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Hackintosh: Build a DIY Mac mini

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<p>All the cool kids are doing it these days: they’re building Hackintoshes. Since Apple isn’t updating their desktop Macs as often as people want, some Mac users have gone the home-build route, making their own Macs using off-the-shelf parts and hobbyist software.</p><p>I have an old Mac mini that could do with a refresh, so I decided to try this out and build a Hackintosh mini. Here’s how it went.</p><h3 class="toc">Why build a Hackintosh?</h3>
<p>I own a late 2011 Mac mini that I use as a media server to host and stream my Plex (https://www.plex.tv) video library, and for Time Machine backups. It runs macOS Server, and uses its caching server feature to cache app updates. It’s not connected to a display, and I control it using Screen Sharing. It’s not a workhorse by any means, just an appliance that I use to manage files.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3196994/macs/how-to-build-a-hackintosh.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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