Once upon a time personal userscomputers and Mac OS fans could only dream of having this system on a stationary computer. There were many conditions that needed to be followed in order to install and configure this "OS". Now everything is much easier. The system began to support the overwhelming amount of equipment and is able to work with most of the peripherals. The main thing, before buying it, check whether there is support for Mac OS from a specific device.
Preparation
This is probably the most important point in the process. Installing on a Mac OS PC requires careful and thorough verification of all elements.
- The first thing we recommend that you do is print this manual if there is no second computer at hand. You should not try to do all the memory operations.
- If this is your first reinstallation of the operating system, it may take up to 6 hours. Make sure you have free time.
- Make sure you really need it. Why conduct dangerous experiments for your personal computer, if you have enough, for example, a laptop with Mac OS Yosemite for your usual work purposes.
- Ideally, the entire hard disk should be formatted in FAT32. All its sections.
- Download and burn to Hiren’s Boot CD. This program will allow you not only to work with hard disk partitions, but also to diagnose the state of the computer if something goes wrong.
- Save all your data on a flash drive or external hard drive.
Form
Now it's time to download a disk image withoperating system, if you do not already have one. There are many assemblies, but it is better to choose not the newest "Mac OS Yosemite", but more stable and reliable, and simply more convenient to install, and later update it with built-in tools.
Скачав файл, проверьте его формат.If it has an ISO, MDF extension, feel free to write them to disk. If the format is DMG, you will still have to download the DMG2ISO utility and convert your image into a format more suitable for recording.
After you write the image to disk, on itThere should be several files up to 150 kb in size or nothing at all. This is due to the fact that Windows does not recognize the format of files intended for another system. So do not worry, installation on a PC Mac OS should go like clockwork.
Installation
Let's first take a look at how a clean Mac OS installation goes. That is, on a computer with a completely new and empty hard drive.
Everything happens the same way as when installing familiar to all Windows. We insert the installation disc into the computer and at startup we press the necessary button to boot from an external device.
После того как появится надпись об установке с drive, press F8, or wait a bit and type "-v" without quotes. This will allow you to continue the process of installing the operating system in text mode, otherwise you will be taken to the graphical interface. In principle, you decide whether to do this, because everything depends on the situation.
- If you have previously used this disk with the assembly system, you can try to continue in graphical mode.
- If this is your first installation, then it is highly recommended to start text mode. So you can keep track of any errors.
Further, nothing complicated. If everything went smoothly, then you should see a blue window with a pointer. We choose the language we need.
After that a menu will appear.Click "Utilities", in the list select "Disk Utility". With its help, we format the FAT32 section prepared by us in Mac OS Extended journaled. After completion of the process, click "continue" and go from screen to screen. We select the prepared section for installation and select the components we need. Mac OS setup is very important. You must select the exact elements that correspond to the hardware of your computer. Moreover, you can not install the same driver from different manufacturers. For example, if your processor is running on SSE3 technology, then in no case do not put a patch for SSE2. In this case, no one guarantees the operation of the system.
Errors
Installing on a Mac OS PC presents a lot of risk.and difficulties, therefore, it is possible that errors may occur during the process. The first troubles are waiting for the user at the initial loading stage, before the menu appears. There are two common troubles.
"System config file‘ /com.apple.Boot.plist ’not found." This entry indicates that you have downloaded an inappropriate distribution. Have to download another version of the OS.
"Still waiting for root device". Most likely, you have an incompatibility of equipment with the OS. Unfortunately, you may need to replace the hard drive or motherboard.
The next problem may occur at the stagesection formatting. If the operating system cannot format the partition, use "Acronis Disk Director Suite". Set the manual formatting mode and create a FAT32 partition, and the partition change type is 0xAFh (Shag OS Swap). Restart your computer and try installing again.
Completion
When installation on PC Mac OS is complete, stillThere may be problems with its launch. If you have a "b0 error", it can mean problems with the boot sector. To correct this error, run the "Hiren’s boot CD". Select the "Acronis Disk Director" utility and activate the partition with the installed Mac OS. Reboot. Now everything should work.
Bootable flash drive
If you have successfully installed an operatingsystem, now you may need to update it. For these purposes, the Mac OS boot flash drive is ideal, because every time downloading an update from the AppStore is not always convenient. In order to create such a device, you will need a bit:
- Computer with "Mac OS Yosemite" installed.
- Diskmaker X program.
- USB flash drive size of at least 8 GB.
- An operating system update file.
- Admin access to the PC.
After you have prepared everything, you can safely proceed.
- Insert the USB flash drive into the PC.
- Run Diskmaker X.
- We choose the operating system we need.
- Select the firmware file (update). You should have downloaded it from the AppStore. By default, it should be in your "Programs" folder.
- Choose your flash drive.
- Agree to clean it up.
- Waiting for the end of the process.
That's all, your Mac OS bootable flash drive is ready.Now, to install an operating system from it, restart the personal computer with the optional key held down. Or select a different boot volume in the system settings.
When installing OS X on a personal computer underWindows control, remember that they support various hard disk formats and BIOS settings. You may have to change the OS boot priorities and its parameters through this system. Be careful.
