hackintosh 4540s guide

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Made by @tajddin Installing Mac OS Mountain Lion on the HP ProBook 4540s As a music producer and software engineer, I’ve been an avid proponent of Macs since Apple introduced the first line of Intelbased Macs in the mid 2000s. The ability to work on music in Logic Pro in Mac OS and subsequently dual boot into Windows to use Visual Studio has always been a selling point for me. Their prohibitive price point, however, is most definitely a point of contention by many and the reason why the ProBook line of notebooks from HP piqued my interest. With the ProBook, it’s possible to own a modern equivalent to the Macbook Pro for roughly a third of the price. ~ It’s well documented across the web that the previous ProBook model, the 4530s, sports a similar hardware configuration to earlier Macbook Pros, making it moderately easy to install Mac OS X (give or take a bit of kextfiddling and DSDT tinkering). While the newer HP ProBook 4540s also shares a similar configuration to newer Macbook Pros, at the time of this writing, scattered information and a nascent community surrounding this specific model make the journey to nirvana somewhat more difficult. As a result, I’ve decided to write this guide to installing Mac OS on the HP ProBook 4540s. ~ Notes At the time of this writing, USB 3.0, wakefromsleep and WiFi do not function. I’ve gotten around this by purchasing this USB WiFi adapter. Everything else, including the SD card reader, web cam, audio, microphone and USB, work well (camera works in Skype, but for some reason not in Photo Booth). As a first time hackintosher, I can’t pretend to be an expert and I can’t tell you there won’t be any frustration involved, but I’ve done my best to collect all resources available and document the process.

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Made  by  @tajddin  

Installing  Mac  OS  Mountain  Lion  on  the  HP  ProBook  4540s    As  a  music  producer  and  software  engineer,  I’ve  been  an  avid  proponent  of  Macs  since  Apple  introduced  the  first  line  of  Intel-­‐based  Macs  in  the  mid  2000s.    The  ability  to  work  on  music  in  Logic  Pro  in  Mac  OS  and  subsequently  dual  boot  into  Windows  to  use  Visual  Studio  has  always  been  a  selling  point  for  me.    Their  prohibitive  price  point,  however,  is  most  definitely  a  point  of  contention  by  many  and  the  reason  why  the  ProBook  line  of  notebooks  from  HP  piqued  my  interest.        With  the  ProBook,  it’s  possible  to  own  a  modern  equivalent  to  the  Macbook  Pro  for  roughly  a  third  of  the  price.    

~    It’s  well  documented  across  the  web  that  the  previous  ProBook  model,  the  4530s,  sports  a  similar  hardware  configuration  to  earlier  Macbook  Pros,  making  it  moderately  easy  to  install  Mac  OS  X  (give  or  take  a  bit  of  kext-­‐fiddling  and  DSDT-­‐tinkering).      While  the  newer  HP  ProBook  4540s  also  shares  a  similar  configuration  to  newer  Macbook  Pros,  at  the  time  of  this  writing,  scattered  information  and  a  nascent  community  surrounding  this  specific  model  make  the  journey  to  nirvana  somewhat  more  difficult.    As  a  result,  I’ve  decided  to  write  this  guide  to  installing  Mac  OS  on  the  HP  ProBook  4540s.        

~    

Notes  • At  the  time  of  this  writing,  USB  3.0,  wake-­‐from-­‐sleep  and  WiFi  do  not  

function.    I’ve  gotten  around  this  by  purchasing  this  USB  WiFi  adapter.    Everything  else,  including  the  SD  card  reader,  web  cam,  audio,  microphone  and  USB,  work  well  (camera  works  in  Skype,  but  for  some  reason  not  in  Photo  Booth).    

   

• As  a  first  time  hackintosher,  I  can’t  pretend  to  be  an  expert  and  I  can’t  tell  you  there  won’t  be  any  frustration  involved,  but  I’ve  done  my  best  to  collect  all  resources  available  and  document  the  process.  

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 • Because  of  the  method  I’ve  used,  it’s  possible  to  dual  boot  Windows  8  (or  

under)  on  another  partition  as  well  as  use  VMware  Fusion  to  run  a  virtualized  instance  of  Windows  or  the  Windows  partition  (this  is  what  I’m  presently  doing  and  it  works  well).  

 ~      

What  you’ll  need.  • I’d  recommend  buying  a  copy  of  Mac  OS  Mountain  Lion  if  you  haven’t  

already.  • iAtkos  ML2  (a  custom-­‐built  copy/installer  of  Mac  OS  Mountain  Lion  10.8.2  

that  works  with  the  MBR  partition  scheme  which  you’ll  need  if  you’d  like  to  boot  Windows).  

