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  • @silencer51
    @silencer51 Рік тому +1257

    IIRC, the reason for Russian as the default language in OpenCore's sample config is that it forces the user to actually read the Dortania guide in order to learn how to set it to English (and then, perhaps, the user will read the rest as well, thereby being able to solve 90% of problems)

    • @userPrehistoricman
      @userPrehistoricman Рік тому +98

      That's smart

    • @mkontent
      @mkontent Рік тому +230

      Except for Russian users I guess

    • @alansteyrbach6926
      @alansteyrbach6926 Рік тому +72

      @@mkontent Да, как-то не очень помогло)

    • @enderdude7
      @enderdude7 Рік тому +20

      @KroleMan2008UA Шутки над дураками У меня есть гугл-переводчик.

    • @maxmara9864
      @maxmara9864 Рік тому +62

      Russian users: I see this as an absolute win

  • @Ashanmaril
    @Ashanmaril Рік тому +611

    Minor correction: while force touch was discontinued on iPhones and Apple Watches, they still exist on modern Mac trackpads. You can click down with a normal amount of pressure, and then click harder for a further click which is what your clicks were being read as at first.

    • @bungsbodulus
      @bungsbodulus Рік тому +34

      I'm on a macbook 2019 and I just tried this and had no idea it existed

    • @kasianvh
      @kasianvh Рік тому +13

      @@bungsbodulus I have a 2021 model, but the same for me no idea it existed

    • @saintclarus
      @saintclarus Рік тому +24

      I recently got an M2 Air last week (first mac experience ever) and this was the first thing I noticed
      I was googling when I got it, wondering why I can click twice on the trackpad
      How did the other 2 people who've replied to you not know about force touch haha

    • @aettic
      @aettic Рік тому +7

      I actually use this feature - but mostly only as a shortcut for what is otherwise accessible as CMD + Click in IntelliJ and PyCharm. I used CMD + Click enough that finding out Force Click does the same thing was actually kind of nice - but wholly unnecessary.

    • @suddenlyacat
      @suddenlyacat 8 місяців тому +1

      it’s quite weird how the touchpad (mac and magic trackpad) don’t actually click and won’t click if they’re dead

  • @DavidSanguineti
    @DavidSanguineti Рік тому +2722

    Imagine having so little confidence to not be able to recognize that BigSurface is an S-tier name for their project. The developers gotta own that name.

    • @RadikAlice
      @RadikAlice Рік тому +115

      Damn right, it's like getting something right the first time but scrapping it due to perfectionism

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry Рік тому +10

      I feel like the P.S. was rhetorical.

    • @RadikAlice
      @RadikAlice Рік тому +7

      @@elephystry Could be, yeah

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry Рік тому +6

      @@RadikAlice oh my gosh. I’m a friend of Blahaj too! My real name is Alice!

    • @RadikAlice
      @RadikAlice Рік тому +3

      @@elephystry Sweet! Though my real name is Alicia, still the same name though, just a different language's variation

  • @realtuber6522
    @realtuber6522 Рік тому +188

    I used to love using hackintoshes as a kid, but then I actually got into the tech industry... After fixing bugs all day, the last thing I want is a kernel panic on my personal laptop, so stock macbook it is for me.
    I still have spare computers I sometimes play around with crazy software setups on, but it's nice having the ability to just walk away from that when I am not in the mood.

  • @EnderSpy29
    @EnderSpy29 Рік тому +6518

    This is great. You’ve combined two of our least favourite tech companies into one big bad bundle of… horror

    • @KalizWasTak3n
      @KalizWasTak3n Рік тому +33

      108 likes and no replies??

    • @KalizWasTak3n
      @KalizWasTak3n Рік тому +46

      @@CLOYO I could say the same thing for you

    • @DangermuffinVideos
      @DangermuffinVideos Рік тому +121

      @@KalizWasTak3n I could say the same thing for you

    • @SuperTort0ise
      @SuperTort0ise Рік тому +65

      @@DangermuffinVideos I could say the same for me?

    • @vaisakhkm783
      @vaisakhkm783 Рік тому +21

      And compained worst of both world XD

  • @arijeanz
    @arijeanz Рік тому +85

    i love how your video perfectly captures the essence of computer tinkering, especially on the software side: "yes, this is tedious, there's no real reason to do it, and there is a clearly superior alternative to doing so, but it's fun, so who cares?"

  • @bankruptsee
    @bankruptsee Рік тому +1790

    I've been in this scene for over a decade. These days, I have MacOS running on a Dell XPS 15 with full touchscreen working on MacOS, along with a Dell T1700 PC that runs an iMessage AirMessage server so I can get iMessage and Facetime on Android. It's a fun yet challenging hobby.

    • @AyeeSecret
      @AyeeSecret Рік тому +96

      Teach me your ways

    • @chandlerbing7570
      @chandlerbing7570 Рік тому +154

      Had a dude at college run Hackintosh on his Lenovo Yogabook, and it failed on him, causing him to lose a bunch of work

    • @bayzed
      @bayzed Рік тому +26

      Based

    • @David_Granger
      @David_Granger Рік тому +108

      @@chandlerbing7570 but that's not related to macOS, probably the hardware of the notebook

    • @JmKrokY
      @JmKrokY Рік тому +7

      Cool bro

  • @tigeroats913
    @tigeroats913 Рік тому +2221

    I love how Matt just is realistic I feel his frustration and the method he uses to tackle the issue is fascinating

    • @Wieprzek
      @Wieprzek Рік тому +18

      Yeah i really love how he shows all the hardships he encounters during his projects

    • @daniloistda
      @daniloistda Рік тому +8

      I love how he, even in the worst situations and under the pressure of his own mistakes keep continuing his project. Like he’s not even cutting his mistakes, he does a new take and explaining it!

