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Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh
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Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh
Hi all, I've been looking into Hackintoshing one of my ThinkPads and am wondering two things:
-What is the easiest ThinkPad to Hackintosh period (with any version, so if an older version of OS X is easier than newer that is acceptable)?
-What is the easiest ThinkPad to Hackintosh with Mojave?
I've noticed for some ThinkPads you have to remove the BIOS whitelist on the wireless card, or flash the BIOS chip directly, so I'm curious to see which model(s) are the most functional with OS X with the least amount of modding/hacking.
-What is the easiest ThinkPad to Hackintosh period (with any version, so if an older version of OS X is easier than newer that is acceptable)?
-What is the easiest ThinkPad to Hackintosh with Mojave?
I've noticed for some ThinkPads you have to remove the BIOS whitelist on the wireless card, or flash the BIOS chip directly, so I'm curious to see which model(s) are the most functional with OS X with the least amount of modding/hacking.
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Re: Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh
Probably the 20, 30, and T440p machines. Which is the easiest is probably a toss up. I believe all 3 can support Mojave.
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The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
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Re: Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh
http://x220.mcdonnelltech.comThinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:53 amProbably the 20, 30, and T440p machines. Which is the easiest is probably a toss up. I believe all 3 can support Mojave.
Sadly the X220 +T420 iGPU + T520 iGPU machines do not support Mojave easily as the graphics card is not supported. However, with some modifications, it may work.
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Re: Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh
I run Mojave on T420, T430 and X220
I used the "patcher" tool from DOSDude.
I used the "patcher" tool from DOSDude.
X31 2672-58G, M73 10AXS, M73 10AXS i7, L412 4403-72G i5,T420 4236-9N8 i7-2630QM, T430 2349-TDG, X201 3680-C85, X220 42902
Install Mojave on X220 & T420
Install Mojave on X220 & T420
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Re: Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh
T440p. Just did it today and it works like a charm!
Re: Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh
Real easy with my x220t, using greats instructions from http://x220.mcdonnelltech.com
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Re: Easiest ThinkPads to Hackintosh
I'd have to say my T450s was the easiest hackintosh for me, mainly cuz i used premade EFI's then modified them to better fit what I needed. Here is the EFI:
https://github.com/0nTheGoRepairs/Think ... Hackintosh
incase you or anyone else gets a t450/t450s or 2015 x1 carbon
https://github.com/0nTheGoRepairs/Think ... Hackintosh
incase you or anyone else gets a t450/t450s or 2015 x1 carbon
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