Any OSx86 installation guide can seem daunting at first glance, especially when trying to remember cryptic terminal commands and sorting through volumes of misinformation on the web. This guide requires no coding, terminal work, or Mac experience of any kind. You will not need access to a Mac. In fact, it's easier and faster for me to install Snow Leopard with fully working components on my system than it is to install Windows 7. And more fun.
- Snow Leopard Download
- Install Snow Leopard Onto Usb Flash Drive
- Install Snow Leopard From Usb
- How To Install Snow Leopard From Usb
So, after a few frustrating attempts at creating a virtual machine on my current iMac with Mac OS High Sierra, I decided to install Snow Leopard on a USB flash drive, and boot my 2009 MacBook Pro (yes, it's still alive & kicking) in Snow Leopard from that flash drive. Snow Leopard was the first version of Mac OS X that I ran the betas for.
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- Oct 29, 2019 Step Four: Booting Your Mac From a USB Drive. Simply connect the USB drive you created to an open USB port on your Mac. Turn on the system or restart it if it is already on. Immediately press and hold the Option (Alt) key on the keyboard when it starts. You should now see an option to select the USB drive as a boot disk.
- To start from scratch, booting the 10.6 Snow Leopard Retail DVD directly, check out iBoot + MultiBeast. Existing Clover users may do a direct update to macOS High Sierra by simply running the Install macOS High Sierra app as normal Mac users would. Follow these steps: Update Directly to macOS High Sierra.
YOU WILL NEED
- A computer running an Intel Processor
- A blank CD
- A Mac OS X Snow Leopard Retail DVD
- To leave any fear of your computer at the door.
- Patience and humility- it may not work out perfectly the first time- but with enough tenacity and grit, you'll reach the promised land. It's easy to get frustrated, but don't give up! There are a community of users with similar hardware in the tonymacx86 Forum to provide support if you get stuck.
- Use only 1 graphics card in the 1st PCIe slot with 1 monitor plugged in.
- Remove any hard drives besides the blank drive being used for OS X.
- Remove any USB peripherals besides keyboard and mouse.
- Remove any PCI cards besides graphics- they may not be Mac compatible.
- It's best to use an empty hard drive- you will have to partition and format the drive.
- Always back up any of your important data.
You will need to set your BIOS to ACHI mode and your Boot Priority to boot from CD-ROM first. This is the most important step, and one many people overlook. Make sure your bios settings match these. It's not difficult- the only thing I did on my Gigabyte board besides setting Boot Priority to CD/DVD first was set Optimized Defaults, change SATA to AHCI mode, and set HPET to 64-bit mode.
STEP 2: INSTALL MAC OS X
In order to boot the Mac OS X Retail DVD, you'll need to download and burn. For desktops and laptops using unsupported Intel CPUs and graphics, a legacy version of iBoot can be downloaded here. If you have an Ivy Bridge or Haswell system, you can't use the default iBoot. Use iBoot Ivy Bridge or iBoot Haswell.
Snow Leopard Download
- Download iBoot
- Burn the image to CD
- Place iBoot in CD/DVD drive
- Restart computer
- At boot prompt, eject iBoot
- Insert your Mac OS X Snow Leopard Retail DVD and press F5
- When you see the screen below, press enter to begin the boot process
- When you get to the installation screen, open Utilities/Disk Utility. NOTE: If you cannot get to the installation screen, retry from Step 4, type PCIRootUID=1 before hitting enter. If that doesn't work then try PCIRootUID=1 -x or just -x which will enter Mac OS X Safe Mode and will allow you to proceed. For some graphics cards, use GraphicsEnabler=No boot flag to proceed.
- Partition your hard drive to GUID Partition Table
- Format your hard drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). NOTE: The bootloader can only boot from a disk or partition of 1 TB or less. Partition larger drives.
- For the purposes of this guide, name it Snow Leopard. You can rename it later.