    • @UChS4Dq15wHu8vkvWsaLzvPg
      @UChS4Dq15wHu8vkvWsaLzvPg Рік тому +12

      Almost as if he's a real human being who exists

    • @beanburritolol
      @beanburritolol Рік тому +2

      @@UChS4Dq15wHu8vkvWsaLzvPg damn i thought he was just an ai

    • @chrism869
      @chrism869 Рік тому

      True

  • @C4103
    @C4103 Рік тому +62

    I've also built a ton of hackintoshes over the years. Like a lot of people, I did so for music production. If you run a home studio, you likely know how expensive music gear can be. A common scenario you can get into with music gear like audio interfaces or control surfaces is that many years after purchasing it the hardware likely still functions perfectly, but whatever company made it has stopped making drivers for newer operating systems. Usually newer audio interfaces and control surfaces don't even really offer much of a benefit over older models aside from a more up to date USB connector and current drivers. As far as audio quality or what the control surface can do, it's likely exactly the same or very close.
    Running a hackintosh means you have real full x16 PCIe slots, which a lot of this older hardware needs. You can also use hacked / patched drivers to get older hardware to work properly in newer versions of mac OS, saving you a ton of money from having to needlessly replace gear that still actually physically functions. It's also a common scenario to stay 1 or 2 full OS versions behind with a studio computer because music software companies can be slow to update. If you have a ton of plugins / virtual instruments / etc. installed it can be a bit of a choreographed dance to keep it all running properly on the same system. Running a hackintosh allows you the flexibility of getting the best possible hardware for your particular situation without Apple's business choices they make to appeal to consumers holding you back.
    I'm both sad and happy to see the hackintosh coming to an end. Sad because, while frustrating, finally getting a hack up and running exactly the way you want it is satisfying and I learned a lot in the process about how mac OS works internally. However, once I truly have no choice I'll be happy that I'm not spending as much time tinkering and maybe more time actually creating. I'll likely need to get a 2011 mac mini on ebay or something to run some of my older MIDI hardware that requires mac os 10.11 and then use the network MIDI functionality to share it with a newer mac. That will likely be the only viable solution, because purchasing replacements for some of this older gear that physically still functions properly but only has old drivers would cost far more than a new mac.

  • @trippyunicorn4208
    @trippyunicorn4208 Рік тому +764

    The no sleeping issue may be linked to how Microsoft pushes Modern Standby (S0ix) over traditional sleep (S1-S3) in the ACPI power configurations. If I recall correctly, macOS has no support for S0ix.

    • @zirax54
      @zirax54 Рік тому

      Fuck modern standby

    • @hydrochloricity
      @hydrochloricity Рік тому +217

      Modern standby is one of the worst possible choices I've ever seen. "Oh you're shutting your laptop and putting it in your bag? Cool cool cool, Imma go ahead and try to find WiFi for the next 2 hours and absolutely cook your laptop. Oooooh, sorry, your battery discharged in 30 minutes, you weren't planning on using your laptop were you? Hey, no big, just disable modern standby. Oooooh sorry again, most laptops don't actually have any S options other than standby or hibernate now. Hope you enjoy hibernating your laptop every time the lid is shut!"
      Seriously WTF

    • @Megabobster
      @Megabobster Рік тому +90

      @@hydrochloricity is this why my laptop constantly doesn't actually go to sleep and i come back to find it dead when i shut the lid??? thanks i hate it

    • @SinghalRishi27
      @SinghalRishi27 Рік тому +20

      @@Megabobster yes

    • @hydrochloricity
      @hydrochloricity Рік тому +55

      @@Megabobster Most likely. I learned about it because I noticed my laptop (Zephyrus G14) was turning the fans on when it was "asleep". Which it's also not supposed to be able to do, since SUPPOSEDLY modern standby limits CPU power to like 15W or something.
      Apparently it's so that you can stay connected to wifi and continue to receive notifications like a phone.

  • @cassiuscartland
    @cassiuscartland 6 місяців тому +4

    19:00 The sleep issues were likely caused by something called "Windows Modern Standby" (also known as "Windows Connected Sleep" and "S0 Sleep" or "Windows InstantGo"). With "S3 Sleep" (what came before and many OSes still use including MacOS), the processor would fully power off, however things such as the keyboard would remain on so you can wake the system. Windows made a new sleep system however called "Modern Standby", which keeps EVERYTHING on so it wakes quicker. Because of this feature existing, most OEMS decide to turn off S3 sleep in the BIOS behind a hidden switch or remove it all together. Many Linux distros know about this and implemented support for Modern Standby, but to MacOS, it is confused why the processor hasn't went to sleep, as it dosen't expect to be being used on a device that has support for this. The only fix that MAY work for this, is installing Windows 8.1 on the system, and turning off something along the lines of "Allow my computer to check for emails and blah blah blah while in sleep", but it may not help.

  • @user-yw8sr3uj1w
    @user-yw8sr3uj1w Рік тому +891

    getting macOS to run on a PC is like almost drowning but then being pulled onto a small island made entirely of fireants

    • @user-sn8zx5mv1x
      @user-sn8zx5mv1x Рік тому +205

      Then being rescued by a helicopter full of terrorists.

    • @hydrochloric007
      @hydrochloric007 Рік тому

      the fuck does that mean

    • @sahilgothi3489
      @sahilgothi3489 Рік тому +3

      😂

    • @tdgchan
      @tdgchan Рік тому +2

      @@hydrochloric007 That apple fucking sucks.

    • @ronsta11
      @ronsta11 Рік тому +17

      @@user-sn8zx5mv1x i thought I died on the OG comment ... I am dead now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @UltraCenterHQ
    @UltraCenterHQ Рік тому +433

    Apple: "HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS"

    • @David_Granger
      @David_Granger Рік тому

      Apple doesn't care about Hackintoshes.

    • @UltraCenterHQ
      @UltraCenterHQ Рік тому +7

      @@David_Granger it's a joke, david

    • @David_Granger
      @David_Granger Рік тому

      @@UltraCenterHQ I know, but I really meant they don't even care under any circumstances.

