Today while surfing i got tutorial on How to install Snow leopard on pc from Taranfx. He wrote many other Posts on Snow leopard checkout them also. Free trial here: Download Rebel EFI The trial has 2 hours o limitation. After that you will have to register. Warning: Try this at your own Risk. We take no claims/blames for the product. This post is only for educational purposes. Buy a genuine copy of Snow Leopard. And remember Apple doesn’t like Psystar. PRICE: $49.99 Pre-Check: Make sure you conform to this section before proceeding any further. 1). Processor Support : 2). Essential BIOS Settings : Procedure: Step 1. Download the Rebel EFI file, available here: Rebel EFI, and Burn the file to a CD/DVD. a. If no disk shows, Click on Utilities on the tool bar, then select Disk Utilities. Step 6. Select the disk that you want to install Snow Leopard on, Click Install. Now wait while the installation complete. As the computer starts up, insert the Rebel EFI CD. As computer boots up select Boot Options or Boot Menu Key Step 7. Select CD ROM, Once CD loads you will see both the Hard Disk and the Rebel EFI CD. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Hard Drive Press Enter to boot Hard drive. If, you have and Apple ID enter it if not, Click Continue. Enter your Registration Information, click Continue You should be running Snow Leopard.
Psystar’s newest product called Rebel EFI, allows users to install Snow Leopard on PC seamlessly. .The product assures that it takes over the osx86 solution much more efficiently by giving proper drivers for all the common Intel hardware. This procedure is much more easier than OSx86 and Hackintosh.
If when booting OS X your computer hangs at a screen with the Apple logo and a “no smoking” sign, you may have an issue with a BIOS Setting. To rectify this, follow these procedures
Step 2. Insert the Rebel EFI disc into your CD drive and restart your computer. As computer boots up select, Boot Options or Boot Menu Key.
Step 3. Select CD ROM, after CD loads press enter to run the CD.
Step 4. When prompted, Eject the CD and it will ask for the Snow Leopard DVD, Insert the Snow Leopard DVD and select your language. Click Continue followed by Agree for the Terms.
Step 5. Select the disk that you want to install Snow Leopard on.
b. On the left you should see your hard drive.
c. If not, a disk is not connected or cannot be read by your computer.
d. After selecting your hard drive click on Partition.
e. Under Volume Scheme, click current and select 1 partition.
f. Under Volume Information, name your hard drive.
g. Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
h. At the bottom of the window Click on the Options Button.
i. Select the GUID Partition Table
j. Click OK
k. Click Apply
l. Click Partition
m. Quit Disk Utilities
Step 8. Launch the Rebel EFI application from the CD. Follow the on-screen authentication procedure, click Continue, Select your Keyboard, click Continue. Select, Do not transfer my information now, click continue.
add account info and you are Done.
Snow Leopard has arrived and we know how Important is it for you to upgrade. In the following tutorial we will show you how can you can EASILY Install the latest Snow Leopard (build 10A432 GM release, the Retail version) on your PC which has existing MAC OS X 10.x.x running.
