Why Build a Hackintosh in 2023 

Technolli, thank you so much for all your help! I have been using the system you helped me build in 2020 and it has been flawless, running Catalina and Pro Tools 12. I run a lot of tracks and plug ins and there is no way a base M2 Mac mini could do what this machine does. I have never had to restore the system from a backup once. The satisfaction in building a machine yourself is huge. For newcomers it might be daunting but I would urge anyone who might be swayed to consider your argument about the base Mac mini if they are running large track count and plug ins. Thanks again.

thank you for all you videos - ALWAYS very helpful. I am trying to update one of my pc's (dell optiplex 7040 micro - skylake) from big sur to ventura or sonoma - the install seems to go great until the last minute and then fails with this message "An error occurred preparing the update. Failed to personalize the software update. Please try again" - this has happened numerous times now (too many to mention) - have you ever experienced this and is there a way to stop it from happening?

You're amazing. Great Video. Is there any chance of a tutorial of upgrade to Sonoma? Thanks

Excelente video!!!!!

Very interesting video, Mr. @technolli. I'm wondering THE BEST BUILD for running Sonoma. I've sonoma running in a i7-8700 with 64Gb of RAM and RADEON RX-580, but I would like to sensible improve my performance working with video in Final and other tasks. What's your recommendation?? Thank you for this awesome video !!!

It’s true hackintosh for cost is not needed anymore an iMax 5k 27 is fantastic value. It’s only for upgradeability and maximising performance with latest tech.

I9-13900K+128Gb RAM DDR5 5400Mhz+6950xt+ 1TB Samsung 980 Pro 2500€, less performance with top config of Mac Studio M2 Ultra 7350€..Apple Prices...

Are you going to show how to build the EFI?

How to do this on older hardware? One that already runs Catalina Hackentosh?????

I have a new Asus B660M-A D4 motherboard/I3 13100/16 GB RAM/500GB NVME. I wonder if adding the RX 560/580 (I have no graphics card in this build) and disabling the one onboard would be a good base system. Tempted to try!

Are you going to show how to build the EFI

Hii bro Can i use 2 graphics card … in one hacknitosh…. Vega 56 currently I m using …. Getting a used vega 64…. Will this works .. with vega 56 as dual graphics cards intel hacknitosh .. 10900k …gigabyte z490.. pls reply

I was told that Ventura was the last Intel compatable OS, so I was surprised Sonoma does work on hackintosh and it's great to hear the version after Sonoma will work too. One other BIG advantage is a dual boot. On M2 you cannot do bootcamp ! On your rig you could dualboot with SteamOS ! Imagine that. Two operating systems ! Can't do that on M2 Ultra ! Mac Pro.

I used to build a lot of hackintosh but since I can no longer get 4K 165hz out of my 6900XT on the latest mac OS, it's a no go for me.

What is the fastest Intel CPU supported on Hackintosh ?

Not sure what is going on with your CPU but my i3-13100F hackintosh gets over 2.3K single-core and 8.3k multi-core in Geekbench 6, beating my M1 MacBook.

Sonoma and Bluetooth / WiFi is a problem for this atm. Hopefully a solution will come soon

Does this work for AMD CPUs too?

please help to create efi for Intel 12900H alderlake I pay how much you want

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Because it's awesome 😊

oh, wow, this is right up my alley. i've just run out of interesting console mods and I've got a mini i want to upgrade. 8 gigs ram is never going to cut it, and i'm not paying the apple tax. remember when macbooks were made to upgrade and we'd turn them into dual drive frankensteins and max out the ram for pennies? those were the days. but now you've got me thinking, i wouldn't mind building one from all new components and tossing them in a custom case. shoot, that would actually be a fun project. now you have me wondering if i can build out a hackintosh with specs apple doesn't touch yet :) imagine that, a world where you're not always cursing your terrible, out of the box, specs. we haven't had that in apple land in a decade.

But It work correctlay with any iPhone? And then, It can upgrade to new macOs?

Post videos more often

What about wifi/BT?

So I have a question will hackintosh work with an rtx 3080?

What MacOS version is this hackintosh on?

Any motherboard whit thunderbolt ?

No sense today make Hackintosh, only for run Catalina or old applications and plugins . MacMini M2 Pro 16 GB 1 TB ssd it's a beast !!!!

The mistake is comparing a cheap PC with a Mac Mini. The comparison should be between a mid to high end PC you can dual boot to MacOS.

Hello Sir, you used an AMD RX 560 graphics card for this build. But what is the future of this card? Next Mac OS will be compatible with this card or not.

11:53 dude, it’s a Mac pro

I can tell you that I am very satisfied, the installation worked for both Ventura and Sonoma, thank you for the helpful offer, for me the financial investment in your offer was worth it... 👌🙂

Why would you continue to compare desktops to laptops?

but the power consumption!!! i am kidding of course

This clearly shows that you are better off buying a base m2 Mac mini. This part new, part second hand components computer it’s struggling to compare even with an 3 year old m1.

Apple's ram is not the same as the x86 counter. so the 16gb mac is equivelant to 32gb. the 8gb is close to your 16gb. You computer is 420 bucks, so you are saving a little but I think unless you want to build a computer, its not worth the savings over a used mac option. I refuse to build a computer. It was a nightmare back when I did it, and its still a time drain today. Also there are a ton of mac minis for about 450 to 500 dollars so your saving roughly a few dollars? I dont really understand all that work when you can just get a used mac? With an i3 that is dog slow compared to a m1, let alone a m2.

Well I'm thinking, that this hackintosh's will sooner or later die, because the point will come when only arm-based macs getting support.

I think Apple has been gaslighting their customers about the cost of RAM and SSD storage. Apple’s pricing strategy is the reason to go the hackintosh route in 2023 imho.

There is no good reason to build a Hackintosh now. The ARM chips in apple silicon are ending intel. Maybe the hackintosh costs a little less ,, but not enough to justify the limitations.

Because you can buy a pc for less than 600 bucks and it’s expandable unlike the macmini. I used Mac’s since 1987. I quit. Macs are overpriced closed systems. It’s over apple.

bravo