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Mac OS X disc image. (Snow Leopard) and Java version 1.6.0_29. This will mount the disk image and open a finder window containing the JaxoDraw Application bundle.
If you are looking for a pre installed Mac Snow Leopard VMware image, then this post will be useful to find out the correct image and how to install Snow Leopard on VMware Player or Workstation. Here, I demonstrate simple steps to install Mac 10.6.4 Snow Leopard with pre installed VMware image.
The following method is completely for testing and learning purpose. Do not use in production or permanent use. Buy Mac hardware and software to run permanently.
UPDATED ON 17-06-2010
This post has been updated with three fixes.
1) For AMD Users – Use different Boot loader (darwin legacy) as mentioned here.
2) For Windows 7 64 Bit Host Users – Use same boot loader (darwin legacy) mentioned here.
3) Not Booting, or Apple boot loader stuck – Use Step 14 at last
Why Pre Installed Mac Snow Leopard Image?
1) Easy to import in VMware and start using it.
2) Mac Installation already done, DVD or ISO not required.
3) Saves your time by avoiding installation and patching for x86 computers.
4) Drivers already installed. Sound, Network and Screen resolution working fine in this image.
5) Updating to 10.6.3 or 10.6.4 is working well.
6) Not required to install any boot loaders..
The Demonstration PC Configuration;
Intel Core2Duo 2.66GHz
3GB DDR2 RAM
Intel P35 Chipset
Windows 7 32 Bit Host
Required Products for install Mac 10.6.4 Snow Leopard on VMware with Pre Installed Mac VMware Image
I’m going to install and run this image in VMware Player 3, because somehow I feel VMware Player works better then VMware workstation. Only one drawback is snapshots. Similar posts show how to install Leopard in VMware and Sun VirtualBox with pre installed image available below.
OK, let’s go to the requirements.
1) VMware Player 3 or Later
2) Snow Leopard VMware Image (it’s a torrent download.2.3GB (without VMware workstation) approx size with 7z compressed format.)
3) Read this post and make sure VT is enabled in host computer BIOS. This image required VT enabled.
4) And…… nothing else.
Installation Steps
1) Extract the Image. It contains VMX,VMDK and other tools required.
2) Make sure VT is enabled.
3) Open Mac OS Snow Leopard.vmx file in VMware Player.
Edit virtual machine settings as you like. Suggested settings are increasing RAM and number of cores in processor. If Mac stuck with any kernel errors then change processor core to one. Do not change anything in virtualization engine under processors.
4) That’s it. Play the virtual machine. I’m sure you will get Snow Leopard desktop without any problems. Do not worry about the language you see on screen. I already changed it to English, so follow the steps as I’m showing in screen.
5) Click on Preferences icon on desktop.
6) Click Languages icon.
7) Press Edit List button and remove unwanted language and leave U.S English. Also, go to Formats and change the region suits for you.
Log of and log in, you will see U.S English desktop and menus.
8.) Admin Password for Image
Admin user name for this image is svp and password is 123. You can use this 123 password to reset new password for root.
9) USB Devices Access
Yes, it worked. My external USB hard disk and flash disks worked inside Mac Virtual machine. I had to mount external hard disk in disk utility.
10) Network
Bridged and NAT network worked out of the box without any patches in this image.
11) Screen Resolution and Wide Screen support on Mac Snow Leopard Virtual Machine.
It worked great in this image. So many screen resolution options are available. The best part is, if you change the VMware Player screen size, Snow Leopard screen size also changed according it to fit the screen.
Check my earlier post here to how to install multiple screen resolutions in Mac VMware virtual machines.
12) Sound
For some reasons, sound did not work for me straightaway. If it doesn’t work for you, go to the extracted folder (which is from download), locate SVP folder. Install EnsoniqAudioPCI.mpkg in Mac virtual machine. Restart the machine after installation. Sound started working for me.
13) Software update to Snow Leopard 10.6.3
This image is having updates up to 10.6.2. Software update to 10.6.3 worked without any issues in this image. I downloaded 10.6.3 combo updates from Apple site, updated successfully.
There you go, you have a running Mac Snow Leopard on VMware Player in normal Intel PC. I’m sure this will work with Intel i7 processors also. For AMD, use the correct boot loader..
If you face any difficulties to follow these steps or stuck somewhere, feel free ask in comments area, don’t forget to drop a comments if it works also. You can use the method to run Snow leopard in VMware workstation, which is having snapshot feature.
Here is a screen shot of working Snow Leopard on VMware Player 3 with pre installed VMware image.
14) Booting Issues
If booting stuck with apple logo, you can try this method.
Shut down VM completely, open Mac OS Snow Leopard.vmx file in text editor, look for smc.present=”TRUE” line. Change this value to FALSE. So, it will be smc.present=”FALSE”.
This step may solve booting issues, booting slowness and keyboard, mouse delay.
Update: Our latest Hackintosh build is now here, and it's easier than ever and full of step-by-step video goodness. I'd strongly recommend following the newest guide.
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So what's changed between my last guide and this one? In short, one of the incredibly helpful and generous people who helped walk me through the installation process last time was kind enough to wrap all the tedious Terminal work into one dead simple installer. Where two weeks ago I showed you how to prepare your thumb drive (and after that, hard drive) with a custom bootloader that allows you to boot into OS X on regular old PC hardware, now all you have to do is run a package, point it at the drive you want to prepare, and then let it take care of all the nitty gritty. It could not be more simple.
Now onto the revised process!