Lot’s of sites have been consulted to prepare this guide. Special thanks to Taranfx and Technojunkies, iHackintosh, InsanelyMac. This guide might not be perfect yet (no guide is perfect, yet) We need two disks. Why ? – Snow Leopard needs a Leopard Install — One HDD with Leopard already installed and Second hard disk for Snow Leopard. UPDATE: Now, you can use Flash Drive too (8GB) Before you begin, download the pre-requisites - Related link: How to Install Snow Leopard on PC
Let’s Roll Step 1. Preparing the New Disk - Make sure you have connected your second “New” Hard Disk or Flash Drive. Boot into Leopard, launch Disk Utility from Spotlight. Partition your New disk with GUID partition scheme. Name the partition e.g. “New”. Now set yourself as the owner by running the following at drive’s Root. sudo –s chown 0:0 /Volumes/New For USB only – Once you’ve formatted your USB disk as MacOS Extended (Journal) , head over Restore section and drag MacOS X Install DVD in the source column and your USB stick to destination and make sure you uncheck erase destination. Right click your USB stick and select Get Info. Do make sure that “Ignore ownership” for this device is unchecked. If you’re having issues with permission, later on, do check this back. Step2. Installing DMG - Now, Mount the Snow Leopard DMG File. Next, Installer window will pop-up, click on the free space anywhere in window and press key sequence – CMD + Shift + G . A small window will appear on top of the existing window. Here, type “Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/”, and Go. In the next window, locate the “OSInstall.mpkg” and double click this package file to start Snow leopard Installation. Note- Default “OSInstall.mpkg” works for GUID partitioned drive only. If you need to install on MBR, then google for Modified OSInstall.mpkg for MBR, download modified one and replace with default one. Step 3. Customizing Install - Go through the options and select your New drive. De-select all the stuff you don’t need like Printers, Languages, etc.. and wait for it to finish. It should take 5-10 minutes. After its done installing, Don’t Reboot! Now step 4. and onwards, we will install Bootloader and some important drivers (KExts), Patch DSDT and Install certain important system files, so, bear it with me. Step 4. Installing BootLoader – Unzip the Chameleon Bootloader, Install the “Chameleon-2-1.0-r431.pkg“ and then “Chameleon v2 Snow Leopard Support.pkg“ to the New Drive. Note - If Snow Support Package Shows an Error, Then Follow IMPORTANT – If Chameleon 2.0 gives you Kernel Panics then try reinstalling with Chameleon 1.0 Step 5. If you are using PCEFI bootloader on your existing OSx86 system then “Chameleon v2 Snow Leopard Support.pkg” will NOT serve the purpose. In this case, you have two options: Option 1. Either install the “Chameleon-2-1.0-r431.pkg” over your current 10.5.x Installation then reboot and do the process again (from Step 1). or Option 2. Launch the “ShowAllFiles“ (included in “Tools”) and click Show. Then Navigate to the root of your New Drive and delete the “boot” file you see and replace it with the boot file included System Downloads. After replacing the boot file again launch the “ShowAllFiles“ and click Hide. Continue to Step 6. Step 6. Patching DSDT - From the downloaded Tools, Open the DSDT Patcher. Select “Darwin/Mac OS X” in Operating System, then select DSDT Patch in options and before hitting the Run DSDT Patcher button make sure to change the destination to “New” Drive. Step 7. Installing KExts (Drivers)- this assumes that you had downloaded all Kexts that might be needed for your system’s compatiblity. Place all the “kext files” in ”/New/Extra/Extensions”, and copy the Extensions folder in Extra to the desktop, and drag it to “Kext Utility“. “Kext utility” will actually repair your permission and generate a new Extension.mkext. Now, Move the Extensions folder and the extension.mkext back to “/Snow/Extra“ Step 8. Configuring boot.plist with EFiStudio - Launch EFiStudio and look for your Display/Video Card through the drop down menu. Click add device and you will see some