Intel's New Sandy Bridge CPUs - Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Sandy Bridge CPUs

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Today Intel lifted the Non-Disclosure Agreement on it's new Sandy Bridge LGA 1155 next generation performance chipset and CPUs.  The good news is, we've already successfully installed Mac OS X Snow Leopard!

The bad news is, until Apple uses these CPUs, it's a bit of a science experiment, as you'll need to use a "patched" non-standard Darwin kernel in order to boot the system.  For those of you buying new systems anyway, we're opening a special section of the forum dedicated to Sandy Bridge.

PLEASE NOTE:  Sandy Bridge CPUs and chipsets are not currently supported natively by Mac OS X Snow Leopard. We can't recommend Sandy Bridge systems yet, as there is no official support.  Hence, please don't view this as buying advice.  We're providing this as a service for early Sandy Bridge adopters- and don't recommend using a patched kernel for the long-term. The vanilla kernel is a much more desirable solution for a stable system.

The patched kernel used for these experiments is based on the Mac OS X 10.0.0 kernel that has been altered to run on unsupported CPUs by Qoopz and the ProjectOSX team.

How to Install Mac OS X on Intel's Sandy Bridge

1. Download iBoot Legacy

2. Follow iBoot + MultiBeast

3. Install Combo Update - DON'T REBOOT

5. Download and install BridgeHelper

4. Run MultiBeast, checking EasyBeast

6. Reboot

-Legacy kernel by Nawcom, AnV, and Azimutz
Kernel used: Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Sun Jan  9 16:40:36 EST 2011; legacy kernel v6 :xnu-1504.9.26/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_X86_640nawcom10.6.0

It's gonna be an exciting year!  Stay tuned for updates.  Good luck, and have fun!

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Quickly Locate an app in your dock in Mac OS X

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To Locate an app in the dock in Mac OS X apps folder

Command Button

1. Hold the command button.
2. Click on any application on your dock.
3. There you have it you have located the app in the applications folder.
4. Enjoy!

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Copy The Application In The Dock Quickly Onto Your Desktop!

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This post will help your discover 1 more new trick to quickly copy things. Mac OS X is the only OS which even experts are yet to discover the whole features of the OS X, Mac OS X is filled with millions of tips and tricks that everyday we discover a new trick to quickly access things.

This trick will help you to copy an application in  your dock to your desktop in no time

1. Hold the command button.

   

   Command Button
   

2. Click And Drag any app from your dock.
3. Drop the app onto your desktop.
4. Your are done the app will now be copied to your desktop.
5. Enjoy!

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Razormacx86 Official Forums Web To Come Up This May!

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The Razormacx86 Blog is now going to become a new website this may! The new website will have the latest softwares and kexts, bootloaders, enablers and firmwares for many Mac OS X Supported devices. The new website will also have its own DSDT database for all the motherboards P55, H55, X58 etc. provided by all the vendors Asus, Gigabyte, Intel etc. The new website is also coming up with a RazorApp Zone with all the latest Apple App Store apps cracked from the core to run on any Machintosh as well as other apps.

Stay Tuned For more Details!

Hackintosh Made Easy! 

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Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs Overclocked Mac OS X

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Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7 2600k

NOTE: These results may be affected by unsupported CPU and chipset. 

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Mac OS X Now Supports USB 3.0 !

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USB 3.0 is now supported in Mac OS X!  LaCie released drivers today for their new line of USB 3,0 PCI-E and ExpressCard controllers.  Download the drivers here.

The device identifies as USB Super-Speed Bus in System Profiler and IORegistryExplorer.  USB 2.0 devices are confirmed working on these USB 3.0 ports.  We haven't had a chance to test USB 3.0 devices.  Our initial testing was done on GA-H55N-USB3, GA-P55A-UD4P and the GA-X58A-UD3R.

We need more testers! Report your findings in the Razormacx86 Blog Comments below this post.

UPDATE:
LaCie's driver is working only on specific LaCie devices.  Luckily, we've been tipped off to a patched version of the kext, which enables any USB 3.0 device.  Available in the latest www.kexts.com . You can test speeds using Xbench, then target any drive plugged to the USB 3.0 ports.  Please post any stats in the Blog Comments! 

