I bought one of these on ebay with 16GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive (replaced with an SSD, using the HD externally) right after seeing this video. No problems installing Catalina and it's been running GREAT since, and no problems updating thru 10.15.5. GREAT tutorial!
@@TechNolli Plus $40 in shipping charges and $30 import taxes. I decided to buy the last remaing 8 GB M93P from the UK which was £200 which had a 128 GB SSD. So yeah, they might be more expensiove abroad, but you have to take the shipping costs and import taxes into account.
@Drew G I got mine for $101 shipped, but was disappointed to find that there was no RAM or HD inside. :( I was able to buy 16 GB and a 240GB SSD for about $80, so all in all it was $180. Not too too bad.
I used these at work in combination with the Lenovo Tiny-in-One Monitor, which has a built-in dock on the back for the Tiny. You slide the Tiny into the dock, which connects to the Power, Displayport, and first USB port on the back, and the monitor's power supply powers both the monitor and PC, which really cuts down on cables. It's basically like a thicker iMac, but you can always swap out/replace the PC part of it. Also, the TIO monitor can work like a regular monitor & USB hub via external ports. So even if your replacement PC isn't a Tiny, you don't have to throw out the monitor.
For info, the two screw holes at the back on the left and right are supposed to be without a screw. They are holes for the mini rack mount accessory. The unit can be added to a small rack to mount a DVD drive on top or other ports on top. The rack lines up with those two screw holes.
I couldn't figure out why my bootloader wasn't being noticed then watched this and plugged it into the USB 2.0. Slower install but it worked. Thanks man.
My friend I followed the guide it works perfectly. Mine actually brought an intel wifi card. The wifi naturally doesn't work but I can add that the Bluetooth works natively!! Again, thanks for the amazing help and now I have a fully working lenovo hackintosh!
@@TechNolli I did that and disabled the sleep option in terminal so when you click the mac button you can only restart or shut down!. I'm still having problems with the dell 3020, I have a lot of graphical glitches, I think because it is the i3 version :(.
Genius. I've been at the coal-face of IT support since 1982, yet you leave me standing. Guess I've been so busy earning a living whilst working in a forest that I never took time to take a proper look at the trees. Thanks for a great tutorial. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your back catalogue (as well as whatever else is to come).
Hi pale, great video!! Installed a lot of Hackintosh since 10.5 Leopard, i remember one time i put Leopard on a such of tiny PC, in reboot i get the famous music presentation of Leopard with all working out of the box !!! Haha, this was the good old day of Hackintsh OSX86 Here we are the same but with the last Mac OS, so freaking cool!!! I love it a lot!!!
I considered to buy one of those for looooong now. Albeit I am a Linux person myself who could also see this fit as MediaCenter or emulation box, seeing Lenovo's mini computers to like macOS just as much as their ThinkPads is nice.
@@TechNolli You can still benchmark it with geekbench and compare the results with the mac minis as they are seen on the chart. Great video and tip. Makes me want to buy one and maybe set it up as Catalina even though I know Linux would be much better. :D
@@ThereminHero My M93 with a i5-4690T gets about 1050 in cinebench if that helps. Total cost was 50 for a low spec m93, 45 for the cpu and 50 for a 500gb ssd. Utter bargain
Nice build - however would recommend HP8300 USFF (ultra slim form factor) - about the same price. Just a little bit bigger (makes a good monitor stand or has VESA mounts top and bottom, could mount it to wall / monitor to it, etc.) but is enterprise grade, and still mini PC and you get a desktop CPU not a mobile CPU - i3 / i5 / i7 options (just get CPU that has the onboard 4000GPU not 2500). Has mSata SSD AND 2.5" hard drive (and has DVD), AND you can install an apple wifi card in the mini PCIe slot (Broadcom BCM94360 based) and get trouble free iMessage handoff, etc. Has more USB ports and 2 Display ports, DDR3 up to 16GB Ram. Actually a shucked 2.5" oversized HDD (4 or 5TB) fits nicely in the drive caddy - can make a little NAS out of it or Time Machine for all your Macs. I have a 2K monitor, seems to be a sweet spot for it, runs multimonitor well. Also a very easy build (look on TonyMac for a guide) that has been reliable for upgrades, including Catalina. Almost 50% more processing power (and faster single thread speed), but still a power sipper,
Perfect video, but just one note, I have M93p tiny and both front USB ports are USB3 (caption SS says that), Lenovo is using yellow color for ports with more power for faster phone charging.
It worked but not out of the box. I have the “upscale” model with an i7/docking station and Intel i217lm network card. After some digging, I had to remove the Realtek kext and replace it with IntelMausiEthernet. After that, everything went fine network wise. Also, I couldn’t install from the vga as described but was able to use the DP port.
Maude, I have an i7 version as well. Were you able to get the onboard wifi working by replacing the Realtek kext with the IntelMausiEthernet one? Thanks for any help.
TechNolli, have you done a hackintosh install, on anything that has Thunderbolt ports? I have these two 27” t-bolt monitors, and I need a box powerful enough to do multitrack recording, and video editing. I know Asus and HP had desktops that had Thunderbolt ports, so maybe there is a Mac Pro killer waiting to be hackintoshed?