    • @sm_stormzy1075
      @sm_stormzy1075 Рік тому +3

      @@David_Granger 他们知道

    • @ZeroFusion28
      @ZeroFusion28 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/dsneNIeY8KA/v-deo.html

  • @pdlbackup
    @pdlbackup Рік тому +80

    Oh my god, I have never had a surface before, so that boot screen at 13:06 when you're booting into Ubuntu caught me off guard LOL

  • @MStrong95
    @MStrong95 5 місяців тому +2

    Probably the only thing M1 and newer Mac hardware lacks is a good AMD or Nvidia GPU. If the community can get this running on modern hardware with say an external GPU enclosure, I'd say that we'd have technically the only thing that Apple hardware currently lacks

  • @MayoImad
    @MayoImad Рік тому +364

    Now we need Windows on an iPhone/Android device, would be cool if possible.

    • @MayoImad
      @MayoImad Рік тому +65

      @@dryagedmilk Ehhh I mean yeah but it's a virtual machine, I kinda wanna see this on the REAL METAL..
      I don't know how possible is it in this scenario, but it would be crazy to see any phone running Michaelsoft Binbows.

    • @andrewd3899
      @andrewd3899 Рік тому +40

      I think you can run windows on phones using the Snapdragon 845, I'm pretty sure people have documented it if you look around

    • @Fay7666
      @Fay7666 Рік тому +17

      There's active projects to run Windows on the Lumia 950s and Surface Duo, unsure about others.

    • @dryagedmilk
      @dryagedmilk Рік тому +14

      @@MayoImad As the other guy said Windows 11/10 can be installed on devices with SD 845 (sorta anyways) on bare metal. Unfortunately doing it on iPhones would be impossible, iirc only the SD845 can install because some laptop’s actually have it in, so youd just need to run patches, just like a hackintosh, but iPhones cant do that because none of the processing hardware is shared between it and other OS devices.

    • @jm036
      @jm036 Рік тому +4

      I think you can run Windows 11 NATIVELY on some OnePlus thing if I remember correctly.

  • @DenselPlayer
    @DenselPlayer Рік тому +4

    I love this channel because it makes me feel like when I do it myself, with all the problems, try and error and the success emotion

  • @vocaz5328
    @vocaz5328 Рік тому +60

    "It's not about the money, It's about sending a message" - MattKC, 2022

  • @BuckoBean29
    @BuckoBean29 Рік тому +3

    Dance Floor Anthem is a killer song that still holds up.

  • @insertnamehere6559
    @insertnamehere6559 Рік тому +28

    It's almost 3am and I've been trying to find SOMETHING on youtube to keep me awake, suddenly a MattKC video?!
    Bless you Australia, your weird time difference has actually saved me several times in both mindless video watching and in my job due to deadlines being in your time lol.

    • @ProjectV95
      @ProjectV95 Рік тому +2

      Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that MattKC now lives in the US. Given that this is likely where you live too, maybe MattKC schedules the uploads based on Australian time?

    • @insertnamehere6559
      @insertnamehere6559 Рік тому +1

      @@ProjectV95 I'm Canadian, but huh, interesting. I have no idea. It was like 3am and in my old job (which was remote) that was when we used to get our Australian clients messaging us.

  • @Quad_Plex
    @Quad_Plex Рік тому +1

    Thumbs up for the Corey Laddo reference. That was gold.
    "who the hell is Steve jobs?"

  • @rabbitofdeth
    @rabbitofdeth Рік тому +100

    This is literally what happened with me. I made a hackintosh in my gaming pc and had a dedicated gpu for it. But broke it when I tried to get handoff to work. Then I bought an m1 Mac mini and I love it

    • @SinistralEpoch
      @SinistralEpoch Рік тому +6

      Lmao similar story for me as well. I ran it on my primary Pc for a bit and would switch between. It crapped out.
      I ended up with an M1 MacBook Pro. Best laptop I’ve ever owned. It’s my daily driver now and I only ever touch windows to game through parsec or native.

    • @HoloScope
      @HoloScope Рік тому +2

      handoff works great for me, I just had to buy a $40 native mac os supported broadcom wifi card

    • @LunaticTheCat
      @LunaticTheCat Місяць тому

      @@SinistralEpoch Apple really does have the whole laptop thing nailed down a T.

  • @DJTydalOfficial
    @DJTydalOfficial Рік тому +1

    I am watching this on my Lenovo ThinkPad T440s running macOS 12.6.1 Monterey and everything works. Update: I just upgraded to a Lenovo ThinkPad T480 running macOS 13.4 Ventura and it runs flawlessly.

  • @turbochargedfilms
    @turbochargedfilms Рік тому +25

    As someone who stopped Hackintoshing around Mavericks (and used to mainly do it on laptops), this video was a really unexpected surprise! Glad to see that this community is still going on stronger than ever 😊

    • @s6edge7
      @s6edge7 Рік тому

      No no no , you've been doing it all wrong , what you need is macos 10.4 on an IBM t41 , JaaJ SaaS

  • @MrSignmeout
    @MrSignmeout Рік тому +3

    hello the song at 2:32 is Good Charlotte - I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem)
    yes i went on a scavenger hunt

    • @Pogohg
      @Pogohg 4 місяці тому +1

      Meanwhile I simply spent a few minutes scrolling through the comments.
      You did a great job, mate, thanks :D

  • @isweartofuckinggod
    @isweartofuckinggod 11 місяців тому +26

    If you're curious I2C is basically the USB of internal connections. It's super common for multiple circuit boards inside a device to be using I2C to talk to eachother. One cool thing is that it's daisy-chainable, so you can connect a bunch of devices to the same wire and they'll all work. But that comes with the major drawback that disconecting anything while the system is running breaks it (that's why you never see it anywhere besides buried in places you're not meant to see).

