Back in 2011 when we launched our first official page, it was with a clear vision of creating a new forum, free of ads, fast and reliable - To some, OSXL was just a nerdy bunch who put together something called EDP that for the most part.. worked.. but as EDP grew so did OSXL.

In 2012 iMick took charge of the design and pushed OSXL to a brand new direction - shiny and nice - wordpress was still on the front but the backend is now IPboard (and have been ever since)

The year is 2013 and a new design saw the light of day - it was a a nice refresh and brought a more "flat design" - between us, i never liked the "flatness" of things - keep that in mind when you think about the 2020 design - "Return of the angry dane"

2014 brought more updates to the site - among other, the compat. chart for EDP which actually used the database build into EDP - behind the scenes it was some cool shit there.

The 2014 design lived with us for a long time with only minor changes along the way... but 2017/2018 brought a new design - sticking to the "flatness".

... and here we are in 2020 - a new fresh design - still running IPboard - still the same vision, a free place on the internet for macOS nerds to hangout, meet and hack the hell out of their machines.

I would like to take a minute to say thank you to all of the users of OSXL who have made this journey worth it - but also to the outstanding crew of OSXL - you guys are amazing!


Ps.
Back in 2010 when OSXL was founded - one of the first machines that was hacked up was a "Dell Latitude D430" - here is the very first screenshot I ever uploaded from that machine.
 

Many thanks to @Leon, @Syonagar and @Bronxteck for a job well done!

OSXL Crew

Come over and chat with the crew and other members.

Joins us there at: https://discord.gg/vVCpPWu

... and may this be a hint of more fun stuff with cryptocurrencies coming your way

//OSXLteam
 

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Just like any other forum out there, we also have rules - ours might be a bit more simple / different.

The hell with running a forum...
Most forums have a tendency of getting bloated and filled up with crap - To deal with that all, useful information is moved to the Technical information section and topics are moved to the archive when no longer used in order to keep the forum fresh and clean - so don't take it personally if we delete a thread that you had started or messages you posted. it's the natural flow of things.

RULES

1. No spamming, spammers will get SLAPPED*
2. No flaming, flamers will get SLAPPED*
3. No foul language or you will get SLAPPED*
4. Read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and use the Search facility before posting.
5. Double (or multiple) posts will be deleted
6. Useless topics will be deleted
7. No topic bumping, posts will be deleted
8. Messages unrelated to the topic of a thread and/or polluting messages will be deleted.
9. Guides sections are clearly labelled "Installation guides only. No support here". Any request for support posted there will be deleted without notice.
10. Topics with no activity (unless they serve a purpose) will be moved to "The Archive'': https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/forum/24-the-archive/
11. Warez, talk all you want but don't link to it (there is something called Private Messages you know).
12. No support for distros, they're evil. If you use them, don't come here for help; they tend to have their own forum. Threads related to distro installations will be deleted.
13. English only. If you want / need chatting in your own language, use the PM facility.
14. No references, questions and/or links to TMX (tonycrap, xxxBeast and others...). We don't support their tools and they have their own forum.
15. Use quotes with moderation. No need to quote the last message in each reply you post. Only quote an older message (or better, use @<member pseudo>) or part of a message you want to specifically refer to in your reply.
16. Pertaining forum signatures; you may link to sites outside OSXL (except TMX) but keep it to the point. It's better to add what Hackintosh gear you got. You can edit your signature by clicking on your forum name at top left corner (when you're logged in of course) -> choose "Account Settings" -> "Signature".

*) SLAPPED = permanently banned by name, email and IP

That's it! Hopefully, we won't need more than that.

Ohh ya...

Our groups....

1. Crew = The top of the food chain, they control the site, services and are the ones who develop EDP, you can not apply to join the crew... you are selected.
2. VIP = People who donate (if you haven't been upgraded to VIP status, please contact a forum admin, or use osxlatitude.com/contact/ form)
4. The rest = you!

Our services...
We offer a set of services that makes it easy for you:

• Forum - That's where you are right now
• Wiki style - A set of guides and information to make it easy to-do-it-yourself
• EDP - A package of scripts, kexts, DSDT, etc. that makes your Dell* able to run OS X

*) due to my history we got started with supporting DELL Latitude Laptops. But you can find Laptops (and Desktop workstations) from other manufacturers in EDP too. All the way back to OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, and all the way up to the latest MacOS X 10.x versions.

EDP
osxlatitude.com/edp/ is a package of scripts, kexts, dsdt etc. - some made by us, others made by other communities and people - we do in NO way try to take credit for work that is not ours - as said before; we are using kexts that other people have created, and while its hard to keep track on who did what - we are pretty sure that those people know.. and they have our deepest respect and admiration, what we do take credit for is:

1. Packing and testing EDP
2. The scripts that we have added to EDP
3. dsdt's included in the package

Stable releases of EDP is on our wiki, you can freely download and use them - Test versions, meaning - the package that we are currently working on, is released to Beta testers and VIP users.

Donations
Personally, we don't need donations, but donations do help keep the site running and it gives us a chance to buy some laptops to test on for research, these laptops are sold again so new models can be introduced into EDP. - in some cases, we might even choose to donate some of those contributions to other people who have helped with the EDP package.

Donating is your choice, as long as you understand, that we do not charge money for the work we do, so if you donate - we thank you by giving you early access to our work, its not a payment, its our humble way of saying thank you!

 
The Groups..
Like so many other sites, we have split ourselves into groups.

1. Elites, The core that work to maintain the site, services and EDP - you can not apply for this group, we will contact you to become a member of the Elites.
2. VIP Members, People who donate atleast $20USD: https://www.paypal.me/osxlatitude/usd
4. Normal Members, thats most likely you

 You can read more about that, on other places on the forum  like in our 'Forum Rules'.

Again, welcome to OSXLATITUDE, we love to have you here and its cool you dropped by, and remember - your ideas is our vision.