Hi installed worked fine but on last screen before the configure your user account I'm stuck on a screen showing the mouse in top corner but the apple logo has split into multiple apple logos with black lines in between if i press return the screen flashes but can't seem to get any further any ideas machine is m932p tiny
Built & using Dell Optiplex 7060 micro (similarly sized) hackintosh with success, which using right now. With i7-8700t, 32 gigs of ram, Samsung 870 EVO m2 nvme
I wonder if you can upgrade very much on those. My concern would be getting a mini-pc from 2012 or so with a built in graphics. It's cool that you can get the whole thing for $100, but I've seen where you can get the mini board for one of those sized PCs. IMO, one of the best deals is a laptop dual boot... you can grab it off the stand and be 100% portable.
Works great!! Thanks for the walkthrough! I am only having one issue, and it is with the sound. I installed the same kexts you mentioned, but I can't seem to get any audio through the HDMI or DisplayPort's. The headphone jack works fine, but just won't work on the monitor. Any ideas? Thanks again for an awesome video, and keep up the great work!
Hey Technolli, I was wanting to upgrade the processor on my m93. I did a little research and I see some one installed a xeon e3-1275l processor and it worked. However it has not worked for me. U sure what to do at this point. It boots but then the apple logo/bar never loads. It can see the chip in the bios. Was thinking maybe I should sell the chip and go with a Intel Core i7-4765T 2.0GHz? Thoughts? Looking for a quad core chip I could possibly over clock. Thanks in advance.
Been thinking about a hackntosh for many years.... This looks amazing. Question, does the wifi (if it has antenna) work ? If not found link for usb one. Also found link for display port to vga cable. Can you use HDMI to set up, or do you need to go with VGA ? Silly question how big does the usb stick need to be. Have an old mac mini running snow leopard hopefully I can download catalina os. If not I can get it somehow 😉 sadly can't download it on my old computer... Again thank you, been a self-taught computer guy since the early 80's, but took a long break and felt the desire to tinker again. Thanks for the inspiration !!!
Hi Technolli, I already did a m93p clover Hackintosh, for me and my neighbor. It works perfectly!!!! I have a problem though: I just got a Lenovo M910q, it is equipped with a 6500T processor, and an M2 drive. The BIOS is really similar to the m93p, but after 2 minutes of installation a “forbid” sign appears on screen. Since I prefer Clover to other methods, because it was really fast, is there a quick fix? Thanks again, Ed :)
Hi TechNolli, Excellent video as per the other's that you're posting from what can gathered. Very informative and thorough. Any idea whether this tutorial applies to an M92/M92P as well please? Thank you. Stay safe and well.
Nice work. How are sleep/HDD power save modes responding. Dual boot camp setup ? It is slow..... Very painfull to watch safari load like a atom 4 core.
Will this work with the the SFF M93P? I have one of these. I was going to build your $300 hackintosh but if the M93P Small Form will work (not the Tiny) then I'll just do that.
Hey man, thanks so much for doing these videos. I struggled to build a hackintosh until I came across your channel. Just built this one and love it. Can't thank you enough. Wondering if you have any 15" laptop hackintoshes in the pipe? I'd love to have a macbook pro alternative.
I have the same computer, just a bit newer, with a weaker processor. Either way I find its way better at running Linux than it is with windows lol, I love this little thing, I need to get a better CPU for it tho.
Fantastic video. Just found one without a hdd and ac power cord for $70! Have a ssd laying around so it’s perfect. Does airdrop work? Or will i need to get a compatible wifi card?
Hello, TechNolli I Like to play tech... but i'm really not, but this video has rasied a few questions for me ? (1) would this pc be just as good on windows as it is on mac? (2) If someone felted they wanted something like this but they could not do this , are you open to do this and chrage for your services ? ,,, good video, thanks and keep the videos coming.
Hi Technolli, thank you for this awesome video. I bought the same Lenovo and Mac OS Catalina works perfectly. I was wondering if it's possible to create a dual boot with Windows 10 and Clover.
Great video! I’ve been thinking about building a hackintosh for a while now, and this is cheap enough that I may finally pull the trigger. Does anything about the efi have to change if I were using the max spec’d version? I saw these could be equipped with a 4th gen i7 and up to 16gb of ddr3 sodimm.
Hello Technolli, great Videos thank you. It made me curious to try a Hackintosh install this weekend on my Lenovo m93p tiny. One question regarding the creation of the bootloader USB stick. At which minute from the other video will I skip to this video here and take the m93plist file? Do I have to mess with the kexts stuff or is it just the vanilla Mac os Catalina stick, mount efi partition and then swap out the p list file and start install? Thank you a lot
@@TechNolli just to make it fool proof, it's time 7:40 in the other video right? From that on I will follow your m93p tutorial? So easy, I just can't believe it 😄✌️
@@TechNolli In my case it seems to work fine but right after going to sleep it immediately wakes up. Few seconds later after clicking somewhere with my mouse system crashes and restart. I think it may be caused by Intel Wifi/BT card that was originally plugged in. As you know only Bluetooth works fine, WIFI doesn't at all. I need to check that out. Thanks!
@@TechNolli Did you ever get the Wifi working on the M93p i get one followed the vidio and it works great, but struggling to get the correct Wifi card i have tried one Broadcomm card but no joy i'm just waiting for a BCM94352HMB card to see if that will work. interstingly i have the bluetooth working perfectly with a Broadcom USB stick. Again thanks for the Videos they are a great help. Thinking of switching to OpenCore from clover are they any real benifits?