    • @robonator2945
      @robonator2945 8 місяців тому +2

      would you even call that daisy chaining? It's just using a common bus, isn't daisy chain more specifically about each node passing the message along to the next node within the standard itself? It just seems odd to call a common bus connection 'daisy chained'

  • @thatbattlefieldfan4602
    @thatbattlefieldfan4602 Рік тому +140

    HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

    • @RilGames.
      @RilGames. Рік тому +4

      WE MUST STOP THIS MADNESS

    • @blacktoad34
      @blacktoad34 Рік тому +1

      bruh

    • @daniloistda
      @daniloistda Рік тому +3

      Pure evil genius. MacOS on a surface is just a punch in the face of EVERY dev at Microsoft and apple 😂

    • @NicholasMarkovich
      @NicholasMarkovich Рік тому

      He won't. Really want to burn him down? Let's do it together.

    • @newbleppmore7855
      @newbleppmore7855 Рік тому +3

      Waltuh..im not fixing your laptop right now waltuh

  • @heronimus17
    @heronimus17 2 місяці тому

    This video somehow appeared on my homepage. During my uni days, I used to run Hackintosh on an Asus laptop as my daily OS, I even buy some used Broadcom wifi+bluetooth adapter to replace the builtin one.
    Now that I have a job, I don’t have time for Hackintosh anymore and finally can afford a new Apple silicon notebook. What a good time!

  • @Girvo747
    @Girvo747 Рік тому +10

    I2C is inter-integrated-circuit interface :) it’s a nice master-slave bus that lets you communicate with other chips in a standard way. I use it all the time at work!

  • @Space_Reptile
    @Space_Reptile Рік тому +1

    i like how every feature that broke was followed by "this is not uncommon on hackintosh"

  • @aRandomPersonOfTheInternet
    @aRandomPersonOfTheInternet Рік тому +73

    14:05 Force click is necessary to open Exposé for a dock app, without opening the app itself. QuickTime allows you to rewind a video on a higher speed using force click. If you force click a date, you can quickly add it to your calendar. If you’re learning a language, you can find the meaning of a word and it’s pronunciation by force clicking it. Other than that, Force click is mostly useless but still, I’d rather have it. At least for the language learning reason. It makes learning new words so convenient.

    • @indradityasarkar
      @indradityasarkar Рік тому +1

      you taught me something

    • @spaceowl5957
      @spaceowl5957 Рік тому +5

      You can also do this stuff with a three finger tap which is much more comfortable

    • @incognito_user
      @incognito_user Рік тому +1

      U can also translate/see meanings of words if you force click on a word in a website/pdfs and other files

    • @datachu
      @datachu Рік тому +2

      The thing is, all of this stuff could've easily been done in a different way without needing this gimmick. You'd think that pressing harder would be a natural way to interact with UI, but in practice it just isn't intuitive. I mean the fact that people don't even realize half the gestures you can use force touch for exist proves how poor of an idea it is from a UI perspective. Plus you can do most of these things in Windows and Linux via right click menus, double taps, etc.
      It's sort of like the touch bar, a useless gimmick no one asked for that is ironically less intuitive and more fussy than what everyone's already been doing.
      Also hot take: Touchscreen is the most intuitive control interface, and Apple not embracing it on MacBooks is simply short sighted. Touchscreens, stylus input, and better form factors than the tired old clamshell design is why I stopped buying Macs and switched to Windows hybrid PCs

    • @aRandomPersonOfTheInternet
      @aRandomPersonOfTheInternet Рік тому +1

      @@datachu have you ever worked with Affinity Photo on a Touch Bar MacBook? You have no idea how much easier and convenient it is. Besides all of the other stuff, you can literally change the brush size without moving the brush itself. It’s kind of like a stream deck - no need for changing the position of your cursor, opening a sub-menu, dragging the brush size slider and retrieving the brush back to its previous position. It’s just like you have an additional third arm you’ve never asked for but once you’ll get used to it - it’ll boost your productivity significantly

  • @machieu
    @machieu 2 місяці тому

    These MattKC videos never get old. It's like the 10th time I'm rewatching this.

  • @LooneyTo0n
    @LooneyTo0n Рік тому +40

    Oh man, amazing video. My first attempts at Hackintosh were back in 2008 when I installed Leopard on my Dell Inspiron 1501 with AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 and 512MB RAM. It was a beautiful laptop, especially for its time, and really reminded me of the MacBook Pros at the time. I really wanted one, but they were far too expensive and I was a kid. So I installed Leopard and not gonna lie, it took me a few days, but it was well worth it. This was my first hands on experience with OS X and I loved it. Fast forward 1-2 years, I built myself a budget desktop PC and installed Snow Leopard, which I used for almost 2 years.. Then switched to another Windows laptop for a while, before buying a second hand MacBook Pro 13" 2011, which I loved. Years later I could finally buy a brand new Mac, and went for a 2017 MacBook Pro 13", which I had for 2 years. Then I sold it, bought my current desktop PC with a Haswell i5 and GTX 1060, on which I've installed and daily drive High Sierra with full GPU acceleration, and it runs awesome. And I'm now writing this on my recently bought, refurbished mid-2015 MacBook Pro 15", with only 42 cycles on its battery, in literally "like new" condition, which I got for 500 USD.
    I have no idea why I wrote all of this, but I guess I'm quite attached to Macs and MacOS/OS X, and I really find something special in them, even on a non-Apple PC. Hackintosh really brought me into the Mac world, and Apple would be fools to actively work against it.

    • @manonamission2000
      @manonamission2000 Рік тому +1

      Try Power PC emulation with AppleOS 9. It was a great OS for its time and probably better than what is currently out there today

    • @BeginningTry3200
      @BeginningTry3200 Рік тому

      Be careful! The 2011 MacBook Pros were known for having GPU issues.

    • @LooneyTo0n
      @LooneyTo0n Рік тому

      @@BeginningTry3200 The 15" ones with AMD GPUs did, but the 13" with just the Intel HD Graphics didn't have those issues. And my current one is a mid-2015 15". But thanks nonetheless!

