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Dell Mini 10v Mac OS X Discussion Discussion dedicated to installing and setting up Mac OS X on the Dell Mini 1011
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| Junior Member Posts: 16 Join Date: Aug 2009 |  Hackintosh without a Mac? -
08-09-2009, 12:35 AM
I'm interested in the possibility of installing OSX on my 10v. However, I don't own a Mac already (which is why I'm interested). The instructions I'm seeing around require some work with the Mac to partition the USB drive using a Mac partition of some sort. I admit that I've only glanced over the instructions, but I'm pretty sure everything I've read requires having a Mac to start with. Is this true or can I do it without owning a Mac? |
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| Member  Posts: 31 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: austin, tx | 
08-09-2009, 05:00 AM
you can do it with a windows app called transmac use it to format and mount the mac .dmg images. i built mine with three thumb drives --16g for the 10.5 DVD image --1g for the 10.5.8 combo upgrade CD image --1g to boot off |
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| Member Posts: 30 Join Date: Jul 2009 |
08-09-2009, 07:32 AM
if you have an external dvd drive then u can go to www.63oh.com. I used this method and it was pretty easy for the most part. |
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| Retired Mini user  Posts: 1,577 Join Date: Oct 2008 |
08-09-2009, 05:41 PM
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| Junior Member Posts: 16 Join Date: Aug 2009 | Thanks -
08-09-2009, 11:13 PM
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| Senior Member  Posts: 127 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Texas    |
08-11-2009, 03:36 PM
Yeah I don't have a Mac and didn't have any problems. I also used the external drive method. |
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| Member  Posts: 43 Join Date: Aug 2009 |
08-11-2009, 07:03 PM
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| Retired Mini user Posts: 1,577 Join Date: Oct 2008 |
08-11-2009, 07:21 PM
It's pretty damn simple. I'm going from memory when I tried it back in January or so -- I took OS X for a test ride for two weeks before going back to XP and then Windows 7. All you had to do is boot off the loader CD that's available here, swap to the OS X DVD when requested, and complete the install. It's in the guides in the OS X board. Took me two hours one night, and that's after having to restart the install because I screwed something up. It's all in the guides in the OS X forum. This is the 10v discussion forum. You might want to go over there and look around (hint.) |
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| Junior Member Posts: 3 Join Date: Apr 2010 |  You don't need a mac or a dvd drive if you do this... -
04-27-2010, 08:41 PM
I did this because I don't know to many friends with a mac You can buy a Snow Leopard Installation USB Flash Drive with osx already installed on a usb. Its just $70 Here is the link:Snow Leopard USB Flash Drive | Mac Help from Maciverse |
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| Super Moderator  Posts: 5,686 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Hampshire |
04-28-2010, 01:31 AM
So they charge $40 for what you can do yourself for free. Interesting, but I suppose it's worth it if you don't want the hassle. Many of us have installed OS X without a Mac. Mini 9|2GB RAM|64GB RunCore|Intel 5300|Windows 8 |
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