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1. #Best virtualization software for surface pro 3 how to
2. #Best virtualization software for surface pro 3 install
3. #Best virtualization software for surface pro 3 drivers
4. #Best virtualization software for surface pro 3 download

It will take quite some time depending on your Mac. If you didn’t set the name of the USB flash drive to INSTALLER in the previous step you’ll need to replace INSTALLER with whatever you did call it.įollow the instructions the creation process gives you.

Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/INSTALLER Then find Terminal and open it.Ĭopy and paste the following command into Terminal Find Utilities folder and navigate into it.

Open Finder and press CMD-Shift-A to go to the Applications folder. Make sure you’re selecting the right disk – you do not want to erase the wrong one!įor this step you’re going to need to get dirty with the terminal. Select your flash drive and choose Erase. Or it’s in Applications / Utilities folder in Finder.Īt the top left click Show All Devices. You can hit CMD-Space and type in Disk Utility to find it.

#Best virtualization software for surface pro 3 install

We don’t want to install it on the Mac we’re downloading on, so just close it. When it’s downloaded it will automatically open.

#Best virtualization software for surface pro 3 download

Download the installer from the App Store. Open the App Store and search for Mojave. Morgonaut talks about the other ways in her video above, so I’m not going to here. There are other ways but I didn’t need them.

#Best virtualization software for surface pro 3 how to

I used the SanDisk 64 gigabyte Ultrafit USB3 How To Install Hackintosh on Surface Pro 3įor this you’ll need access to a real Mac with the App Store installed. You’ll need a USB flash drive with at least 8 gigabytes of space. This tutorial could not exist without her – please consider visiting her YouTube channel Morgonaut shows you how to build a Hackintosh She will guide you through the steps to installing Hackintosh on any platform. I’ve embedded the video below – but I highly recommend checking her channel out. Morgonaut doesn’t go into detail about Surface Pro itself, but she gave me enough information to be able to begin. And it’s why I’ve written this guide – because it doesn’t have to be that hard.Īfter watching many different YouTube videos I came across Morgonaut’s YouTube channel. I found many many sites describing problems and issues with getting the Surface Pro 3 to be a hackintosh. I didn’t care because I was just experimenting. And what I found was that the general opinion is that Surface Pro 3 is a horrible platform to turn into a Hackintosh. Where did I start? I went to Google of course. If your’re still happy to proceed – shall we begin? Where To Start? If you need dual boot, most of the techniques in here should work for you but I can’t guarantee it. I switched to OSX completely on my device and I’m sharing what I did. This guide does not cover dual booting your device. If you’re not comfortable with messing around with advanced settings and making your life very difficult if something doesn’t work – DO NOT PROCEED. At this stage I have only managed to get the Surface Type Cover 4 working (the one with the spaces between the keys).

#Best virtualization software for surface pro 3 drivers

I may update the drivers package to allow the Surface Pro Type Cover to work during installation at some point. I’ll update this article as I get more information. Other USB devices such as WiFi dongles might not. The ethernet device in it works straight out of the box in OSX. Preferably USB3 for speed.Ī Surface Dock is highly recommended if you want Internet access on your Surface Pro 3 after the installation.

Hackintosh on Surface Pro 3 screenshot What Doesn’t Work? And by the way, for a total spend of around £100 I now have a very lightweight, ultra-portable laptop running MacOS. I can’t even remember how I used to boot them in the past.Īnyway, this is how I did it. I’d had a look at Hackintosh in the past – many years ago. I figured since Apple still haven’t embraced the 21st century and MacOS doesn’t support touch screen I wouldn’t miss it anyway. If it didn’t go well I’d revert to my original plan and replace the screen and get it sold. And then I decided, for a bit of a techie laugh, I’d have a go at putting Hackintosh on it. I had intended on replacing the screen and flogging it on. It was cheap because although the screen was intact, the touch didn’t work properly. Recently I picked one up a 256G storage, 8G RAM Surface Pro 3 on eBay for around £50. I’ve been playing around with various Surface Pro devices for a while now, mostly replacing screens and refurbishing them to sell on.