Welcome
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.
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!​
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.
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
Please report and track issues here.