Hi TechNolli. I tried using a HDMI dongle and VGA dongle in the display port. But seems Catalina always requires you to have a display connected to it. So i cannot run it in 'headless' mode as a remote machine. Do you know how to fix this? How can i make it boot into OS without checking that a monitor is present? Is there a fix in EFI?
Great tutorial. Got my M93P working without any problem. Just one issue. I can't get any higher resolution more than 1080p. Any idea of how to get 1440 using the DisplayPort? Again, thanks for your step by step guide.
I just ordered a Lenovo M93p from eBay and setup the Vanilla USB bootloader using an existing Mac (MacMini 2012). However, the USB drive does NOT have an EFI folder. How do I create that and then continue with your instructions? Thanks.
I follow your guide and use Mojave. It works, except iMessage, FaceTime. I got verification code from Apple but won't register. Also OS update does not work. Any suggestion? You did an awesome tutorial, so far is the best I've seen. Thank you!
I did. Funny thing is it works with apple id that was created with apple computer, but not with apple id created using this hackintosh. I will try again...
I am interested in doing this pretty soon and was wondering 2 things: 1- Would a Sandisk Extreme Portable 1 TB SSD Drive (External) work as well? 2- Are there any Small Thinkcenter Units that have wifi capability instead of ethernet?
I was so excited to try this but for some reason, mine hangs right at the point where the 25 plus signs come across the screen. The interesting differences with my particular machine is that there is no serial port config in the bios and it has a wireless card built in. I just don’t know what to do to get it to work.
Hi Technolli! I am following Your Suggestion on Building a Tiny M93P Hackintosh, already Bought a BareBones M93P. Question: Since my barebones M93P, comes without a CPU, I was wondering which would be the best and fastest CPU Processor available to Mount w/o compatibility issues with Motherboard. Should I go with original Processors? Can I Upgrade to a Newer Procesor,and if so, Which? Would not want to end up with a M93P that does not Boot because of CPU Incompatibility Thanks!! Very Much! L.
Excellent video ! I wish I could find one, as a first step into macOS, for a friend. Sadly, so far, I've only found few i3 (4130T @2,9Ghz). These should be faster than my own mini hack (NUC i3 @1,8Ghz), yet not as fast as i5, hence a bit less "future proof" . Didn't watch the entire video so far, so I might get the answer while typing, I was wondering how many cores these i5 have. You gained a new subscriber, byt the way :-)
I followed your install, but seems AppleTV doesnt work. App starts ok. when i try to click on "play free episode" a new window pops up for a split second and the disappears again... do you know whats wrong there? for my country and region there should be AppleTV + and app available.
TechNolli I’m not next to it, but I know it’s the Intel Intergraded Graphics. With a quick google, it shows possible Intel HD Graphics 4600. I know it has i5 with ProV and everything looks similar to yours other than WiFi. Mine has one, which I don’t think was compatible.
Would this thinkcentre m93p support a large 1TB 2.5" ssd device or is it capped in terms of how much storage it would allow? Likewise with the ram would you expect it to allow install of 2x8gb memory cards for 16GB?
I’ve got one of these and I have to say it works very well with Mojave, Catalina didn’t work so well on boot, my son plays games on it with GeForce now and can run high end games with high end 1080p settings.. used 8gb ram not 4gb and use an ssd... have to use digital display connector
Hello I bought a Lenovo M93P SFF, not a Tiny. I used MultiBeast as the boot loader. It does not pick up my sound card, but works other than that. Would there be a way to edit Multibeast, (I believe it has Clover Configurator somehow built into it), to make the sound card work? It uses an ALC620 chipset, Haswell, i5 4570 processor. Thank you Technolli! :)
Hey @TechNolli i followed your guide and i am stuck at the macOS Utilities where i get the message about application is damaged. Tried changing the dates to current, old , ect with no success. Ive been at it for 5 hrs with this install. (Sorry its my first time) Is there anything else i can try?
Hi there, can you please provide us a newer Guide for 0.6.0 OC ? I'm using it with older version OC. It works. The only small issue is with bluetooth. Sleep?! Restart helps. And is there an option to replace the internal mini wifi/bt card working with bios (white listed)? I love this small tiny m93p SFF from lenovo.
Hi I followed your video. The install starts as shown from 14:50. However when the progress bar is at 70% (similar to the one at 15:12) I get an error "An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running the application again". I checked the time and date, I swapped my SSD with a HDD, I created a clean bootable usb. I still get this error. Any help?
just wondering maybe you can help me about my line in input, doesn't look like its working. I'm trying to run OBS to livestream but line in is not working. can you guide me if there's a work around. thanks
Thanks for this! With some tweaking I got this to work on a M92p with Mojave. The one thing I'm stuck on is once I remove the USB the BIOS doesnt recognize the Clover Bootloader. I found a thread addressing this with some shell commands...the problem is that I cannot access the Shell for the bootloader screen to run the command...any ideas? Thanks!
FIXED - Made a new bootloader with Unibeast...used it to boot to clover and access the Shell. Navigated to the correct drive. Changed the boot order. Boom!