numbers, copy them. Add the following XML to your com.apple.boot.plist in /New/Extra. Save and Exit. Put the SMBios.plist into /New/Extra. Update: Step 9 added Step 9. If you added any driver kext to /New/System/Library/Extension, This step will rebuild the Extensions.mkext cache while booted in Snow Leopard. Reboot and go to Single User mode by typing the flag -x32 –s Type the following commands: /sbin/fsck -fy Now Reboot and Fall in Love with the Snow Leopard - UPDATE 1. Basic Troubleshooting Guide As promised, I added this section to give out better troubleshooting in case of any issues you might have come across. For those who are getting Kernel Panics try to boot in 32 bit Mode + Safe mode using following Boot flag. -x32 –v –x -f Kernel Panic (IOATAFamily.kext) – Go to your New HDD , navigate it through /System/Library/Extensions and delete IOATAFamily.kext or simply replace IOATAFamily.kext with a patched kext from your Leopard installation or from netkas. If that fails , simply delete this kext. You’ll lose ATA support , however it would still install on your SATA drives. Just make sure its set to AHCI instead of IDE Generic Kernel Panic on CPU – This problem is related with Chameleon V2. Its recommended for you to use PC_EFI v9 with a patched boot file. Another thing which I’ve noticed that it occurs when you do a -f. I think its related to permissions of the kext. Do refer to the guide up on how to generate extensions.mkext for both /Extra and /System/Library/Extensions and how to fix permissions Reboot loop – It clearly means your processor is not supported for instance if you’re like me , still on a Pentium D. For this you’ll have to grab a patched mach_kernel. CMOS Bug – If you get an error on BIOS after you’ve installed Snow Leopard (this includes BIOS settings have changed or other strange BIOS errors) This is a known issue and it requires your DSDT to be patched. Again you can check out the guide below which I’ve included on how to fix it Fix Permission Error in Disk Utility. This is caused when Snow Leopard is installed from Leopard. Disk Utility Permission fix error – If you get this error in Disk Utility , “ No Installer packages can be found for this disk” whenever you want to verify permission and fix permission. This is caused when you run Snow Leopard installer within Leopard itself. Its a simple fix. You’ll have to re-run BSD.pkg , it could be found in /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages or /Volumes/OSX86/System/Installation/Packages . Just run it and voila it should be fixed ! Now you can use Disk Utility to repair permissions ! UPDATE 2. More Troubleshooting Tips UPDATE 3: Replacing MACH_KERNEL (for Pentium D, Celeron, P4) If you have any issues, refer to this one Version History: 1. Added Step 9, Basic Troubleshooting 2. Added Support for Flash Drives. 3. More Troubleshooting Tips 4. Replacing MACH_KERNEL 5. AMD Install Support [via]
/sbin/mnt -uw /
kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions/
Kernel Panic (generic CPU error) - It occurs if you have an Atom processor or some of the very old boards. The only way to fix it by using PC_EFI v9. Its kind of simple to do , all you have to do is download this installer and boot file for Snow Leopard. Its bit old school. To do this firstly , you’ll have to download PC_EFI v9 installer and this boot file from it. Install this boot loader to your USB Drive (be sure to change its destination) and replace the boot file with this patched file. Be sure to follow rest of the guide such as generating extensions.mkext and so on and so forth. Its just that instead of Chameleon , you’ll have to use PC_EFI v9.
Two weeks after releasing iTunes 9, Apple has pushed out a small update to iTunes in the form of iTunes 9.0.1. The update addresses several bugs and improvements, but doesn’t offer any significant updates (not surprising considering iTunes 9 just came out). Fixes include:
So iTunes users should definitely grab it when you get a chance. [iTunes]
Here are some of the best media players for MAC which will allow you to play any audio or video file using your MAC OS.
