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Its finally here.
The easiest and straightforward way to clean-install Mac OS X Lion on a Hackintosh using a USB thumb drive.
But now, theres a new and improved guide, by none other thanTonymacx86.
We would like to thank him for his contributions to the hackintoshing community!
Youll also need a USB thumb drive, preferably 8GB or larger.
Last but not the least, you need patience, tolerance, and the enthusiasm to make things work!
First, lets get the installation USB drive ready.
see to it you have a system running Mac OS X at hand.
Select your USB drive in the left sidebar, and smack the Partition tab.
Under Volume Scheme, select 1 Partition, and give it a name (Installer, for instance).
confirm that the format is set to Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Next, smack the Options button.
Wait a couple of seconds till the process completes.
Now its time to copy the installation files to the USB drive.
Either way, you should have the preferred installation mode in your possession, i.e.
the downloaded Install Mac OS X Lion App should be in the Applications folder of your Mac.
So lets run UniBeast.
Accept any license agreements, and select your USB thumb drive when you arrive at the Destination Select screen.
Upon clicking Next, youll see some options.
If youre using the Lion USB thumb drive, snag the Apple Store option.
But remember, you have to select only one option.
Once done, click Next, type your password, and have a cup of coffee.
This will take a while (anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes).
Be sure to have the same BIOS options as recommended in the iBoot + Multibeast guide, further explainedhere.
see to it your booting sequence is set to boot from USB drive first.
Reboot your hackintosh with the USB drive attached.
Now, remember what we learned about boot flags?
Youll probably need to enter some of them to reach the installer.
Note down the boot flags that work for you.
This was the only tricky step in the entire process.
In case of a clean install, verify you have prepared the destination partition beforehand.
If not, prepare it first using Disk Utility.
On the menu bar at the top, click Utilities>Disk Utility.
Once Disk Utility loads up, select your hard drive, and poke the Partition tab.
snag the Options button, and see to it GUID Partition Table is selected.
When Lion finishes installing, you better cycle your hackintosh.
And once again, you have to boot from the USB youve created.
This time, youll have your Lion partition showing up at the bootloader screen.
Use the arrow keys to highlight it, and press Enter to boot from it.
You might consider any boot flags as well which helped you reach the installer screen.
And there you have it.
Mac OS X Lion, on a custom built hackintosh.
We will keep you updated on any further advances in the hackintoshing world, so expect more!
All thanks to tonymacx86 and his team for putting together an easy to follow guide.
This guide is just an explanation of the original.
The tonymacx86 logo and other logos are the trademarks and registered copyrights of tonymacx86.
Screenshots taken from the original guide.
