2008–2015
55 Synthesized Dossiers
Kernel & Community Releases
Official announcements, Voodoo kernel test releases, and Apple / OSx86 ecosystem dispatches
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- 55 standalone articles compiled from 474 community dispatches
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- 1,936,230 historical views (2008–2015)
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Kernel & Community Releases — Dossier Index
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| Dossier & Credited Contributors | Classification | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Voodoo XNU 9.5.0 Kernel in Testing [float=right] The XNU-Development team has wasted no time in attempting to bring an up-to-date kernel to non vanilla 10.5.5 users. Apple has been quick in releasing the 10.5.5 kernel sources, and XNU-dev has been quick in porting it. The… | Reference Chameleon / Boot-132 · Voodoo / XNU Kernel | 493,765 reads 2008-09-22 · 17 notes |
| Mac OS X LIVE DVD is here [float=right]Thanks to the Dev Team over at InsanelyMac, the dream of a true Live DVD for OS X and OSx86 is here. Original posts by spartango over at InsanelyMac.com: " Not long after REVENGE's call to arms, the OS X live dvd team has… | Dossier AMD OSx86 · Retail DVD / USB | 212,477 reads 2009-01-03 · 12 notes |
| Cleaned Up Chameleon With Extra's Tweaking Your System: Get Rid of Restart Kexts & New Chameleon RC4 Development Posted by tmx86 on Friday, January 15, 2010 Chameleon 2.0 RC4 open source development has been fast and furious over the past couple of weeks. I've hardly been… | Dossier Chameleon / Boot-132 | 117,008 reads 2010-01-19 · 10 notes |
| Mac OS X 10.5.7 Released [float=right] Apple on Tuesday released Mac OS X 10.5.7, a recommended update for all Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard users that includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of Macs. Mac OS X… | Dossier NVIDIA GeForce | 99,651 reads 2009-05-12 · 50 notes |
| Dell Mini becomes latest Hackintosh ultra portable [float=right] Uneasy Silence has just reported that it successfully installed Leopard on Dell's $450 (€335) Mini 9. "I’m a huge fan of ultra portables! They are small, light and just powerful enough to do what you need to get done. Sure I… | Dossier | 92,570 reads 2008-10-17 · 1 notes |
| Snow Leopard's Boot Camp Includes HFS+ Windows Drivers [float=right]macrumors.com, May 08, 2009: MacRumors has learned that Apple's Boot Camp utility under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will include Windows HFS+ drivers, which will allow Windows installations to read Mac OS X HFS+ formatted… | Dossier | 60,678 reads 2009-05-11 · 18 notes |
| PC EFI V10 now released with Snow Leopard support [float=right] Netkas has just released a new version of PC_EFI with full support for Snow Leopard. As it's now based on Chameleon 2.0 code, it also shares features such as GUI booting and smbios patching. Patches added: Emulating 64-bit… | Report DSDT · Chameleon / Boot-132 | 59,370 reads 2009-06-30 · 17 notes |
| iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 Released [float=right] iDeneb has recently been updated to v1.3. This new version includes the latest Mac OS X 10.5.5 update as well as a few fixes and driver updates. iDeneb is a Mac OSX Leopard release modified by Layne and iHackintosh Team, to… | Dossier Chameleon / Boot-132 · AMD OSx86 | 58,053 reads 2008-09-26 · 17 notes |
| Next Chameleon bootloader to have a fully customizable GUI [float=right] Some new features from the next version of Chameleon have been previewed on the Chameleon blog: "Finally, we’re getting there. I have no doubts about the most demanding feature is should be a graphical user interface for the… | Dossier Chameleon / Boot-132 | 48,139 reads 2009-02-05 · 25 notes |
| Voodoo Kernel 2.0 = Darwin 9.6.0 [float=right]from the XNU dev's site: 21 Dec 2008 "Yes, we know the 9.6 kernel sources are up - we started working on it a few minutes after it was made available The bad news is that Apple made a lot of changes in the kernel, most of them… | Report Voodoo / XNU Kernel · AMD OSx86 | 46,736 reads 2008-12-22 · 10 notes |
| iPC OSx86 out in public beta [float=right]For those of you who haven't seen the latest news from pcwiz, iPC is out... in public beta format. For more information see the forum: iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 or visit the site pcwiz has set up… | Report AMD OSx86 | 44,965 reads 2008-12-23 · 17 notes |
| Psystar licenses Darwin Universal Boot Loader to third parties, chaos ensues [float=right] [AppleInsider] In spite of an ongoing legal dispute with Apple, clone Mac maker Psystar Monday announced plans to license its virtualization technology for Mac OS X to third-party hardware vendors. The new Psystar OEM… | Dossier Retail DVD / USB | 39,407 reads 2009-10-07 · 13 notes |