VLC Media Player for MAC
VLC is a cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server. VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac …) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See the full features list. It can also be used as a media converter or a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on networks. Download Windows Media Player for Mac. Choose from ‘Windows Media Components for QuickTime’, ‘Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X’ or ‘Windows Media Player 7.1 for Mac’. Windows Media Player for Mac (home) Tune in to 90+ ad-free digital music stations. Tune in to 3,200+ broadcast stations all over the world. Download your favorite videos from thousands of websites quickly and easily. Optimize your sound exactly the way you like it. Watch the crisp, clean video quality of RealVideo 10 with any Internet connection. RealPlayer’s new design behaves just like your other Mac applications. Play Windows Media files on your Mac using QuickTime Player or Safari Web Browser. With Windows Media Components for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser. Windows Media Components for QuickTime has been highly optimized for Power Mac G4 and G5 and Intel computers and supports playback of high-definition Windows Media video files. Download WMV Player Watch High-Quality Video on Your Mac. DivX for Mac is a free download that provides everything you need to enjoy high-quality digital videos on your computer, including high definition H.264 (.mkv) videos with AAC audio and videos created using all previous versions of DivX technology. You can also play your DivX files (.divx, .avi) on millions of DivX Certified devices today. Look for DivX Plus HD Certified devices soon that will support playback of all DivX and DivX Plus HD files, as well as .mkv (H.264/AAC) videos from the Internet. DivX Player for Mac now plays DivX Plus HD (.mkv) videos and H.264/AAC/MKV videos from the Internet. DivX Player for Mac sports a brand new design with translucent windows, cleaner play controls and more. DivX for Mac is optimized for Intel Macs, OS X 10.4 and above. Advanced video with pristine quality, Amazingly responsive live player resize, Up to 24 channels of surround sound, All new playback controls and more. The QuickTime family of digital media creation, delivery and playback software lets you deliver live or pre-recorded video and audio to an audience of any size. When combined with QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro, these applications work together to provide the industry’s first end-to-end, cross-platform, standards-based digital media delivery system. Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats. Perian enables QuickTime application support for additional media: XBMC is Complete media center solution for Windows, OSX, Linux, and XBOX. XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox. XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages. Miro is a free HD video player. It can play almost any video file and offers over 6,000 free internet TV shows and video podcasts. Miro has a simple, gorgeous interface designed for fullscreen HD video. Since Miro downloads most videos, you can take your shows with you, even on an airplane. Quite simply, Miro is a better way to watch all the video you care about. Miro is cross-platform and 100% free and open-source. Built by a non-profit company and volunteers around the world. Watch Full Screen HD Video, Download Torrent Feeds, Download You Tube Videos, Organize your video collection, Resume from Where You Stopped, Play Almost Anything. Forget about the format wars. Miro can play MPEG, Quicktime, AVI, H.\264, Divx, Windows Media, Flash Video, and almost every other major video format. After you watch a video on a channel, it will stick around for a few days and then delete itself. You can choose to keep it permanently if you like and you can set the channel to save every video permanently. Set any channel to download new videos as soon as they are published. Windows Media Player for Mac
Windows Media Player for Mac (cNet)RealPlayer for Mac
FlipforMAC – WMV Player
[ Flip4Mac WMV home ]DivX Player for MAC
QuickTime
Perian – QuickTime Component
XBMC Media Center
Miro Video Player
Your iPhone can play games, browse the internet, watch YouTube videos and more but there are also some nifty tricks you can use to find out some neat information about your phone.
Basically, there are a bunch of iPhone keypad codes that you can type in and get back certain information about the your mobile carrier, phone and billing details.
To use any one of these codes, open your iPhone’s “phone app” and make sure that the keypad button is selected in the bottom menu. Then, type in the code from the list below and press call.
*3001#12345#*- Opens up the “Field Test” settings on your iPhone, which allows you to see many, many advanced network settings on your phone including cell site information and more.
*#06# – Displays your iPhone’s International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number (this code also works on many other phones). *#21# – Displays any call forwarding settings enabled on your iPhone. *#43# – Shows you if call waiting for various parts of your phone are either enabled or disabled. *#30# – Shows you if you have the call presentation (to see who is calling you) setting enabled or disabled. *#33# – Displays call barring settings for your iPhone, and weather they are enabled or disabled. *646# -View available minutes on your AT&T plan (*min#). *777#- View available minutes on your AT&T pre-paid plan (if you get the “Account Not Found” error, you do not have a pre-paid account and you should try the code just above this one for postpaid accounts). *3282# - View wireless data usage statistics (also *data#). *225# – Check the bill balance on your AT&T account (also *bll#). *729 – Makes a call to AT&T to pay your wireless bill. Do you have any other iPhone keypad codes / shortcuts to share? Let us know in the comments and also be sure to check out other MakeUseOf iPhone articles here.
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