Mac OS X on Apple TV

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How to install

 

This is the process that was used to turn the Apple TV into a full blown Mac OS X machine:

 

1) remove the drive from the Apple TV

 

2) back up your drive! Make an image of it (see the harddrive upgrade tutorial for this)

 

3) Connect the drive to a regular Mac (use a Firewire or USB drive dock)

 

4) Install OS X (Intel version) to the drive (we suggest a slim install - no printer drivers etc.)

 

5) Boot from this drive, and set it up as you would like it. Make sure you do updates so it is at least 10.4.8.

 

6) Reboot to your normal OS X install.

 

Ok, you now have your fresh OS X install which will form the base of the customised OS X you will need for the Apple TV.

 

7) Remove mach_kernel from root of the drive containg the ATV install.

 

8 ) Replace it with the customised mach_kernel that youll find on Hackint0sh.org.

 

9) Replace /System/Libary/Coreservices/boot.efi with the same file from your backup of the Apple TV OS drive (OSBoot partition).

 

10) Run bless:

 

bless --folder=/Volumes/OSBoot/System/Library/CoreServices --file=/Volumes/OSBoot/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi --setBoot

 

11) Delete all the Nvidia kexts (all beginning with NVD, there should be 5) from the target drive (in /System/Library/Extensions).

 

12) Transfer the drive back to the Apple TV

 

13) Turn the Apple TV on and cross your fingers.

 

You should boot up into Mac OS X. Woo!

Now what?

 

This hack seriously opens up the doors with what the Apple TV could be used for; and we imagine we are going to see lots of cool hacks, additions and addons. We will do our best to keep track of them.

 

A big thanks again to semthex over at Hackint0sh.org; who did the majority of the work, and built the custom kernel.

 

The brave testers who helped make this happen: gimli, mk500, Turbo, Jonathan Bare, l0rdr0ck.

 

 

 

 

More at: Hackint0sh.org, http://mirrordot.org/stories/60726c593e8d48ce8774c631ad46c95b/index.html

 

 

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