{"id":14556,"date":"2012-07-23T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=14556"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:29:00","slug":"intrepid-developer-gets-os-x-10-8-to-run-on-macpro11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/14556-intrepid-developer-gets-os-x-10-8-to-run-on-macpro11\/","title":{"rendered":"Intrepid Developer Gets OS X 10.8 to Run on MacPro1,1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So, are you a little bummed that OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion isn\u2019t going to run on your 32-bit Intel Mac<\/a>?\u00a0 Well bucker-up, little buckeroo, \u2018cause it turns out that there may be hope for you yet, courtesy of the \u201cHackintosh\u201d community.<\/p>\n

Mac user \u201cJabbawok\u201d managed to piece together information from various<\/a>\u00a0forums<\/a>\u00a0and other postings on the Web to put together his own step-by-step method<\/a>\u00a0for installing Mountain Lion on his MacPro1,1.<\/p>\n

Even though this would indicate that\u2014to at least some <\/em>extent\u2014that Apple\u2019s model cutoff was somewhat arbitrary. Even so, the article itself indicates that older graphics cards will <\/em>cause kernel panics, which means anything other than a Mac Pro will likely not work, since you can’t upgrade the graphics.<\/p>\n

Of course, while we commend Jabbawok on his resourcefulness and clear explanation of what each step entails, we\u2019re not endorsing, advocating, or have even personally tried <\/em>this method of bringing Mountain Lion to machines that Apple doesn\u2019t support.<\/p>\n

We just thought you\u2019d find it interesting; use the information at your own discretion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, are you a little bummed that OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion isn\u2019t going to run on your 32-bit Intel Mac?\u00a0 Well bucker-up, little buckeroo, \u2018cause it turns out that there may be hope for you yet, courtesy of the \u201cHackintosh\u201d community. 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