Hackintosh from Start to Finish (Part 7): Some Concluding Tips

As always, in case you just happened to fall upon this series, please check out part 1 of my series before continuing on.

I believe that I've showed you guys everything you need to know, at least for now. This video is going to be covering some concluding tips and comments. With the speed of technology these days, expect this series to grow in the near future. If you feel that I missed out on something, please let me know! You can contact me via Twitter, YouTube comment/message, or my replying to this post. If I feel your question deserves its own video, then it will be added to the series! With that said, let's get on to the article!

Do Your Research Now, And in the Future

Doing your research is key in the hackintosh world. If you don't research, then there's no way that you'll get a fully functional system. Doing research is very easy, but it does take some time. Here's how I recommend you do your research:

• Don't assume you know everything
• Ask around for specific hardware
• Take the time to make sure your components will work

As long as you follow those three basic guidelines, then you'll get a great system! Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have.

Back up your data

Backing up your data is important for every computer user, but especially hackintosh users. This mostly applies to you guys that like to tinker with your computer. Since OS X wasn't meant to run on this hardware, it's easier for things to go wrong if you go poking around the OS. While OS X is very stable on the right hardware, that's no excuse to not back up your data! It's also a good idea to back up data before doing an OS update, such as upgrading form 10.7.2 to 10.7.3. If something does go wrong, then you won't lose anything.

One nice thing about backing up is that there's many ways to do it. There's even solutions built into Mac OS X! Here are some of the best ways that I recommend to back up your data:

•   Time Machine (Built into OS X!)
•   Carbon Copy Cloner (copying boot drive)
•   Manually copy files you don't want to lose
•   Multiple hard drives make backing up data very simple

Of all these methods, I recommend Time Machine. The reason for this is because it's fully automated. Provided you have a big enough hard drive to back up to, Time Machine automatically backs up your data for you. Other solutions like Carbon Copy Cloner aren't automated, but are very useful to have. I also recommend having multiple hard drives in your system. The more drives you have, the less likely you are to lose your data. This way, if a hard drive dies, you won't lose everything if you have other data on separate hard drives. I could go on all day about different backup methods, but in the end, it doesn't matter how you do it. Do it however works for you; I just ask that you do it!

The last thing I want to do is to point out the TonyMacx86 community. Without that community, the process I showed you guys wouldn't be possible. I highly recommend checking out their website if you haven't already. The forums offer tremendous amounts of information from a ton of very smart people. If you have a question that I can't answer, this is the place to look. Don't be afraid to ask any questions that you may have. The forum is completely free, so there's no reason to avoid signing up!

I want to thank you guys for making this series a success. I appreciate everyone watching. I hope you found this series useful. As stated in the beginning of this post, I will be adding on to the series as time goes on with tips and tutorials that I find worth a video. Please check me out on Twitter and YouTube and be sure to subscribe for all of my latest content.