I have M93P Tiny (even 2 of them...) but mine has VGA + HDMI + DisplayPort as well as WiFi. Just wondering if all those will work with Config.plist file that you have. It has also i5 CPU with 16GB of RAM and SSD. I run currently Linux Solus OS on it and before I start to mess with Catalina I thought I rather ask... can you let me know? Thanks. BTW you doing a great job!
Can you post the link to the amazon adapter DisplayPort to VGA? Thanks for this video. I will try it out and buy one of these lenovos for cheap! If i run into any trouble can i contact you?
I got my tiny m93p working since a month now and am happy. I just bought a WiFi/Bluetooth Card (AW-CB160H) but the tiny won’t boot with the WiFi card in. There seems to be a whitelist problem, do you have an idea how to get the card working?
Hi TechNolli, I left a comment on the Vanilla install video. I was able to locate the kexts that wouldn't download through configurator, but this lead to a failed bootloader that the 93P couldn't boot from. Inspected it on the mac and there is no longer an EFI partition. Any ideas?
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I bought one of these on ebay with 16GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive (replaced with an SSD, using the HD externally) right after seeing this video. No problems installing Catalina and it's been running GREAT since, and no problems updating thru 10.15.5.
GREAT tutorial!
Those are both USB 3.0 SS on the front.... yellow denotes off state charging capability. Can be disabled in bios. . .
correction: it *was* $100 until this video was put up.
rip to a good deal
Still $100 in the US. :)
@@TechNolli Plus $40 in shipping charges and $30 import taxes. I decided to buy the last remaing 8 GB M93P from the UK which was £200 which had a 128 GB SSD. So yeah, they might be more expensiove abroad, but you have to take the shipping costs and import taxes into account.
@Drew G I got mine for $101 shipped, but was disappointed to find that there was no RAM or HD inside. :( I was able to buy 16 GB and a 240GB SSD for about $80, so all in all it was $180. Not too too bad.
You can still buy something similar in hardware from here EU for about under 100$ + 6m warranty.
@@RalphPetersAmsterdam I bought one for £25 a year ago.
ive done this with previous versions of mac and the icloud never wanted to work. this time everything worked like a dream. thanx man
Great to hear!
I used these at work in combination with the Lenovo Tiny-in-One Monitor, which has a built-in dock on the back for the Tiny. You slide the Tiny into the dock, which connects to the Power, Displayport, and first USB port on the back, and the monitor's power supply powers both the monitor and PC, which really cuts down on cables. It's basically like a thicker iMac, but you can always swap out/replace the PC part of it.
Also, the TIO monitor can work like a regular monitor & USB hub via external ports. So even if your replacement PC isn't a Tiny, you don't have to throw out the monitor.
Hi Marsiles! Wow that sounds awesome. Wish i had one.
For info, the two screw holes at the back on the left and right are supposed to be without a screw. They are holes for the mini rack mount accessory. The unit can be added to a small rack to mount a DVD drive on top or other ports on top. The rack lines up with those two screw holes.
Hi Brendan! Excellent info. I had no idea. Thanks!
I couldn't figure out why my bootloader wasn't being noticed then watched this and plugged it into the USB 2.0. Slower install but it worked. Thanks man.
My friend I followed the guide it works perfectly. Mine actually brought an intel wifi card. The wifi naturally doesn't work but I can add that the Bluetooth works natively!!
Again, thanks for the amazing help and now I have a fully working lenovo hackintosh!
sleep is not working*
Fabulous news Raul!
Common......... :( Set to never sleep.
@@TechNolli I did that and disabled the sleep option in terminal so when you click the mac button you can only restart or shut down!. I'm still having problems with the dell 3020, I have a lot of graphical glitches, I think because it is the i3 version :(.
Genius. I've been at the coal-face of IT support since 1982, yet you leave me standing. Guess I've been so busy earning a living whilst working in a forest that I never took time to take a proper look at the trees.
Thanks for a great tutorial. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your back catalogue (as well as whatever else is to come).
Thank you so much Sebastian ans welcome the the channel!
So I’ve been stable on this since March and love it.
I do wish I could get VGA to work so I could dual screen.
l love Hackintosh, thanx for the community for their great work, thank you sir
Thank you Mr E4GLE!
Hi pale, great video!!
Installed a lot of Hackintosh since 10.5 Leopard, i remember one time i put Leopard on a such of tiny PC, in reboot i get the famous music presentation of Leopard with all working out of the box !!! Haha, this was the good old day of Hackintsh OSX86
Here we are the same but with the last Mac OS, so freaking cool!!! I love it a lot!!!
Yes it is FUN!
I considered to buy one of those for looooong now.
Albeit I am a Linux person myself who could also see this fit as MediaCenter or emulation box, seeing Lenovo's mini computers to like macOS just as much as their ThinkPads is nice.
Hi Mega! Yes this guy is so small it would be great for Mediacenter!
I was seriously just looking at this same thing!! Awesome you made the video right now.
Hi E! It's a great little box!
Would have been fun seeing a benchmark comparison between that one and an actual macmini.
Great videos!
Thanks Foggyfight! Sorry I don't have a Mac Mini right now... :(
@@TechNolli You can still benchmark it with geekbench and compare the results with the mac minis as they are seen on the chart. Great video and tip. Makes me want to buy one and maybe set it up as Catalina even though I know Linux would be much better. :D
@@SoulRollerFIN great idea. I'd like to see that.
