Now that we've downloaded the installation files from the Mac App Store and formatted our USB drive, let's copy the installation files to it. Copy the Installation Files to the USB Drive Click Options and select GUID Partition Table.Ĭlick Apply to format the drive.Set the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled).Click Curent Layout and change it to 1 Partition.Select it, and then on the right, click the partition tab.

Make sure you've backed up anything important on that drive as it will be erased forever. Open Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities and locate your USB device. Wait for the download to finish (this could take some time). The download is completely free if you're running OS X 10.9+.

Search for 'El Capitan' and click Download. Head over to your existing OS X environment running 10.9 or later and open the Mac App Store. We need to prepare a USB thumb drive that will contain the installation files as well as the bootloader and custom kexts for our specific Hackintosh build.ĭownload El Capitan from the Mac App Store Here is a vanilla guide to installing El Capitan on your PC! Preparing the USB Installation Driveįirst things first. I chose to avoid the UniBeast installer (by Tonymacx86) because of its commercialized nature, as described here.

A computer running OS X (10.9 or later) for preparing the installation USB flash drive.

A dedicated hard drive (SSD highly recommended).

A USB flash drive with at least 16GB capacity.

This guide is for evaluation purposes only. Please buy a real Mac if you're satisfied with your Hackintosh. Also, note that installing OS X on PC is illegal. I am not responsible for any damage or information loss that could result from following this guide. Warning: Please follow these instructions at your own risk.

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