anything else than a Mac or it's just pirating the software.

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