Temporary Installation Guide for Haswell Systems [10.8.4 only]

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Code: cp /Volumes/USB/mach_kernel /Volumes/MountainLion/

OS X 10.8.4 does not have support for Haswell so you will need to use NullCPUPowerManagement.kext until the next release of OS X.

OS X 10.8.4 does not have support for onboard Intel HD Graphics 4600/5000. For full resolution and acceleration, use a discrete graphics card.

If you're dying to install OS X on Haswell, here's a temporary method, which will likely be obsolete upon the next release of OS X. Right now there is no official support for Haswell systems.1. Purchase OS X Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store - Must be 10.8.4 App version 2. Prepare a USB drive per UniBeast Guide 3. Create a bootable USB drive using UniBeast- name it USB4. Run HaswellHelper targeting USB5. Boot from USB and install Mac OS X Mountain Lion (Name the drive MountainLion)6. Boot from USB AGAIN7. At Installation screen, go to menubar, Utilities8. Open Terminal9. Type the following and hit enter:10. Reboot from USB and choose MountainLion.11. Run MultiBeast on your MountainLion drive choosing UserDSDT + NullCPUPowerManagement.12. Reboot from MountainLion drive.