Found Footage: Mac OS X on Apple TV

By Erica Sadun

Is that a Mac Mini over there running OS X complete with UI? Nope, it's an Apple TV, modded by semthex from Hackint0sh.org. According to this AppleTV Hacks post, Semthex wrote a processor emulation for the kernel that works around Apple TV's hardware restrictions. AppleTVHacks has a complete set of instructions in case you want to try this out yourself.

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