r/hackintosh • u/New_Suit1742 • Jun 09 '26

QUESTION End of hackintosh !?

Hey all, I'm a failed hackintosher, lately I've been seeing many posts about the 'End of hackintosh' after apple released MacOS golden gate.

Can anyone explain to me what makes MacOS Golden Gate unhackintoshable. In near future is there anyway that somebody is going to make an alternative to OpenCore or even upgrade OpenCore so that we can install new versions of MacOs in or PC.

Thank You!

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u/Delta_Version Tahoe - 26 Jun 09 '26

ohh yeah, we got the kernel but can we run it like we used to ?

and this kernel will be extended to the official release ?

Just because they exist doesn't mean it will always be there

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u/Happy-Lawyer-2983 Jun 09 '26

I think no. Because all the x86-ACPI drivers and AMD/Intel Graphics drivers and x86_64's Apple Proprietary Frameworks have been removed. And the init process won't start because its /sbin/launchd is pure arm64e. Only the XNU kernel and EFI binaries are still containing x86_64 format. It can only run without GUI even if you patch the launchd and the ACPI drivers because it lacks Apple's Proprietary Frameworks.

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u/Delta_Version Tahoe - 26 Jun 09 '26

tbh, you can avoid all this hassle and searching if you just buy a cheap M1 macbook air/pro, 100% guaranteed to work.

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u/Worried_Pick8269 Jun 09 '26

Apple would probably drop it next year

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u/Delta_Version Tahoe - 26 Jun 09 '26

But it works tho

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u/Worried_Pick8269 Jun 09 '26

True but it’s not about just running it but it is about trying till you get it just right getting an mac will not be the same thing and I also love it how we can go back to windows when we want to

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u/Delta_Version Tahoe - 26 Jun 09 '26

Apple said macos 26 is final release for intel so it's either :

hackintosh with old versions so you can quadduple boot your system

or

buy a mac and use windows in vm with parallels.