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by greenhorn123 1491 days ago
Hackintoshes did not necessarily steal MacOS, you could buy legit copies of MacOS.
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jaywalk 1491 days ago
You could purchase a DVD containing MacOS, but calling them "legit" (as far as installing on a Hackintosh) is a stretch. You're paying for the physical disc, not a license to the OS. The only way to get a license to use MacOS is to purchase a Mac.
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Cockbrand 1490 days ago
To elaborate on this: Apple's license only permits installing Max OS X/OS X/macOS on "Apple branded" computers, so it's technically illegal to install it on Hackintoshes, no matter whether you bought the OS or not.
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tadfisher 1490 days ago
You could replace the innards of a PowerMac or whatnot with a modern system, and it would still be "Apple-branded".
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BoxOfRain 1491 days ago
It's just occurred to me that Apple's move away from the x86 platform has pretty much signed the death warrant of the Hackintosh.
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nunez 1491 days ago
The Hackintosh has been de facto dead for years, yeah. It's going to be worse now that they are moving to their super proprietary ARM stack
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actually_a_dog 1491 days ago
You still can: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion

Even if they stop selling it on the App Store, you can still buy a fully licensed copy of OSX buy picking up an older Mac Mini.

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secondcoming 1491 days ago
I have a Snow Leopard CD somewhere
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