| EFI-X Mac Booter, A Scam [float=right] Tom's Hardware, September 8, 2009: "There comes a time in history when dirty secrets will reveal themselves. This happens to be the situation with a little known company called Art Studios Entertainment Media, or ASEM for… | Dossier Chameleon / Boot-132 · Retail DVD / USB | 35,291 reads 2009-09-10 · 9 notes |
| Interview with EFI-X Co-creator [float=right] Dutch Hackintosh community Muzzle.nl has posted an interview with Davide Rutigliano co-creator of EFI-X. The interview does not give too much away about the product, but it touches on its legality and what the future holds… | Dossier Chameleon / Boot-132 | 30,842 reads 2008-10-20 · 7 notes |
| Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3x Control Center [float=right] PCWiz Computer has released another great application for OSx86 machines today. The Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3x Control Center is dedicated to allow easy installation of fixes and drivers with only a few clicks. It works fine with… | Dossier ALC889a / Audio · Voodoo / XNU Kernel | 29,531 reads 2008-08-19 · 5 notes |
| Mac OS X 10.5.5 released [float=right] Apple today released the Mac OS X 10.5.5 update which is recommended for all users of Mac OS X 10.5.x. The update includes over a hundred bug fixes and more than two dozen security enhancements. At the time of writing, the… | Dossier Retail DVD / USB | 29,135 reads 2008-09-15 · 29 notes |
| Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface Apple Insider , December 11, 2008 (read through for illustrations): " A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal the Mac maker has spent a considerable amount of time outlining a new multi-dimensional interface for Mac OS… | Dossier | 29,014 reads 2008-12-11 · 14 notes |
| PC EFI V10.4 Released [float=right] Netkas has recently released a new version of his PC EFI (V10.4) It has the following new abilities: GraphicsEnabler now supports Radeon hd 2/3 series too, but only for Leopard GraphicsEnabler now sets up bin_image property… | Dossier ATI Radeon | 28,602 reads 2009-10-15 · 3 notes |
| New kernel on the block: StageXNU Kernel for OSx86 Released [float=right] Recently a new kernel for Intel and AMD platforms was set loose into the wild. The StageXNU kernel is currently in an early beta, but it is already garnering positive reaction from within the OSx86 community - particularly… | Report AMD OSx86 | 28,044 reads 2008-08-13 · 1 notes |
| German Mac clone maker claims immunity from Apple [float=right] Taking a page from U.S. Mac clone maker Psystar Corp., a German company is selling Intel-based computers with Mac OS X pre-installed, possibly putting it on collision course with Apple Inc. HyperMegaNet UG, based in… | Dossier NVIDIA GeForce | 27,519 reads 2009-02-11 · 15 notes |
| First Snow Leopard Update: 10.6.1 is Here [float=right] Apple has released 10.6.1, the first update for Snow Leopard. Mac OS X 10.6.1, a recommended update for all Mac OS X 10.6 users, contains general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security… | Dossier | 26,187 reads 2009-09-10 · 12 notes |
| Hack of the Clones: Why Apple Can't Stop the Copies blog.wired.com , December 12, 2008: [float=right] Just hours after announcing plans to sell a high-end Mac clone, niche electronics reseller EFI-X changed course in order to avoid a nasty legal confrontation with Apple. "We certainly don't… | Dossier | 26,137 reads 2008-12-13 · 12 notes |
| Apple Announces Safari 4 Public Beta [float=right] Apple today announced the public beta of Safari 4 for Mac and PC that brings several new features including a new 'Nitro' engine. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Innovative new… | Dossier | 20,550 reads 2009-02-24 · 32 notes |
| Chameleon 2.0-RC3 with Snow Leopard and Large Disk support [float=right] Chameleon 2.0 has recently been updated to RC3. "This RC3 build is a small update to RC2, but we’re providing the long-awaited proper Snow Leopard extensions loading and a few fixes like 1TB+ disk addressing support. There… | Dossier Chameleon / Boot-132 | 20,531 reads 2009-09-10 · 1 notes |
| Netbook battery life given a boost by the 10.5.7 update [float=right] According to Wired, the recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 update has apparently given Hackintosh netbooks a significant boost to battery life of up to 33%. Here’s a rather odd little tidbit regarding Apple’s latest update to OS X. While… | Dossier | 20,107 reads 2009-05-15 · 7 notes |
| INSTAHackintosh OS X DVD Builder Released [float=right] The always productive PCWiz has released yet another useful application for the Mac OSx86 community: INSTAHackintosh. INSTAHackintosh is an automated DVD builder that creates for you your own OSx86 DVD that can be perfectly… | Dossier Retail DVD / USB | 20,105 reads 2008-10-03 · 10 notes |