@@ThereminHero My M93 with a i5-4690T gets about 1050 in cinebench if that helps. Total cost was 50 for a low spec m93, 45 for the cpu and 50 for a 500gb ssd. Utter bargain
Nice build - however would recommend HP8300 USFF (ultra slim form factor) - about the same price. Just a little bit bigger (makes a good monitor stand or has VESA mounts top and bottom, could mount it to wall / monitor to it, etc.) but is enterprise grade, and still mini PC and you get a desktop CPU not a mobile CPU - i3 / i5 / i7 options (just get CPU that has the onboard 4000GPU not 2500). Has mSata SSD AND 2.5" hard drive (and has DVD), AND you can install an apple wifi card in the mini PCIe slot (Broadcom BCM94360 based) and get trouble free iMessage handoff, etc. Has more USB ports and 2 Display ports, DDR3 up to 16GB Ram. Actually a shucked 2.5" oversized HDD (4 or 5TB) fits nicely in the drive caddy - can make a little NAS out of it or Time Machine for all your Macs. I have a 2K monitor, seems to be a sweet spot for it, runs multimonitor well. Also a very easy build (look on TonyMac for a guide) that has been reliable for upgrades, including Catalina. Almost 50% more processing power (and faster single thread speed), but still a power sipper,
Great instructions. I was able to put together my first Hackintosh thanks to you!
Perfect video, but just one note, I have M93p tiny and both front USB ports are USB3 (caption SS says that), Lenovo is using yellow color for ports with more power for faster phone charging.
Hey St2Vik! Great info! So many people love this little monster. Thanks!
The two front USB ports are 3.0, but the yellow one allows you to charge any device even when the computer is off.
Sweet! Thanks for the info Mehdi!
Keep up the good work, you are my great youtube teacher for Hackintosh.
It worked but not out of the box. I have the “upscale” model with an i7/docking station and Intel i217lm network card. After some digging,
I had to remove the Realtek kext and replace it with IntelMausiEthernet. After that, everything went fine network wise. Also, I couldn’t install from the vga as described but was able to use the DP port.
I used a DP adapter to get it to work.
Maude, I have an i7 version as well. Were you able to get the onboard wifi working by replacing the Realtek kext with the IntelMausiEthernet one? Thanks for any help.
Great video. Some folks are just natural teachers.
Not missing a screw. Those holes are for visa mounting. Those tinys can mount to visa monitors
Great info!
TechNolli, have you done a hackintosh install, on anything that has Thunderbolt ports? I have these two 27” t-bolt monitors, and I need a box powerful enough to do multitrack recording, and video editing. I know Asus and HP had desktops that had Thunderbolt ports, so maybe there is a Mac Pro killer waiting to be hackintoshed?
those screws on the side arent missing. it is for the external mount :)
hahahaha I just found that out. Thanks!
Hi installed worked fine but on last screen before the configure your user account I'm stuck on a screen showing the mouse in top corner but the apple logo has split into multiple apple logos with black lines in between if i press return the screen flashes but can't seem to get any further any ideas machine is m932p tiny
Hi Doctor! Did you use my config.plist?
Same issue for me. Did you ever solve it? I'm using the TechNolli's plist file.
I've seen these on Ebay b4, was wondering if they were hackable. Thanx for the upload.
Have fun!
Built & using Dell Optiplex 7060 micro (similarly sized) hackintosh with success, which using right now. With i7-8700t, 32 gigs of ram, Samsung 870 EVO m2 nvme
WoW! Great job!
Nice specs!
Mission accomplished!! Great tutorial, thank you Sir!
Glad it helped!
Wow that looks so easy
I wonder if you can upgrade very much on those. My concern would be getting a mini-pc from 2012 or so with a built in graphics. It's cool that you can get the whole thing for $100, but I've seen where you can get the mini board for one of those sized PCs. IMO, one of the best deals is a laptop dual boot... you can grab it off the stand and be 100% portable.
Hi Karl! Laptop dual boot is very cool! Thanks!
Works great!! Thanks for the walkthrough! I am only having one issue, and it is with the sound. I installed the same kexts you mentioned, but I can't seem to get any audio through the HDMI or DisplayPort's. The headphone jack works fine, but just won't work on the monitor. Any ideas? Thanks again for an awesome video, and keep up the great work!
Hey Technolli,
I was wanting to upgrade the processor on my m93. I did a little research and I see some one installed a xeon e3-1275l processor and it worked. However it has not worked for me. U sure what to do at this point. It boots but then the apple logo/bar never loads. It can see the chip in the bios. Was thinking maybe I should sell the chip and go with a Intel Core i7-4765T 2.0GHz? Thoughts? Looking for a quad core chip I could possibly over clock. Thanks in advance.
Been thinking about a hackntosh for many years....
This looks amazing.
Question, does the wifi (if it has antenna) work ?
If not found link for usb one.
Also found link for display port to vga cable.
Can you use HDMI to set up, or do you need to go with VGA ?
Silly question how big does the usb stick need to be.
Have an old mac mini running snow leopard hopefully I can download catalina os. If not I can get it somehow 😉 sadly can't download it on my old computer...
