Command line program to send imessage messages
https://github.com/linjunpop/imessage
Chat bot
https://github.com/ZekeSnider/Jared
Run bash commands from Applescript
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mac-osx-applescript-run-shell-script/
Applescript Documentation archive
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/introduction/ASLR_intro.html
Open a terminal and run the following command to list your hard drives
diskutil list
It should return something similar to the following
bobs-MacBook:~ bob$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *1000.1 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 999.1 GB disk0s2 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3 /dev/disk2 (external, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *8.0 GB disk2 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1 2: Apple_HFS Install macOS Sierra 7.0 GB disk2s2 bobs-MacBook:~ bob$
From above we see that the EFI partition on the main drive is disk0s1.
Make a directory for it to mount to
sudo mkdir /Volumes/TMPEFI
Mount it.
sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/TMPEFI
It should now show up in finder for you to browse.
To unmount it simple eject it in Finder, or use one of the following commands
umount /Volumes/TMPEFI
diskutil unmount /Volumes/TMPEFI
Whats needed
Plug the drive into your Mac, or current Hackintosh and launch the Clover installation package you downloaded from above. Click Continue
And continue again.
Select “Change Install Location”
Select your macOS Sierra Drive. NOT YOUR main OS drive
Hit Continue, it’ll take you back to the screen before, now select Customize on the left and select the following options.
Now Install.
You should now be able to boot the USB on a PC. You will need to change the settings on the PC to boot using EFI, and make sure your hardware is compatible.
You’ll need the following
The easy way to create a bootable macOS drive is by executing the following command. This assumes your USB drive is named USBDrive and your macOS Sierra installer is in the Applications folder. Change if needed.
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USBDrive --applicationpath /Applications/Desktop/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app
It’ll ask you for confirmation and then proceed to wipe the USB drive and put macOS on it. Do note that it will erase the contents of the drive, so make sure you don’t have anything important on it.
Non interactive
You can add the option “–nointeraction” to have it not ask for confirmation.
Example :
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USBDrive --applicationpath /Applications/Desktop/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction
Note : This is not a complete guide to Installing macOS Sierra on an Alienware, mainly just some notes for now. Everything here should apply to the Alienware 14 and 17, and maybe some of the newer ones 15 R1, 17 R2, etc.
You will need to either patch the kernel for the Haswell CPU, or enable it from clover when booting up. If you don’t, the system will reboot on start up (See Troubleshooting section).
You may need to boot with the nv_disable=1 option if you don’t have a supported nvidia card
Create the boot drive just like you normally would and then run clover. When you install Clover, be sure to CHANGE THE INSTALL LOCATION to the USB drive.
Also select the following options when installing clover.
After that is finished, you should be good to go. Setup the Alienware BIOS for UEFI, and boot from the USB drive. Install like you normally would.
More coming later…
Alienware reboots after selecting the macOS drive in Clover.
Issue is related to the unpatched kernel for Haswell.
Fix :
Black screen after selecting the macOS boot drive
Looks like the issue is some sort of incompatible hardware. I had a wifi card that was causing trouble.
Fix:
Disable wireless card in BIOS.
Kernel Panic
Could be any number of things:(
Things to try,
Boot in safe mode
This is basically a summarized version of the guide over on OSXLatitude.
Credits go to patel4prez over at osxlatitude.com for the work, instructions, and files to get this working!
Original Guide : http://forum.osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1695-e6410-with-nvidia-nvs-3100m-graphics-mountain-lion-guide/
These instructions are for the Latitude E6410 with NVIDIA NVS 3100m Graphics.
What is needed
Create Bootable USB Drive
Locate your OS X Mountain Lion Installer file in Finder, right click on it and “Show Package Contents”, then go to “Contents” > “SharedSupport” and copy the “InstallESD.dmg” to your Desktop.
Unzip the E6410ML file and open up the Applications folder and launch myHack
Enter Password and select Create OS X Installer > Create OS X 10.8 Install Disk > Select the Correct USB drive, and then select the InstallESD.dmg when it wants the install file.
Run myHack again once it creates the drive and select Install Extra. Select the correct USB drive, and then select Use My Own, select the Extra folder in the E6410ML folder.
