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Hackintosh

project to run the macOS on non-Apple computers
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Hackintosh

Summary

Hackintosh is a community project[1]. Hackintosh draws 1,600 Wikipedia views per month (community_project category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hackintosh's instance of is recorded as community project[3].
  • hack is named after Hackintosh[4].
  • Mac is named after Hackintosh[5].
  • Hackintosh is a type of computer[6].
  • Hackintosh's operating system is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[7].
  • Hackintosh's Commons category is recorded as Hackintosh[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Hackintosh's instance of is recorded as community project[3]. Hackintosh is a type of computer[6].

Origins

Things named after include hack[4] and Mac[5], a computer family[9].

Why It Matters

Hackintosh draws 1,600 Wikipedia views per month (community_project category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] Hackintosh has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] Hackintosh is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

computer Mac Mac OS operating systems OSx86

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
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    Subclass of → computer
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ [[Property:P3984]]: hackintosh"
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