Again thank you, been a self-taught computer guy since the early 80's, but took a long break and felt the desire to tinker again.
Thanks for the inspiration !!!
What’s the Geekbench on this bad boy?
Hi Technolli, I already did a m93p clover Hackintosh, for me and my neighbor. It works perfectly!!!!
I have a problem though: I just got a Lenovo M910q, it is equipped with a 6500T processor, and an M2 drive. The BIOS is really similar to the m93p, but after 2 minutes of installation a “forbid” sign appears on screen.
Since I prefer Clover to other methods, because it was really fast, is there a quick fix?
Thanks again,
Ed :)
Hi TechNolli, Excellent video as per the other's that you're posting from what can gathered. Very informative and thorough. Any idea whether this tutorial applies to an M92/M92P as well please? Thank you. Stay safe and well.
Hey TechNolli keep up the great work ......your amazing to figure the hacks. I would like to know what other models of mini Pc's work .thanks
Hi Vinny! I have another mini coming out this week. Stay tuned. Thanks!
Most underrated Hackintosher ever - glad I found this channel!
Let 2020 treat you with subs and views man.
Thanks John!
Nice work. How are sleep/HDD power save modes responding. Dual boot camp setup ? It is slow..... Very painfull to watch safari load like a atom 4 core.
Hi Ryan! It's not crazy fast. I would say like a Macbook Air 2012. Only room for one hard, so no dual boot unless you try partitioning the HD. Thanks
Will this work with the the SFF M93P? I have one of these. I was going to build your $300 hackintosh but if the M93P Small Form will work (not the Tiny) then I'll just do that.
Hi Kris! I believe it would. The specs are the same. If I had it I would do it. Let me know. Thanks!
Hey man, thanks so much for doing these videos. I struggled to build a hackintosh until I came across your channel. Just built this one and love it. Can't thank you enough. Wondering if you have any 15" laptop hackintoshes in the pipe? I'd love to have a macbook pro alternative.
I have the same computer, just a bit newer, with a weaker processor. Either way I find its way better at running Linux than it is with windows lol, I love this little thing, I need to get a better CPU for it tho.
Yes those i5 CPU's are cheap on ebay. Thanks!
Fantastic video. Just found one without a hdd and ac power cord for $70! Have a ssd laying around so it’s perfect. Does airdrop work? Or will i need to get a compatible wifi card?
You will need Wifi.
Damn you folks are smart. Seriously smart.
Hi Gary! Not smart just persistent. hahahaha Thanks!
Hello,
TechNolli
I Like to play tech... but i'm really not, but this video has rasied a few questions for me ? (1) would this pc be just as good on windows as it is on mac? (2) If someone felted they wanted something like this but they could not do this , are you open to do this and chrage for your services ? ,,, good video, thanks and keep the videos coming.
Have a M93 coming. Should be here Monday or Tuesday, then off we go. I sure the boot loader make on Windows works.
You sure that the front port is USB2? Because it think it's an always-on USB3.
It might be a USB3.......???!!
It's USB3, the SS logo under the port indicates USB3. The Yellow is for charging power when off.
Hi Technolli, thank you for this awesome video. I bought the same Lenovo and Mac OS Catalina works perfectly. I was wondering if it's possible to create a dual boot with Windows 10 and Clover.
Great video! I’ve been thinking about building a hackintosh for a while now, and this is cheap enough that I may finally pull the trigger. Does anything about the efi have to change if I were using the max spec’d version? I saw these could be equipped with a 4th gen i7 and up to 16gb of ddr3 sodimm.
I have the i7 version with 16GB RAM and used TechNolli's EFI and it worked great. Good luck!
@@jameswatkins2748 Which video did you follow?
Great Mini Pc with a Console port used for configuring routers and switches.
Hello Technolli, great Videos thank you. It made me curious to try a Hackintosh install this weekend on my Lenovo m93p tiny. One question regarding the creation of the bootloader USB stick. At which minute from the other video will I skip to this video here and take the m93plist file? Do I have to mess with the kexts stuff or is it just the vanilla Mac os Catalina stick, mount efi partition and then swap out the p list file and start install? Thank you a lot
Hi Hollepenjo! Just make the Vanilla USB then follow the Tiny guide from there. Good luck!!
@@TechNolli just to make it fool proof, it's time 7:40 in the other video right? From that on I will follow your m93p tutorial? So easy, I just can't believe it 😄✌️
TechNolli please help me :)
Hi, you did a great job with this tutorial. Really appreciate it. Does sleep work or something doesn't work except VGA port?
Hiu Marcin! Yes sleep works. VGA ports do not work with MacOS. Thanks!
@@TechNolli In my case it seems to work fine but right after going to sleep it immediately wakes up. Few seconds later after clicking somewhere with my mouse system crashes and restart. I think it may be caused by Intel Wifi/BT card that was originally plugged in. As you know only Bluetooth works fine, WIFI doesn't at all. I need to check that out.
Thanks!
Great video! Thanks for Sharing! What are the limitations of a Hackintosh build? (for example, can you use "handoff"?)