NOTE: Just like the last post, this guide is focused specifically on the hardware I suggested in the previous guide—specifically the motherboard. If you try following this guide on other hardware, there's a very good chance it won't work as advertised.
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- Supported hardware. I laid out my list of supported hardware in my previous post here. It's not the only hardware that will work with OS X, but it's the only hardware that's guaranteed to work with this guide.
- A USB thumb drive that's at least 8GB in size (I'm using this 16GB Corsair drive, but obviously any sufficiently sized thumb drive should do just fine.)
- A copy of the Snow Leopard Install DVD. You can use the $29 'Upgrade' disc to install, even though this is a fresh installation. Note: If you feel like being completely honest, go ahead and buy the Mac Box Set-though, honestly, Apple's practically made it hard *not* to buy the fully functional install disc.
- Another Mac to prepare your thumb drive. (You'll only need this other Mac for a few steps. I used my MacBook Pro, but you could also borrow a friend's for an hour or so, too.)
- The EP45UD3P Snow Leopard install package. This package allows you to skip all the command line work in my last guide, and you can download it here.
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Step One: Prepare Your Thumb Drive
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In this step, you're going to format your thumb drive and then restore the Snow Leopard DVD image to the thumb drive because later we'll be installing Snow Leopard to your hard drive using this thumb drive rather than the DVD. 'Why?' you ask. Because in order to boot the installer, we need to customize the disk image with some special helper files of our own.
I went into great detail on this process last time, so this time I'm just going to include the step-by-step video below (made by the same generous man who created the EP45UD3P Snow Leopard installer package). If you want to read the very detailed version for a thorough explanation of how to rip the Snow Leopard install DVD to a disk image and then restore that image to your thumb drive, go here. (Come back when you get to the 'Semi-heavy Terminal work' warning. That's when you're ready for the new and improved easy part.)
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Note: Watch the video in HD and fullscreen to get a closer look at everything that's happening.
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As you can see in the video, after you restore the Snow Leopard install DVD to your thumb drive, all you've got to do is fire up the EP45UD3P Snow Leopard.pkg file (if you haven't already downloaded and unzipped it, you can grab it here), select your thumb drive, and, let the installer take care of all the dirty work that you previously had to do one line at a time in Terminal.
Once you've finished there, you're ready to set your BIOS and install Snow Leopard.
Step 2: Set Your BIOS
Before you can boot into or install OS X on your Hackintosh, you've got to make some small adjustments to your system BIOS (press Delete at system startup to tweak your BIOS settings). Rather than taking you step by step through every change you need to make, I've simply snapped a picture of the relevant BIOS screens and added some notes. Just click through these images and make sure your BIOS settings match up.
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Step 3: Install Snow Leopard
If you've made it this far, the hard part is over. Now it's time to install Snow Leopard, which—unlike what we've done so far—is extremely easy.
Make sure you've set the boot priority in your BIOS to boot from your thumb drive (you can see how in this pic), then simply plug your prepared thumb drive into your Hackintosh and power it up. Since screenshots aren't really an option—and since it's a fairly easy process—my install instructions come in video format:
Hackintosh BIOS Gallery
Don't think there's anything all that special here.
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The quick version goes like this: Boot into the Snow Leopard installer, format the hard drive you want to install Snow Leopard to (go to Utilities -> Disk Utility, then click on the drive, select 1 Partition, Mac OS X Journaled (Case-Sensitive Update: Several readers have suggested that case-sensitive formatting can cause problems with some applications, like Adobe's Creative Suite, so you may be better off sticking with plain old Mac OS X Journaled.), give it a name, and make sure GUID Partition Table is set in the Options. After you Apply the new partition, go back to the installer and install like normal to that drive. When you reboot after the install completes, press the arrow keys at the graphical boot menu and select the drive you just installed Snow Leopard to.
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Two Last Tweaks
You could just stop there and be pretty happy at your new Hackintosh, but there are two little, easily performed tweaks you'll want to tackle to get everything in tip top shape: The first will get your sound fully working, and the second will allow you to boot into Snow Leopard without your thumb drive.
Tweak One: Snow Leopard should be up and running on your Hackintosh like a dream—with one exception: Sound isn't entirely working yet. You may notice that sound actually does work in some instances, but not all. In the old guide, you needed to install a custom audio kext (your Mac's equivalent to a driver); the setup has been slightly tweaked in this new method, so all you should actually need to do is open up the Sound preference pane in System Preferences (/Applications/System Preferences), click the Output tab, and change the output device to Built-in Line output (I haven't tested with digital out, but it should work fine in theory).
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Tweak Two: At this point, in order to boot to your newly installed Snow Leopard installation, you need to have your thumb drive plugged in so it loads the custom bootloader, from which you can select your new Snow Leopard hard drive. To install the custom bootloader to your hard drive (so you no longer need the thumb drive to boot), again download the EP45UD3P Snow Leopard.pkg zip file and run it, but this time, instead of choosing to install the package to your thumb drive, select the hard drive you've installed Snow Leopard to. Once the installer completes, you'll no longer need your thumb drive plugged in to boot into Snow Leopard.
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If you've given the Hackintosh route a try since my first post, let's hear how it's been working out for you in the comments. If this extra ease-of-installation was just what the doctor ordered, go grab the parts listed in the last post and get ready for a fun weekend.
Adam Pash is the editor of Lifehacker; he loves a good hack, enjoys his Macintosh, and craves the power of a Mac Pro, so building a Hack Pro was a perfect fit. His special feature Hack Attack appears on Lifehacker. Subscribe to the Hack Attack RSS feed to get new installments in your newsreader.
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