HP PROBOOK 4730s MAC OS X SNOW LEOPARD 10.6.8 SUCCESS!!

[ianz2k7]

I am very Thankful to BigDonkey for helping me solve my 2 ProBook into Mac,
Credits to him, (^^,)

Here is the step by step guide on how I do it,

Things to Prepare:
- 8GB Flash Drive or More,
- Snow Leopard 10.6.3 Installation Retail DVD

Here's how to do it:


1. Partition USB drive 8GB or larger using GPT
2. Restore Snow Leopard "Mac OS Install" into USB partition.
3. After Restoring, Go to USB. Put the ComboUpdate 10.6.8 on the USB
4. Also include other essential files on it like chameleon, 3.1.1 installer and correct dsdt.aml for 4730S which you can get from "Installer files for manual install.zip" viewtopic.php?p=261987#p261987. Put this inside the USB ShowAllFiles (download/file.php?id=21465) to see the hidden files, and remove the mach_kernel.
5. Install Chameleon Chameleon-2.1svn-r1768.pkg into the USB and Put also boot1h file found on the Chameleon.
6. Put the ComboUpdate 10.6.8 on the USB too.
7. Restart and boot into USB. (from this point on TRACKPAD DOESN’T WORK, need USB Mouse)
8. Install Mac Os X Snow Leopard, after installing boot into USB Again choose install Mac Os X Snow Leopard..
9. Go to Terminal,
Do as follows:
cd / *change to the root of USB disk*
ls -al /Volumes *list available volumes to get names*
cp mach_kernel /Volumes/SL/ *copy to HD partition SL*
cp -R Extra /Volumes/SL/ *copy Extra folder to SL*
ls -al /Volumes/SL/ *list files on SL to make sure mach_kernel and Extra is there*

note: SL = is the name of the Hard drive Partition.
Then quit Terminal, Reboot

10. Boot still in USB then choose Snow Leopard Installation Drive
Do as Follows:
Go to disk utility, Unmount Hardrive. Then Exit
Go to terminal,
Type this:
cd / *Change to the root of USB disk*
dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s2

10. Boot still in the USB, and Choose the Partition where Mac Os X was installed, then Install Chameleon-2.1svn-r1768.pkg into Hard Drive.
11. Remove the USB and reboot.
12. Delete S/L/E/IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin.kext
13. Install attached NullCPUPowerManagement kext into /S/L/E using Kext Utility
14. Go to utilities, Terminal, and type this commands:
Sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
15. Wait for at least 2 minutes and reboot.
16. Install Combo Update 10.6.8, then Reboot
17. Remove all files in /Extra except for DSDT and module. Remove NullPowerManagement from /S/L/E,
18. Install HP Probook Installer now, OS X Ver>10.6.8, Ethernet, DSDT>4730s>F09. Then edit org.chameleon in /Extra. Edit this:
<key>Kernel Flag</key>
<string>-v</string>
<key>Userkernelcaches<Kernel Flag</key>
<string>no</string>

19. Restart.
20. And you’re good to go.

You can remove –v string after awhile.

 

[Dewitts]

so what's the difference between this and the install method for the 4530s?

 

[ianz2k7]

This is the best method of all.. SO easy.

 

[lilslayer76]

I am new and have not yet been able to go through and read everything so please forgive me for my ignorance, I do have an 8 gig jump drive that I just recently purchased but I was wondering if doing a side by side install would be better I have a 120 gig ssd with win 7 64 bit on it and I was wanting to know if that would be better to put it on or even my 500 gig hdd i took out of my probook 4730s and put it in a usb 3.0 hd enclosure, I have very little experiance with mac os only time I ever had a mac was when they had those little mac's that just looked like a regular old crt monitor but you could get different color's,and my kid's loved it, and how easy it was and the games it had on it so I was thinking it would be pretty cool if I could have a mac os on this probook which it seems like all the gut's are comparable to a mac, atleast to me they do but like I said I have very little experiance with mac's

 

[aian]

@ianz2k7

Just a question:

Does HDMI output work?
Is it possible to export to an HD TV (video+sound)?

 

[blueking]

no.

Lion for these.

 

[aian]

@ blueking

Thank you.

So HDMI doesn't work at all as an export port?
Or is it just for video export?

 

[nikstar]

No video output at all from that port or VGA too.

 

[aian]

[dissapointment] OK, no problem [/dissapointment]

I'll just have to try Lion then...