Heyo,
So this is my first time attempting to do a hackintosh, and many of the online tutorials are either specific to a clean install or are very complex and hard to follow for a n00b like me, so I figured I'd ask reddit to bail me out here.
Basically I decided a few weeks ago that i'd like to replace my aging Macbook Pro with thinner Air for field work. I had previously been using it in my home studio to run Logic Pro, and decided that installing OSX on my existing Windows gaming desktop would let me get the horsepower I need for larger sessions.
My desktop currently has an ASUS z170, i5 6600k, GTX 960 and a 250GB SSD and 8TB HDD for gaming. I just bought a brand new 500GB SSD to install OSX on, and figured I could just swap boot drives in BIOS. However, I started following this guide from tonymac, and got to the point where it asked me to disable secure boot mode in bios. A few google searches later, I realized that doing so would mess up my existing Windows 10 install and that the "correct" way to do a hackintosh is to do OSX first, then Windows.
Since my Windows 10 is pretty well developed at this point with lots of games, accounts, plugins, licensed CAD software, and a highly customized rainmeter install, I really don't want to have to wipe to a clean install if possible.
Can anyone help bail me out? Is there a way to do what I want to do without wiping anything? If not, is there a way to preserve all of my current windows software, settings, licenses, etc and transfer them to my new install more or less seamlessly?
Thanks
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