- Close Disk Utility
- When the installer asks you where to install, choose Snow Leopard
- Choose Customize‚ and uncheck additional options. This will hasten the install process. You can always install this stuff later.
- Restart computer.
- Place iBoot back in drive.
- When you get to the boot selection screen, choose your new Snow Leopard installation.
- View the super-cool Mac OS X Snow Leopard Welcome Video, and set up your computer!
Install Snow Leopard Onto Usb Flash Drive
STEP 3: UPDATE TO 10.6.8
If you have a Sandy Bridge system, please follow these specialized instructions to update to 10.6.8.
- Open Finder and navigate to your Snow Leopard drive.
- Download the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Combo Update
- Download MultiBeast
- Open MultiBeast- don't run it yet, just leave it open. Set up windows as shown.
- Mount MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.8.dmg
- Install MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.8.pkg
- Upon completion, the installer will ask you to reboot. DO NOT REBOOT.
- Switch to the already open MultiBeast. If it closes, just re-open it.
MultiBeast is an all-in-one post-installation tool designed to enable boot from hard drive, and install support for Audio, Network, and Graphics. It contains two different complete post-installation solutions: EasyBeast and UserDSDT. In addition it includes System Utilities to rebuild caches and repair permissions and a collection of drivers, boot loaders, boot time config files and handy software.
Choose one
EasyBeast is a DSDT-free solution for any Core/Core2/Core i system. It installs all of the essentials to allow your system to boot from the hard drive. Audio, Graphics and Network will have to be enabled separately.
UserDSDT is a bare-minimum solution for those who have their own pre-edited DSDT. Place your DSDT.aml on the desktop before install. Audio, Graphics and Network will have to be enabled separately. HINT: Check the DSDT Database for a pre-edited DSDT.
EasyBeast is a DSDT-free solution for any Core/Core2/Core i system. It installs all of the essentials to allow your system to boot from the hard drive. Audio, Graphics and Network will have to be enabled separately.
UserDSDT is a bare-minimum solution for those who have their own pre-edited DSDT. Place your DSDT.aml on the desktop before install. Audio, Graphics and Network will have to be enabled separately. HINT: Check the DSDT Database for a pre-edited DSDT.
- Run MultiBeast.
- If you have a custom DSDT that's been edited, place the file on your desktop and choose UserDSDT.
- All others select EasyBeast
- Select System Utilities.
- Optionally, you may install further drivers via Advanced Options to enable ethernet, sound, graphics, etc.. Be sure to read the documentation provided about each installation option. NOTE:EasyBeast, and UserDSDT install the bootloader by default, so you'll not need to check that option.
- Install to Snow Leopard- it should take about 4 minutes to run scripts.
- Eject iBoot.
- Reboot- from your new Snow Leopard installation drive.
Install Snow Leopard From Usb
Your PC is now fully operational, while running the latest version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard! And you have a nice Boot CD to get into your system in case things go awry. Boot your system from iBoot if you have issues. You may run MultiBeast as often as you like.
If you can't boot, try typing -x at the boot prompt to enter safe mode, or just boot with iBoot. When you get to the desktop, you can make all of the changes you need to. The best way to start fresh is delete whatever you're trying to get rid of- including the whole /Extra folder, as most kexts are installed there. Then you can re-run MultiBeast. As long as you rebuild caches and repair permissions after you're done, you can do just about anything you want to /Extra/Extensions and /System/Library/Extensions. Anything can be tweaked and enabled upon subsequent uses of MultiBeast.
If you've had success using iBoot + MultiBeast, consider a contribution to help keep the sites going. We're constantly updating and tweaking our tools to help you.
Thanks in advance!
-tonymacx86 & MacMan
For our most current workarounds and solutions forissues such as USB and audio, check out the Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update, Mac OS X 10.6.4 Update,Mac OS X 10.6.5 Update, Mac OS X 10.6.6 Update, Mac OS X 10.6.7 Update, and Mac OS X 10.6.8 Updatearticles. Good luck, and see you on the forum!
