The goal of this guide is to create the perfect Mac mini alternative using the Intel NUC Hades Canyon (NUC8i7HNK/NUC8i7HVK) and macOS. This guide is not for setting up a Hackintosh for any other machine. For a general Hackintosh guide, the Vanilla Hackintosh Guide is highly recommended and is the main source of inspiration for this guide.

Overview

Installation is simple and requires no prior knowledge or experience with Hackintoshes. All you need to do is make some BIOS changes, build an OSX installer flash drive from another Mac (with some patches), and run that installer on the NUC. The guide will explain all of this in detail.

​Get started with the build!​

Status

This project aims to be the most complete Hackintosh build with no details overlooked. We have developed custom drivers, patches, and configurations specifically for the NUC Hades Canyon. We also follow Apple's lead in packaging all this in a user-friendly solution that does not require editing config files or understanding a list of jargon.

Working Hardware

GPU acceleration

Video encoder/decoder hardware

Multiple displays (six 4K displays max)

5K display

Ethernet (both ports)

Analog Audio (both ports, no headsets)

Digital Audio

Microphone (both stereo mics)

HDMI/DP audio

USB A ports

USB C ports

Thunderbolt 3 ports (including hotplug)

Thunderbolt IP (XDomain, internet sharing)

eGPU (with hotplug)

SD card slot

NVMe/SATA SSD

CPU power management

Sleep/Resume

Wifi/BT (using Apple Wifi card)

Working Software

Installer, App Store, app updates, OS updates

iMessage, iCloud, Siri, iTunes, other services

FileVault2, APFS, Time Machine, SSD TRIM

Metal, GPU accelerated applications, hardware video encoder/decoder

Parallels/VMWare, other VM software

Handoff, Continuity, Universal Clipboard, Apple Watch unlock (using Apple Wifi card)

SIP, Gate Keeper, all OSX security features

Not Working/Issues

Please report and track issues here.