Help for a Newbi

[Randal]

I have a HP Elite 3800 sff with 16 MB of RAM, i5 CPU and is a basic unit that I got from Best Buy. I did one modification and that was to install a IcyDock trayless drive bay. This allows me to change an OS by just removing one SSD and inserting another SSD. I boot directly from these removable SSD's.

I am desiring to create a Hackintosh which would be installed on a new SSD. I have made all the changes to the BIOS and it's ready to go. Now to my problem. I have an ISO of the High Sierra and I have a download of the High Sierra downloaded from the Apple store(which is catagorized as a upgrade and is in a "dmg" file format. Despite all my efforts to find out which version of the OS to use for the install, I have come up empty and confused. I have viewed numerous tutorials and read as much as I could find but I am still lost. Question, which file version do I use; ISO or the DMG? Secondly, where and on what should I store the system file of the High Sierra that is being installed? The aforementioned guides are somewhat ambiguious so if you feel that I am going down the wrong path or I need some important information, I am open to your sugestions.

I would like to extend my appreciation and thanks for any and all help that you may extend. Once again, Thank you.

 

[trs96]

HP Elite 3800 sff with 16 MB of RAM

Do you mean 8300 SFF ? It would be impossible to run macOS on 16MB of ram. Probably not even Windows 98.

I have an ISO of the High Sierra and I have a download of the High Sierra downloaded from the Apple store(which is catagorized as a upgrade and is in a "dmg" file format. Despite all my efforts to find out which version of the OS to use for the install, I have come up empty and confused. I have viewed numerous tutorials and read as much as I could find but I am still lost.

All the tutorials here say to download the full installer, not a dmg file or an "upgrade." You need to read the guides on this site more carefully. If you are not good at details or following guides a hackintosh is probably not for you.

Since HS is removed from the Mac App Store it would be wise to use gibMacOS. Watch the video showing how to do that.

 

[trs96]

If you don't have a Mac for the download then you can use Windows instead. Follow the guide. Select High Sierra where it shows Catalina in the guide.

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