At the present time, creating Hackintosh USB flash drives is no longer as difficult as before. You can even do it directly on Windows 10 without using a macOS virtual computer.

Advantages of

create Hackintosh online installer

You get a clean and 100% clean macOS installer, as it is downloaded directly from Apple’s Server.

But besides, since this is an online installer, which will be downloaded during the installation process, your computer must be connected to the Internet and must maintain a stable connection during the process.

This means that PC / Laptop need to have a WiFi / LAN card compatible with macOS and have Kext for them to use this way.

And to continue the series about Hackintosh, in the following article I will guide you in detail

How to create an online Hackintosh installer on Windows 10

in the most detailed way!

#first. What needs to be prepared?

Before following this tutorial, you need to ensure a few things:

1. A USB with a minimum capacity of 4GB, it is best to 8GB => 16GB and is formatted in FAT32 format.
2. This method only applies to OpenCore, so if you intend to use Clover Bootloader, sorry, this article is not for you. You download
   

   OpenCore

   latest version here, is currently a version 0.6.8

3. Computer is pre-installed
   

   Python

   If not, please see the instructions here!

4. And finally the spirit ᵔᴥᵔ

NOTE:

I have received support for Hackintosh installation problems for readers of blogchiasekienthuc.com, so please leave a comment below if you have any questions!

#2. Download MacOS Recovery

This online installer is actually using macOS’s built-in operating system recovery feature, by downloading the installer directly during the recovery process, so we get a 100% original install from Apple.

Using the installer intact will greatly reduce the errors you will likely encounter compared to using installers shared by others on the network.

I have encountered many such cases, when the client using the installer obtained from the sources on the internet, he failed to recognize the keyboard, had no sound .. … and could not fix it.

But when I tried to use the installer that I downloaded from the Apple Store, the errors above completely disappeared.

Perform:

+ Step 1:

In the OpenCore folder you just downloaded at the beginning of the article, access the directory Utilities => you click select folder macrecovery then choose Copy path to copy the path to this directory.

+ Step 2:

Open the dialog box RUN up (Windows + R) => enter the command cmd => then press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open Command Prompt with Administrator rights.

+ Step 3:

Command Prompt window appears => you type the command cd, dấu cách => then right click to paste the path of the folder macrecovery just copy the above into cmd => then press the key Enter.

+ Step 4:

When command prompt’s cmd point to the path of the directory macrecovery then you have access to the correct directory already. Now choose one of the corresponding commands below to download the version of macOS you want:

# Sierra (10.12):

python macrecovery.py -b Mac-77F17D7DA9285301 -m 00000000000J0DX00 download

# High Sierra (10.13):

python macrecovery.py -b Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 -m 00000000000J80300 download

Or

python macrecovery.py -b Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 -m 00000000000J80300 download

# Mojave (10.14):

python macrecovery.py -b Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86 -m 00000000000000000 download

# Catalina (10.15):

python macrecovery.py -b Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86 -m 00000000000000000 download

# Big Sur (11):

python macrecovery.py -b Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 -m 00000000000000000 download

+ Step 5:

Here I want to download macOS Big Sur so will copy and paste the corresponding command of macOS Big Sur into the window cmd => then press Enter, the download will start.

Big Sur’s File Recovery is quite light, only about 600MB, so the download process is quite fast. But in general, how fast or slow it is will depend entirely on the speed of the network you are using.

For me, when I finished writing this line, the download was completed ^^

+ Step 6:

Check out the directory macrecovery At the beginning of the post, you will see 2 files named BaseSystem.chunklist and BaseSystem.dmg.

For older macOS versions the file name will be

RecoveryImage.chunklist

and

RecoveryImage.dmg

.

Of course the function and usage will be similar, nothing else knows. Leave them here for now and let’s move on to preparing the USB.

# 3. How to create USB to install Hackintosh Online

+ Step 1:

Please plug the prepared USB flash drive to create the installer into your computer => then open the default Windows drive manager Disk Management up.

There are several ways to access this tool, but the fastest is by using the command diskmgmt.msc in the Run dialog box (Windows + R).

+ Step 2:

Correctly identify your USB drive in the displayed list of drives, which is extremely important to avoid formatting mistakes when you have multiple USB + drives connected.

Here I use 16GB USB 3.0 (Windows displays 14.44GB is correct) and only has a single partition to install Windows 10 is ESD-ISO.

+ Step 3:

After you have identified the USB drive => right click on the USB partition and select Format….

For USB flash drives with multiple partitions, you just need to select each one and Delete Volumes Then create a new partition with the settings shown below.

• Volume label:

  RECOVERY

• File system:

  FAT32

• Allocation unit size:

  Default

• Perform a quick format:

  Yes

+ Step 4:

Finally click OK To reformat the USB, a confirmation window will appear => you choose Yes is to be.

+ Step 5:

Partition access RECOVERY of USB, create a new folder and name it com.apple.recovery.boot

+ Step 6:

Then, you copy 2 files BaseSystem.chunklist and BaseSystem.dmg (or RecoveryImage.chunklist and RecoveryImage.dmg) has loaded the above into the directory com.apple.recovery.boot just created.

+ Step 7:

Finally, you quit the directory EFI OpenCore bootloader that has prepared for your computer to USB again is done.

If you follow the instructions from top to bottom, a Hackintosh online USB will look like the image below.

NOTE:

Where to get EFI and how to create it, I will not guide because it is quite complicated and takes a lot of time, second is on the Dortania site has extremely detailed instructions for each hardware configuration already.

+ Step 8:

Okay, now you can check the results, restart your computer and start installing macOS Online.

# 4. Advantages and disadvantages of this approach?

4.1. Advantages

• The installer is downloaded directly from the Apple server.
• No large capacity USB required, 4GB is sufficient.
• Implementation is extremely simple.
• Save time creating USB installation, no need to use complicated virtual machines.

4.2. Defect

• Because it is an online installer, it saves time to create USB installation, but the installation time will be longer than the Offline installer.
• Requires fast network speed and stable connection.
• Requires the computer to have a WiFi / LAN card running native with macOS, that is, plug it in and use it without any extra setup required – additional Kext may be required.
• A bit of hardware knowledge to determine exactly what you have, help find the right kext and config to get a Hackintosh to work the most smoothly.

Refer :

Dortania

# 5. Epilogue

So I have just finished showing you how to

create Hackintosh online installer

live on Windows 10 already.

This is a useful way for those whose configuration is not strong, difficult to use a virtual computer but do not want to use the installation files already on the network.

Now use this newly created USB to install the hackintosh. If you encounter any errors, please leave a comment below so I can help you. Good luck !