Mac OS/SDD into a Intel PC

[ItalianMf9]

Can this work?

Mac OSX on a SSD from a Apple MacBook Pro (with Intel Chip), plug into Sata cable of a custom built Intel based tower PC. This PC normally runs Windows on its own HDD.

I try to boot into the SSD, and all I get is a blinking cursor. (The PC/BIOS recognize the drive). I've done some reaseach about BIOS settings, and changed what I could find, but still no joy.

I know there is vitualization, but this is an existing drive with existing OSX installed. Unless I can get the vitualization software from within Windows to see this physical drive, I'd like to just boot into the MAC OSX SSD after I turn on the PC.

This possible?

 

[DeltaMac]

This is not as simple as just plugging an already loaded Mac boot drive, and hoping that the hardware sees it the same as a Windows bootable disk.
You will need to modify the bootloader, before your Intel hardware will recognize your macOS boot drive.
Some combination of MultiBeast, or Clover -- maybe both

TonyMacx86.com is a good place to start, also https://www.hackintosh.zone/forums/
Do some reading on those sites. There's others if you search for OS X on PC.

 

[ItalianMf9]

This is not as simple as just plugging an already loaded Mac boot drive, and hoping that the hardware sees it the same as a Windows bootable disk.
You will need to modify the bootloader, before your Intel hardware will recognize your macOS boot drive.
Some combination of MultiBeast, or Clover -- maybe both

TonyMacx86.com is a good place to start, also https://www.hackintosh.zone/forums/
Do some reading on those sites. There's others if you search for OS X on PC.

Thanks man. I've been searching around on there. Will keep doing my homework.

 

[ItalianMf9]

Just to follow up, I just ended up buying a used 2012 Macbook Pro off of CL and slapping the SSD from my broke laptop into it and everything worked fine.

 

[DeltaMac]

Ah, yes.
Way easier to get a Mac-format boot drive to boot on an actual Mac, rather than try to get that to boot on a PC motherboard.