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NVidia is normally a go-to choice for hackintoshing since it basically requires no configuration, unlike AMD and Intel with their various framebuffers. But what about the driver architecture that goes into the kexts we rely on, are the more complicated AMD/Intel ones better somehow...

This is a quick command line tool which I think tests correctly for Handoff (Bluetooth Low Energy) support. So far I've only seen posts referring to the LMP version, which is unhelpful; the Link Manager Protocol version corresponds directly to the Bluetooth marketing version, and even then each...

For anyone interested in pbzx streams, the following command line tool can unpack the xz frames from stdin, then echo to stdio for piping to `cpio` for unarchiving. Implemented in simple C: --edit On the eve of the (likely) release, I have updated the parser. When compiled with liblzma...

Many don't know that besides providing basic and advanced system scriptability, Applescript also supports some online services natively. SOAP and XML-RPC are two methods web services use to exchange information, and this article describes how to make a simple Applescript app which retrieves...

I recently got access to an off-the-self MacPro6,1 with six cores and the D500, and took a look at the hardware. I was interested in the Thunderbolt and graphics, and what the Intel and other chipsets looked like. There are many different ways of looking at the information in the IORegistry, and...

Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac is $10 on Newegg, after $20 mail-in rebate [PDF]. Also comes with SmithMicro Voila ($30) as a free gift. NB: This is the previous version of Parallels. --edit see post below for discount code

Tired of the -67050 (errSecCSReqFailed) error, or just want to try your hand at signing kexts? Worried Apple might remove support for hackintoshes soon? Gatebreak aims to solve these problems simply. The edit it performs is very simple and could be duplicated by anyone: change the code...

Trust For those who aren't versed in Public Key Cryptography and certificates in particular, the concept of Trust is twofold: users not only put their Trust in an organization like Verisign to certify the organizations they distribute their certificates to, but also to Trust the safety of the...

Those who took a closer look at Mavericks may have noticed many new kexts, this article focuses on one particularly novel one: AppleHWAccess. This new kext allows a process running as root to read and write anywhere in memory. With this power comes significant responsibilities, any wrong move...

What's New As many of you already know, OS X 10.9 Mavericks has added a new security feature [PDF] which will affect all hackintoshers: signed kernel extensions enforced by the system. Apple has recommended [PDF] that all kernel extension developers join the Mac Development Program and request...

The following PHP scripts extract the framebuffers in OS X Mavericks kernel extensions and print them out with the connector types for each, for use with Chimera/Chameleon. The scripts are enclosed along with their output. AMD / ATI Note that this script requires `otool` for disassembly...

After a long incubation period, version 1.5 of DPCIManager has been released. It contains a wide number of new features, including: EFI string generation for ethernet devices Revision data for audio devices, providing better name lookups P States logger (like MSRDumper but completely...

Apple has posted a PDF explaining the technologies used in Mavericks, which range from the usual EFI and Kernel, to the newer Compressed Memory (using WKdm), App Nap, and Timer Coalescing (only of interest to Cocoa developers). It also reveals SMB2 (the second version of Windows' SMB) will be...

So to help others out I've done a scrape of NewEgg's current list of 1150 motherboards for Haswell. This table is only a subset of the data, but hopefully the most useful. I will try to keep this list updated, but if you notice an error, please contact NewEgg _first_, it's their information...

Apple includes an example app with Xcode's documentation called Galaxies, which performs an NBody simulation (many planets/stars' gravitational fields interacting) using OpenGL for placement and display, and OpenCL to calculate the forces acting on each object for each update. The result is a...

I've been annoyed by the lack of support Apple has provided for IORegistryExplorer since 3.0 came out, the biggest issue being asymmetric open/save (IORE can't open the files it saves). Beyond that, the binary plists it creates aren't human-readable because they're created using NSArchiver...

I've been trying to find a decent solution for DP/HDMI audio volume control in OSX, and while I understand Apple's reluctance to add another volume level to the "chain", my monitor has awful controls, and the difference between 0.8% and 0% is pretty high. To this end, I looked for and found a...

Add a repository to MaciASL Open MaciASL, and browse to MaciASL > Preferences > Sources. Click the "+" button and add the name and URL of the desired repository. Close Preferences, and open Patch or SSDT Generator to see the relevant entries. Create a repository for MaciASL Patch Provider...

So, I'd like to move this project along as well, though I don't have a solution for dmidecode on Clover yet. BIOS flashing still works, but it will not detect your motherboard until I find a way to make minimal edits to the normal package to support it. Otherwise, this build adds: "MSRDumper"...

SJ_UnderWater's Thin Mini ITX Build: i3-3225 - Intel DQ77KB - HD4000 Components Intel DQ77KB Thin mITX Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121622 Intel Core i3-3225 Dual-Core Processor 3.3 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637i33225 (also at Microcenter)...