  • @ShiggitayMediaProductions
    @ShiggitayMediaProductions Рік тому +1

    This video was both nostalgic and informative to me. I'm a veteran Hackintosher since 2009, and all that was said in this video brought back many memories. I've never really hackintoshed a laptop before, but Matt's right in saying that it's not easy... Laptop hardware (as stated in the video) is very specific and almost impossible to swap out for something that works if you run into issues. With that said, I've hack'd both Intel and AMD based custom desktop systems, and let me tell you... it was frustrating as all hell to get working (more so on the AMD side than the Intel side, but still). Once you have it working though can indeed have a near identical experience to a real Mac, even with features like HandOff and Continuity and other stuff working like a charm.
    Also Big Surface... so bad. lmao
    Great video Matt! I'm sad Hackintoshing was murdered with the advent of the M1 family of SoCs, but it's the end of an era and this video is a good send off! Cheers!

  • @Perd0uille
    @Perd0uille Рік тому +226

    Nice video ! I had the same issues on my laptop haha
    14:20 : Force touch isn't discontinued on current MacBooks (and it works quite well with the haptic feedback)

    • @Untitled_Pribor
      @Untitled_Pribor Рік тому +15

      Glad that they didn't remove it. I use it a lot

    • @jaames
      @jaames Рік тому +21

      @@Untitled_Pribor same, although I use it almost exclusively for "defining" words on the dictionary.

    • @waity5856
      @waity5856 Рік тому +11

      I discovered hard touch still existed by trying to use my dad's macbook. Every time I tried dragging something it would be a balancing act of pressing enough to register, but not enough to trigger the hard touch function

    • @jaames
      @jaames Рік тому +13

      @@waity5856 enable three-finger dragging in accessibility settings. I don't know why Apple doesn't enable it by default, but I find it extremely awkward trying to drag things the usual way. I guess almost everyone uses a mouse, but there are times when I work in an area where there's no space for a mouse (in an airport, riding a bus, etc) so I had to find a way to make dragging things easier.

    • @Thisath100
      @Thisath100 Рік тому +2

      Yeah! It's a great feature, I really enjoy using the third dimension. Wish it was implemented with more features!

  • @HardikMeel
    @HardikMeel Рік тому +5

    Nice Filthy Frank reference there 12:02

  • @QUANTUMJOKER
    @QUANTUMJOKER Рік тому +7

    I admire your perseverance.
    The most I've done is Hackintosh actual Macs: I hacked El Capitan onto a 2006 Mac Pro (their official latest OS is Lion, due to the 32-bit EFI), installed High Sierra and then Mojave onto a 2008 Mac Pro using DosDude patching tools (official latest OS is El Capitan), installed High Sierra on a 2008 first-gen MacBook Pro, and Tiger on a Lombard PowerBook G3 (official latest OS is Panther).

    • @autumn64fromdeltarunechapter3
      @autumn64fromdeltarunechapter3 Рік тому +1

      I'm using Monterey on a 2011 air as a daily driver rn, and it somehow works pretty well! its fun to have it work so well, especially since its not even metal capable, lolz!
      (i turned off the blur in accessibility, it improved performance greatly, to anyone doing it as well)

    • @QUANTUMJOKER
      @QUANTUMJOKER Рік тому +1

      @@autumn64fromdeltarunechapter3
      Nicely done. :)
      However, I believe that if your Mac can run Mojave, you should keep it at Mojave for the legacy application support, as Mojave was the last version of Mac OS to support 32-bit applications.
      I’m running Mojave on my mid-2012 MacBook Pro partly so that I can run Photoshop CS5, but also so that I can play 32-bit Mac games such as Hotline Miami 1, Deadbolt and Heavy Bullets.

    • @autumn64fromdeltarunechapter3
      @autumn64fromdeltarunechapter3 Рік тому +1

      @@QUANTUMJOKER i also dual boot it with linux mint for that very reason, in case i need to use an app that doesn't have modern macOS support. i just use a linux port or Wine!

  • @legendaryaseen
    @legendaryaseen Рік тому +1

    You can hear the happiness on his voice on 13:34

  • @littleozzz10
    @littleozzz10 Рік тому +7

    10:42 “If this laptop was literally any newer, this project wouldn’t be possible at all”
    Me, having one model newer of that surface:

  • @Wolfboy69420
    @Wolfboy69420 2 місяці тому +1

    I got an ad, then right after it, the video shows a screen saying, “ad break” and then there is a sponsor advertisement, but like I literally just got an ad, there is no way, like I got the ad at the exact time

  • @altrogeruvah
    @altrogeruvah Рік тому +22

    Following Dortania's guide was honestly a blast, set up my Monterrey rig on first try, but I think this will be my last Hackintosh PC as well. Planning on moving to Linux and the FOSS world next time around.

  • @execthts
    @execthts 5 місяців тому +1

    12:52: "No available windows" you're goddamn right

  • @JARVIS1187
    @JARVIS1187 Рік тому +46

    Instead of using the display resolution changing helper, you could've tried holding ALT while clicking the "scaled" option in the system settings. This usually shows some resolutions to select of instead of the 5 settings with "bigger text" or "more space".
    Otherwise: great video :D Had a Hackintosh running High Sierra (since my Geforce graphics card wasn't supported on Mojave anymore) 4 years ago and I loved it so much, I bought a real Mac then (yeah, you said that :D ). Now I am fully on Apple products....

  • @bucketcom
    @bucketcom Рік тому +14

    Microsoft disliked that.

  • @ryanheuer9542
    @ryanheuer9542 Рік тому +11

    It's a little ironic that I'm watching this on a MacBook running Linux

  • @smaza2
    @smaza2 Рік тому +57

    A friend of mine had the opposite in college (circa 2016 ish) - because Macbooks were trendy and cool, but we were computer science students who thought that Macs weren't good for coding (I know this is wrong now obvs), he got a Macbook and installed Windows on it

    • @ME0WMERE
      @ME0WMERE Рік тому +18

      yet both operating systems pale in comparison to literally any linux distribution

    • @Astro-bs4wv
      @Astro-bs4wv Рік тому +12

      @@ME0WMERE MacOS basically is linux lol

    • @s8wc3
      @s8wc3 Рік тому +11

      Yeah a Macbook running windows is infinitely more usable and has a longer software support lifespan that a Macbook running it's intended system.

