failed hackintosh. noob need help

kronoSX

kronoSX

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good day people.I got this old lenovo g50-70 with intel hd4400 onboard graphics,8 gig ram and haswell i3 cpu.
I know i am asking alot but is there anyway someone can build me a boot usb install for catalina or big sure.
I build me one with config.plist ,efi, kext..etc etc. and tried installing Catalina.It all went well until the last 3 minutes and boom the pc crash to black screen then reboot again to usb ,i then get this message catalina could not install.This was the last 2 minutes,I tried saving the install logs but that failed.

i checked the forums on hacintosh for answers but the information is so overwelming.I simple want a iso file or something for my laptop, I file that has everything ready to go.
I dont expect it to be free ...lol but everything must work ,all devices.
Can this be done,I can provide all information and files, i just want this to be over with as i am busy now fixing this damn pc cause the efi folder is busted and win bootloader has corrupted,Sitting with my netbook typing this with a dim light,loadshedding now ffs eskom.

https://github.com/mirifi2k/lenovo-g50-70-hackintosh this is but one tutorial which i did follow to some extent

I think my config.plist is at fault
 
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prod said:
Okay I must ask, why?

Surely this is not worth the effort?
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Because it's fun if you're into that sort of thing? I did it once on one of those little Acers many years back. Made for an interesting little mac'ish.

What I'd really love to be able to do it run an older version of OSX virtually on my M1 MBA.
 
bwana said:
Because it's fun if you're into that sort of thing? I did it once on one of those little Acers many years back. Made for an interesting little mac'ish.

What I'd really love to be able to do it run an older version of OSX virtually on my M1 MBA.
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Limbo ARM? I ran XP on Limbo X86, just for shits and giggles.
 
bwana said:
Because it's fun if you're into that sort of thing? I did it once on one of those little Acers many years back. Made for an interesting little mac'ish.

What I'd really love to be able to do it run an older version of OSX virtually on my M1 MBA.
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Sure...but not when you have to beg for help and are even willing to pay for it?

Hacking and cracking and doing it yourself...that is the fun part for a PC nerd.
 
bwana said:
Because it's fun if you're into that sort of thing? I did it once on one of those little Acers many years back. Made for an interesting little mac'ish.

What I'd really love to be able to do it run an older version of OSX virtually on my M1 MBA.
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Sure, but if you're into this sort of thing then asking someone else to do it for you kinda takes the fun out of it? Anyway, was just wondering what the use case is, cause if you just want to test some stuff then there are other options like EC2 Mac instances
 
TheMightyQuinn said:
Sure...but not when you have to beg for help and are even willing to pay for it?

Hacking and cracking and doing it yourself...that is the fun part for a PC nerd.
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Everybody needs a little help sometimes

I'll discretely PM you a link to some Viagra.
 
ArmatageShanks said:
Everybody needs a little help sometimes

I'll discretely PM you a link to some Viagra.
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Sure...this guy wants somebody to provide the WHOLE solution for him. That's not a little help.

Also: I do not need your viagra links etc. You do you, since you're using the stuff anyway.
 
TheMightyQuinn said:
Sure...this guy wants somebody to provide the WHOLE solution for him. That's not a little help.

Also: I do not need your viagra links etc. You do you, since you're using the stuff anyway.
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:ROFL:

Yeah no I see your point, like asking someone else to build your model airplane.
 
guys i do have all thestuff, i did create one and it did install but the last 2 minutes the pc crashed and i dont have no logs.I struggled for 5 hours trying fixing it.I reinstalled over and over and checked the logs.Its not that i am looking for all the help ,i did my part.. all i want is someone to try to make one for me ,maybe i did some small thing wrong.aggja i dont know hey.

The reason why i am trying to make the hackintosh is the app that i use only run on apple.The windows and linux version works 30 percent of the time but apple it works 100 percent.

SO i will try again using feartech method, and if that dont work then i cant just giver up.
 
prod said:
Okay I must ask, why?

Surely this is not worth the effort?
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there is mac specific software i use with usb,proprietary software kind of ,this cant run in a vm due to usb passthrough problems.You need a mac or hackintosh for this,I cant afford that mac but i do have 3 laptops( one gathering dust).what would you do.?

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kronoSX said:
there is mac specific software i use with usb,proprietary software kind of ,this cant run in a vm due to usb passthrough problems.You need a mac or hackintosh for this,I cant afford that mac but i do have 3 laptops( one gathering dust).what would you do.?

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I would sell one of the laptops and buy a 2014 Mac mini or something for like R2000
 
I haven't done this in a long time but I'm sure you can do this on virtual machine.

Download virtual box on windows, download a Mac os iso and install it with virtual box.

The 5 times a year you need to use it load up the vm.
 
I've never understood the concept of a Hackintosh. Why would you willingly want to run MacOS on anything?
 
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