Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6)

The current version of the Mac operating system is Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6).

Hackintosh Instructions & Tutorials

  • Hackintosh tutorials for Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" can be particularly useful for those who need their Hackintosh to be compatible with software written for the PowerPC processor or for those who simply do not like the "iOS-ification" that OS X Lion brought to the platform.
  • Helpful tutorials to install or upgrade this version of the macOS on Intel and AMD PCs include:

Tutorials List

Tutorials

Name Description
The Snow Leopard Hackintosh Written in late 2013, an easy-to-follow guide covering hardware configuration and Mac OS X installation for a Snow Leopard Hackintosh from FreeHand Forum (no longer online).
Snow Leopard on Hackintosh (Second Method) An excellent guide to installing Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" from Bassheadtech. The same blogger also offers an older step-by-step guide to upgrading a Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" from Mac OS X 10.5.8 "Leopard". Bassheadtech likewise covers upgrading a Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5, 10.6.6, 10.6.7 and 10.6.8.
Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on an Intel PC Straightforward instructions using the iBoot and MultiBeast tools from tonymacx86. The same site also helps one upgrade a Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.6.3, 10.6.4, 10.6.5, 10.6.6, 10.6.7 and finally 10.6.8 with useful blog posts.
Ivy Bridge Snow Leopard Hackintosh From MacBreaker, an "experimental" guide to installing Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" on an "Ivy Bridge" Hackintosh with the iBoot Ivy Bridge software tool. The same site also provides a guide to install the operating system on an older "Sandy Bridge" system.
Sandy Bridge Snow Leopard Hackintosh A six page guide to installing Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" on a custom-built "Sandy Bridge" Hackintosh from RegHardware. Uses the iBoot Legacy and Multibeast applications.
Turning PC into Apple Macintosh An archive of an insightful evaluation of a personal experience building a Hackintosh and a comparison of the resulting Hackintosh to a Mac Pro from BenchmarkReviews (no longer online).
Snow Leopard on an AMD PC An archive of an older Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" installation process on a Hackintosh as well as custom details related to using an AMD-based system from iHackintosh (no longer online). The same site also offers a list of kexts that may be helpful.
Install Snow Leopard in VMWare An archived guide to install Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" in VMWARE for Windows 7.
Snow Leopard on a Dell Mini 9, Dell Mini v10, HP Mini 1000 and HP Mini 110-3710 Archives of detailed and easy-to-follow guides from my Mac netbook (no longer online).
Snow Leopard on an Acer Aspire One ZG5 Another great walkthrough for Snow Leopard on this largely compatible netbook courtesy of Bassheadtech.
Snow Leopard on a Dell Mini 10v An older walkthrough from the Gizmodo blog for the "ultimate Snow Leopard netbook".

Hackintosh Installation & Usability Videos

Usability Videos

Description Videos
This video -- from videographer Matthew Mintun -- recommends hardware for those interested in a high-performance Hackintosh tower and covers the Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" installation process with the iBoot and MultiBeast applications.