    • @JellySword8
      @JellySword8 Рік тому +10

      Macs are good for coding? I'm gonna have to disagree with you there

    • @crossetta
      @crossetta Рік тому +34

      @@Astro-bs4wv Eh, not really.
      macOS *isn't* Linux, it's an UNIX-based system. Linux is UNIX-like but it's obviously not the same thing as macOS.
      macOS and iOS uses the XNU kernel with some parts from FreeBSD.
      Now, please check and confirm what kind of stuff you are saying is true and stop spreading any further misinformation.

  • @smithrockford-dv1nb
    @smithrockford-dv1nb 5 місяців тому

    Force touch on MacOS is actually very useful. The main use for it (for me) is highlighting a word and, with a force touch, get shown the definition of that word.

  • @LetrixAR
    @LetrixAR Рік тому +7

    Hackintosh will stop being 'usable' when the last compatible version for x86 is straigh up not working for anything, kinda like XP.
    There is people doing a High Sierra hackintosh just for the NVIDIA compatibility, and a lot of x86 Macs still receive new software updates.
    When the last compatible version doesn't allow you to publish apps for the latest iPhone, Catalina doesn't for example, then you will not be able to get the most out of it as you said, but still usable for everything else.

  • @JoshuaPeisach
    @JoshuaPeisach Рік тому +2

    13:07 as an Ubuntu contributor/dev I love seeing you use it!

  • @bbblop4545
    @bbblop4545 Рік тому +12

    I2C is a relatively simple protocol to use and understand. Basically all micro controllers suport it and SBCs and is commonly used in many component such as sensors, screens etc.

  • @Benrob0329
    @Benrob0329 Рік тому +3

    Me, a seasoned Linux user who's installed almost everything from Arch to Void: "I fear no setup, but that..thing, it scares me."

  • @AnonymousDuelist
    @AnonymousDuelist Рік тому +12

    Very impressive. You should share the EFI folder somewhere so other people with this laptop can try it for themselves without all the troubleshooting.

    • @awii.neocities
      @awii.neocities Рік тому +6

      Like he said, even if the computer is the exact same, literally anything can go wrong even if you use the same EFI as him with the same laptop.

    • @AnonymousDuelist
      @AnonymousDuelist Рік тому +15

      ​@@awii.neocities Better than starting from scratch. Why are Hackintosh users always so assmad about sharing EFIs? Jesus Christ.

    • @TechSelect1
      @TechSelect1 Рік тому +4

      @@AnonymousDuelist half the time it doesnt work because sometimes different components can ship with different firmwares like wifi bluetooth etc

    • @sidex15
      @sidex15 Рік тому

      @@AnonymousDuelist Installing a Hackintosh is some sort of a hobby that makes it a personal achievement if you make it fully work on your system...

    • @xeienar
      @xeienar Рік тому

      @@awii.neocities This is simply not true at all lol. There's plenty of Suface Laptop 3 models, but if someone buys the exact same as Matt he could perfectly use the same EFI folder and skip all the troubleshooting.

  • @RadikAlice
    @RadikAlice Рік тому +6

    Between this and Halo CE on an iMac, I'm really liking your Mac related-videos.
    I knew this was hard, but wow. It's unironically less hassle to get functional Asahi Linux on an M1 Mac
    Which is honestly a testament to the closeness of unix-like systems, and the _grueling_ work of the Asahi devs

  • @tetenc555
    @tetenc555 Рік тому +15

    13:40 The sensation of the thing finally working when the surfaces make the charging sound… I know exactly that feeling LOL still I daily drive my Lenovo Laptop with Ventura and it’s super good. Never had a issue with monterey on the latest updates but Ventura is still a kinda buggy mess. I used to have the beta and it’s a lot better, but still not enough.

  • @Radi0he4d1
    @Radi0he4d1 Рік тому

    Getting Handoff (the little icon in the dock of whatever you are doing on your phone) to work on my laptop was the greatest rush I've ever experienced.

  • @jesusalejandroconchavera6199
    @jesusalejandroconchavera6199 Рік тому +4

    i was expexcting something else, but this was infinitely better and more informative, i loved how informative this video is

  • @Signal228
    @Signal228 Рік тому +89

    Wait, that's illegal

  • @We.are.sex.bob-omb
    @We.are.sex.bob-omb 5 місяців тому +2

    6:23 love how his wifi is called hyrule

  • @cheasybacon9780
    @cheasybacon9780 Рік тому +3

    Can you do a benchmark? It would be interesting to see how the components run on stress knowing they weren’t made for that operating system. Would love to see it and I enjoyed the video

  • @tylerlam
    @tylerlam 11 місяців тому

    During my university days, I installed a Hackintosh on my HP laptop and used it for four years. Why? Because I was trying to learn Swift and iOS app development, but I couldn't afford an Apple computer. I still remember how I fixed the no Wi-Fi issue-by salvaging a Wi-Fi module from my brother's discarded laptop and transplanting it into mine. However, I also encountered issues with the sleep function that I couldn't resolve. All in all, it was truly a lot of fun.

  • @baris8411
    @baris8411 Рік тому +5

    I hackintoshed this exact laptop a few months ago and after like a week of troubleshoting and with the help of big surface it finally worked! cool to see you hackintosh the same laptop at the same time hehe, I installed macOS Ventura tho and it worked great!!

    • @sxcsfan
      @sxcsfan Рік тому

      any chance of sharing the EFI folder?

  • @DavidRomigJr
    @DavidRomigJr 6 місяців тому +1

    That is pretty neat. My son was given a dying MacBook whose internal SSD died, and it was one of the versions where memory and storage were soldiered to the board. So I tried inserting a tiny 256GB thumb drive. It installed just fine, but when it finally booted, it booted into a kernel panic where it detected the MacBook was not a genuine Apple product. Yeah… what?
    I’ll get back to it some time. For now, I like my mid-2012 MacBook Pro. Replaceable memory and storage. Was able to double the memory beyond what Apple said was supported just fine. Have two video cards (Intel internal and NVIDIA via PCIe, I think). I finally installed Windows 10 on it through boot camp and it plays Diablo 4 with only load stuttering… on an 11-year old laptop. And funny enough, Windows 10 is slightly more responsive than Catalina, the last macOS supported on the laptop. I did notice that the trackpad click and hold is buggy under Windows and it doesn’t detect the Intel graphics card and runs only on NVIDIA, though I found Apple saying not supporting Intel under Windows was intentional for some reason.
    Maybe I should try Hackintosh sometime just for the fun of it.