| Leo4Allv5 10.5.4 Server Only AMD/Intel released [float=right] Leo4All's bhast2 has released a Mac OS X 10.5.4 Server package for AMD and Intel systems. Leopard Server builds on Apple’s legendary ease of use with new Server Assistant and Server Preferences features that allow even… | Report AMD OSx86 | 16,499 reads 2008-09-20 · 6 notes |
| Psystar wins legal round against Apple [float=right] A federal judge last week ruled that Psystar Corp. can continue its countersuit against Apple Inc., giving the Mac clone maker a rare win in its seven-month-old battle with Apple. He also hinted that if Psystar proves its… | Dossier | 15,527 reads 2009-02-11 · 6 notes |
| Snow Leopard Stacks It's near that time. Apple Insider released [float=right] an article with a YouTube video displaying the new Stacks for 10.6. You will now have the ability to navigate deeper into the folder hierarchy while remaining in the stacks view.… | Dossier | 14,203 reads 2009-03-06 · 4 notes |
| Road Tested: Why the hackb00k is a fail [float=right] tuaw.com, April 27, 2009: "A tweet this afternoon pointed me to a post by Dave "MacSparky" Sparks titled The Netbook Experiment, in which he talked about his disappointment with a Dell mini 9 netbook. Since I was about to… | Dossier | 13,478 reads 2009-04-27 · 6 notes |
| Psystar claims Apple has invalid Mac OS X copyright [float=right][AppleInsider] In an aggressive response, unofficial Mac clone builder Psystar has made a controversial claim that Apple doesn't legally own the US rights to protect Mac OS X, invalidating a major component of its lawsuit. The… | Dossier | 11,723 reads 2008-12-23 · 7 notes |
| Apple vs. Psycrap - Fire now expanding to whole OSX86 scene [float=right]Taken from: hack int0sh.org/news/319 “ Apple has added a new wrinkle to its copyright infringement lawsuit against Florida-based Psystar. The Cupertino-based media company now claims the Mac clone-maker violated the Digital… | Dossier | 9,668 reads 2008-12-03 · 9 notes |
| Apple: Snow Leopard release in Q1 2009 [float=right] MacRumors has uncovered some interesting information regarding Snow Leopard's target release date. "Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week. LISA (or Large Installation… | Dossier | 9,369 reads 2008-11-19 · 1 notes |
| BootThink updated to version 2 [float=right] Hot on the heels of PC_EFI v10, version 2 of BootThink, the OS X bootloader from China, has been released. New features include: Support for installation under windows Ability to update Extensions.mkext within windows Ability… | Report Chameleon / Boot-132 | 8,983 reads 2009-07-07 · 4 notes |
| The Omni Group Releases Four Applications as Freeware [float=right] The Omni Group has released four of their software applications as freeware: OmniWeb, OmniDazzle, OmniDiskSweeper, and OmniObjectMeter. All versions are fully functional with no licensing restrictions, and are available at no… | Dossier | 8,926 reads 2009-02-25 · 5 notes |
| Voodoo 9.5 Kernel in Open Beta [float=right] The XNU-Development team has announced a Beta 1 release of the Voodoo 9.5 Kernel The release marks the beginning of a unification of all kernels and setups, including sleep+speedstep, sse3+sse2 and intel+amd among other… | Dossier Voodoo / XNU Kernel · AMD OSx86 | 8,313 reads 2008-10-03 · 7 notes |
| Beta 2 of Voodoo XNU 9.5 Kernel now available [float=right] Development at Voodoo Labs keeps on progressing with the team releasing Beta 2 of the Voodoo XNU 9.5 Kernel. NOTE: Pentium 4/D users: If you experienced instant reboot with Beta 2, please download Beta 2c. We decided to delay… | Dossier Voodoo / XNU Kernel · AMD OSx86 | 7,293 reads 2008-10-14 · 8 notes |
| Next Generation iMacs and Mac Minis to Pack NVIDIA Chipsets [float=right]From World of Apple 19DEC08: "A forum post on InsanelyMac.com reveals that buried within configuration files is evidence that the new iMac and Mac mini models will use NVIDIA chipsets. The configuration files which can be… | Dossier NVIDIA GeForce · AHCI / SATA | 6,578 reads 2008-12-22 · 1 notes |
| Cocoa Finder and ImageBoot coming to Snow Leopard [float=right] According to AppleInsider, Apple's next-generation Snow Leopard operating system will introduce a massive re-write of the Mac OS X Finder and debut a new feature called ImageBoot. Cocoa-based Finder People familiar with… | Dossier | 6,444 reads 2008-10-17 · 2 notes |
| Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update may be around the corner Apple Insider December 11, 2008: " Apple this week is believed throwing the finishing touches on Mac OS X 10.5.6, the last planned maintenance and security update for Leopard during the 2008 calendar year. Developers on Wednesday were… | Dossier | 5,900 reads 2008-12-12 · 1 notes |
