However, the newer frameworks relied on the newer kernels and this led to users of 10.4.8 encountering many problems. Up to the release of the 10.4.8 update, all OSx86 patches used the 10.4.4 kernel with the rest of the operating system at version 10.4.8. In June, the hackers released the 10.4.7 Mac OS X update for non-Apple computers using the 10.4.4 kernel. On ApApple released their 10.4.6 update and again patches were released within two weeks that allowed users to install most of this update on non-Apple computers, although this did not include the updated kernel in 10.4.6. Within hours Apple released the 10.4.5 update, which was patched again by the same author within two weeks. On February 14, 2006, an initial 'hack' of Mac OS X v10.4.4 was released on the Internet by a programmer with the pseudonym crg92. These machines used Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) platform firmware instead of the older style BIOS found on most x86 motherboards at the time. On January 10, 2006, Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.4 with the first generation of Intel-based Macs, the iMac and the MacBook Pro. Efforts immediately began to attempt to run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware, but developers quickly found themselves with an error message saying that the PC hardware configurations were not supported.
On June 6, 2005, Apple announced their plans to switch to Intel processors at their Worldwide Developers Conference and released a Developer Transition Kit to selected developers at a cost of $999 (equivalent to $1,280 in 2018). While the methods Apple uses to prevent macOS from being installed on non-Apple hardware are protected from commercial circumvention in the United States by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), specific changes to the law regarding the concept of jailbreaking have placed circumvention methods like these into a legal grey area. Notably, companies such as Psystar have attempted to release products using macOS on non-Apple machines, though many Hackintosh systems are designed solely by macOS enthusiasts of various hacking forums and communities. Īpple's software license for macOS only permits the software's use on computers that are 'Apple-branded.' However, because modern Macintosh computers use Intel-based hardware, there are few limitations keeping the software from running on other types of Intel-based PCs. Hackintosh laptops are sometimes referred to as 'Hackbooks'. Since 2005, Mac computers use the same x86-64computer architecture as other computer manufacturers, maintaining binary-code compatibility. 'Hackintoshing' began as a result of Apple's 2005 transition to Intel Processors, away from PowerPC.
A Hackintosh (a portmanteau of 'Hack' and 'Macintosh'), is a computer that runs macOS on a device not authorized by Apple.
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