Has anybody tried making a Hackintosh out of one of the new Hades Canyon NUC's (in particular, the model # NUC6i7KYK)? I'd be curious to see one of these dual boot between Mac OS X/Windows 10 on separate M.2 drives.
Intel NUC hackintosh? I've been looking around online and came across an Intel NUC micro PC. They are barebone PC's which require a HDD or RAM but they start off incredibly cheap at around £89 on Amazon. GUIDE Building a Mac mini beast with NUC8i7BEH Overview. This guide derives from @Rehabman's Guide Booting the OS X installer on LAPTOPS and Guide Intel NUC7NUC8 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7Bxx,NUC8i7Bxx,etc) but the procedure has been simplified in order to provide a quick guide to install Mojave on the NUC8i7BEH. HyperX Impact DDR4 SODIMM 16GB. 1 (Recommend two. Has anybody tried making a Hackintosh out of one of the new Hades Canyon NUC's (in particular, the model # NUC6i7KYK)? I'd be curious to see one of these dual boot between Mac OS X/Windows 10 on separate M.2 drives.
Overview
This guide derives from @Rehabman's [Guide] Booting the OS X installer on LAPTOPS and [Guide] Intel NUC7NUC8 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7Bxx,NUC8i7Bxx,etc) but the procedure has been simplified in order to provide a quick guide to install Mojave on the NUC8i7BEH.
Performance
Specs
- HyperX Impact DDR4 SODIMM 16GB * 1 (Recommend two sticks in dual-channel, 16GB of RAM works fine so far for me) Crucial DDR4 SODIMM 16GB I bought was not compatible with my NUC8. For more information about the recommended RAMs by Intel, see Memory Modules
- Crucial MX500 1000G SATAIII SSD (I need the M.2 slot for Wi-FI/Bluetooth.)
- BCM943602CDP Wi-Fi/Bluetooth + M.2 NGFF Key B+M Adapter
- LT Link Dual Thunderbolt 3 eGPU Dock + Sapphire RX 460 4G (firmware upgraded to RX 560)
- Mojave 10.14.2 Final Cut Pro has better performance on 10.14.2, less exporting time and better stability than the performance on 10.14.3.
Works
- AirDrop, Handoff (Apple Wi-Fi/Bluetooth required)
- iMessage (complete serial required)
- All USB3.1 Gen1/USB2.0 ports
- USB3.1 Type-c Hotplugging
- Hardware Acceleration (Final Cut Pro X, VideoProc, Compressor tested.)
- Thunderbolt 3 eGPU (Final Cut Pro X, VideoProc, Compressor tested.)
Not working
- Thunderbolt 3 eGPU Hotplugging
Preparation
BIOS settings
- BIOS version 0056 (Please do not use the latest one, 0064. If so, please downgrade to 0056, I have attached the firmware in the respository since it was no longer provided from Intel support.)
BIOS setup can be accessed by mashing the F2 key while booting up. It will get you to the main BIOS setup screens. To start, choose 'Load Defaults' (choose from the menu or press F9 in the BIOS setup).
Then change:
- Boot -> Boot Configuration, disable 'Network Boot'
- Power -> Secondary Power Settings, 'Wake on LAN from S4/S5', set to 'Stay Off'
- Boot -> Secure Boot, disable 'Secure Boot'
- Devices -> OnBoard Devices, disable 'Bluetooth' (macOS is not compatible well with Intel Wi-Fi/Bluetooth)
Suggested:
- Boot -> Boot Priority -> Legacy Boot Priority, enable 'Legacy Boot'.
Installation
Option 1: GUI (recommended)
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- Mojave 10.14.2 Download (Clover EFI with config will be automatically installed with this ISO)
Option 2: Command-line
- Download Mojave 10.14.2 from App Store
Post-installation
Clover EFI
- Download the latest EFI Clover (see release)
- Mount EFI folder with EFI Mounter V3 or Clover Configurator
- Place the downloaded EFI folder in your local EFI drive
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Fixing Continuity
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Adapter
- 2-pin JST 1.00mm (pitch) connected to the adapter
- 4-pin JST 1.25mm (pitch) connected to the NUC internal USB2.0 connector (see 'G' 'H')
Scheme
Continuity Activation Tool (C.A.T)
To enable conitinuity, you must have an invaild serial number (meaning never been used by other Macs), for detailed information, please check Generating invaild serial number from hackintosher. If everything is ready and yet you still cannot have AirDrop and Handoff, please try C.A.T to activate continuity.
FRC Reverse Proxy
Frp is a fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet. As of now, it supports TCP & UDP, as well as http and https protocols, where requests can be forwarded to internal services by domain name. For example, with Frp, VNC port (5900), SSH port (22), and FTP port (445) on Macs behind a NAT, can be exposed to the public. Therefore, a user can have access to Screen Sharing, File Sharing remotely.
Credit
Thanks @RehabMan for the initial development of installing guide for NUC series.
Thanks @Daliansky for providing the installing guide and clover config library for common PCs.
Thanks @GoingDark for contributing the internal USB headers id.
Padaung
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I use Macs at home and work, and also use Windows for work and as a media server at home. Although I prefer Mac OS, Windows 10 is turning out to be really good. If I had to use a Windows machine every day then I'm OS agnostic enough to switch for personal use.
I have a Mac Mini already and love the form factor. My media server is an old Intel NUC, which whilst tiny, has a large external power brick. However, the latest NUCs have a power brick the size of a mobile phone charger - i.e. tiny! I decided to do a performance and cost comparison.
I was expecting the Mac to be more expensive (and the Apple premium is something I have happily paid many times over the years), but I was not expecting the price difference to be of this margin..!
Mac £1759
NUC £828
Difference : £931
This massive price difference did come as a shock. The NUC has a 3.1Ghz i7 processor, the Mac is a 3.0Ghz i7 processor. Both specced with the same size SSD and RAM and all other specs are much the same (inc. graphics chip) apart from the obvious (OS). As you can see from the Geekbench scrores, they perform to a relatively similar level.
I strongly feel Apple needs to look at the price it charges for the SSD and RAM. SSDs are fast becoming ubiquitous in the bracket of the market they sell too (i.e. the premium end of the market), as is a greater allocation of RAM to a new machine, and this price difference for me is too great to simply make a choice based on OS preference now.