| Psystar and Apple possible settlement out of court [float=right] MacNN reports that the heated legal battle between Apple and the Mac clone manufacturer, Psystar, has taken an unexpected turn that could lead to resolution without a trial, according to the Mac Observer. An attorney, who… | Dossier | 5,563 reads 2008-10-17 · 9 notes |
| Future iPhones to wield OpenCL acceleration [float=right] For those of you with iPhones here's something interesting from Apple Insider: "Imagination Technologies has posted a series of job openings for OpenCL engineers, indicating that the open, general purpose GPU parallelism… | Dossier AMD OSx86 · NVIDIA GeForce | 4,846 reads 2008-12-22 · 1 notes |
| Introducing the eeeMac [float=right]The Unofficial Apple Weblog reports on one individual's success installing Mac OS X onto an ultra portable Asus Eee PC - complete with a back-lit Apple logo! I've heard some great things about the tiny little EeePC, but this… | Dossier Retail DVD / USB | 4,616 reads 2008-09-12 · 1 notes |
| EFi-X Reviewed [float=right] If you've been keeping up with current events within the OSx86 world, then chances are you've heard of EFi-X. For those who haven't, EFi-X is a hardware add-on that allows one to install an unmodified retail copy of Mac OS X… | Note Retail DVD / USB | 3,539 reads 2008-09-17 · 5 notes |
| Pystar Moves to Allow Filing of Its First Amended Counterclaim World of Apple: "On December 9, 2008, Psystar requested that the Court allow entry of its First Amended Counterclaim. A hearing on this Motion is set for January 15, 2009. Attached as exhibits are its proposed First Amended Counterclaim as… | Note | 3,499 reads 2008-12-09 · 1 notes |
| Perfect Lego HackPro Is Two Computers in One [float=right] Made out of 2,588 Lego bricks, the Mac Pro was designed in Lego Digital Designer 2.0 for the MacMod Challenge 2008. The Hackintosh is a plain PC with a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz CPU running Mac OS X, while the Mac Mini is a… | Note | 3,271 reads 2008-09-19 · 1 notes |
| Apple updates Java for 10.4 and 10.5 users [float=right] Apple has released Java updates for Tiger and Leopard . The updates "deliver improved reliability and compability for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.4 and later” The Java updates also fix several security… | Note | 3,223 reads 2008-09-25 · 4 notes |
| Apple releases Security Update 2008-007 [float=right] Apple has posted Security Update 2008-007 which is available via Software Update and the Apple downloads page. The update is available for both client and server editions of Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. The update fixes… | Note AMD OSx86 | 3,163 reads 2008-10-10 · 7 notes |
| Apple marches towards Mac OS X 10.5.6 and 10.6 iTWire, December 09, 2008: "Apple's making progress on the next two revisions of Mac OS X, according to leaked information provided to developers. Once again, Portuguese language blog HMBT has leaked the developer notes provided by Apple… | Note AMD OSx86 · Retail DVD / USB | 3,124 reads 2008-12-09 · 1 notes |
| PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 Firmware available [float=right] The iphone-dev team has once again managed to 'jailbreak' the recent 2.1 firmware for iPhone and iPod touch. According to their blog, the iphone-dev team circumvented new anti-hacking counter measures found with iTunes 8… | Note | 3,095 reads 2008-09-15 · 3 notes |
| Apple's "Let's Rock" Special Event Recap [float=right] Yesterday was a very busy day for Apple with the release of several new products including a redesigned iPod nano and the highly anticipated iTunes 8. iPod nano Available in nine vibrant colors, the new fourth generation iPod… | Note | 2,525 reads 2008-09-10 · 1 notes |
| iTunes 8.0.1 Released [float=right] Apple today released an update for iTunes. It provides fixes for bugs, the following is the list of fixes iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes… | Note | 2,397 reads 2008-10-03 · 4 notes |
| VMware Fusion 2.0 now available [float=right] VMware announced yesterday the release of VMware Fusion 2.0 VMware Fusion 2 builds on the success of VMware Fusion 1, which in its first year on the market has earned hundreds of thousands of users, won more than a dozen… | Note | 2,294 reads 2008-09-16 · 1 notes |
| Apple releases the iPhone 2.1 software update [float=right] Apple today announced the release of the iPhone 2.1 software update. The update contains many bug fixes and improvements. To get it, connect your iPhone to your computer using iTunes 8 and click 'Check for Update'. Update… | Note | 2,047 reads 2008-09-12 · 3 notes |
| Apple slips security fixes into rollout [float=right] Apple has added several security fixes into the latest versions of iTunes and QuickTime. The company has issued a pair of postings outlining nine security fixes in QuickTime 7.5.5 and two in the new iTunes 8.0. The iTunes… | Note | 1,710 reads 2008-09-10 · 1 notes |