Hi Tedd! I haven't tested handoff yet. But I will.... :)
@@TechNolli Did you ever get the Wifi working on the M93p i get one followed the vidio and it works great, but struggling to get the correct Wifi card i have tried one Broadcomm card but no joy i'm just waiting for a BCM94352HMB card to see if that will work. interstingly i have the bluetooth working perfectly with a Broadcom USB stick. Again thanks for the Videos they are a great help. Thinking of switching to OpenCore from clover are they any real benifits?
what if i want to used my time machine back up so i dont have to start fresh. is that possible??
Hi Tracy! I haven't conquered that method
@@TechNolli thank for your response, i am going to try it out today and i will let you know how it goes.
Hi TechNolli. I tried using a HDMI dongle and VGA dongle in the display port. But seems Catalina always requires you to have a display connected to it. So i cannot run it in 'headless' mode as a remote machine. Do you know how to fix this? How can i make it boot into OS without checking that a monitor is present? Is there a fix in EFI?
great stuff mate! You were on Ethernet and this wifi is soldered and can't be replaced right?
Great tutorial. Got my M93P working without any problem. Just one issue. I can't get any higher resolution more than 1080p. Any idea of how to get 1440 using the DisplayPort? Again, thanks for your step by step guide.
Awesome! As always. One question. Can I add another monitor?
Mine just had one display port.
I can't get VGA to work so only a Display port > HDMI adapter for me too.
I just ordered a Lenovo M93p from eBay and setup the Vanilla USB bootloader using an existing Mac (MacMini 2012). However, the USB drive does NOT have an EFI folder. How do I create that and then continue with your instructions? Thanks.
I follow your guide and use Mojave. It works, except iMessage, FaceTime. I got verification code from Apple but won't register. Also OS update does not work. Any suggestion? You did an awesome tutorial, so far is the best I've seen. Thank you!
Hi Andy! Did you change your serial numbers?
I did. Funny thing is it works with apple id that was created with apple computer, but not with apple id created using this hackintosh. I will try again...
I am interested in doing this pretty soon and was wondering 2 things:
1- Would a Sandisk Extreme Portable 1 TB SSD Drive (External) work as well?
2- Are there any Small Thinkcenter Units that have wifi capability instead of ethernet?
You should use a monitor with a displayport. Then you'll have sound too and maybe you can use screen resolutions that you don't get with a vga adapter
Hi Patrick!
Thanks for your input!
I was so excited to try this but for some reason, mine hangs right at the point where the 25 plus signs come across the screen. The interesting differences with my particular machine is that there is no serial port config in the bios and it has a wireless card built in. I just don’t know what to do to get it to work.
awesome techonlli keep it up!
Thanks Jay!
Trying to hackintosh Lenovo thinkcenter m91p and when it boots on USB I get the black screen with Apple logo and nothing after that. Any ideas?
Hi Technolli!
I am following Your Suggestion on Building a Tiny M93P Hackintosh, already Bought a BareBones M93P.
Question:
Since my barebones M93P, comes without a CPU, I was wondering which would be the best and fastest CPU Processor available to Mount w/o compatibility issues with Motherboard.
Should I go with original Processors?
Can I Upgrade to a Newer Procesor,and if so, Which?
Would not want to end up with a M93P that does not Boot because of CPU Incompatibility
Thanks!!
Very Much!
L.
Hey Party! Check this link out: www.cnet.com/products/lenovo-thinkcentre-m93p-10aa-core-i7-4765t-2-ghz-4-gb-500-gb-10aa002aus/
Why is it necessary to use the DP to VGA adapter? Or is it because you don't have a screen with DP connection?
Hi Nexu! Because when the install gets to the Apple logo, the screen goes black.
Excellent video !
I wish I could find one, as a first step into macOS, for a friend.
Sadly, so far, I've only found few i3 (4130T @2,9Ghz).
These should be faster than my own mini hack (NUC i3 @1,8Ghz), yet not as fast as i5, hence a bit less "future proof" .
Didn't watch the entire video so far, so I might get the answer while typing, I was wondering how many cores these i5 have.
You gained a new subscriber, byt the way :-)
Hi Manuel! Thanks for subscribing!! The i5-4570 has 4 cores. It's a great little box!
@@TechNolli 4 cores or 2 cores and 4 thread?
@@raulgonzalez139 4 cores 4 threads - ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/75043/intel-core-i5-4570-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz.html
Would this have bluetooth support to use ipad pro 2018 as display/touchscreen?
I followed your install, but seems AppleTV doesnt work. App starts ok. when i try to click on "play free episode" a new window pops up for a split second and the disappears again... do you know whats wrong there? for my country and region there should be AppleTV + and app available.
The version of the M93P comes with a disk drive as well
Does your upgrade work on a standard Lenovo Thinkcenter M93p? It is not the tiny version.
Thank you very much. Good tutorial.
Thank you Jan!
How is the graphics performance on this? Does it lag with the ui?
Hi Jamie! It's like a Macbook Air 2012. Not bad a all!
@@TechNolli agree. Pretty fast for normal stuff. Have not done any heavy processing.
I wonder if it will work with the M73 Tiny as well. I guess I will try this and just see if it sticks.
Hi Anthony!
What graphic chip does the M73 have?
Thanks!
TechNolli I’m not next to it, but I know it’s the Intel Intergraded Graphics. With a quick google, it shows possible Intel HD Graphics 4600. I know it has i5 with ProV and everything looks similar to yours other than WiFi. Mine has one, which I don’t think was compatible.
