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The problem is that a lot of the tools you need to run a Hackintosh may not be open-source or only provided in binary form (or you don't have a platform to compile the code even if it was open-source, so you'd still need to somehow bootstrap it first, either with a real Mac or with the untrusted binaries).

Running untrusted code from anonymous people on a forum, some of which runs at kernel level (like hardware drivers) is a no-no for me and should be for anyone.



Do you have an example of tool that is not open-source and mandatory for running a Hackintosh?

I followed the "vanilla" guide to build my Hackintosh. It uses only open-source kexts files available on Gitlab or Github.

Just avoid TonyMac and their apps.


OpenCore is completely open source.


And you can build everything on Windows or Linux. Mac not needed (though I still prefer it).


I move that PirateBay downloads can be a lot more secure than stuff from many commercial vendors.

In our case, the hackintosh community is highly technical and would notice any suspicious behaviour immediately.

Also, I think all the drivers are available on github? The TonyMac stuff is just a frontend that installs the same source available drivers...




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