Posted by admin on Sunday, September 4, 2011 – 2:52 AM
Filed under Apple, OS X, OSx86
Tagged as apple, OSx86
Since my world of computing has no limits or bounds, I can cook with many different operating systems. Starting with the Apple ][+ DOS, then Pro DOS, also whatever the C64/128 OS was called, before getting into MS DOS 3.2 and all versions onward, etc. Now days I stick to mainly Windows, OS X, and a couple flavors of Linux. I've also run all of the above on my PC's, even the old Apple ][+ Dos with thanks to some cool emulators. That is all of them, but one, OS X. Yes, because I have Macs at work, I’ve never bothered trying to run OS X on my PC before.
However, this is about to change. I’ve spent the week gathering information on creating my own Hackintosh. So far, it hasn’t been as easy as I thought it would. I started out trying to install a retail version of OS X Leopard & Snow Leopard using VMPlayer. None of them worked, but the attempts were not in vain. I’ve learned quite a bit about the different ways you can install OS X on a PC.
Now I must get back to my exploration of OSx86 and figure out what kind of Hackintosh I am going to create. We are burning the midnight oil here in the CyberTek lab and won’t be satisfied until we see something resembling OS X installed and working on one of the computers here.
Posted by chris on Saturday, April 10, 2010 – 10:15 PM
Time to add another fake e-mail to the long list of social engineering e-mail scams. This one looks like this.
Subject 4912-3337 Apple AppStore Confirmation
Sender Apple Up-To-Date Add contact
Apple Store
Call 1-800-MY-APPLE
#4368-66525
Order Details
You can also contact Apple Store Customer Service or visit online for more information.
Visit the Apple Online Store to purchase Apple hardware, software, and third-party accessories.
Copyright 2010 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
This one wants you to click on the order details link, which I have removed, but if you look at the “Order Details” link more closely, you will see that it doesn’t go to the apple store but links to some place called goofbomb. I don’t feel like testing out my anti-virus or risk getting a 0-day virus or some malware, let’s just assume it’s a bad place. So keep your eyes out for this and other e-mails that claim you have purchased something, or missed a delivery, and gives you a link to your “order” or has an attachment for you to open. Quite a few of these going around these days.
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