With Apple moving toward ARM, it might be feasible to build a Raspberry Pi Hackintosh.
With Apple moving toward ARM, it might be feasible to build a Raspberry Pi Hackintosh.
Raspberry Pis rely on ARM architecture, making native macOS support impossible. However, with Apple adopting ARM in some devices, newer macOS versions could be adapted for ARM. This raises the possibility of creating fully compatible Raspberry Pi hackintosh systems—just a consideration.
It’s unlikely for a while longer. The Raspberry Pi 4 is powered by four ARM Cortex-A processors found in today’s smartphones, and Apple’s upcoming chip might surpass it in speed. I’d anticipate another significant update to the Raspberry Pi before it matches this new chip’s performance. Plus, this macOS release could be even more tightly controlled since Apple will also develop the hardware.
Significant adjustments are required. Windows 10 is already struggling on the Raspberry Pi because of missing drivers, and it doesn’t handle more than 1GB of RAM from the four available.
ARM indicates they share the same base architecture and instruction set, while other components like core layout, graphics, and coprocessors vary significantly. Recently, security features seem deeply integrated into the OS kernel—perhaps you could run MacOS on a Raspberry Pi, but you’d need major modifications to make it function at all.