Would this thinkcentre m93p support a large 1TB 2.5" ssd device or is it capped in terms of how much storage it would allow? Likewise with the ram would you expect it to allow install of 2x8gb memory cards for 16GB?
Yes and Yes. Good luck!
I’ve got one of these and I have to say it works very well with Mojave, Catalina didn’t work so well on boot, my son plays games on it with GeForce now and can run high end games with high end 1080p settings.. used 8gb ram not 4gb and use an ssd... have to use digital display connector
Great job Alex!
Hello I bought a Lenovo M93P SFF, not a Tiny. I used MultiBeast as the boot loader. It does not pick up my sound card, but works other than that. Would there be a way to edit Multibeast, (I believe it has Clover Configurator somehow built into it), to make the sound card work? It uses an ALC620 chipset, Haswell, i5 4570 processor. Thank you Technolli! :)
Try using VooDoo.kext for audio
Thank you for the reply Technolli! I will give that a try and post here once done.
Hey @TechNolli i followed your guide and i am stuck at the macOS Utilities where i get the message about application is damaged. Tried changing the dates to current, old , ect with no success. Ive been at it for 5 hrs with this install. (Sorry its my first time) Is there anything else i can try?
Can you upgrade the MacOS when a new one is available? Do you get all the updates as well?
Hi there, I'm struggling because my EFI mount is empty? Nothing in the folder when I double-click. Any ideas what could be wrong?
Hi Guy, thanks for the tutorial. Is It working on a m93p thinkcenter?
Hi there, can you please provide us a newer Guide for 0.6.0 OC ?
I'm using it with older version OC. It works. The only small issue is with bluetooth. Sleep?! Restart helps.
And is there an option to replace the internal mini wifi/bt card working with bios (white listed)?
I love this small tiny m93p SFF from lenovo.
Hi
I followed your video. The install starts as shown from 14:50. However when the progress bar is at 70% (similar to the one at 15:12) I get an error "An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running the application again". I checked the time and date, I swapped my SSD with a HDD, I created a clean bootable usb. I still get this error. Any help?
just wondering maybe you can help me about my line in input, doesn't look like its working. I'm trying to run OBS to livestream but line in is not working.
can you guide me if there's a work around. thanks
Awesome video! very informative :) is it possible to create a hackintosh on the hp elitedesk 800 mini or the hp prodesk 600 mini? thanks
The specs on the are awesome and should work fine!
Thanks for this! With some tweaking I got this to work on a M92p with Mojave. The one thing I'm stuck on is once I remove the USB the BIOS doesnt recognize the Clover Bootloader. I found a thread addressing this with some shell commands...the problem is that I cannot access the Shell for the bootloader screen to run the command...any ideas? Thanks!
FIXED -
Made a new bootloader with Unibeast...used it to boot to clover and access the Shell. Navigated to the correct drive. Changed the boot order. Boom!
Excellent Rob!
Awesome! it Works Perfect. Only one question: I get a message that is available a Software Update, it is safe to proceed?
Hi Fernando! I think you will be fine...BUT always backup before doing updates!!
@@TechNolli yes, updated with no issues
the other 2 screw holes you pointed at are mounting screws for the CD/DVD ROM holder
Good info. :)
great video, lots of fun : )
Thank you 🤗
Yes ma 2020 computer with an rs232, my life is complete , still useful for connecting odd stuff
I have M93P Tiny (even 2 of them...) but mine has VGA + HDMI + DisplayPort as well as WiFi. Just wondering if all those will work with Config.plist file that you have. It has also i5 CPU with 16GB of RAM and SSD. I run currently Linux Solus OS on it and before I start to mess with Catalina I thought I rather ask... can you let me know? Thanks. BTW you doing a great job!
Hi Radomir! Yes they should working great. Thanks!
Hi, Technolli, can you just upload whole EFI folder?
Config.plist is not enough, because added kexts are extreamly important
Yes you must build your Vanilla USB with my other video mentioned in video here: ruclips.net/video/Mx151kKaJt0/видео.html Thanks!
Can you post the link to the amazon adapter DisplayPort to VGA?
Thanks for this video. I will try it out and buy one of these lenovos for cheap! If i run into any trouble can i contact you?
Is there a usb wifi adapter that macOS has drivers for that you could plug into usb3 or usb2 port to light up wifi networking support on this setup?
Hi myusm! Yes, grab one of these. It works great!: amzn.to/3aB5dXU
I got my tiny m93p working since a month now and am happy. I just bought a WiFi/Bluetooth Card (AW-CB160H) but the tiny won’t boot with the WiFi card in. There seems to be a whitelist problem, do you have an idea how to get the card working?
It’s possible upgrade to 16gb ram ? It’s ddr3 or 4 ?
Hi TechNolli, I left a comment on the Vanilla install video. I was able to locate the kexts that wouldn't download through configurator, but this lead to a failed bootloader that the 93P couldn't boot from. Inspected it on the mac and there is no longer an EFI partition. Any ideas?
I have an Opencore guide on this m93p coming out tonight that you can try. Thanks!
@@TechNolli Sounds great, thanks so much.
Well.. most displays have HDMI now.. so why would I want a HDMI to VGA adaptor ?
He is converting displayport to VGA. This PC doesn't have HDMI output.