  • @ridiculous_gaming
    @ridiculous_gaming Рік тому +7

    My first hackintosh was an Atari 520 STFM in 1989. Installing fonts and such prior to system7 was a hassle, but it was fantastic.

  • @telumatramenti7250
    @telumatramenti7250 Рік тому

    Man, you are a hero. I admit, I've done many next to useless things just because my clients paid me for them, such as upgrading Windows 8 to 10 on a Surface Pro, using heat gun on its screen in order to remove it and upgrade its SSD to something which actually had enough space for photos and videos, downgrading laptops to Windows 7 so that some very old and incompatible with 10 accounting software could be run, and then having to change the WIFI card because no Windows 7 driver existed for it and so on, and even hackintoshing older desktops in 2007 and 2010. But what you did in this video, - I honestly have no idea what fee I would charge in order to repeat this heroic feat of yours, but it would probably be in the 10s of thousands of $.

  • @UPFSonic
    @UPFSonic Рік тому +5

    3:21 wtf 😂

    • @hecdavid11
      @hecdavid11 Місяць тому

      It’s part of a longer meme where the conversation goes like:
      - Steve Jobs died of ligma
      - Who the hell is Steve Jobs?
      - Ligma balls

  • @Color-Theory
    @Color-Theory 11 місяців тому +1

    When Apple started using Intel architecture, I thought that they were actually changing for the better... boy was I wrong. All of my coworkers who got "upgraded" to m1s can no longer build any of their projects and I fought IT until they gave me a win laptop. Probably never going to buy an Apple device lol. Glad you got your laptop working perfectly, sort of.

  • @pdlbackup
    @pdlbackup Рік тому +10

    The part where you mention it not waking up from sleep. I had the same issue on Ubuntu on my Lenovo Ideapad 5. I was never able to fix it, but if anyone does know a solution. I'd love to hear it.

    • @RaduTek
      @RaduTek Рік тому

      On the Surface Laptop 3, waking up from sleep is working on Linux with the linux-surface kernel.

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper Рік тому +1

      A lenovo... a bios update(god help ya with that) might be needed.

    • @Croesquared
      @Croesquared Рік тому +2

      Did you set a swapfile/ swap partition? That fixed it on my Lenovo legion (Arch)

    • @maryhadid
      @maryhadid Рік тому

      Ventura broke sleep for my real macOS, may as well macintosh

  • @markojojic6223
    @markojojic6223 Рік тому +1

    10:04 That's a record we can beat.

  • @pdlbackup
    @pdlbackup Рік тому +7

    Honestly, I don't think there's any name that can top Big Surface.

  • @minibruh
    @minibruh 3 місяці тому +2

    3:29 "it has Windows 11 installed on it, but no buddy wants that"
    the most true statement I've ever heard

  • @3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7
    @3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7 Рік тому +4

    Theoretically, it might be possible to patch the error handler in the macOS kernel to catch the instruction set errors that came up on non-Apple ARM processors and emulating what was supposed to happen at the error handler, cleaning up the CPU error registers and returning control to the program, effectively "uncrashing" it. This is how modern virtual machines handle emulated peripherals.

  • @EsquireR
    @EsquireR 2 місяці тому

    I'm interested in seeing it live, like seeing how many hours problem solving takes, and how you actually approach it.

  • @iffyspeak
    @iffyspeak Рік тому +4

    thank you so much matt. i've been trying to do hackintosh for a while now but could never figure it out for myself without that guide

  • @errynugraha
    @errynugraha Рік тому

    Watching this video makes me miss my hackintosh days a couple years back. El Capitan was my last hackintosh I installed and Leopard was my first in around 2009. Now I don't even have time for the hassle because most of my time is used for work.

  • @soremuss
    @soremuss Рік тому +13

    I still have nightmares of being a gamer 10 years ago while owning a MacBook. When i bought my own PC i smashed that thing to bits 😁

  • @RedPMD
    @RedPMD Рік тому

    the only macbook with a touchscreen in existance would be such a flex, honestly.

  • @LerX1
    @LerX1 Рік тому +12

    Damn and we thought windows on mac was criminal

  • @simonkapicka7897
    @simonkapicka7897 Рік тому

    Wow this is like a constant rollercoaster. “Fixed this - but now that doesnt work” “fixed it - something else came up”

  • @mojave5661
    @mojave5661 Рік тому +5

    I've been daily driving desktop hackintoshes for almost 5 years, and those are a lot easier to get fully working. I don't know why, but macOS has always been more stable on my build than Windows. I did buy an M1 MacBook for computing on the go though.

  • @VoyVivika
    @VoyVivika 11 місяців тому

    Man commits funnies on computers
    kinda sums up most of the MattKC channel

  • @SolidSonicTH
    @SolidSonicTH Рік тому +4

    10:49 The reverse is also true for BootCamp Macs. The final Intel-based Macs Apple seems to have shipped come with 8th Gen Intel Core CPUs (Coffee Lake). This is the bare minimum for full Windows 11 compatibility but because Apple never exposed the onboard TPM 2.0 module in the firmware you have to resort to tricking the OS into installing just as you would if you were trying to install it on older hardware (which comes with the potential caveat of being unsupported should MS dictate it, as they've warned). Despite having technically compatible hardware, Apple and Windows have formally ceased interaction with the most recent revision of the OS.
    Also did you bother figuring out the iMessage NVRAM thing? I remember getting that working on my old Hackintosh.