Now run Kext Wizard(Inside the same folder as myHack)
In Kext Wizard go to the Installation Tab and Select kext to Install: Browse, select the S/L/E folder in the E6410ML folder, select all the kext files and hit open. Check the box to Backup kexts, set the Destination to System/Library/Extensions, set the Target Disk to the USB drive and Install. Once finished go back to the Maintenance Tab, select all the check boxes, set Target Disk as the USB Drive and Execute.
Copy over the E6410ML folder to the USB drive. You need it for the last part of the install.
Install
You will need to set the BIOS to use AHCI
Select the USB drive on boot up
Install like you normally would. You will probably need to reformat the hard drive.
Towards the end, you will be asked for an Extra file, select use my own and select the one you copied over to the USB drive.
Hit Yes to the following three prompts that pop up.
Post Install
Run through the whole setup process
Open up System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Click the lock at the bottom left > enter password > Allow applications from Anywhere
Open up the myHack USB install drive > Open up the E6410ML folder > then go to Applications and launch Kext Wizard
In Kext Wizard go to the Installation Tab and Select kext to Install: Browse, select the S/L/E folder in the E6410ML folder, select all the kext files and hit open. Check the box to Backup kexts, set the Destination to System/Library/Extensions, and Install
Next go to the Maintenance Tab and Select all the check boxes, make sure the Target disk is the hard drive you installed OS X to, and then hit Execute.
Now open up Chimera (It is in the same place as Kext Wizard) and go through the install process.
Reboot! You should have working Hackintosh! You can follow the rest of the steps if you want sound.
Once you log back in, open up the E6410ML folder again and go to VoodooHDA and install the pkg. It will say it failed, but continue anyway.
Open Kext Wizard back up and under the Installation Tab hit Browse and navigate to the VoodooHDA.kext (it is in the same folder as the VoodooHDA pkg) select Destination as System/Library/Extensions and hit Install.
Go back to the Maintenance Tab, select all the check boxes and Execute.
Next open up System Preferences > Users & Groups > Your Username > Login Items > hit the + then hit CMD+SHIFT+G all at once and type /vhda select Go and select the VoodoooHDASettingsLoader.app, hit Add > Check the box to Hide it
Reboot and you should have a mostly working hackintosh with sound.
This is helpful if you need to control the volume on a Mac that you have access to via SSH, or need to control it with a bash script.
Basic syntax
sudo osascript -e "set volume (0-10)"
Turn volume off
sudo osascript -e "set volume 0"
Turn volume to 100%
sudo osascript -e "set volume 10"
Turn volume to 51%
sudo osascript -e "set volume 5.1"
Open up disk utility and format your thumb drive as “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)”
Open up a terminal, and run the following command. Change “USBdrive” to your USB Drives name.
sudo /Path/to/Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USBdrive --applicationpath /Path/to/Yosemite.app --nointeraction
Enter in your password and let it run.
Example:
sudo /Applications/Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/OSXInstaller --applicationpath /Applications/Yosemite.app --nointeraction
Hit the Windows key, type in diskpart and hit enter
You should get a black Command like Prompt window.
List the disks
list disk
You should get a list of the disk you have as well as the number for the disk.
Select the disk you want in our case disk 3. Change the number to the number of your drive
select disk 3
clean the disk
clean
Now you can open up Disk Manager and create a new Simple Volume on your drive.
Note: To install sshpass you need to make sure you have Xcode installed along with the Xcode command line tools. You can download Xcode from the app store, and then install the command line tools from Xcode’s Preferences.
Now open up your terminal and run the following commands.
Download sshpass from source forge.
curl -O -L http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sshpass/sshpass/1.05/sshpass-1.05.tar.gz
Extract the tarball and cd into the directory.
tar zxvf sshpass-1.05.tar.gz && cd sshpass-1.05
make and install.
./configure make sudo make install
Now test and make sure it works
sshpass -V
You should receive the following.
sshpass 1.05 (C) 2006-2011 Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd. This program is free software, and can be distributed under the terms of the GPL See the COPYING file for more information.