download mac os x snow leopard iso for intel pc

Open up your computer, and make sure that the SATA cables for your hard drive and your DVD/Bluray drive are plugged into the 3GB/s SATA ports on your motherboard, not the 6GB/s SATA ports (these should be labeled on the motherboard).

Be sure to download the Snow Leopard edition, not the Lion edition.ġ. Settings up the parts of your computer You need to register an account on to download Multibeast. Download it onto a USB drive, along with the combo update.

Multibeast Snow Leopard Edition (Free - 22 MB): Multibeast is a collection of kext files that your Hackintosh will need to run properly, after the initial installation.

Your Hackintosh probably won't have internet after your initial installation, so you probably want to download this update onto the extra USB drive.

Mac OS X 10.6.8 Combo Update (Free - 500 MB): Optional you can update Mac OS X after you finish the initial installation with iBoot.

Ivy Bridge processors have model numbers in the 3000's (e.g. If your computer uses a newer Intel Ivy Bridge processor, follow our guide for installing Snow Leopard on Ivy Bridge instead. To burn iBoot onto a CD, you need an empty CD and a CD/DVD/Bluray drive that can burn CDs (just about every drive can burn CDs nowadays). If your computer has a CPU that isn't officially supported by Mac OS X, such as an Intel Pentium processor or an AMD processor, then you may have to use iBoot Legacy (which works the exact same way as normal iBoot). You also need to register an account on to download iBoot.

iBoot (Free): iBoot is a boot CD that allows you to boot the retail Snow Leopard DVD.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard installation DVD ($20): The method used by this guide requires the retail DVD for Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

You can override this requirement by using nawcom's ModCD instead of iBoot, but I can't guarantee it'll work. You need a hard drive without anything important on it, because you will be erasing the entire hard drive.

An empty hard drive: You cannot install Mac OS X on a hard drive that already has Windows installed.

Be sure to read the Hackintosh compatibility guide very carefully, to check whether or not your computer qualifies.

A compatible computer: Not every computer will work with Mac OS X, even with the help of tools like iBoot and Multibeast.

This guide on installing Snow Leopard attempts to explain every part of the Hackintoshing process, from start to finish (with pictures, courtesy of Virtualbox). Tonymacx86's iBoot+Multibeast install guide is a good start, but it's very basic. Though installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on a PC is a rather simple process in theory, it can be a lot more difficult in practice. If you're interested in turning your PC into a Hackintosh, but you have no idea where to start, this is the right guide for you.

Download mac os x snow leopard iso for intel pc