    • @alnicospeaker
      @alnicospeaker 8 місяців тому

      No, there are 10th gen intel macbooks, such as macbookpro16,2 and macbookair9,1, both are good SMBIOSes to use with the Surface Pro 7 or Surface Laptop 3. MacOS seems not bothered by activated TPM so far at least..

    • @SolidSonicTH
      @SolidSonicTH 7 місяців тому +1

      @@alnicospeaker You're right, but unfortunately I can see those don't have dedicated graphics.
      Too bad. I'd have thought about upgrading this 8th gen to a 10th gen if that were possible. Just stretch it out as far as possible.

  • @kFY514
    @kFY514 Рік тому +1

    A less exciting, but perhaps an easier _and_ more reliable way of hackintoshing these days is doing a "thin" install of Windows or Linux, and then installing macOS in a VM in either VirtualBox, KVM/QEMU, or a hacked version of VMware. It has its own limitations, but you can get a fairly usable desktop without messing around with any custom kexts.

    • @thelakeman2538
      @thelakeman2538 Рік тому

      Reminds me of what mutahar from someordinarygamers did in one of his videos.

  • @NooneNTRT
    @NooneNTRT Рік тому +6

    Who is watching on a surface other than me?

  • @Muttisuri
    @Muttisuri Рік тому +1

    This almost makes me wish that apple would release full documentation for x86 at the least when they completely stop selling Intel Macs.
    Heck I'm not even asking for code for the OS itself, just API docs so that the community could write drivers for the intel OS's. New versions for the M1/M2 remain as closed as they want.
    But sadly it is more likely that stuff will start falling up here on earth than such a thing happening.

  • @ezragach
    @ezragach Рік тому +3

    What's the song name in 2:35?

    • @MrSignmeout
      @MrSignmeout Рік тому +3

      Good Charlotte - I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem)

  • @HoloScope
    @HoloScope Рік тому +1

    I'm typing this comment on my Surface Laptop Go running Mac OS Big Sur. Touchpad, keyboard, full brightness, full acceleration, battery indicator, USB's, sound, wifi and bluetooth all working.
    The only thing not working is touch screen. I'm also using the BigSurface kext. and it's working surprisingly great.

  • @winfr34k
    @winfr34k Рік тому +7

    This video truly captures the Hackintosh feeling the best. A mixture of excitement, frustration and focused trial&error. I definitely became fed up with the issues and just bought a real Mac instead, like you also explained at the start of the video. After ~10 years of fiddling with the basics time and time again, I just wanted it to end :D

  • @ricogoins
    @ricogoins Рік тому

    i went to sleep to this video on 5/22/2023 it is 11:46 pm and i do not want to go to school tomorrow

  • @Luigi64
    @Luigi64 Рік тому +6

    Love your videos they're all so interesting to me

  • @gabrielmoura7958
    @gabrielmoura7958 Рік тому +8

    For a lot of reasons i'd suggest you to install a linux distro and customize to look like mac, it gets pretty close, has a lot more of a stability and it is WAAAAAAAY easier to get to work. Depending of how you use it, you maybe exchanging one problem to another.

  • @ImperfectionistGaming
    @ImperfectionistGaming Рік тому

    Im baffled at how i managed to turn my 10" notebook computer into a hackintosh back in 2011. It worked flawlessly too! It was my daily machine for my entire freshman year of college and gave my old computer a new feel. It was amazing!

  • @fromixty
    @fromixty Рік тому +4

    Bill Gates wants to know your location.

  • @HalianTheProtogen
    @HalianTheProtogen Рік тому +1

    AMD Hackintoshing has, surprisingly, evolved from “not even in your dreams” to “vanilla works!” recently. :o

  • @du42bz
    @du42bz Рік тому +35

    I use Linux btw

  • @BeckyAnn6879
    @BeckyAnn6879 8 місяців тому

    I've toyed with the idea of doing a Hackintosh, but soon realized that, even though I like to consider myself 'tech-savvy,' this was WAY out of my realm.

  • @pedroemn
    @pedroemn Місяць тому

    My first Hackintosh was also built in 2007, I was 13 then. It took me a while, but I got it working on my old dual-core Pentium D desktop. I even changed the motherboard splash screen to the classic rainbow Apple logo to make it more appealing. It makes me really sad to see kids these days struggling with the most basic computer stuff, like understanding directories and file paths.

  • @headbumb9022
    @headbumb9022 Рік тому +1

    bruh just when u start the sponsor, I got an ad at the start of the sponsor, what timing 😂😂😂

  • @rumble1925
    @rumble1925 2 місяці тому

    I got Leopard to run on my old Toshiba laptop back in 2010. I had no idea what I was doing and managed to get it working really well. I'd never even attempt that today.

  • @aettic
    @aettic Рік тому +1

    I'm always kind of amazed that people don't like or use force touch on iOS - or Mac OS. It was genuinely my favorite feature of the iPhone X - just from a novel perspective, it was so cool to be able to do something like that. Reminded me of what the Blackberry Storm tried to do, finally realized in an actually elegant and usable way. The fact that all the same stuff can still be done by just tap and hold now is fine, but not nearly as cool, imo

  • @RADUSTUDIO
    @RADUSTUDIO Рік тому +2

    purely lovely commentary about the whole process, I've been through a similar experience with both a big old desktop and a smaller unit (minis forum U820). the first one was a disaster, couldn't get the hang of setting up an older nvidia gtx 660 that kept having artefacts on the screen, via the guide I realised that i had a model of that particular GPU that was unsupported by apple :( (apparently they have had some sort of beef with nvidia throughout the years), but the second attempt with the mini pc (did it almost 1 year after the first attempt) was for the most part a big success. if you have time checking out, minis forum U820 is advertised in the chinese market as "hackintosh friendly", had a lot of resources and already compatible software to work with (the pc is intel based for the most part), and I even managed to put ventura directly on it. but afterwards I realised that some things weren't as expected, bluetooth always had issues and I was supposed to reconnect the devices at each boot, no possibility of sleeping the device etc. > got back to linux which is more stable for an overall experience. great video overall, congrats!