OSx86: Creating a Hackintosh -- About the Author -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Installing OS X 10.5 -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- Determining Your Computer Hardware -- Finding Specifications for Your Motherboard -- Finding Your Processor Specifications -- Finding Specifications of Your Video Setup -- Finding Your Audio Hardware Specifications -- Finding Your Networking Hardware Specifications -- Finding Your Other Hardware -- Determining Your Hardware Compatibility -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Installing Leopard to a Separate Hard Disk -- Booting from a Boot CD -- Specifying the Hard Disk Identifier -- Specifying Boot Options -- Preparing Your Hard Disk -- Specifying Installation Options -- Watching the Welcome Video -- Entering Details About Yourself -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Avoiding the Need for the Boot CD -- Finding and Downloading the Relevant Software -- Using the Installer to Complete Your OS X Installation -- Selecting the Boot Disk from the Menu -- Installing a Different Bootloader -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Installing to a Hard Disk with Windows Vista Already Installed -- Performing a Complete Image Backup of Your Vista Hard Disk -- Downloading Required Software to Start Vista and OS X -- Partitioning the Vista System Disk -- Booting the Leopard Installer -- Modifying Your Leopard Installer -- Using the Downloaded Software to Restore the Vista Partition -- Ensuring That Vista Starts -- Starting OS X -- Using a Different Boot Loader -- Expanding Your Windows Partition -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Installing to a Hard Disk with Windows XP Already Installed -- Performing a Complete Image Backup of Your XP Hard Disk -- Downloading Required Software to Start XP and OS X -- Partitioning the XP System Disk -- Booting the Leopard Installer -- Modifying Your Leopard Installer -- Choosing Your Boot Loader -- Summary.

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Your Installation -- Booting from the Install DVD -- Booting Leopard -- Restoring Your Computer from Your Backup -- Reinstalling with Different Parameters -- Restoring Your XP Boot Loader -- Modifying the Apple Property Lists to Specify Future Boot Parameters -- Summary -- Part II: Setting Up and Customizing Leopard -- Chapter 7: Comparing Leopard and Windows -- Using the Keyboard -- Using the Single Menu Bar -- Using the Dock -- Using Application Software -- Controlling Finder -- Missing the Start Menu -- Using Spotlight -- Using Time Machine -- Using TextEdit -- Using the Services Menu -- Using the Context Menu on Text -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Setting Up Personal System Preferences -- Setting Up Appearance -- Setting Up Desktop and Screen Saver -- Setting Up the Dock -- Setting Up Exposé and Spaces -- Setting Up International -- Setting Up Security -- Setting Up Spotlight -- Using Dashboard -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Setting Up Hardware System Preferences -- Setting Up Bluetooth -- Setting Up CDs and DVDs -- Setting Up Your Display -- Setting Up Energy Saver -- Setting Up Keyboard and Mouse -- Setting Up Print and Fax -- Setting Up Sound -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Setting Up Internet and Network Preferences -- Setting Up Your Network -- Setting Up Sharing -- Setting Up MobileMe -- Setting Up QuickTime -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Setting Up System Preferences -- Setting Up User Accounts -- Setting Up Date and Time -- Running Software Update -- Setting Up Speech -- Setting Up Startup Disk -- Setting Up Time Machine -- Setting Up Universal Access -- Summary -- Part III: Using Your Macintosh -- Chapter 12: Using the Main Macintosh Software -- Using Safari -- Using Mail -- Using Address Book -- Using iCal -- Using Preview -- Using iTunes -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Reading and Writing to Windows Disks.

Reading and Writing to FAT Partitions -- Reading and Writing to NTFS Partitions -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Running Windows in OS X -- Using Parallels Desktop -- Using VMware -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Running OS X on Windows Using VMware -- Creating a Virtual Snow Leopard Installation -- Creating a VMware Virtual Machine -- Setting Up Snow Leopard -- Using Your Virtual Machine -- Summary -- Part IV: Enhancing Your Macintosh -- Chapter 16: Automating Your Work -- Getting Around in Automator -- Running a Sample Workflow -- Modifying the Sample Workflow -- Creating a New Workflow -- Saving a Workflow as a Plug-in -- Using Folder Actions -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Creating and Editing AppleScript Macros -- Starting with AppleScript -- Using a Prepared AppleScript -- Creating Your Own Scripts -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Modifying the Dashboard -- Installing the Apple Developer Tools -- Getting Around with Dashcode -- Creating a Basic Computer Gauge -- Creating a Map Widget -- Creating a Countdown Timer -- Summary -- Chapter 19: Using Quartz Composer -- Introducing Quartz Composer -- Creating a Rotatable Picture -- Creating a Rotating Cube -- Using Image Effect Filters -- Using Image Masks -- Using Render in Image Macros -- Creating a Audio Spectrum Display -- Summary -- Chapter 20: Using Some Other Developer Tools -- Using Core Image Fun House -- Using Repeat After Me -- Summary -- Chapter 21: Using XCode to Create New Programs -- Developing a Cocoa Application -- Designing the User Interface -- Adding the Programming -- Building the Application -- Running the Application -- Refining the Application -- Summary -- Chapter 22: Some Successful Case Studies -- Installing to a Gigabyte Motherboard -- Installing to a Dell Mini 9 -- Summary -- Appendix A: References -- Appendix B: The Missing Theory -- Processor Instructions -- Graphics Systems in Macintosh Computers.

A Primer on Disk Formats -- Booting Your Computer -- Kernels and Kexts -- File Permissions in OS X -- Some Apple History -- Troubleshooting Your Installation -- Post-Installation Fixes for Leopard -- Appendix C: Installing Snow Leopard -- Installing to a Gigabyte Motherboard -- Installing to a Dell Mini 9 -- Installing to Other Computers -- Psystar's RebelEFI -- Glossary -- Index.