![]() ![]() Alas, booting a virtualbox VM on my hackintosh instantly crashes it. As a webdev on OSX, it would be nice to be able to test something out on Edge or IE11 occasionally, and Microsoft provides free VM's for exactly that purpose. It hasn't been an issue once I got things configured initially, but each app that uses the webcam and/or microphone will need to be told to use the USB options, not the "built-in" (missing) options. I'm using a USB webcam to act as both of those, but that doesn't stop the OS from expecting the built-in webcam and microphone that it would have on any modern Apple hardware. The OS thinks that there's an Apple webcam/microphone availableĪs a remote worker, 90%+ of my meetings are web conferences using my webcam and microphone. I know there are various hackintosh USB drivers available to try out, but to emphasize how little this problem bothers me, I haven't found it worth my time to try fixing the problem. A small price that I'm more than happy to continue paying in exchange for the other benefits. The only time it's been a nuissance is when I want to take footage from my GoPro and edit it immediately. Since offloading my files usually entails dumping them into cloud storage, it doesn't much matter where I do it. I can either use a non-hub USB port to get that working, or boot into Windows to offload my files. For example, I bought a tiny USB micro-sd card reader, and plugging that into my USB hub only mounts the memory card as a volume maybe 1 out of 10 times. Not flaky as in things stop working at random times, but that certain USB ports work and others don't, and my USB hub doesn't always agree with OSX. I'll talk more about OS updates in The Good Stuff, below. Some apps don't support Catalina yet, and I need those apps more than I need a random OS upgrade. I do worry, but obviously not so much that it's worth paying the Apple hardware tax.Īnd for what little it's worth, there are some updates (cough, Catalina, cough) that are simply not acceptable for me yet. I know that doesn't protect everything, and that's why I've left a little bit of room for worry. I'm not extremely worried about this, because this machine doesn't leave my house (it's not a laptop), I'm the only user, and I can and do easily avoid worms spread through email, messenger clients, etc. The Bad Stuff I can't install any OS updates Spoiler alert: The reason this update seems so overdue is that it's been going so well that I've been head-down on work and personal stuff. It's been almost a year since I embarked on the journey of attempting to replace my Mid-2014 model Macbook Pro with a custom built Hackintosh, so we're way overdue for an update. Part two: Hardware build complete, OS Install "feature complete".Part one: My motivations, and hardware I purchased.This is part three in an ongoing series where I document my experiences building my first Hackintosh. The Digital Garden of Adam Tuttle Hackintosh Part III: Daily Driver
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