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Fully Supported nVIDIA GeForce Graphic Cards For Mac OS X

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One of the most important components in a custom build is the graphics card.  If you're building a CustoMac, it's an especially tricky decision.  Not only do you have to worry about what will be a good performer for the cost, but you also have to be informed what is fully supported, and what is not.

Below we've listed a few fully compatible NVIDIA graphics cards for Mac OS X.   Each gives a range of port options, full install compatibility, and are known to work with minimal configuration.  They may not be the most powerful or newest cards available, however they are undoubtedly smart and safe options.  All of the following models have been personally tested by our team.

ASUS GeForce 8400GS

DVI/VGA

This oldie is a perfect fit for someone on a budget who doesn't need much power, but wants a silent card with two working outputs.  Full acceleration enabled with GraphicsEnabler=Yes.

PNY GeForce 9800 GT

DVI/DVI

A standby choice for many enthusiasts, this card gives great performance.  Full acceleration enabled with GraphicsEnabler=Yes.

EVGA GeForce GT 240

DVI/VGA/HDMI

A great choice for a HTPC setup, with working audio + video via HDMI.  Full acceleration enabled with GraphicsEnabler=Yes.

PNY GeForce GTS 450*

DVI/DVI/Mini-HDMI

PNY GeForce GTX 460*

DVI/DVI/Mini-HDMI

EVGA GeForce GTX 470*

DVI/DVI/Mini-HDMI

The newest cards to gain compatibility status, these three 'Fermi' cards are a good choice for their new architecture, CUDA support, and awesome next-generation performance.  Full acceleration enabled with GraphicsEnabler=Yes. 
*NVIDIA 4xx cards are fully supported, but some users are reporting random freezes and open gl issues.  Take caution when choosing these cards for now.  Update: these cards are not recommended yet.

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Lnx2Mac's Realtek Ethernet Driver - Public Beta Now Available

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For the past few weeks, Lnx2Mac has been developing a new Realtek ethernet driver for Mac OS X. His goal was to create a driver that provides support for the latest motherboards that use the Realtek RTL8111E controller. This new driver is called RealtekRTL81xx.kext and supports the following ethernet controllers:

• RTL8168, RTL8168B, RTL8168C
• RTL8111, RTL8111B, RTL8111C, RTL8111CP, RTL8111D(L), RTL8111DP, RTL8111E

It's based on the RealtekR1000SL.kext created by Chuck Fry in late 2009 with additions and fixes from the latest official Realtek Linux source. In addition the driver includes the following changes:

• 32/64 bit support
• Improved stability
• Improved performance
• Numerous bug fixes

Today the beta went public! Check out Lnx2Mac's Blog for further details and the download link.  Please leave all feedback and comments there and in the RTL81xx Beta Testing forum. 

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Change The Rusty Old Icon With Your Own Favourite Icon

Sick of those stock icons in Mac OS X?  Here's a quick tip to re-badge and customize any drive or folder in OS X.  I have a few familiar custom icons that I use, and have gotten very used to.  My OS X experience just isn't complete without em! 

1. Highlight the icon or folder you want to use for your custom icon.
2. Type command-C or right-click and choose Copy.
3. Right-click on any hard drive or folder, and choose Get Info.
4. Navigate to the upper left corner, and highlight the icon.
5. Type command-V or choose Paste from the file menu. 

That's it!  There are a ton of great free open-source icons available at InterfaceLIFT.  Check them out!  Here's a snapshot of my finder's sidebar- easier on the eyes in my opinion than a lot of blue folders. 

If You want to have your own custom icon of your favourite picture

Then e-mail me at : techspecx86@gmail.com

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JMicron SATA Support For SATA Hard Disk

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Are you tired of seeing this in System Profiler?

I was, so that’s why JMicron36xeSATA.kext and JMicron36xSATA.kext are created.

Now in System Profiler you will see this if you use JMicron36xeSATA.kext:

Or this if you use JMicron36xSATA.kext:

So what’s the difference other than the name display? When using JMicron36xSATA.kext all drives connected to the JMicron controllers will be displayed on the desktop as internal disks, just like the Intel connected drives. But if you use the JMicron36xeSATA.kext, then they show up on the desktop as external (orange) disks and can be hot swapped.

These kexts are now available at www.kexts.com

They install like any other Hackintosh kext. Just drag to /Extra/Extensions and rebuild the kext cache.

Good Luck !

Please Comment if this worked out for You!


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