My Dell Mini 10v Snow Leopard hackintosh installation though it was eventful, was still a relatively straightforward process. From what I’m seeing over at myDellMini.com, there are lot of folks who encountered various problems while installing Snow Leopard on their Mini 10v. After my installation experience, there are a few post-installation step that I would recommend to anyone attempting to setup their Mini 10v as a hackintosh laptop.

For me, my most important post-installation step was to ensure audio, wifi and bluetooth works when the laptop wakes from sleep mode. I found these steps over at myDellMini.com invaluable to enable audio after sleep. The following steps are taken from myDellMini.com.

Install sleepwatcher….here
Make sure you install both files of sleepwatcher. One is the main file and the other is a startup loader to ensure you have it every time you boot.

Go to your terminal and type
Code:

sudo nano /etc/rc.sleep

remove the contents of the file ctrl+k will delete line by line…just hold it down
copy and paste this
Code:

#!/bin/sh
/sbin/kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/

Ctrl+x to quit.
Push Y to save

Now edit this file. In terminal type:
Code:

sudo nano /etc/rc.wakeup

remove the contents of the file ctrl+k will delete line by line…just hold it down
copy and paste this
Code:

!/bin/sh
#
osascript <
tell application "System Preferences"
set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.sound"
end tell

if application "System Preferences" is running then
tell application "System Preferences" to quit
end if
EOF

/sbin/kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext/

Ctrl+x to quit.
Push Y to save

You are done.
It takes about 15 seconds for audio to come back after sleep.
Everything works including the audio volume buttons and mic.

This is a new workaround I discovered. It basically opens up the volume prefpane which notices that there is no audio device and then the script reloads it. This two step process seems to get everything working. The only side effect is if you have the system preferences open when you go to sleep this script will close it. (Not a big deal at all)

- taken from myDellMini.com.

The next thing I did was to perform a Time Machine Backup of the laptop. My backup was about 6+ GB in size and took around 30 minutes to complete. I used my old 80GB portable harddisk for the Time Machine backup. In the event that anything renders the Snow Leopard installation unusable, this Time Machine backup will be my fall back plan.

The third and final post-installation step was to run Software Update to update to Snow Leopard 10.6.1. The update went through smoothly. I am extremely pleased with my Dell Mini Mac 10v. It’s the perfect hackintosh netbook.

Related posts:

1. Installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on my Dell Mini 10v
2. A Beginners Guide to Installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on the Dell Mini 10v
3. My First Impression of Mac OS X Snow Leopard on my Hackintosh Laptop