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Mac Theme for Windows 10
Yes you can install a Mac Theme for Windows 10 to make your PC look cool. You can have a Mac Theme for Windows 10 with the amazing Macintosh icons and visuals. All you need is some tools and little program that allows you to install the Mac Theme for Windows 10. There are many Macintosh Themes built for Windows 10 or previous Windows version. But i found that 'Snow Leopard' is one of the Best Mac Theme for Windows 10, which is created by 'Sagorpirbd'. You will find all download links below that you need for this Mac Theme for Windows 10. Also will show you how to install Mac Theme for Windows 10 at the end of article in my Tutorial video.
I will show you also in the Tutorial video below, how to customize the 'Snow Leopard' Mac Theme for Windows 10 step by step. Also will show you how to change Cursor, Icons, Colors and especially 'RocketDock' menu. These are the features of the Snow Leopard Mac theme for windows 10:
- Visual Styles of Mac Theme (Green, Yellow and Red icons).
- StartIsBack Styles: with new Apple icon in the Start Windows.
- 'Snow Leopard', 'Snow Leopard Basic' & 'Snow Leopard Glass' Themes.
- Mac Wallpapers created by 'Sagorpirbd'.
- For Windows 10 RTM Build 10240, Build 10586 & Windows 10 Anniversary Update Build 14393. For newer windows versions check the new Ultra Theme patcher from links below.
- Compatible with both (X86)32 bit and (X64)64 bit Systems of windows 10.
Download Mac Theme for Windows 10
For this article, we will use the 'Snow Leopard' Mac theme for Windows 10. You need to download the Theme 'Snow Leopard' and another important file called 'Uxstyle Theme Patcher'. Also you need to download 'Rocket Dock' program and some other optional things like Cursor and icons.
VERY IMPORTANT: For each Windows 10 or 8 or 7, there is different theme version and also a different Theme patcher. Latest update for mac os high sierra. So if you want to download Mac theme for Windows 10 or 8/8.1 or 7, then please carefully from the Download links below:
▷ Snow Leopard Theme for Windows 10 Download Link
▷ 'Yosemite' for Windows 10 'Creators Update' Only (10586)
▷ UxStyle Patcher for Windows 10 Older versions only Download Link
▷ Ultra Theme Patcher for Newer Windows 10 versions Download Link
How To Install Snow Leopard From Usb
▷ RocketDock Program Download Link
▷ Snow Leopard for Windows 8 and 8.1
▷ Theme Patcher for Windows 8 Only
▷ Theme Patcher for Windows 8.1 Only
▷ Snow Leopard for Windows 7
▷ Universal Theme Patcher for Windows 7
Other Cool adds
▷ Cursor Rediron Download Link
▷ Themes for Rocket Dock
▷ Icons for Rocket Dock
▷ Sierra Theme Download Link
To download the Mac Theme for Windows 10 or the other cool adds, you need to open the link and wait 5 seconds and then click on 'Skip Ad'. If you can't access Adfly links, then read my article here to fix it: How to Unblock and Fix Adfly and Mega.
PS : for most of the download links above, you will find the Download Button with a green arrow at the Top right page. It should be under the 'Share' buttons of Facebook and other social networks icons.
Install Snow Leopard on Windows 10
To install the Snow Leopard Mac Theme for Windows 10, please follow my YouTube Tutorial below very carefully to avoid errors. The video steps are easy to follow, if you find it a little fast just pause the video. If you face any error when installing Snow Leopard Mac Theme for Windows 10, please try installing again and read very carefully the texts written in the video below:
But if you have Windows 7 then you can check my old Tutorial video to Install 'Snow Leopard' Mac theme on the windows 7. Just follow my tutorial video below very carefully:
► Credits:
This Mac theme for windows 10 'Snow Leopard' is created by 'sagorpirbd' and all credits go to him. This theme is totally for free and not for sale or profit.
- Visual Style Name: 'Snow Leopard'
- Author: sagorpirbd
- Website: [Link]
