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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by mid-kid on Saturday March 16, 2024 @03:21PM (#39728686)
Custom drivers trip some security features and "taint" the kernel.
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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by jupp0r on Saturday March 16, 2024 @04:23PM (#39729175)
How does that impact iMessage? Are parts of it implemented in the kernel?
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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by niteshade on Saturday March 16, 2024 @07:11PM (#39730279)
I remember reading (perhaps here on HN) that Apple does weird/nonstandard things to wifi packets to enable Continuity/Handoff features, so it could be related.
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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by philistine on Saturday March 16, 2024 @09:07PM (#39730956)
I'm not a specialist, but there's a chain of trust you need to maintain to have the full set of features. If it's ever broken, you're sent to the gulag. I broke the chain when reinstalling like an old-timer on my M1 Macbook Air and was then forced to enter my password twice to unlock the Mac.

I had to reflash with a second Mac to restore the chain.

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Re:Hackintosh Is Almost Dead by mid-kid on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @07:21PM (#39773210)
The application can see that the kernel is tainted and refuse to run. Similarly, some kernel-related functionality may be disabled. None of this requires iMessage to run in the kernel or have a module of its own.
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