Hey,
I’m looking to buy a Hackintosh with a Gigabyte motherboard and I wonder if Corona is working fine?
I found a 2009 topic where everyone reported problems when building a Corona game to iOS under a Hackintosh. Corona basically didn’t build the game when running on a Hackintosh.
Has that changed on Mountain Lion / Maverick?
Thanks.
Developing with a Hackintosh essentially violates the Apple Developer Agreement. If Apple finds out you developed/built your app with a Hackintosh they can and will pull it from the App Store with little to no warning.
That said, I’d heard of people doing it successfully with the most recent releases of Mac OS.
Well, I know dozens and dozens of folks that uses Hackintosh. Anyway no one confirmed me about Corona ;(
Apple builds a very limited set of hardware that they test OS-X on. When you use a hacked version of OS-X on generic hardware, you don’t know what driver compatibility problems you are going to run into. Officially speaking, Corona SDK for OS-X is only supported on Apple computers running the supported version’s of OS-X. If you choose to run it on a non-supported platform, Corona Labs cannot provide any form of support for you.
Rob
I don’t recommend it for the reasons already mentioned above. I’d recommend getting a used Mac mini if you want to reduce cost.
To get a Hackintosh to work flawlessly you’d need to find a hardware configuration where you can use 100% native Apple drivers. It’s very tricky but possible (at least in 2010 when I built one). Back then I had no problems building apps with Xcode or Corona. I could even do online updates of the OS without problems.
In 2011 I got an iMac and have never looked back. If you want to submit apps to the Apple App Store, I don’t think it’s worth the risk of having your apps removed for breach of the Apple Developer Agreement. Also you’ll never know if an Apple update will break your setup not to mention the fact that you can’t get official support from anyone for hardware/software issues.
I already have an iMac (and I’ve been developing for iOS since 2008), I was just excited with some updated guides I found (TonyMacX86 and Insane Macs) where I could build really good specced (i7 3.5, 32GB Ram, GeForce GTX 770, etc) Hackintoshes for around $1200, since my iMac is being a pain I wasn’t willing to drop boatloads of cash in a new Apple device (I’m from Brazil and even although I’ll be in the US at the end of the year I have to pay absurd import taxes: (device price + 50% of the total price) x 2.31 currency conversion = OH SNAP!).
Thanks for all your info. I also got feedback on Twitter about folks having trouble regarding “not a genuine Apple hardware” and my decision is: NO. I’ll have to buy a new Apple device anyway.
Developing with a Hackintosh essentially violates the Apple Developer Agreement. If Apple finds out you developed/built your app with a Hackintosh they can and will pull it from the App Store with little to no warning.
That said, I’d heard of people doing it successfully with the most recent releases of Mac OS.
Well, I know dozens and dozens of folks that uses Hackintosh. Anyway no one confirmed me about Corona ;(
Apple builds a very limited set of hardware that they test OS-X on. When you use a hacked version of OS-X on generic hardware, you don’t know what driver compatibility problems you are going to run into. Officially speaking, Corona SDK for OS-X is only supported on Apple computers running the supported version’s of OS-X. If you choose to run it on a non-supported platform, Corona Labs cannot provide any form of support for you.
Rob
I don’t recommend it for the reasons already mentioned above. I’d recommend getting a used Mac mini if you want to reduce cost.
To get a Hackintosh to work flawlessly you’d need to find a hardware configuration where you can use 100% native Apple drivers. It’s very tricky but possible (at least in 2010 when I built one). Back then I had no problems building apps with Xcode or Corona. I could even do online updates of the OS without problems.
In 2011 I got an iMac and have never looked back. If you want to submit apps to the Apple App Store, I don’t think it’s worth the risk of having your apps removed for breach of the Apple Developer Agreement. Also you’ll never know if an Apple update will break your setup not to mention the fact that you can’t get official support from anyone for hardware/software issues.
I already have an iMac (and I’ve been developing for iOS since 2008), I was just excited with some updated guides I found (TonyMacX86 and Insane Macs) where I could build really good specced (i7 3.5, 32GB Ram, GeForce GTX 770, etc) Hackintoshes for around $1200, since my iMac is being a pain I wasn’t willing to drop boatloads of cash in a new Apple device (I’m from Brazil and even although I’ll be in the US at the end of the year I have to pay absurd import taxes: (device price + 50% of the total price) x 2.31 currency conversion = OH SNAP!).
Thanks for all your info. I also got feedback on Twitter about folks having trouble regarding “not a genuine Apple hardware” and my decision is: NO. I’ll have to buy a new Apple device anyway.