• HP  ProBook  4540s  (I  purchased  this  specific  model  [C6Z35UT]  from  Amazon  and  can’t  be  certain  if  this  guide  will  work  on  any  variations,  although  I  expect  it  would).  

o BIOS  F.31  o Intel®  Core™  i3-­‐3110M  (2.40  GHz,  3  MB  L3  cache,  2  cores)  o Mobile  Intel®  HM76  Express  o Intel®  HD  Graphics  4000  

• 8GB  +  flash  drive  • Existing  mac  or  a  virtualized  mac  in  VMware  (this  is  a  perfect  guide  to  setting  

up  a  Mac  in  VMware  on  Windows)  • A  copy  of  Carbon  Copy  Cloner  for  your  Mac  or  virtualized  Mac  instance.  • HP  4540s  Working  File  (thanks  to  duydangle  at  tonymacx86.com)  • HP  ProBook  6  installer  for  the  previous  generation  of  ProBooks.  • MultiBeast  for  Mountain  Lion.  • RehabMan  /  OS-­‐X  Voodoo  PS2  Controller  (for  keyboard  /  trackpad).  • RehabMan  /  OS-­‐X  ACPI  Battery  Driver  • Kext  Drop  • A  PDF  version  of  this  guide  for  post  installation.  

   Process    

1. On  your  Mac  or  virtualized  Mac  OS  instance,  use  Carbon  Copy  Cloner  and  your  USB  flash  drive  to  copy  over  your  iAtkos  ML2  image  to  the  USB  drive  (you  may  be  able  to  use  Transmac  to  copy  over  iAtkos  on  Windows,  but  I  haven’t  tested  this).  

2. Once  complete,  copy  over  MultiBeast,  ProBook  Installer,  HP  4540s  Working  File  and  the  RehabMan  files  to  the  USB  drive.  

3. When  finished,  transfer  your  USB  drive  to  your  HP  ProBook  and  reboot  (or  simply  reboot  if  you’re  already  using  your  ProBook).  

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4. Before  anything,  press  F10  to  enter  your  BIOS  settings  (I  didn’t  realize  this  at  first,  but  you  can  use  your  mouse  on  the  BIOS  configuration  screen).  

a. On  the  BIOS  configuration  screen,  choose  System  Configuration,  then  Boot  Options.  

b. Under  Boot  Mode,  choose  Legacy.  c. Scroll  down  to  Legacy  Boot  Order  and  ensure  USB  Hard  Drive  is  first,  

then  Notebook  Hard  Drive.  d. Exit,  then  Save.  

5. After  rebooting,  the  iAtkos  ML2  bootloader  should  load.  6. Select  the  Mountain  Lion  installer.  7. Before  proceeding,  type  –x  (for  safe  mode)  and  –v  (for  verbose  mode  [you  

may  need  this  to  find  out  if  something’s  gone  wrong,  although  unlikely).  8. Press  Enter  to  begin  loading  the  Mac  OS  Mountain  Lion  installer.  9. Once  loaded,  click  the  Utilities  menu  and  choose  Disk  Utility.  10. From  the  left,  select  your  notebooks  hard  drive:  

a. If  you’ve  already  partitioned,  you  simply  need  to  make  sure  you’re  your  Mac  OS  partition  is  formatted  as  Mac  OS  Extended  (Journaled)  (this  should  work  if  you’ve  already  partitioned  and  have  an  existing  Windows  install).  

b. If  you  haven’t  partitioned,  select  the  Partition  tab,  and  select  the  number  of  partitions  you’d  like  (all  that  matters  is  that  one  needs  to  be  Mac  OS  Extended  (Journaled).    Under  Options,  choose  Master  Boot  Record.  

11. When  ready,  click  Apply  to  begin  formatting  or  partitioning.  12. Once  complete,  exit  Disk  Utility  and  begin  the  setup  process  using  your  Mac  

OS  Extended  partition.  13. Once  the  installation  is  complete,  reboot  with  the  USB  flash  drive  still  

attached  and  choose  your  new  Mac  OS  partition  with  the  flags  –x  –v  (it  wont  boot  if  not  in  safe  mode,  but  we’ll  be  taking  care  of  this  once  the  operating  system  boots  up).  

14. After  booting  up,  go  through  the  process  of  completing  the  installation.  15. Install  MultiBeast.  16. Launch  the  ProBook  Installer  (thanks  to  jalembic  from  tonymacx86.com  for  

the  rough  run  through)  and  only  choose:  a. OS  X  support  kexts  >  Mountain  Lion  >  10.8.2  b. Chimera  1.11.1  c. AHCI  path  (10.8.x  only).  d. Misc  OS  X  fixes  >  Color  profiles    &  Sleep  fix  >  Sleep  image  fix.  

17. After  installation,  unzip  the  HP  4540s  Working  File  and  launch  Kext  Drop.  18. Select  all  of  the  *.kext  files  in  the  Extension  folder  and  drop  them  into  Kext  

Drop.  19. Copy  the  unzipped  folder’s  contents  of  /Extra  to  /Extra  at  the  root  of  your  

Mac  OS  drive.  20. Unzip  the  RehabMan  files  and  drop  their  contents  into  Kext  Drop.  21. Launch  Disk  Utility,  select  your  Mac  OS  partition,  then  Repair  Permissions.  22. When  finished,  eject  your  USB  flash  drive,  then  reboot.      

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 Installing  Windows  If  you’re  planning  on  installing  Windows  on  a  separate  partition,  you’ll  need  to  make  sure  you  have  your  iAtkos  ML2  Mac  OS  USB  flash  drive  handy,  since  Windows  will  override  the  Chimera  bootloader  after  installation.        When  that  happens,  insert  the  USB  drive  before  booting  and  choose  your  Mac  OS  drive  from  the  boot  menu.        Once  logged  in,  simply  reinstall  Chimera.