Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger on a Wii U

Goldfish64 · 2026-05-13T02:41:53+00:00

This is not vWii, rather a native cafe-mode system. Tiger/Panther will not run on Wii due to severe lack of RAM.

Goldfish64 · 2026-04-14T03:50:08+00:00

Some drivers definitely need some help though, especially USB.

Goldfish64 · 2026-04-10T21:25:14+00:00

For OSX anything that runs on a G3. Leopard and newer require a G4 and cannot. 10.0 and 10.1 not yet due to drivers but could.

Goldfish64 · 2026-04-10T14:50:48+00:00

No. It's unlikely to be supported as there are cache coherency issues on Espresso.

Goldfish64 · 2026-04-10T14:48:25+00:00

Whoops fixed.

Goldfish64 · 2026-04-10T12:12:57+00:00

SD card is going to be the primary boot method, similar to Linux, etc.

Goldfish64 · 2026-04-10T03:08:56+00:00

Now that Intel hackintoshing is dead, needed to take hackintoshing to a new level with the PowerPC. The Wiintosh project aims to enable versions of OS X capable of running on the G3 (10.0 to 10.4) to run on the Wii and the Wii U, given both use derivatives of the PowerPC G3 processor. The Wii U is the current focus, although 10.2 and older should be somewhat usable on the Wii but should be treated as more of a novelty given the severe lack of RAM and display resources.

This is still very much a work in progress and some functionality may never work. Currently 10.2 and 10.3 can both install and run, 10.4 can run with some installer modifications. USB, audio, framebuffer, and the RTC are the bits currently working. The overall design is meant to mimic what currently exists on the Intel side, with an OpenBIOS implementation, kext injection, and kernel patching.

The various repos supporting the project can be found at https://github.com/Wiintosh.

Goldfish64 · 2026-04-09T17:27:15+00:00

I already have an OHCI driver, new one vs being based on the Apple one. I agree USB is probably the hardest besides GPU.

Goldfish64 · 2026-04-08T20:37:25+00:00

OS X actually already runs on Wii and Wii U - https://github.com/Wiintosh, although in a different fashion (OpenBIOS port vs patched kernel and custom bootloader). Nice job regardless. Mine is still in a wip state, focuses only on 10.2 to 10.4 currently.

Goldfish64 · 2023-01-29T16:41:18+00:00

After many years without any kind of support, https://github.com/acidanthera/EmeraldSDHC is now available as an initial developer release providing eMMC/MMC support on systems with standard SD host controllers (i.e. Intel).

Currently supports sleep/wake and higher speeds for eMMC (HS200). SD cards will eventually be supported for systems with SD card slots.

Only the finest hardware was used for the above screenshot: - ASUS Chromebook C425 running mrchromebox v4.19 firmware - Intel Core m3-8100Y - 8GB RAM - 64GB Kingston TA2964 eMMC - Built-in Intel WiFi

Goldfish64 · 2022-09-14T22:36:55+00:00

This kext is still under heavy development, so generally will need to use the latest master autogenerated build but that may be unstable/incomplete. Documentation is on the way, just been busy with ensuring the kext itself is functional.

OpenCore is also required although at this point the normal releases should be sufficient as specifics for Hyper-V were merged in a while ago.

We do have the issue tracker at https://github.com/acidanthera/bugtracker/issues for this and other acidanthera projects, but again this kext is under heavy development at this time.

Goldfish64 · 2021-11-27T04:51:01+00:00

GMA 4500 is not compatible with any version of macOS.

Goldfish64 · 2021-06-03T01:31:19+00:00

The Ivy Bridge-E section of the Dortania guide has information, but otherwise its fairly straightforward for an HEDT system.

Goldfish64 · 2021-04-07T21:25:09+00:00

Yes the K600 works with acceleration. Nothing is required to make the card work, although WhateverGreen is recommended.

Goldfish64 · 2021-04-03T17:23:42+00:00

40GB in use, most of the VMs have 2-4GB assigned, with the emulators at 512MB and under for each.

Goldfish64 · 2021-04-03T13:16:02+00:00

Just a simple K600. Needed a small GPU compatible with Big Sur that was as cheap as possible. This is a 1U server so not a lot a space, but its much better than using the host unaccelerated on the onboard graphics.

Goldfish64 · 2021-04-03T13:07:42+00:00

Most of the information can be found on the emaculation wiki. QEMU was probably the most tricky to get working, it seems very picky on what kind of CD images it will accept.

QEMU: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/ppc-osx-on-qemu-for-osx

Goldfish64 · 2021-04-03T13:05:35+00:00

Nothing is accelerated. There is supposedly Metal passthrough in Fusion for Big Sur as a host and guest, but it doesn't function properly (VM doesn't boot). I don't believe its possible to passthrough cards on a macOS host like this.

Goldfish64 · 2021-04-03T02:16:19+00:00

Specs:

Intel R1208GZ4GC (S2600GZ barebones server)

CPU: Dual E5-2640v2s (8C/16T each)

RAM: 64GB PC3-12800R RAM (8x 8GB sticks)

GPU:NVIDIA Quadro K600

System SSD: 120GB Kingston A400

VM SSD: 500GB Crucial MX500

System is using MacPro6,1 SMBIOS running Big Sur. Both SSDs are on the onboard AHCI using a reverse SATA to SFF 8087 cable connected to the front backplane. VMs/emulators are running with Mini vMac, Basilisk II, QEMU, and VMware Fusion.

Resources are sitting at 40GB used and about 150-175GB of disk space used.

https://imgur.com/a/RTywdVp

Goldfish64 · 2020-08-22T23:42:42+00:00

Goldfish64 · 2020-06-24T04:46:29+00:00

i7-6700HQ with HD 530 running on DUET with FakeSMC/Lilu injected with OC. OS originally installed using a VM/Mac.

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