Download: SnowBoot v1.1.iso Step 1: Make sure you have your copy of Snow Leopard (I would highly suggest purchasing it, it’s a great price for what it offers!) Step 2: Download SnowBoot v1.1.iso and burn it to a CD. Step 3: Put the burned boot cd into your cd-drive and on startup at the “DELL” splash screen [...]
Update Your Dell Inspiron 1525 to the New Guide.
For those of you who used the old guide there are a bit of changes that I’ve introduced in the new guide thanks to some help from people like FreeBurma and people in the Hackintosh community. Below I’ll list the changes and how to go about implementing them. What has Changed DSDT Upgrades (Thanks for [...]
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Retail Install Boot-132 Method
THERE IS A NEW VERSION OF THIS GUIDE HERE: http://macyourpc.com/2011/01/install-mac-on-dell-inspiron-1525/ Alright, I know a lot of you have been waiting for this so here it is. Alright to start off with I have made two boot-132 cd’s. BootSLv3.iso: Contains all of the Extra’s you need to make a quick install Download BootSLv3-wifi.iso BootSLv3-nowifi.iso: This is [...]
Knowledge: Tips and Extra Commands to Manage your Hackintosh
Some final words Repair permissions Repair permissions is often seen as a general tonic for a whole range of problems. It’s not. It is considered good form to repair permissions after any major application install or system update. Fire up Disk Utility select your MAC OS X partition and click repair permissions. Have a strategy [...]
Knowledge: Getting Your Hands Dirty with Terminal
Lets get some work done Before we get to the particulars, a few things. The commands you are about to see require you to execute them with “Super User” privileges. On unix and unix derived systems like Mac OS X the super user is known as the root user. As root you can do what [...]
Knowledge: Getting Familiar With Kexts and Your Hackintosh
The following was all written by FreeBurma one of our very knowledgeable commenters and someone I’ve been working with to bring you guys a perfect retail install which will be unveiled in the coming month. It will be important to know all of this stuff if you would like to persue the Boot-132 method because [...]
Common Problems on Dell Inspiron 1525 Hackintosh
**THIS POST IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** I’ve created this page to solve a lot of the common problems that people have had throughout the duration of this site. To start, I’m going to write this using osx86tools created by pcwiz, you can download it here http://pcwizcomputer.com/osx86tools/ It’s important to remember [...]
Side Scrolling on your Hackintosh
Thanks to Slashack over at forum.voodooprojects.org we finally have side scrolling! (Thank you zoharxero for emailing me letting me know how well it works) I’ve been following this for a while and waiting for something a bit more stable and I think it’s pretty good right now. It will only get better from here when [...]
Update Your Dell Inspiron 1525 to 10.5.7
**THIS POST IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** **MAKE BACKUPS OF ALL YOUR INFO!** Please Comment and let me know how it goes, problem or not. 1) Well first you have to download the 10.5.7 Update Kexts (Edit 10/16/09) 2) Now go and download 10.5.7 Combo Update 3) Install the Combo Update and [...]
Dell Inspiron 1525 Hackintosh Screen Color
Without actually changing your settings it probably looks like your screen color looks just fine, right? That’s what I thought too! Thankfully I ran into a comment over at Dailyblogged posted by zoharxero, which let me know what I was missing. Zoharxero was kind enough to upload his screen calibration which he made using shareware [...]
Maximize Your Mac Window to the Full Screen
I was just recently attempting to maximize a window and found myself dragging the corners a lot. So, I went on a hunt for an application to actually maximize your window. Download: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30591/right-zoom How-to: Once you download it just drop it into your applications folder and then go to “system preferences” then “accounts” and drag the [...]
Got Stealth? New Chameleon is out.
**THIS POST IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** For those of you unaware of what chameleon is it is the bootloader that you use to start mac. Are you tired of it looking all boring? Well good news for you, the chameleon team just released the newest bootload which even mac users [...]
Full Core Image/Quartz Extreme Support on 1440×900 Screens
(Thanks Osmac for compiling and figuring this out for all the 1440×900 Dell Inspiron 1525 Hackbooks)
Save Battery Life on Dell Inspiron 1525 Hackintosh
**THIS POST IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** There are many speedstepping alternatives but in my experience VoodooPower.kext has been one of the best. It keeps the temperature of your computer down all while being customizable. With a 6 cell battery you should be able to squeeze a decent 2 hours and 30 minutes [...]
Improve Webcam Framerate on Dell Inspiron 1525 Hackintosh
Many of you who have a webcam on your Dell Inspiron 1525 hackintosh may have noticed that in some applications quality is lacking quite a bit. Well here is a solution for all of you!
Dell Inspiron 1525 SD Card Reader
**THIS POST IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** I know a lot of you are concerned with how to get the SD card reader working so here you go. This driver only works with SD and SDHC cards any other cards wont show up.
No More Disappearing Icons or Sleep Tricks!
**THIS POST IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** If you want to use it and are on anything other than 10.5.6 you will have to install chameleon and then follow my instructions. Alright for those of you still reliant on the sleep trick and are constantly getting those annoying disappearing icons here [...]
Media Keys on your Hackintosh
**THIS GUIDE IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** I know a lot of people have these keys working but for some of you that are still lost in the dark, I’m writing this quick guide. 1) Download appleps2controller.kext and then kexthelper it.
Two-Finger Scrolling on your Hackintosh
**THIS POST IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** Alright well before we get started let me show you a little video of what two-finger scrolling looks on my laptop.
Dell Inspiron 1525 Hackintosh Community!
I figured that the people over at Espresso Report would benefit from having a place to come together and update their findings for their Inspiron 1525. There have recently been some really big developments for the 1525 which include the ethernet port and the card reader, as well as the AppleHDA.kext so with that being said I’ve [...]
Dell Inspiron 1525 Hackintosh iPC Guide
**THIS GUIDE IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** So you just got your Dell Inspiron 1525 or you’ve had it for a while and can no longer suffer the equivalent of modern day water torture, otherwise known as vista. Don’t fret, Macintosh osx is here to save the day. I’ll lay out [...]
Dell Hackintosh 1525 Drivers
**THIS POST IS OUTDATED PLEASE REFER TO THE SNOW LEOPARD GUIDE** These are all the drivers you need to get your Dell Inspiron 1525 up and running along with the programs that will allow you to utilize the drivers. If you have any questions feel free to comment below. All of the content provided below [...]
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